Light Fortress
Chapter 545 - 128 Calculation_3

Chapter 545: Chapter 128 Calculation_3

Gu Shen’s expression was calm as he walked out from the secret room. He glanced at the two bodies lying before him and crouched down to carefully examine the corpse of "Xiao," who had committed suicide.

The death was quite thorough.

Xiao had put in a lot of effort to disguise the abnormalities of the body.

The two strands of Blood Fire had been completely dispersed by him at the end... There was not a trace left to be found.

No matter how one looked at it... both corpses appeared to have been killed by someone.

Obviously, the murderer was "oneself."

An Outer Continent People who broke into the church basement, stealing a large number of sealed artifacts.

Gu Shen smiled silently.

He extended two fingers and lightly touched the brow of "Xiao’s" body. On his fingertips appeared a faint, extremely faint wisp of "Blood Fire Breath" that would be completely imperceptible if one was not paying close attention.

Twenty-one hours before the meeting.

He had taken this strand of "Blood Fire", and now, he had returned it.

This tiny wisp of Blood Fire, hovering above the corpse, maintained the most basic "existence" under the effect of Gu Shen’s spiritual power... He believed that an enraged Lan Wei’er, after inspecting the bodies, would definitely obtain something, thus moving closer to the real "truth."

Gu Shen checked the whole scene again.

The rust he had casually wiped off had completely disappeared.

That strand of Chi Huo... was giving off a "vague" sensation from about twenty kilometers away.

Ah, Chu Ling had been right after all.

Twenty kilometers, which meant it was still within Xiyin City!

Gu Shen carefully processed the scene again to ensure a "satisfactory" result.

Then he calmly made a phone call.

The voice of Cui Zhongcheng came from the other end.

"The meeting has ended. Identities have all been handled."

After the brief exchange of words,

"Very good..."

Gu Shen picked up the iron axe again.

He aimed at the furthest door and forcefully hacked it open.

...

...

When Lan Wei’er arrived at the church, it was already thirty minutes later.

His expression was one of angry as he looked at the "secret room" that had been plundered. All the important artifacts sealed in the New Moon Church had been taken... This was probably the most significant case to occur in Xiyin City in the past ten years!

The two Transcendents who were responsible for guarding were cruelly murdered.

Without any doubt, it was the work of a Spiritual Transcendent. He managed to sneak in here, taking advantage of his own "meeting" moment to act and take the items, he must be familiar with the internal rules of the New Moon Church, and it’s very likely that he was a church insider...

Lan Wei’er squatted down and examined the two bodies carefully.

On one of the bodies... he discovered a very faint "Spiritual Aura."

The Archbishop hurriedly took out a container to store this wisp of "Blood Fire."

His expression was incredibly somber.

This was a case significant enough to report to the "church leader," and this wisp of Blood Fire was a crucial clue... Another obvious clue was that to carry away all the sealed items in a short time would require some special means.

"Trait-based spatial items..."

The Archbishop narrowed his eyes.

He reported the situation of the church to that personage at the first opportunity.

After leaving the meeting, the mood of the personage, as he had expected, instantly turned into rage.

A few minutes later, the entire Xiyin River was put on "alert," countless Heavenly Eyes focused on the whole city... More frightening than the Heavenly Eyes were the fanatical followers of the New Moon Church, who came to the outskirts of the city, guarding every passageway, while the church began to search the Xiyin River, sealing off the city while tracking the whereabouts of those "sealed items."

Every single item lost from the church basement was listed on the inventory... The Spiritual Transcendents of the church, carrying the list, began a lengthy interrogation, with the city of Xiyin having a dense population, anyone who could provide clues would receive a generous reward from the church, while anyone found to be deliberately concealing information would endure a fury unbearable by life itself.

The abilities of these Spiritual Transcendents were ordinary, but for common people... they were sufficient!

They could easily detect who was lying!

Soon.

Within the Xiyin River, someone provided a clue.

The reason was that someone had recognized a "familiar item" from the list and immediately identified a suspicious person.

The clue pointed out that it was a member of the New Moon Church, wearing priest robes, but seemingly from a foreign land... constantly searching for a "lamp" from the list.

Soon, downstream of the Xiyin River, more people provided clues... Nearly twenty youths from various slums confessed the reasons and consequences of "searching for the lamp."

A mysterious man from a foreign land, the first thing he did upon arriving at Xiyin, was to search for a "lamp" held by the church underground?

Under rapid investigation.

The central district of Xiyin City also provided new clues... This mysterious man had also visited Holy Image Auction House.

That was the church’s influence!

...

...

In the midst of the city’s frantic pursuit and searching,

No one noticed... a young boy living in the slums downstream of the Xiyin River, driving a dilapidated ox cart covered with wild grass, leaving the old city. It was too outdated a mode of transportation, slow, and filthy.

On the road, the boy still encountered rigorous interrogations and checks.

However... he passed them all.

On the ox cart was his father’s corpse.

Leaving Xiyin, to return his father’s body to his hometown for burial.

This was a reasonable explanation.

But what was unreasonable... was the path the boy chose after leaving Xiyin.

He left from the south of Xiyin City and, after successfully passing through the south gate checkpoint, stuck close to the wall and headed west, taking a long detour and passing through a second checkpoint. Looking at the map... this was a very strange route.

However, not one in ten thousand people would pay attention to the route a poor boy would choose after leaving Xiyin.

The poor boy arrived at a desolate dense forest.

He looked back to see the dilapidated and bustling Xiyin City, where countless believers had been left behind by him.

He smiled.

That smile slowly solidified as he turned his head back.

The poor boy saw a familiar figure.

"As you wished, we meet again."

Gu Shen slowly emerged from the dense forest, "I’m still alive."