Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 61 - I Perceive The Truth (Extra Chapter for
Chapter 61: Chapter 61: I Perceive The Truth (Extra Chapter for Alliance Master Xiong)_1
Chapter 61: Chapter 61: I Perceive The Truth (Extra Chapter for Alliance Master Xiong)_1
PS: Thanks to the first Lord of this book, Xiongshi *Yanzhi.
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“The key point is——”
Li Xuan pressed on the corpse’s abdomen: “The deceased’s intestines are still moving. If you press the eye, you’ll feel a slight pressure.”
This is a postmortem response. For several hours after death, the intestines still squirm, and the intestinal movements within this corpse are particularly noticeable.
The normal intraocular pressure of a healthy person is between 14-21mmHg, which can drop to 10mmHg after death and to 7mmHg after 20 minutes, until it completely disappears.
“So, I judge that the time of his death could be within the past hour, or even shorter.”
Li Xuan looked up at Youjiao Xu: “I bet Youjiao Xu didn’t examine the corpse carefully just now.”
Xu Gushan’s face turned red: “Then how do you explain the livor mortis? The spell confirmed it too.”
Li Xuan also found it incredible. In his previous life, he had never seen a case like this in textbooks, let alone encountered one.
However, this world is one where immortals and Buddhas are manifest, a world that can’t be measured by ‘science’. It was also fortunate that he had been studying Liu Sanjie’s notes diligently in recent days.
“Youjiao Xu, I guess this was caused by a unique poison, causing a hemolytic response in the body and damaging most of the small meridians in the body.”
These words were meant for the people of this world.
The so-called ‘hemolytic response’ is actually the rupture of red blood cells; and ‘small meridians’ refer to the victim’s capillaries. All of these would cause the blood to spread outside the blood vessels in a very short period, making the livor mortis persistent.
Indeed, there is a lot more evidence to support his judgement, but it’s hard to explain.
“Speaking of which, I remember a peculiar poison which might produce similar symptoms, and the bottom of the deceased’s pupils——”
“It was used for refining corpses, Lan Shi Scatter! A very precious and extremely rare corpse-refining potion.” Xu Gushan interrupted before Li Xuan could finish, his face filled with shame as he bowed deeply to Jiang Hanyun, “My examinations weren’t thorough enough, I missed it! If it was Lan Shi Scatter, the time of death could indeed be within an hour.”
Zhang Yue, upon hearing this, opened his mouth wide in awe and nudged Peng Fulai: “Fulai, this Li Xuan – he must be a different person, right?”
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Peng Fulai’s expression remained calm. Having spent more time with Li Xuan recently, he had witnessed more of his miraculous abilities.
“So why would they want to obscure these people’s time of death?” Ma Chenggong frowned in confusion: “What benefit does that have for them?”
“This Lanshi Scatter cannot escape the eyes of a truly skilled Spirit Fox.” Si Qianhui rested her chin in her hand, deep in thought: “But those who poisoned may want to confuse people with Lanshi Scatter. As far as I know, this drug is extremely valuable, worth thousands of gold, much more expensive than common poisons.”
At this point, Li Xuan added a key point: “I just heard Duwei Ma say that the Taoist temple was cleaned? So, I have reason to believe that the murderer has not been away from Dushan Temple for long. They have to clean the entire Taoist temple within the hour. It’s not an easy task. Under such circumstances, even if the killer has fled away, the scent may not have fully dissipated.”
In that instant, all eyes in front of Sanqing Temple turned evenly on Li Xuan. Their countenances varied–curiosity, excitement, surprise, and delight.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If the time of death was within the past hour, there is a smaller chance that the killer was an insider. At least, there is none from within Mingyou City.
Jiang Hanyun’s eyes also lit up as she gave a slight flick of her sleeve, “Lei! Have you remembered the scent here?”
Her Spirit Fox immediately popped out from her sleeve. Li Xuan sharply noticed that the little fox had an extra tail.
It sniffed the ground and nodded slightly at Jiang Hanyun.
“Good!” Jiang Hanyun threw a red elixir straight into the Spirit Fox’s mouth. “Be good! Go help me see if there are any people nearby who smell similar to this place. Qianhui, you take a few people with Lei.”
She was not sure if this would work. After all, a moment had passed from their arrival until Li Xuan spoke.
Dushan Temple was actually surrounded by residences outside the city. All kinds of smells mixed together, making it difficult for her Spirit Fox to accurately distinguish them.
Cultivators could hide their aura, so their scent was much fainter than ordinary people. They were also much faster than galloping horses. Operating at such speed while tracking a scent made the task as difficult as ascending to heaven.
The Four-Tailed Spirit Fox turned into a streak of white light and left at Jiang Hanyun’s command; Si Qianhui quickly followed with a few others.
At this time, Li Xuan once again saluted Jiang Hanyun: “Xiaowei, I would like to perform an autopsy on these bodies to see if we can find more clues.”
“Go ahead!”
Jiang Hanyun waved her hand without any hesitation. When it came to the shocking case of the Jiangjun Mountain blood sacrifice, the relatives of the deceased could no longer decide.
“Xu Gushan, you should go too; be as quick as possible, I’ll wait for your results.”
Ma Chenggong couldn’t help but his lips twitched at this scene. He noticed his superior was showing growing trust in Li Xuan.
However, this was within reason. Since Jiang Hanyun took office, many old-timers in Mingyou City had performed mediocre at best. On the other hand, Li Xuan, who others saw as idling away his days, had repeatedly accomplished impressive feats. He was clearly gaining Jiang Hanyun’s favor.
Without wasting any more words, Li Xuan instantly directed Peng Fulai and the others to lift one of the bodies onto a nearby altar. Then, using the tools from his Wuzuo box, he cut open the corpse’s stomach.
Ma Chenggong wasn’t idle either: “Chief, I will go out and have a look around once more. I want to check if there are any places in the Taoist temple that we have overlooked.”
His previous examination of the Taoist temple had been a mere cursory glance, lacking in detail.
As Jiang Hanyun watched Li Xuan, who was engrossed in dissecting the corpse, she gave a slight nod: “Go ahead, be thorough. I expect the people from Huoya City will arrive soon. Don’t let them laugh at our incompetence.”
Considering the time urgency, Li Xuan did not strictly follow the procedure of autopsy. After he cut open the deceased’s chest and removed the sternum, he directly felt the dead person’s heart. Then his eyes raised slightly: “The heart muscles contracted, the left ventricle is full of blood, the death occurred within half an hour.”
He could feel ripples or a worm-like contraction in the deceased’s atrium, a part of the ‘super-life reaction’ which signifies the contraction of the heart muscles. Moreover, the deceased’s myocardium had not entered rigor mortis, which usually happens roughly an hour after death, it gradually expels the blood from the heart chamber, especially the left ventricle.
Next, Li Xuan cut open the deceased’s esophagus and stomach.
Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue unconsciously covered their mouths and noses, while Li Xuan observed with a focused gaze.
“This smell is indeed Lanshi Powder. I suggest we use charms to purify these bodies as soon as possible. They will likely turn into zombies,” said Xu Gushan, who was standing next to another altar with a complex look in his eyes. “The food in the stomach of the deceased is still intact, with no signs of digestion. This indicates the deceased died shortly after dinner, probably within 45 minutes.”
Jiang Hanyun noticed that Li Xuan had his brows deeply furrowed, staring fixedly at the deceased’s stomach. She couldn’t help but feel a glimmer of anticipation: “Li Xuan, have you discovered something?”
