By the ti Tang Doudou reached Azure Water Valley, Venus was already appearing in the horizon.
She quickly passed through the sea of flowers outside the valley to reach the little building overlooking the cliff. She jumped off the horse, then lifted Jun Xin down before rushing to the door to pound on it. “Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi, hurry up and open the door!”
Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi usually rested in the little house behind the door so they could hear any disturbance from outside.
However, at this ti, even though she was about to break the door from knocking, they didn’t co to open the door.
Tang Doudou didn’t think much into it and just assud that they were heavily asleep.
After all, early morning tended to be the ti when people were the most deeply asleep.
She had Little Gray jump onto her wrist and onto her shoulder. Once Little Gray got a good grip, she jumped onto the wall with Jun Xin and looked around the courtyard. There didn’t seem to be anything strange so she jumped down and rushed to her room. She set Jun Xin down on her bed, then rushed out to find Xiao Yi and Xiao Ren.
To her surprise, they weren’t in the little house behind the entrance.
It was no wonder that no one had responded to her knocking.
These people had probably taken off to play since no one was around!
When her thoughts got to this point, she started searching the rooms one by one. “Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi?”
She’d first knock on the door. If there was no response, she’d push it open and walk in.
However, after making one entire round and looking through the whole place, she still couldn’t find any traces of Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi. Where exactly did they go?
Tang Doudou was besides herself with anxiety. Her gaze then landed on the library. Could it be that they were in there?
This wasn’t impossible!
She quickly ran to the library. Xiao Yi and Xiao Ren were Azure Water Valley’s doorn. It was said that back then, these two had wanted to beco disciples of Cang Baicao, but were rejected. They felt that there was nothing left to pursue in life, so then they stayed to beco Azure Water Valley’s doorn.
Although they seed to take up the post with all of their hearts, it was hard to guarantee that they didn’t do it with the intention of secretly studying dicine. After all, Cang Baicao was often not in the valley and they were the only ones there, so it was easy for them to sneak to the library to study. Furthermore, they even possessed the key to the library.
When Tang Doudou got to the library and saw the half-opened door, she smiled slightly. Her guess had been right.
However, if she exposed their secret, would they beco hostile and try to kill her to silence her?
Xiao Yi and Xiao Ren had never shown her their strength before, so she didn’t know how good their martial arts were. However, the fact that they had been able to take up the post of doorn and kept Azure Water Valley protected for so many years probably ant that their martial arts weren’t weak.
What was she worrying so much for? Right now, she just had to get them to contact Cang Baicao. Saving Jun Xin was the most pressing matter right now!
So Tang Doudou stopped worrying about the ifs and just pushed open the door. “Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi, are you guys here?”
The library was filled with bookshelves and the shelves were filled with ancient books on dicine. Most of the ti, there would be an strong incense sll when a person walked in. That was incense used to prevent bugs from gnawing on the books. It was not only soothing to inhale, it also had the effect of boosting your alertness. The scent was also so morable that you wouldn’t forget it after having slled it once.
However, when Tang Doudou pushed open the door this ti, what entered her nose wasn’t that familiar incense sll but the intense stench of blood!
When she recalled that no one had answered her even though she had been shouting outside for such a long ti, she inwardly remarked, Crap! Sothing bad had probably happened.
She walked quickly in the direction of the stench. The sll of blood just kept getting stronger as she walked. She felt like she was almost near the source because at this point, she couldn’t take it anymore and had to throw up. After throwing up, she ripped off a piece of cloth and wrapped it around her nose to block out so of the sll.
Then she started walking even faster. Where she was now, several bookshelves had fallen. The more she walked, the more ssy the surroundings beco and she could see blood over everything. It was easy to imagine the intense battle that must have taken place!
Here!
She stopped walking. The scene in front of her was so terrible that she couldn’t bring herself to look for more than a glance.
Xiao Yi and Xiao Ren had died!
They had been killed in the library.
From the looks of things, they had been trying to protect sothing. Although they suffered countless wounds and had bled so much that their surroundings were dyed dark red, they still squeezed together and used their bodies to protect the object behind them from that person.
However, that person still obtained that object. He wrapped thin iron chains around the two of them and dragged them away, then took the object that they had used their lives to protect. This was clear from the sight of the empty chest behind Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi’s corpses.
Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi were still staring straight ahead with faint hatred in their eyes.
Tang Doudou walked up and closed their eyelids for them.
Based on the condition of the bloodstains, they had suffered this at the sa ti that Jun Xin had been attacked.
Who had done this? And what had been in that hidden box?
This thod of killing didn’t seem like that mysterious person’s style. Could it have been Bai Feiyun?
There was no way. It’d take at least six hours to rush back get back to Azure Water Valley from Barbarian Mound Garrison and from the ti she ran from Bai Feiyun and encountered Jun Xin, it had only been two hours. There was no way he had enough ti to co back to Azure Water Valley.
In addition, Cang Baicao had already said before he left that Bai Feiyun was welcod to take anything he liked from the library. Since he said that, this object was naturally included.
Why would he waste the effort to do this when he could’ve taken it without questions?
The possibility that he held a personal grudge against Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi could be ruled out because they seed on quite good terms.
So many things happened over such a short span of ti that she could barely process all of it. However, when she moved her hands away, she found that she hadn’t been able to close Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi’s eyes.
“You guys… I will find out who it was that hurt you guys and swear to get that object back. Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi, rest in peace! If you guys are in Heaven, then please give blessings that I’ll be able to find the criminal quickly and get revenge for you two!” After she said that, she reached out to close their eyes at the sa ti.
She didn’t know if it was because she had been too distracted earlier or that these two had actually heard her promise, but this ti, she was able to close their eyes without trouble.
Tang Doudou sighed. Originally she was thinking that she’d be able to deal with this herself, but it seed that she needed to find Baili Yu after all.
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