Being too ferocious because of caution

Chapter 584: "Night Talk" Speculation (II)

"From the messy traces in several rooms, the Taoist priest should have had a fierce fight with someone..."

Zhao Yi came to the corner of the room.

There were many broken wood chips scattered on the ground, and a wooden board stuck to the ground.

The board was nailed to the ground with nails all around.

"Strange..."

Thomson, who was standing by, had a strange look on his face, staring at the wooden board on the ground seriously.

"There was a similar situation in the room just now. They seemed to have...dismantled the upper part of the wooden cabinet during the fight?"

At this point, his head began to hurt again.

Thomson immediately stopped thinking about this.

Zhao Yi didn't seem to notice Thomson's change, and continued:

"It wasn't demolished during the fight."

"It was demolished after the fight."

Thomson was puzzled:

"After the fight?"

"Why?"

Zhao Yi said casually:

"Maybe they wanted to rebuild...but it's hard to say."

"To figure out this problem, we still have to figure out who the Taoist priest had a fight with."

Thomson nodded and agreed:

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhao Yi used a torch to illuminate the surroundings, while being alert to something, he said:

"Earlier, didn't you say that the Taoist priest had another disciple?"

Thomson:

"Yes."

"If I remember correctly, his name is Ning Jiang. Before the Taoist priest ascended to heaven, he met him and explained his affairs in the mortal world."

Zhao Yi:

"It seems that the person who fought with the Taoist priest...is most likely Ning Jiang!"

"No one usually comes to this kind of place."

Thomson thought for a while.

"That's right. After all, the nearest town is nearly 100 kilometers away..."

"If you don't know the exact location, it's hard to find the gym."

"But... why did the Taoist priest fight with his apprentice?"

"Look at the blood stains. The battle must have been very tragic. The Taoist priest is so old. How could his apprentice be so cruel?"

Zhao Yi saw that his thoughts had been led to another path again, so he said:

"Thomson..."

"Preconceived ideas are terrible..."

"How do you know that these blood stains were left by the Taoist priest?"

Thomson was stunned for a moment, and then smiled:

"The last time I saw the Taoist priest, he was already 84 years old."

"Although he is still healthy, he must be no match for young people in their prime..."

Zhao Yi:

"You also know that he cultivates immortals."

"He is about to ascend to heaven, so he must have some skills."

"How can you summarize it with common sense?"

Thomson was choked.

Zhao Yi said:

"We don't have enough clues now, but we can still make some guesses."

"If the Taoist priest fought with his apprentice, then the biggest possibility is because of ascension."

"After all, there is nothing valuable in the Taoist priest's place, and the possibility that he and his apprentice have a feud that will last forever is also very small..."

"For the former, the Taoist priest is going to ascend, so he doesn't need it at all. He can just give it to his apprentice. There is no reason to fight."

"For the latter, if the two have a feud that will last forever, why would the Taoist priest call his apprentice back before ascending?"

Thomson continued along with Zhao Yi's thoughts:

"Unless... the Taoist priest needs his apprentice when he ascends."

Zhao Yi praised:

"That's right."

"Did the Taoist priest tell you about ascension before?"

Thomson thought seriously.

"When you say that, I seem to remember something."

Zhao Yi came to the door, closed the door, and closed the window.

"Tell me about it."

"Maybe... the answer is in it!"

Thomson:

"The last time I visited the Taoist priest, he once mentioned to me that it was not easy for him to get to where he is today. He broke through the shackles of his predecessors and walked out a new path."

"But he was worried that after he ascended, the path he had worked so hard to walk out would be cut off, so the Taoist priest left his method of cultivation for ascension and hid it in..."

Zhao Yi's eyes flashed:

"Where is it hidden?"

Thomson frowned:

"It's hidden...hidden in a book!"

Zhao Yi did not give him time to rest, and continued to ask:

"Where is the book?"

Thomson's breathing was already a little hurried.

"The book...the book is..."

Zhao Yi:

"Is the book in a corner of this dojo?"

Thomson's nervousness seemed to have found an outlet, and he said:

"Yes...the Taoist priest hid the book that recorded his method of ascension in a corner of the dojo."

Zhao Yi patted his shoulder, causing the absent-minded Thomson to shiver suddenly.

"Relax... Things are not as bad as we thought."

Thomson looked a little depressed and sighed:

"But I forgot where the book is..."

"If only I had listened to the Taoist priest's words carefully..."

Zhao Yi's eyes moved slightly:

"Actually, we can speculate."

Thomson was puzzled:

"How can we speculate?"

Zhao Yi looked at the confused Thomson and said:

"What are books made of?"

"Paper."

"What's on paper?"

"Ink."

"What is paper afraid of?"

"Fire."

"What about ink?"

"Water."

"So where should we put it so that it can be both fireproof and waterproof?"

Thomson thought for a moment, his eyes lit up:

"Iron box."

Zhao Yi continued to ask:

"Does the iron box smell like food?"

"No."

"So foreign beasts won't deliberately look for the iron box, right?"

"Yes..."

"So the iron box can be placed where the beasts can't reach or see it, right?"

"Yes!"

"So...if it were you, where would you hide the iron box?"

Thomson's thoughts flowed like a spring, his eyes became brighter:

"If it were me, I would put the iron box...in the wall behind the painting in the alms room!"

The two looked at each other, and Thomson said excitedly:

"Mr. Zhao...you are simply a genius!"

"Let's go back and find it now!"

After that, he opened the door.

The cold wind made him shiver.

The two of them had not walked a few steps in the corridor when Thompson suddenly heard Zhao Yi say:

"It has started killing people..."

"We don't have much time."

Thomson shuddered all over and followed Zhao Yi's line of sight.

At the other end of the rain curtain, at the entrance of a forest path in the distance, a black shadow was frantically gnawing at a corpse on the ground...

Thomson's legs were weak and he couldn't walk.

Although he couldn't see the face of the black shadow clearly, the familiar skinny and short figure still made Thompson suddenly remember the Taoist priest who should have ascended in his memory!

"It's really...it's him..."

Thomson's lips trembled slightly.

The black shadow at the other end seemed to sense something, turned his head from the rain curtain, and stared at Thompson!

"It...it saw me!!"

Thomson turned his head and said to Zhao Yi in fear.

After saying that, he turned his head and looked under the tree again, but his whole body was shocked!

The ghost that was still gnawing at the corpse just now...has disappeared.

PS: Second update.

This story will probably end tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

True and false, false and true.

Good night, my dears.

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