The deputy city lord, who saw such a big scene for the first time, trembled in fear: "Recently, a mysterious Jindan stage monster appeared in the suburbs of the city. Elder Jiang and the city lord went to catch it."

The disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall frowned: "Do you know where they are going?"

The deputy city lord quickly circled an area on the map. "It's near here! Ever since the monster appeared, it always likes to hang around here..."

After looking at the map, the disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall was about to lead a team to arrest someone.

Ji Qingzhou, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly asked, "Where did you hold the banquet the night the Feng family was exterminated?"

The deputy city lord froze, not wanting to answer this question.

At the side, the disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall who captured him whistled.

There was a rustling sound coming from the disciple.

In a blink of an eye, countless tiny insects crawled or flew out from the spirit beast bag on her waist and gathered on the deputy city lord's exposed skin.

Then, the deputy city lord felt the fine and dense force, as if countless needles were piercing into his every pore, trying to eat away his flesh and blood and grind his bones.

The deputy city lord screamed: "I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"

He didn't dare to hide it anymore and raised his hand to draw a circle on the map.

Ji Qingzhou glanced at it and asked again: "Have you all seen the monster with your own eyes?"

The deputy city lord was afraid that he would be punished again if he spoke too late, so he nodded immediately: "I have seen it! I have seen it all! That monster has a sinister aura, and you can tell at a glance that it is not easy to deal with. There are no Jindan cultivators in Nanyue City, so we can only ask for help from the sect. It just so happens that the city lord has some friendship with Elder Jiang, so..."

"friendship?"

The disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall sneered: "Is it a friendship of mutual dereliction of duty?"

The deputy city lord shut up, looking dejected.

Seeing that Ji Qingzhou had no intention of asking any more questions, the Law Enforcement Hall set off again.

Ji Qingzhou was flying on her sword, and Xiao Reyi came to her side on a bird borrowed from the Spirit Beast Sect.

Xiao Reyi sent a voice message: "Why are you asking about monsters?"

Ji Qingzhou said: "It's just that there are some things that I can't figure out. After asking, I think I got the answer."

Xiao Reyi looked at her curiously.

Ji Qingzhou said: "The Spirit Beast Sect is very dedicated to governing the cities. If a monster appears, there will be elders willing to come and subdue it without having to find connections. But the Lord of Nanyue City only found Jiang Yijue."

Xiao Reyi thought for a moment: "Maybe he feels that he is more familiar with Jiang Yijue?"

Ji Qingzhou shook his head: "If the two sides really know each other well enough to use the backdoor, then when Jiang Yijue wanted to take Feng Zhiyue as his apprentice but was rejected, the Lord of Nanyue City would not have invited so many people to entertain Jiang Yijue and curry favor with him."

Xiao Reyi: "Maybe we became familiar with each other after that incident."

Ji Qingzhou: "If it were you, and you neglected your duty because of your pleasure, would you want to make friends with the people who made the same mistake with you at that time?"

I'm afraid that every time I see you, I'll think of the stupid things I did back then and feel annoyed, right?

Xiao Rayi: "That means he used what happened back then as a threat to get Jiang Yijue to defeat the demon... That's not right."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Reyi also realized why Ji Qingzhou felt that things didn't make sense in the beginning.

"The Spirit Beast Sect will not leave the monsters alone. It doesn't matter whether the Lord of Nanyue City uses his connections or not. He doesn't need to hold Jiang Yijue hostage."

Xiao Reyi frowned: "Now that you mention it, it seems strange that he specifically asked Jiang Yijue to deal with the monster, unless..."

"Unless he has a reason to look for Jiang Yijue. To be precise, only if Jiang Yijue and he get rid of the monster personally can certain secrets be guaranteed not to be exposed."

Ji Qingzhou spoke slowly: "And the secret they share is the Feng family's tragic murder."

Xiao Rayi: "You specifically asked the deputy city lord about the range where the monsters appeared, and the location of the banquet that year..."

The locations of the two places on the map appeared in her mind, and she suddenly had an idea: "The direction where the monsters appeared is halfway between Nanyue City and the banquet venue!"

And this was exactly the route that the Feng siblings took when they fled for help.

A guess came to his mind, and Xiao Reyi couldn't believe it: "You suspect that the monster is related to Feng Zhiyue?"

It's not the Wind Stops the Stars, it's the Wind Stops the Moon.

"Feng Zhixing said that his sister is a rare genius in the world. Even the elders of the Spirit Beast Sect are moved by her talent."

Ji Qingzhou said: "The facts prove that he is right. Feng Zhiyue, who managed to seal the key to the secret realm into his body, linked his life to the key, and forced the demon cultivator to spare Feng Zhixing's life, does have extraordinary talent and ideas."

At that time, Feng Zhiyue was just a teenage girl.

Many people at her age have just embarked on the path to immortality, and are still in a hazy state, following the path of their predecessors.

But Feng Zhiyue created something that belonged to her.

His outstanding talent is evident from this.

Xiao Reyi's eyes dimmed when he heard this: "Yes."

It's a pity that such a genius met with a tragic death at an early age, losing all possibilities for the future.

Ji Qingzhou continued, "Since she can be called a genius, and a genius under the Spirit Beast Sect, her talent is naturally reflected in the art of taming beasts."

Xiao Reyi nodded: "When I came to Nanyue City and asked about the Feng family's past, many people remembered Feng Zhiyue. They said that she was very young, had a first-class talent for taming beasts, and was naturally loved by spirit beasts. She was only in the Qi Refining Stage, but she already had two Foundation Establishment Stage spirit beasts that had signed contracts with her. There were also many spirit beasts who loved her and followed her around."

Ji Qingzhou said: "But in the case of the Feng family's extermination, Feng Zhixing did not mention the traces of those spirit beasts."

It is certain that the spiritual beast cannot defeat the demon cultivator.

But if all the spiritual beasts were destroyed and the battle was brutal, how could Feng Zhixing, who still remembered the tragedy of that year, not say a word about it?

There must be something unexpected.

Feng Zhixing didn't say it on purpose.

"In order to save Feng Zhixing, Feng Zhiyue sealed the Mermaid Candle into his body."

Ji Qingzhou turned her gaze to somewhere in the forest ahead. The small white jade sword under her feet turned into a stream of light, carrying her down.

Only her voice echoed in Xiao Reyi's ears: "Didn't Feng Zhiyue do anything to help those spirit beasts who loved her?"

"boom!"

In the mountains and forests, the sounds of fierce fighting could be heard even from a very long distance away.

Red flames shot up into the sky, and countless trees were burned black.

A giant cat emitting a sinister aura had its whiskers and some fur singed by the spiritual fire.

Its eyes flashed with madness from time to time, which was a sign of losing its mind.

Even if it was about to die, it would drag the two people on the other side of the fire to be buried with it!

Anyway, it died many years ago.

It has forgotten the exact time, and even its memory of its life is a little vague.

But it still remembers the helping hand that girl extended to it twice when it was on the verge of death in its short cat life.

The first time was when it was still young.

Although its mother was a powerful spirit beast, it had been weak and sickly since birth.

Their tribe will not always protect their young under their wings.

At a certain time, the adult spirit beast will leave the young ones and let them fend for themselves.

It is a weak child. Without the protection of its mother, only death awaits it.

During a failed hunting attempt, it fled to the outside of the forest in a bloody mess, waiting for death to come.

But when life was about to fade away, it was not death that embraced it, but a young girl with very warm hands.

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