But now, blood is flowing along the ground, not yet completely dried, indicating the deaths were recent.

Su Mo casually flipped over one of the bodies, noticing that it bore no excessive wounds.

Only at the heart was there a fatal sword wound.

Immediately, he exchanged a glance with Yang Xiaoyun, both sensing that something was amiss.

After some contemplation, they flipped over a few more bodies, discovering each one had a fatal wound at the heart.

These people were all killed by a skilled swordsman with a single strike.

However, there were too many bodies for Su Mo and his few companions to uncover them all completely.

So they decided to ignore it for now and to check out the situation on the ship first.

They searched room by room, finding that besides bodies, there were other things on the ship.

The warehouse still had food and water, and the valuables on the ship hadn't been stolen.

Though not much, there were a few boxes of silver.

But they weren't full, arranged layer by layer, looking good but in reality not much.

Roughly estimated, there were more than several hundred to a thousand taels.

"It seems that the person who killed on this ship wasn't after money,"

Yang Xiaoyun concluded while looking at the silver.

Su Mo thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

Looking further down, they found another group of people at the bottom of the ship.

Without exception, these were all women.

They were shackled at their hands and necks.

Imprisoned at the lowest level of the ship.

Their clothes were ragged, some were barely clothed, in tatters.

Yang Xiaoyun's face involuntarily turned grim.

What surprised Su Mo was that the killer hadn't spared even them.

"Not for money, nor for chivalry...

"What's the reason this person killed them?"

The two walked around the ship and returned to the deck, hearing Wei Ziyi say:

"Evil Su, come over here, there's something discovered."

Su Mo's mouth twitched.

As the top martial artist in Donghuang, is it appropriate to always be called Evil Su?

In the Jianghu, he's known for his righteousness, but in Wei Ziyi's mouth, he seems like a Demon Master.

Shaking his head, he couldn't be bothered to argue with her and led Yang Xiaoyun over.

Upon opening the door, the room was arranged like a study.

There sat a corpse behind the desk.

Likewise, there was a sword wound at the heart, dying without any disturbance.

"For this person to sit here indicates an unusual status.

"Yet the killer still cut him down with a single sword strike, showing great martial skill."

Wei Ziyi looked at Su Mo: "Evil Su, you're an expert in swordsmanship, have you ever seen such a sword technique?"

Su Mo shook his head:

"This person's swordsmanship style is absolutely different from Donghuang's.

"There's not a hint of craft in the sword technique.

"Every sword strike is only for killing...

"As for whether I've seen such swordsmanship, indeed I have."

"Oh?"

Wei Ziyi was suddenly taken aback, and so was Yang Xiaoyun:

"When have you seen it?"

"...During the time at Xuanji Valley."

Su Mo said, "When I killed the three commands of the Youquan Sect, wasn't my sword technique also deadly in every strike?"

"So it was you who killed these people!"

Wei Ziyi immediately nodded: "Indeed, as expected of Evil Su, wherever you go, rivers of blood flow."

"...Get lost."

Su Mo couldn't hold it any longer.

"Hahaha."

Wei Ziyi couldn't help but laugh heartily: "Who's making assumptions on your behalf? You spoke of it yourself, so I had to go along with it."

Her eyebrows furrowed as she continued:

"These people couldn't have been killed by you. Although you, Evil Su, commit every evil, you wouldn't kill those unrelated and innocent.

"Furthermore, the killer ignored the items in this study."

She looked around, noting that despite the few things, they were all quite valuable in the study.

This person didn't touch the valuables at all.

Yang Xiaoyun nodded: "In the lower deck, there were women captured by the Hu Cang Flag, also slaughtered by this person. This individual is the one truly leaving rivers of blood in their wake."

"Not for money, not for chivalry, if it were for hatred...

"This person killed the Hu Cang Flag members, avenging them, so why kill further?"

Wei Ziyi was somewhat bewildered.

Su Mo, however, looked at the bloodstains on the ground, speaking solemnly:

"Did you notice...

"There's too much blood from these people."

Yang Xiaoyun immediately nodded.

Wei Ziyi also followed suit and nodded.

They all had killed before, whether using swords or hands, blood was inevitable.

However, this person killed solely by pricking the heart.

Yet the amount of flowing blood was excessive.

Almost half the body's worth of blood had dried.

However, after raising the question, none of them could answer it immediately.

While pondering, suddenly they heard Fu Han Yuan's footsteps approaching from outside:

"Chief, Vice Leader, Alliance Leader Wei..."

He took a step forward, handed over something:

"This was discovered by the subordinate inside a cabin, and it was tightly held by a corpse's hand, likely the diary of a member of the Hu Cang Flag."

Su Mo was slightly surprised:

"Did someone really keep a diary?"

He immediately took it and opened it.

On the first page was an explanation for Su Mo.

[From today on, we sail across the sea, a solitary boat adrift.]

[To avoid dying silently, I leave these writings here to record my life.]

[If after my death this object is found, it will let people know that there once lived a person named Teng qiubing!]

Teng qiubing...

Su Mo pondered, then opened the diary and continued to read.

But as he read more, he couldn't help but frown.

This Teng qiubing truly wasn't of any particular note, if anything, it was the life of a pirate.

The diary recorded either how to do evil or how to torture others cruelly.

If not, it speculated on how he might die and whether it would be particularly painful.

After flipping through, finally, something piqued Su Mo's interest.

Earlier in the diary, it mentioned the Hu Cang Flag taking orders from the Yuhai King Ship, with a secret order issued from the King Ship.

Directing the entire Hu Cang Flag to a certain location.

And at this point, the diary read:

[The Flag Master issued orders for the Hu Cang Flag to form a ship battle formation.]

[From the deck, I stole a glance and saw a large ship surrounded by us.]

[The luxury of this ship was unparalleled in my life.]

[Even the grandeur of the King Ship pales in comparison.]

[I reckon it's that ship rumored to have sailed from Donghuang to Nanhai in recent years.]

[The Flag Master issued the order to attack the ship!]

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