Dear Lingshi

"To answer your question, there is indeed a sword cultivator among them, but this person used a magic to change his face that night, so it is not his real face." Ye Huan explained.

"You are so stupid! You didn't even see such an obvious clue!" Ye Nantian suddenly cursed.

Ye Huan thought for a moment, but still didn't understand why the ancestor said that, so he had to say respectfully: "Please explain it to me, ancestor!"

Seeing his descendants so stupid, Ye Nantian asked helplessly: "Let me ask you, how many sword cultivators are there in Xianyou City?"

"If not a hundred thousand, at least eighty thousand!" Ye Jian was worthy of being the head of the family. He had some understanding of the cultivators in Xianyou City, so he answered immediately.

"Then let me ask you again, how many sword cultivators are there in the Foundation Establishment Stage?" Ye Nantian continued to inquire.

At this moment, Ye Jian seemed to understand what the ancestor meant, and spoke again, "No more than ten thousand!"

"That's it, the murderer is among these ten thousand people!" Ye Nantian was quite patient with his descendants and guided them step by step.

"Investigate?" Ye Huan also understood.

Ye Nantian nodded.

"But ancestor, how are we going to check so many people?" Ye Huan asked with some difficulty.

Ye Nantian thought that Ye Huan would be able to draw inferences from what he heard. When he heard this question, he was very disappointed with him, but he continued to say: "It's time to change a group of people to guard our spiritual veins!"

Hearing Ye Nantian's somewhat incoherent words, Ye Huan was still thinking about the meaning of it. Ye Jian, who was kneeling on the side, suddenly brightened up and said immediately: "We will release this news later!"

After hearing this, Ye Nantian finally nodded with relief.

Coming out of the thatched hut, Ye Huan was still confused, so he asked Ye Jian, "What riddle are you and the ancestor solving?"

"Second brother! You still don't understand what the ancestor means?" Ye Jian asked mysteriously.

"Hey, big brother, please tell me clearly!" Ye Huan now understood why the ancestor chose Ye Jian to be the head of the Ye family. He was indeed much smarter than him.

"We will issue a notice to the whole city in the name of the Ye family, which will hire Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators to help us guard the spirit veins at a high price. I believe that most of these sword cultivators will not be able to resist such temptation and come to sign up. If the murderer knows that it is our Ye family that issued the notice, he will definitely not come to fall into the trap. At that time, we only need to check the remaining small number of Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators who have not come to sign up! But the premise is that the sword cultivator is still in our Xianyou City!"

After Ye Jian finished explaining everything in one breath, she showed a regretful expression, as if she was saying to Ye Huan, "Brother! You missed the best opportunity to track down the murderer!"

The best time has indeed been missed, but what should be done still needs to be done.

As soon as the Ye family issued a notice to recruit sword cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage to guard the spiritual veins, all the cultivators in the city were alarmed, because the salary there was three or four times higher than usual, which attracted many sword cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage to flock to it.

Time flies, and ten days have passed since the Ye family issued the notice.

"Second brother, how many people have you recruited now?" Ye Jian asked Ye Huan who was sitting next to him.

Ye Huan replied: "We recruited more than 8,000 people yesterday, nearly 9,000 people. The identities of these people have also been secretly verified, no problem!"

"Okay! Now we can take down the notice, and then send all the people from Jinyun Tower out. Bring back all the Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivators who show up in the city and interrogate them one by one."

After hearing this, Ye Huan nodded and was about to leave.

Seeing Ye Huan about to leave, Ye Jian hurriedly stopped him and said, "Oh, right, second brother, send some people to guard the four city gates first. If there are any sword cultivators in the foundation-building stage entering or leaving, stop them directly. If the murderer is still in the city, we will catch him in a jar!"

After hearing this, Ye Huan nodded and walked directly towards Jinyun Tower.

When the incident first happened, after Lu Yunsheng asked Uncle Hu and Yao Bing to return to Xianyou City, Uncle Hu was also very cautious. He did not stay in Xianyou City, but took Yao Bing directly back to Tieshan City to avoid the limelight for a while.

Later, as time went by, Duobao Pavilion's shops slowly expanded to Xianyou City. Uncle Hu was too busy to rest and wanted to go back to Xianyou City to see the current splendor of Duobao Pavilion.

Bai Yushu and a few others initially wanted to oppose Uncle Hu's return to Xianyou City, but after Hou Xuetong and his group inquired in Xianyou City, they found that the storm had basically passed. In addition, Uncle Hu and Yao Bing did not reveal their true faces that night, so the possibility of being discovered was almost zero, so they agreed to let Uncle Hu and Yao Bing return to Xianyou City.

When Uncle Hu returned to Xianyou City, he found that everything was calm, so he gradually became bolder and dared to walk around the streets freely on weekdays.

But just ten days ago, when the Ye family’s notice came out, Uncle Hu suddenly became cautious, but he did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Until today, Hou Xuetong suddenly walked into the backyard of Zhenfu Hall. At that time, Uncle Hu and Master Bai were drinking tea and chatting in the small courtyard.

Seeing Hou Xuetong's panic, Uncle Hu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and asked immediately, "What happened to Xuetong?"

"Uncle Hu! The cultivators from the Ye family's Jinyun Tower have been dispatched, and are now capturing sword cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage throughout the city!" Hou Xuetong said urgently.

"Jinyun Tower! This is where the Ye family raises Jindan monks. There are a total of ninety-nine and eighty-one Jindan monks in it!" Mr. Bai, who was standing by, saw Uncle Hu's puzzled expression and hurriedly explained.

"Are you saying that you are trying to capture the sword cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage?" Uncle Hu thought for a moment and grasped the key point of the problem. At the same time, he also understood in his heart that these people must be coming for him.

"Yes! Uncle Hu, how about I escort you out of the city now before they find out about this place?" Hou Xuetong naturally knew that the Ye family's action this time was aimed at Uncle Hu, and he was very anxious, so he urged quickly.

Uncle Hu knew the seriousness of the matter, but he did not panic. Instead, after thinking for a moment, he immediately nodded and agreed.

After all, hiding in Zhenfu Hall is not a long-term solution. If discovered, the Bai family will be implicated.

Even though Duobao Pavilion now has several stores in Xianyou City and Chixue also has several strongholds where he can hide, there is a risk of being discovered if he walks on the road from here now, so it is better to just leave the city directly.

Thinking of this, Uncle Hu and Mr. Bai said goodbye in a hurry, then he used the Shape-Changing Technique and Breath-Concealing Technique to change his appearance. After turning himself into a middle-aged man, he and Hou Xuetong walked towards the South Gate of the city.

But when the two men approached the city gate, Hou Xuetong suddenly grabbed Uncle Hu's arm.

"Uncle Hu, something is wrong! There are cultivators from the Ye family guarding here in secret!" Hou Xuetong said to Uncle Hu with a serious face.

Uncle Hu was stunned when he heard this.