339: Chapter 137: I Can Tell at a Glance You’re Not Human 339: Chapter 137: I Can Tell at a Glance You’re Not Human Wang Yunxiao had never heard of a place called Sea Red Mansion on Nanshi Main Street before.
Nanshi Main Street was not just a pedestrian street; it was a bustling area near the southern gate of Tianmen Old City, known collectively as Nanshi.
The shops and merchants, street performers, storytellers and opera singers…
All walks of life from the Jianghu World congregated here.
Logically, such a shady place should have been cleared out last year, but unexpectedly, it had made a comeback, and the boss not only had money and power, but also strong armed forces at his disposal.
Such a force shouldn’t have been unknown in the past.
Today had to stop here; it wasn’t that Wang Yunxiao didn’t want to deal with him, but mainly because the Patrol Police had already arrived to control the situation, and he couldn’t make a move.
But this matter wasn’t over.
Involving the Faceless Ones, if it wasn’t cleared up, Wang Yunxiao didn’t plan to let it go.
This thing was too disgusting, and he sure didn’t want someone wearing a human skin mask suddenly appearing beside him one day, warmly calling him brother.
Actually, most grudges in the Jianghu World started just like this.
As the saying goes, coveting someone’s wife brings laughter, what if the wife covets someone?
If you want to avoid disaster, the best method is not to hide your face, but to do nothing at all.
You think hiding and secretly doing bad things means you don’t have to bear the karmic consequences?
How is that possible!
The time Wang Yunxiao spent in Nanshi wasn’t actually that long.
On his way out, he took out his notebook to check and still there was no follow-up.
This notebook was a bit lacking in functionality, too passive.
If only it had a system for automatic navigation, how much trouble that would save.
And it didn’t even come with a clock reminder.
Now he didn’t even know what time it was.
Wang Yunxiao had always wanted to buy a watch, but mechanical watches these days were still quite expensive; an ordinary person really couldn’t afford them.
By the time he arrived at Li Mumu’s doorstep, it was almost late into the night.
Wang Yunxiao thought for a moment, didn’t knock, but took out his metal penknife and broke into Li Mumu’s door lock.
The house was quiet…
no one was there?
Wang Yunxiao pushed open the door to the master bedroom, and it was empty.
The sheets were cold with no sign of anyone having slept there, indicating that Mu Yuming and his wife hadn’t come home tonight.
A young couple without children, not coming home at night was a pretty normal thing… right?
There were no signs of a struggle inside the room, but the breath of someone could be heard from another bedroom.
After listening for a moment, Wang Yunxiao knew it was the little girl Jiang Yinyin.
On the table, the photo frame only contained pictures of Mu Yuming and his wife, with no traces of Li Mumu and Wendy having ever been there.
A big living person…
sorry, two big living people just disappeared like that.
Wang Yunxiao felt really bad.
He flipped through his notebook again, but there were no hints.
So where are you telling me to find you now?
It’s frustrating.
After leaving Li Mumu’s house, Wang Yunxiao stood downstairs in silence for a long time, his only option was to return to school to sleep.
Moving around like a headless fly wasn’t solving anything.
There were classes tomorrow, so he decided to wait until the weekend to inquire at the Special Service Bureau.
But he hadn’t walked two blocks when he saw a girl in red sitting on a bench ahead.
Wearing red in the middle of the night…
even though she wore Li Mumu’s face, could she be anyone decent?
Wang Yunxiao didn’t even have a split second of hesitation in his mind as he pulled out his notebook.
“Faceless Ones detected…”
Damn it!
Did I poke a nest of Faceless Ones tonight or what?
Wang Yunxiao grabbed the Whip of Duke Thunder and charged forward.
Facing the Brocade-Clothed Guard, who suddenly appeared from the darkness and came at her with a fierce momentum, the girl in red sitting on the bench felt her heart skip a beat.
During the hidden moon, in the middle of the third watch, it was quite normal for either demons or the People of the Official Residence hunting demons to appear on the streets.
He had only considered the issue of fishing but hadn’t thought that his current dress could also easily make him prey for others.
Fortunately, judging by their attire, they should be from the local police station, not yet in the grey military uniform, merely ants that could be crushed underfoot without effort.
His hand concealed the spell, he lowered his voice, and said, “Go!”
Numerous Red Strings, like sharp swords, lunged at the solitary Brocade-Clothed Guard.
The Garrison Soldiers, not in formation, were not worth mentioning …
Boom—!
The flash of lightning passed, and three thousand Red Strings exploded, turning into fragments that danced in the air.
The Red String in his hand was not a token bestowed by the Guiding Bodhisattva, just a counterfeit transformed into existence, instantly turned to dust under the brilliant thunder, but the Whip of Duke Thunder in Wang Yunxiao’s hand also could not withstand the consumption and broke into two on the spot.
The only flaw of this thing was the material issue; it was never designed for head-on confrontations from the start.
However, using the last burst of thunder that had just erupted, Wang Yunxiao also closed in on the girl in red, lifted his hand to draw his sword, and chopped down toward her neck.
The flash of the sword passed, and a head flew into the air.
The headless body collapsed limply.
That easy?
As he chopped down, Wang Yunxiao was shocked; at this moment, he also caught a glimpse of the notebook in the corpse’s hand from the corner of his eye.
Ah?
I …
This …
His brain crashed for a moment, and he was totally thrown off.
However, just as he was distracted, the body slumped over on the bench suddenly exploded into a burst of mud, splashing all over him.
Had it not been for the armor protecting him, he might have come into direct contact with it.
Even so, a powerful force still penetrated the armor and invaded his mind.
It felt as though a spoon was stirring around inside his brain.
Wang Yunxiao’s head throbbed painfully, he slapped himself on the head, bursting a nosebleed, and the pain in his mind subsided slightly.
When he looked up again, he saw an exact replica of himself before his eyes.
???
Playing the role of a Six-Eared Macaque, eh?
Wang Yunxiao sneered coldly, drew his sword, and chopped.
Unexpectedly, the opponent also deployed the same moves, even half a beat faster than him.
Caught off guard, he was knocked down by a slash.
The opponent, equally ruthless, did not pause at all, taking advantage of his downfall, followed with a flurry of slashes, forcing Wang Yunxiao to roll backward continuously on the ground.
Barely seizing the moment to rise, the opponent had already closed in, pushed his imminent punch aside with both hands, and smashed an elbow into Wang Yunxiao’s face.
The doll that had been lying motionless on the bench the entire time quietly sat up, its two button eyes casting a gaze at the frantically flailing Wang Yunxiao.
There was no second person at the scene, the severed head had disappeared after flying off, only Wang Yunxiao was left, battling against thin air.
Should I help this guy?
Wendy hesitated for three seconds in her mind, then hesitated for another three seconds …
Then, she just watched as Wang Yunxiao turned around and smashed his head violently into a light pole by the roadside.