"It must be him and someone he trusts who can deceive Xiao Sihua into shutting down the formation. We might as well focus on investigating these people. Congratulations, senior, how many monks are there in the entire spiritual mine?" Fang Xiangming asked.

He Zhijie said: "There are more than 20 foundation-building monks and about a hundred qi-refining monks."

"Then let's get started! I suggest that we form groups of three, with one disciple from each sect in each group, to investigate the Spirit Mine disciples one by one. Each person in the investigation team must write a dossier report and hand it to the three of us.

"Yu Mu Qingdao

He and Jiang both nodded in agreement.

The crowd was divided into fifteen groups, with three groups based on corresponding positions.

The other two members of Tang Ning's trio are Wang Zongwang from the Qingyang Sect's Intelligence Department and Jiang Biyu from the Shuiyun Sect's Intelligence Department.

Everyone left the main hall and came to a stone house. This stone house was specially built for the disciples of the investigation team. It was thirty feet long and five or six feet wide, with dozens of open rooms separated by it.

Tang Ning and the other three came to one of the rooms. There was nothing in the room except for a stone table and a few wooden stools.

After waiting for a while, a big man walked in. The big man had a muscular back, nearly nine feet tall, a bulging body, and a ferocious face. He was different from ordinary people, but he was the man Tang Ning met at the trial site twenty years ago.

That Shuiyun Sect non-demon, Yu Feixiong, never expected to meet him here again today.

"Senior Brother Yu, take a seat!" Jiang Biyu introduced: "I am Jiang Biyu from the Intelligence Department, this is fellow Taoist Tang Ning of the Qianyi Sect, and this is fellow Taoist Wang Zongwang of the Qingyang Sect. Today we are asking you questions on the order of the sect.

The specific circumstances of the Spirit Mine being attacked by the Demon Sect that day."

Yu Feixiong sat opposite the three of them and said to Tang Ning, "Fellow Taoist Tang, we meet again."

Tangning nodded in response.

Jiang Biyu looked at the two of them and said: "Fellow Daoist Tang, Fellow Daoist Wang, then, let's start now!"

The two nodded, and Wang Zongwang took out an ink-colored talisman, which was a musical note, used to record the conversation between several people. He tapped the note lightly, and the talisman was activated, glowing with an ink-colored shimmer.

"Senior Brother Yu, please tell me first! What happened that day and what were you doing at that time?"

Yu Feixiong said: "I was practicing in the cave at that time. I heard a commotion outside that sounded like a fight. I didn't pay much attention at first, until the alarm bell rang. I hurried out of the cave and saw everyone from the Demon Sect fighting with the disciples in the spirit mine.

, I jumped into the air, and a Demon Sect disciple stared at me and started fighting with me."

"The advantage of the Demon Sect is overwhelming. I didn't dare to stay here and fled towards the west. The disciple of the Demon Sect chased me for a while and then stopped chasing me. After I returned to the sect, I met Master Yu

Come here together."

Wang Zongwang asked: "Have you been in the cave all day?"

"Actually, I hadn't left the cave for four or five days at that time."

"Can anyone prove it?"

"No, I'm the only one in the cave."

"What is your position in the spirit mine? Which aspect are you in charge of?"

"In charge of the statistical accounting of spiritual stones."

"Do you know that the Spirit Mine Guard Formation has been closed?" Jiang Biyu asked

"I don't know. I stayed in the cave until the alarm bell rang."

"What do you think about this?"

"I didn't think much of it at the time, but I found it strange afterward. I heard that it was Senior Brother Xiao who shut down the formation. My sect and I had the same idea. There must be someone from the Demon Sect who coordinated internally and externally to deceive Senior Brother Xiao into shutting down the formation."

Wang Zongwang said: "You are both from Shuiyun Sect. You and Xiao Sihua must have a good relationship!"

"I was originally a disciple of Hushan Branch, and he was a disciple of Yuanyi Palace. Before I came here, I had no contact with him. After that, we only met occasionally, and there was no deep friendship. Besides, I am not a demon, and many people in the sect are not familiar with him.

I’m concerned about this.”

Tang Ning asked: "Fellow Taoist Yu, how long have you been here?"

"It's been five years."

"Then you should know who Xiao Sihua is close to on weekdays, or, to be more blunt, who do you suspect? Just now you also said that there is a secret work of the Demon Sect in the spiritual mine."

"I don't know, but I think the person who can trick Senior Brother Xiao into turning off the formation must be either him and someone he trusts, or someone who is quite famous in the formation. I am neither of these two."

"When was the last time you saw Xiao Si?"

"About a month before the attack on the spirit mine, he went to the storage room to check the number of spirit stones."

"Have you seen who Xiao Siyan was harmed by?"

"No, there was fighting everywhere at that time. Everyone had to look out for themselves, not caring about others."

The three of them interrogated carefully for more than half an hour. In the end, there was really nothing to interrogate. Jiang Biyu said: "Senior Brother Yu, we are just doing a routine matter assigned by the sect. We are not suspecting that you are doing it carefully. I hope you can understand. Please come back! Take it.

There are other disciples coming down who want to inquire."

Yu Feixiong nodded and said, "I know, I'm going."

After Yu Feixiong left, Jiang Biyu took out a piece of paper and said, "Fellow Daoist Tang and Daoist Wang, what do you think?"

Tang Ning said: "I think we can basically rule out the possibility of the Demon Sect's secret work. According to his own words, he has nothing to do with Xiao Sihua, and as a non-demon, he speaks softly. Taoist friend Jiang must know this better than me. I think

Fellow Taoist Xiao Sihua was wary of him and would not believe his words and shut down the formation that was related to the safety of the entire spiritual mine.

"And he said that he has not been out of the cave for four or five days. This kind of statement can easily be exposed if he lies. If someone sees him going out, wouldn't that mean that he actively admits that he is a secret agent of the Demon Sect? I think what he said is

real."

"Of course, if it is said that there is more than one person working in the Demon Sect, it is not confirmed. At least it is certain that he was not the one who deceived fellow Taoist Xiao Sihua into closing the formation."

Wang Zongwang said: "Fellow Taoist Tang and I have the same view."

Jiang Biyu said: "In this case, I will write down our conclusion and submit it to my uncle."

The two nodded and said hello. Not long after, a beautiful female monk walked in from the door...

The three people interrogated the four people continuously until late at night. After they went back to their rooms, they were called away by Fang Xiang and went to Yishi Hall.

Not long after, several more people arrived one after another. After seeing everyone gathered, Fang Xiangming said: "Today's preliminary investigation has been completed. I invite you all to come here to ask if there are any new discoveries or findings regarding today's interrogation.

Who is the suspicious person? A detailed investigation will be conducted on the suspicious disciple tomorrow."

"There is a question worth thinking about." Ma Quan of Xuande Palace said.

"Oh? What did Junior Brother Ma find?"

"I have interrogated several people, and they all said they did not see when and where Xiao Sihua was killed. I wonder if any of the disciples you are interrogating saw it."

Everyone shook their heads.

Ma Quan said: "That's strange. The reason why we know that Xiao Siyan was killed is because his life soul stone in Shuiyun Sect was destroyed, but no one witnessed his murder. Where did his bones go? I asked

I met many disciples, and they all told me that when the Demon Sect attacked the Ling Mine, there was chaos, and there were corpses everywhere around the Ling Mine, including those of Blood Bone Sect disciples, but why was Xiao Sihua’s body not seen?”

"The Blood and Bone Sect is not the Corpse Puppet Sect. It is useless for them to ask for corpses. Moreover, the sound transmission array was still intact at the time. The Blood and Bone Sect should have known about the sound transmission array, otherwise they would not have been so decisive in withdrawing."

"They planned carefully. They knew that Qingyang Sect's reinforcements would arrive within an hour or two. In such an urgent and short period of time, they killed Xiao Sihua and specially incinerated his body? Isn't it strange?"

When he said this, everyone was a little surprised and started whispering.

Fang Xiangming asked doubtfully: "What does Junior Brother Ma mean?"

"If the Demon Sect has to deal with Xiao Siyan's body in such an urgent and short period of time, then his body may explain some problems. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that he was twisted into pulp during the fight. We can even

If we make a bold guess, it is very likely that Xiao Sihua died before the Demon Sect attacked."

"Then the central formation plate fell into the hands of Demon Sect's Xizuo. After Uncle He left, Xizuo contacted the Blood and Bone Sect and then closed the formation. Shuiyun Sect determined that his death was after the Demon Sect's attack and checked the lives of his disciples.

The fact that the soul stone found him dead does not prove that his actual death time was after the Demon Sect attacked."

"Senior Brother Ma's words are reasonable." Zhao Yi of Yuan Yidian said: "I have always thought that the timing is too coincidental. A quarter of an hour after the formation was closed, the Demon Sect came to kill him. According to Senior He, he left the spirit world on July 12th.

Mine, the Demon Sect will come on the 13th day of the seventh month."

"From the time when the Demon Sect contacted the Blood and Bone Sect to the time it attacked the spiritual mine, there was only less than a day. We might as well think about this matter from the perspective of the Blood and Bone Sect. What would we do if we wanted to attack the spiritual mine?

.”

"Although we don't know where the Blood and Bone Sect's main altar is hidden for the time being, even if they have long planned to attack the spiritual mine and have carefully planned it for a long time, they must wait for two conditions to complete this matter."

"First, Senior He leaves the spiritual mine, and second, the spiritual mine formation is closed."

"The time when Master He will leave the spirit mine is completely uncertain. He may leave in the next two days, or he may not leave for a year or two. The Demon Sect cannot always gather its disciples to be on call at any time."

"In other words, Demon Sect Xizuo sent a message to the Blood and Bone Sect. The Blood and Bone Sect still needs to gather manpower to attack the spirit mine. It only takes less than one day. Isn't it too fast? Not to mention that they are so sure.

Convince Xiao Sihua to close the formation?"

"In fact, less than a quarter of an hour after the formation was closed, they happened to catch up. Isn't it a coincidence?"

Fang Xiangming slowly tapped the stone table with his fingers and said: "What does Junior Brother Zhao mean? Xiao Sihua has been dead for a long time? The center of the array fell into the hands of the Demon Sect, so they planned this attack on the spiritual mine.

, the Blood and Bone Sect has long been hiding nearby, just waiting for them to take action as soon as Senior He leaves."

"Otherwise it would be difficult to explain all these coincidences. Who could use what reason to make Xiao Sihua shut down the formation related to the entire spiritual mine? Less than a quarter of an hour after the formation was closed, the Demon Sect attacked. From the time Senior He left to the Demon Sect,
Chapter completed!