Chapter 27

This exclamation drew everyone's attention. Zen Master Kongming said in horror, "Among the Twelve Yuan Chen, there is indeed a master of hidden weapons. It is said that their strikes are silent and leave no trace, often causing people to lose their lives inexplicably."

Kang Kang Qian Deng whispered, "The hidden weapon is still inside Great Hero Tang's skull. Should we..."

Qian Chen shook his head, "You won't be able to find that hidden weapon at all! It is almost impossible to guess the identity of that Yuan Chen based on the hidden weapon. The reason Great Hero Tang died on the spot without any strange signs is because the culprit used an ice needle. They shot an imperceptible ice needle into Tang Zhen's brain."

"Once the ice needle melts, naturally all clues disappear without a trace."

"The reason we can now determine Tang Zhen's method of death is because the ice needle has just melted, and water vapor remains inside Tang Zhen's skull, which is why clotted blood still flows out. In the iron nail case I mentioned earlier, the reason that investigator knew of this murder method was because there had been a victim of an iron nail case whose skull was found to contain the nail when the grave was moved after the body had decayed."

"Now that they have switched to using an ice needle, that is truly evidence that will be erased by time!"

"But," Kang Kang Qian Deng still felt a sense of fear, "Who could break Tang Zhen's protective true qi with an ice needle, and who could shoot an ice needle into Tang Zhen's nostril from the front, right under his nose, while he was unaware? He is the Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed..."

"That is the cleverness of the culprit." Qian Chen laughed, "The ice needle is transparent. You know that a person's eyes form a peculiar visual blind spot. Try holding your finger under your nose and see if you can see it clearly?"

Kang Kang Qian Deng tried as instructed and discovered that after his finger approached his nose, it actually became blurred and was extremely difficult to detect.

"A finger is like that, let alone a tiny, transparent ice needle."

"The culprit's hidden weapon strike was shadowless and silent; it was an ice needle that would not stir the wind and was extremely difficult to see with the naked eye. The angle chosen for the strike must also have been exquisite. The only question is... why did they choose to kill Tang Zhen first, who was the hardest to kill, and how did they kill him?"

"You must know that although Tang Zhen was killed due to carelessness, he was actually a relatively dangerous target when the culprit acted. If they wanted to choose properly, they should have done it when Tang Zhen was not around. At that time, sneak-attacking and killing anyone other than the few Great Grandmasters would be easy, and they could even inflict harm while others were fighting other Yuan Chen."

"In this way, people would only think the victim was careless and died at the hands of the Yuan Chen. Who could guess there was a hidden agenda?"

"Wouldn't eliminating the righteous heroes one by one in this manner be even more threatening?"

Kang Kang Qian Deng lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded, "That is indeed true. Such a master of hidden weapons is too convenient for sneak attacks. They only needed to avoid Tang Zhen when acting; they shouldn't have taken such a big risk."

"Since Tang Zhen is called the Thousand-Handed Thousand-Eyed, he shouldn't have let anyone stand in his visual blind spot. I heard he even has an eye growing on the back of his head."

Zen Master Kongming smiled bitterly and parted Tang Zhen's hair at the back of his head; there was indeed an eye growing there.

"Tang Zhen's divine weapon is this Heaven-Penetrating Dharma Eye. His vision from behind is even sharper than from the front."

Qian Chen laughed, "You monks are well-informed!"

Zen Master Kongming smiled bitterly, "It is all for the righteous path of the martial arts world..."

Qian Chen did not dwell on the fact that Skyborne Shaolin collects intelligence on martial arts experts. In any case, he is not from this world. Whether Skyborne Shaolin is righteous or has the ambition to plot against the martial arts world, after this mission, it has nothing to do with him. He continued to analyze, "So the culprit must have felt threatened by Tang Zhen. But if Tang Zhen threatened the culprit, one should not ignore the culprit's movements."

"This is a question that is hard to solve."

At this moment, everyone's attention had been captured by Qian Chen. The heroes gradually formed a circle around Qian Chen, and Qian Chen spoke eloquently, "Unless, she is a woman. And a very beautiful woman. Because Tang Zhen is lecherous, he would stare at those beautiful women. And because Tang Zhen is a master of hidden weapons, the woman's strike would inevitably be discovered by Tang Zhen."

"The Medicine-Pounding Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun!" Zen Master Kongming said suddenly, "That most mysterious master of hidden weapons among the Twelve Yuan Chen is the only woman among them, the Medicine-Pounding Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun. I originally thought that person was the Rat-phase Alarm-Ringing Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun, or the Monkey-phase Red-Buttock Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun."

Qian Chen laughed, "After all, the rat is cunning, and the monkey is agile. And the name Medicine-Pounding Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun seems to have nothing to do with hidden weapons; instead, it sounds like a Yuan Chen who is proficient in using poison or the medical arts."

"This also explains why the Medicine-Pounding Chengwu Chengwu Shenjun had to kill Tang Zhen, the most dangerous target, first."

"It also explains why Tang Zhen would let someone he was paying close attention to walk into his visual blind spot and be easily killed."

At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the Jade Rakshasa—Shen Wanjun. This pretty widow was expressionless, as usual. The plain white long dress on her body set off her beauty, coldness, and calmness even more movingly, like a clear and beautiful snow lotus on an iceberg.

Qian Chen continued, "Because when Tang Zhen was peeping at Heroine Shen, as long as she glared at him, he would turn his head out of a guilty conscience. It was he himself who placed Heroine Shen in a position where she could kill him. It's just that he didn't expect... that Heroine Shen, known for her sword skills, was actually a master of hidden weapons stronger than him!"

"As the widow of the Yaksha King, Great Hero Fu, Heroine Shen was someone Tang Zhen couldn't help but lust after, yet he would still feel a bit of shame."

"Hahaha..." Shen Wanjun looked up and laughed, "Horned Fighting the brute, Stone Turtle the arrogant, and Flying Yellow the self-important guy—so many people in the Twelve Zodiacs actually died at the hands of an unknown nobody, at the hands of a young man even younger than me. It's truly ridiculous..."

She looked up proudly, "The others are not worthy of killing me. If you want to kill me, let yourself do it!"

Zen Master Kongming said with grief, "Heroine Shen, why did you..."

"Old monk, shouldn't you have known long ago?" Shen Wanjun laughed with grief and indignation, "Fu Ying was killed by my own hands."

"Why is a poisonous woman like you so snake-hearted?" someone shouted and scolded.

"Snake-hearted!" Shen Wanjun looked resolute and said sternly, "Why don't you ask this old monk, ask the Shen family, ask Fu Ying? Is it my heart that is snake-hearted, or did they betray me? Fu Ying was as ugly as a ghost. How could I possibly fall in love with him? Do you know that every night when I saw his lecherous body on top of me, I wanted to vomit! I hate it!"

"You married him after all!" Li Qianqiu couldn't help but retort.

"Because... he raped me!" Shen Wanjun's beautiful face was now like ten-thousand-year-old bone-deep ice, radiating infinite resentment, but even her hatred was beautiful.