Chapter 1755 - 647: Su Mo Administers Poison

Even Chen Dinghai didn’t know Elder Zhou’s full name.

But after casually chatting a bit today, Chen Dinghai had actually formed quite a good impression of him.

Never thought that when death came for him, it was just death and gone, without a shred of hesitation.

The Tianjing Sect disciples didn’t say much more and went off to search the various rooms.

Though the courtyard wasn’t small, they quickly finished a thorough sweep.

The result, of course, was that they found nothing.

But after all this commotion, even Hong Tai, who had been in deep sleep, was jolted awake.

Half-asleep, he asked what night it was tonight.

The leading Tianjing Sect Disciple saw they had nothing to show for it, then finally straightened his face, bowed, and apologized to Chen Dinghai and the others.

Chen Dinghai didn’t care about that; he had already received Su Mo’s instructions in his ear, and immediately asked:

"How did Elder Zhou die?"

"What are you prying into that for?"

The Tianjing Sect Disciple in the lead gave Chen Dinghai a suspicious look.

Chen Dinghai sighed:

"If not for Elder Zhou, we might not have even made it past the main gate of the Tianjing Sect today.

"I was thinking of thanking him properly, but never expected..."

The Tianjing Sect Disciple in the lead nodded slightly; after a moment of silence, he finally sighed:

"Better not ask so much. The old man... died quite miserably..."

He clearly didn’t want to say more about it.

But then from behind him, a Tianjing Sect Disciple suddenly muttered under his breath:

"He got his skin peeled off, how could that not be miserable..."

"Silence!"

The leader barked in anger on the spot.

The Tianjing Sect Disciple behind him immediately didn’t dare make another sound.

But Chen Dinghai’s heart gave a jolt:

"Peel off the skin?"

"Yeah..."

Seeing this, the leading Tianjing Sect Disciple sighed:

"The whole thing is simply horrifying. Now that you know, then you know, but I must ask you not to spread it around."

Chen Dinghai’s ears pricked; he immediately asked again:

"Since you’re searching here, have you found any trace of that assassin?"

"...No."

The leader only shook his head:

"You don’t understand... Elder Zhou’s death was strange. Only a sheet of human skin was left, while all his flesh and bones had vanished without a trace.

"By all reasoning, with the culprit using such a vicious hand, it shouldn’t be possible to hide away all that flesh and blood so easily.

"That’s why we’re searching everywhere.

"If we can find the culprit, all the better. If we can’t... whatever happens, we can’t let Elder Zhou be buried with his remains incomplete."

Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun heard this and instinctively exchanged a look.

Wasn’t this method exactly what appears after the Divinity Transformation Seal is applied in the Heavenly Seizing God Transformation Great Technique?

But... according to what Ying Shisan had said, this Skill was the Tianjing Sect Master’s Absolute Skill.

Could it be that the one who struck down Elder Zhou was actually Sikong Hua Ji?

Why would their own turn on their own like this?

As that thought rose, they heard Lu Ren blurt out:

"What about blood traces?"

"Blood traces?"

The leading Tianjing Sect Disciple was briefly stunned:

"Brother, don’t talk nonsense. Someone’s skin being peeled off alive — how could there not be blood? It’s not like a Monster casting some strange magic.

"Elder Zhou’s room was a complete wreck, blood soaking the bed, his human skin torn into several pieces, then pieced back together into a whole, laid on the bedding as if in peaceful sleep.

"The cruelty of the method is outrageous!"

His words had only just fallen when a sudden shout rang out:

"Don’t run!!"

Hearing this, the leading Tianjing Sect Disciple quickly offered a brief apology, turned, and left, chasing toward the source of the shout.

In just a moment, the courtyard was already empty.

Only Su Mo and the rest were left, staring at one another.

Chen Dinghai and Xing Hao, Xing Zhan were both looking thoughtfully at Lu Ren.

Lu Ren didn’t care at all about their gazes, his brows only deeply furrowed:

"How could it be like this... just who did this?"

He muttered, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or to the others.

His words had just ended when they heard Hong Tai yawn and ask:

"Where’s Little Shiyi?

"After all this fuss, don’t tell me she’s still sleeping in her room?"

At that, Lu Ren froze again, hastily looked around, and sure enough, Hua Shiyi was nowhere in sight.

His gaze immediately fell on Su Mo and the others; he cupped his fists and said:

"Little brother, Shiyiniang thinks highly of you. Did she come find you for a chat this afternoon?"

"She did not..."

Su Mo shook his head, frowning slightly as well:

"Shiyiniang is missing?"

"This is bad."

Hearing that, Lu Ren’s face changed. He suddenly looked toward the direction the Tianjing Sect disciples had left just now, tapped his toes, and sprang off in pursuit.

Seeing this, a somewhat troubled look crossed Hong Tai’s face; in the end he sighed and followed behind them.

Once they left, Xing Hao and Chen Dinghai all turned their eyes toward Su Mo.

Su Mo gave a slight nod:

"Let’s go."

As an escort master, he naturally couldn’t be the first to charge ahead.

So Chen Dinghai and the others took the lead. Xing Hao on one side, Xing Zhan on the other, with Su Mo, Yang Xiaoyun, and the rest following behind; the remaining people stayed to guard the courtyard.

They quickened their pace, hurrying after the group from the Tianjing Sect.

But when they drew near, they didn’t hear the sounds of fighting.

Only Tianjing Sect people were clustered in a circle. Just as they were wondering what was happening, the crowd surged, and several Tianjing Sect disciples, faces ashen, squeezed out of the crowd, rushed to a corner, and started retching violently.

Su Mo and the others saw that besides the Tianjing Sect people, many visiting Jianghu people were gathered here as well.

Some had already pushed through the crowd and entered the inner ring.

Chen Dinghai immediately followed and squeezed inward.

At this moment, the Tianjing Sect people were too preoccupied to care about anything else, so they didn’t block him.