Chapter 65: When Duty Calls, He Truly Steps Up

"I have a discovery!"

Shen Zhiyu looked at Dong Bao. "I remember the case files stating that Wang Hua chose to commit suicide after using a kitchen knife to hack and kill his wife and her paramour!"

"The problem is, Wang Hua was an ordinary procurement officer, reputed to be rather frail in appearance. So, how did he manage to deliver fatal blows with a single strike?"

"It says there that having acted in a fit of rage, it was impossible for him to achieve a one-hit kill."

"But look at this, the blood at the scene—"

"You two, are you here to..." The shop owner, who had just intended to step forward and recommend some garments, paused for a moment upon seeing their attire and realizing that, regardless of the style, it looked rather shabby.

Jing Huanxue was clever and perceptive. She caught a trace of strangeness in Shangguan Yunlong's expression and wondered just how the Suzhou Sword Sect could have offended him.

"Traitor, I let you make a move, but today, I will make you die beneath my feet." Looking at Zhang Zhi lying on the ground, the Black Dragon said coldly.

Within his immobile field of vision, six sword-intent fire figures suddenly rose into the air, each wielding a long sword as they flew toward his paralyzed form.

"Preposterous sophistry! Then you must make it clear to me now, what is the reason?" The young man, equally curious about this, opened his mouth to press the question.

Seeing that they were surrounded and backed into a decisive battle arena, Jing Ruxuan and the other five all assumed their stances, preparing to meet the enemy.

Holding the megaphone, Misono Masao's hands trembled incessantly. A step forward meant life, a step backward meant death; anyone who reached this juncture would have trembling hands.

While attacking the severely wounded Supreme Overturning Heaven with all his might, the Supreme Eternal Evergreen turned his head to look at the bronze tomb doors slowly closing. After experiencing surprise, hesitation, and struggle, his expression was ultimately replaced completely by helplessness and determination, and he then focused wholeheartedly on assaulting the Supreme Overturning Heaven.

Hearing Chen Liuhe's utterly shameless words, Du Yuefei's face did not show much anger. She still wore a charming smile, her exquisite facial features combining to display absolute elegance.

He had assumed that whoever sat beside him, no matter how mysterious, could only be Leng Yue. To exaggerate slightly, at most it would be Yin Ruoxue.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanhang already held the highest authority over Valeria, and a flood of information was being input into his mind, telling him how to operate various aspects belonging to Valeria.

When the vampire marquis received the news that the Dark Mage clan had dispatched a large number of elites to carry out a mission, he immediately hurried back to report the news to Zhang Xiaofeng.

He did not know why he was doing this; perhaps it was due to the slight goodwill brought about by the fact that the other party had not launched an immediate attack upon seeing him?

As for the people of the Xiao residence, they wrote a letter overnight and sent it to Peach Blossom Town for Xiao Xiao, asking him to focus his investigation in this direction.

Yun Ruoxi nodded gently, seeming to accept his explanation. Yet her pitiable appearance suddenly caused Qin Ling to feel an inexplicable pang of heartache.

Of course, she was not particularly worried. Now that Sinai Huangtaiji and Bahanage were both dead, she was the only one capable of shouldering the heavy burden of the Right Wing Mongols.

Within ten days, Ashina Shabi had led his troops into the Tianshan Mountains. He dispatched agile scouts to climb the mountain peaks to scout the way, only to discover that Fan Lihua was actually stationing her troops in the Winding Stream Gorge, a mere fifty li away from them—just a single day's march.

The officials who witnessed all this were dumbfounded, and the clueless imperial students were left completely bewildered. After they left, they inquired everywhere and finally understood that so many earth-shattering events had actually transpired in such a short span of time.

"Is that so? However, he is the Prefect of Hangzhou, and keeping close ties with those wealthy gentry also has its benefits... Go ahead!" Zhang You waved his hand, and Liu Xiangdong did not linger any longer. Nodding in acknowledgment to Qi Jiguang and Xu Wei, he turned and took his leave.

Even if they were occasionally discovered by individual cultivators with slightly higher realms, hindered by the pair's cultivation levels, no one was willing to follow closely to investigate.