74 The Blood Ghost Plate and the Cannibal
In the cramped mine, the damp air mixed with the cold autumn wind blew, and the warriors couldnât help but tighten their clothes. If an ordinary person entered the mine during this season, the only outcome was death.
âMove, move, Senior brother Qin is here!â Sun Ziyao led the way and revealed Qin Huaiâs name.
In response, the group of martial artists lit up their oil lamps and made way for Qin Huai.
âSenior Brother Qin!â
Qin Huai and the others nodded and walked to the two fingers.
The blood on the ground had not dried up yet, and the fingers were still a little warm. The person should have died today. Maybe they panicked and didnât use the lamp when cleaning up the scene, leaving these fingers behindâŠ
âWho discovered it?â
âItâs Senior Brother Li Bowu and Senior Brother Jiang.
Qin Huai looked at Li Bowu and Senior Brother Jiang.
Senior Brother Jiang quickly said, âAh, Senior Brother Li, and I met each other when we were leaving the cave. Senior Brother Li said that he wanted to go back and try his luck to catch a few Thunderbolt Dojo bastards to vent his anger.
âWe thought it made sense, so we followed Senior Brother Li. When we got here, we saw these right away! I then sent someone to inform the people in our dojo.â
Li Bowu looked at Qin Huaiâs gaze and subconsciously took half a step back. He immediately nodded. âYes, yes.â
Qin Huai raised his head and looked at Sun Ziyao. âHave you ordered everyone in the dojo?â
Behind him, Senior Brother Qi Yangbing walked over quickly. âYes, I have. A junior brother named Zhang Si has gone missing. Heâs a second refinement martial artist and can be considered one of my subordinates.â
Second refinement⊠Then they wouldnât be those mountain bandits who had taken the Sacred Heart sectâs secret manual. They simply didnât have the strength to kill the warriors of the eight major martial arts centers, let alone the courage.
Had the Sacred Heart sect discovered the deaths of the black-robed man and the Hunchback man so quickly and sent reinforcements to investigate?
That didnât seem right. Based on the behavior of those two, the Sacred Heart sect should be better at cultivating blood food in the dark.
Acting so arrogantly, could it be that the person was here to take revenge for the black-robed man and the other man?
âLetâs first have our fellow disciples enter the mines in groups of two or three,â Qin Huai suggested.
âI guess thatâs the only way.â Qi Yangbing didnât have any good ideas.
The next morning, as usual, after Qin Huai collected the training hallâs drill ground experience, he went to the Changshan ancestral house to visit his master, Sun Yuanshan.
After nearly a month of rest, Sun Yuanshan had regained his original sage-like leisure. But that was all.
With his injuries slightly healed and the loss of the six white dragons, his master didnât have much combat power now. He could only cultivate his body and mind on the mountain and cultivate the medicinal field.
In the meantime, the eldest brother was in charge of all the major matters on the mountain.
âMaster, Iâve come to see you.â Qin Huai was carrying the tea leaves he had asked someone to buy from the city to pass time for his master.
When Sun Yuanshan saw Qin Huai, his face was filled with excitement. âHuaiâer, youâve come at the right time⊠Hurry up and take off your clothes!â
Qin Huaiâs expression changed. His gaze swept across the area and saw the large wooden barrel overflowing with thick smoke.
âIâve perfected this medicinal bath. As long as you soak in it for three months, youâll be able to cultivate a body thatâs immune to all poisons. Of course, it also has the effect of improving your qi and blood.â
It was a strong medicinal bath that his master had given him. There were many poisonous substances in it, and it had the meaning of attacking poison with poison.
The effect was indeed good. It was just that the soaking process was too torturous. However, he could only slowly accumulate his combat power through this little bit of improvement.
After the fourth refinement, Qin Huaiâs speed of collecting experience slowed down again, and he could only get a pitiful 500 to 600 points a day. It would take at least three months to break through to the fifth refinement.
However, there was still plenty of time. Pulling Reihom down from the throne was just a matter of time.
While soaking in the medicinal bath, Qin Huai told Sun Yuanshan about what had happened today.
Sun Yuanshan sighed. âIâve told you everything I know last time⊠You can ask your disciple to go to the city lordâs mansion and ask. They have news from Lingjiang county, so they must know more inside information.â
âAlright.â Qin Huai nodded.
This kind of thing could not be allowed to happen. Firstly, in the long run, it would inevitably lead to the peopleâs morale slacking, and the available combat power would be reduced.
Moreover, his cultivation was all dependent on these people. The more people died, the slower the speed of his breakthrough. Therefore, whether it was for public or private reasons, Qin Huai had to find the murderer.
Qin Huai cleared his mind and then headed straight for the tiger battalion.
There were no twists and turns along the way. After Qin Huai found Hu Jinghai, two steeds left the camp with a few words and headed for the city lordâs mansion.
âMaster, when we reach my house, it might take a while before I can talk to my father.â On the way, Hu Jinghai wanted to say something, but he held back. He felt like he was not afraid of death.
âCity Lord is very busy, so I naturally understand.â Qin Huai nodded and didnât think too much about it.
It wasnât until they reached the gates of the city lordâs mansion that Qin Huai saw a refined middle-aged man holding a bunch of bamboo whips in his hands that he suddenly understood Hu Jinghaiâs meaning.
Pa!
âYou dare to privately order the tiger battalion to station their troops?!â
Pa!
âYou wonât even go home for a month?!â
Pa!
âItâs fine if you donât know how to do it, but you donât even write a letter?â
The sound of the bamboo whip grew louder and louder. Qin Huai listened to Hu Jinghaiâs wailing, but in the end, he still acted like a master.
âCity Lord, Jinghai has also made some progress in his learning this month. When you attacked just now, you also secretly scattered a lot of hemp grass powder on Jinghaiâs body to relieve the pain.â
Hearing this, Hu Guanpanâs bamboo whip finally stopped. There was a hint of relief in his eyes. âThen Iâve indeed learned something. Master Qin has taught me well.â He smiled at Qin Huai.
âI donât dare, I donât dare.â
There was actually still half a sentence that Qin Huai didnât say. Hu Jinghai had even given his father some heart-cooling powder. It could freeze the blood and qi of a martial artist and some newly-joined martial artists.
However, it was useless against a top expert like Hu Guanpan. Qin Huai didnât dare to say this out loud, afraid that he would have to send off the black-haired man.
At the side, Hu Jinghai pulled up his pants with his swollen butt.
Qin Huai also took the opportunity to explain his intentions.
âThen youâve come to the right place.â Hu Guanpan ordered someone to bring him a bronze compass-like object. âAfter the rise of the Sacred Heart sect, the imperial court has been secretly searching for a way to distinguish the Sacred Heart sect disciples who have money with them.
âAfter all, eating people is against human ethics and morality, and it will also cause people to panic.â
âIn the first year of Chengping, a master discovered that the qi and blood of people who ate a lot of people would also change. From there, they would emit a smell that the nose canât smell.
âThatâs how we got this item, the blood ghost plate. As long as you drip a drop of blood into it and look out through the mirror in the center of the plate, youâll be able to see the green aura in the air within a twenty-meter radius.
Hu Guanpan explained further, âThe only flaw is that the blood ghost plate can only detect those who have âstrong auras,â which are the Sacred Heart sectâs disciples who eat a lot of people.â
Qin Huai understood. This was a lack of precision. âThen how long will this smell last?â
âItâs usually twenty-four hours.â
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In the mine, Qin Huai held the blood ghost plate and searched around.
However, he had not found anything even after he had explored the entire mine.
He stood on the mountainside and looked down at the entire mine.
His expression was grave. âNo aura means itâs not within the range of the blood ghost plate. In other words, itâs likely that itâs the first time theyâve eaten people.â
Qin Huai recalled the scene from last night. There were no new signs of damage, so the battle should have ended in two or three moves.
âAlso⊠If theyâre from the Sacred Heart sect, they would be experienced experts who have shed countless blood to cultivate to such a state. In such a claustrophobic environment like the mine cave, itâll definitely be easy to deal with the scene. There wonât be any traces left.â
A Sacred Heart sect disciple with a high realm but eating a human for the first time? What kind of person could satisfy such conditions? Only experts who joined the Sacred Heart sect midwayâŠ
And the people in the White Flow Mountain who met these conditionsâŠ
Qin Huai turned back and looked in the direction of the Thunderbolt Dojo and the Changshan Dojo.
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