Chapter 37: Three Corpses Stumble

【HP: 87%】

The panther-human monster's HP made Chu Danqing very surprised.

From the appearance, it was no different from being seriously injured and dying, but its HP indicated that the other party was at most slightly injured.

This meant that the injuries on the panther-human monster were just a facade.

Chu Danqing's gaze scanned the panther-human monster's body, intending to find clues.

Dabao and the repeating crossbowman's attacks were indeed steadily making the panther-human monster's HP drop, but the panther-human monster's attacks were also becoming more and more fierce.

At first, Dabao's blood-sucking effect could keep up with the rhythm, but as the enemy's attack speed increased, the blood-sucking effect gradually could not support it.

Chu Danqing felt that he could not sit still, so he immediately threw out an energy link.

The link appeared, entered the panther-human monster's body, but slowly dissipated.

"Not hit? This is impossible!" Chu Danqing looked at the dissipated link; this was not broken by the other party's attack.

Not hitting is dissipation, while being destroyed is breaking; the two situations are different.

"It's parasitism; Dabao, find the main body." Chu Danqing understood; the Human-Faced Black Panther died very thoroughly; there was something controlling its corpse.

The reason why the HP dropped slowly was that Dabao and the repeating crossbowman's attack positions were not vital spots.

In online games, scraping feet might be useful, but this is reality; semi-digitization is for reference, not that the world is all digitized.

Hearing this, Dabao gritted his teeth and took the tearing claws to start digging meat on the panther-human.

"The position is wrong, change again." Chu Danqing looked at the battle record; the damage dropped, indicating that the position was still not found correctly.

Creak~

As Dabao kept trying, he pulled off the panther-human monster's sternum, revealing a strange creature hidden inside.

Chu Danqing used the scouting art again and finally scouted its name.

【Three Corpses · Stumble】

When seeing the name, Chu Danqing was naturally confused.

He knew a little about the concept of the Three Corpses; it originates from Taoism, referring to the informers and sources of evil deeds residing in the human body.

The rest is just a part of the prehistoric setting, but it has nothing to do with "Stumble."

After finding the source, Dabao's attack damage caused the Stumble's HP to drop rapidly.

One claw down caused more than half of the HP to drop, and the second claw directly sent this strange creature away.

【You have killed Three Corpses · Stumble.】

With the death of the Stumble, it turned into a pool of pus on the spot.

The panther-human monster's corpse emitted a strong stench; it did not look like it had just died, but rather like a rotten smell of having been dead for several days.

At the same time, an Excellent-tier treasure chest appeared on the corpse.

Dabao grabbed the treasure chest and came back.

Chu Danqing casually stuffed it into his storage space.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

The contribution was credited, and at the same time, the trial task was completed.

【Task completed, you have obtained: Return qualification, Paradise Points × 1000, Attribute Point +1.】

Chu Danqing ignored Paradise's reminder, but was thinking that there should be three corpses, so why was there only one?

Perhaps there were some clues in this.

"Mr. Guest Retainer is truly remarkable; this evil beast is finally dead." The steward on the side saw the battle end and then hurried over.

"Steward, do you know the origin of this panther?" Chu Danqing felt that he could dig deeper.

Facing Chu Danqing's question, the steward shook his head: "I don't know; I only know it came in recent days."

"Are there any similar exotic beasts or abnormalities around?" Chu Danqing asked again.

Seeing Chu Danqing's repeated questioning, the steward did not dare to perfunctorily answer, thinking carefully in his mind.

"There really is." The steward said immediately: "The one this evil beast carried away first was Lu San."

"This Lu San was an old miner; he lived frugally every day, just thinking of saving money to go back to build a house and marry a wife."

"A few days before being carried away, he became like a different person."

"First he bought a new set of clothes, then went to the Chunyuan Building, not only eating good wine and food but also bringing three prostitutes to serve him for a night."

"Later, he lay drunk outside the mine and fell asleep; when someone saw him, he had already been carried away and eaten by the evil beast."

"Mr. Guest Retainer, do you think this counts as an abnormality?" The steward summarized the situation.

Hearing this, Chu Danqing said immediately: "It counts, of course it counts."

He didn't know much about the Three Corpses, but he couldn't help it; this clue was too obvious.

The first host of the Three Corpses was not this Human-Faced Black Panther, but the miner named Lu San.

"Then I will immediately arrange for people to investigate for Mr. Guest Retainer to see what is going on." The steward said immediately.

"Investigate; I suspect that someone is targeting our Lu clan." Chu Danqing's words were not empty; it was truly possible.

Stumble might be the name of one of the Three Corpses.

And the one he killed might be just one of the Three Corpses, with two remaining at large.

From the other party's description, the Three Corpses would stimulate three desires: love of beauty, love of food, and lust.

The Human-Faced Black Panther's frequent eating of people was the love of food.

Besides that, it should also be able to grant the host corresponding power.

"This evil beast was just a mountain beast; it was precisely because it ate Lu San, whose temperament changed drastically, that it had such a change."

"Think about it, if you replace this evil beast with Lu San, how many people do you think could notice?"

"This matter must be someone secretly plotting against this mining industry of our Lu clan." Chu Danqing gave an analysis.

Although it could be a coincidence, Chu Danqing couldn't help but make a reasonable guess.

The steward was also quite frightened by Chu Danqing's words.

"Mr. Guest Retainer, rest assured, I will have people strictly monitor the mine and report any abnormalities to you immediately."

"Lu San's matter needs some time to investigate; by tomorrow morning at the latest, I will definitely deliver it to your hands, Mr. Guest Retainer." The steward expressed his stance hurriedly.

This matter involved the Lu clan; for his own sake, the steward had to do his best.

Relying on a big tree to enjoy the cool, without the Lu clan, his status and wealth would all decline, so they would actively maintain the Lu clan's interests.

The Lu clan has lasted for several generations to this day, and their ability to govern the family is naturally superb.

"Remember, do not spread the word about this matter and act low-key; if you startle the snake, it will be difficult to catch the person behind the scenes then." Chu Danqing exhorted.

Actually, there was another possibility: it was not an external threat, but an internal one.

With a big family and big business, there are always people who are not of one mind.

Especially since the Lu clan's eldest son, Lu Yin, is a medicine jar; no matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like someone who can live long.

"Rest assured, Mr. Guest Retainer, I understand." After the steward responded, he said to Chu Danqing: "Then shall I send you back to the residence?"

"No need." Chu Danqing said: "Send me to the Ji residence."

"This Ji residence is not an ordinary family in Yangxian Commandery; without a visiting card, it is not easy to meet." The steward tactfully reminded Chu Danqing that the Ji residence's door was not easy to enter.

Great families have the rules of great families; the Ji family is not yet counted as anything; their Lu clan is the one with truly cumbersome rules.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 38 =====