The Ancient Realm Goddess
Point Behind the Ear
The hall used to collect the corpses was located not so far away from Shen's residence. In just a few moments Qing Yue'er's group had already arrived. There are some people on duty. Most were middle-aged men who became representatives of some powers.
Shen Hua led the group to meet someone who was the hall leader. “Leader Min, this is a group from the Heavenly Academy. They'll check the bodies here.”
The person called leader Min glanced at all of them. Then he sighed with disappointment. “I think the Heavenly Academy will send more serious people. Didn't expect they would just send the beginners.”
Perhaps he intended to express his disappointment but it was like he was underestimating Qing Yue'er's group. Despite that, the group remained calm and not offended. Some people have to be shown real work in order to believe in others.
“Leader Min can't say that. After all they must be reliable people,” refuted Shen Hua.
Leader Min grumbled softly so that no one else could hear. Then he turned around and said, “Come with me.”
Niu Ren and the others directly followed that person. When they had entered the building, the smell of corpses was indeed smelled very clearly. It was different from the usual foul smell, perhaps they used certain techniques to prevent the corpse from decaying.
Inside that medium-sized room, there were several corpses lying on the board. Leader Min allowed Qing Yue'er's group to inspect the corpse on condition that it should not damage it. Maybe they want to do some more research.
Qing Yue'er exited the group and walked towards one of the corpses. It was the corpse of a woman who was quite old. There was no trace of spiritual in his body. It was likely that the woman was just an ordinary citizen.
The corpse's face had an excessive pallor. In addition, his cheekbones and his entire body looked extremely thin. His muscles even looked very clear. As people say, his blood has been drained.
Qing Yue'er tried to hold her wrist. Check in there for a moment. After that, he went to check the rest of his body. It was just like Shen Hua said. If done with a normal examination it would be difficult to find any traces of something.
He stroked his chin and thought for a moment. After that he circulated his spirit power. Starting from the tip of the foot until it ends behind the ear. He found something quite suspicious.
Right behind the earlobe, there was a dot that was very small in size. It's like a needle prick. Previously he had found a needle in the fingertips of a corpse and he felt it was normal. Maybe the people here have already checked using needles.
However, a needle puncture behind the earlobe is not normal. Rarely would someone check in the area. He finally looked.
“Mr Shen, has someone checked using a needle?” qing Yue'er asked who happened to be Shen Hua not far from her.
“Indeed, they used a needle on the tip of his fingers to check if there was any poison in the body of the corpse.”
“Is there poison?”
Shen Hua shook his head. “Not at all. It seems like it is also a little impossible.”
Qing Yue'er finally understood. He walked up to Xie Wuqing and said, “Look at his earlobe.”
“Is there something?” xie Wuqing asked. Then he checked it out. It turned out to be a very small needle puncture mark. If Qing Yue'er had not said it then she would never have known it.
“How?” Qing Yue'er asked for an opinion.
“This is physical contact. I mean, the person who killed them must not have used any intermediary.”
“That's for sure, but it would be hard to pinpoint the culprit right? Let alone the traces left behind are just that,” Qing Yue'er said.
“Did you guys find anything?” Niu Ren who heard faintly the discussion between Qing Yue'er and Xie Wuqing came closer. He wanted to know how close their relationship was.
“Yes, it is a small dot trail behind the earlobe. You should also check it out,” said Xie Wuqing. “Xinyu too observant. Too bad nothing leads to the culprit.”
Niu Ren checked it out. Sure enough as Xie Wuqing said. “Is there nothing else?”
“For now no.”
“Leader Min, we will go now. Please don't mind our whereabouts, do what you normally do.” Niu Ren said politely.
“Good, good. I hope you do not disappoint us,” said leader Min.
Finally Niu Ren led his group out of the hall. Then they returned to Shen's residence to discuss matters further.
After the group's departure, leader Min called his comrade. He wants to listen to his opinion. “What do you think? Is that Heavenly Academy envoy able to make a lot of influence?”
“You know for yourself that the Heavenly Academy has long been loved in this Central Plains. Surely those sent here are also not ordinary people,” said his partner.
“Then we have to tell our sect master right?” ask leader Min.
“Of course.”
Then leader Min called a subordinate. He told the man to get closer. “Tell the sect head if the people of the Heavenly Academy have arrived. Although they are young but it does not seem like a careless person.”
The subordinate immediately disturbed. “Good.” Then he immediately left the corpse hall.
“We must take part. Don't let those kids get all the awards if they can solve this problem.” Leader Min snorted.
“You're right. In any case we should uphold the name of the original power here.”
“Come, we have to go around again. Who knew there might be additional bodies again.”
***
Night is a critical time. All the doors in the central area were shut. People don't want their families to die mysteriously and tragically.
Niu Ren had already assigned tasks to each of them. There Qing Yue'er did not get such an important role. Even if he went to sleep, maybe others wouldn't blame him.
He was standing in the doorway together with Li Xia da Chen Yi. Others have gone to investigate. The three of them just relax.
Qing Yue'er looked at her uncle who was about to leave. He believed the man would be fine so he just said, “When you go home don't forget to close the door.”
Xie Wuqing smiled. “Of course.” He looked at Qing Yue'er seriously. With a tone that implies something, he also said, “You must be careful.”
Qing Yue'er nodded. “Ya, yes. Don't worry about anything, I'm not worried about you either.”
“....”
There is nothing sweet at all, thought Li Xia and Chen Yi. They don't think the two people like each other.
After that Xie Wuqing and a few others left. All that remained were the three of them, while Xiao Ling went with Niu Ren. He was lucky enough to get the role.
“I'll go to the back,” said Qing Yue'er. Li Xia and Chen Yi nodded. They both had a relaxed time.
Qing Yue'er went to the back yard which was actually facing a different street. There was a pavilion that looked simple. Actually his job is to guard there and keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
However, surely he would not want to do such a trivial thing. So, he had his own plan. He looked to make sure he was safe. After that, he came out of the backyard and darted away. Tonight he has to get something.