eurekapd Chapter 190, Stop 1: The Target, The Mystery of Zezang 2
Chapter 190, Stop 1: The Target, The Mystery of Zezang 2
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Wei Ying's casual words instantly sent shockwaves through Wei Chaoyan's heart. Startled, she abruptly raised her head, staring in utter astonishment at Wei Ying's face, which was obscured by the rising steam from his teacup. She didn't even notice that the tea in her cup had spilled all over the table.
The viewers in the live stream, who had been listening intently to the gossip, fell silent instantly. But in a flash, their emotions, like cold water thrown into hot oil, erupted and surged forth as their minds raced through Wei Ying's words. The boiling subsided almost instantly, as their explosive emotions were quickly suppressed by a burgeoning desire to find the reason behind it all. Driven by this intense yearning for answers, everyone held their breath, anxiously awaiting Wei Ying's next words.
"Before these traces have weathered away and disappeared into the rings of time, we should search along the general area. We will eventually... eventually find the truth about their fall and the location of their remains!"
Wei Ying's bright, sunny peach blossom eyes drooped, and glistening tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
"When he was a child, he wandered the streets and it was difficult for him to even survive, so he had no way to explore. When he was young, he lived under the roof of others and was small and weak, so he could not disregard the wishes of the Jiang family and insist on searching for these things. When he grew older, although his own strength was unparalleled in the world, he was surrounded by wolves and hyenas and was trapped in the quagmire of people's hearts. He was too busy to take care of himself and had no interest in this matter!"
"I don't know if he tried to find his parents after he returned to the world after his sacrifice, but I do know that he was absolutely regretful and resentful about the shallow connection he had with his parents, the fact that he had few memories of them, and the fact that he had not erected a tombstone for them over the years!"
"I am not him, nor do I have so many hardships and constraints! I do not wish to be like him, filled with regret every day and night!"
"The sooner we find out everything, the sooner we can retrieve our parents' remains and put them in a coffin, the sooner we can prevent them from being left to rot in the wilderness, their souls adrift and without a place to rest!"
As he spoke, Wei Ying's voice became increasingly choked and hoarse, his words overflowing with an overwhelming sadness and sorrow that struck the reader's heart with a dull ache.
Wei Chaoyan's nose tingled, her eyes welled up, and she swallowed hard before asking in a hoarse voice, "Any leads?"
Wei Ying's long eyelashes trembled pitifully like rain-drenched butterfly wings. He pursed his lips, preparing to speak again, but was interrupted by Qi Ye, who felt sorry for him.
“I was involved in the entire search plan, so let me explain in detail.”
"Firstly, my second brother was only three or four years old when he lost his parents. He was all alone, penniless, and unarmed. The roads in the villages and countryside were rugged and uneven, with wild beasts and monsters roaming around, and evil spirits and bandits everywhere. According to common sense, it was impossible for a child like him to leave the place where his parents last left him and travel through the unknown wilderness and villages to beg and wander to this remote, poor town of Yiling, which is close to the deadly mass grave."
After all, a beggar wanders in search of survival, not death, and he doesn't have the ability to travel from afar across dangerous wilderness to this place.
Secondly, Yiling Town is known far and wide for its poor and desolate conditions, and there has been no news of large-scale famine-stricken people fleeing from the surrounding area in recent years. Therefore, it is possible that my second brother came to Yiling Town with the famine-stricken people or the wandering beggars, and finally settled here and did not move away.
Thirdly, both the elder sister and Jiang Zongzhu found the second brother, who had been wandering for a long time, in Yiling Town. Moreover, they found a person with all four limbs intact and without any disabilities. This can rule out the possibility that he was abducted from another place by kidnappers or that a sudden situation on the way allowed the second brother to escape from the clutches of evil and end up in Yiling.
In conclusion, there is a 90% chance that Uncle Wei and Aunt Wei stayed in Yiling Town during their last night hunt to exorcise evil spirits before their deaths, and the remaining 10% chance that they stayed in a village or family not far from Yiling.
Given that they had their second brother, who was only three or four years old, with them at the time, they certainly wouldn't accept any high-risk, long-distance, or time-consuming assignments for the safety of their young child.
Based on this consideration, we can conclude that their last night hunt must have taken place near Yiling Town, and that the target of their exorcism was not particularly powerful or difficult to deal with.
But in the end, Uncle Wei and Aunt Cangse actually failed and perished in such a simple night hunt. There must have been an unexpected situation. They were probably lured to another place by something and that's why they died.
Otherwise, given their martial prowess, if they had perished around Yiling, the aftershocks of their battle before their deaths would have inevitably alerted the surrounding people, officials, and the Yiling Supervisory Office of the local Wen clan, leaving behind a scene of horrific battle.
However, judging from the information obtained by Yan Dongjia, whom you entrusted to investigate, there was no relevant information. Yet, it has only been a little over a year since this incident occurred. Even if the traces at the scene have been erased by wind and rain, the local people, officials, and immortals should still have memories or records.
This is illogical, therefore it can be concluded that their final resting place was definitely not near Yiling Town, but should be within the jurisdiction of Yiling!
After a pause, Qi Ye continued, "Therefore, we decided to find the person who commissioned Uncle Wei and the others based on the information given by Yan Dongjia, and investigate the initial scene of the accident."
Then, using the Tracing Device invented by his second brother (a magical artifact specifically crafted by Wei Ying based on the most frequently appearing Rewind Talisman in fanfiction, designed to recreate the scene based on traces from the original crime scene; however, it has a drawback: it requires a high degree of precision in determining the time of the event to truly recreate the scene), Tracking Talismans, and the Bloodline Tracing Disc, by meticulously investigating, they will be able to follow the clues and uncover the whole truth!
Wei Chaoyan carefully considered Qi Ye and Wei Ying's words several times, and then, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, she tentatively asked, "You...you suspect that this wasn't an accident, and that other forces were involved?"
"Could it be that, as the conspirators say, it's really related to the Yunmeng Jiang Clan?" Wei Chaoyan muttered to herself.
"Based on the plot analysis given by my elder sister, the Jiang family is not the mastermind, but Sect Leader Jiang definitely knows some inside information, and may even have participated in the cleanup work. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the news of Uncle Wei and the others' deaths, and the news of their deaths in the night hunt, came from their side with such clarity and certainty, while other families in the cultivation world were unaware of it beforehand, including the Wen family's garrison in Yiling!"
Moreover, even after Uncle Wei and his wife died in battle, they swore that their orphan (Second Brother) was still alive! Qi Ye affirmed Wei Chaoyan's question with a calm expression.
"Alright! Since you've all made your plans, I won't say any more." Seeing the conversation growing increasingly somber and Wei Ying and the others' expressions growing more unpleasant, Wei Chaoyan quickly stopped talking and changed the subject, "So, when have you decided to set off?"
"Sister, it won't be that fast. At least Second Brother needs to make the necessary magical artifacts and runes into finished products!" Qi Ye sighed, rubbing her forehead.
Oh? Oh, right! Although Wei Ying made all of these in the space, the physical objects cannot be brought out of the space. He still needs to spend time and materials in the real world to recreate them, which will indeed take some time!