Chapter 250

Just as Jie Li Ka predicted, on the second night, when the sky had just turned dark, they arrived at the old site of the Sinuofu camp.

Although night was falling, it had little effect on the three of them.

As hunters, 【Dark Vision】 in the 2nd-circle spells would naturally be mastered.

And Gao De himself had long since adapted to have a high ability to see in the dark; just by his naked eyes, he already had an effect similar to dark vision.

Of course, the effect was not as significant as 【Dark Vision】, but it was enough.

Looking around, one could clearly see that the camp, which was large and prosperous half a month ago, had now become a ruin, half-buried by drifting snow.

Fragments of tents could be seen everywhere, and cloth curtains were torn and fluttering in the wind.

On the snow, one could still vaguely see evidence of the beast herd's rampage; some white bones that had been bitten to pieces were scattered in the snow, as well as women's clothes, men's weapons, pots, and other fragments of life scattered everywhere.

An indescribable heaviness permeated the air.

The fragility of life is more evident on the snowfield.

Luo Er and Jie Li Ka were very calm about this scene.

This is perhaps the biggest difference between hunters and guardians.

Guardians are those who truly have compassion and a spirit of dedication, while hunters focus more on themselves? Gao De said secretly in his heart.

The two took Gao De to wander around the messy Sinuofu old site, looking around, as if searching for something.

In Gao De's view, there were only broken chores and incomplete corpses left here, and it was unlikely to find anything to prove his words were true.

But since Jie Li Ka was so confident yesterday, she must have some certainty.

After all, spells can do many things that go against common sense, and there are too many spells in this world, each with its own miraculous effect.

This is the biggest difference between the supernatural world and the ordinary world; many things cannot be judged by common sense.

Facts proved that since the taciturn Jie Li Ka dared to make "bold words" yesterday, she was truly confident.

When walking to the more central position of the Sinuofu camp, Luo Er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted: "Jie Li Ka, look."

Gao De also looked in the direction of Luo Er's gaze and could see that in the snow pile in front, a corpse frozen stiff and white by ice and snow was hidden in it.

That was the corpse of an old man.

"When food is sufficient, those snow wolves will also be picky. For them, the taste of the elderly is not very good, so they will be left behind. And with the low temperature of the northern realm, the corpse will freeze quickly, and it can be preserved well even after a few months," Luo Er explained to Gao De.

Gao De nodded slightly in response to Luo Er.

He naturally understood these truths.

The problem is, what is the use of a complete corpse?

No matter how complete it is, it is just a corpse and cannot come back to life and speak.

Luo Er clearly saw through Gao De's thoughts, but he was not in a hurry to explain, just smiled mysteriously.

The next moment, Jie Li Ka stepped with steady steps to the side of the old man's corpse.

Subsequently, she slowly raised her right hand, and her slender fingers outlined a complex and mysterious mark in the air.

Extremely rich mana fluctuations erupted from her palm instantly, surging like a tide.

Finally, this powerful mana fluctuation turned into a slender, glowing ray, shooting out from Jie Li Ka's fingertips.

The ray accurately submerged into the body of the old man who had been dead for more than ten days and had no vitality at all. In Gao De's unbelievable gaze, after the ray submerged into the body, a trace of blood color miraculously appeared on the originally pale face of the corpse.

It was like a touch of tender green suddenly blooming on a withered branch in winter, completely incredible.

Immediately after, the old man's eyelids began to tremble slightly.

The next moment, the originally tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

It's just that there were no bright eyes under the eyelids, but a dead white, just like a cataract.

This proves that the old man is still a corpse, not resurrected, but some wonderful changes have occurred.

After opening his eyes, the old man sat up slowly with his hands supporting the ground in a near-mechanical movement.

This scene brought a great impact to Gao De, but Luo Er was already used to it.

"This is the rare spell 【Speak with Dead】 that only Jie Li Ka has mastered. With this spell, the dead can also speak, and nothing can be hidden from her," Luo Er introduced at this time.

【Speak with Dead】. Gao De silently remembered the name of this spell.

Luo Er didn't say anything more specific.

He could only judge by experience that this must be a necromancy spell, and the circle would not be lower than the third circle.

"Did your tribe encounter two snow wolf beast herd attacks more than ten days ago?" Jie Li Ka asked the "resurrected" old man in a deep voice.

"Yes, that is indeed the case." The old man responded slowly to Jie Li Ka's question in a stiff voice without tone changes or emotional changes.

"Good luck," Luo Er made a quick judgment after hearing this, "It seems that the Sinuofu remains we found were sacrificed under the second, more violent beast herd."

"In the first beast herd, an outsider guardian stood up and killed the Golden-Eyed Snow Wolf that led the beast herd with his own strength, which allowed your tribe to temporarily escape the crisis, right?" Jie Li Ka asked the second question.

"Yes." The old man answered again in that monotonous voice without any hesitation.

Upon hearing this answer, Luo Er's face changed, and Jie Li Ka continued to ask: "After that outsider guardian made a move, did he stay in your tribe because of serious injuries?"

"Yes, he was seriously injured and almost died, but he survived." This time the old man answered more specifically.

After hearing this answer, Jie Li Ka did not immediately ask the next question, but fell into a short contemplation.

After a while, her gaze moved away from the old man and cast toward Luo Er.

Luo Er immediately understood, took out a piece of animal skin paper from his bosom, and unfolded it in front of the old man.

Gao De curiously glanced at the animal skin, only to see the face of Ba Lu Ke clearly depicted on it.

"Does the appearance of that guardian match the person drawn on this animal skin?" Jie Li Ka continued to ask.

However, the old man shook his head, "I don't know, I only saw him rush in from a distance and fight side by side with our patriarch, but I couldn't see his specific face."

Jie Li Ka was silent for a moment after hearing this answer, and finally spoke again: "Does that guardian have any impressive features?"

"That guardian was riding a snow-white big tiger, twenty feet long, with high shoulder blades, looking extremely fierce, but it was besieged and killed by snow wolves in the battle to protect the guardian."

This was the longest and most detailed passage the old man had said since his "resurrection."

But as soon as this passage was finished, the old man's eyelids closed shut.

The trace of blood color that appeared on his face dissipated at this moment, as if he had exhausted all his vitality. With a bang, the old man who had sat up fell back into the snow, returning to the silent corpse.

The three people on the scene had different expressions.

"The snow-white big tiger he described should be Ba Lu Ke's beast pet, the Ice Mane Tiger."

"It can't be wrong, the Ice Mane Tiger is also extremely rare on the snowfield."

"As far as I know, even among the guardians, only Ba Lu Ke has subdued an Ice Mane Tiger as a beast pet. That guardian who made a move must be him."

Luo Er's face had both surprise and deep thought, as well as a bit of solemnity.

Since Ba Lu Ke's identity and actions were confirmed, the so-called betrayal of the doctrine naturally collapsed.

And the words Ba Lu Ke entrusted Gao De to pass on could almost be confirmed as true.

Both hunters are not fools.

They then associated it with the news they received from within the sect that was almost "calling a deer a horse," and instantly reacted:

This person who practices forbidden necromancy must have an extremely high status among the Snowfield Guardians to have such energy.

"Jie Li Ka, fortunately, you happened to come back this time, otherwise if this task were replaced by other hunters, it would be impossible to discover the truth."

"And once it exceeds thirty days, even you would not be able to wake up the dead Sinuofu people, and the truth would be completely buried."

Luo Er said with lingering fear: "In that case, Ba Lu Ke would never be able to shake off this black pot."

Because Jie Li Ka was wearing a bronze mask, it was impossible to see the change in her expression, but her eyes clearly became sharp, and sharpness bloomed.

"What a cunning means, we must find this person as soon as possible, otherwise if this continues, he doesn't know how many northern people he will harm again," she said coldly.

Hearing this, Gao De breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, his "innocence" had been confirmed.

Then, logically, the two had no reason to make things difficult for him anymore.

"Since the truth has come to light, can you let me go now?" Gao De said.

What Gao De didn't expect was that Jie Li Ka glanced at Gao De sideways and shook her head, "No, at least not now."

"Why? This matter clearly has nothing to do with me, and this is what you asked yourself." Gao De's face stiffened.

"First of all, the mastermind is clearly a big figure among the Snowfield Guardians. To avoid alerting the enemy, this matter must be carefully managed. Only by calculating the unintentional with the intentional will it not arouse the mastermind's vigilance and make it easier to investigate the mastermind's identity."

"You are an outsider, but you know about this top-secret matter. If I let you leave rashly at this time, it is inevitable that there will be a risk of leaking the news."

"Secondly, you are now the only survivor of the Sinuofu Clan beast herd, which is equivalent to the only witness. Because of this, before the matter is settled, I cannot let you leave yet."

"Finally..." Jie Li Ka said softly: "You have appeared in our branch, perhaps the mastermind already knows about this. With the means and cruelty shown by this person, he will definitely kill you to silence you."

"We can find you, so he may also have a way to find you. For your own safety, it is better for you to follow us before this matter ends."

Although she was explaining, Jie Li Ka's thoughts were very firm.

Gao De's face was not very good, but he didn't struggle anymore.

There is no reason in the world.

Because in the face of absolute power, one can not speak of reason.

Gao De had already understood this truth at the Sairuisi Magic Academy.

"What should we do next?" Luo Er asked for Jie Li Ka's thoughts.

"We cannot return to the headquarters for the time being, as it is easy to arouse the mastermind's vigilance, or even take action to solve him." Jie Li Ka thought for a while and said.

The "him" she mentioned refers to Gao De.

"And this matter, except for the two of us, cannot be told to others in the sect for the time being."

"Because we still cannot confirm who in the sect is trustworthy and who is the mastermind's person. The more people who know this news, the easier it is to leak the wind."

"We cannot mobilize the power of the Snowfield Guardians to investigate. Since the mastermind is a high-level member of the sect, he must be very clear and sensitive to the personnel mobilization in the sect, and it cannot be hidden from his eyes."

"We have to seek help from forces outside the sect." Jie Li Ka's thinking was extremely clear.

"Forces outside the sect?" Luo Er had no clue.

"We will go to the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe. Elder Gelante of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is familiar with me, and I can ask him for help. And with the power of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, they also have the ability to help us investigate this matter," Jie Li Ka said decisively.

"By the way, I forgot that you still know people from the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe!" Luo Er's tightly frowned brows instantly relaxed.

The two decided on the next direction in a few words.

Gao De could only listen silently and had no right to interfere in the discussion between the two.

"Let me take out the Forbidden Magic Ice Needle for you first." After making the decision, Luo Er turned his head to look at the silent Gao De and apologized.

"Not yet." But before Gao De could say anything, Jie Li Ka had already stopped Luo Er one step ahead.

"Although he is innocent, he must be unwilling to follow us and get involved in our sect's affairs."

"If you take out the Forbidden Magic Ice Needle for him now and let him restore his spellcasting ability, he will inevitably have other thoughts in his heart, adding trouble. Let's just leave it like this," Jie Li Ka said in a tone without any waves.

This little girl... Gao De is definitely willing to keep the Forbidden Magic Ice Needle in his body now, because it can promote the progress of his adaptation evolution.

But his willingness is one thing, and Jie Li Ka's unceremonious imposition on him is another.

Gao De has recorded this grudge.

"When this matter is over, we will give you some compensation." It seemed that she saw Gao De's resentment, and Jie Li Ka added faintly, her tone still without any waves.

"Jie Li Ka is very generous," Luo Er added in a low voice on the side, trying to alleviate the resentment in Gao De's heart.

"I will cooperate with you, just as revenge for Ba Lu Ke. He and I are friends, and I feel very sad that he ended up like this," Gao De replied half-truthfully.

Since things have happened and cannot be changed, it is better to change his thinking and try to strive for greater benefits.

If he were full of resentment, Luo Er and Jie Li Ka would feel much more at ease.

But if he puts on a good attitude, with the two's biased orderly personality, they will feel more or less guilty toward him in their hearts.

"Let's go, go to the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe." Jie Li Ka said coldly.

(End of this chapter)