102: Nangong Lengyu's Investigation

Outside Black Cloud Peak.

Liu Yaner sat on a large rock, toying with a weed in her hand, as if the weed were Jiang Lin.

“Is your Young Lord still busy?”

The guard quickly bowed and said, “Commander, my Young Lord is still cremating the demons. You know how abnormal those things are!”

Liu Yaner glanced at the dim light in the sky.

It had already been a whole day!

So, she impatiently said, “How much longer does your Young Lord need?”

The guard shook his head, “How would a lowly one like me know?”

“Shall I ask the Young Lord for you, Commander?”

Liu Yaner pouted, “Forget it, if he knew I was here, he would have run off already… By the way, you didn’t leak the information, did you?”

Seeing Liu Yaner’s suddenly serious gaze, the guard shivered and quickly said, “As the Commander instructed, how would I dare?”

Before Liu Yaner could press further, a clear, cold voice sounded in her ear.

“Commander Liu, may I bother you for a moment?”

Liu Yaner turned her head to look.

It was a tall woman in a Flying Fish Robe.

The woman’s eyes revealed a sharp and indifferent aura, as if she could see through everything in the world.

“Qian Wei (Commander) Nangong?”

That’s right, the person who came was Nangong Lengyu.

Nangong Lengyu nodded and asked, “Commander, I’d like to understand the specific situation of Black Yuan City!”

Liu Yaner frowned and unhappily said, “Didn’t Jiang Lin explain it clearly?”

“If you have any questions, go ask him directly!”

Nangong Lengyu coldly said, “Things aren’t that simple. I suspect Jiang Lin might also be one of the masterminds!”

Liu Yaner immediately went into protective mode, “Qian Wei (Commander) Nangong, I advise you to watch your words!”

“The Jiang Family paid such a high price to protect Black Yuan City; it’s not for you to suspect them!”

“Don’t make those who do good deeds feel disheartened!”

Nangong Lengyu retorted impolitely, “Whether it’s doing good deeds or not, it needs to be proven with evidence!”

“Your Majesty has already entrusted Six Doors to investigate the matters of Black Yuan City and Black Yuan Forest!”

“Therefore, I ask Commander Liu to cooperate with my mission!”

Liu Yaner’s expression gradually hardened, and she said coldly, “Cooperating with you is no problem, but if I find out you’re deliberately trying to frame Jiang Lin, don’t blame me for being impolite!”

Nangong Lengyu frowned, “Commander Liu, are you really planning to protect that scoundrel?”

Liu Yaner directly replied, “He’s not some scoundrel; he’s my, Liu Yaner’s, fiancé!”

“I hope you know your place, otherwise, even if Nangong Shuo comes, I won’t hold back one bit!”

...

After just one night,

Black Yuan City, which was originally all ruins, gradually began to become lively.

Through various cultivation techniques like “Moving Mountains and Transporting Stones” and “Engraving Patterns and Casting Towers,” buildings rose from the ground one after another.

In the center of the Inner City, where the City Lord’s Manor used to be, a Jiang Manor appeared.

In the backyard, Lin Qingxue was sparring with Jiang Lin in swordsmanship!

“Shen Zhi, how can you use this sword form so haphazardly?”

“That’s right, didn’t Second Sister teach it like this? Is something wrong?”

“It’s not used like that! How can you stab like this? You can’t change moves like this at this moment!!”

“Second Sister, you’re still amazing. This defensive sword form is already perfected!”

By the time Jiang Lin and Lin Qingxue finished sparring, it was already late at night.

“Shen Zhi, are you really not planning to return to Dao Heaven Sect with me?”

Jiang Lin shook his head, “The inn is at a critical stage right now, and the construction of Black Yuan City is also at a critical stage!”

Lin Qingxue rested her head on Jiang Lin, her eyes flashing with deep reluctance.

“Alas, there’s no helping it. The Dao Heaven Sect’s disciple acceptance ceremony is coming to an end, and they need a Sword Holder candidate!”

“I must be there…”

Jiang Lin’s eyes became slightly unfocused as he thought of the original plot.

Due to Xiao Dong’s outstanding performance, he ascended the Heart-Questioning Mountain and was chosen as a Sword Holder candidate.

But Lin Qingxue preferred a female protagonist named Su Qiaowei, so she refused to teach Xiao Dong and threw him to Dugu Che!

Su Qiaowei, that woman was quite ruthless.

Her ambition was immense!

Her ultimate choice to follow Xiao Dong was largely because Xiao Dong’s rising speed could help her become the Sect Master of Dao Heaven Sect faster.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lin’s lips curved slightly upward.

He liked such people the most.

If they had aspirations, they were very easy to exploit.

If he could use this to control Dao Heaven Sect in the later stages, that would also be quite good!

“Shen Zhi, what are you thinking about? That smile, you’re definitely not thinking of anything good!”

Jiang Lin directly flipped over and leaned closer to Lin Qingxue, smiling wickedly, “Of course I can’t bear to part with Second Sister!”

“Take this opportunity, Second Sister, teach me a few more moves!”

...

At the inn,

Cai Yu was very depressed!

She had already been in Black Yuan City for two days.

As a top-tier assassin, she hadn’t found any trace of Xiao Dong.

She even began to suspect that Strategist Zhuge had made a mistake in his calculations.

“Miss, is anyone sitting here?”

When the voice sounded, Cai Yu, who was annoyed, really wanted to flare up,

But suddenly feeling a somewhat oppressive aura, she looked up.

It was a Flying Fish Robe,

Someone from Six Doors!

“No… no one!”

As an assassin who couldn’t be seen, she still felt a bit intimidated the moment she saw Six Doors’ most dazzling new star.

Nangong Lengyu sat down directly, looking out at the passing Cultivators with a troubled expression, as they were building a brand new Black Yuan City.

The people of Black Yuan City were all joyful and enthusiastic about rebuilding Black Yuan City.

But Nangong Lengyu was not happy at all!

Because this meant that the information that could be deduced was becoming less and less!

This Jiang Lin definitely played a significant role in this matter.

Otherwise, why could the Jiang Family’s four thousand deathsworn enter the Inner City?

How did he discover those two Flood Dragons?

It was somewhat hard to accept that the Body Integration stage Flood Dragons didn’t directly destroy the city but instead went to create some Formation!

Their Yao Race’s objective, after breaking the Dragon Vein, should have ended, right?

Why did they confine themselves within the Inner City?

Besides these, there were many other questions for which no answers could be found!

Why, during Black Yuan City’s crisis, could spatial teleportation not reach outside the city?

What was the true purpose of the Demonic Cult coming here?

Why did everyone automatically ignore the Demonic Cult’s Chief, Zhao Yufan, who only appeared once, afterward?

And those two demons, were they dead?

Why didn’t Jiang Lin execute the demons in public?

What secrets were hidden in all of this?

The more Nangong Lengyu thought, the more chaotic her thoughts became.

And the only person who might know, Liu Yaner, was clearly protecting Jiang Lin at every turn.

No clues could be found at all!

“Have you heard? All the bandits within a thousand kilometers outside Black Yuan City have been killed, and their heads are hanging on that official road!”

“Hiss, what’s going on? Could it be the Liu Family taking revenge?”

“It doesn’t seem so. I heard that a Cultivator wanted to do business in Black Yuan City, but was robbed by one of the bandits on the way. The Jiang Family directly sent people, killed all the bandits cleanly, and even compensated the Cultivator double!”

“I heard about it too. The person who acted seems to be the executioner who executed those of the Yao Race that day. If you go see, those bandits were terribly miserable; they were reportedly tortured to death!”

“Bandits have been really miserable lately. Ten days ago, Sixth Leader Li Leopard was killed by a Fire Cultivator right here, and Commander Liu couldn’t even save him!”

“Right here in this inn?”

“Yes, this inn is a Jiang Family property. During the war, Young Lord Jiang lived here!”

Nangong Lengyu and Cai Yu instantly became alert.

Lived right here?