Shi Xuan originally intended to go alone, but Lin Daozi was worried and finally asked Lu Shenzhi to go with her.
Shi Xuan and Lu Shenzhi went out together countless times, so there was no need to explain further.
As the two drew their flying swords and prepared to depart, Lu Shenzhi laughed and said, "Do you remember the spirit boat that Junior Sister made last time when we left the Liu family? It was so beautiful... haha..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.
This is blatantly mocking her tacky boat.
Shi Xuan was able to get away with it. The spirit boat hadn't been disposed of after use; she'd left it in her storage space.
There was no need to use any flying swords at this point. Shi Xuan simply took out her ornately decorated spirit boat and released it in front of Lu Shenzhi.
Lu Shenzhi's expression changed, and he immediately had a bad feeling.
“Hehe,” Lu Shenzhi said with a stiff expression, forcing a smile, “There’s no need to bring it out and revisit it.”
“It’s necessary!” Shi Xuan said decisively. “I think Senior Brother has a deep affection for this spirit boat. Today, when we go to Jitong, we’ll just have to ride this spirit boat! It will also save us the effort of flying on a sword.”
A journey by spirit boat consumes a lot of spirit stones, so most cultivators choose to travel by sword.
But Shi Xuan wasn't short of those spirit stones.
Since her senior brother is so attached to this spirit boat, she should naturally fulfill his wish and let him ride on this cool spirit boat.
Looking at the huge, golden thing in front of him, covered in colorful flowers and greenery, and bearing a large banner that read "Lianfeng Sword Sect," Lu Shenzhi felt a sense of rejection.
Five years have passed, and the eldest brother has become careless.
If in the past he still had the option of resisting with force, now he is utterly powerless to resist...
That afternoon, the disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect witnessed something new.
A dazzling spirit boat bearing the banner of the Lianfeng Sword Sect slowly rose from the central square of the sect.
It moved very slowly, much slower than a spirit boat should. It swayed and rocked in place for a long time before finally stabilizing and slowly heading northwest.
As it moved, a line of large characters made of spiritual energy burst forth behind it, allowing all the disciples watching the spectacle to see it clearly: Lianfeng Sword Sect, Lu Shenzhi's mount!
This immediately enlivened the entire sect, giving the disciples something to talk about for days.
"Hey, did you see that just now? That flashy spirit boat! Can you believe it? It actually belongs to Senior Brother Lu Shenzhi!"
"No way... Senior Brother Lu is such a refined person... It can't be..."
"How could it be fake? They came out from the central square of our Lianfeng Sword Sect, making a big splash with their name!"
"Ah, I see it! Could this really be Senior Brother Lu Shenzhi? No way! Even though I saw it, I really don't want to believe it!"
"It must be true. Think about it, in our sect, who would dare to do this using Senior Brother Lu Shenzhi's name? Even Master and the others wouldn't do such a thing, so it can only be him!"
"I know, I know! Senior Brother Lu Shenzhi went out with Senior Sister Xuan today, and it was definitely this spirit boat!"
"I need to process this. I can't accept it... How could that aloof and elegant young master suddenly become like this! He's so different from the image I imagined!"
...
At this moment, Lu Shenzhi wished he could turn back time and go back to punch his talkative self.
What is all this nonsense? You can imagine what his reputation in the sect will be like after he comes back from this trip.
Thinking back, with his junior sister gone for the past five years, he definitely let his guard down. Five years ago, he would never have brought up this spirit boat. He didn't even utter a sound when his junior sister had just finished decorating it…
After leaving the sight of the Lianfeng Sword Sect disciples, the spirit boat suddenly accelerated and sped forward, completely unlike the dawdling it had when it was still in the sect.
Lu Shenzhi rubbed his forehead. This was a blatant display of the spirit boat and his name to others. Having shown it off enough, he moved forward at full speed.
Lu Shenzhi took a deep breath. Not only did the disciples who saw it need to calm down, but he also needed to calm down at this moment.
Seeing him like this, Shi Xuan watched him with a smile, enjoying his depressed look for a while.
She used to enjoy teasing her senior brother, making him owe spirit stones every day.
Now that there are fewer opportunities to owe spirit stones, we have to find other ways to make up for it.
After a long while, when Lu Shenzhi had recovered and stopped paying attention to the spirit boat, Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow, still somewhat unsatisfied, and brought the topic back on track.
"Senior Brother, tell me, under what circumstances could one wipe out an entire clan of several hundred people without alerting anyone?"
Lu Shenzhi's thoughts were brought back to the matter of the massacre of his family by Shi Xuan's words.
He thought for a long time with a heavy expression, and replied, "There are several possibilities. One is poisoning, the second is a formation, and the third... perhaps it's some kind of curse I've been afflicted with, but I'm not sure if it can be used on a large scale."
Although he had no contact with the Liu family, the soul-gathering stone from them was a key factor in his awakening.
Although he obtained the junior sister's body on the premise of treating Liu Li, he was still bound to have some connection with her. This time, he went there in person, partly to find the real culprit for the Liu family.
“There’s another possibility,” Shi Xuan said, “If it’s a demonic cultivator…is it possible that they’re using demonic energy to corrupt the entire Liu family’s territory…”
“Demonic energy alone is definitely not enough,” Lu Shenzhi pondered and said, “Demonic energy might be enough for low-level cultivators, but a family will inevitably have many high-level cultivators. Controlling so many high-level cultivators at once cannot be solved by demonic energy alone.”
"If a single method doesn't work, we can use multiple methods together. For example, an array combined with demonic energy, or perhaps a few high-level demonic cultivators..."
Lu Shenzhi thought about what Shi Xuan said and realized that it was indeed possible.
"Let's go and take a look first. As long as we do it, we'll always leave some clues."
The entire Liu family was wiped out. How could such a major event leave nothing behind? It's just that no one was willing to step forward.
For a family that has been wiped out, death means the end of everything, and it has no effect on the living.
Solving this case for them could offend an extremely powerful force, and most people, after weighing the pros and cons, would probably find it difficult to investigate this family annihilation tragedy in detail.
Shi Xuantong and Lu Shenzhi had clearly thought of this as well.
Shi Xuan said, "If we encounter danger during the investigation, we will prioritize safety. If all else fails, we will retreat into my space."
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