Intelligence Ultime

Chapitre 276

“No need to look anymore,” Liu Yue pointed ahead, “If I’m not mistaken, she should be there.”

Below the cliff, deep in the forest, lies a village. White walls and blue tiles, sparse branches providing shade, a pond rippling with water, a scene of perfect harmony between heaven and earth.

A very peaceful village. So peaceful that you can't hear the crowing of roosters or the barking of dogs, or any other human sounds.

On the rocks in front of the village were three large red characters carved into the ground. Zhu Huihui looked at them and was overjoyed. She recognized all three characters; it was "The Blood-Seeing Tower." But—

"Such a small village, is it really the infamous Bloodstained Tower?" Zhu Huihui asked, puzzled.

Liu Yue's eyes flickered as she quietly observed her surroundings before replying, "Yes!"

But—where are they?

Liu Yue slowly shook her head.

Zhu Huihui stood in front of the village, remembering Yan Shenhan's instructions. She immediately took out the jade pendant he had given her from her bosom, held it between her fingers, and waved it at the village, calling out, "Is anyone there?"

However, she called out five or six times, but there was no response from the village.

Zhu Huihui frowned and said, "Brother Liuyue, something's wrong!" Having been in the martial world for a long time, she was quite experienced in this kind of thing. Thinking of Chen Yilang's corpse, she immediately realized that something must have happened to the Blood-Seeing Pavilion.

Liu Yue already knew something was wrong, and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

Zhu Huihui was a little scared: "Could it be...very dangerous?"

"meeting!"

"Then...then let's not go in."

Liu Yue smiled and said, "Okay!"

Zhu Huihui looked at him: "Aren't you going to say a few words of advice to me?"

Liu Yue asked curiously, "What should I advise you to do?"

"I'm trying to persuade you—" Zhu Huihui croaked, adopting a man's voice, and said seriously, "We've already arrived at the entrance of the Blood-Seeing Tower. Are you going to back out of your promise to the Serpent Envoy?" If you were a great hero, you would definitely say the same thing!

Liu Yue smiled: "So, do you want to go or not?"

Zhu Huihui frowned and said, "Of course I don't want to go, but I have no choice."

Liu Yue chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm here!"

He took her hand and walked towards the Blood-Seeing Tower. While they were chatting at the door, they might have already finished their business.

The Blood-Seeing Tower was clearly designed by a master architect and landscaper. Each building is simple yet exquisite, with flowers and trees arranged in a pleasingly sparse manner, and almost every view is different.

As Zhu Huihui walked along the clean stone path, she heard the sound of her own footsteps, but her heart grew increasingly uneasy, and she couldn't help but move closer to Liu Yue.

This village is so lifeless...

Liu Yue patted her shoulder reassuringly, then pushed open a wooden door beside her and glanced inside. Her expression changed slightly.

Zhu Huihui peered under his arm and saw that inside was a hall, very clean, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls and tables and chairs in the center. In the center of the hall sat an old woman with white hair, wearing a robe with floral patterns, her head drooping softly to one side, looking as if she were dozing off.

She unconsciously lowered her voice and called out softly, "Grandma! Grandma!" Speaking at such a low volume, she didn't know if she was afraid of waking the person up or rousing them from their revival!

Liu Yue said, "She is already dead!"

Zhu Huihui nodded heavily: "I...I think so too!"

Liu Yue said, "This old lady is known as Madam Cheng. She is the Ghost Elder, one of the three elders of the Blood Tower. She is ranked seventh on the list of assassins in the martial arts world. Despite her advanced age, she is still rarely defeated by her iron crutch. Last year, some people suspected that this old lady was responsible for the assassination of the famous evil master Flying Leaf God-Slayer Liu Dongfeng."

Zhu Huihui lied to herself, saying, "Such a powerful old lady couldn't have been murdered. Perhaps... she was just too old, and she simply passed away in her sleep..."

Liu Yue smiled and said, "Perhaps." Her gaze fell on another spot.

Zhu Huihui looked over and saw a row of bamboo fences entwined with vines. A hand stretched out from under the fence. The hand was slender, white, and round, with red nails and an agate ring on it. An agate bracelet adorned the wrist. The delicate hand complemented the red jade perfectly, making it very beautiful—it was just a pity that the hand was broken.

Liu Yue walked over, pushed open the bamboo fence gate, and saw the horrific scene inside. She sighed softly, "I never imagined that the Flying Jade Maiden of the Blood-Seeing Pavilion would die such a tragic death!"

Just as Zhu Huihui was about to lean over to take a look, Liu Yue pulled her back: "Huihui, don't look, it's not pretty!"

Although he said that, Zhu Huihui, with her sharp eyes, still noticed a pile of scattered body parts amidst the bloodstains on the ground, and couldn't help but shudder.

Next, the two walked from one end of the village to the other and found dozens of corpses, almost all of whom were masters of the Blood Tower, famous figures in the martial arts world. Tang Gu, whom Yan Shenhan had instructed her to find, was also among them.

Zhu Huihui finally realized that things were much more serious than she had imagined—it seemed that there was no one left in the Bloodstained Tower who could breathe!

She asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Liu Yue, are all the people from the Blood Pavilion... are they all dead?"

Liu Yue's expression was grave: "It seems so."

"Who killed them?"

“It’s hard to say!” Liu Yue was silent for a moment, then added, “The Blood Pavilion is a top-notch assassin organization with a great reputation in the martial arts world. This reputation is earned through killing, so it also has many enemies.”

Zhu Huihui thought for a moment and didn't quite agree with this statement.

The Blood Tower has existed for quite some time now. With so many enemies, they are still living well in this idyllic little village, which shows that they are quite powerful. How could a group of people like them be easily killed by their enemies?

“Killing is not a martial arts contest; martial arts skills alone are not enough.” Liu Yue sighed. “No matter how skilled a person is in martial arts, they cannot defeat cunning and treachery!”

Zhu Huihui tugged at his sleeve: "Brother Liuyue, don't you think these people died strangely?" It's not just similar, it's exactly the same way that Xuan Yue Shui Yu was destroyed.

Zhu Huihui nodded and said, "Brother Liuyue, could the people from the Blood Pavilion have also been killed by those Japanese turtles?"