Why are you trying to steal her destiny? She's the little ancestor of the Xuanmen sect!

"Xiao Jiu, do you want to rest for a bit?"

Qin Yuhai and Captain Wu followed Xiao Jiu for two hours.

Xiao Jiujiu didn't complain of being tired at all.

Hearing Qin Yuhai's question, Xiao Jiu Jiu stopped and looked back at them: "We'll be there in a little while. Let's hurry up, or it'll rain if we're late."

The mountain roads are slippery; rain wouldn't be good.

"Why don't you have some water first?" Qin Yuhai took a small bottle of water out of his pocket.

Xiao Jiujiu glanced down at the object in her hand, then smiled and said, "Let's rest for five minutes."

"Ah."

Team Leader Wu and Qin Yuhai casually found a rock to sit on.

Xiao Jiu Jiu leaned against the tree.

"Xiao Jiu, have you also learned martial arts?" Qin Yuhai asked curiously.

Shaking her head, Xiao Jiujiu said shyly, "I'm just a little stronger, but I haven't learned much martial arts."

If you really put her in a fight, she wouldn't stand a chance.

Seeing this, Captain Wu became somewhat interested: "Shall I teach you?"

"Hehe, no good."

Xiao Jiu Jiu refused without hesitation.

She found a rock and squatted down, but suddenly heard a sound:

[Brother, where did the meat in your mouth come from?]

A huge piece of fresh meat just came to that valley; I fly down there to eat it every day.

I want to eat it too, big brother, take me!

Xiao Jiu Jiu looked up and saw two birds perched on a branch.

These two birds are quite large, and their wingspan should be wide enough for them to fly down.

Hey bro, look what that human is doing staring at us! It's terrifying!

Little Nine noticed a bird making eye contact with it, then immediately spread its wings and flew away.

【coward! 】

The older brother glanced at Xiao Jiu Jiu, then turned and chased after her.

After they all flew away, Xiao Jiu Jiu got up and patted the dust off her clothes.

"It's time, shall we go?" Xiao Jiu Jiu turned her head to look at them.

Qin Yuhai and Captain Wu also stood up and said, "Let's go."

The two followed closely behind Xiao Jiujiu, afraid of losing their little guide.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, the path started to have more stones and a small stream appeared.

Xiao Jiujiu looked at the small compass in her hand and confirmed the direction again: "If we walk another four hundred meters or so, we'll be almost there."

"There's a stream and rocks here, but no signs for a tourist area. Is this somewhere else?" Qin Yuhai looked around but couldn't find a main road.

This means that nobody comes to this place at all.

It is an undeveloped area.

"The road here is difficult to walk on, and there's a stream. There might be a spring inside, so we can't come here." Xiao Jiu Jiu lifted her foot and stepped over a rock.

The three of them walked along the stream and soon came to a valley.

"Go further in, and we'll be almost there."

Xiao Jiujiu looked at the compass again; the distance was already very close.

The entrance to the valley was overgrown with weeds and rocks, and there were some unidentified plants around.

However, the environment here is not good, and the air is filled with black mist that only Xiao Jiu Jiu can see.

"The fog is so thick here."

Team Leader Wu and Qin Yuhai stood in front of the valley.

A gust of wind blew in my face.

The air was filled with a nauseating smell.

"There's a body!" Captain Wu's eyes immediately sharpened.

That was the smell of a corpse; he couldn't be mistaken.

However, the thick fog is a troublesome issue.

Seeing this, Xiao Jiujiu took out a talisman from his pocket: "The radiant glow of the heavens shines, the spiritual clouds migrate in all directions..."

The talisman flew directly into the fog.

"Oh!"

The fog inside dissipated, and the entire road became clear.

"Let's go."

The three of them entered the valley.

The valley is flanked by cliffs on both sides, with a large open space in the middle.

The stream originates from the middle of a mountain.

Qin Yuhai and Captain Wu began to explore inside.

Xiao Jiujiu shielded her eyes from the glaring light and looked up at a spot on the cliff.

"Rock Coptis?"

Xiao Jiu rubbed her eyes and looked again; it was indeed a medicinal herb.

Under the sunlight, the small yellow flowers droop and sway in the wind.

The flowers were growing about five or six meters above the ground.

It was too far for Xiao Jiujiu to reach.

She glanced at it, wondering if she could manage to get her hands on it.

"Xiao Jiu, what's wrong?" Qin Yuhai saw Xiao Jiu staring at the thing on the screen and quickly ran over.

He followed Xiao Jiu Jiu's gaze and saw the Coptis chinensis on the cliff: "What's that? Do you want that flower?"

"I can't take it." Xiao Jiu Jiu pouted: "Because of the excessive harvesting in the past, this medicinal herb is already a second-class protected plant."

However, it would be great if we could move a little bit out without damaging the root.

After staring at the rhizome for a long time, Xiao Jiujiu shrugged and said, "Forget it, this flower is hard to grow, let it stay there."

"I found it!"

Wu's voice came through.

Xiao Jiu Jiu and Qin Yu Hai exchanged a glance and quickly ran over.

Team leader Wu was standing next to a bulge.

That bulge is quite high.

One end is a mound of earth, and the other end is the exposed torso.

There was a person lying in a pit, with their head buried in the dirt, quite a thick layer.

The exposed areas were trampled and ruined.

But because the weight on his head was too great, the person couldn't break free.

Moreover, it can be seen from the exposed areas that the person's hands are tied behind their back, their pants have been taken off, and they are only wearing underwear.

The two exposed legs had been torn apart.

Many small animals have probably visited this place.

"this!"

Team Leader Wu was somewhat angry, his face was stern, and his anger was almost palpable.

“There are other corpses here.” Xiao Jiujiu waved her hand, and the fog in the distance dissipated, revealing corpses scattered all over the ground.

Piles of white bones, all broken.

"These must be people who jumped off the cliff, right?" Qin Yuhai walked over to one of the skeletons.

The man's clothes were faded and covered in mud, suggesting he had been dead for some time.

Team Leader Wu took out the communication device he had prepared earlier and sent a signal: "We don't have any digging tools, so let's just wait here for them to come over."

They came here to confirm whether there really was a body in this place.

Since it really happened, and it was clearly a murder, then we need to call in people.

"How did they find this place?" Qin Yuhai asked, somewhat puzzled.

They came by the side road; the rest of the people don't know. If they took the main road, they could only go to the place where they jumped off the cliff.

Team Leader Wu nodded to Qin Yuhai: "Don't worry, we have a professional team, they will be able to find this place."

Compared to them who relied on compasses, others had better tools and instruments, but carrying these up the mountain was indeed a bit of a hassle.

Xiao Jiu Jiu then spoke up: "Tell them to bring raincoats and hiking boots, the roads will be slippery when it rains later."

"Will it really rain?" Captain Wu asked, somewhat incredulously.

The sun shone all day, and there was no sign of rain; the clouds remained unchanged.

Qin Yuhai said from the side, "We'll listen to Xiao Jiu."

"Row!"

Team Leader Wu nodded.

While waiting for the others to arrive, Qin Yuhai and his group did not sit idle; they explored the situation at the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Jiu Jiu also admired many medicinal herbs along the way.

They all grow very tall, out of reach.

She pouted, and as she left, she suddenly mentioned something.

"Ok?"

Xiao Jiujiu lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on a coin on the ground.

She reached out and picked up the coin.

The pattern on this coin is strange; it seems to be some kind of totem, but Xiao Jiu Jiu doesn't know what it's for.

I just felt that this totem had a somewhat ominous meaning.

She frowned and tapped it: "It's gold!"

Xiao Jiu Jiu's eyes lit up instantly.

I found gold! Yay!

She patted the mud off the gold with her hand, secretly preparing to pocket it.

"No."

A large hand took the coin from Xiao Jiu Jiu's hand: "We don't know whose it is, or if it was left by the murderer. We can't just keep it."

"Xiao Jiu?" Qin Yuhai walked over and glanced at Captain Wu: "Did he bully you?"

Shaking her head, Xiao Jiujiu grinned and said, "Hehe, that's gold, I wanted to take it!"

"You can't just pick up trash. It's gold, after all. If you want it, your uncle can buy you whatever you want." Qin Yuhai patted Xiao Jiu Jiu's head.

Xiao Jiujiu glanced at the coin and added, "I just feel like it looks familiar, but I don't know where it's from."

Perhaps I can go back and look through some books.

She looked at Captain Wu: "Uncle Wu, could you make a rubbing of this pattern for me when we get back?"

"Okay." Captain Wu nodded and smiled, "Don't worry about anything else."

Xiao Jiujiu pouted and said, "Okay."

The group spent half a day at the foot of the mountain, marking more than twenty locations.

These remains are all from two or three years ago.

It's been like this ever since that internet celebrity committed suicide.

"These people are all jumping off cliffs because of the trend. I think this is the earliest internet celebrity who committed suicide."

The bag she was carrying was the same one that the internet celebrity had been carrying before.

Team Leader Wu frowned.

That internet celebrity had no family, and after her suicide, no one came to retrieve her.

Because of the scenic area and its complex terrain, they have been unable to enter from the outside.

Now that Xiao Jiu has led them out a path, it will be easier for the rest of the group to come in.

Xiao Jiujiu looked around.

Not a single soul remains.

That's true; people who commit suicide usually have to be tortured, and their souls can't stay here.

The feng shui here has been truly altered by these corpses; a once beautiful place has become deserted due to the prevalence of suicides.

Xiao Jiu Jiu sighed, "They really are going to destroy the environment even in death!"

"Aren't they fertilizer?" Qin Yuhai immediately thought of the manor where they used corpses to grow roses: "Do you remember those roses?"

Xiao Jiujiu snorted coldly: "It's fertilizer, but there's also a lot of waste. They have clothes and garbage on them."

The environmental damage here is real.

Fortunately, these people did not die by the stream, otherwise the stream would have been polluted.

"It's a pity. Although the stream looks very clear, the garbage from the corpses that got wet in the rain also ended up in the water."

Xiao Jiu Jiu walked to the stream and snorted coldly, "This water is undrinkable."

"But..."

With her gaze fixed on the cliff face, Xiao Jiujiu smiled and said, "You can drink the ones here, they won't have any effect. But don't drink the ones on the ground."

"They'll be here in a while."

Team Leader Wu found a place to sit down: "You guys sit down and rest too."

"Ah."

Qin Yuhai led Xiao Jiu Jiu over.

He first patted the dust off the stone before saying, "Come on, Xiao Jiu, sit here."

"Let's move a little further in; there's a cliff to protect us, otherwise we'll get soaked."

Xiao Jiu Jiu stretched out her fingers and pinched: "It will rain in five minutes."

Team Leader Wu looked up.

I glimpsed the bright sun through the crack, but a question lingered in my mind.

"Whatever you want~" she hummed a little tune and skipped inside.

I found a big rock, patted it, and sat down on it.

Seeing this, Qin Yuhai followed Xiao Jiu Jiu inside.

"Then I'll come in too." Seeing that they were all inside, Captain Wu immediately followed.

five minutes later.

"Wow!"

The rain poured down without any warning.

Team Leader Wu looked at Xiao Jiu Jiu with a surprised expression: "It really is raining! This is amazing!"

"I told you it would rain, aren't you coming in?" Xiao Jiu Jiu patted the big rock next to her.

Team Leader Wu quickly ran over.

"I must say, after this rain, the whole air smells fishy and stinky, mainly because of that corpse."

Captain Wu frowned and covered his nose.

Xiao Jiujiu covered her mouth and said, "Yes, the body is still fresh. It didn't jump down from above, so it's intact."

Some of them were even eaten by small animals!

So it's normal for it to smell bad.

About three hours later, the weather cleared up.

A group of people appeared outside the valley carrying large and small bags.

They followed Wu based on the markings and satellite communication equipment he left along the way.

“You’ve arrived. This is the place.” Captain Wu pointed to a mound of earth not far away.

The officers greeted Captain Wu and his team.

They immediately went forward and began digging with tools.

The soil was flying everywhere, and the air was filled with a nauseating stench of decay.

Captain Wu continued, "Let the forensic doctor examine the body over there first."

"Okay, Captain Wu."

Qin Yuhai and the others arrived at the body with its head buried.

As the excavation continued, the face was revealed.

It's a person whose head has swollen into a purple pig's head.

"Sin Kai!" an officer exclaimed. "We've been looking for him for so long, and he's already dead!"

Qin Yuhai's face turned ashen as he said, "Xin Kai isn't the murderer?"

After all, the murderer wouldn't bury himself like this!

Seeing this, Captain Wu felt a surge of anger: "The suspect has been buried alive, and our leads have gone cold."

Little Jiu Jiu stood aside, silently watching everything, her little face expressionless.

After a while, she took a bell out of her pocket and shook it gently.

The bells rang softly, as if mourning the departed souls.

"Xiao Jiu," Qin Yuhai walked to Xiao Jiu Jiu's side and whispered, "Shall we leave for a bit? There are too many people here."

Xiao Jiu Jiu looked up at Qin Yu Hai with a completely calm expression: "Uncle, do you remember Fu Ke Xin from before? This isn't the first case. Chen Jia is also dead. Perhaps we should look for Brother Yu."

All of this is already underway.

Qin Yuhai was taken aback, looking at Xiao Jiujiu with confusion: "What do you mean?"

Little Jiu Jiu said with a stern face, "We'll talk about it when we get back."