Chapter 42 - Falsities Abound (1/2)

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In the Ying Clan's palatial manor, a group of old-aged individuals with profound cultivation bases and steady auras gathered. At their head was Ying Fenmian, his expression was incredibly unpleasant. Ying Sumian was kneeling on the floor right beside him, her expression filled with fear and marks that indicated her previous status as a torture victim.

Earlier, they had found out that the Ying Clan's skyship was taken yet again, and both of their secure vaults had been robbed. Although not everything was taken, everything that was rare and valuable was taken. Immediately, everyone was rounded up to account for their whereabouts. It was revealed that the boy named Han Zaiji and Ying Yimian were missing.

They didn't account for those who weren't even in the clan yet, and thus Ying Zhihao's plan would truly have worked if not for his miscalculation. Alas, fate has already determined his end.

Further investigation left them bewildered by the direction the skyship had taken. Considering that Ying Fenmian was the one that provided Yan Zaizen with the method, he was bearing a tremendous responsibility and pressure in regards to this matter.

There were many theories at hand, but the most realistic was premeditated theft. This is why Ying Sumian was immediately captured and tortured. She brought Yan Zaizen into this and even had suggested offering him the method to pilot the skyship as assurance. However, there's no way that Ying Sumian could've robbed the vault or grand vault. This meant there were others in on it.

Unfortunately, the people who Ying Yimian promised to give a portion of the gains to at a rendezvous were tricked all the same. The same goes for those who were fooled into thinking she merely wanted to fly around in the skyship, unbeknownst to the theft plan. That being said, it's unlikely they'll confess to their part in it because their end wouldn't be any better than Ying Yimian if they did so.

That's just courting death.

The investigation went on for a while, but nothing else came up. There were no sighting reports that were accurate or could be trusted. Ying Yimian and Ying Zhihao truly left no clues that could be followed. They set up false reports from all the gates with various levels of truths and witnesses. This was fairly easy considering the Ying Clan didn't possess massive clout in the city and many were willing to offend them for a fee.

The situation turned dire from this. Even if they searched in all eight directions, the chances of finding them were nearly impossible. Especially if one considers that they can change directions, hide out at a location, or leave the skyship somewhere and pave their journey with their feet.

It was ingenious; if Yan Zaizen had heard of the circumstances, he would have applauded them for their craftiness.

What more, they had even refueled the skyship for future use.

Ying Fenmian inwardly groaned at this. He couldn't believe there was such a high level of corruption in the clan. There was no way this could've been pulled off with just two juniors. It's even likely that a few of these old men here were in on it, but no one said a single word.

Frustrating!

If he could, he would slap each one of these despicable cowards to death.

”Clan Lord, I thi-” One of the older males in the group spoke, wanting to point out that it was pointless. However, an old woman interrupted with viciousness in her voice.

”We put a tracker on the ship, just in case something like this were to happen again. Let's find the ones responsible, and show them how the Ying Clan deals with thieves!” She looked raring to go, her eyes filled with malicious fire. If Ying Fenmian knew that she was one of the few who got tricked into thinking she'd receive some profits from the vault theft, but unbeknownst to the skyship theft, one could imagine how much blood he would lose from anger.

”We can't. The tracker was destroyed.” Ying Fenmian calmly said. How could that not have been his first action? Unfortunately, he only knew of the incident in the morning, while the tracker was destroyed in the night. It was essentially impossible, even to locate where it originally was.

Calculating the time, the skyship had been gone for nearly 12 hours. This mess just keeps getting worse by the minute. While skyships were valuable, their grand vault contained enough wealth for a dozen of them. Over half of it was taken!