550: Who do you think you are?

The surrounding Cultivators were certainly displeased with the continuous murders in Liu Lane.

When Shen Bei arrived with his team, the common people vented their anger on the Night Watchers.

Unbearable curses poured out relentlessly.

Shen Bei gave them a disdainful look.

This was merely to gain the trust of the King of Wei and to make his presence known before him.

Otherwise, what did the murders in the Imperial City's underground have to do with him?

Originally, Cultivators and humans were two opposing extremes, sworn enemies.

As a human, Shen Bei wished for as many deaths as possible.

However, the 'Complete Collapse' from the Suspended Lantern Sect that Shen Bei himself was afflicted with could not be delayed.

These past few days, besides being troubled by the five minor declines, Complete Collapse was also occasionally affecting his spiritual world.

The only fortunate thing was that it had not flared up during several battles.

But Shen Bei knew that this good luck would not last; statistically, something was bound to happen sooner or later.

At this moment.

Facing the hostile words of the crowd.

Ren Chuan, seeing this, could only step forward to block Shen Bei, explaining to the angry people: "The Night Watchers attach great importance to the matter of Liu Lane, and this time they have even sent a Team Leader to handle it."

Everyone looked at Shen Bei, stunned, and couldn't help but think of the Night Watchman's recently renowned Team Leader. However, Shen Bei's reputation only enraged the victims' families even more.

If the Night Watchers truly cared about this matter, they shouldn't have sent this Team Leader.

Shen Bei was simply too young.

As the saying goes, 'a smooth board has no hair, making for unreliable work.'

They should have sent an experienced Team Leader!

What strength could a newcomer have to solve a murder case?

"Lord King of Wei, are you truly old now?"

"Wuwu! Do you truly no longer care about the Imperial City being ravaged by evil spirits and the Demonic Path?"

"Are you living up to your promise when you took over the Night Watchers?"

"Lord King of Wei, you've changed! The Night Watchers have changed!"

"Sending such a young man, you no longer care about us now."

…

Many people wailed, their hearts like dead ashes. From the time the murders started appearing in Liu Lane, the Night Watchers had not taken it seriously. Now, what could such a young, new Team Leader do?

Many common people felt they had to flee Liu Lane; they couldn't stay there anymore. People were dying every day, and perhaps next time it would be their turn.

Many Goulan also expressed dissatisfaction. Liu Lane was not peaceful, and fewer people came for pleasure, especially with so many as ten deaths this time. They feared no one would come again, and they would all starve.

For a time, their resentment towards the Night Watchers was also extremely deep.

Ren Chuan watched this scene, his head aching. The Night Watchers' transcendent status also needed to be maintained by achievements. The Night Watchers were not afraid of power, but they feared legitimate reasons for accountability.

At the inception of the Night Watchers, responsibilities, duties, and rights were established, and successive emperors recognized them, which is why the Night Watchers were transcendent. However, if responsibilities and duties were not fulfilled, then rights would naturally be shaken.

Ren Chuan couldn't help but glance at Shen Bei, thinking that by taking on this case, he was very likely to stir up trouble for himself, and even implicate the Night Watchers.

After all, if the Team Leader had already appeared and still couldn't solve it, it would be enough for some people to find reasons to act out.

But Shen Bei did not pay attention to the anger from all sides, nor did he even look at the deceased. Instead, he walked to the center of Liu Lane street, where there was a Goulan.

Shen Bei pushed the door open and entered directly.

Many people were watching Shen Bei's actions. Seeing that Shen Bei ignored them and entered a Goulan, the victims' families immediately became enraged.

"How can someone like you be the Team Leader of the Night Watchers!"

"You know there are a few new girls in this Goulan, so you can't wait to go in broad daylight, while our children have been dead for so long, and you don't even spare them a glance!"

"Is this the attitude of your Night Watchers?"

"Oh, former emperors, wake up! The Night Watchers are no longer the guardian Night Watchers!"

"The Ming Mirror, once dust-free, is now covered in dust!"

…

A group of people spewed insults at Shen Bei. Ren Chuan couldn't help but remind him: "Sir, it's better to go see the families first and comfort them."

Shen Bei glanced at Ren Chuan and said, "Once this case is solved, they naturally won't waste any more words!"

… Ren Chuan thought to himself, if it were that easy to solve, they wouldn't be so passive; they would have already pushed back forcefully.

But Shen Bei ignored them completely and walked directly into the Goulan.

Soon, a woman from the Goulan came to greet him, but Shen Bei paid no attention and walked straight to the back courtyard of the Goulan.

This back courtyard was somewhat desolate, covering several acres, overgrown with weeds, and looking very dilapidated.

Shen Bei's gaze fell on the three dry wells in the center of the back courtyard.

Then he said something that made Ren Chuan inexplicably confused: "Everyone, shall I personally invite you out, or will you come out yourselves?"

All the Night Watchers looked at each other, having investigated this place and found nothing, not even a toad in the dry wells.

"If you are unwilling to come out, then I can only personally invite you out," Shen Bei said, seeing no sound, and smiled at Ren Chuan, "Watch your Team Leader perform a magic trick for you."

As he spoke, Shen Bei took out an ancient mirror.

It was precisely the Ming Mirror borrowed from the King of Wei!

He infused True Qi into the mirror.

With a flick of his wrist.

The mirror actually emitted hot steam, instantly covering the area near the wellheads.

But even more surprisingly, under this scorching heat, others heard a rustling sound. Then they saw several people appear in the originally empty, desolate garden.

These people, holding snake fangs, were stealthily approaching them.

"Invisibility Divine Ability?" Ren Chuan was incomparably shocked. Invisibility Divine Ability was a Divine Ability. No wonder they couldn't find any traces in the Liu Lane case.

Bi Tuo looked at the gleaming snake fangs in these people's hands, feeling both terrified and somewhat fortunate. As expected of Shen Bei, if he had known the killer could turn invisible, he wouldn't have called upon the Ming Mirror so casually.

One of the Ming Mirror's greatest uses was precisely its ability to break through even Invisibility Divine Ability.

Seeing their figures exposed, the several people from the Qiu Sect had ferocious expressions, radiating malevolence, and charged towards Shen Bei.

As long as they killed this person, they could become invisible again.

"Take them down!" Ren Chuan commanded, and a group of Night Watchers also reacted, pouncing on these people.

These few members of the Qiu Sect were not weak; they were all eighth-rank powerhouses. However, the Night Watchers who came this time were equally strong, and Ren Chuan, the Team Envoy, was also present.

Although these few individuals possessed terrifying Dao techniques, the Night Watchers naturally restrained Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques, and these few were quickly suppressed and captured.

This made Ren Chuan and the others overjoyed, not expecting the Liu Lane case to be solved so quickly. Now they could finally give an explanation to the Imperial City.

He looked at Shen Bei, but saw that Shen Bei's expression was solemn, his gaze fixed on the three dry wells.

"Now that I have the Ming Mirror, I can see through your hiding. Do you still need to hide?"

This sentence made Ren Chuan and the others' expressions tighten, and they couldn't help but look at Shen Bei and say, "Are there still people hiding in the dry wells? Should I send someone down to capture them?"

In Ren Chuan's opinion, although the other party had Invisibility Divine Ability, knowing their existence would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the Invisibility Divine Ability.

However, just as he was about to rush out, he was stopped by Shen Bei.

Shen Bei gathered Spiritual Qi at his fingertips and said, "Thunder… Ten Thousand Jun!"

As Shen Bei's words fell, the surrounding wind and clouds surged, and layers of clouds seemed to be right above everyone's heads, sliding along his finger, outlining a fierce purple thunderbolt that directly rushed into the three dry wells.

"Boom!"

The fierce thunderbolt only blasted one of the dry wells; the other two dry wells erupted with a loud noise, a cracking sound, and electricity directly transformed into scattered sparks.

From these two dry wells, two people rushed out.

The two people looked very similar. One of them had a Blood Python tattooed on his face, and his eyes, like snake pupils, emitted a sinister chill, staring lifelessly at Shen Bei, as if looking at a dead person.

"Hehe, what if you found us? You're just here to die!" The tattooed man was the Qiu Zong Sect Leader, his face full of disdain, looking at everyone as if they were dead.

Ren Chuan, Bi Tuo, and the others also had extremely ugly expressions at this moment. Because they sensed the other party's aura; they were all ninth-rank powerhouses undergoing the Little Five Decays. Among them, only Ren Chuan was a ninth-rank powerhouse.

Especially the next sentence from the Qiu Sect made them even more despairing:

"Do you know why my Qiu Sect, though small, has a place in the Demonic Path? It's because our brothers have even killed Great Cultivators of the Divine Power Realm!"

Qiu Sect?! They are actually the Qiu Sect?!

Ren Chuan was even more despairing. The Qiu Sect was very mysterious; their Night Watchers didn't have much information about this Sect. They only knew that many Righteous Path powerhouses had mysteriously died at the hands of the Qiu Sect, and indeed there were Great Cultivators of the Divine Power Realm among them.

Ren Chuan couldn't help but glance at Shen Bei. Indeed, 'a smooth board has no hair, making for unreliable work.' You found a little something and became arrogant, bringing people here. Don't you know to thoroughly investigate the background of the place before coming?

Just their team, facing a Qiu Sect, this was absolutely a death trap; they were going to be killed!

"Big Brother, why waste words with them? Let's quickly kill them. Since we've been exposed, we need to change locations as soon as possible," the other person urged.

The Qiu Zong Sect Leader nodded, looked at Shen Bei mockingly, and said, "Then you all go to hell!"

Ren Chuan watched the two pounce, his expression changed, and he rushed towards them, simultaneously shouting at Bi Tuo and Shen Bei: "You two, leave quickly, I'll hold them off."

The Qiu Zong Sect Leader sneered, "What are you, that you think you can hold us off?"

As he spoke, his Spiritual Qi transformed into a Blood Python, lashing out at Ren Chuan.

Ren Chuan's True Qi erupted, holding a long mace, he twisted it, unleashing a blazing force, and struck back forcefully.

"Boom!"

The two True Qi forces clashed. Ren Chuan only felt his chest's blood and Qi churning, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He smiled bitterly in his heart. The Qiu Zong Sect Leader was someone who could assault the Martial God Realm, much stronger than him in Realm. Even if the Night Watchers' Cultivation Technique restrained Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques, he was still at a disadvantage.

"Second Brother! Kill the others, and capture the one holding the Ming Mirror; I have great use for him." As the Qiu Zong Sect Leader spoke, he pounced on Ren Chuan again, wanting to kill this Team Envoy, whose blood and True Qi were very valuable.

"Yes!" The other Qiu Sect powerhouse grimaced, chuckling, and closed in on Shen Bei and the others.

Ren Chuan wanted to stop him, but he couldn't even defeat the Qiu Zong Sect Leader, so how could he help Shen Bei?

Bi Tuo and the others' faces were pale, their Spiritual Qi violently surging out, thinking of fighting to the death.

But Shen Bei stood there, his expression unchanged, looking at the Qiu Sect powerhouse approaching him, and asked in confusion, "You still have one more snake, where is it hidden?"

"You even know that?" The other party was surprised. He chuckled, "I'll tell you after I take you down!"

Shen Bei nodded and said, "You're right! After I take you down, I'll just ask you slowly!"

Bi Tuo and the others didn't understand Shen Bei's words. The other party could kill them in an instant; with what would you take them down?

"Boastful, courting death!" The Qiu Zong Second Brother sneered; he didn't take Shen Bei's words seriously. Their Qiu Sect was cautious, daring to be so fearless because they knew they could easily handle Shen Bei and the others. Otherwise, they would have escaped invisibly when Shen Bei and his group entered.