Chapter 438: Chapter 191: Ning Yuchan’s Breakthrough_2
Lord Xu wondered if he wanted to know the details of the case and the progress of the investigation. Guan Yiqing sent another ssage.
“I do.”
“Lord Xu, a package deal, old friend’s friendly price, three thousand taels, or three hundred points of Taoist rit.”
Xu Jin was dumbfounded.
This was bringing the intelligence trading business to Wanyi.
“No need.”
Xu Jin rejected the offer without hesitation.
This assassination must be investigated.
However, the main force of the investigation would surely not be Xu Jin, but the power of the National Taoist Institute, since the victim was its disciple.
What’s the rush for Xu Jin?
Xu Jin was acutely aware of his current value within the National Taoist Institute; the progress and the ultimate result of this case would definitely be communicated to him by the Institute.
If Xu Jin wanted to know the details, he simply had to ask, and he would surely be inford.
It would just be a few days later.
Why squander money unnecessarily?
Right now, it would be best for Xu Jin to focus on cultivation and rapidly improve his various strengths.
“Hahahaha, Lord Xu, I’m just joking with you! We both co from Jinshan County and are therefore fellow countryn; we should support each other. No, I ask for Lord Xu’s care in the future. So intelligence will naturally be provided for free, including the latest intelligence updates, which I will also send privately to Lord Xu.”
Looking at this ssage, Xu Jin couldn’t help but curl his lip; Guan Yiqing was as full and slick as his appearance suggested.
Soon after, Guan Yiqing sent a long string of intelligence to Xu Jin.
Xu Jin read through it carefully and then furrowed his brows.
Firstly, there was a rough conclusion to the third wave of assassinations. An expert from Star Hall, based on the remnant pieces of the head, constructed the facial features and combined with the residual auras of Star Power and Divine Soul, had almost certainly identified the assassin.
It was a Fifth Tier, Sixth Layer expert from Cangming Star Hall, Chang Yikun.
Upon investigation, this Chang Yikun had been missing for over half a day, and the explanation given by Cangming Star Hall was that he was out on an errand.
The body was too shattered; identification was through layers of evidence, not proof.
However, Guan Yiqing analyzed that even if there were evidence proving the assassin was Chang Yikun of Cangming Star Hall, it wouldn’t be of much use.
Similar incidents had occurred before, where Cangming Star Hall rely issued a dismissal docunt and that was the end of it.
They’d dismissed him a month prior; what could you do to him?
Everyone knew the score, but nobody could do anything about it.
This was already more of an explanation than Dachen Country was willing to give compared to fifteen years ago, thanks to the managent of the State Preceptor, with Dachen’s power steadily rising.
At that ti, the docunts from Dachen couldn’t even get through the front gates of Tianyang Star Hall or Cangming Star Hall.
Next was the second wave of assassinations.
The second wave had been confird by the tracking experts from the Spring Rain Departnt, and they had found traces of another Fourth Tier expert at the scene. It was very likely that the several bodies ntioned by both Xu Jin and Ying Ge from the second wave of assassinations were taken away by this expert lurking in the shadows.
And because this person did not act but rely passed by, the aura was extrely faint, and the trail vanished after just a few steps.
The only clue was that this Fourth Tier expert was last spotted near the city gates.
It was likely that they had entered the city.
But the most bizarre was the first wave of assassinations.
The first wave was the loudest and had the clearest target—the Baidou Divine Sect!
Normally, in other states and counties, the Baidou Divine Sect would be shunned like a rat crossing the street. Due to their numbers, even a tiny clue could lead to a large catch.
However, in Wanyi, the situation had reversed.
When the Spring Rain Departnt and the Pill Dawn Guard followed the traces of the assassins’ identities, they all ca to a dead end.
They didn’t just disappear, they were silenced.
Their actions were faster and more professional than the Spring Rain Departnt itself.
At the mont, all direct leads relating to the first wave of assailants had disappeared.
There were still a few indirect leads under investigation, but no results had erged.
Reading this report left Xu Jin deeply frustrated.
The assassinations by Cangming Star Hall went without saying.
But the first two waves in the Imperial City of Wanyi, right under the Emperor’s nose, not only had the Baidou Divine Sect dared to assassinate on such a large scale, but all the tracking leads after the assassination had been completely severed.
This gave Xu Jin an indescribable sense of absurdity.
Was the Baidou Divine Sect so formidable?
After thanking Guan Yiqing, Xu Jin began pondering another issue.
The assassination by Cangming Star Hall was clearly either out of revenge or for the four Gold Stars.
So what was the reason for the Baidou Divine Sect’s assassination?
Could it be that the branch of the Baidou Divine Sect in Wanyi was seeking vengeance for the branch in Jinshan County?
And even if seeking revenge, shouldn’t they go after the Mountain Master Dong Zhao instead?
Why target him, Xu Jin?
Xu Jin racked his brain for half an hour but couldn’t figure out the reason for the assassination.
Or could it be to kill Ying Ge?
This kind of assassination without a known reason was actually the most terrifying!
He went over it all again and again without coming to a conclusion, ending up with a headache.
Xu Jin simply stopped reviewing the situation.
Cultivation!
He must focus on cultivation.
Whatever conspiracy or trickery, an Iron Fist is terrifying!
Just like today’s Zheng Xie, Commander of the Spring Rain Departnt, no matter how fiercely you leap about, you’d still be smashed to pieces by Chief Peng’s slap!
While Xu Jin cultivated, the real-world assassinations continued.
Throughout the various regions, bloodshed escalated, and the situation had intensified to mass brawls.
Even more frightening, news arrived in the evening of several incidents where the Blood God Sect and the Baidou Divine Sect took advantage of the chaos.
In Dahong, Dachu, and Dachen, everywhere, the Blood God Sect took the opportunity to slay disciples from the State and County Taoist Institutes and Star Halls, fishing in troubled waters.
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