I am the villain in the book

It was obvious that these two assassins were definitely not strangled to death.

This conclusion was mainly based on two reasons.

The first was what Zhang San said: these two strangulation marks were too shallow, far from enough to strangle someone to death.

Even if these two assassins were already on their last breath, they were still Grade Two experts, how could they be inferior to ordinary people?

The second reason stemmed from the characteristics of the Destiny Divine Beast.

After all, if they were really strangled to death, it would undoubtedly mean that the Faceless Divine Beast could cause "substantial" damage to people in its "ethereal" state.

Then this would "duplicate" Zhulong's divine power.

Thirteen Sons of Heaven, thirteen Destiny Divine Beasts, thirteen Heavenly Dao divine powers... Wei Changtian didn't think there would be any duplication or extremely similar situations among them.

Therefore, the Faceless Divine Beast most likely couldn't directly kill people like Zhulong.

And if that was the case, where did these two strangulation marks come from?

Wei Changtian was unsure about this.

But he had a bold guess.

In his previous life, Wei Changtian had accidentally watched a scientific experiment video about "the brain deceiving the body".

Possibly to verify the extent to which the human brain's control over the body could reach, a scientific team conducted an experiment.

They found several volunteers, boiled a pot of boiling water in front of them, and then dripped the boiling water on the back of the volunteers' hands.

However, this was only what the volunteers saw. In reality, the experimental team had secretly replaced the boiling water with ordinary cold water.

In other words, what was actually dripped on the volunteers' hands was not boiling water, but only cold water.

In this case, the volunteers should not have felt any discomfort.

But miraculously, all the volunteers showed all the reactions that should occur after a burn, and many even developed blisters on the back of their hands.

If that was the case, then the special divine power of this Son of Heaven, whose name was still unknown, should be...

Illusion.

About an incense stick's time later, Wei Changtian walked out of the underground secret passage.

Looking at Li Zimu beside him, who was somewhat remorseful, he casually comforted her:

"Don't overthink it, you are not to blame for tonight's events."

"On the contrary, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to find out who that mysterious person is."

"Young Master found him?"

Suddenly widening her eyes, Li Zimu instantly perked up: "Who is it?"

"Remember once before, our carriage almost hit an old beggar?"

Wei Changtian didn't hide anything and answered truthfully: "It's him."

"Is that so..."

Looking incredibly surprised, Li Zimu probably didn't expect that she had already met this person before.

After being stunned for a while, she hurriedly caught up with Wei Changtian's pace and asked in a low voice:

"Young Master, have you fought with this person?"

"Yes."

Wei Changtian nodded: "Very strong, but not my opponent."

"..."

Very strong, but not my opponent.

Her mouth slightly open, Li Zimu didn't know whether Wei Changtian was being humble or boasting for a moment, in short, she was unintentionally impressed by the latter again.

And her previous worries were indeed reduced a lot because of this.

Although Wei Changtian often said some incredibly arrogant things, the facts often proved that he was not bragging.

So, since Young Master said so, this person should really not be Young Master's opponent, right?

Secretly looking at Wei Changtian's profile, Li Zimu stopped talking.

The two walked all the way to the gate of the mansion, but before they could go out, Zhang San suddenly walked over from outside the door in a hurry.

"Young Master, Miss Xu just sent a message!"

"Huh? Xu Suisui?"

Wei Changtian paused: "What did she say?"

"Miss Xu said..."

Zhang San's face was not very good-looking. He first looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "Chief Qin is missing."

"What? My grandfather is missing?"

Wei Changtian suddenly turned his head to look at Zhang San, with a look of astonishment: "When did it happen?"

"Chief Qin disappeared an hour ago."

Zhang San answered truthfully: "Miss Xu has already sent people to look for him, but there are still no clues."

"..."

The moonlight was dim, and the shadows of the three people were somewhat hazy.

Qin Zhengqiu was missing.

Faced with this sudden situation, Wei Changtian's first reaction was that his grandfather was going to come and make trouble for him.

After all, if it weren't for this, Qin Zhengqiu would have no reason to leave Xu Suisui, who could provide him with Jade Dew Powder.

And did this also mean that Qin Zhengqiu had broken through that layer of window paper and truly entered the Grade One realm?

Ascend to Grade One, hoping to become an immortal.

He wanted to kill himself to ascend to immortality??

"I'm really convinced..."

His originally good mood disappeared in an instant, and Wei Changtian even cursed with a somewhat previous-life-style swear word.

However, after cursing, he gradually calmed down and thought for a while before ordering in a deep voice:

"Send a message to Xu Suisui and ask her to explain the matter in more detail."

"Who did my grandfather come into contact with before he disappeared, where did he go, what actions did he take, tell me everything she can find out."

"Also, ask her when was the last time she gave my grandfather Jade Dew Powder."

"Yes! This servant will send a message immediately!"

Zhang San knew the importance of this matter, so he immediately responded and went to the side to send a message.

Wei Changtian randomly found a stone to sit down, and patted his forehead in frustration.

Overthrow the Great Qian, defect Su Qi.

Fifth Demon Land, mysterious purple fruit.

Huo Tianyang who killed his son to seize his luck.

The old beggar who became his enemy for no reason.

The Son of Heaven who was proficient in illusion.

Qin Zhengqiu's disappearance.

Damn it, why is it always one wave after another.

He was one step away from defecting Su Qi, and this old beggar suddenly popped up.

He finally found out the identity of the old beggar, and Qin Zhengqiu disappeared again.

What is Xu Suisui doing, I'm really convinced...

Although he knew that Xu Suisui could not be blamed for this, after all, a quasi-Grade One, or even a Grade One expert, could not be stopped by anyone if he wanted to leave.

But Wei Changtian still complained in his heart as if to vent his anger.

Since he saved Xu Suisui's life in the Xin Feng Imperial Palace, the latter had been "peaceful" for a while, not causing him trouble, and no longer doing those "riddle man" operations.

But now...

Sigh.

Sighing, Wei Changtian still had some "tolerance" different from others for this only fellow villager.

After all, only Xu Suisui in the world knew the most "secrets" about this world like himself.

Even if she couldn't necessarily help him, sometimes this kind of "I'm not alone" sustenance was very important.

So... wait!!

His eyes suddenly widened, and Wei Changtian suddenly stood up at a certain moment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

His movements were unannounced, and even Li Zimu next to him was startled.

However, Wei Changtian turned a blind eye to this, just frowning and clenching his fists, as if he had suddenly thought of something terrible.

And the fact was indeed so.

Just at that moment, the question about "how did the old beggar get the information about the Sons of Heaven", Wei Changtian finally thought of a possibility.