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Chapter 447: Warm Fragrant Softening Powder

The bodies of the seven masters are now placed in a coffin shop in the city, and that coffin shop named Wan Ji is also one of the businesses of the Beggars' Gang.

Malu and Gu Qingyi rushed there, showed the copper ring given by Chu Qianyuan and explained their purpose, and were then let in by the Beggar Gang disciples guarding the gate.

These seven people had extraordinary backgrounds. After their deaths, many people came to pay their respects. The Beggars' Sect also sent people to inform their relatives and friends in the sect and promised to catch the murderer as soon as possible.

However, it has been two days since they were murdered, and most people who needed to pay their respects have done so, so there are not many people in the coffin shop at the moment, except for an old shopkeeper with dead eyes.

When Malu and Gu Qingyi entered the room, the old shopkeeper was holding a brush and writing in a flamboyant manner. Malu thought he was practicing calligraphy at first, but when he got closer he found that he was drawing talismans.

"What kind of talisman is this, shopkeeper?" asked Malu.

"A talisman to break evil." The old shopkeeper heard the footsteps but did not look up immediately. He put the brush aside only after he finished the last stroke.

"Are you two here to investigate a case or to pay your respects? Hey... I've seen you before. You're the guy named He. Didn't you come here before?"

He said this to Gu Qingyi. In order to hide his identity and avoid being discovered by the two detectives from the Iron Armor Sect, Gu Qingyi usually used the alias He Jiuyuan when investigating cases.

"Well, Manager Wan, this time my friend wants to come and pay his respects and examine the body."

Shopkeeper Wan glanced at Ma Lu and said, "Just investigate the case, why do you have to talk about condolences? Do you know them?"

Gu Qingyi felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Since you've been here, do you want me to introduce you again?"

"Yes, yes." Gu Qingyi nodded.

Shopkeeper Wan walked to the first coffin and pushed open the lid. "The one lying inside is Xu Sheng, the Soul-Breaking Spear of the Divine Spear Sect."

Malu only needed to stretch his head to take a look and he understood why Gu Qingyi insisted on asking Manager Wan for an introduction and why Manager Wan was busy drawing the talisman to break the evil spirit.

Because Xu Sheng's head was smashed by a blunt object, it looked like a watermelon dropped on the ground, and his facial features could no longer be distinguished.

Lying in a golden nanmu coffin next to him was Shen Mei, the Lingbo Fairy of the Jade Maiden Palace.

Shen Mei was even more miserable. She was stabbed so many times all over her body that her flesh was turned inside out. There was almost no intact skin left and her shape was horrible.

"And this one has an even more extraordinary identity." Shopkeeper Wan then pointed at a large black coffin.

“He is the young master of Divine Eagle Valley, one of the three holy places in the martial arts world—Jade-faced Divine Fist Duan Erlang. He has an amazing talent for martial arts and has mastered Divine Eagle Valley’s unique Fengyun Fist to the sixth level at a young age.

"It's a pity that after lying in this wooden coffin, the future glory and wealth will have nothing to do with him."

Malu leaned over to take a look, and saw that the corpse in the coffin no longer had any trace of its jade-like face. All that was left was a pair of wide-open, angry eyes, and the nose and mouth below had been cut off.

Malu wondered, "Hey, why did the murderer destroy the faces of these people?"

"You ask me, I'm not the murderer, how would I know?" Shopkeeper Wan shook his head, and then he walked to the fourth coffin. "There are many heroes in the martial arts world today, but there are only a few who are worthy of this title. Jiangzhou hero Chu Jingtian is one of them.

"Master Chu is a man of great integrity. Back then, 27 members of the Jiang family were killed by the magic master Huo Yunzi, who then fled to the outside of the Great Wall.

"Hero Chu had never met the Jiang family before, but in order to uphold justice in the martial arts world, he traveled far outside the Great Wall and spent three years to find Huoyunzi and kill him. This chivalrous act is worthy of the name of a hero."

"As for the fifth person, his identity is not simple either. He is the Black Snake Young Master of the Ten Thousand Snake Mountain. Even the Pavilion Master Dugu of the Hidden Sword Pavilion praised his Black Snake Eleven Transformations."

“I couldn’t even tell the sixth and seventh bodies apart because they were actually twins with the same body shape and appearance. The two brothers worked together and would fight together no matter how many enemies they faced.

"They come from the most mysterious Tongxin Sect among the Three Holy Lands, and they practice the Tongxin Sect's unique martial art, the Tongxin Lock, which lasts forever and sweeps across the world.

"It is said that this martial art can only be practiced by twins with the same mind, so Tongxin Sect has always only accepted twins as disciples. This is also the most magical martial art in the martial arts world. Once you master it, it will be of infinite use."

Malu listened to the old shopkeeper praising these seven people to the skies, but he didn't know whether these people were really that great or just bragging about their business.

The main thing is that if their strength is really that strong, how could they be caught in one fell swoop?

Just as Malu was thinking this, a voice suddenly came to his ears, "The reason why their faces were all destroyed is because they were poisoned by the strange poison Wenxiang Ruanjin Powder before they died.

“This poison is colorless and tasteless, but it can reduce a person’s internal strength to only one tenth of what it should be. What’s even more amazing is that even if you use a silver needle to examine the body, it’s difficult to detect the toxicity. The only flaw is that the lips of the deceased will turn slightly blue.

"And this is also the reason why the murderer wanted to destroy these people's facial features. His target was the lips. The reason why he destroyed other parts as well was just because he didn't want people to associate it with the Warm Fragrance Softening Powder."

The one who was speaking was a man in gray, holding a folding fan and with a wine gourd hanging around his waist. Next to him stood a burly man wearing a conical hat and with a body as tall as an iron tower.

When Gu Qingyi saw these two people, his expression froze suddenly, and he turned around and wanted to slip away, but when he remembered that he was easy to deal with, he forced himself to calm down.

However, she then heard the gray-clothed man speak again, "Miss Third, you have had enough fun outside. It's time to go home. The Sect Master has been very worried about you."

"What, what Third Miss? You two have recognized the wrong person, right?" Gu Qingyi's face changed drastically, and he even forgot to lower his voice.

The man in gray waved his folding fan, "Miss San, you learned the art of disguise from Senior Han, so who do you think is Senior Han's eldest disciple? I heard that another master detective from the Iron Cloth Sect appeared in Yuchang County, and I thought of you."

"It's just that Detective Wen and I were busy investigating the case and didn't have time to look for you."

Gu Qingyi was exposed by his words, but she was not so scared anymore. She puffed out her chest and said, "What a coincidence. I am also investigating the case. I will not leave Yuchang County until the case is solved."

The gray-clothed man and the burly man looked at each other, and the latter made a gesture.

The gray-clothed man said, "Captain Wen said that Yuchang County is not safe now. The war between the Beggars' Sect and the Tianlong Sect is inevitable. The masters of Tongxin Sect, the Jade Maiden Palace, and the Divine Eagle Valley are all in trouble. A son of a wealthy family should not stay in the hall. Third Miss, you should not stay here. You are putting us in a difficult position."

"Then will you leave too?" Gu Qingyi asked.

(End of this chapter)