nucmednet Chapter 259: Everything is intertwined
Chapter 259: Everything is intertwined
Ou Ye's heart was beating fast, fearing that Ruan Xihe would shift his attention to him, so he quietly reduced his presence.
But she changed her mind and thought, if something really happened to Xia Zhirou and she died at the hands of Ruan Xihe, wouldn't she have a reason to report her to the academy and expel Ruan Xihe from his status as a disciple?
When the time comes, she'll leave the academy and see if anyone can still help her!
Xia Yuanbai jumped up suddenly, and he quickly stood up and waved his hand, giving up the most central position next to him.
"Ruan Ruan, here!"
Ruan Xihe walked in sideways and sat down.
Xiao Yin and Jimo Qianyi asked her if anything happened after she chased the white fog out, and she shook her head and said no.
Xia Yuanbai said: "Now that everyone is here, I will tell everyone the news from Liu Ruyu and Shangguan Chu."
"Captain, Xia Zhirou hasn't come back yet."
After Xia Yuan finished speaking, Ou Ye raised his hand weakly.
Xia Yuanbai frowned when he heard this. He glanced around the room and found that Xia Zhirou was indeed missing.
"Did any of you see her?"
No one said a word.
"Captain, when you guys left this morning, Xia Zhirou told me that she was going to look for Ruan Xihe, and then she left. I don't know if she found Ruan Xihe later.
If she is found, maybe Ruan Xihe will know about Xia Zhirou's disappearance..."
When Ou Ye said this, he seemed to feel that he had said something wrong.
She glanced at Ruan Xihe cautiously, then quickly looked away and lowered her voice in a very pretentious manner, as if she didn't dare to continue speaking.
Xiao Yin couldn't stand her behavior, frowned and said, "What do you want to say? Are you saying that Xia Zhirou disappeared because of Ruan Ruan?"
When questioned by Xiao Yin, the girl he liked, Ou Ye bit his lip and suddenly felt a little aggrieved.
She choked up and said, "That's not what I meant. I just felt that I should share the information I know."
"Junior Sister Ou, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want." said a senior brother.
No one in the audience bought into her trick.
Because in the mission, the doubt is innocent.
When Ou Ye said this, Ruan Xihe understood.
She had probably guessed that those killers might not have been hired by Xia Zhirou alone, and Ou Ye was definitely one of them.
Because if Xia Zhirou really intended to silence her, she would never let anyone know that Xia Zhirou came to see her.
But Ou Ye knew that either Ou Ye was monitoring and following Xia Zhirou, or Ou Ye was also the mastermind, and Xia Zhirou was not afraid of her knowing it.
Obviously, they can only be the second case.
Xia Yuanbai began to make seals with his hands and looked at Ou Ye impatiently, "Stop talking, I'll contact her and see."
He formed the exclusive mark of the Xia family's internal disciples and began to contact Xia Zhirou.
This is a special means of communication within the family. Only people in the same family can communicate with each other.
After a moment, Xia Yuanbai put down his hand.
"She said that she had some problems and is no longer in the city. She will be back in a few days to complete the mission together."
After saying that, Xia Yuanbai stood up and bowed to everyone.
"Nominally, she is a member of the Xia family. She cannot carry out missions these days. I apologize to everyone on her behalf."
Then, Xia Yuanbai took out a few more pieces of paper and distributed them to everyone.
"The information above was all obtained by Liu Ruyu, Shangguan Chu and their team. Of course, there are also some information we discovered ourselves, which are all recorded here."
After reading the contents on the paper, Jimo Qianyi passed the paper to Ruan Xihe.
Ruan Xihe picked it up and found that what was recorded on the paper was similar to what she had guessed.
The paper reads:
The team that Liu Ruyu was in first found a human skin in the city. After investigation, they found out that it belonged to an outer sect elder of the Holy Maiden Sect. But when they later left the city and went to a village at the foot of Longyang Mountain, they were stopped by an old woman.
The old woman said that the human skin held by Liu Ruyu and the others looked exactly like her grandmother who disappeared hundreds of years ago. Her grandmother was about 20 years old when she disappeared, and there was a flower-patterned birthmark on the palm of her hand...
Later, the old woman took them to see the portrait and went door to door in the village looking for people who knew her grandmother to verify her identity. Finally, she confirmed that the human skin was her grandmother's, so she took the skin back home and buried it.
The paper also wrote:
Shangguan Chu's team discovered two things in Longyin City. One was that about every hundred years or so, a young girl would mysteriously disappear in Longyin City.
The second thing was that suddenly many men in the city began to develop a certain degree of incoherent speech and symptoms of schizophrenia.
The conditions of these men are basically similar, and seem to be caused by the same reason.
......
After seeing this, Ruan Xihe could probably be sure of one thing.
She felt that the Holy Maiden Cult had some secret skills that allowed them to replace their skin. Whenever their skin began to decay, they would find fresh human skin to replace it.
In addition, there is a case of missing young girls every few years near Longyang Mountain, which further proves her idea.
But because cases of missing young girls are not very frequent, no one cares.
But what Ruan Xihe couldn't understand was why the Saintess threw the replaced human skins into the city instead of destroying them secretly?
Moreover, these girls are all from the areas surrounding the Holy Maiden Church. If they change into their skins, aren’t they afraid of being discovered one day?
Ruan Xihe supported his chin, tapped the table with his fingers, and thought secretly.
Further down the paper was the investigation their team had conducted over the past few days. Ruan Xihe glanced at it and then passed the paper to the next person.
When everyone had almost finished watching, Xia Yuanbai seemed to have received another message.
He lowered his head and listened carefully.
Xiao Yin looked around and found that everyone was thinking with their heads down. He lowered his voice and moved closer to Ruan Xihe to speak.
"Ruan Ruan, do you still remember the white fog we chased out that day?"
Hearing his words, Ruan Xihe raised his head and stared at him with burning eyes, "How did you get into the illusion that day?"
"I think someone deliberately dispersed us that day." Jimo Qianyi said seriously, "But because of this, we also got an important piece of information."
After Jimo Qianyi finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Yin.
Xiao Yin nodded to Jimo Qianyi, then turned to look at Ruan Xihe, "That day, the three of us discovered something in common, which is the direction where the white mist disappeared, which is the direction of Longyang Forest."
Longyang Forest is located at the foot of the cliff of Longyang Mountain.
So the white fog penetrated into the Longyang Forest, but its final destination was not necessarily the Longyang Forest.
Jimo Qianyi continued, "We analyzed that the white fog should have entered the Saint Maiden Cult located on the cliff of Longyang Mountain above Longyang Forest."
Ruan Xihe immediately thought of the white mist he was chasing. Although he did not enter the illusion, the white mist did disappear in front of him.
Then the four killers arranged by Xia Zhirou appeared.
All of this seemed to be linked together, one after another, and had been calculated long ago.
But Ruan Xihe knew that the white mist was definitely not caused by Xia Zhirou. On the contrary, it seemed that the white mist was deliberately creating an opportunity for Xia Zhirou...
Ruan Xihe's expression suddenly became solemn.
She felt as if there was an invisible hand behind all this, controlling everything.