Under the bright sunlight, Ren Ye and his two companions stared blankly at Xiao Yuan. Their minds instantly froze, their expressions utterly stunned, and ten thousand questions rose in their hearts.
Wasn't he... wasn't he dead?
How had he suddenly appeared at the temple?
What the hell was going on?!
Outside the temple, the three stood dumbstruck, their thoughts in chaos. Even Ren Ye, who excelled at deduction, could not explain the scene before him for the moment.
"Wh-what's going on?" Tan Pang instinctively looked at Ren Ye.
Ren Ye turned his stiff neck and retorted, "You think I'm your smart assistant? How the fuck would I know what's going on?"
"Please come in, benefactors."
Inside the gate, Xiao Yuan politely gestured for them to enter and stepped aside.
Hearing his words, Ren Ye instinctively extended his perception and discovered something abnormal about Xiao Yuan. "He... he has no fluctuations in his aura, and no life in him."
Tan Pang frowned at Xiao Yuan and whispered, "That's right. All he has are lividity marks and the stench of flesh about to rot."
"He's dead."
Yin Tiger stared expressionlessly at Xiao Yuan. "What we're seeing is nothing more than a talking, walking corpse. This is Xiao Yuan's body that went missing from the Kan Room."
Ren Ye immediately transmitted his voice. "Are you sure?"
"The smell coming from the corpse is Xiao Yuan's scent. One sniff is enough," Yin Tiger said decisively. "I wouldn't get it wrong."
Ren Ye fell silent at this, thinking, *In other words, if the killer was Song Mingzhe's remnant soul, he brought Xiao Yuan's body to the temple after killing him last night. Fuck, is this where he disposes of bodies? Right, the Boss Lady at the Two-Surname Inn said Song Mingzhe and the priests of