I was just solving crimes, how could I become an immortal?

Chapter 34 The Auspicious Beast Zaowu
  There is no grave for death, and there is no complete body for death.

This is the most vicious curse in the eyes of the people who pay attention to being buried in their graves.

Even if it is a beheaded prisoner, the government will mercifully return the head to the relatives and bury the whole body.

But in front of them, hundreds of mutilated corpses were so casually discarded in the pit, and they died a miserable death.

"Who on earth could commit such evil things!" Ying Huorong gritted his teeth, unable to vent the anger in his heart.

Cao An couldn't answer this question. He could only squat by the pit without saying a word, carefully observing the corpses in the pit. He knew very well that the only thing he could do now was to give justice to these dead people.

Observing the situation in the mass grave carefully, the enemy's brutality far exceeded their imagination.

Judging from the degree of decomposition of the corpses, the time interval between deaths was very long. In other words, the process of killing and dumping the corpses lasted for a long time.

Every time the corpses were dumped, they would be covered with a thin layer of soil as a cover. Unless Zuowu discovered the clues and dug them out with his claws, no one would have discovered the mass graves in the deep mountains and old forests.

Looking at these corpses, they either had their heads chopped off, or their hands and feet were cut off, or even some organs were dug out. From young girls to young children, not one of the hundreds of corpses was complete.

For such a brutal act, Cao An could only think of one thing: collection.

"The other party is very careful. They found more than a dozen different wheel marks in four directions. I'm afraid the other party deliberately took a long way to confuse us. What should we do now?" Ying Huorong explored the surrounding area and found nothing.

"Can you communicate with your kitten? How did it find this place?" Cao An wanted to communicate with Zuo Wu.

It's a pity that this person didn't even look at him, and only left him with the back of his head.

From the moment Ying Huorong appeared, Zuowu really turned into a kitten. Although he was huge, he huddled up and kept wanting to be hugged by Ying Huorong. His coquettishness was even stronger than that of a house cat.

There was no other choice but to have Ying Huorong pat the animal on the head and ask the question again before Zuowu responded.

"Ouch~~" Zuowu cried out cutely.

Ying Huorong is worthy of being his playmate since childhood, and he understands the animal language as expected.

"Oh~~ The kitten said: There have always been students in the college who suspected it of eating people, but it never eats people. The missing students obviously left the college on their own and had nothing to do with it, so they wanted to find them back."

The demon clan's perception ability is extremely powerful, and they don't even sleep at night.

Mubai Oiran and Zuowu both discovered the strange movement of going out late at night. Unfortunately, Zuowu couldn't speak. Mubai Oiran only told Wei Juan, but Wei Juan was killed.

"The kitten came here following the induction of heaven and earth. He felt the resentment here was soaring, so he came to take a look. He didn't expect that after digging up the soil, there would only be so many corpses."

Evaluated as an auspicious beast, Zuowu's ability is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary monsters. He can sense some destiny energy, which is why he discovered this place.

"Then the few missing students he saw, were there any abnormalities when they left?"

"Ouch~~"

"Mao Mao said: Those students seem to have lost their souls."

"I know that. They must be under control. What I mean is, are there any other abnormalities?"

"Ouch~~"

"The kitten said: The biggest abnormality is that you have lost your soul. He also said that you are as stupid as a chicken."

Cao An:? ? ?
  What do you mean, a big cat who can't even speak actually calls him stupid?

And also showed him a look of human contempt? Are all monsters like this today?

Just as Cao An was about to refute, he suddenly realized a problem.

"It says that you have lost your soul. Is this a metaphor? Or is it really that you have lost your soul?"

"Ouch~~" "Yeah, the kitten said it just lost one of its souls, and it's as smart as two chickens."

Zuowu's answer finally made Cao An realize.

No wonder no one among the powerful experts in the academy could see through Wei Juan's method of death.

To control a person, you can rely on medicine, secret techniques, magic weapons, etc.

But after the incident, many experts checked the body, but there were no traces. If Cao An could not hear the last words, this tragedy might have become a suicide case.

Fortunately, humans can't see the trick, but Zuowu, as an auspicious beast, figured out the key: one soul was lost.

There are three souls and seven souls in humanity, and the second soul, 'Shuang Ling', controls people's spirits and thoughts.

In Taoist classics, all mental disabilities, dementia, and loss of control of thoughts are the result of damaged Shuangling.

The murderer probably used some kind of secret technique to imprison Wei Juan's soul, then let her return to the academy, and then seduced her soul to secretly come south late at night.

On the one hand, it can create the illusion of disappearance, spread rumors that Zuowu swallowed people, and affect the government's investigation of the case.

Secondly, if someone discovers it, they can be ordered to cut off their own life. After a person dies and his soul is extinguished, the method of committing a crime by taking away a soul will naturally be hidden.

A good plan to delay the murder. If the analysis is correct, Wei Juan also got into trouble because she loved studying Taoism and discovered such a method from the book.

"Then what should we do now? Now that we know the method, where is the enemy?" Ying Huorong now wants to kill the murderer, but unfortunately he doesn't even know who the murderer is.

"It doesn't matter. Since it's an abandoned corpse, no matter how careful you are, the distance shouldn't be too far. Are there any suspicious villages within 20 miles around?"

"Yes, Mr. Ma just sent a message. There is a small village about 15 miles away from us. A convoy just left. Mr. Ma has stopped them."

The two acted alone, but their contact with the follow-up troops was never broken.

Paper cranes fell into Ying Huorong's hands one by one and merged into her map. New information was constantly marked on the map as if updated in real time. It could even accurately locate the distance between villages. The ability to transmit information was extremely terrifying.

And the one who can do all this is actually Zhu Xian who is idle every day.

It seems that he has the weakest combat power among the Five Flags, but when he was still in the army, he was responsible for drawing strategic maps.

Although he did not go out with the team this time, he replaced Cao An in commanding the students from the rear, and relied on the ability of the wooden book to fold the pages into paper cranes to convey messages.

Even if they are in the jungle, they can still know the location of their companions, which is much more powerful than the Taoist messenger talisman.

"But is there Mr. Ma in our team?" Cao An asked doubtfully.

Ying Huorong nodded seriously: "Of course, he is the veteran of our Tsing Yi Department, he is very powerful."

In Cao An's impression, the only reinforcements this time were the Twelve Troops of Jinling. Where did the master surnamed Ma come from?
  "Forget it, let's go take a look first, and notify Zhu Xian and ask him to lead the students here to encircle him. The impact of this case is too great, whether it is a person or a ghost, an officer or a soldier. If you encounter it, I will stop you. Don’t even think about leaving!”

"What about the six doors? They seem to want to enter too."

"Stop! It's not easy for anyone to come today!"

Murder cases involving hundreds of people were enough to shock the government and the public, especially those who died. Cao An saw a lot of silk and satin, and he was afraid that the background was quite impressive.

Under this premise, even if Cao An issued a more radical order, he would not have to bear the consequences.

"You send a summons back to the office, and ask Lord Tisi to go to a fair interview and explain this matter right now."

Cao An gave a final instruction to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble and obstruct the investigation.

He is now very suspicious that there may be an insider among these six doors.

(End of this chapter)