Chapter 30: Tracking

"I got it!" Zuo Gaofeng shouted.

Wei Hongqing rushed up in a few steps, kicked the net, kicked Lu Zian in the net straight, and reached out to probe his wrist: "Dead!"

Zuo Gaofeng asked: "Dead? Can't it be dead? Do you want a live one?"

Wei Hongqing confirmed Lu Zian's death and shook his head: "Tianmu Mountain didn't say dead or alive..."

Zuo Gaofeng was a bit nervous: "The reward shouldn't be deducted, right?"

Wei Hongqing said: "I'll strive for it." Reaching out and groping on Lu Zian's corpse for a while, except for the short sword and five spirit stones, there was nothing else.

Zuo Gaofeng asked: "No Foundation Building Pill?"

Tan Bazhang said uneasily: "Could it have been taken by this guy?"

Wei Hongqing shook his head: "I probed the meridians, the sea of qi is not formed, not even a shadow. Taking the Foundation Building Pill wouldn't be like this, and it's only a few days, his tenth level couldn't be so fast to perfection, he couldn't take it... maybe it's still in the cave. If it's still not there, it needs to fall on that woman. Where is Xishan Xishan Jushi? Where did he go?"

Liu Xiaolou fell to the end. He saw it clearly at the time and answered: "Xishan Xishan Jushi is guarding that woman, she can't run."

Tan Bazhang lifted the net, together with Lu Zian's corpse, on his shoulder, and everyone immediately returned to the cave.

The bonfire in the cave was still burning, but there was no Xishan Xishan Xishan Jushi, nor did he see the woman named Pinggu. The cave was not big, and it could be seen at a glance. The end was a mess, with broken wine jars, overturned iron pots and wooden bowls, and felt torn into pieces.

Several people looked at each other, all feeling bad.

"Xishan Xishan Jushi... something happened?" Tan Bazhang asked tremblingly.

Wei Hongqing frowned: "Search!"

Everyone searched separately. Soon, Zuo Gaofeng found a few bloodstains outside the cave, and then found the same bloodstains further away. He said hatefully: "Good thief! We worked hard, but were actually picked by the thief!"

Wei Hongqing's face was iron-blue, and he chased and photographed first.

The bloodstains were intermittent, but they didn't break, always pointing to the direction the thief left: the thief re-entered the tunnel, returned to the courtyard from the tunnel, then crossed the wall and fled to the east.

Tan Bazhang carried Lu Zian's corpse, feeling it was in the way, but Wei Hongqing didn't agree to put it down. He had already lost the Foundation Building Pill. If he lost Lu Zian again, it would really be a waste of hard work.

In any case, Xishan Xishan Xishan Jushi's corpse hadn't been found, and even Pinggu's corpse hadn't been seen, indicating that these two were very likely still alive, or even kidnapped and fled together. The other party was also inconvenient to act.

So everyone took turns, took turns carrying Lu Zian's corpse in the net, and chased all the way to the east along the bloodstains and various footprints.

Crossing the Yang Liu River, the bloodstains were gone, but a woman's foot sock was found on the stone beach of the river bay. Zuo Gaofeng immediately recognized that this was Pinggu's sock.

Following this direction, they continued to chase, and then found the broken clothes corner hanging on the tree, as well as the bloodstains that dripped again.

Wei Hongqing judged that the other party was obviously very panicked, and there were very few people, and the strength was insufficient, otherwise they wouldn't have left so many traces.

Chasing out for a night like this, nearly a hundred miles away, even Tan Bazhang felt toothache: "How much blood did Xishan Xishan Jushi leave? If it's added to the woman Pinggu, it's better, otherwise..."

A peach forest appeared in front. Zuo Gaofeng rushed to the front and suddenly made a gesture, indicating that there was a situation ahead.

Several people were very excited and surrounded in a fan shape.

Liu Xiaolou had already rotated the corpse for the second time and fell to the end. When he passed, Wei Hongqing, Zuo Gaofeng, and Tan Bazhang were all surrounding another corpse, each silent.

This was Pinggu's corpse, just thrown in the wilderness, and the other party didn't even mean to bury it.

Wei Hongqing breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's not Xishan Xishan Jushi's..."

Zuo Gaofeng asked: "What to do with this woman's corpse? Is it useful?"

Wei Hongqing shook his head: "Not useful."

Several people dispersed and continued to look for traces that could be tracked. Taking advantage of this time, Liu Xiaolou dug a pit roughly and buried Pinggu.

After tracking all night, Zuo Gaofeng had fully demonstrated his tracking ability; during last night's pursuit, everyone could discover the initial clues together, but after crossing the Yang Liu River, eighty percent of the clues were discovered by him, as he was extremely adept at finding clues from subtle signs to judge the direction. This moment was no exception; he actually judged that the other party had changed direction and turned southeast based on a broken peach tree branch.

Tan Bazhang came over to help, took over Lu Zian's corpse, and Liu Xiaolou felt relieved. Carrying more than a hundred catties and running for dozens of miles, the third stage of Qi Refinement would also feel tired.

The two lingered behind and couldn't help but whisper.

"Valley Master Zuo's ability to track enemy traces is really amazing. How did it come about? Does Brother Liu know?"

"To tell the truth, I was just nodding acquaintances with him before. Just heard that he was a hunter from the south. I don't remember when he moved to our Wulong Mountain."

Turning around to find Wei Hongqing and others again, they disappeared. He froze and called: "Wei Brother... Tan Brother... Valley Master Zuo?"

"That's right, a seventh-level Qi Refinement hunter is naturally different."

"Those who can stand in Wulong Mountain always have some real skills, more or less. Valley Master Zuo's skill is quite remarkable. By the way, Brother Liu's skill is also remarkable!"

"Brother Tan is overpraised. What skills can Junior have? Not worth mentioning."

"Why be modest, Brother? Can I call you Xiaolou in the future?"

"Okay, Brother Tan."

"Xiaolou, what is Xishan Xishan Xishan Jushi's skill?"

"Junior really doesn't know about this. He is far from us. You must know that Wulong Mountain is not small..."

Just as they were talking, Wei Hongqing turned his head and inserted: "Xishan Xishan Jushi is good at magic arrays, it's just that he doesn't have money to buy good array plates. I have been thinking, if I have a day to stand out, I must find a few good array plates for him... alas..."

Liu Xiaolou comforted him: "Wei Brother, don't worry, Xishan Xishan Jushi can survive, brothers will definitely save him."

Wei Hongqing sighed: "Hope so..."

Just as they were talking, Zuo Gaofeng in front stopped again, muttering: "Not right..."

Several people were very nervous: "What? Lost the track?"

Zuo Gaofeng said: "It's already two miles, no new clues. Either the other party flew from the sky, or..."

Wei Hongqing immediately woke up: "Let's go back!"

Four people quickly returned along the original path. Zuo Gaofeng leaped onto the place where the tree branch was broken again, looked at it carefully and said: "The thief went up the tree from here, then leaped to this tree, then to this tree, no problem..."

Wei Hongqing: "Spread out, find it again!"

Liu Xiaolou looked around, and saw the dirt pit where he buried Pinggu's corpse again, the slightly raised dirt bag, it seemed to be higher?

Don't remember filling so much dirt?

Thinking of this, he rushed over. When he arrived, he found that the dirt bag was the same as before, and there was no difference. It should be that his eyes were dazzled.

When he turned around to look for Wei Hongqing and the others, he found that the three of them had suddenly disappeared; he was stunned and called out, "Brother Wei... Brother Tan... Valley Master Zuo?"

But no one answered, and the forest was silent. ===== CHAPTER 31 =====