C41 (1/2)
Chapter XLI
Lu Yi and Jin Jian rushed to the Jellyfish clan's lair together. The two of them teased each other along the way, gradually resolving the pain and grief from Cherry Blossom's death.
On the way to a tea stand, Lu Yi looked at the tea stand's bright front and suddenly felt extremely thirsty. She looked at Jin Jian and asked, ”Little mutt, are you thirsty?”
Looking at Lu Yi's expression, Jin Jian smiled and said, ”I think it's not bad.”
Lu Yi pouted, then turned her head. ”You're not pining for me at all.”
”But I know you're thirsty. Let's go get some tea.”
Lu Yi turned around and smiled. She ignored Jin Jian and grabbed the tea stand with a single step.
It was noon, and it was time for the various families of Zhong Hai to drink their tea. Although this teahouse was small, it was located in the most lively area. There were a lot of people drinking tea, and the waiters were quite busy.
Lu Yi waited for a long time, but no one came to make tea. She couldn't help but be infuriated. ”Hey, there's no one who doesn't have one!”
Jin Jian, who was sitting across from her, was shocked by her. The waiter, who was running around the tea stand, was even more afraid that the boss would say that he was not working properly. He immediately ran over with a smile and asked, ”Gongzi, what do you want?”
”Give me a pot of the best tea to quench my thirst.”
The waiter agreed and went down to make some tea.
Jin Jian smiled and asked Lu Yi, ”As expected, you have a temper, Eldest Miss.”
Lu Yi smiled but didn't say anything.
After a while, the tea was served. Lu Yi asked, ”What good refreshments do you have here?”
The waiter said, ”The fish steak and rice served here is very famous.”
Lu Yi said, ”Then let's have two cups of fish chop rice.”
The assistant said, ”Ah, alright!” Then he went down to prepare.
Jin Jian poured a cup of tea each for Lu Yi and himself. As the two of them were drinking, they suddenly heard from one of the people sitting next to them, ”Have you heard, recently something big happened in the Martial Dao. Amongst the clans of Zhong Hai, the well-known big clan, the Jellyfish clan's Patriarch, Ying Kong, was killed.”
When Jin Jian and Lu Yi heard this, their hearts sank. Soon after, they felt that it was extremely strange as they thought to themselves, ”Only the two of them know of Senior Ying's death. How did it spread to this remote tavern so quickly?”
The two of them glanced at one another, pricked up their ears, and listened intently.
Another person said, ”That's right, it has already stirred up the entire Zhong Hai. That jellyfish clan leader, Ying Kongshao, was killed in the Ruins of the Pearl Clan with a flying knife from the murderer who destroyed the Ruins of Pearl Clan!”
At this moment, Lu Yi had already taken a sip of her tea. When she heard this, she spat out the tea in her mouth. She slammed the table and was about to stand up to ask that person to explain.
Jin Jian quickly pressed one of her hands down.
The person who spoke saw a lady in green clothes sitting on the table beside him. She suddenly slammed the table and stood up, glaring at him angrily.
The young man who was sitting next to the girl in a green robe walked towards her.
Jin Jian clasped his hands at that person and said, ”My friend, please welcome me. I am Jin Jian, the disciple of King Jidao of the Extreme Arctic Icecap.”
Upon hearing that it was the disciple of the clan head, both parties hurriedly greeted him with a smile. ”Hello, hello. Greetings.”
That person gave Jin Jian a seat and poured him a cup of tea.
Then he heard Jin Jian say: ”I won't hide it from my friend, I was just walking with senior Ying not too long ago. Senior Ying is in his prime, and is skilled in martial arts, how could he be beheaded by anything, He Lan Wuque? Your Excellency must have misheard the rumors? ”
That person looked at Jin Jian and said, ”I have long heard of Young Master Ying Kong, as well as two disciples from the Ice Origin Clan and the Blood Tribe, investigating the Mayfly Race, but … When did you break up with Senior Ying? ”
”About half a month ago.”
The man sighed and said, ”Hai, it's a good thing you broke up so early. Otherwise, you would have been affected by the innocent!”
Jin Jian said, ”Could you explain it in detail?”
That person said, ”I only heard that Senior Ying died around ten days ago, but the news spread so fast that it has already spread across the entire Zhong Hai. I heard that the various family heads and family heads received the obituary from the jellyfish clan leader, Ying Zhongxue. Three days later, invite the various family heads to attend Senior Ying's funeral.”
Jin Jian said, ”In that case, even the corpse has been found?”
That person said, ”Of course, if we did not find the corpse, how would we be able to determine that it was He Lan Wuque's blade energy that killed Senior Ying?”
When Jin Jian thought back to the state of Yingkong's death, he clearly remembered that he was beaten to death by someone with an extremely thick palm force. It was absolutely not a severed head, and the corpse of senior Ying was personally buried by him and Lu Yi so how could it possibly appear again in the Jellyfish tribe's field of vision?
Thinking up to this point, Jin Jian could not help but ask, ”Did you really only find out that Senior Ying died in the hands of He Lan Wuque by relying on her corpse?”
That person said, ”That's right. I heard that He Lan Wuque was able to use the invisible energy of his blade. He was able to destroy everything in his path. All of the members of his clan suffered the same wounds back then when the Beaded Ruins were exterminated.”
Jin Jian continued, ”Then, who spread the news of Senior Ying's death?”
That person said, ”This is naturally the news released by the Jellyfish clan. Even if others know about it, they wouldn't spread it all around.”
Jin Yu nodded his head, and said: ”But when I was parting with Senior Ying, I was at the border town that was thousands of miles away from the jellyfish clan, at that time there was no Jellyfish clan member present, I think even if Senior Ying encountered an accident, it would be impossible for the Jellyfish clan members to know about it so quickly.”
That person said, ”I'm not sure about that. It seems like the jellyfish clan happened to see it.”
Jin Jian had already found the information he wanted, so he nodded, took his leave, and returned to his seat.
Lu Yi couldn't wait any longer and complained, ”Nonsense! ”You also saw that there were no injuries on Uncle Ying's body. He definitely did not die from some blade energy and his body was already buried by us. How could we possibly find it by just looking at his body? Nonsense!”
Jin Jian looked around and said, ”Lower your voice.”
Lu Yi also looked around and said in a low voice, ”We have to think of a way to prevent them from slandering He Lan Wuque like this.”
Jin Jian said, ”The trouble is, where did we see him?”
Lu Yi frowned and asked, ”Do you suspect him as well?”
Jin Jian said, ”Of course not, Senior Ying is not injured, so it would definitely not be done by someone with a sharp sword skill like Saber Qi. With Senior Ying's injury on his abdomen, it is obvious that it was done by someone with extremely high inner strength.”
Lu Yi said, ”That's why I said it's slanderous!”
Jin Jian said, ”But the problem is, how did this news spread to Zhong Hai?”
Lu Yi said, ”Someone must be up to no good!”
Jin Jian said, ”Although we can't allow others to slander Senior Helian Wuya, we have to plan for a course of action. At the very least, we have to find out the other party's motive for doing so.”