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Chapter 159 The Same Crime Style
Chapter 159: The Same Modus Operandi
The loud knocking was just the beginning, followed immediately by the sound of a broken door.
Zhang Chi had been working hard all night and was startled by the commotion. He quickly tidied up his clothes, and Long Yan had already appeared.
"Zhang Chi, why didn't you open the door for me?" Long Yan rushed in, and Zhang Chi was speechless.
"I wanted to open the door for you, but you didn't give me a chance!"
"That's true."
Long Yan smiled awkwardly and was about to get down to business when her nose suddenly twitched.
"Why does it smell so good in your room?"
"I've been busy lately, so I've been tinkering with some things. I was planning to give them to you."
As he spoke, Zhang Chi took out a bottle of perfume.
The method of making perfume was simple. Zhang Chi extracted the liquid that constituted the fragrance from fresh flowers using alchemy, mixed it with alcohol, and adjusted the proportions to create the perfume.
These perfumes were considered mundane by cultivators and were not given much importance. But for Long Yan, who was seeing them for the first time, they were naturally quite novel.
In reality, these perfumes were only used by Zhang Chi to cover up certain scents.
If you steal something, don't you have to clean up the evidence of the theft?
It wouldn't be good if someone caught you red-handed.
Fortunately, Zhang Chi was cautious and prioritized cleaning up.
"Um, did you make this specifically for me?"
Long Yan suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.
Does this little junior brother like me?
Zhang Chi: "..."
I said I was planning to give it to you, it's just a polite remark. Do you know what a polite remark means?
But Long Yan had already said it, and Zhang Chi couldn't bring himself to say that it wasn't specifically made for her. So he went along with it and said, "Take a sniff and see if you like it."
By not directly admitting it, it can be considered a denial!
However, Long Yan felt that by not directly admitting it, it was as good as accepting it.
This little junior brother is quite shy.
However, Long Yan didn't immediately try the perfume. Instead, she put it away in her storage ring and said in a hurry, "Don't interrupt, I have something important to discuss with you."
"What is it?"
"Yesterday, Iron Sword Gate was wiped out."
"I heard about that."
Zhang Chi said calmly, "Iron Sword Gate is very close to Little Warehouse Mountain, so we have strengthened our patrols because of that."
"I have taken on this case, and I need your help."
Zhang Chi: "..."
Sister, do you really enjoy finding trouble when you have nothing to do?
"Don't you need to cultivate?"
"I've reached a bottleneck in my cultivation, and I need more experience."
Advancing from Divine Soul to Divine Ability is also a major hurdle, but fortunately, Long Yan is still young and has plenty of time.
With nothing else to do, she naturally wants to find something to do.
She didn't enjoy doing any of the other things, they were all things she hated, but she couldn't stop them.
She had resigned from the other tasks and focused on being the head of the Alliance Enforcement Hall.
According to the agreement of the alliance, the sects that make up the alliance have the greatest autonomy, and the alliance cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the sects as long as it doesn't harm the interests of other sects.
Disputes and threats to public safety are handled by the Alliance Enforcement Hall.
For example, the death of Chong Xu earlier could have posed a threat to the safety of other sects, which is why Long Yan took action.
The incident of Iron Sword Gate being wiped out is because this area originally belonged to the Talisman Treasure Sect, but there is still no consensus on who it should be assigned to. For now, it can only be handed over to the Enforcement Hall.
Zhang Chi really didn't want to help.
He just wanted a place to cultivate peacefully and didn't want to get involved in too many troubles.
However, Long Yan came to find him. If he refused, it would damage the relationship between the two.
"Since you've said it, then I'll go with you!" Zhang Chi agreed decisively. Long Yan grabbed him and hurriedly left the house, heading straight for Iron Sword Gate.
Iron Sword Gate was not far from Little Warehouse Mountain, and they arrived in no time.
There was a circle of people guarding the perimeter. Long Yan showed the token and led Zhang Chi inside.
As soon as they entered the scene, Zhang Chi frowned.
The smell of blood was too strong, and the scene was too gruesome.
Since he had promised to help Long Yan, Zhang Chi could only say something.
"The killer is demonstrating, or rather, she is venting her emotions. She must have some grudge against Iron Sword Gate. After she came, she not only wiped out the entire Iron Sword Gate, but also took care of the aftermath."
Characterization is important. Zhang Chi directly determined it as a revenge killing.
As he observed the bodies and was about to say more details, the words were swallowed back.
The scene in front of him was too familiar.
Each person's sword was positioned in almost the same place, with clean cuts.
Wasn't this a combination of someone with OCD and a master swordsman?
Zhang Chi immediately thought of Jiang Qingyun. Jiang Qingyun had the ability and the time.
Last time, the Zhou family had the same characteristics, but their fate was not as tragic as this.
How did Iron Sword Gate provoke Jiang Qingyun to be treated like this?
Or perhaps, another powerful individual with the same characteristics had appeared nearby?
Zhang Chi's answer leaned more towards the former. Jiang Qingyun had the ability and the time. As for the motive, through investigation, there would always be clues.
After listening to Zhang Chi's partial analysis, Long Yan nodded in agreement.
"That's right, it must be a revenge killing. I'll go and investigate who Iron Sword Gate has offended recently."
Long Yan quickly issued the task. For such a small matter, there was no need for Long Yan to personally intervene.
She distributed the tasks and imitated Zhang Chi by squatting down to examine the bodies. Unfortunately, her observation skills were not sharp enough to notice the similarities between this crime scene and the previous one at the Zhou family.
Taking advantage of the situation, Zhang Chi threw in the towel and said, "If these are the only clues, it will be difficult for me to find the killer. It seems that I can't help you this time."
In the Immortal Cultivation World, most murder cases couldn't find the killer.
It's not like there are surveillance stones everywhere, and even if there were, they wouldn't always be in an activated state.
Without capturing the appearance of the killer, relying solely on a crime scene, it would be a surprise if the case could be solved.
Zhang Chi thought that no matter who the killer was, he didn't need to continue investigating. It wouldn't benefit him and it wasn't necessary.
Coming here with Long Yan was just going through the motions and giving Long Yan enough face.
"It's okay, you can go back first and wait for my message."
Long Yan didn't ask Zhang Chi to stay here all the time. Occasionally helping out was enough.
The incident at Iron Sword Gate didn't have a big impact, and the Dragon River Alliance didn't require Long Yan to solve the case at any specific time. In fact, no one cared whether it was solved or not.
Only Long Yan herself wanted to investigate further and give the weak a fair chance.
Zhang Chi went back to Little Warehouse Mountain as Long Yan wished.
There were still many buildings under construction at Little Warehouse Mountain, and many strangers had come. Zhang Chi had to be on guard.
He wasn't too afraid of external enemies invading. The actual strength of Sword Sect was much stronger than it appeared.
The main reason was Gu Youyou's presence, which raised the overall strength of Sword Sect.
Even if Sword Sect was gone, Zhang Chi could still survive.
But with the massacre near Little Warehouse Mountain, Zhang Chi, as the eldest senior brother, had to show his attitude, so he became the supervisor.
In terms of cultivation, he didn't really need Gu Youyou's help anymore. His Qi Sea could move on its own, so he had to find something for Gu Youyou to do, right?
There would be recommendations the day after tomorrow, so there would definitely be more updates. I'm really tired today. I drove all afternoon. I wanted to write a novel while driving, but I was afraid of being caught, so I gave up on the idea of multitasking.
I'll rest first. Goodnight, everyone.
(End of this chapter)