A Woman's Corpse
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, are you still there?" Yun Lang's voice came from the phone.
"Where's that Skyscraping Devil?" Xiao Yi's voice was filled with tremors.
"In the Yongcui Manor. My Junior Sister Yuechan is already there. Xiao Yi, demons are causing trouble." Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yi had already hung up.
He randomly parked the car on the side of the road, opened the door, and released the Doomsday Sword. It turned into a beam of sword light and rushed to the sky.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived in the sky above Yongcui Manor.
However, while he was still in midair, Xiao Yi saw that within the area of Yongcui Manor, a police car had already been parked. There was also a large isolation area that was used to prevent outsiders from entering.
This was clearly the typical sign of a murder scene.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yi's heart felt as if it had been struck by a huge hammer. It was difficult for him to continue controlling his sword. He let out a cry and two lines of hot tears rolled down.
"Ziman! Ziman! You're not lucky!" The faint hope that had always existed in Xiao Yi's heart for so many days was completely extinguished at this moment.
That kind of despair made Xiao Yi almost unable to control himself.
Xiao Yi didn't know how he landed in the manor. He fought back the tremble in his body and separated the crowd. Xiao Yi walked into the isolation section.
As soon as he entered the isolation section, he saw a familiar figure. It was Luo Yuechan, the female disciple of Emei.
Luo Yuechan also saw Xiao Yi at first glance, but she noticed Xiao Yi's dispirited expression. Luo Yuechan was shocked and rushed over in a hurry. She said in a shocked voice, "Mr. Xiao, what's wrong?"
Xiao Yi's expression was extremely bitter. He didn't have the mood to chat with Luo Yuechan at all. His brows were tightly knitted together as he pushed Luo Yuechan away and continued to walk toward the room.
Luo Yuechan followed behind Xiao Yi and said in a hurry, "Mr. Xiao, our group received a report saying that they found a trace of the Skyscraping Devil at Yongcui Manor. I was nearby so I immediately rushed over. Who would have known that the woman was already dead?"
Although he had already expected this result, Xiao Yi was still unable to accept the fact.
After taking a deep breath, he finally walked to the front of the body covered with the white cloth.
When the guarding policemen saw that Xiao Yi was Luo Yuechan's acquaintance, they knew that Xiao Yi's identity was definitely not ordinary. Naturally, they wouldn't stop Xiao Yi, so they all stepped aside and let Xiao Yi kneel in front of the body.
"Ziman!" Xiao Yi's heart felt like it was being twisted by a knife. He let out a sorrowful cry and slowly closed his eyes.
From the moment he met Ziman, every scene between them was like a movie, which flashed through Xiao Yi's mind.
The beautiful, kind, coquettish, and cute woman was lying on the ground coldly, without any breath of life.
He no longer heard her laughter or saw her kind face. This was the great pain of the world.
After a long time, Xiao Yi stretched out his trembling hands and lifted the piece of white cloth.
Xiao Yi didn't even dare to imagine what Ziman looked like at this moment. He knew that this scene was destined to stay in his heart and he could never get rid of it for the rest of his life.
However, could he bear not to look at her for the last time even if he knew it was going to be like this?
In the end, the white cloth covering the corpse was removed by the trembling fingers.
Xiao Yi took in a deep breath and suppressed the pain in his heart as he stared intently.
However, after taking a look at the corpse, Xiao Yi was stunned and let out a cry of surprise. Following that, he took another careful look and immediately jumped up.
The pain on his face seemed to still exist. However, he asked Luo Yuechan in alarm, "This is that Skyscraping Devil that was reported?"
"It's her. However, in reality, she isn't a true Skyscraping Devil. It is rather a coincidence. There is only a Skyscraping Devil-like tattoo on her body." Luo Yuechan explained.
Just like Luo Yuechan had said, the moment Xiao Yi removed the white cloth, the corpse beneath was not Yu Ziman at all, but an unfamiliar woman.
The woman's collarbone had a tattoo that was exactly the same as Yu Ziman's. At this moment, spring was full of vigor. The beautiful lady was wearing a low-cut sweater, revealing her sexy collarbones and this unique tattoo.
This reminded Xiao Yi of what Yu Ziman had said before. On that day, Ziman was also troubled by the patterns on her body. Later, a female colleague saw the tattoo and liked it very much. She even said that she also wanted to get the same tattoo.
It seemed that this woman was Yu Ziman's colleague.
Sure enough, after questioning the police officer who was handling the case, they learned that the dead woman was a doctor of the affiliated hospital named Li Yu.
Xiao Yi suddenly understood that it must be Li Yu's Skyscraping Devil tattoo that have been seen by others, so it was reported to the Special Operations Group.
However, how did Li Yu die? She was already dead before Luo Yuechan arrived.
"Could it be that some cultivator mistook her for a Skyscraping Devil and executed her?"
Thinking of this, Xiao Yi immediately squatted down again and carefully checked Li Yu's injury.
However, he discovered with pity that Li Yu's meridians were all broken. Obviously, she was killed by a blow. Undoubtedly, it was the means of a cultivator.
"Who was the first to report the news about the Skyscraping Devil to the Special Operations Group? Was it the one who killed Li Yu?" Xiao Yi asked Luo Yuechan in a hurry.
"It was an anonymous report. I'm also curious. Killing the Skyscraping Devil is a great contribution. If the members of the team did it, they would definitely bring the body back to get the reward. How could they kill her without a sound?" Luo Yuechan frowned and said. However, after thinking for a while, she continued, "Maybe after killing her, after careful observation, they found that the pattern was just a tattoo. Otherwise, how could they have the face to get the reward if they killed a mortal? So they left without a sound?"
Xiao Yi did not say anything when he heard this. His current emotions were extremely complicated.
The deceased was not Yu Ziman. There was a glimmer of hope in Xiao Yi's heart. However, the death of an innocent person made Xiao Yi realize that the impact of news of the appearance of the Skyscraping Devil was obviously more serious than he expected.
Moreover, Xiao Yi instinctively felt that the cause of Li Yu's death wasn't as simple as he thought.
While he was thinking, Xiao Yi sensed that his surrounding had suddenly turned cold. It was an unusually strange feeling. It was as though he had been splashed with cold water. An extremely cold and stern killing intense swept over him.
"Huh?" Xiao Yi suddenly stood up and immediately released his Divine Awareness. The aura around him shook and caused Luo Yuechan to be shocked.
However, a moment later, Luo Yuechan also felt the cold killing intense and her face changed dramatically. She subconsciously took a step toward Xiao Yi and asked in surprise, "Mr. Xiao, is someone targeting us?"
Xiao Yi nodded his head and said, "That's right. However, that aura is extremely cold and sharp. It clearly doesn't belong to a human. If it's not a great beast, then it's a powerful demon."
"What? A Demon? A powerful demon in the downtown?" Luo Yuechan's face turned pale.
"The news of the Skyscraping Devil must have attracted the demons. You stay here and send a message to the group. I'll lure the demon away. We can't let it enter the downtown area." Xiao Yi said in a low voice.
"Yes!" When Luo Yuechan heard this, she immediately took out a spirit talisman and threw it into the sky. It exploded with a loud bang and turned into an extremely dazzling firework.
That was the spiritual talisman of the members of the Special Operations Group. All the members who were near must come to help as soon as they saw the signal.
On the other hand, Xiao Yi did not hesitate and immediately released the Doomsday Sword. He turned into a ray of light and rushed to the sky. Facing the cold aura, he rushed to the sky.
Although the aura was extremely cold, Xiao Yi knew very well that if a great demon appeared in the world, not only would the people be plunged into misery and suffering, but also it would cause a lot of panic and chaos. Therefore, he could only face it fearlessly.
Xiao Yi thought about his own life-saving methods and was ready for a fierce fight.
But he did not expect that the aura had suddenly become invisible after he had rushed a short distance away.
No matter how hard Xiao Yi probed, he could not find any sign of it.
"It's really strange. The demon was nearby, why did it suddenly and silently run away?" Xiao Yi was puzzled. He once again used his powerful Divine Awareness which was at Level 9 and searched the surrounding area for hundreds of miles. However, the result was still the same.
Although it was extremely strange, Xiao Yi gave up and returned to the Yongcui Manor.
When he returned to this place, he saw that there were already many people at the scene.
They were the family members of the deceased, the leaders of the affiliated hospital, and also many members of the Special Operations Group, who had been summoned by the secret orders and rushed here when they heard the news.
Liu Zhen of the Lao Mountain had also arrived.
Seeing Xiao Yi, Liu Zhen immediately came over. After a small talk with Xiao Yi, he helped the police handle the murder case.
The case involved the cultivator, and it was also aimed at killing the Skyscraping Devil. Obviously, this case could not be settled. Poor Li Yu died in vain. However, this case could not be stated clearly. It could only be entrusted to the hospital to give Li Yu's family a lot of burial fees in the name of various reasons.
Such a thing happened. Although the dead one was not Yu Ziman, it was unusual for Xiao Yi to be disturbed, especially by the aura of the powerful demon who suddenly appeared and disappeared, which made Xiao Yi's heart heavier.
Liu Zhen also walked to Xiao Yi's side and said worriedly, "Xiao Yi, recently, demons have appeared frequently in the world. Now, there is a half-adjournment Skyscraping Devil. It can be seen that a great calamity is coming."
Xiao Yi glanced at him and slowly nodded. What Liu Zhen said was exactly what Xiao Yi was thinking. In the midst of the disturbance, Xiao Yi felt more and more that his mid-stage of Nascent Soul Realm Realm was too low.
After thinking for a long time, Xiao Yi asked Liu Zhen, "Liu Zhen, I have been refining pills recently. But I need one main ingredient. I don't know if there is any news about that main ingredient."
"Oh? Which ingredient?" Liu Zhen's interest was immediately piqued and he hurriedly asked.
"Three-legged Golden Toad, have you ever heard of it, Liu Zhen?" Xiao Yi asked.