The sword is the devil

Chapter 353
Boss Shi's heart was shocked, as if he had been killed by lightning.

He agrees with the words of this fairy teacher, because the current situation of the Shi family is not as glamorous as it appears on the surface.

Mining a large lapis lazuli mine like Sangmu Island, the huge profits that people with a discerning eye can see at a glance, how could no one be envious?There is no cultivator among his Shi family's disciples. All these years, he has relied on being good at dancing with long sleeves, lying low everywhere and being a small boy.

Among them are the power of the Chamber of Commerce with strong financial resources, and the mysterious power of self-cultivation in the backstage, all of which made him feel overwhelmed. Over the years, he has worked so hard to deal with it. Before he knew that Destiny was already aging, no elixir would work.

Because it is the heart that is tired.

Now coupled with the private dealings with Chao Xianshi, he was even more worried all day, like sitting on pins and needles; he didn't care about the profits from these private mines, but he didn't dare to go against Chao Taoist's wishes, this is the sorrow of ordinary people.

He has no right to refuse.

What Hou Tiao said made him suddenly realize, yes, the Shi family has endured too much red-eyed jealousy for a hundred years, and he can't stop these things at all. The more he earns, the more jealous others will be!
Why not take the initiative to let go?There is always an arrangement for letting go by yourself, and you can retreat completely. If you wait until someone else forces you to come up, I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy yourself if you don't take away the pot from the Shi family.

Especially when the Shi family itself is not clean.

His mental state of worrying about gains and losses is not right here, and the waiter next to him said lightly:
"I talked to you so much before, you probably know what I want to know, right?"

Boss Shi replied subconsciously, "I know, what you really want to know is the news about that Li Xianshi, and everything else is deaf..."

Hou Tiao sighed inwardly. Sure enough, there are no fools in this world. If he hadn't defeated the mine owner psychologically, he was afraid that everything related to him would be placed on Taoist Chao's desk if he left behind.

Boss Shi also reacted immediately, "My immortal master, I won't tell Xianshi Chao what you want to know; people like us are the most taboo to pass small words in front of immortal masters, no matter how evil they are, If anyone is killed, there will be no good fruit."

Hou Tiao was noncommittal, "Then I'm relieved, then, before I leave, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Boss Shi gritted his teeth, "...it's like this. After that Li Xianshi had an accident for more than a month, one of my mine guards and I accidentally mentioned that on the day before Li Xianshi's accident, he happened to pass by outside the island for more than ten miles. When I was on a tidal reef, I saw Li Xianshi practicing kung fu on it.

I haven't mentioned this matter to outsiders, because the investigation has already passed, and mortals like us can avoid troubles and disputes, so I haven't reported it, but I don't know if it has anything to do with Li Xianshi's murder? "

Hou Tiao said lightly, "Are you sure?"

Boss Shi cursed and swore, "There's nothing wrong with that mine guard was born as a fisherman, and his biggest hobby is to go fishing in a small sampan; he has such abilities, but of course he can't go very far.

He only told me about this matter, and none of us dared to spread it..."

Hou Tiao patted him on the shoulder, "Very well, I'm curious, why do you believe so much that I won't harm you?"

Boss Shi sighed, "Because you are also from Yujianqi, obviously you have something to do with Immortal Master Li; Immortal Li is the most upright and forthright among the immortal masters I have ever met, although sometimes he is not strict, but he treats us as human beings .”

Hou Tiao nodded, and nodded meaningfully, "If we want to start a new era for the Shi family, it will be a good opportunity for Taoist Chao to leave, and the new island owner will be very happy that he can arrange for his own people to take charge of Sangmu Island everything, and will forgive a lot of things generously."

After all, even in the air, it can be regarded as a reward for providing information to Boss Shi;
Ordinary people's thinking is still too naive, and they are also greedy for ink. If a monk is exposed, he will spit out part of it at most. If he walks faster, no one can do anything to him when he runs back to his own country. How can ordinary people run away?Especially a local rich family like the Shi family?

Yes, the purpose of his coming here is to complete the task Li Chuping entrusted to him: to investigate the cause of death of Quanzhen Sword Cultivator Li Shizhong.

This task is a bit ridiculous, because the time is too far away, judging from his experience in handling cases in Xiong Er, the probability of solving the case is very low.

The timeline is too long, the evidence has disappeared, the insiders on the island are not cooperating, the island owner is a Taoist of the Wu family who hates Quanzhen, and his own realm is far from being able to use some special means, all of which make the investigation full of excitement. Without uncertainty, a dead horse can only be regarded as a living horse doctor.

At least I've been there myself, even if I don't find anything, it's justified by Li Chuping, and I can prevaricate a few words.

In fact, the news heard from Boss Shi is not particularly different. It is mentioned in the dossier Li Chuping gave him, and it is even more detailed and comprehensive.

Li Shizhong's death was full of doubts, and the biggest doubt was that no possible murderer was found; according to the judgment of the monks who rushed to the scene at that time, Li Shizhong died because of ineffective control of mana during the cultivation process and exploding spells.

Explosion method is also a kind of obsession. It refers to the monk who goes astray when absorbing the inspiration of heaven and earth. Because of his frivolity and rashness eager for quick success and quick profit, he finally causes the mana in his body to be out of control, and finally explodes and dies.

There is a phenomenon in the world of practice, called phantom drug illusion, which means that monks seem to be in a state of excited hallucinations, and the spiritual consciousness and the actual state of the body have deviated;

Obviously, the mana in the body is already in a dangerously full state, and needs to stop and slowly polish, refine, and compress, but the monk can't feel this at all, and still absorbs ideas without restraint, running mana at a high speed, in a kind of spiritual excitement state.

It means that the inner demon enters the body and becomes obsessed.

This kind of situation also happens from time to time in the practice world, but most of them are concentrated among the disciples of small sects or casual cultivators with little background; it is inconceivable that a disciple of a big sect like Li Shizhong would make such amateurish and low-level mistakes.

Everyone knew something was wrong, but no one could find the culprit.

Many methods of comprehension have high requirements for timeliness. After the effective retrospective time has passed, it will be extremely difficult to find clues;

Li Shizhong was not discovered immediately after his death, and mortals like Boss Shi did not dare to go to him easily, so it was not until more than ten days after his death that he was accidentally discovered by a passing monk. So far, the best time for judgment has been missed. .

I couldn't find any at that time, let alone eight years later, so Hou Tiao didn't hold out any hope of finding any specific clues.

Unexpectedly, Boss Shi gave him a small surprise?

(End of this chapter)