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Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Huang Xing is Dead!
 

Suddenly, Chen Yuan’s brow furrowed as he thought of another matter.

At the time the Liu Family was annihilated, he had noticed a detail: the only action the Liu Family had taken before their destruction was to relocate a grave.

Chen Yuan had once reported this suspicion to Huang Xing, but was scolded for it.

Still harboring doubts, Chen Yuan eventually went secretly to the Liu Family’s ancestral tomb to investigate, but found no clues and gradually dismissed the suspicion.

He then shifted his focus primarily to the Huang Family, covertly stirred up trouble and successfully toppled them, obtaining what he wanted, and indeed the Huang Family was colluding with the No-Life Sect.

However, Chen Yuan overlooked an important reason, which was why Huang Xing, who had once appreciated him, would develop a murderous intent towards him?

At this moment, after listening to Zhou Zhong’s narrative, Chen Yuan faintly linked everything together.

He guessed that the reason Huang Xing developed a murderous intent might have been because he noticed the anomaly at the Liu Family’s ancestral grave, which interfered with their plans.

Upon this realization, Chen Yuan suddenly stood up, taking a deep breath.

This startled Zhou Zhong and Zhou Fang, who looked at Chen Yuan uncertainly.

Chen Yuan’s eyes flickered. The direction he had asked Zhu Sihai to investigate was probably right. The No-Life Sect might have been killing people in secret all along but were extremely good at disguising it, and with Huang Xing erasing all traces, no one had noticed this abnormality.

The more he thought about it, the more Chen Yuan believed this possibility was significant, and it even connected the logic together.

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“Brother Yuan, you…” Zhou Fang started to speak and then stopped. The moment Chen Yuan stood up, his entire demeanor had changed, giving her a very strange feeling.

“It’s nothing… I will investigate this matter thoroughly. For now, keep it to yourselves,” Chen Yuan instructed earnestly.

If it was as he suspected, once Zhou Family’s father and daughter inadvertently informed others, and the demon folk of the No-Life Sect got wind of it, they would surely kill them to prevent this affair from leaking out.

“Okay…okay…” Zhou Zhong nodded repeatedly.

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“Brother Yuan, why are we going to the prison?”

Wang Ping was puzzled. They had barely settled in the county government office, why was Brother Yuan so eager, had his cultivation improved, benefiting him in that respect?

“To ask Huang Xing about something.”

Chen Yuan said gravely.

Previously, because of the grudge between County Magistrate Wu Qingfeng and Li Mingqi, Chen Yuan had deliberately ignored Huang Xing, thinking he was of no use to him now.

But now, Chen Yuan wanted to get some information about the No-Life Sect from him.

Admittedly, they would surely torture him severely in the prison, and so far, no information had come forth, he must be very tough, denying everything to death.

But having already obtained some leads, Chen Yuan still expected to get help from his words.

Some words have to be heard inversely, while others need to be judged from a few keywords or even from facial expressions and emotions.

“The prison is off-limits, no entry allowed!”

As Chen Yuan and Wang Ping approached, the guarding government official sternly stepped forward to say.

“How dare you, this is Catcher Chen, how dare you be so rude?” Wang Ping immediately rebuked.

“Catcher Chen?”

The guarded official’s expression changed in surprise, assessed Chen Yuan for a few moments, and bowed,

“Please forgive me, Catcher Chen, it was my poor eyesight.”

“No matter, open the door,” Chen Yuan waved his hand, unconcerned.

It was the government officials’ duty, so no blame could be laid on them.

The official hesitated,

“Catcher Chen, the head jailer has ordered that no one can enter, unless he commands it.”

“There was no such rule before…” Chen Yuan’s expression was calm.

“This…this…”

“Alright, I came to the prison to interrogate Huang Xing by order of both the Magistrate and the County Magistrate. Surely his order cannot override the Magistrate’s, can it?”

Chen Yuan had come to investigate the demon members of the No-Life Sect. Indeed, he was following the orders of Wu Qingfeng and Li Mingqi since he had previously stated that Chen Yuan needed to produce the evidence as soon as possible.

“Interrogate Huang Xing…” the Government Official hesitated slightly.

“What, is there a problem?” Chen Yuan frowned.

“No… no… but Huang Xing died a few days ago.”

“Died?”

“Yes.”

“What about the Huang Family’s head, Huang Shengnian?” Chen Yuan’s gaze grew intense.

“He also took his own life out of fear of his crimes.”

“Took his own life out of fear of his crimes….” A glint shone in Chen Yuan’s eyes.

“Why hasn’t the news been spread?”

“The head jailer instructed that it is a disgraceful matter within the County Government, and Shangguan commanded that it must not be spread as a rumor,” the Government Official said truthfully.

“Which Shangguan gave that order?”

“This, I truly do not know,” the official replied.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and whispered:

“When did Huang Xing and the others die?”

“Three days ago.”

Chen Yuan squinted his eyes. Three days ago was exactly when the bandits were causing trouble, the attention of the County Government was mostly on them; it was indeed the perfect time to stage Huang Xing’s fear-driven suicide.

Wait…

Even if the news didn’t get out, as the County Magistrate, it was impossible for Li Mingqi to be completely unaware. So why didn’t he inform him?

It wasn’t plausible. Even if the No-Life Sect was formidable, they couldn’t have controlled the entire County Government.

“Alright, thank you.”

Chen Yuan nodded, then turned and left with Wang Ping.

Since Huang Xing was dead, there was no need to visit the prison now.

Even if they could prove Huang Xing didn’t kill himself, so what?

He was concerned with the results, not the process.

Through this incident, Chen Yuan was certain that within the County Government, there definitely were secret lines of the demon members of the No-Life Sect. Huang Xing was in the light, and he was in the dark!

Or even… they were in the dark!

Now that Zhu Sihai’s promised Tiger Bone Pill hadn’t yet been delivered, it was best not to create more troubles.

Wang Ping looked at Chen Yuan’s grim face and seemed to realize something as well, quietly following next to Chen Yuan.

He couldn’t help much, but he wouldn’t add trouble to his brother’s troubles due to recklessness.

Inside the County Government, Chen Yuan wrote down several names on a piece of paper: Li Mingqi, Wu Qingfeng, Huang Xing, Zhao Shuping, head jailer Yu Li, Cien Temple…

After staring quietly for a long time, Chen Yuan lit his fire stick, and set the paper ablaze.

A wisp of flame burned in front of Chen Yuan, casting a somber shadow across his face.

“No-Life Sect, it really isn’t that simple…” Chen Yuan murmured.

Now, any more speculation was useless, and he couldn’t possibly investigate each possibility. Most importantly, he even started to have some doubts about Li Mingqi himself.

Without the support of a Gang Condensation master, Chen Yuan didn’t dare to provoke Cien Temple.

What lay before Chen Yuan as the most important task now was to use the Tiger Bone Pill from Zhu Sihai to step into the Bone Refining Level and gain some power to protect himself.

That’s when it would be time to investigate.

What a pity. If it weren’t for the Blood Evil Saber directed by the Qi Fortune Altar, perhaps Chen Yuan really might have given up on the investigation.