The Anarchic Consort
chapter-770

Chapter 770: Wei Wei’s Counterattack (Part 2: Speculation)

Everybody turned to look at Ni Feng.

At this point, it was clear to everyone that the person who was truly in the wrong was Lady Ni, not ‘Brother Wei.’

Ni Feng grasped her fingers tightly, her long sleeves hiding her nails that were sinking into her palms.

Ni Hu could not act arrogantly anymore and curl in on himself. He just could not believe that someone actually won against his elder sister.

Helian Wei Wei kept her composure all this while, saying, “Now, let us discuss, what kind of creature could have moved the Guo Zi and the other one’s corpses here. Ever since we arrived, everyone solely focussed on the fact that the corpses have reached earlier than us. This has distracted us from a crucial point, which are the bodies themselves.”

“When a person dies, their body will leave many clues behind. For example, the way the bodies are hanging in the air looks suspicious. The limbs look as if they have decomposed and are hanging down unnaturally, as though they’ve been controlled like a puppet with strings. This isn’t just your imagination, their bodies have indeed been manipulated! However, the creature did not control the bodies with strings. There’s a type of strand stronger than the strings that humans use. Not only that, they are sticky, enabling them to catch their prey quickly and binding them tightly! Under normal circumstances, these strands are hard to detect. Only when they are shone with light, the strands will shine with a silver glimmer.”

Helian Wei Wei held her torch high, and tried to illuminate the body nearest to them. The onlookers looked closely and saw thin silver strands gleaming near the body’s knees. They would not have noticed them unless they were looking specifically for it. What is that exactly?

Helian Wei Wei looked at Ni Feng and said, “Their bodies disappeared at the Eastern Gate, but even if a spy took advantage of our blind spots, they shouldn’t be able to vanish that quickly. None of us even had the time to react. We had only turned our backs to them and back, and the bodies went missing already. That speed was simply extraordinary. All living things, human or not, will leave trails, but there were none at the Eastern Gate. I am actually very concerned about this. What kind of creature can take away two bodies without even showing itself? I couldn’t understand that, which was why I didn’t choose to go through the Eastern Gate. Actually, according to Feng Shui, that gate was the nearest to the main coffin. Heh, Lady Ni, didn’t you have a lot of ideas when you were choosing which gate to go through? Would you kindly share with us, why is the Eastern Gate closest to the main coffin?”

Ni Feng was completely stunned, there was nothing she could say.

They both knew that Ni Feng’s previous choices were made based on the information that she eavesdropped from Wei Wei.

Why is the Eastern Gate closest to the main coffin?

How would I know that!

Ni Feng tightened her grip even further.

The others stared at her suspiciously before, but now their eyes were clouded with shock.

Is Eldest Young Lady of the Ni Family a copycat all along?

“Sister?” Sweat was dripping down Ni Hu’s face in panic. Then, he looked over and sneered at Helian Wei Wei, “Brother Wei, you could’ve just explained everything to us directly. Stop throwing all these questions at my sister!”

Helian Wei Wei’s thin lips turned into a smile, as she replied, “It’s simple, as corpse bugs mostly appear at the Western Gate, where people are buried. This royal tomb was originally built along the dragon pulse stretching from west to east. Usually, experienced builders would take this into consideration and place the main coffin in the deepest corner, which puts it furthest away from the sacrifices, to show the master’s supreme status in the royal tomb. I believe Old Li knows more about this than I do,” said Helian Wei Wei as she looked at Old Li.

Old Li nodded in approval, saying, “Young Brother Wei is right, builders would use similar methods for the tombs of royalties or high officials. This is to prevent disturbance from humans in the future. The sacrificial tombs in front would help to protect the true tomb at the back. Most tomb robbers would get distracted by the coffins and traps in front. So, many would not survive to see the main coffin. This tomb entrance is left from the previous people who were searching for the dragon cave. When one reaches the middle of the royal tomb, the four doors will be found.”

Helian Wei Wei smiled and continued, “So, the main coffin has to be in the opposite direction of the Western Gate, which is the Eastern Gate! This gate is also the closest to the main coffin.”

Hearing this, the exorcists were all dumbfounded.

They had never considered the direction of the cemetery before. Even though they were provided with the information at the beginning of the contest, they did not pay attention to minor details like these.

However, this Wei person was so meticulous. With just a few clues, he had managed to deduce the exact location of the main coffin!

His level of intelligence and strategic skills were extremely impressive!

Helian Wei Wei’s eyes did not move away and were fixed on Ni Feng. With an ambiguous smile, she continued, “I guess Lady Ni must be very curious now. I did not say the word ‘spy’, yet it seems I was going to previously. It’s simple actually, I merely wanted to see if someone would try to steal my ideas again. As expected, Lady Ni spoke up immediately, even faster than I have expected. It seems that Lady Ni really likes glory.”

At the end of Helian Wei Wei’s speech, Ni Feng’s entire body shuddered violently.

From the very beginning, it was all a trap. This person deliberately did not finish his sentence, just to lure her into his trap!

When Zhuge Yun scolded her, she thought that he had fallen into her trap.

At that time, Wei had only said the first half of his sentence, but she was absolutely sure that he wanted to say the word ‘spy’.

Ni Feng only did that as she was very confident about it.

Even if Zhuge Yun confronted her, she would not fear him.

The logic was simple, deduction had always been a matter of who said it first.

Zhuge Yun’s ruckus should have only damage his team’s reputation.

She had never thought that this person had taken that into account from the very beginning.

If only she had never opened her big mouth.

The moment she spoke, she had fallen into this person’s trap.

If she had held back when Zhuge Yun was speaking, she might save her dignity. At the very least, the previous incident would not have been mentioned.

At the exact moment she thought her opponent had fallen into her trap…

Alas, that was only what she thought.

This person did not stop her on purpose, so that she would have a false sense of victory!