1627 Who was the Murderer? (2/2)

The Great Ye Army was just a local force of some unruly men. Ye Yunduan called the three guards Great Generals… That was embarrassing… It would upset the five sky kings…

Ye Yunduan promoted the three guards of him, and also promoted some Saint Origin Stage cultivators. He set these men into the Great Ye Army to control everything.

The old masters had no power outside their own clans. They seemed to be as prestigious as before, but they were not. People all behaved humbly in front of the old masters, but their words wouldn't affect any decision Ye Yunduan made.

The seven old masters were not happy about it. They were disappointed.

Ye Yunduan wasn't completely foolish, though. The twenty-eight Saint Origin Stage cultivators under his leadership weren't ordinary people. The weakest among them was at level six of the Saint Origin Stage. The strongest was already at level eight.

Ye Yunduan called them the Twenty-eight Generals upon Clouds.

These twenty-eight men were standing in the hall for the meeting.

”Master, please listen to me. I think… these assassins are from either the House of Chaotic Storms or the Hall of Returning Nature. I am not just making a blind guess. I have reasons. In fact, I think it is most likely the Hall of Returning Nature.”

A man with big beards stood out and expressed his thoughts.

The others either nodded to agree or were lost in thoughts.

Master Qin raised his head. It seemed he wanted to say something, but then he lowered his head. 'Well, if you are so certain that it is the Hall of Returning Nature, I wonder what proof you have.'

Ye Yunduan seemed to be satisfied. He said, ”Well, you must have your reasons. Tell us!”

”There are three. First, we have lost many people this time, who were all middle-level leaders. They were capable men, but none of them were able to warn the others before they died. Some of them were killed at the same time. There must be many assassins working at the same time. They are powerful. It must be a powerful force that did that to us.

”The Hall of Returning Nature has a department in charge of assassination, which has thousands of assassins. They can do this! Second… The Hall of Returning Nature had tried to kill Master Guan and Master Song once. Well, we killed them and kicked them out of the city. The master of the Hall of Returning Nature is a proud man. He will definitely try to do something to take his revenge. I don't see why they wouldn't do this to get the revenge they want. Third, the Red Phoenix is one of the most important people of the Hall of Returning Nature. She failed last time, so she wouldn't just let it go, would she? She is narrow-minded! She must have persuaded the Hall of Returning Nature to run this assassination…”

Many people nodded while listening to this man.

That wasn't so absurd after all!

Ye Yunduan nodded. He wanted to praise the man, but another person stood up all of a sudden. ”I think it is not that simple.”

Ye Yunduan agreed with the man with big beards, so he was surprised somebody didn't. He asked, ”Why?”

”I mean… I don't think the Hall of Returning Nature is the only organization behind this assassination… There were two assassins who met each other and… It seems their codes didn't match… Anyway, they had a fight. Many people saw it. They fought in a short time and then immediately ran away. They were not from the same organization.

”In other words, they should be assassins from the Hall of Returning Nature, but there was also another force involved. I think it was the House of Chaotic Storms.”

Ye Yunduan frowned and said, ”The House of Chaotic Storms? What is your proof?”