REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 74: Solving mysteries with knowledge and finding killing intent

Chapter 74: Solving mysteries with knowledge and finding killing intent

The space in the tree house was not large, but there were a lot of items inside, so at first glance it looked very messy.

The floor in the middle was covered in a thick, dark yellow carpet.

Inside the house, there was an iron stove beside the wall, and on it was a bronze kettle. Inside the furnace was a black-colored soot, and beside it was a small pile of dried firewood that had not been burned.

Although it was summer, the nights on this mountain were still ice-cold. Iron stoves can keep the warmth of the entire tree house when lit, despite their small size.

The tree house has two sets of windows, two to three straps wrapped around a window frame, connecting the two in the middle of the room.

On the rope hung a few pieces of torn clothing, the torn patch was put together. It was clearly adult clothing and was still slightly damp, yet completely dry from the sun.

The sunset light pierced through the window and shone inside the tree house.

The tree house was a bit dark on the inside. In the corner was an axe and a hunting knife with animal skins wrapped on the handle. On his blade was even a trace of deep red blood.

On the other side of the wall, there was a piece of bamboo paper with a dagger pierced in the center.

There was the face of a young man on the — bamboo paper that was Fang Yuan's appearance!

This all meant that during this short period, someone had come to a hidden tree house and lived here. That person's intentions were clear, the target was Fang Yuan.

The paper was pierced by a dagger and showed its evil intentions to the extreme!

Such a scenario, even Fang Yuan was shocked.

“What does this man want, and why is he against me? No, maybe not me but Fang Zheng." Fang Yuan's thoughts flew throughout his mind.

Fang Zheng was an A-grade talent, the only one in the last three years of the Gu Yue clan, and their only hope. If he could be truly nurtured, he would be the next figure in the clan.

But parenting is a process.

During this process, there are man-made disasters and disasters.

Ignoring disasters, the most important of which is human disaster. As everyone knew, the Qing Mao mountain not only had the Gu Yue clan, but also the Bai clan and the Xiong clan. These two powers would not be happy to see the domineering Gu Yue clan successfully nurture A-grade talent.

So, sending assassins to get rid of him was common.

In this world, there were few geniuses, and even fewer of them managed to grow up.

The talent of the Gu Masters class, was not because they did not exist. Three years ago, one appeared in the Gu Yue clan. Even in the previous generation, they had also appeared on several occasions.

But in Mount Qing Mao, of the three clans in these years, there was only one A-grade talent that successfully nurtured — cultivation of Bai Ning Bing of the rank three Bai clan.

Such a scenario is enough to say many things.

“This person, is he from the Bai clan or the Xiong clan? They wanted to get rid of Gu Yue Fang Zheng this fast?” Fang Yuan frowned, staring at the portrait.

“But why did old man Wang's savage beast skin map show this tree house? Is he a spy from another army? No, this guy is obviously chasing me!”

Fang Yuan's eyes shone brilliantly.

At this moment, he thought of many scenes.

The first time, it was next to a trap, and the conversation of four hunters—

One hunter said, "Second brother Wang, you're almost nineteen years old, it's time for you to get married and have children."

Wang Er said, “Hmph, as a real man, how can I lust for such a small beauty! One day, I will walk out of this Qing Mao mountain and explore the world, study everything in the world and meet the expectations of my male body!”

The second time was after he himself acted, Wang Er's typical calmness. He pulled his bow and pointed towards Fang Yuan. Others have asked for forgiveness.

The third was when Fang Yuan asked a question.

"I ask you, in Wang's parents' family, who else is there?”

A hunter replied, “Hunter Wang originally had a wife, but that was already decades ago, and she was killed by the wild wolves that were plaguing the village. Before his wife died, he gave birth to two sons and a daughter. But Wang Da's eldest son died on the mountain while hunting three years ago. There was no one else in the Wang family. ”

“I, I remember! Old man Wang actually also has a daughter-in-law, Wang Da's old wife. But after Wang Da disappeared, his wife died of heartbreak. That year, the village even specifically sent out an arch commemorating chastity! But rumors say that Wang Da's wife wants to remarry, and she is actually hunted to death by Old Man Wang. When you kill Old Man Wang, Master, you help us citizens, root out evil and bring peace to the people!”

Other hunters quickly added, “That's right, that's right. Actually sir, we have long found this old Wang to be unfavorable. Hmph, he's nothing special, it's just that he can hunt better than us. We are all just ordinary humans, yet he thought he was more special than us and purposely moved out of the village to live here. As a younger generation, we would sometimes ask him to teach us and share his experiences, but he would instantly drive us away and never allow us to appear again near the wooden house!”

Wang's old man's family, moved from the village, away from the people ……

The eldest son Wang Da, died on the mountain three years ago while hunting ……

Wang's parents banished all the young hunters who tried to ask for guidance ...

Wang's parents tried their best to hide the animal skin map, and on bamboo paper, there was no such circle ……

Wang Er was at a very young age, but was calm towards Master Gu. At the same time he was not married, and had aspirations to transcend the mortal realm in his heart ……

Most importantly, the circle on the animal skin map showed a hidden realm, there was obvious human activity in that area. At the same time this person had a strong hatred towards Fang Yuan ......

All clues put together, if separated it is not easy to connect, but once connected it is strange!

The more Fang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that the fog enveloping this mystery had thinned out.

The sunset light passed through the window and reflected on his face, a strong light akin to the color of blood.

The surroundings had fallen into a deathly silence, had there been someone secretly peeping at him all this time?

Suddenly, Fang Yuan's eyes sparkled, his vision crossing space and time; he had seen the truth!

"Wang Da, don't die."

At this moment, the radiance in his eyes was radiating around (1).

"Not only did he not die, he even became the demon Master Gu by chance!"

It was not that humans did not possess any cultivation talent, but the clan restricted the cultivation method from leaking out, and controlled it tightly in their hands.

But nothing is absolute in this world.

Humans could become Master Gu as well, from an accident in the wild and meeting Hope Gu, opening their gap. Or inherit the inheritance of a particular power, or get personal guidance from a member of a particular clan.

But this Master Gu was not accepted in the clan completely, and could only be their minion. As such, they would not be satisfied and become a loner Master Gu. Their cultivation was extremely difficult. As time went on, as they competed for resources, they had to kill mugging and killing, turning towards the path of the demons.

“Due to some lucky chance, the highest possibility was that he obtained a great fortune from the corpse of a certain Master Gu and became Master Gu three years ago. In order to hide from others, he sends false information that he died, but no one has ever seen his corpse. Wang's old man's family learns of this and moves away from the village, risking the chance that a savage beast might attack and live alone, only to hide this truth.”

“But there are some problems going on, Wang Da's wife disagrees and may want to report to the Gu Yue clan. The Wang family had no choice but to kill him, and released some seemingly real and false information to hide the truth. Something about her remarrying, or forcing her to commit suicide to hide the truth under all these rumors.”

“Once in a while, Wang Da will return home to stay. So, old man Wang had to chase after the young ones who were looking for that guidance. Wang Er after interacting with his brother had allayed his fear towards Master Gu, and naturally developed the goal of wanting to become Master Gu and explore the greatness of the outside world!”

“Because of the fear that Wang Da will be revealed, even at such an old age Wang Er is not married. Wang Da could not stay at home, so old man Wang drew three red circles on the animal skin map, these three locations should be hidden residential areas like this. Having three hiding places, Wang Da rotates his residence around the house, and lives on the outskirts of the authority of the three clans.”

The meaning of the three red circles was finally revealed!

Red showed vigilance, but most importantly for old man Wang, this was the residence of his eldest son. So, when Fang Yuan wanted the old man to draw a map, he did not show it on the bamboo paper, it was to protect his son. Similarly, he drew fewer red crosses, to avenge the death of his son.

“Maybe at a certain time every year, Wang Da will come home to stay a while. When he returns, he discovers that his entire family is dead. After wondering, he knew it was me, so he used a dagger to pin my portrait on the wall, so that he would take revenge on me! ”

With his previous life experience, Fang Yuan was almost certain this was the truth.

If there were other powers that wanted to kill Fang Zheng, they could be much more refined. They don't have to develop spies like Wang's parents. After all, old man Wang lived at the foot of the mountain, not inside Gu Yue village.

“Thinking that on top of the animal skin map, I provoked an assassin from the demon faction. This world really works in an amazing way, ”Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

He first killed Wang Er, Wang's old man and Wang's daughter, and it was all for the animal skin map. Wang's parents were the number one hunters in the village, so his animal skin map had the greatest value.

At that moment he thought: These are just three mortal lives, what is the problem, I will kill them comfortably.

In this world, anyone had the right to live, and anyone could die easily.

To think of it out of nowhere, the way the demon Gu Master appeared!

With regards to this, Fang Yuan did not have the slightest bit of regret, but instead felt at ease.

If he was too merciful at that time, in his aim to obtain the Wang family's beast-skin map, Wang Er, old man Wang and sister Wang would be a huge nuisance. In order to protect Wang Da's secret, they would not give him the original product.

Wang Er's battle power could annihilate an ordinary top-tier Gu Master. Wang's parents were even more experienced as he got older, and in terms of killing power, he was even more threatening than Wang Er.

Even if he obtained the original product, old man Wang would tell Wang Da, and Wang Da would immediately get Fang Yuan's information. No matter how he dealt with it, he would be in the shadows while Fang Yuan was out in the open. Wang Da would have the advantage of controlling the situation.

“Luckily I killed them in the beginning! Regardless of what, I have to control the situation in my own palm. This way, even if I don't get the original item, there is no loss for me, and I can even snatch another hunter. Killing old man Wang and that girl caused Wang Da to spend a lot of time just to get my information. Needless to say, the two young hunters must have been silenced. ” Fang Yuan confirmed in his heart.

There were only a few people who knew the situation, and Wang Da would not attack Jiang He. After Jiang He died, the clan would send people to investigate. But if the two hunters disappeared on the mountain, it was easy to manipulate. Jiang He would not reveal an incident like this as it would affect the clan's judgment of him, and would even cover up the situation.

(1) The 'light in his eyes emanated the environment' is a metaphor.