Avenue Secret

Chapter 61 Jade Carving
Out of the cedar forest, there is a vast expanse of white snow. Beyond the snow, inside the decaying courtyard wall, stands a tall tower.

"It's snowing." Ji Luluo stretched out her hand to catch the snowflakes that fell on her palm.

Liu Li said: "The heavy snow seems to have covered up all the traces."

Duan An shook his head: "No, snow can cover up conventional traces, but this is a secret place, a world composed of spiritual realms, and I can find traces that are difficult to detect through my pseudo-realm."

He walked to the door of Tower No. [-], squatted down, and stroked the snow with his hands.

"He's going that way." Duan An pointed in one direction: "Let's go there."

Liu Li thought in his heart, this is so powerful, he didn't see anything, whether it was footprints or other traces.

Ji Luluo didn't speak, just walked behind silently.

"There are indeed traces."

Following Duan An's footsteps, he came to another cedar forest. At this moment, Liu Li spoke. He found the traces of broken branches and pointed them out.

"I saw it too." Duan An checked the branches and frowned.

"What's wrong?" Liu Li asked.

"It's okay, keep watching." Duan An said.

Liu Li thought to himself that it would be impossible for Duan An to discover his flaws. This is not a place for him to fight Zhang Sheng at all.

It would be better if he discovered Zhang Sheng's tell!
But since Zhang Sheng dared to assassinate other people, he must have been fully prepared, and he must have expected that after the incident, he would be investigated.

Moving forward, Liu Li saw that there were too many traces left in the cedar forest, and he could easily follow them without Duan An's guidance.

Broken branches, dagger scratches on cedar trees, crushed fallen leaves...

"There are too many traces." Duan An said, "Liu Li, what did you think of?"

"Me?" Liu Li thought for a while, and then said casually: "He made these marks to deliberately guide the latecomers to follow the path he walked?"

Duan An asked: "Is there any point in doing this? Could it be that when he left the Enlightenment Pagoda, he noticed that someone was following him behind him. He felt that he was a strong man in the Escape Realm, a man of high skill and bold, and wanted to counter-attack his opponent A wave?"

"If this is the case, our inference about the murderer may have to be changed again. The murderer may be fighting in a gang, not alone. Someone has been eyeing Zhang Sheng from the beginning and took action very late."

"That's a little troublesome. Among the mystics who came to further study and training, it's okay to mix in a human traitor, and infiltrate a gang, tsk tsk tsk..."

They continued to follow the traces, and later they encountered areas without any traces in the forest, and it was all up to Duan An to find the way.

"Why does he keep wandering around in the cedar forest?" Duan An complained: "There is no chance here at all. The mysterious people who enter the secret place go straight to the ancient temple area, the foggy area, the island in the middle of the lake and other places."

"Few mystics will stay in the cedar forest for a long time. He is not in the exorcism state. Mystics who have reached the mountain dwelling state or above are impossible to get lost in the natural environment."

Ji Luluo said: "Could it be that he found traces of chance in the cedar forest and was looking for chance. Didn't many cedar trees have his marks on them?"

"It makes sense." Duan An nodded, and then looked at Liu Li: "Shouldn't you be the one who knows what to say? Do you have any intuition?"

Liu Li thought I was thinking too.

He thought: "If Zhang Sheng has been circling in the cedar forest, where would he have the time to go out and assassinate others?"

"Wait, let's replay it. What would happen if Zhang Sheng didn't meet me and left as if nothing had happened after he successfully assassinated the two?"

"The dead will inevitably be exposed. At that time, the City God Organization will also carry out investigations, and there is a high probability that they will send out a mysterious person like Duan An who has a deep understanding of the false realm!"

"When they don't know who the murderer is, they will investigate every suspect. The number of mysterious people who enter the secret place is limited. It is entirely possible for everyone to investigate. The dispatched department arranges to search everyone's traces and find suspects... "

"The inaccessible cedar forest has been circling inward, leaving obvious traces..."

"correct!"

"Alibi!"

"This is left by Zhang Sheng, an alibi to exonerate himself!"

"But, how did he do it?" Liu Li frowned.

Why go out to kill people while leaving an alibi?

He shook his head, indicating that he had no idea either.

The three had no choice but to follow the trail and move on.

Going around, several people walked in the cedar forest for several hours.

"Liu Li, are you tired? If you can't maintain the super-sensing state, we will replace you." Duan An said.

Liu Li shook his head, he didn't feel any burden at all.

Duan An said: "I'm a bit out of control. I don't need to use You to trace his traces. The traces he left are too obvious. Let's go directly to trace the traces."

The three simply followed the trail, and finally came to an extremely remote woodland in the cedar forest. There were no trails here, and they followed Zhang Sheng's traces to come here.

"There is such a place in the forest?" Duan An was surprised.

Liu Li was also surprised. They saw a hidden hut in the forest. The hut had been crushed by the snow. There was a small yard next to the hut, where there was a sitting human-shaped stone sculpture, which was covered by snow, facing a The stone full of scratches seems to be comprehending something.

Liu Li was about to go over to check, when suddenly he saw the humanoid stone sculpture standing up.

That's not stone carving!
That's one person!

Liu Li looked at his back, thought of something, and his face suddenly changed.

Well, that's Zhang Sheng's back!
Isn't he dead, why is he here!

Liu Li felt as if he had seen a ghost, the man turned around, shook the snow off his body, and smiled at Liu Li and the others.

"Zhang Sheng!"

Duan An screamed, "I saw a ghost!"
He also recognized it, the person in front of him was Zhang Sheng, Zhang Sheng who had been autopsied by himself!

Liu Li saw Zhang Sheng's face, his face was too pale, not human, more like a ghost.

Seeing this scene, Liu Li felt ruthless in his heart, thinking that you can't beat me when you're alive, but you can still beat me when you're dead. Just as you were about to gather your mind blade, you suddenly heard Zhang Sheng speak.

"Zhang Sheng" said: "My friend, I found an opportunity here. The inscriptions on this stone seem to be telling about some kind of swordsmanship. If you don't dislike it, how about studying together?"

After finishing speaking, he turned around again, looked at the stone, and comprehended the engraving.

Liu Li was taken aback by the sound of a friend.

Liu Li asked: "What's going on? Isn't Zhang Sheng dead? Why isn't he dead?"

"How the hell do I know, what the hell!" Duan An hurriedly retreated behind Ji Luluo.

Zhang Sheng ignored their clamor, sitting cross-legged on the snow, studying the stones seriously, as if fully immersed in it.

"Don't panic." Ji Luluo took two steps forward, side by side with Liu Li, she dissipated the sword-shaped mind blade in her hand, and said lightly, "He is not Zhang Sheng."

"He is Duhua Jade Carving. You can understand it as a kind of robot in the spiritual field, which can execute some pre-set programs."

She took a step forward, at an extremely fast speed, and she was behind Zhang Sheng in an instant, and then the sword light flashed and slashed on the back of Zhang Sheng's neck.

"Zhang Sheng" shrunk and turned into a miniature jade carving, which was held by Ji Luluo.

"The 'magic weapon' that exists purely in the form of spirit." Ji Luluo said: "I don't know how to recover it. I can only use this stupid method. I hope it doesn't destroy the evidence."

Liu Li said, "What the hell is this?"

"Duhua Jade Carving, I seem to have heard of it, wait a minute." Duan An thought hard: "Fuck, isn't that what it is?"

"Then what?" Liu Li was even more confused.

"The technology of the Qingji Religion." Duan An said: "The leader of the Qingji Religion, the treasure bestowed on every assassin is also their identification."

Liu Li took a deep breath, avoiding the joy that rushed into his brain and knocked him unconscious. He said in shock, "Could it be that the murderer is Zhang Sheng? He is a member of the Qingji Sect. He used Duhua jade carvings to create an alibi , the main body hides and goes out to assassinate... After the assassination is completed, he will take back the Duhua jade carving, investigators will trace his traces, and they will find him walking around in the cedar forest with an alibi."

"Just because he died? He was killed and we thought he was a victim too?"

Duan An and Ji Luluo looked at Liu Li one after another.

"It seems to make sense?" Duan An murmured.

Liu Li said boldly: "I'm afraid that's the case. My intuition tells me that it makes perfect sense!"

(End of this chapter)