Chapter 458 Investigation
Chapter 458 Investigation
The village at this time still looked the same as when Tian Lin left.
There were no signs of fighting in the half-collapsed temple.
"Now I feel that Senior Sister Mei did not fight with the other party at that time."
Tian Lin walked around the temple and came to a conclusion that was opposite to his previous one.
Cui Er said quickly: "But so many houses in the village collapsed. How could this happen if there were no signs of fighting?"
"Those traces of fighting, perhaps they were deliberately forged by the other party?"
Tian Lin said: "Based on Mei Xiangu's cultivation, her opponent must be at least a strong man in the late Jindan stage. How could the battle between the two of them be small?
But if you look at this village again, although the houses have collapsed, most of them still maintain their original appearance. And the ground has no signs of collapse or decay. "
Cui Er questioned again: "What about the dead branches of the Goddess Tree?"
Tian Lin was unable to answer Cui'er's words for a moment.
Obviously, whoever attacked Fairy Mei must have attacked the Goddess Tree.
If not for this, he would not have picked up the dead branches of the Goddess Tree in the morning.
But the Goddess Tree and Plum Fairy are inseparable!
If the Goddess Tree attacked the newcomers, Mei Xiangu would not sit idly by.
If Fairy Mei holding the Goddess Tree starts fighting with someone, the situation should not be as bad as it is now.
Just as Tian Lin was deep in thought, there were a few chirping sounds, and several beams of light appeared in the village one after another.
I heard a Jindan cultivator in the lead say, "The reward of food is fine! What do you think? If we can find the whereabouts of Mei Xiangu, what kind of reward will we get from Dao Sect or Elder Mei? Will they let us enter the Immortal Sect as well?"
"I heard that Elder Mei only has this one granddaughter! If I can save his granddaughter's life, I'm afraid that I can not only enter the immortal sect and become an inner sect disciple, but I may also become Elder Mei's grandson-in-law!
By then, we will have an elder at the Nascent Soul stage to back us up!"
These Jindan monks were laughing, but when they saw Tian Lin coming out of the temple, they immediately stopped smiling.
Feeling both awkward and somewhat timid, he bowed to Tian Lin.
Obviously, these people, who were either guests of the Su family or Hua Hualang temporarily residing in Beiye County, all knew Tian Lin.
Tian Lin's eyes swept over these people, and then looked at the cultivators who were either fast or slow, or who were at the Golden Core or Foundation Establishment stage.
He didn't pay attention to the previous talk of these people. He bowed and said to them:
"Mei Xiangu is my senior sister! If you can find clues about Mei Xiangu, I don't care how Elder Mei or the Daoist Sect rewards you. Anyway, I will also have other rewards for you."
Those people were delighted, but they didn't show it on their faces. They just said, "Master Tian, don't worry, we will do our best!"
Tian Lin has come to this village to investigate twice, including this time.
Now that these people have come to investigate, Tian Lin hopes they can make new discoveries.
Unfortunately, after an afternoon of exploring the village, everyone still didn't find any obvious clues.
But everyone brainstormed and did find out some information that Tian Lin didn't know before.
Someone was holding a book in his hand, which was an account book that a villager kept when he burned incense every day.
"According to the date on this incense book, we know that this villager died four days ago - that is, Miss Mei may have disappeared four days ago."
"The temple collapsed, but the tables and chairs inside are still intact! This shows that the collapse of the temple was not caused by a fight inside, but more like someone attacked the temple from outside!"
"So there was no fighting in the temple! But if there was no fighting in the temple, why is there this ceramic powder?"
Someone noticed a grayish green powder in the corner of the temple wall. The powder was inconspicuous and could easily be mistaken for fallen wall dust.
But the Huahualangs who come here are from all walks of life, so it is still easy to distinguish this ceramic powder from wall plaster.
"This ceramic powder is obviously the powder from the tea bowls - and I just happened to notice that there are plenty of other things in this room, but one set of tea sets is missing. Could it be that Mei Xiangu broke the tea sets on purpose? But if she did it on purpose, why would she just break the tea sets into powder?"
Someone raised a question!
A cultivator's home may not require other things, but tea sets are indispensable.
Because tea sets can be used not only for drinking tea yourself, but also for entertaining guests.
Tian Lin had never been to the temple after it was built, but he knew that Mei Xiangu also drank tea.
So, the lack of tea sets in the temple is indeed puzzling.
It's impossible that Fairy Mei would deliberately put the tea set back into the storage bag while fighting, right?
Then the ceramic powder in the corner was most likely broken from Mei Xiangu's tea set.
"I smell the scent of magic grass in this tea powder."
An alchemist stepped forward and explained to everyone, "The mixian grass is non-toxic and tasteless, but once mixed with the awakening dragon tea, it will have the effect of making people sleepy. Why did Mei Xiangu put the mixian grass in her tea set?"
"Isn't that simple? Obviously someone wanted to attack Mei Xiangu. But they were afraid of Mei Xiangu's strength, so they secretly poisoned her!"
"But as far as I know, Mei Xiangu's village never allows outsiders to enter! So who could have entered the village and secretly poisoned Mei Xiangu?"
The first thing everyone thought of was the villagers in this village.
Unfortunately, all the villagers in this village have died. Since they are not cultivators of the Xiangxi Sect, they cannot find the answer from the dead!
Moreover, the person who attacked Mei Xiangu even destroyed the tea set. This was clearly an attempt to destroy the evidence, so how could they leave a dead body behind to summon the spirit and find out the truth?
"So, someone poisoned Mei Xiangu's tea set in advance. After Mei Xiangu fell into a coma, someone forcibly broke open the Goddess Tree that protected Mei Xiangu and abducted her!"
Tian Lin said: "This person was able to forcibly break the Goddess Tree, which shows that he is quite powerful - but it also shows that his cultivation level may not have reached the Nascent Soul stage yet."
Everyone nodded and said happily: "Yes, if he has the cultivation base of Yuanying stage, why would he go through so much trouble? So he is probably only in the late Jindan stage!"
Although few people present have reached the late Jindan stage of cultivation.
But no matter how powerful a late Jindan cultivator is, he is still weaker than a Yuanying cultivator, right?
"Do you think that the person who kidnapped Mei Xiangu was Shang Yu?"
Someone suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at Tian Lin.
Mei Xiangu has nothing to do with Shangyu!
If there is any connection, it is that Mei Xiangu has a close relationship with Tian Lin, and Shang Yu has a grudge against Tian Lin.
Everyone couldn't help but think that Mei Xiangu was kidnapped by Shang Yu because of Tian Lin.
"Shang Yu has a grudge against me, so he can just come to me directly. Why would he have to attack Mei Xiangu?"
After saying this, Tian Lin continued, "If it is indeed Shang Yu who made the move, then what is his purpose? Does he want to use Mei Xiangu to force me to submit?"
"If it was Shang Yu, I don't think Mei Xiangu would be in danger now! Shang Yu's target has always been Tian Zhenren——
He captured Mei Xiangu, at most to threaten her! His ultimate goal must be to force Tian Zhenren to find him."
(End of this chapter)