Chapter 310

【1】 "Cursed be the crow's mouth." Tang Luo smiled as he patted An'an's head.

【2】 He could feel that the little girl was actually somewhat nervous; her earlier words were a way to ease her tension.

【3】 It was obvious that Li Gui's sudden death had pushed the situation into a rather bad state.

【4】 Moreover, this situation could not be resolved simply by swinging a small axe and chopping.

【5】 In An'an's heart, Tang Luo—who could be said to have suddenly appeared, a half-brother sharing no mother—was undoubtedly strong and reliable.

【6】 But after being strong and reliable, an additional suffix noun had to be added; precisely put, he was a strong and reliable oaf.

【7】 Faced with such a situation, An'an believed Tang Luo could protect her.

【8】 Yet she worried that because of herself, because of that person's death, Tang Luo's position in this powerful organization would be affected.

【9】 An'an had already felt that, with Li Gui's death appearing on the screen.

【10】 In the spacious lounge, the vast majority of people's gazes were focused on the two of them.

【11】 A group of dangerous divine-demonic wanderers, even without any ill intent, was not something An'an could easily bear.

【12】 Li Gui's death.

【13】 The most superficial thought, of course, was that Master Xuanzang, for his little girl, feignedly initiated a competition, then secretly struck and killed Li Gui.

【14】 The purpose need not be said—it was naturally for the fate fragments.

【15】 Li Gui is dead, yet no fate fragment appeared beside him; obviously, it had already been taken by someone.

【16】 And going deeper, Master Xuanzang would not do such a thing—high difficulty, high risk, and the gain wouldn't even be very high.

【17】 A slight mistake leading to discovery would simply be "cut off from the people"; more likely, someone is framing him.

【18】 Going deeper still, based on the second layer's idea, it is Master Xuanzang using the "second layer" concept to deliberately act.

【19】 Then further down, it is the mastermind behind the framing deliberately using the third layer idea to act.

【20】 Continuing further is an endless series of reversals.

【21】 Such speculation actually means little, but no matter what, it has nonetheless taken root as a thorn in everyone's heart.

【22】 No matter how one traces clues and investigates the truth, it is very hard to reverse Tang Luo's diminished image in people's hearts due to this matter.

【23】 There will always be those who feel that the so-called truth is merely surface truth.

【24】 What is evidence? For divine-demonic wanderers, fabricating things is not exactly difficult.

【25】 "I'm bringing the corpse back now," the Dragon King said.

【26】 Soon, he and Kongming, along with a few divine-demonic wanderers, brought Li Gui's corpse back and placed it on the table in the lounge.

【27】 Everyone couldn't help but chatter incessantly.

【28】 Soon, a divine-demonic wanderer with some expertise in "corpse examination" stepped forward and examined Li Gui's corpse.

【29】 Externally, there were no visible injuries; the main cause of death was the brain almost turning into a paste.

【30】 Strangely, no traces of external force damage could be seen.

【31】 This did not make everyone feel astonished; divine-demonic wanderers, after all, consider such a killing method trivial.

【32】 Many skills can achieve similar effects.

【33】 They leave no external trauma, can put a person to death, turn the heart into minced meat, shatter the bones completely, and so on.

【34】 As for divine-demonic wanderers, locked rooms and surveillance have never been a problem.

【35】 What everyone truly wondered about was whether Li Gui's death was done by an insider or an outsider.

【36】 In fact, either possibility is an extremely bad outcome.

【37】 The former represents someone being able to bypass the Martial God Covenant, fundamentally undermining the foundation of the Martial God's existence.

【38】 Know that the Martial God Covenant largely guarantees mutual cooperation among everyone.

【39】 For divine-demonic wanderers, interpersonal interactions carry a somewhat dark forest feeling—becoming enemies is far easier than becoming friends.

【40】 If it truly turns out that an internal member did it, for the Martial God, it is undoubtedly a severe upheaval.

【41】 And if it was done by an outsider, it is equivalent to a hard slap across the face of the Martial God.

【42】 The first to bear the brunt are the Dragon King, Kongming, and Tang Luo and them.

【43】 The Martial God's gathering, a ship adrift alone on the sea, was actually infiltrated and someone killed someone in it, unbeknownst to gods or ghosts?

【44】 Where should the Martial God's face be placed?

【45】 The owner of the Dragon King's ship, the Dragon King, the initiator of this trip Kongming, and Tang Luo and them have all lost all face.

【46】 Everyone couldn't help but look toward Kongming.

【47】 In this situation, how is this sage to find the truth and turn the tide from desperation?

【48】 The result was that Kongming merely sat to one side, silent, offering no opinion, not even glancing at Li Gui's corpse, giving off a sense of resignation.

【49】 "It's you, Tang Xuanzang!"

【50】 A voice broke the "whispering silence"; Kongming said nothing, expressed no opinion, Bian Que stepped forward, pointed at Tang Luo, and loudly said:

【51】 "Huh?" Tang Luo turned around, looking at Bian Que somewhat strangely.

【52】 There was actually a small bun stuffed in his mouth; after swallowing it, he said: "What?"

【53】 "Stop pretending ignorance!" Bian Que challenged, "Li Gui was killed by you!"

【54】 For his challenge, the crowd wasn't too surprised—those who perform crosstalk all hope for the death of their peers, let alone because Tang Luo's appearance greatly affected Bian Que.

【55】 If he didn't seize this opportunity to cause trouble, everyone would find it strange.

【56】 But even if he wanted to cause trouble, he couldn't act recklessly; he must certainly "aim with purpose."

【57】 Everyone looked at Bian Que, waiting for him to voice some high opinion.

【58】 Some people suddenly thought of something, their faces slightly changed, and their gaze shifted to Tang Luo.

【59】 "Huang Zhong!"

【60】 Bian Que uttered a callsign of a fate holder; this person was a friend of the Hou Yi fate holder, yet betrayed him in the mission world, nearly getting him killed.

Later, it was Tang Luo who rescued Hou Yi; at the time it was Tang Luo's "claim-to-fame battle," and also stepping on Bian Que to rise.

Now that Bian Que has brought up the old matter, even members who weren't on the Dragon King at the time immediately recalled this incident.

The matter wouldn't spread to the outside world, but within Wulin Mythology it would naturally circulate.

"Huang Zhong, back then you were knocked unconscious by Master Xuanzang." Bian Que sneered, "So, you have a way to bypass the contract's restrictions and harm a companion!"

Tang Luo's act of knocking Huang Zhong unconscious under everyone's watchful eyes resurfaced, vivid in memory.

At the time some people found it strange, because Tang Luo had only just boarded the Dragon King for the first time to attend the gathering.

Some even thought he hadn't yet joined Wulin Mythology at that time.

Because everyone's attention was drawn to the conflict between Tang Luo and Bian Que, and to Huang Zhong's framing of Hou Yi and final betrayal of Wulin Mythology.

The matter of Tang Luo making a move to subdue Huang Zhong was thus slowly forgotten.

Now that the old matter is raised again, doubts inevitably arise.

Right, how did he make his move back then?

"At that time, you were already a Wulin Mythology member, right, Master Xuanzang?" Bian Que's tone carried mockery.

"Yes." Tang Luo's voice was flat.

Yet it made a portion of the members instantly explode.

Contract invalidated?

"You have a way to invalidate the contract, don't you?" Bian Que continued, pressing aggressively.

An An looked around, then looked at Tang Luo, hands loosely clenched; before long, two small axes appeared in her hands, killing intent leaking out strand by strand.

Like a fierce young beast about to hunt.

"Hahaha!" Seeing this, Bian Que laughed loudly, "What, planning to make a move? Go ahead, make a move — that's what would make me happiest."

An An couldn't be bothered with this old man; as long as Tang Luo moved, she would move too.

"The contract hasn't been invalidated, and I believe Li Gui's death wasn't caused by Master Xuanzang either." Kong Ming spoke up at the right moment.

"Believe?" Bian Que was going all out anyway, offending Kong Ming too, "Believe?"

Two rhetorical questions dripping with mockery, massive killing power.

Tang Luo remained steady as Mount Tai: "This poor monk has always felt our Wulin Mythology is a democratic organization. How about this — let's all vote. Those who think this poor monk killed Li Gui, raise your hand."

"Are you fucking sick!"

At this moment, this was the genuine thought in many members' hearts.

Everyone fell silent, not speaking; only Bian Que completely tore face with Tang Luo and shouted harshly: "It's you!"

"Good, this poor monk votes one." Tang Luo nodded, "Then, those who think Layman Bian is the murderer, raise your hand." Saying this, he raised his own hand.

An An beside him even raised her two small axes, looking like the Axe Gang.

Many people felt their facial muscles twitching; how had they never discovered before that this Tang Xuanzang, bearing the destiny of Tang Monk (mostly the sequel), had such a "sense of humor"?

Of course, this sense of humor couldn't change anything.

Looking at Bian Que's complacent expression, one knew that even if the final result fizzled out, his objective had already been achieved.

Did he want to truly nail down and topple Tang Luo?

No, what he wanted was merely to strike at Tang Luo's reputation — that was already enough.

Once the seed is sown, it will sprout.

A dot of ink on white paper will also spread, becoming incomparably glaring.

"It seems the matter is very clear." Tang Luo said, looking at Bian Que, "There is only one truth: the murderer is you."

"..." Even Bian Que felt a kind of laugh-or-cry sensation at this moment; is this smashing the jar and giving up?

"Now, let us verify it." Tang Luo walked past Bian Que, heading toward Li Gui's corpse.

An An followed Tang Luo, small axes still in hand, like a little bodyguard.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Bian Que suddenly felt a trace of unease.

"Naturally, to restore the truth." Tang Luo didn't look back, walked up to Li Gui's corpse, pressed his palms together, closed his eyes, and chanted softly.

Some people recognized it as Buddhist scripture in Sanskrit.

But not any chapter they knew; the voice at first hearing seemed gentle, but continuous and unbroken, layer upon layer, as if striking a great bell beside the ear.

Not the feeling of a voice like a great bell, but rather "great sound is inaudible" — after the bell sound passes, the lingering resonance that circles the beams for three days.

"'The performance' begins." Kong Ming silently thought to himself.

He knew clearly that Tang Luo's Enlightenment Resurrection didn't actually require this kind of preparation at all.

The only reason Tang Luo did this was that he was "running an advertisement."

The public lounge fell completely silent, only Tang Luo's chanting of scripture could be heard; before long, a beam of light appeared out of thin air, enveloping Li Gui's corpse.

Bathing his corpse in warm, gentle light.

With the appearance of this light, some members' complexions changed slightly.

These people were without exception those with extremely keen perception; they distinctly felt that at this moment Li Gui's heart suddenly started beating again!

A moment later, Li Gui abruptly opened his eyes, movements violent, fell off the table, and simultaneously looked around warily.

At this moment, many people instead turned their heads to look at Kong Ming on the other side.

No wonder he hadn't said a word about this matter, and had no intention of investigating at all.

Since Master Xuanzang can resurrect the dead and directly point out the murderer, what's there to investigate?

Other investigative methods, before "resurrection of the dead," are simply trash.

What keen observation, searching for clues in spider threads and horse tracks, mind palace, basic deduction method?

None of it needed!

Resurrection of the dead — one tops a hundred.

This is the greatest case-solving method in history!