Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 38 - Golden Finger Exposed_1
Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Golden Finger Exposed_1
Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Golden Finger Exposed_1
Li Xuan wanted to save some face for his superior, but he had really gained nothing.
Just as he was about to shake his head and say “no,” he saw thousands of red silk threads exploding from behind him, just like the scene of the wolf pack murder case the day before, attempting to capture the lingering spirits of the dead summoned by Zhang Yingyuan that had yet to fully disperse.
But in this instant, Li Xuan’s consciousness was once again struck like by a hammer, causing severe dizziness. At the same time, a piece of bloody and unfamiliar information appeared in his mind.
It was a set of memory images just as vague as during the wolf pack murder. It was like a collection of mosaic-laden film reels.
In these fragmented memories, Li Xuan faintly sensed that his body seemed to be tied up in a spread-eagle fashion to a stake. In front of him was a three-tiered altar.
There were more than a dozen figure carrying peach wood swords walking around and dancing on it, but the images were fleeting, unclear. In the center of the altar was a huge blood coffin.
However, due to the perspective, Li Xuan couldn’t see the situation inside the blood coffin; he only saw blood seeping down around it.
These images only appeared for a moment before starting to collapse, and simultaneously, a severe pain assaulted Li Xuan’s mind.
Li Xuan knew that all the people in these memory images were on the verge of death.
Unlike last time, he didn’t wait passively, clueless. Instead, he observed the surroundings with all his might, hoping to find useful clues.
However, the vast majority of the scenes around him were blurry, chaotic, and indistinguishable.
Not until Li Xuan saw an object floating above the blood coffin at the top of the altar, an object he found quite familiar. Looking at its position, it was clearly the core of the entire Array!
“Is that… a Thunder Meteorite?”
The texture and color were almost identical to the Thunder Meteorite Li Xuan was currently carrying. The only difference was the size—it was a whole size larger.
Li Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly. Just as he was about to take a closer look, he saw the Thunder Meteorite explode into dust with a ‘pomp.’
Then, several panicked voices echoed above the altar. Words like ‘what a mess,’ ‘backlash of the evil force,’ ‘cannot suppress it,’ ‘replace it’ could be vaguely heard.
Just as Li Xuan was about to listen more carefully, his vision became dim.
“What’s wrong with you?”
As Li Xuan was on the verge of passing out, a slender arm reached out to support him.
Li Xuan recovered quickly, struggled out from the darkness of impending death, and noticed that Jiang Hanyun was looking at him anxiously and apologetically, “Are you okay, Li Xuan? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
She suspected that it was the aftermath of his being knocked unconscious by Xue Wuya’s disciple. They were evil cultivators who possessed many nefarious techniques that could harm the soul.
Jiang Hanyun regretted her rashness. If she had known earlier that the old Daoist was Xue Wuya, she would have waited until they had gathered enough reinforcements before taking action.
“I’m fine,” Li Xuan brushed her off casually with an excuse about overexerting his Divine Consciousness due to recent Cultivation Technique practice. Then he turned his gaze back to the altar, trying to recall the images he’d seen.
The image of the exploding Thunder Meteorite had made the deepest impression. Li Xuan remembered Yue Qianqian uttering that there were only seventeen Thunder Meteorites remaining in this world.
And with the power of the Liudao Division, they could totally trace the final whereabouts of these meteorites!
Moreover, as observed from the memory images, this object played a crucial role. Even if it wasn’t the key to the altar, its importance was undeniable.
Once aware of its existence, the process of figuring out the structure of the altar conducted by Vice Master Zhang would be much more effective!
The problem is, how should he reveal this clue? And how can he convince others without exposing the red-robed female ghost behind him?
The ideal situation would be finding the dust and fragments from the explosion of the thunder meteorite, which is achievable. Although those people cleared the valley thoroughly, according to the memory images obtained by Li Xuan, the explosion of the thunder meteorite was powerful, and the dust and fragments blown away could have landed up to three or four hundred meters away. It is very likely that some might have fallen outside the valley.
Li Xuan doesn’t believe those killers could have thoroughly cleaned up all the dust of the thunder meteorite. However, he would need to look carefully.
Just as Li Xuan had this thought, the blood-red threads burst out from behind him again, stretching in all directions.
This time, the red-robed female ghost wasn’t targeting the soul fragments. Some of these red threads went straight down beneath the soil, some extended out of the valley, especially towards the mountains on both sides. A few even fell nearby him.
In addition, the thickness of these red threads varied.
Li Xuan’s face changed in an odd way.
He wondered if these red lines pointed to where the thunder meteorite fragments had fallen? Was the red-robed female ghost helping him?
Li Xuan couldn’t help but take another look at the red-robed female ghost and think to himself, this guardian spirit is quite useful. If not for the increased pain and numbness in his chest, he would have been quite delighted at the moment.
Just as Li Xuan was somewhat distracted, Jiang Hanyun suddenly extended her hand and flicked him in the middle of his forehead. Her eyes showed a bit of doubt: “Why are you always zoning out? Also, what kind of cultivation technique are you practicing that would make you faint from exhaustion?”
However, her attention was quickly drawn back by Li Xuan: “Xiaowei ma’am, speaking of discoveries, I do have some findings.”
Not only was Jiang Hanyun, who had no expectations, stunned by his words, Ma Chenggong and the people from Guixiu City and Huoya City all turned to look at Li Xuan.
Most people looked disbelieving. Some were even mocking, ready to laugh at him.
Lei Yun also stood with his arms crossed, looking at them with a half-smile on his face.
“Tell us, what did you find?” Jiang Hanyun has some expectations for Li Xuan. The previous two cases had proved that he was not as unlearned as others thought.
Li Xuan didn’t respond. Instead, he glanced around and followed the direction of the red threads, crouching down about three feet away and carefully moving away the dust below.
Li Xuan speculated that the thickness of the red threads may represent the size of the thunder meteorite fragments. The red thread he chose was the closest one within thirty feet.
The thread did not extend deep into the soil, but rather remained on the surface. So he soon made progress and, in a moment, had clumps of soil in his hand.
“I’ve found this.” Li Xuan stood up and presented what was in his hand to Jiang Hanyun: “There is still a lot in this valley, things that should not have been there.”
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Jiang Hanyun looked perplexed, seeing only a chunk of grey-red soil.
“What is this?” Ma Chenggong also looked at Li Xuan in confusion: “Li Xuan, are you showing us a clump of soil?”
However, next to them, Yue Qianqian’s face changed slightly, her eyes filled with joy: “This is a fragment of the thunder meteorite!”
Only then did Jiang Hanyun notice the hint of black sand mixed in the soil. It was the size of a grain of sand and almost impossible to spot without paying attention.
“Thunder meteorite?” Jiang Hanyun stroked the three-tailed spirit fox in her arms, deep in thought: “Have I heard of it before?”
“This object has extreme yang energy and is a rare object that can ward off demons. About seven hundred years ago, a meteorite fell from the sky and was struck by a thunderbolt as it landed in Sichuan, hence it was named Thunder Meteorite. At that time, there was only one piece the size of a bucket, which was divided among the seventeen groups in Sichuan. So, there are only seventeen pieces around the world. In the Liudao Division, we have a record of each piece’s whereabouts.”
Yue Qianqian was excited: “This should be related to the altar and can save me a lot of time in figuring out the array. Not to mention Vice Master Zhang. The only pity is not knowing the size of this thunder meteorite, otherwise, it could be even faster. Generally, something like a thunder meteorite is only used as a keystone or even the core of an array.”
