Chapter 1223: Hu Bu Gui

It was August, and the night held the chill of autumn.

Li Youjiu, flying at high speed, narrated, "Early on, I told her not to hang the Green Plate anymore, not to handle cases. We could arrange a good future for her. But Old Wu said she was the last bloodline of the Lin family and should make her own decision... For so many years, she's relied on medicine to face corpses, and surprisingly, she's become a quite outstanding Green Plate constable."

"Indeed... exceptionally outstanding," Jiang Wang said.

"But she's too competitive. Against others, and against herself. In this world, it's not just about clues and answers, much less just about cases. She takes her father as her role model, but what was the outcome of that role model?"

Li Youjiu's question left Jiang Wang speechless.

He suddenly recalled.

At the morgue, Lin Youxie suddenly asked him for a hand.

Perhaps... she was afraid herself?

Jiang Wang, having walked this path and countless battles, certainly wasn't afraid of corpses. But meticulously dissecting and examining a dead body did cause a natural unease in his heart.

And Lin Youxie, she suffered from a phobia of being unable to face dead bodies!

With such an illness, she still worked as a Green Plate, searching for clues on corpses, no less skilled than any coroner!

What was she thinking when she was expressionlessly grinding herbs there?

Li Youjiu continued, "When I say I pity her misfortune, I actually feel sympathy for her misfortune. When I say I'm angry at her lack of effort, I'm actually angry at her being too competitive! Some things are not something she can solve."

He glanced at Qiuyue, "Nor is it something we can solve."

So who can solve it? Only Heaven knows.

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and asked, "Was there something hidden about the death of Lord Lin Kuang back then?"

Li Youjiu was silent for a while before saying, "I shouldn't have told you this."

Unbeknownst to them, they had already flown out of Qi's border.

In the evening wind, for a moment, there was only a slight sigh.

Jiang Wang then asked, "Where is Yang Xuance hiding now?"

Li Youjiu said, "According to the intelligence I just received..."

"Constable Li! Constable Jiang!" A resonant voice, like thunder, rolled through the night sky from afar.

Jiang Wang and Li Youjiu simultaneously turned their heads and saw Yue Leng's very stern face rapidly approaching.

"Lord Yue! How did you follow?" Li Youjiu asked.

"With news of the Yang remnants, how could I not come?" Yue Leng said through clenched teeth, "For King Qin Guang to escape is a lifelong shame for me. I must find some clues and drag them out!"

First Li Youjiu, then Yue Leng. The pursuit team was growing stronger.

Jiang Wang couldn't help but say, "With two lords taking action, how could Yang Xuance escape? I seem like a mere decoration."

Yue Leng thought for a moment and said, "It's a bit of a waste of time for you to come with us to pursue fugitives outside the country. How about you go back first, and Constable Li and I will go?"

"No," Li Youjiu said, "After all, His Majesty assigned this case to Constable Jiang. He's already out of the country. It wouldn't be good to go back empty-handed. Might as well make the trip. With us here, he won't suffer a loss."

Yue Leng nodded, "You're right, I didn't consider it thoroughly."

The two Divine Landing cultivators discussed Jiang Wang's whereabouts in a few words, and then continued flying forward together.

"Where are the Yang remnants hiding now?" Yue Leng repeated the question Jiang Wang had asked earlier.

Li Youjiu joked, "You didn't even check the details of the intelligence, yet you rushed out in a hurry! Are you afraid I'll sell our great Qi's talent?"

Yue Leng said with a stern face, "You old Li, how dare you tease me! I've already said, I must clear out Hell Without Doors. You got the clue but didn't inform me, that's not being fair!"

"Things were urgent, I didn't think that much," Li Youjiu smiled, his tone relaxed, "That little prince of Yang is also blessed, to have the number one Inner Mansion under Heaven to apprehend him, and us two old soldiers!"

With such a team going to apprehend a Yang Xuance, he should be so relaxed.

But for some reason, a huge sense of unease suddenly arose in Jiang Wang's heart!

He didn't know where this unease came from, it was just inexplicable. He suddenly remembered the fortune teller who should have been Yu Beidou on the streets of Linzi, who said he would suffer a bloody disaster!

"Where are we going to apprehend Yang Xuance?" He asked again.

"According to the intelligence, it's not far ahead!" Li Youjiu said.

This was a desolate mountain. They had left Qi's territory and flown for a while, probably about to reach the territory of Zheng.

With the alliance of Zhuhuo, they could fly freely throughout the Eastern Region without hindrance, unrestricted by national borders.

However, the unease in Jiang Wang's heart still hadn't dissipated.

He was just thinking of finding a reason to withdraw first.

Suddenly, in a mountain valley ahead, two streaks of light shot up into the sky, splitting to the north and south.

It seemed that the people originally hidden here had been alerted and fled in a hurry.

Li Youjiu took the lead, chasing north, and at the same time shouted, "You left, I right, don't let them run!"

Yue Leng didn't bother to say more, his figure moved, and he had already disappeared into the southern sky.

The mighty pursuit team was instantly left with only Jiang Wang.

He couldn't catch up no matter which direction he chased. He scanned the mountain valley a few times and didn't see any clues, it should have been just a temporary hiding place.

He simply left a Green Plate exclusive mark on the spot, informing Yue Leng and Li Youjiu that he had returned. Then he turned around directly and flew back in the direction of Qi.

Whether the fortune teller's words were accurate or not, after all, his life was his own, and it was better to be careful.

But just as he turned and flew towards Qi, a terrifying aura emanating with substantial killing intent rose from the ground midway, cutting off his path!

Without a word, Jiang Wang activated the Secret Treasure Swift Wind, directly letting star light enter his body, the power of the totem erupting, clad in the wind of Buzhou, bathed in the Threefold True Fire, manifesting the state of a Sword Immortal!

Then he changed direction, crushing layers of white clouds, and rushed westward!

He had no intention of fighting at all.

Just by sensing this aura, he knew the gap was insurmountable.

The only thing he could do was flee for his life. To delay as much time as possible before this unfamiliar strong person caught up to him.

Besides that, he could do nothing!

"Interesting." A voice sounded as if it were in his ear.

It was a strange female voice, seemingly modified in some way.

Jiang Wang didn't even have time to examine closely. While activating the Hearing Immortal State to gather information, he twisted in mid-air, using the flexibility of the Soaring Cloud Steps immortal technique to immediately change direction.

Two breaths later.

The voice approached again, "I wonder how long you can escape."

The owner of the voice didn't seem to be in a hurry to capture him immediately, but rather, like a cat playing with a mouse, wanted to torment him thoroughly.

Jiang Wang said nothing and immediately turned back west.

Then he felt a soft, boneless hand press against his back.

A terrifying power erupted.

The defense of the Ruyi Immortal Robe was the first to be broken.

Then the Buzhou Wind dissipated, and then the Threefold True Fire was extinguished.

"Pfft!"

Jiang Wang's Sword Immortal state was directly shattered. He spat out a mouthful of blood upwards, and his figure was propelled forward at an extreme speed, even faster than his own limit speed!

A few drops of splashing blood struck his eyes, blurring them into a dark red.

"Should I say Yu Beidou is a jinx? It really is a bloody disaster!"

At the brink of death, such a nonsensical thought flashed through Jiang Wang's mind.

But his body quickly completed the reaction, regaining control of himself, crushing the white clouds, and turning south again!

No matter how great the gap, how much torment, how much it was destined, he would never give up struggling!