Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 29 - My Female Ghost is Unusual_1
Chapter 29: Chapter 29 My Female Ghost is Unusual_1
Chapter 29: Chapter 29 My Female Ghost is Unusual_1
When Li Xuan had finished the autopsy, he noticed Jiang Hanyun was questioning historian Liu, “Have there been any recent incidents involving wolf packs near Jiangjun Mountain?”
This puzzled Li Xuan as well. The landscape of the Great Jin Dynasty was similar to the one in his previous world—it could be described as a huge version of modern China.
Although the vicinity of Jiangjun Mountain was not as populated as modern areas, it was certainly not desolate either. It was near Nanjing, a populated area.
Logically, wolves should not appear in such surrounding.
“Yes! There have been twelve cases of wolves killing people this year, with seventeen casualties in total.” Historian Liu answered without hesitation. “The estimated number of wolves in the pack is between 8 to 15, moving between Jiangjun Mountain and Niushou Mountain. I had ordered hunters from around the area to surround and kill them, but they never found their tracks. I wondered about this, but it makes sense if supernatural wolves are involved. That would explain why the hunters couldn’t find them.”
Jiang Hanyun frowned, then asked Li Xuan, “Was there anything unusual about the body?”
Li Xuan shook his head, “Except for the time of death being misjudged, the autopsy done by Jiangling County was thorough.”
Jiang Hanyun wasn’t surprised. She still had reservations about Li Xuan, so she’d been observing him while they examined the crime scene. She was quite impressed by how he performed.
“If the two of you have no objections, please sign the document.”
Historian Liu handed over a parchment filled with words, “I understand the workload of the Liudao Division is heavy, I dare not bother you to return to the County office. Can we handle the rest of this case here at Jiangning county? The two wolves with awakened Spirit Apertures wouldn’t be of much interest to the Liudao Division, I presume.”
The document was first accepted by Jiang Hanyun. She checked it carefully, hesitated for a moment, and then finally signed off on it.
The document then reached Li Xuan. He took a quick glance; it was an account of the case in entirety, including the site investigation and autopsy results.
Li Xuan read through it word by word. He didn’t find anything wrong. The document also mentioned the objections he raised during the autopsy.
But when Li Xuan picked up the wolf brush handed over to him, he hesitated. He felt that there was something wrong with this case, but it didn’t seem like a major issue.
“Qianzhi, if you think something’s not right, feel free to speak up.” Hanyun’s eyes flickered, “Ideally, we don’t need to sign off immediately.”
Li Xuan assumed she had her doubts, too. He shook his head and smiled wryly: “I’m just wondering, considering his wealth, why did he come here alone? Didn’t he know that there are wolves around here?”
According to the dossier, this medicine dealer was notoriously frugal. His family had not hired any martial masters in the past decade. Therefore, according to the residents of the mountain, he never brought any martial masters when he came to Jiangjun Mountain.
Even in circumstances that required security measure, he usually hired guards or asked natives of the mountain to escort him.
—That seemed plausible. For stingy people, without experiencing the terror of a wolf pack firsthand, they would not spend any money. He’d seen a lot of people in modern society who didn’t change their attitude until tragic events happened.
Li Xuan secretly chuckled, then dipped the brush in ink on the ink slab.
But just in that moment, a sudden anomaly occurred behind him. He saw countless threads of blood suddenly explode to his side. They extended into the distance, ensnaring the residual spirits of the deceased that Li Xuan had summoned earlier and hadn’t completely dispersed yet.
Li Xuan looked surprised, suddenly turned around to look behind. Two steps away from him was a woman in red, who was still expressionless. Her bloody eyes seemed to be looking at him and the distance at the same time.
But those exploding blood threads originated from her back.
Li Xuan was still wondering what was happening when his head was hit by an excruciating pain, as if someone was drilling into his skull. His consciousness felt heavy, and he almost lost balance.
At the same time, a strange information appeared in his mind.
It was a blurry image, like an old movie reel, displayed before his eyes. It was blurry as if it was pixelated, and some parts overlapped.
But Li Xuan clearly saw it was from the perspective of an injured person. He was knocked down by two wolves, surrounded by a pack. Li Xuan could even feel the weight of the two wolves on the person’s body, the wounds all over his body, the intense pain caused by lack of oxygen, and the wolves’ heavy, bloody breath.
Li Xuan was wondering if this was what the deceased saw before his death. He then saw a pair of shoes in the image, made of deer leather. In front of the shoes seemed to be an invisible wall blocking the blood that spattered over during the wolf attack.
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Li Xuan felt a chill. Then the image in his eyes disappeared instantly.
At this moment, Jiang Hanyun was looking at him with a worried and surprised look, “Are you alright? You looked like you were about to faint.”
She had to worry, especially considering that Li Xuan had slept for four days previously.
“I’m fine.”
Li Xuan’s face was pale. He was surprised that the others were unaware of the violent motion caused by the ghost. He looked around.
He then turned his attention, advancing seven steps towards the position of the corpse, and observed carefully.
“This is where the victim first fell.” Historian Liu didn’t show any irritation towards Li Xuan’s peculiar behavior; instead, he provided detailed explanation, “From these flattened weeds you could tell he was knocked down ten steps ahead, then rolled over here—”
“There was a second person at the scene at the time!” Li Xuan interrupted the Historian, his eyes deep and full of suspicion. The scene he saw matched the sudden image that appeared in his mind.
“A second person?” Historian Liu frowned: “I checked the scene thoroughly. There were no footprints of a second person. Even the Xiaowei agreed with my judgment.”
“But Martial cultivators and Magicians with high levels of cultivation have ways to leave no footprints. Like our Xiaowei who leaves no track in the snow. Cultivators at the fourth house level and above can use Spells to temporarily levitate.”
As Li Xuan spoke, he rummaged through the surrounding bushes and rearranged part of the weeds together.
At this moment, his eyes lit up. He had found some surprising evidence.
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