Chapter 849 - Clues and Traces (1/2)

Chapter 849: Clues and Traces

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

There was not even the slightest joy in Tang Xiu’s heart as he faced the gratitude of the nearly 100 people. He was full of worry inwardly instead. Others may be thinking about who was the real culprit behind this poisoning, but what he was speculating about was whether this Drunken Dragon Powder was concocted by cultivators. If so, then the person must be an evil cultivator—someone who was proficient in poison.

“Mr. Tang, Wang Tao.”

Tang Xiu never liked meddling in anyone’s business. Although he was furious towards those who did this ruthless poisoning, he didn’t want to have a conflict with them before he was sure of their identity. It was because if they were not evil cultivators but good people, or if they were evil cultivators but he couldn’t get rid of them at once, there would be no end of troubles haunting him in the future. He didn’t fear them himself, but he still had family members and friends. It would be nearly impossible to protect all the people he cared about from the attack of these people.

Zhang Xinyue’s complexion was slightly pale. Only now did she feel glad that Tang Xiu came to Qinglin County. She wouldn’t have rushed from Shanghai to this place otherwise, meaning she would not have replaced her older sister, Zhang Xinya, in attending today’s luncheon.

It could be said that Tang Xiu’s emergence in this place today had not only saved her life, but also saved her sister’s life.

At present, she hurriedly spoke after seeing Tang Xiu was about to leave, “Mr. Wang, I’ve accomplished my job for this opening sale today, so I’m going to take my leave first.”

With that said, she didn’t give a chance to Wang Xuegang to reply and hurriedly chased Tang Xiu to leave together.

At the moment, Wang Xuegang was truly flustered and yet also furious inside. He didn’t know who was so vicious that they wished to kill him and the guests, those who he had invited to purchase his villa real estate, using poison. He didn’t care about the departure of Zhang Xinyue, but couldn’t help but feel restless and more worried with Tang Xiu leaving.

“Could you please stay, Mr. Tang?” Wang Xuegang hurriedly pursued and stopped Tang Xiu at the entrance of the hall.

“Mr. Wang, the friendship between us has yet to reach the point where I can risk my life and die for you. It’s obvious that someone or some people want to drive you to the edge and to your death, or even keep you from turning over from your fall forever. This is nothing but a mortal enmity; it will never be a good thing if I involve myself in it. If you heed my advice, you can keep doing your business, but you should find a safe place to hide.”

“I know that I shouldn’t get you involved in this matter, Mr. Tang,” said Wang Xuegang bitterly. “But I don’t have any means to hide! Besides, I can’t just hide all the time since these people will definitely use all means possible to exterminate me if they really want to.”

“Then sell your industries as quickly as possible if you’re really that scared, then bring your money to distant places,” answered Tang Xiu. “I can’t and won’t say anything else, but for the sake of your son’s willingness to take me to Qingcheng Monastery, I’ll tell you another thing out of goodwill. This Drunken Dragon Powder is not something ordinary people can concoct, so there must be some cultivators behind it. Moreover, the refining of this powder is extremely demanding; it’s nearly impossible for money to measure its value. Therefore, it’s absolutely impossible to make such a heinous poisoning incident like today if you and the other party truly have no mortal enmity. Alright, I’ve already said what I had to say, so I’ll take my leave.”

‘Cultivators?’

Deep fear suffused inside Wang Xuegang’s eyes. He wouldn’t be this afraid had it been ordinary people who did these deeds. He would just relinquish his business affairs for some time and take asylum in Qingcheng Monastery to avoid them.

But… if it was cultivators, there was a possibility that Qingcheng Monastery’s people couldn’t protect him if he were to run and hide there. He would even involve and implicate the monastery.

‘I’ll go to a very faraway place!’

A resolute look appeared in Wang Xuegang’s face. He was never one who liked to be tousled, nor be played at by anyone in society, no matter who they were. Since there was a possibility that the culprits were cultivators, he made up his mind to go to a distant place. No matter how much someone owed money, it was all nothing if they die.

“May I request another thing from you, Mr. Tang? You can rest assured that I’m not going to involve you in my problem. I’d just like to ask you to bring my son to Qingcheng Monastery and entrust him to my big brother.”

“It’s a request you don’t need to mention; I’ll take him there,” answered Tang Xiu.

But Wang Tao, who followed him outside, immediately shook his head and said aloud, “I’m not leaving, Dad! Not a chance. I must go with you now that someone wants to harm us!”

“PIPE DOWN, STUPID!” yelled Wang Xuegang angrily. “If the culprits are cultivators, then you’ll die in vain staying with me. But I’ll have nothing to worry about if you are to stay in Qingcheng Monastery. I’m going to deal with our family’s businesses as fast as possible and do as much as I can, as well as quickly gather funds and escape from this place. I’ll naturally find the way to contact you and pick you up later once I settle down.”

“I…” Wang Tao still wanted to speak but Tang Xiu stopped him.

“Your father is right. Nothing good can happen if you stay; you’ll be just a burden,” said Tang Xiu. “Let’s just go! We’ll head to Qingcheng Monastery first so we won’t affect the things your father must do…”

A few minutes later, Tang Xiu and the others came to the parking lot. His brows immediately creased when he saw Mo Awu, Jin Shi, and everyone else. Before he fed the soup to the chicken and sheep and waited for the result, he secretly contacted Mo Awu’s team to go to the kitchen to find any suspicious people who did the poisoning. Now that all of them had come back, it indicated that they already got a result.

“We caught two of them, Boss.” Mo Awu quickly glanced at Wang Tao and Zhang Xinyue and then said in a low voice.

“Where are they?” asked Tang Xiu.