Chapter 52

Seeing Tianxia Guihuo and Yuanshi Tianzun's unsightly expressions, the latter even swearing, Sun Miaomiao approached with a slightly solemn face, saying, "Let me see the geography."

After reading the item information, Sun Miaomiao's round face immediately collapsed. The door could only be opened once every half hour, and to open the main door, they had to wait for the night to fall.

Zhao Chenghuang and Zhai Cai turned into statues with stiff faces after seeing the information about the Sect Lock, motionless.

In the first half hour, they opened the door to the room of Alchemist Dong Fazhou. Then, as night fell, Bigfoot and Red Rooster were killed.

In the second half hour, the group opened the door to the room of the Single-Lineage Knight. To open David's door, they had to wait another half hour, but before that, another night would fall, and someone was sure to die when night fell.

The clues in the deceased's room would be permanently sealed. Zhao Chenghuang was silent for a long time, then said with a bit of gnashing teeth, "I suddenly feel that Red Rooster was right. Wouldn't it have been better to choose the combat instance back then?"

The next night that fell, no matter who died, the team would lose some important clues, making it infinitely more difficult to deduce the truth.

Zhai Cai sighed and then smiled, "If we didn't choose the combat scroll, someone in the team would definitely die. Believe me, in a level eight difficulty instance, Ju Mang and I can only guarantee to clear it, not guarantee the team's survival. Choosing to solve the mystery, although it may result in a team wipe, is the only chance to clear it without casualties."

"Don't we have an old saying in China: 'Bet on it, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle.'"

Sun Miaomiao corrected him, "That's not an old saying, it's internet slang."

"Whatever, whatever!" Zhai Cai was embarrassed for a moment and waved his hand.

He then analyzed seriously, "Actually, the killer has already been locked down, between Alchemist Dong Fazhou, Daniel, and the werewolf. And the werewolf is between the tutor David and me. No matter who dies tonight, we can pinpoint the werewolf's identity!"

"At that time, as long as we deduce the killer from the three, we can crack the ancient castle mystery and leave the scroll." Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred.

Zhai Cai's tone and expression revealed ease and confidence, as if this game was stable, and faintly revealed the excitement of wanting to be the MVP.

What gave him courage and confidence?

It definitely wasn't wisdom, it was probably a character-specific skill. He wondered what exclusive skill he had obtained.

It was a pity he couldn't ask. Zhang Yuanqing silently thought. Single-Lineage Knight glared at him and said, "Don't be too happy, maybe you'll be the one who dies tonight."

If the witch killed him, no matter how awesome his skill was, he wouldn't be able to use it. Zhai Cai's face froze and he fell into contemplation. There was about a quarter of an hour left before night fell.

The group discussed while keeping their nerves taut. Tianxia Guihuo, leaning against the wall, said, "Alchemist Dong Fazhou has a clear motive for murder, and there is also physical evidence. Compared to that, the exorcist Daniel and the werewolf are less suspicious. Daniel has no motive for killing. As for the werewolf, the situation at the scene tells us that when the werewolf devoured the master of the ancient castle, he did not encounter resistance and there was no fighting. At that time, the master of the ancient castle was in a state where he could not resist. We just don't know if she was dead or unconscious at the time."

The three fatal wounds were not certain, and it was not known which came first. Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao actively participated in the discussion. Zhang Yuanqing seized the opportunity and said, "I need a quiet place to think about some things. I'll go back to my room first."

The three Saint Servants were puzzled, but did not ask any further questions, letting him go. Only Zhai Cai showed thoughtful eyes. Returning to Alchemist Dong Fazhou's room, Zhang Yuanqing opened his inventory and took out the black wooden box, and then took out the ice brush from the wooden box. Under the system's prompt, he paid all his points.

He used the Fuan skill, he couldn't hide his skills anymore, because he was afraid that he would be killed by the witch at night.

After paying for the skill, the elaborately carved ice brush automatically fell from his palm and landed on the table. At the same time, the ice brush began to melt, and small water droplets appeared on the table.

Zhang Yuanqing re-gripped the ice brush and muttered, "The murderer who killed Ya Lansi, the murderer who killed Ya Lansi..."

He felt a powerful force pour into the ice brush. Then, his hand moved slowly under the control of the ice brush, writing the letter "D" on the table. The force attached to the ice brush disappeared the next moment.

The ice brush completely melted, submerging the letter "D".

"D..."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned, trying to decipher the result of the Fuan skill. A few seconds later, he understood the meaning of the letter "D". Among the six characters, the names containing the letter "D" were Alchemist Dong Fazhou, Daniel, and David, corresponding to him, the Single-Lineage Knight, and Tianxia Guihuo.

"So Tianxia Guihuo is the werewolf. En, the previous reasoning was correct, the killer is indeed among the three." Zhang Yuanqing wiped the water off the table and left. Although the Fuan skill did not give an accurate answer, it verified their reasoning. The killer was among the three.

There was no need to worry about any more surprises. The three Saint Servants of the Returned from the City of the Dead were discussing the case. Zhai Cai crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, listening but not interjecting.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing return, he raised the corner of his mouth and took the initiative to speak, "Have you figured out any clues?"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded, "The killer should be among Alchemist Dong Fazhou, Daniel, and David."

Tianxia Guihuo stopped discussing and was not convinced by his statement. "How do you know I'm the werewolf?"

"Intuition!" Zhang Yuanqing said.

"I believe your intuition!" Zhai Cai nodded in agreement.

Tianxia Guihuo looked at Yuanshi Tianzun and then at the Single-Lineage Knight, feeling that these two had an indescribable strangeness.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a sharp and shrill cat meow. The surroundings quickly darkened, as if dark clouds had covered the sun, and a blood curtain descended. In the dense and deep darkness, everyone was waiting for death.

"My information has already been given. If I die tonight, Zhai Cai should be able to understand my hint and find the killer from Alchemist Dong Fazhou, Daniel, and David. Although I'm still a little worried, if I really die, I can only choose to believe my teammates."

Thoughts flashed quickly through Zhang Yuanqing's mind, and in his slightly nervous wait, he saw the darkness recede and the sunlight pour in.

"It's dawn, eh, I'm not dead..." Zhang Yuanqing was pleasantly surprised and immediately looked at his companions.

The faces of Single-Lineage Knight, Tianxia Guihuo, and Zhao Chenghuang appeared in his field of vision one by one, but Sun Miaomiao was missing. However, there was no corpse of Sun Miaomiao in the corridor, only a charred, oily, human-shaped outline.