Chapter 276 The Connection Between Clues
"Oh, stingy, I guess you just didn't make it."
Ning Rongrong taunted.
But Tang San didn't fall for this childish provocation. He shrugged and asked Zhou Qing: "Next, what is our goal?"
Initially, they came to Luoxing City to hunt down a soul master suspected to be named Hu Fangyuan, who was an accomplice of Hu Lingling and the group of soul masters who attacked the City Lord's Mansion at night.
Then, after arriving at Falling Star City, they accidentally learned that Darles was the mayor of Falling Star City, and about the population disappearance incident that had occurred in the past six years. They thus speculated that Darles might have a connection with the Fallen One, and that the Fallen One might be the Soul Master they were hunting.
In addition, the country couple that Darles killed six years ago might be Zhou Qing’s biological parents.
Now, when they were drawing the road distribution map of Falling Star City, they noticed the soul guide core formation and confirmed it, and found that it might be involved in another matter.
Although based on Zhou Qing’s previous assumptions, these things can be linked together, including the super-large soul guide core formation currently found in Luoxing City... Tang San even believes that it is entirely possible to capture Darles directly and torture him to extract a confession.
But Zhou Qing believes that rigor is needed and one should not jump to conclusions simply by adding a few hypothetical premises.
Torture to extract confessions?
Isn't there a possibility of being forced to confess?
Besides, they don’t have the power to sweep away everything now...
So Zhou Qing asked Ning Rongrong, "Did you tell your father and Jian Douluo about the buildings and road distribution map of Falling Star City last night?"
"of course not!"
Ning Rongrong was a little dissatisfied, "This is different from Tang San's Wind Leaf Dart. I want to accomplish this great task with you!"
however!
Zhou Qing now hopes that Ning Rongrong will tell Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo about this matter, and let them investigate the matter about the "Soul Guide Core Array", while he and others can focus on investigating Soul Sect, Hu Fangyuan and Dalies.
However, since Ning Rongrong didn't say anything, Zhou Qing didn't plan to mention it. After all, the more times he met Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo, the more tired he felt. Moreover, the possibility of Xiao Wu's identity as a hundred thousand year soul beast being exposed was also greater.
Therefore, Zhou Qing just smiled and said: "Just to see if you have forgotten the agreement between us. Now it seems that you have performed well."
"Of course I am. I am the most trustworthy person!"
Ning Rongrong raised her chin, feeling quite pleased with herself.
Afterwards, Zhou Qing once again took out the map of Falling Star City's buildings and roads that he had drawn, pointed to the City Lord's Mansion in the center and said, "The core of this soul guide core formation is right here! So the mastermind behind the scenes might also be hiding here! In addition, Xiao San, you previously explored a study room at the back of the City Lord's Mansion, which is suspected to have a secret room... Youhui, have the City Lords of all generations rebuilt the City Lord's Mansion?"
You Hui thought for a moment, "I heard that since the city lord made a modification under the guidance of a Soul Sect-level soul master two hundred years ago, the following city lords have not made large-scale modifications to the layout of the house. At most, they have made some decorations indoors and outdoors according to their own preferences."
"Soul Sect?" Xiao Wu was stunned.
"Yes, it's the Soul Sect, but I don't know its specific name. I just heard from my parents that it seems that the Soul Sect and his descendants have been assisting the city lord in the past two hundred years... Although there is no clear evidence to prove that those who assist the city lord are descendants of the Soul Sect, my parents seem to have accidentally learned that those people's martial spirits are the same. Later, my parents are suspected of encountering the Fallen and something happened..." At this point, Youhui raised her head and saw Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong all frowning. She said weakly: "Well, I seem to have suddenly discovered that the death of my parents may be related to what you are investigating."
Any relationship?
Do not!
It matters a lot!
What Youhui said was about her parents, so it couldn't be false. Even if she remembered some details wrong, the credibility was definitely more than 80%!
This is enough for Zhou Qing to define it.
The only thing that needs to be confirmed at the moment is whether the Soul Sect they are hunting down is the same as the family that inherited the martial soul that assisted successive city lords, or the person who is the only one in the same lineage?
If so, then everything is simple.
But the atmosphere at the scene was silent.
There is an 80% chance that Youhui's parents died at the hands of the soul master that Zhou Qing and others were hunting because they knew too much...
If Zhou Qing continued to talk at this time, his emotional intelligence would be too low, and he couldn't say that his own parents also died in Luoxing City, right?
Hell jokes are unacceptable!
Fortunately, Xiao Wu reacted and empathized with You Hui. She stepped forward and hugged You Hui, comforting her: "Don't be sad, You Hui. If it is really that Soul Sect Master, you can come with us to take revenge on him."
"Thank you."
Youhui was very touched, but then she said something shocking, "But, can you let me go first? It's a bit uncomfortable."
Xiao Wu's expression changed at a speed visible to the naked eye:
(“)“→(︿)→(へ╬)
Zhou Qing opened his mouth and glanced calmly at Romantina, who walked to Youhui, pulled her out of Xiaowu's arms, pressed her into her open chest, and said something like "Are you much softer now?" He sighed faintly: "It seems that I thought too much... As expected of someone who can become friends with Romantina, his emotional intelligence and personality are really different from ordinary people!"
However, Zhou Qing thought about it carefully and felt relieved. After all, she was an introverted homebody. When talking to them, she stuttered most of the time. She was probably only more relaxed when communicating with the servants at home and Romantina.
"Okay, stop hugging me. You're almost suffocating Youhui."
Seeing Youhui's head shaking vigorously at that elastic spot and her hands waving around in confusion, Xiao Wu suppressed her anger and said sarcastically.
Romantina immediately let go and shook Youhui, whose face was red and looked like she had been holding her breath for a while, so hard that her head was spinning: "Are you okay? Youhui!"
"No...it's okay." Youhui patted her face, which was red from fear or embarrassment, and forced herself to wake up.
Zhou Qing didn't intend to let the three girls continue to make trouble, so he interrupted and said, "Youhui, you are a baron, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Youhui didn't understand why Zhou Qing suddenly asked this.
"You should be able to visit Darles at the City Lord's Mansion, right?"
Since Youhui also wants to find out the truth, then he can visit Darles directly as a baron and help them hold Darles for a while so that they can go to the study that Tang San found in the City Lord's Mansion to investigate...
(End of this chapter)
