Chapter 2711: The Sick Donkey Grinds

"Nonsense! If there wasn't something suspicious about this matter, would the Jing country guys be speaking to me so properly?" Yin Guan said with a cold, humorous tone. "According to their usual style, it would be arrest first, then interrogate. My boots wouldn't even touch Yu Jing Shan, there would be no chance to speak."

"Lord Yan King!" Jiang Wang shouted, interrupting his strange, sarcastic tone, and then put on an amiable smile. He cajoled, "We all know there's something suspicious here, do you mind telling us a bit about the process?"

Ji Jing Lu was very cooperative and didn't retort against Yin Guan.

Yin Guan glanced at Jiang Wang and finally said, "This humble one was sincerely invited by the Huang He Assembly event group with a high salary to participate in the off-field observation work for this session of the Huang He Assembly."

"During the four-strong match in the Wu Xian Field, specifically the match between Zuo Guang Shu and Sa Shi Han, I was observing live inside the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. I discovered that the audience members on the scene, Su Xiu Xing and Su Xiao Die from Wei country, suddenly disappeared while intensely discussing the match. From this, I judged that something might have happened to them in reality—though it's also possible the match itself had an adverse effect on them."

"Oh, I know their history. Su Xiu Xing worked with me before. And Su Xiao Die is his cousin."

After a few casual sentences of small talk with Su Xiao Die, he had already gleaned everything about the Su family situation, from top to bottom. It was also considered supplementing the background file of a former member. At that time, he truly didn't think that as soon as he "touched the bottom," the person would simply be gone.

"Based on the attitude of being responsible for the match audience, as well as the mood of 'it's not troublesome to take a look,' I just followed the previous contact and found my way here, and then..."

"Then this corpse fell from the sky."

"Pei Hong Jiu of the Jing country's Mirror World Platform also happened to find his way here and then hurriedly left."

"After this corpse fell in front of me, I didn't move a single step. The traces on the scene can completely prove this point."

"I never touched this corpse, and he also had no contact with me. As for where he was thrown from, I tried to trace it but didn't find any clues... I suggest Jing country can send more professional people to take a look."

Yin Guan finished speaking in one breath, then waved his hand. "This is the whole process of the matter."

Jiang Wang didn't expect that the matter here would involve Su Xiu Xing—that young assassin who once came to assassinate him with a broken dagger.

At first, it was because of Su Xiu Xing that he was able to reunite with Yin Guan outside Lin Zi city.

Speaking of which, they were quite fated. He looked left and right. "You found Su Xiu Xing... found your way here?"

Yin Guan's face was expressionless. "He is right here."

Jiang Wang looked left and right again. "...Who did it?"

"Whoever killed Chen Suan killed him. Otherwise, is it me?" Yin Guan retorted.

Su Xiu Xing was also dead! And he died together with Chen Suan.

Connecting this to his identity as a member of the Hell No Door organization... there was vaguely a clear line involving Yin Guan.

But what did it mean?

No matter how you looked at it, Yin Guan had no reason to kill Chen Suan. This frame-up was truly far-fetched.

The current restraint in Jing country also made this frame-up very difficult to work.

Killing Chen Suan was not something low cost and low risk. In other words, this matter must have a big enough benefit to work!

Targeting Yin Guan and myself, perhaps intending the Guan He Platform?

In times when the mountain rain was about to come, Jiang Wang couldn't avoid many suspicions.

"Chen Suan Dao Brother wrote me a letter crane not long ago, asking me a question..." Jiang Wang said, handing the crane letter to Ji Jing Lu. "I don't know if it can provide some ideas for your country's investigation."

Ji Jing Lu took it and looked at it, raising his eyebrows. "Ren Yao..."

"This news is very important," he said. "I will immediately have people investigate the whereabouts of the Wang Wo Ren Yao."

"How did you answer at that time?" he asked.

"I said 'the path is within,'" Jiang Wang said honestly. "I think the Nine Adults' design was to hide the path of transcendence that Yan Chun Hui imagined for himself."

"Understood." Ji Jing Lu nodded.

"Besides, I also have a piece of news to share with Jiang Jun." He glanced at Yin Guan and said to Jiang Wang, "Just two quarters ago, in two of the three counties within Wei country, except for the first county where Li Heng is located, the other two counties were massacred. To be precise—all beings with supernatural power in those two counties were precisely killed by extremely condensed heaven light."

"The source of the power was a Yang Xin Stone, extracted from a concept related to 'sun'. The time should already be a thousand years ago."

The killing pattern before Su Xiu Xing's death wasn't obvious. In front of the efficient intelligence force of Jing country, it was exposed at a glance—and only a master with profound insights into Wei country's supernatural powers, clearly aware that all of that country's supreme cultivators had their footing in Jing country, could find this pattern so quickly.

In fact, from this perspective, Jing country really didn't need to do anything else to Wei country.

They had already grasped this country in their hands, like observing the lines on their palm. They couldn't possibly turn over the sky. Even if a talent as amazing as Lu Ye emerged, there were many ways to cope, even to recruit him for their own use. And it wasn't necessarily going to force this child into becoming an enemy.

Ji Jing Lu said again, "This matter is temporarily still under wraps, although it definitely won't be suppressed for long... I hope the person who heard it can keep it a secret."

Of course, he wouldn't emphasize it to the famous and trustworthy Jiang Zhen Jun.

Yin Guan hummed through his nose, giving Jiang boss some face.

Very obviously, the situation Jing country encountered was the same as what Yin Guan encountered.

The Huang He Assembly was in full swing, and the Wei country's heavenly pride was singing high and advancing.

Jing country had already lost the Inner Mansion field, was in a fierce fight in the Wu Xian field, and had a very high possibility of meeting Lu Ye in the Outer Building field...

Wei country was in this situation and suffered such a severe blow, while Jing country was the person standing beside the corpse!

No matter whether the matter was done by Jing country or not, Jing country would always be covered in yellow mud. If they cared about their "image" and the idle talk of the world, then they had to explain clearly why this matter had nothing to do with them.

Exactly based on this logic, Ji Jing Lu would only hope that Yin Guan would provide a detailed account. In a non-war state, the supreme cultivators of two Wei country counties were wiped out at once. This kind of evil act was unprecedented in a hundred years, making people's hair stand on end!

What impact would this matter have on the Huang He Assembly?

Jiang Wang's eyebrows were tightly furrowed. "That Wei Huai Wei, who opened a new chapter in martial arts, the old man?"

Ji Jing Lu's expression became serious at this moment. "Disappeared. No sign of him alive, no sign of his corpse, no trace. One moment he was watching the match through the sky mirror, the next moment no one saw him."

It wasn't that he wasn't serious. Wei Huai's disappearance pointed too clearly, who in the world could not suspect Jing country?

The central empire paved the middle domain with the sky mirror technique, allowing all people of the Dao vassal countries to appreciate the Huang He match—but they certainly didn't expect that even with Xie Yuan Chu and Xu Zhi Yi, two heavenly prides, they couldn't grasp the four strong seats of the Inner Mansion realm.

"His proud disciple is matching on the Guan He Platform, taking the honor of the four strong in the Outer Building field, and he neither went to the Guan He Platform to watch on-site nor entered the Tai Xu Illusion Realm..." Jiang Wang divided his thoughts and searched slightly inside the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, then said, "This person has never even entered the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, he is not a walker."

Ten years ago, there was still fierce debate about the meaning of a Tai Xu Walker.

Today, a cultivator who actually doesn't contact the Tai Xu Illusion Realm is already a rather strange thing.

Ji Jing Lu's words held a warning. "This point is something we didn't pay attention to... There's a big story behind this Wei Huai person."

"That cousin of Su Xiu Xing's, Su Xiao Die... Is she also already a supernatural power? Where is the person?" Jiang Wang asked again.

"She should be on the verge of the Wandering Pulse realm," Ji Jing Lu replied. "We checked through the Wei country's official channels that Su Xiu Xing purchased a third-grade Open Pulse Pill for her. If there were no accidents, she has already died in Jiao Heng county."

"That is to say, Su Xiao Die was one of the supernatural cultivators who were precisely killed in those two counties. It's possible the opponent wasn't targeting her to do something," Jiang Wang said as if he had thought. "But Su Xiu Xing died here. This is a distance of one thousand three hundred li from Wei country."

He asked, "Was he already here when something happened in Jiao Heng county? Or did he only escape here after the matter happened?"

Ji Jing Lu looked towards Yin Guan. Yin Guan said softly, "At least when Su Xiu Xing died here, he knew something had happened on the Jiao Heng county side. His curse brought hate. Although I couldn't receive the specific content, the hate intent was strong. It's likely it was related to this matter."

"It's also possible that some people targeted her to do something, while also laying hands on the two counties in Wei country," Ji Jing Lu's tone was cautious. "Otherwise, it's hard to explain the appearance of Qin Guang King here."

Jiang Wang understood he should state his attitude.

He said seriously, "Qin Guang King was indeed entrusted by the match group to participate in the observation work of the Huang He match, with the task of eliminating risks and filling gaps. All pavilions can testify to this point."

"I think he has no reason to kill Chen Suan, and if he truly committed this evil act, with his ability, he would do it more cleanly, not to the point of letting Pei Hong Jiu discover it."

"But Chen Suan's corpse was discovered right in front of him. This is an indisputable fact. I think he has a need to cooperate with Jing country's investigation."

Jiang Zhen Jun was truly heartbroken worrying about world peace. "During this period, he will be guarding inside Xuan Ming Palace in order to maintain communication with your side at any time. Within a reasonable range of demands, I believe Qin Guang King understands righteousness and will not shirk."

Nominally cooperating, but in reality, under house arrest.

Yin Guan was clearly doing nothing this time, but he was still going to be confined for a while. He was truly annoyed. Before, he was the one killing with real knives and real guns: "Damn—"

"No need to return the money."

"What money?"

Jiang Wang turned his head back to look at Ji Jing Lu. "This time, how is your country going to handle this... Can Dai Shan King give me a real bottom line?"

The wind was already blowing hard in the building; a storm was unavoidable.

Chen Suan's death, the slaughter of Wei county's supernatural powers, were all major events that shocked the present world.

But no matter what, the ongoing Huang He Assembly definitely cannot be affected, cannot be interrupted. Otherwise, all the effort put into this would be wasted.

"From my personal perspective, I hope the existing order is not broken. But going further up, I can only say that the heart of heaven is difficult to measure—" Ji Jing Lu said thoughtfully.

"Weren't you chatting idly on the Guan He Platform? Why not ask face to face?" Jiang Wang couldn't very well say he had already been driven out of the chat.

Ji Jing Lu raised his hand again. "This valley will be sealed. Do the two of you have any other instructions?"

Yin Guan lifted his foot and walked away.

The crowd of life monks bowed to Ji Jing Lu and then left with heavy hearts.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, didn't it just let your dad die with his eyes closed? Didn't it just let your ancestors' souls not rest in peace? What's the big deal! Don't put pressure on yourself, relax when you should relax, Lu Ye."

"When your mother gave birth to you, she saw hope. She died with a smile. Do you know? But this is an adult's matter, it has nothing to do with you. If you're tired, just rest. If you want to play, just go to the brothel. Grandpa's pocket still has a few taels set aside to buy a coffin. It's useless to keep it, take it and spend it!"

"Tears are easier than sweat. Crying saves more effort than persisting."

"Everyone will die under the wheel—so kneel down. Just kneel down, and you won't need to have your head cut off."

"Lu Ye... Lu Ye. I know you're very smart. I know you see everything clearly. Do you hate Grandpa? Piled everything on you since you were little. Didn't let you relax for a single day. Didn't let you be a child."

"Because Grandpa is a useless person. Can only rely on you. Can only rely on you..."

"Do you... hate me?"

I never hated you, Grandpa.

You were just too hateful, too tired. You had no way.

I believe you loved me. It's just that hate pressured you so much that you didn't know how to love.

I never hated you.

Lu Ye opened his eyes in the preparation room.

He was still standing in a stance, his arms circling and hugging as if pushing a mill.

He was already one of the four strong in the Outer Building field, just waiting for the day of the Outer Building championship match.

The other players were all resting quietly in their respective pavilions, receiving guidance from famous teachers, and adjusting with various medicinal baths... Even Gong Tian Ya, who was from the same small country, was called away by a fat white fox-cat to have a private meal at Mu Gu Academy. Further on, the boss of the White Jade Capital restaurant also specially brought him out for a meal.

Only Lu Ye, only Lu Ye himself.

When he first won the qualification for the official match, the whole country celebrated. Those big-bellied, rich kings, dukes, and nobles of Wei country still lined up to come and offer supplements, official positions, and titles.

When he fought his way into the four strong, none of those people dared to show their faces again.

Falling into Wei country early, one could have talent. One should not have genius.

Grandpa said the Wei country imperial family was just a bunch of pigs.

But he understood—only pigs can live as emperors.

Sometimes people become what they become, not according to your initial imagination of how they will grow. Reality has its firm mold, and the vast majority of people in the world only grow within the norm.

Sometimes people have no choice.

So don't easily judge a person's right and wrong. The "wrong" in your eyes is perhaps the only way for him to live.

Grandpa didn't come to the Guan He Platform. Grandpa said he couldn't teach him anything anymore and didn't want to come here to lose face and be a burden.

It didn't matter.

He just wanted to win the championship title, raise the Wei country flag, and go back to tell Grandpa "it doesn't matter."

Defeating Luo Yuan was not a simple thing. The East King Valley medical team healed his injuries, but there were still some hidden pains in his body.

It didn't matter, he understood medical arts and knew how to adjust himself.

Dong dong dong.

The sound of knocking on the door rang out at this moment.

Lu Ye raised his eyes and saw Gong Tian Ya.

"Brother Gong is always so... polite," Lu Ye said with a grin.

He had an ancient copper skin tone, very white teeth, and when he smiled, there was a carefree and cheerful feeling.

Gong Tian Ya's expression was a bit unnatural, but he still managed a smile. "Brother Lu is always so diligent."

He didn't really know what to say, so he awkwardly added, "Brother Lu's stance skill is really good!"

Lu Ye was still standing in his stance and said openly, "Standing is the old dragon stance, pushing is the sick donkey mill. I've pondered crude skills since I was little, so I can't say whether they are good or bad. It's just a habit from childhood, if I don't stand for a while every day, I feel uncomfortable—if Brother Gong is interested, I can teach you!"

"This doesn't look crude, the great Dao is simple, returning to plain truth!" Gong Tian Ya sincerely praised, thought for a moment, and took out a bottle of pills from his bosom. "Senior Sister Ji Li gave me a bottle of Divine Flower Pills, which can nourish the spirit and solidify the Qi. I see Brother Lu practicing too diligently, perhaps he needs a little supplement... I don't have anything too good to give you, please don't dislike it."

He said, put down the pills, and left like escaping. "Senior Sister is calling me, we can chat later."

Lu Ye was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly.

He wasn't being coy, and he was very trusting of Gong Tian Ya. He opened the pill bottle, swallowed one pill, and then continued standing in his stance.

Blocks of muscle under his skin moved like swimming dragons, and sweat beads dotted his dragon spine.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open again, and a young general in a red robe with a snow gun walked in. He had red lips, white teeth, and bright eyes.

"Come on—" Ji San Si tilted his head towards the outside. "My uncle just came to see me and said he wanted to point out some things about my gun skills. I think one person can't see much, how about the two of us spar casually?"

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