novelraw Chapter 1037 - 567: Evidence
Chapter 1037 - 567: Evidence
He maintained this posture the entire time. After a while, when the last bit of flame was sucked into his stomach, he tightly closed his mouth, involuntarily letting out a satisfied burp. This was the Fire Lion’s innate Fire-eating Power, enabling it to absorb fire into its belly. However, this ability was limited to low-ranking flames. If he dared to absorb the Mysterious Netherworld True Fire of Changtian or Ning Xiaoxian, his stomach would likely be corroded to the point of breaking.
Nonetheless, this skill was still quite impressive, especially when the flames extinguished, someone exclaimed, "What about the Li Family? Such a big fire..." Such a huge fire and yet the family members hadn’t appeared, they were likely suffered a mishap.
The Li Family had a good reputation and network in this area, so many people voluntarily braved the thick smoke to rush inside, hoping to find their traces. But once they entered the Li Mansion, they were all stunned with wide-eyed amazement.
The Li Family’s gate had been burnt down by the fire, along with the entire wall collapsing, revealing the courtyard at the back. This gate was quite intriguing as its eave columns didn’t touch the ground, hanging under the eaves and named as dangling columns, beneath which hung a dangling bead, often painted in the form of petals, hence the name. This gate was very symbolic, marking the boundary between the front yard used for receiving guests and the inner courtyard which was the living quarters of the family, where outsiders generally couldn’t freely enter, not even the family’s male servants. The popular saying "Never go out of the main door, never step over the second door" refers to this gate.
Mr. Li’s family composition was simple, and even those neighbors nearby who had close relationships with him never went into their inner courtyard to visit the womenfolk, certainly never entered the inner yard of Li Mansion before. Now seeing the gate collapsed, everyone streamed in to search for the Li family members’ whereabouts, and the result was—
The Li family’s back residence turned out to be no more than a few small side rooms, the rest were separated as giant warehouses! Some curious people counted at least ten warehouses here, all of their doors wide open, showing that the fire initially spread from there, burning the contents nearly to ash.
No one expected that the Li family’s back residence would be a hidden gigantic warehouse!
Among the crowd, there were quite a few cultivators, their eyes as sharp as torches, sweeping over the warehouses and noticing those items that hadn’t been burnt, their gaze was drawn like magnets, unable to look away.
Sea floor gold, outer space meteorite iron, Red Essence, along with various types of demon inner cores, magic artifacts, half-burnt thousand-year-old blood ginseng, Jade Ginseng... Picking any two items out could equal the entire fortune of Mr. Li! Can this really be the secret warehouse of a middle-class rich merchant’s household, capable of hiding such treasures?
Once entering the backyard, the crowd was stupefied by this scene, after a while, someone rushed into those few side rooms shouting, "Li Family’s son!"
The roofs of these side rooms had collapsed, one could imagine the fate of those inside. Ning Xiaoxian transmitted to Jiu Mo, "Go in!"
Jiu Mo nodded, quickly following them into the side rooms, where she indeed found six charred bodies, two large and four small, then she effortlessly cast a barrier to block prying eyes.
The fire was fierce, but it didn’t burn long, so these deceased still maintained the postures they had before, their bodies hadn’t been shrunken by prolonged high heat. As those entering saw, five bodies were slumped by the bedsides, only the tallest one was lying prone on the floor.
Someone grieved and called out "Mr. Li," reaching out to lift the body on the floor. Jiu Mo’s eyes flashed, suddenly rushing forward, throwing herself onto Mr. Li’s blackened corpse shouting, "Uncle Li!" If Ning Xiaoxian were here, she would have sobbed saying something like "You died so horribly," while shedding wide noodle tears. Unfortunately, Jiu Mo couldn’t perform such theatrics, merely standing there awkwardly.
Given her cultivation, that rush instantly pushed the person back, staggering two meters away.
The person glared angrily, but Jiu Mo acted oblivious. Her angle of approach was deliberate, blocking the view of those behind, then she reached out to Mr. Li’s body to discover him clutching tightly a token. With no time to examine it, she quickly hid it in her Storage Ring, then shook Mr. Li’s body repeatedly, seeming heartbroken, but actually checking whether there were other items in his clothing.