The Killer Turned Out to Be...!

"Huh?"

Qi Zixiao exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be?"

"What did you calculate?"

Wu Guodong was scratching his head in frustration when he saw Qi Zixiao react, so he immediately went over to ask her.

"It's a bit strange, but there's no doubt it's him. However... I'll have to see it with my own eyes to know what's really going on."

Qi Zixiao did see the end of that Karma line and found the 'person', but the other party was completely different from what she had imagined and Wu Guodong had calculated.

Wu Guodong's deduction can be described as a 'suspect profile,' albeit a rather vague one, but to some extent, Qi Zixiao felt it made a lot of sense.

She also believes that the murderer should be a man, and someone who is superstitious and not young.

But what he was seeing now was completely different from this 'portrait', diametrically opposed!

Did I see it wrong?!

Impossible!

Qi Zixiao knew very well that the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art could see through Karma. Especially now that she had True Essence in her body, even though her cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, she could still see the lines of Karma and thus see the people or things on the other side through the lines of Karma.

For ordinary people, their fate is relatively clear, and the Karma are easier to see.

With the aid of the Setting Up an Altar and Performing Rituals, this ability is indirectly enhanced, which is equivalent to "touching" the other person connected by following the line.

Surely the Karma relationship can't be wrong, right?

So now she's a bit unsure and is going to see for herself what's really going on.

"To see him with my own eyes? That would be great. So where is he?"

"Not far, about..."

"Dozens of miles."

Night was falling.

Qi Zixiao and Wu Guodong did not stop and rushed to the vicinity of an ordinary commercial and residential area...

In a county town, such places are not many, but they are not rare either; they are relatively common and unlikely to attract attention.

In addition, there are many people in the residential area, so the two of them walking through it will not attract anyone's attention.

Upon arriving at the foot of a building, Qi Zixiao gently raised her head to signal.

"Good."

Wu Guodong nodded, and the bugging device he was carrying was activated...

He would never forget that it was through this very method that he had managed to force Wang Mazi to submit.

Then he whispered, "This guy seems to be ruthless, and he's got his hands on people. Should we just take him down later?"

"Let's see how it goes first."

Qi Zixiao's expression was somewhat strange.

"Okay, whatever you say."

Wu Guodong took a deep breath, touched his lower back to make sure everything was alright, and then they set off upstairs together.

13th floor, room 13.

When Qi Zixiao stood at the door, Wu Guodong felt a chill run down his spine, and a cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

It's that number again!

The so-called "Great Yin" number made him cautious.

What do we do now?

Wu Guodong winked and made faces, afraid that his words would be overheard by the people inside.

"Just ring the doorbell."

Qi Zixiao remained relatively calm and rang the doorbell.

Several times in a row, the tinkling sound was very crisp.

About half a minute later...

Creak.

The security door is opened.

Wu Guodong focused his attention instantly, and then...

Nobody here?!

Wrong!

Someone, but... a child?!

He looked to be around ten years old, wearing glasses, and seemed a little sleepy. "Uncles, who are you looking for?"

"Child?!"

Wu Guodong was taken aback, but quickly realized what was going on. "We've come to see your parents."

"Mom and Dad haven't come back yet."

The 'child' rubbed his eyes. "But they told me not to let strangers in. Why don't you wait outside?"

After saying that, he reached out and pulled the door open.

However, at that moment, Qi Zixiao reached out and blocked the door, laughing, "Don't listen to his nonsense, we're here to see you."

Looking for me?

The child was taken aback, his face showing some tension. "I don't know you. Are you... bad people?"

"Let go! I don't know you!"

I need to call for help!

Call someone?

Qi Zixiao curled her lips into a smile and waved her hand, creating Soundproof Barrier.

The next moment, before Wu Guodong could react, the child had already screamed...

"Help! Everyone, come quick! There's a bad guy!"

"Waaaaah, help!"

The child screamed at the top of his lungs, and Wu Guodong stared in disbelief...

However, Qi Zixiao just watched with a smile.

He called for two or three minutes until his throat was hoarse, but still no one appeared. The child panicked and frantically tried to close the door.

"I don't know you, I'm scared, please leave!"

He yelled and tried to pull the door open, but he couldn't budge it...

"Fear?"

Qi Zixiao finally spoke softly, "I almost miscalculated because I hadn't. It turns out, it wasn't true."

"Go ahead and yell, yell all you want, but even if you yell until you're hoarse, no one will hear you."

The child was even more terrified. "What, what did you do?"

Not to mention him, even Wu Guodong was startled at this moment!

This is no new neighborhood; the occupancy rate is extremely high. He was almost about to reveal his identity as a police officer just now, otherwise, what if a group of neighbors mistook him for a bad guy?

But now it seems... others can't hear us?

What's going on here?

It's terrifying!

Even though he had experienced many things that were beyond scientific explanation, Wu Guodong still couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine at this moment.

"It's nothing, it just means that only a few of us can hear us when we speak."

Qi Zixiao spoke calmly.

"This is impossible!" the little boy exclaimed. "Are you a human or a ghost?!"

What do you think?

Qi Zixiao suddenly had a wicked sense of humor. He grinned, a sinister smile that terrified the child, causing him to scream repeatedly...

"Hey bro, isn't this going a bit too far?"

Wu Guodong was somewhat dazed, and tugged at Qi Zixiao's sleeve, saying, "He's just a child..."

"A child?"

Qi Zixiao sighed softly, "Don't you understand yet?"

She looked at the child, her eyes slightly narrowed. "Tell me, how old are you this year?"

"Ten... twelve years old, what's wrong?"

The child was trembling and looked quite frightened.

"They look about the same," Wu Guodong muttered to himself.

"They look about the same, but they're actually quite different. If I'm not mistaken, they're fifty-two years old, right?"

"Ah?!"

Wu Guodong nearly bit his own tongue.

The child looked completely bewildered. "What?"

"No need to pretend, this thing can't be faked."

Qi Zixiao said quietly, "Modern medicine can determine your age. Why don't you go for a trip?"

"..."

"So what if it is?"

The child frowned.

"This...?!"

Wu Guodong was dumbfounded. "Sorcery?"

"You're overthinking it." Qi Zixiao shook her head and chuckled. "You've probably heard of a condition where a person's body stays in the same state as when they were a child, and they don't continue to grow, right?"

"Dwarfism? Or short stature."

Wu Guodong realized what was happening, and then, considering the other person's age and gender, exclaimed, "Him?!"

"It's him."

Qi Zixiao nodded. "At first I also found it strange, and I thought it really was a child, so we have to see it with our own eyes before we can make a conclusion."

"Now that I see it with my own eyes, I find there is no misjudgment; it is indeed him."

"The reason you wear glasses, especially black-rimmed ones, is to cover up the crow's feet around your eyes and better impersonate a child, right?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

The child, no longer terrified, looked directly at the two and asked, "Is dwarfism a crime?"

Is it illegal to wear children's clothes?

"It's not illegal."

Qi Zixiao spoke softly, "But murder... is illegal."

"Murder? What murder?"

The child frowned. "If you keep threatening me like this, I'm going to call the police."

Why do these criminals always think that as long as they deny everything, no one can find out anything?

"Mao Xiaohua."

"You?!"

The child finally showed a hint of panic. "Who is Mao Xiaohua?"

You know the answer in your heart.

Qi Zixiao suddenly felt a little disheartened. "I thought there was still a slight chance of finding a 'like-minded person,' but perhaps this like-minded person is a heretical and unorthodox one."

"But now that I see it, I am greatly disappointed."

"What exactly are you trying to say?!"

Mao Xiaohua was somewhat frantic, glaring angrily.

"Soul Splitting Needle".

Before this, Qi Zixiao might not have understood the meaning of those things, but now that the Karma are clear and right before her eyes, how could she not understand?

Upon hearing those three words, Mao Xiaohua's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Soul Guiding Art, Soul Dropping Pestle, metal, wood, water, fire, earth..."

"Wrong."

Qi Zixiao said quietly, "Everyone made a mistake at the beginning."

"No trace was left behind, but that means no trace of an adult was left behind. In reality, there are still traces left behind."

"However, everyone overlooked this."

"That is... the deceased's own traces."

"You can simply put on his shoes and leave without a care in the world, and no one will suspect a thing..."

Mao Xiaohua's expression grew increasingly grim.

Wu Guodong suddenly realized...

"That's right! At the time, we were indeed checking other people's traces. There were no other traces, and since the deceased died of suffocation, it was defined as suicide."

"But naturally, no one checked the deceased's own footprints..."

It's not that the people investigating the case were stupid.

Who would have thought that the perpetrator was also a 'child,' and that his feet were the same size as the victim's?!

Upon hearing this, Mao Xiaohua lowered his head, and no one could see his expression...

"Regarding motivation."

"Many people speculate that it is because evil Daoist priests practice evil arts, raise ghosts, or cause the souls of the dead to be scattered and never be reincarnated."

"Most people believe that you had a deep-seated grudge against the deceased's family, which is why you were so ruthless."

"But the police investigated and investigated, but they could not find any grudges between the deceased's family and anyone else. There was almost no quarrel."

"In this way, there is no motive, and the possibility of suicide is slightly higher."

"But, no one expected that there would be a dwarf like you. You don't think it's an illness, but you think it's because your soul is incomplete. You randomly found a few so-called Daoist books and learned a few so-called Daoist techniques."

"So he thought of using one soul to replenish another."

"What is the meaning of 'replacing one soul with another'?" Wu Guodong was extremely curious, but at the same time, he was filled with fear.