How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 148 Ghost Flute Worms Have Another Mystery

The sound of the flute was getting closer, and the army of poisonous insects covered the area again. According to Qianlong’s principle of dealing with enemies, there were two solutions in the face of such a deadlock. The first was to find the flute player immediately, kill the flute player, breaking the opponent’s "Insect Control Technique" from its source; the second solution was to quickly leave the troubled area.

However, Lin Xiaosu did not leave quickly. His focus was not on the possible hiding places in the shadows; he was staring at the swarm of insects, seemingly planning to confront them with the most foolish method...

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths!

The army of insects had surrounded him from all sides.

Lin Xiaosu seemed to have lost any chance of escape.

Suddenly, he threw a pebble from his hand, shooting it like lightning!

To throw a stone at insects, if someone else were present, they might laugh at him for using a cannon to shoot mosquitoes.

However, the moment the stone was thrown, the flute sound abruptly stopped, countless insects turned around, flying back into the valley simultaneously towards one place. In the faint moonlight, a massive ball of insects formed in the valley. Yes, a big ball made of insects, initially the size of a football, which quickly became a large dark sphere over two feet in diameter as insects from all around continuously joined it...

This was Lin Xiaosu’s method of dealing with the insects!

A single stone completely changed the encircling position of the insects.

Theoretically, this was impossible, but he had done it.

There was only one fundamental reason: at the last moment, his Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye captured the real mystery; he solved the riddle of the "Ghost Flute Worms."

These insects were not controlled by the flute sound.

The flute sound was not played by a person.

Where did the flute sound come from?

It came from one of the insects. frёewebηovel.cѳm

This was no ordinary insect; this was a mechanical flying insect!

The flute sound was not played but pre-recorded and played back!

The insects were not driven by the music but attracted by some kind of hormone on this mechanical small insect.

With one stone, he knocked this mechanical small insect down into the valley, and the army of flying insects driven by the hormone followed it down, quickly forming a huge insect ball with the mechanical small insect.

With the mystery of the Ghost Flute solved, Kongque valley once again returned to calm.

Lin Xiaosu’s Heavenly Tao Wisdom Eye focused into the void, activated Reverse Time, found the mechanical small insect among the swarm accurately, and then he followed this small insect back to Miao Village.

He focused on the origin point of the mechanical small insect within Miao Village, his eyes twinkling.

The events of this night were almost unbelievably strange...

The flute was not a real flute, the insect control was not real insect control...

The enemy had made moves, not the kind he had imagined...

But no matter what kind of moves, as long as a move was made, Lin Xiaosu had a way to trace it!

Finally, a breakthrough opportunity arose in the complex situation of Miaojiang!

In the early morning, the sun rose.

In the silent Miao Village, smoke from cooking fires rose.

The day of roosters crowing and dogs barking arrived once again.

Yixiang cleared up the breakfast dishes and washed clothes in the courtyard.

Everything was the same as yesterday.

But Yixiang’s heart was not as calm as it was yesterday.

After Lin Xiaosu left yesterday, she kept an eye on the mountain road opposite. Anyone leaving the village had to walk a long way on this mountain road, clearly visible from the courtyard, allowing her to see someone’s retreating figure three times even if she only checked every half an hour.

Before the sunset, she did not see Lin Xiaosu step onto this road leaving the village.

Could it be that he did not leave yesterday?

It was rare for Miao Village to keep external guests.

If they did keep someone, they probably did not consider the person an outsider.

Miao women are affectionate, and she knew this well.

Miao women like Han people, and she knew this well, too.

For someone as impressive as him, if he was willing to stay overnight in the village, perhaps many families would like it. So, did he really stay in one of the sister’s bamboo houses?

Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.

She saw him.

Coming from East Village, he walked with a casual stride, holding his shirt in his hand, wearing a sweatshirt underneath. He did not look burly, but he exuded a robust energy.

He was approaching her home.

Yixiang’s heart rate sped up...

He indeed hadn’t left!

He was coming to her house again!

Her mother was at home at this moment...

Just then, her mother bent over to pick up a bamboo basket.

Yixiang asked, "Mother, are you going up the mountain?"

"Hmm!" Mother replied and pushed open the yard door to leave...

At this moment, Lin Xiaosu was only twenty meters away from her house.

Yixiang’s heart almost leaped to her throat, inwardly praying desperately: Don’t come! Even if you must come, just wait a few minutes, wait until Mother has turned past that bend in the mountain, and it will be fine...

But her inward prayers were not heard by Lin Xiaosu.

He casually shook his clothes, walked past the small pond in front, and came to the gate, shouting inside: Yixiang!

Yixiang’s gaze followed her mother’s figure.

Mother did not turn back, having passed the bend in the mountain.

Her heart finally settled, and she reached the courtyard gate in a few steps. Opening the gate, Lin Xiaosu stood in front of her with a smile, his refreshing appearance paired with the newly risen sun making him look somewhat handsome.

"You didn’t leave yesterday!" Yixiang said.

"Sorry, Yixiang, I’m as stubborn as a bull. I listen to no one when I make up my mind."

"Ah?" Yixiang was a bit surprised: "What do you mean?"

"You cautioned me to never go to Kongque valley, yet I still went and spent a night there!"

Yixiang’s face turned pale...

Went to Kongque valley, and spent a night there!

Is that a place to spend the night?

How dared you...

"I came back safe and sound, so where I spent the night doesn’t really matter." Lin Xiaosu said: "Can I come in for a cup of tea?"

"Have you not had breakfast?" Yixiang asked.

"No!"

"I’ll make you something, please have a seat meanwhile..."

Yixiang brought out a bowl of noodles from the kitchen, but he was no longer in the yard. Raising her gaze, she saw him in the bamboo house, and an indescribable feeling surged in her heart.

You bastard, don’t you know the rules of entering Miao Village?

The girl’s bamboo house, you just barge in without any courtesy.

Yesterday you still asked me once, today you didn’t even ask, going up directly.

Do you think someone’s bamboo house is your own vegetable garden?

Forget it, don’t dwell on this, the more you dwell, the more embarrassing it gets.

Yixiang went up to the bamboo house, Lin Xiaosu thanked her, and took the bowl and chopsticks to eat the noodles.

After putting down the bowl, his gaze slowly lifted, his eyes containing something Yixiang couldn’t understand.

"Yixiang, I owe you another apology."

"What?"

Lin Xiaosu said: "Yesterday I told you I was here as a tourist, but actually, that’s not true, I am a detective investigating a case here in Miaojiang."

"Investigating a case?" Yixiang’s eyes slowly widened.

"Six months ago, the Dong Brothers’ entire household of seventeen was slaughtered! You obviously know about this."

Yixiang’s heart thumped intensely: "Of course I know! The Dong Family is also part of the Miao clan, such a huge and terrifying event, the whole Miao Village knows, we all want to know who could be so utterly ruthless, able to bring themselves to harm even a three-year-old child. Unfortunately, the police have investigated several times and still haven’t gotten any results..."

"So I came!" Lin Xiaosu said.

"Do you have any leads?"

"Leads... There are a few."

"Can you tell me?" Yixiang asked.

"Of course!" Lin Xiaosu said: "From the information I gathered, the involvement of witchcraft seems suspicious right after the Dong Brothers’ family was murdered, that’s the first clue I brought!"

Witchcraft!

Yixiang was a bit shocked...

"Here’s another interesting lead!" Lin Xiaosu said: "Upon entering Miaojiang, someone steered the attention toward you!"

Yixiang was greatly shocked: "Towards me?"

"Yes, many say that your father was a well-known witch god throughout Miaojiang, your witchcraft and insect control technique outstripping the rest of Miaojiang, and the most interesting part, you know what it is? Someone told me that you could control countless poisonous insects all over the mountains with your bamboo flute."

"This...how is that possible? My flute is just a flute, for leisure playing, it absolutely can’t control poisonous insects, that’s malicious misdirection!" Yixiang’s face turned white.

"But last night, in Kongque valley, I personally heard the sound of a flute!" Lin Xiaosu said: "As the sound of the flute rose, numerous black insects attacked me; these insects were ’Bloodsucking Flying Ants’, recorded in books as being able to devour a cow in three minutes."

Yixiang was thoroughly shaken...

Bloodsucking Flying Ants, indeed one of the most terrifying kinds of poisonous insects in Kongque valley.

And they were controlled by the sound of a flute.

He experienced it personally.

Countless thoughts flowed through her mind, she lifted her gaze and stared at the flute on the wall, exhaling softly: "So, you suspect me!"

"No, it is exactly this Ghost Flute Worm Control that made me truly believe in you! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have revealed this to you openly."

"Why? Even I feel... it’s difficult to clear myself of suspicion!" Yixiang said.

Her father was once the number one master of Witchcraft in Miaojiang.

After her father’s death, she inherited his legacy, and many deemed her the new leading figure of Witchcraft in Miaojiang.

When a murder happens in the territory of Miaojiang, and the killer is linked to Witchcraft, it’s normal for others to suspect her.

And the flute, makes it even harder to clear.

Flute players are rare in Miaojiang.

And she can play.

Last night in Kongque valley, when flute sounds emerged, accompanied by swarms of poisonous insects attacking people, just mentioning these two points in Miao Village might make everyone think it was her.

But Lin Xiaosu, oddly, said it was precisely because of this that he believes the real manipulator wasn’t her.

Where’s the logic in that?

Lin Xiaosu said: "The Ghost Flute Worm Control—I solved this case! The so-called ’Ghost Flute’ is just a small recording device, and the so-called ’Worm Control’ is actually just the release of female pheromones from Bloodsucking Flying Ants by a small robotic insect."

The essence of flying ants is just ants, and ants have a queen whose pheromones are irresistibly enticing to worker ants; this is the fundamental reason for the ants attacking people.

Taking a deep breath, Yixiang said: "It appears to be Witchcraft, but it’s actually modern science... Why would they go through such trouble to frame me? Who have I offended?"

"You might not have offended anyone, they aren’t targeting you! It’s me!" Lin Xiaosu said: "You’re just a strong opponent they created for me."

"Man-made creation of a strong opponent..." Yixiang pondered: "Why create a strong opponent for you?"

"Because that person doesn’t dare to confront me one on one, so he plans for us to fight against each other. Only if we engage in battle, he would have the best opportunity to sneak attack, killing me while making you bear the blame for my death."

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