Chapter 23: Solution

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Wei Wuxian's eyes got wider and he said:

"Senior uncle, what even is corpse poison?"

Xiao Xingchen:

"Everybody, sit in a lotus position."

They all formed a big circle and sat in the lotus position, Wen Ning and the chest were in the middle of the circle. Xiao Xingchen gave Wei Wuxian the manuscript from the other day, Wei Wuxian looked through it and said:

"So if you poison someone with this, cut their tongues and kill them, they turn into living fierce corpses?"

Xiao Xingchen nodded and said:

"Yes, they do. Also, Zichen was jabbed by two nails on his skull."

Wei Wuxian nodded and passed the manuscript to Lan Wangji while fetching his Evil-Subdue Qiankun Pouch, he then took out two nails and said:

"Senior uncle, they are here."

Wei Wuxian passed the nails to Xiao Xingchen. Xiao Xingchen touched the nails and felt anxious, he immediately passed them to Song Zichen, Song Zichen wrote on the air:

"So, Xue Yang poisoned me, cut my tongue, jabbed my head with the nails and stabbed me on my throat?"

Wei Wuxian nodded and said:

"Yes, brother Song."

Lan Wangji:

"We are still not sure what is in the box yet."

Xiao Xingchen:

"I know, we also found a manuscript about the nails."

Xiao Xingchen passed the manuscript to Lan Wangji. Lan Wangji looked through it and asked:

"Did you find any nails?"

Song Zichen took out a box and opened it, there were fifty nails in it. Wen Qing grabbed the box from Song Zichen and she counted the nails, she then took one of them out and asked:

"So, this looks like it isn't used, why did you call all of us here?"

Xiao Xingchen:

"Zichen and I discovered a training ground when we went to investigate the source of some noises. Once we were there, Shuanghua went crazy, but I remembered the battle in Lotus Pier, so Zichen and I put a barrier over the place as we don't know whether they are living fierce corpses or dead fierce corpses."

Jiang Cheng asked:

"You mean... Jin Guangshan, he did all this?"

Xiao Xingchen answered:

"Zichen and I lost Xue Yang's trail near Lanling right after the Sunshot Campaign. We roamed for a while, eventually captured him and brought him before Jin Guangshan as we didn't want to get involved with the Yin Iron. We didn't know that Jin Guangshan treated him in such a way, we thought Chang Ping's testimony would be enough to end Xue Yang."

Wei Wuxian shook his head and said:

"Jin Guangshan was after my amulet and my cultivation, it is no surprise that he did such a thing. Xue Yang must have used the Yin Iron to do such things."

Wen Qing said:

"This is even worse than what my uncle did, he never used living people."

Jiang Cheng gulped:

"So, what now?"

Xiao Xingchen:

"I suggest we carefully handle the box and then go to the training ground, there are many fierce corpses in it."

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