Near the top of Black Wind Mountain, there is a dense patch of Jingfeng Bamboo.
Nie Yixiong was as usual, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, sitting leisurely by the mountain stream fishing.
The bamboo basket on the side was still empty, with not a single fish in it.
At this moment, a young man ran out of the bamboo forest behind him.
The young man came behind Nie Yixiong, clasped his hands, bowed his head and said: “Master, a monk from Xinyuefang City came down the mountain.
“The man claimed that he had witnessed the murderer of the second master.”
“Oh?” Nie Yixiong opened his eyes slightly, “Did that person say who killed the second master?”
“I haven’t said anything yet. The subordinates and others will follow the instructions of the Headmaster. After the person sees the Headmaster, he will report to you in person.”
“Very well, bring him up.”
“As you command!”
The young man took a few steps back, turned around and ran down the mountain immediately.
Nie Yixiong looked at the floats on the water and sighed.
“Is the murderer finally showing up?
“I don’t know who killed my stupid brother…”
He had previously ordered the people below that if anyone came to identify the murderer, they must bring him before him and tell him face to face.
The purpose is to leave a room for relaxation.
If the murderer is just a young monk with no identity background, then kill him directly.
If the identity and background of the murderer is something that even Nie Yixiong cannot afford to offend, then he must carefully weigh the pros and cons.
His brother was dead after all.
To provoke someone you can’t afford to offend for the sake of a dead person is tantamount to asking for death.
So Nie Yixiong hopes that he is the first person to know the murderer.
Otherwise, if the murderer is someone he cannot afford to offend, his subordinates will find out.
So will he avenge this revenge or not?
If you retaliate, you may get killed.
If you don’t retaliate, you will lose your prestige as the leader in front of the many calamity cultivators in Black Wind Mountain.
To be able to get into the position of the head of Black Wind Mountain, Nie Yixiong relied on more than just his ninth-level cultivation in the Qi Refining Period.
Nie Yixiong did not wait long.
Soon, his men brought Mu Dinghai here.
“The boss has been brought here.”
“Very well, you go down first.”
“As you command!”
After the robbery that had brought Miao Dinghai up the mountain retreated, only Nie Yixiong and Miao Dinghai were left by the stream.
Although Nie Yixiong didn’t show any momentum, he seemed to be just an ordinary fisherman.
But Miu Dinghai was still too nervous to take a deep breath, and his legs couldn’t stop trembling.
After all, he was just an ordinary monk at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Facing a notorious calamity cultivator with a cultivation level as high as the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage, it was impossible not to be nervous.
It’s pretty good to have the courage to come here.
If Heifeng Mountain hadn’t broken his promise regarding the bounty before, even if Heifeng Mountain offered a reward of 5,000 spiritual stones, he would not have dared to come and receive the reward.
After calming down his nervousness, Miao Dinghai said tremblingly: “I have met the master, the casual cultivator in Xinyuefang City, Miao Dinghai.”
“Well, tell me, who killed my brother…”
Nie Yixiong still sat on the boulder, maintaining his fishing posture, looking straight at the water with his calm eyes.
Facing such a person, Miao Dinghai did not dare to be careless and said immediately: “It’s Song Jie.”
“Song Jie?” Nie Yixiong frowned slightly, feeling that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
“That’s Song Jie, Alchemist Song, who won the first place in the popular elixir competition.”
It turned out to be him!
There was a hint of surprise in Nie Yixiong’s eyes, and he said thoughtfully: “Are you sure? You should know the consequences of deceiving me!”
“I’m sure…” Miao Dinghai immediately lowered his head, pressed his back even lower, and said, “I have seen this with my own eyes, and I absolutely dare not deceive the master.
“Song Jie is a famous person in Xinyuefang City recently. I’m sure I won’t admit the wrong person.”
Nie Yixiong sneered, “As far as I know, that Song Jie is just entering the third level of Qi Refining Stage.
“No matter how incompetent my younger brother is, he still has the cultivation level of the fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
“Then how could Song Jie be my brother’s opponent?
“Do you think I will believe what you say?”
As he spoke, Nie Yixiong suddenly exuded murderous intent, put down the fishing rod in his hand, and stood up slowly.
Then he turned around and stood on the boulder, looking down at Miu Dinghai.
Feeling the strong aura from Nie Yixiong, Miao Dinghai’s legs softened and he knelt on the ground.
His intuition told him that if his next answer failed to satisfy Nie Yixiong, he would probably die here.
He immediately leaned down on the ground and said quickly: “I would like to swear to the law of heaven that I will never deceive the master.”
Nie Yixiong narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering what he was thinking about. He stared at Miao Dinghai for a while, and then said coldly: “Then tell me how Song Jie killed my brother.”
“So so, so so…”
Immediately, Miu Dinghai told everything about what he saw that day without adding any exaggeration.
After patiently listening to Miao Dinghai’s description of the fighting process that day, Nie Yixiong slowly closed his eyes, seeming to be thinking about something.
Seeing that Nie Yixiong didn’t respond for a long time, Miao Dinghai carefully turned his head to the side and glanced upward from the corner of his eye.
Then he quickly lowered his head and stared directly at the ground, not daring to take a breath.
After a while, Nie Yixiong opened his eyes again and looked at Miu Dinghai, who was still leaning on the ground.
“You mean, Song Jie was hiding something from the beginning.
“At the critical moment, the power of the spell suddenly became much stronger, and the physical skills also improved qualitatively.
“That’s why I killed my brother…
“During the entire fight, Song Jie never took any pills?”
“Yes, I have never seen Song Jie taking any pills.”
Although he didn’t know why Nie Yixiong asked this question, Miao Dinghai still answered the other party honestly and did not dare to adulterate at all.
“Very good, the information you provided is very useful to me.
“Now that you’ve said everything you need to say.
“Then you can go and die…”
As he spoke, Nie Yixiong pointed his hands together into a sword, aimed at Miao Dinghai’s neck, and slashed lightly.
I saw a sharp sword flash past.
A blood line appeared on Miao Dinghai’s neck, and a wisp of bright red blood slowly overflowed from the blood line.
Immediately afterwards, Miu Dinghai’s head, which had lost its connection point, was completely separated from his body, and fell to the ground and rolled half a circle.
He turned his face upward, eyes wide open, and looked straight at Nie Yixiong, who was standing on the boulder with an indifferent expression.
Miu Dinghai’s gradually dimming eyes were filled with deep confusion.
He couldn’t understand why Nie Yixiong wanted to kill him. He was just here to identify the murderer.
(End of chapter)