Chapter 39

Muchen's hands fumbled over Xietu's corpse. He wasn't particularly interested in Xietu himself, but he was very interested in what Xietu had taken from the Liu Domain.

The Blood Carnage Gang was a rather well-known force in the Northern Spirit Realm. Although it couldn't compare to the Nine Domains, it still had some capabilities. They usually acted arrogantly, but they wouldn't dare to provoke the Nine Great Domains, as they clearly understood that the Blood Carnage Gang was no match for them. Therefore, Muchen was very curious about what could make the Blood Carnage Gang take such a huge risk to attack the Liu Domain.

Moreover, the Liu Domain's reaction afterward also surprised Muchen. They directly wiped out the Blood Carnage Gang and pursued Xietu, even into the Northern Spirit Plain, without giving up.

Clearly, the thing that Xietu had stolen was something they cared about greatly.

Could something that the Liu Domain valued so much be ordinary?

Among the Nine Domains in the Northern Spirit Realm, the Liu Domain was the strongest. The Liu Domain had always wanted to become the true leader of the Northern Spirit Realm. Over the years, they had used various means to rally and threaten, making their influence in the Northern Spirit Realm grow larger and larger. Often, they appeared as the strongest force in the Northern Spirit Realm. However, other domain lords, including Muchen's father, Murfeng, were not entirely convinced by the Liu Domain's show of strength.

Murfeng had a long-standing feud with the Liu Domain's lord, Liu Qingtian. Over the years, there had been many conflicts between the two domains, and neither side could stand the other. Although they smiled at each other on the surface, they would seize any opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the other.

Because of this relationship, and the targeting by the Liu brothers, Muchen naturally had no good feelings toward the Liu Domain. He was quite willing to do anything that could undermine the Liu Domain's plans.

While Muchen was thinking about these things, his hands did not slow down. However, after searching Xietu's body for a long time, he found nothing unusual. His brows furrowed. Could this guy have hidden the item somewhere else?

Muchen was still not giving up. He directly stripped off all of Xietu's clothes. When he finally pulled off the last piece of clothing, something finally fell out.

Muchen's eyes immediately focused on it. He saw a gray silver bracelet-like object fall onto the grass, shimmering with a faint silver light.

Muchen quickly bent down to pick up the gray silver bracelet and examined it. It didn't seem to have any special features. He pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "Could this be a Jiezi Bracelet?"

A Jiezi Bracelet is a unique spiritual artifact. The saying "a mustard seed can contain a mountain" refers to the ability of this artifact to create space, making it a valuable storage tool. However, this item is quite expensive, and Muchen had only seen one in his father's possession. He didn't expect Xietu to have one.

Muchen played with the gray Jiezi Bracelet. It was said that this item could retain the spiritual energy imprint of its owner, so if someone else touched it, the owner would immediately know. However, since Xietu was already dead, the spiritual energy imprint should have been eliminated.

Muchen held the Jiezi Bracelet and focused his mind. Spiritual energy flowed from his palm into the Jiezi Bracelet, and a small space appeared in his perception. This was the storage space inside the Jiezi Bracelet.

Inside the Jiezi Bracelet, Muchen indeed found many things, but they were all random and not particularly special. He roughly flipped through them but didn't find anything particularly unusual.

"Where did this guy get so much junk? He's the leader of the Blood Carnage Gang, after all." Muchen said, puzzled, and continued to search carefully.

After searching for a while, Muchen's expression suddenly changed. A light flashed in his hand, and an old copper plate appeared. When Muchen's spiritual energy scanned the Jiezi Bracelet, all the other items reacted to some extent, but this one remained completely still...

This extreme ordinariness, on the contrary, caught Muchen's attention.

Muchen stared at the old copper plate. On it were some extremely intricate copper patterns, which made him feel dizzy just looking at them.

On the back of the copper plate, the patterns were clearer. At a glance, it seemed to be a black giant bird spreading its wings. Below the bird were mountains and rivers, as if they were all encompassed by the bird's wings.

Wings covering mountains.

"What kind of spiritual beast is this?"

Muchen was surprised. Although the copper plate was a bit blurry, he still felt a mysterious awe from the patterns. This made him particularly curious. What kind of spiritual beast could make him feel awe just from a pattern?

Could it be a heavenly beast?

Muchen frowned, flipping through the copper plate, but found no answers. He could only shake his head. His intuition told him that this was probably the item Xietu had stolen from the Liu Domain.

But as for what this item was actually for, he would need his father to take a look.

Muchen shrugged and was about to search the Jiezi Bracelet again when he suddenly heard a sound of breaking wind in the distance. The direction indicated that it was coming toward him.

Muchen quickly put the copper plate back into the Jiezi Bracelet, put the Jiezi Bracelet on his wrist, and covered it with his sleeve. Then he quickly put Xietu's clothes back on.

By the time he finished, figures were already appearing nearby. After a short moment, they appeared in the open space. Muchen recognized them as Master Mo and the others.

"Muchen!"

As soon as Master Mo appeared, he saw Muchen standing not far away. His tense face immediately relaxed, and he quickly moved to Muchen's side, asking, "Are you okay?"

Muchen smiled and shook his head. Although his face was a bit pale, he was clearly in decent condition.

"I heard from Qian'er that you encountered Xietu, so I immediately came to look for you. I finally found you here." Master Mo, seeing Muchen safe, seemed relieved. Then he frowned and looked around, asking, "By the way, where is Xietu? This guy must have had the nerve of a leopard to dare attack our Northern Spirit Academy students!"

Muchen chuckled and pointed to the grass ahead, saying, "That guy is dead."

Master Mo's expression froze for a moment, and Master Xi behind him was also stunned. Then Master Xi waved his sleeve, and a powerful spiritual energy lifted the grass, revealing the cold corpse beneath.

"This..."

Master Mo and Master Xi looked at the cold corpse, their faces changing. They then looked at Muchen with disbelief. "What happened?"

Just as Muchen was about to speak, more breaking wind sounds came from behind. Liu Ming led a large group of people, with Liu Mu Bai and Liu Yang following. When they saw Muchen, who was unharmed, they all showed signs of surprise.

"Xietu?"

Liu Ming immediately saw the corpse on the ground. His expression changed, and he asked urgently, "What happened?"

As he spoke, his sharp gaze fell on Muchen, making him quite uncomfortable.

"Did you do this?"

Muchen, seeing his gaze, shook his head and said, "I was being pursued by him and almost died. But I happened to meet an old man, who then killed Xietu."

"An old man?"

Liu Ming's eyes narrowed, looking at Muchen with suspicion. He waved his hand, and two subordinates immediately approached the corpse. After a while, they shook their heads at Liu Ming.

Liu Ming's eyes twitched. He looked at Muchen again, a gentle smile appearing on his face. "Muchen, did you see anything on Xietu's body?"

"What thing?" Muchen blinked, smiling. "The old man searched him after killing him, but I stayed far away and didn't dare to come closer, so I don't know what he took."

Liu Ming's face turned cold.

"Muchen, don't lie. The thing on Xietu's body must have been taken by you. That old man is probably just a story you made up!" Liu Yang said angrily.

"You mean..." Muchen looked at him strangely. "I killed Xietu?"

Liu Yang was speechless. Xietu was at the late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm, just a step away from the Divine Soul Realm. For Muchen to kill him was simply a fantasy.

Liu Mu Bai, however, stared coldly at Muchen, with a sinister fire in his eyes.

"Ha, Muchen, don't joke with me. If you really took something, just give it to me, and I will surely reward you. I will also personally visit the Mu Domain to talk to your father about this." Liu Ming tried to keep his expression friendly, smiling.

"Liu Ming, I really didn't see anything on his body. I was so scared being pursued by him that I wouldn't dare to go near him." Muchen shook his head, his young face showing genuine seriousness and honesty.

Liu Ming's eyes twitched, and he finally couldn't suppress his anger. Although he didn't believe that Muchen could really kill Xietu, he was the most suspicious person here. He took a step forward, his large hand reaching out to grab Muchen, saying coldly, "Since you won't tell the truth, I'll search you myself!"

Seeing Liu Ming's hand coming toward him, Muchen clenched his hand, and a dark dagger appeared in it.

However, just as Liu Ming's hand was about to grab Muchen, another hand reached out and blocked it. Master Mo glanced at Liu Ming, his voice calm, making Liu Ming's body stiffen.

"Liu Ming, you've gone too far."

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