I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 362 Underwater Horror
Upon hearing that Madam Zhu was dead, Gu Liancheng's eyes suddenly froze. He recalled the screams he had just heard and wanted to ask something else, but when he raised his eyes, he met Liu Qi's calm eyes without any emotion, and he swallowed back the words that were on his lips.

She didn't kill him.

Gu Liancheng understood that what Liu Qi had just said was not an explanation to him. The other party was just simply stating a story. As for whether he, Gu Liancheng, believed it or not, the other party didn't seem to care.

Liu Qi looked down at Gu Liancheng quietly, and then said softly: "Boss Gu, don't you want to go in and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Liancheng immediately collected his thoughts, then walked past Liu Qi without saying a word and hurried forward.

When he arrived at the door, he saw a corpse lying on the threshold. Gu Liancheng slowed down, walked closer, squatted, and turned the corpse over. When the corpse's pale face appeared in her sight, Gu Liancheng's face visibly darkened.

Gu Liancheng had stayed in Sihai Villa for nearly a month. There weren't many people in the villa, so he recognized the man lying on the threshold at a glance. He was a boxing instructor at the villa. He had had a drink with him at a banquet a few days ago.

Gu Liancheng slowly examined the corpse and soon found an extremely tiny red mark on its neck.

Gu Liancheng stood up and stepped over the threshold. Inside the house, near the door, there were two bodies stacked together. As usual, Gu Liancheng checked and found that they died in the same way as the boxing instructor at the door. They were all killed in one move and didn't even have a chance to fight back.

Gu Liancheng also found these two people familiar. He guessed that they were probably the teachers in the villa.

Gu Liancheng's face became even more solemn, and then he slowly raised his eyes and looked towards the main seat. When he saw Shangguan Ping's body, there was finally some movement in his eyes.

Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Gu Liancheng came to Shangguan Ping's body. He just lowered his eyes to take a look, and his thick eyebrows instantly frowned, almost forming the word "Chuan" between his eyebrows.

After thinking for a while, Gu Liancheng looked back at the three bodies at the door, then turned back to look at Shangguan Ping's body, and suddenly the words Liu Qi had just said to him emerged in his mind.

"I didn't kill the person."

"What a cruel and ruthless... and interesting person." Gu Liancheng murmured in a low voice.

As one of the best in the world, it was not difficult for him to see that the injuries on Shangguan Ping's body were completely different from those of the three people at the door, and were obviously not caused by the same person.

The exaggerated wound that ran across Shangguan Ping's entire upper body looked like it was caused by a slash from a knife, but Gu Liancheng knew clearly that if Liu Qi had done it, Shangguan Ping would never have such an exaggerated wound. She would most likely have just shallow red marks on her neck, like the three teachers at the door.

and……

After Gu Liancheng checked the depth of the wound, his expression became even more gloomy.

"Gu Jiu..." After a brief silence, Gu Liancheng slowly uttered two words.

……

The restaurant in the city.

When Fang Qingluan pushed open the door, she saw Liu Qi sitting at the table.

Her expression froze involuntarily, and then she looked at Liu Qi carefully, only to find that her clothes were not the Xiangfei color she wore when she set out in the morning, but a light green Shan skirt.

Liu Qi stroked the steaming teacup with one hand, and then asked softly, "You've been gone for so long, have you found anything?"

Fang Qingluan walked into the room and closed the door after hearing that. Then she turned around and replied in a deep voice: "Zhu Weitong may really be closely related to Futian. When his mentor, Old Manor Master Shangguan, was alive, he spent a huge amount of money to collect ancient books related to the Nine Cauldrons, and..."

Fang Qingluan paused, then continued, "There are rumors that the old owner of the Shangguan Manor did not die of old age, but died of a strange poison!"

Strange poison?

A poison that can kill even the most skilled masters!

The true Qi of a top master has become so pure that it is infinitely close to the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth. Everything born in this world is evolved from the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, so what kind of poison can kill a top master?

Liu Qi didn't need to think too much, a name already appeared in his mind.

Zhou Mi!

The extremely strange poison in her body, assuming it could successfully enter the body of a top master, might actually cause the death of a top master!
"Oh, right." Seeing Liu Qi looking thoughtful, Fang Qingluan continued, "The news that the old manor owner Shangguan died of poisoning came from a school in the city. I have brought the teacher of that school here. Would you like to see him?"

After seeing Liu Qi nod, Fang Qingluan turned around, opened the door and walked out. Soon after, she returned to the room with someone.

When the man walked into the room, Liu Qi couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and then said softly: "This sir, looks a little familiar!"

As soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, the person raised his head, revealing a shrewd and cunning face. It was the person who stopped them and asked them why they came when Liu Qi first arrived in Sihai County.

However, this person seemed to be unwelcome in Sihai County and was soon squeezed out by other people.

"My name is Zhang Heng, nice to meet Miss Liu!" the man bowed and saluted.

Liu Qi picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked casually, "Tell me, how do you know that the old manor owner Shangguan died of poisoning and not of old age?"

The moment Zhang Heng looked up, his eyes instantly turned red: "Because this is the news that my son risked his life to spread. Not only did the old manor owner Shangguan die of poisoning, but the person who poisoned him was his son-in-law, the current owner of Sihai Mountain Villa. I wish you all the best!"

Liu Qi lowered his eyes to look at the green tea in the cup, and asked without raising his head: "Where is the evidence?"

Zhang Heng's expression froze, and then he stammered, "I...I...I don't have any evidence."

"But!" He raised his head suddenly and said to Liu Qi excitedly, "My son heard all this with his own ears. My son is very talented. He was admitted to the academy with the first place at the age of eleven and entered Sihai Villa at the age of thirteen. He is the youngest and most talented disciple of Sihai Villa. If he didn't know these secrets, how could he be killed!"

"It must be Zhu Weitong!"

"Zhu Weitong must have been worried that my son would leak the secret, so he killed him!"

……

Zhang Heng started to act crazy and kept repeating one thing in his mouth, that is, Zhu Weitong killed his son!
Fang Qingluan calmly patted Zhang Heng on the back and then dragged him out.

After a while, Fang Qingluan returned to the room and said to Liu Qi in a deep voice, "This man is indeed as he said. He has a son in Sihai Villa. However, a month ago, Sihai Villa expelled him from the villa on the grounds of betraying his master and destroying his ancestors. On the morning of the second day after being expelled from the villa, the body of Zhang Heng's son was found in Danyang Lake."

"Suicide?" Liu Qi asked.

Fang Qingluan nodded: "Zhang Huarong was successful at a young age and was arrogant and flamboyant. As a result, he was expelled from the sect. It is understandable that he could not accept it for a while and chose to commit suicide."

Zhang Huarong is the son of Zhang Heng.

Liu Qi pondered for a moment: "The rumor that the old owner of Shangguan Manor died of poisoning, did it really come from him?"

Fang Qingluan's eyes flickered slightly, and then he nodded heavily: "It was indeed what he said half a year ago when he was drunk, and for this he was punished to be confined in the Hudi Water Prison for a month."

Although it is not known whether the information revealed by Zhang Huarong is true, talking about the elders of the sect after drinking is an unforgivable crime no matter where you are, especially in a place like Sihai Villa where respect for teachers is extremely important.

But judging from the subsequent punishment, a month of confinement in a water dungeon seemed a bit too lenient.

An idea suddenly flashed through Liu Qi's mind, and he immediately looked up and asked, "Do you know how to get to the water prison at Sihai Villa?"

Fang Qingluan's eyes narrowed slightly when she heard this. After thinking for a moment, she nodded gently: "I'll find a way."

That night.

Two figures flew across the lake like flying birds and landed steadily on the territory of Sihai Villa.

Fang Qingluan raised her head slightly and glanced at the brightly lit hillside, then said in a deep voice to Liu Qi beside her: "Si Hai Villa has issued an obituary, but the obituary only said that Madam Zhu died of an acute illness."

Liu Qi responded, "Anyway, I didn't kill him." Fang Qingluan's mouth twitched slightly, "But judging from the situation at the time, there is no problem in identifying you as the murderer. It seems that someone helped you?"

Liu Qi immediately blurted out a name: "Gu Liancheng?"

The mournful music from the hillside kept reaching my ears.

Fang Qingluan silently withdrew her gaze and walked towards the forest beside her.

The water dungeon in Sihai Villa was not difficult to find, because it was also the place where Sihai Villa stored ice and various foods, so Fang Qingluan learned the location of the entrance to the water dungeon from a cook.

The two of them walked out of the mountains and forests and soon arrived at the entrance of the water prison. Looking at the gloomy and dark cave in front of them, Liu Qi and Fang Qingluan looked at each other, and then Liu Qi took the initiative to step forward and strode in leisurely.

As Liu Qi walked deeper and deeper, the temperature around him dropped rapidly, almost to a level that was unbearable for ordinary people.

Liu Qi couldn't help but stop where he was, then looked around, and there was nothing in front of him except darkness.

Liu Qi calculated silently in his mind that they were currently only about ten meters underground. How could the temperature be so low!
This is not normal!

Thumb, thump, thump...

After a while, footsteps were heard behind him. Liu Qi simply waited there for a while, and soon the footsteps came closer.

"Miss Liu... the temperature here seems a little weird!"

Fang Qingluan's voice came to his ears. Without turning back, Liu Qi could feel that the other party's internal energy had already condensed to fight against the extremely cold temperature here.

"Will someone really not die if they stay in a place like this for a month?" Fang Qingluan asked in a deep voice.

Liu Qi continued to walk forward, and casually replied: "At least the one named Zhang made it out alive."

After walking about fifty steps forward, a faint light suddenly appeared in the distance.

Liu Qi leaped forward without hesitation. When she passed through the endless darkness and stepped into the light, a warm breath instantly hit her face.

She stood still and looked around, and found that she was in a spacious stone chamber.

Before Liu Qi could take a closer look at the stone chamber, she suddenly felt something in her arms stirring, and emitting a burning breath.

Liu Qi's eyes darkened, and he instantly reached into his arms.

As her arm came out from her arms and stretched forward, a bead glowing red suddenly appeared in her palm!
Zhurong beads!
Just as Liu Qi was wondering why Zhurongzhu suddenly became agitated, there was a sudden violent shaking under his feet.

Rumbling--

Then the entire stone chamber began to shake.

Liu Qi bent his five fingers and, not caring about the burning breath on the surface of the Zhurong Pearl, held it firmly in his palm. Then he climbed his right hand to the hilt of the knife and looked around quietly with a vigilant look.

Click--

Hearing a crisp sound under his feet, Liu Qi lowered his eyes and looked, only to see countless cracks suddenly appearing on the hard stone floor, and the cracks were still extending until they extended to the surrounding walls.

buzzing...

An extremely terrifying roar came out from the crack, constantly hitting Liu Qi's eardrums.

hold head high--

The sound of the sword resounded throughout the stone chamber and instantly covered up all other sounds. Liu Qi rose into the air and hung in the center of the stone chamber, with the Jingji Sword in his hand emitting purple light.

Bang!
Finally, the terrible thing lurking beneath the ground broke through the obstacles, and a cold and majestic breath gushed out from the ground along with a column of water.

There was no trace of emotion on Liu Qi's face. He suddenly flipped in the air and faced the water column with the Jingji Knife in his hand.

bang bang bang...

The mountains located on the shore of Danyang Lake suddenly began to shake. At the same time, a loud noise like the collapse of heaven and earth echoed out, and the county town more than ten miles away also shook.

"Run! The earth dragon is turning over!"

Countless naked bodies ran out of the house shouting. In less than a cup of tea, the streets and alleys of Sihai County were crowded with all kinds of panicked people.

At the same time, a figure swooped down from the middle of the mountain, broke through the night, and landed directly on the dock in front of the gate of Sihai Villa.

Gu Liancheng looked solemnly at the lake shrouded in night fog, as if he was looking for something.

Suddenly his eyes moved, and he jumped out, tapped the water a few times with his feet, then suddenly leaned over, grabbed the book from the book, turned around and jumped back onto the dock.

boom!
Gu Liancheng threw the person in his hand onto the dock.

"Cough cough cough..." A burst of rapid coughing sounded, and it was not difficult to hear that the person making the sound should be a woman.

"Who are you?" Gu Liancheng asked solemnly, looking at the woman slumped on the ground.

The woman had just walked through the gates of hell and seemed still dazed. After she calmed her breathing, she turned her head to look at the Danyang Lake beside her. Then, as if she thought of something, she stood up suddenly!

"Oh no, Miss Liu is still down there!"

……

In the pitch-dark water.

Liu Qi used his true energy to protect himself tightly, allowing the undercurrents surging around him to continue sweeping him into the bottomless underwater.

The Cang Hai magic skill worked wonders at this time, and Liu Qi was able to move freely underwater.

After about ten breaths, the light green energy in front of Liu Qi suddenly began to flicker, and in the blink of an eye, a pale light spread out.

The cold and gloomy aura continued to flow towards Liu Qi.

Liu Qi suddenly remembered that this pure cold energy was exactly the same as the Nine Nether Cold Veins that were found under Baixi Villa.

At the same time, the Zhurong Pearl held tightly in Liu Qi's left hand continued to emit hot air, driving away the cold air around.

Liu Qi lowered her eyes and glanced at the endless black abyss below her. She could clearly feel that there was a strange energy in the abyss that was pulling at the Zhurong Pearl.

Liu Qi thought for a moment, then flew down again, and soon a light green light appeared in her sight.

As Liu Qi went deeper, the light green light gradually revealed its true face.

I saw an old man with white hair and beard sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. His palms were folded on his abdomen with the palms facing up. There was an object shaped like a jade sceptre hanging in his palms.

Liu Qi's eyes were fixed on the jade sceptre. It was this jade sceptre that echoed with the Zhurong Pearl in her hand.

While Liu Qi was concentrating on examining the jade sceptre, he did not notice that the old man slowly opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)