Chapter 998: Han Yunxi, do you dare to give? (1/2)

Faced with Han Yunxi’s uncertainty, Long Feiye offered an answer. “This has to be related to the Qi Sha dagger. Otherwise, there’s no way the bone collector had to find live victims. She could just search amongst the corpses interred at the justice department.”

The Qi Sha dagger was an unlucky thing to begin with, so perhaps it held secrets of its own?

Han Yunxi nodded. Right now, she could only wait for Xu Donglin’s name list before starting the search. Although their clues were limited, it shouldn’t be hard once they set a range of suspects.

Because the detox system had already recorded Cui Yun’s poison, it now held a record of the Qi Sha dagger-type toxin as well. If Han Yunxi ran into it again, the detox system would alert her as long as the poison was nearby. Since the dagger was so important yet small, the murderer would definitely keep it at her side. She did a marvelous job concealing her deeds; if not for the detox system’s sensor abilities, Han Yunxi would never have realized the body was in the lake, thus losing their clue forever. Of course, typically speaking, dead bodies floated in the water, not sank.

Thanks to the whirlpool in the lake, Cui Yun’s corpse had no chance of resurfacing without help. Thus, nobody would have found it before it disappeared. While Han Yunxi and Long Feiye were discussing this problem, the two suddenly stopped and exchanged looks.

“Long Feiye, does that mean the murderer knew about the whirlpool in the lake beforehand?” Han Yunxi asked.

“It has to be. Otherwise, she could have just taken the body away to be destroyed instead of casting it aside in a rush,” Long Feiye replied.

So the culprit knew that the whirlpool in the lake was capable of destroying the evidence for good.

The Yinyang Lake had always been a source of taboo for Qingzhou Water City. Its residents didn’t like to draw too close, much less get into the water. But how did the murderer find out about the whirlpool? And what was the source of the power deep down causing such waves?

“Baili Mingxiang, take a look at the bottom of the lake,” Long Feiye ordered.

“Yes!” Baili Mingxiang still didn’t dare to face Long Feiye face-on. With head bowed, she said, “Your Highness, the lake is extremely deep. With this servant’s skills, it’ll still take two or three days to reach the bottom.”

Long Feiye nodded and send a shadow guard to accompany Baili Mingxiang underwater. “Use caution. If there’s anything amiss, come back and report it immediately.”

Han Yunxi looked towards Baili Mingxiang and added, “Be careful!”

With these words, Baili Mingxiang felt much braver. Like the time inside the wordless stele, she intoned seriously, “Your Highness, princess, don’t worry. This servant definitely won’t let you down!”

Meanwhile, Xu Donglin’s investigations took him an entire night. Neither Long Feiye nor Han Yunxi left the shores of Yinyang Lake. Since they already startled the snake in the grass, they didn’t mind waiting here instead. The case seem to clear up even as more suspicious points arose.

“I don’t know how Gu Qishao’s doing now,” Han Yunxi sighed.

Fortunately, the murderer only wanted women’s bones. Otherwise, she couldn’t begin to imagine Gu Qishao’s fate. The culprit’s martial arts skills had to be superior to the other man’s!

“He’s got a tough life so he won’t die. Don’t worry,” Long Feiye said. Somewhere along the way, he’d stopped reacting with instant aversion whenever Han Yunxi mentioned Gu Qishao. Had his views towards the man changed? Or did he understand Han Yunxi’s thoughts better?

While they waited, time passed quickly. When it was time to dual cultivate, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi got started right away. Of course, the man prudently sent his shadow guards to keep watch first and prevent anyone else from getting close. Dual cultivation concerned their mutual martial arts skills, which was related to their survival. They couldn’t stop for three months or else they risked deviation. Long Feiye’s consequences would be even more severe than Han Yunxi’s.

By the time they finished, it was already late night. Long Feiye sat by the lake while Han Yunxi laid on the grass, her head resting on his legs. Both of them stared at the waters with a rare sense of peace. They had been too busy these days, both in the Baili Army, Three-Way Black Market, Hundred Poisons Sect, and Poison Sect forbidden grounds. Then they’d rushed all the way here to Qingzhou Water City and started bustling right away. They had forgotten what it felt like to simply sit quietly and wait without doing a thing or thinking of anything else besides keeping each other company.

Long Feiye toyed with Han Yunxi’s hair as he asked tenderly, “Are you tired?”

Han Yunxi looked up at the moonlight hitting his face. He seemed especially gentle tonight, like the moon, like the water.

“With you here, I’m not tired,” she replied.

“Are you afraid?” Long Feiye asked next.

“With you here, I’m not afraid,” Han Yunxi smiled.