Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 512 The Real Culprit (Part Two)

Mandala controls the largest underground black market in Licheng, wielding immense power. Even the Qunfang Pavilion has half of its business under her control.

In addition, she herself is ruthless and extremely capable. Therefore, anyone who dares to offend her in her territory will not have a good ending.

“Alright, Old Dog, what you said makes sense…” Fang Shouming had no choice but to nod in agreement.

This isn't Jingtian Manor; it's his own territory.

When he's away from home, there are many things he can only endure.

"By the way, Old Dog, what about you over there..." He looked at Old Dog Zhao again.

"It's pretty much what we suspected before. The traces left at the scene, plus the location of the robe that we just confirmed."

Without a doubt, the real culprit is most likely someone from within Jingtian Manor!

Zhao Laogou's tone was certain.

“Yes, I actually expected that.” Fang Shouming nodded.

After his first on-site investigation revealed that no one around Chen Lingmo was a suspect, he began to suspect that the murderer was an insider from Jingtian Manor.

Because the timing of everything was too coincidental.

“Then, let’s proceed according to the original plan…” Fang Shouming turned his gaze to Ghost Scorpion, “You, work in perfect coordination with Mandala. If you spot the target, take it down with all your might, right?”

"Okay." Ghost Scorpion said calmly, uttering a single word.

From the front, he looked like a middle-aged man with an unremarkable face, short hair and no beard, and a pair of bloodstained iron claws on his hands.

If we say that the mandala represents the largest underground black market in Licheng.

Ghost Scorpion represents Lonely Smoke Tower, the largest underworld organization near Licheng.

Lonely Smoke Tower is a notorious criminal organization that makes its income from assassinations, intelligence trafficking, and the sale of poisons.

"Alright, let's not delay, everyone move quickly. Be sure to stay secret and not expose yourselves." Fang Shouming instructed again, "Mandala and I will inspect the Qunfang Pavilion area."

The outpost will be managed by Old Zhao, Ghost Scorpion, and my two junior brothers. They'll all gather here at midnight.

"it is good!"

Everyone nodded in agreement and got to work.

Fang Shouming was also extremely excited. He felt there was hope of solving the case, and this time he was sure they would find the real culprit who seriously injured Chen Lingmo. During this time, some information also came from Chen Lingmo's side.

Although Chen Lingmo has not fully recovered, he has finally woken up after Chen Ying used up countless treasures.

After he woke up, he revealed a crucial clue that would lead to the discovery of the real culprit.

According to Chen Lingmo's recollection, the person who injured him was not particularly strong.

It was only because of the sneak attack and the poisoning that he was caught off guard and seriously injured.

If it's just a one-on-one head-on collision, the two are evenly matched.

Furthermore, Chen Lingmo also provided a rough description of the real culprit's physical appearance.

Fang Shouming went to the scene several times and explored with Zhao Laogou, where they also obtained clues.

For example, the murderer was actually one of Jing Tianzhuang's own people, with an exceptionally tall and strong physique, and that specially made black robe.

The clues from both sides overlapped.

He had gradually sketched out the outline of the murderer who attacked Chen Lingmo in his mind.

The suspect is a tall, burly man with a skill level around the seventh level of True Kung Fu. He has an extremely thorough understanding of the terrain of Jingtian Manor, making him highly likely an insider...

With such detailed clues, he quickly eliminated a large number of people from Jingtianzhuang through various means.

Those high-ranking officials, such as the heads and elders of the academy, are too powerful to be matched with.

Ordinary disciples are too weak to match up.

In the end, it seems that only the top elites that each college focuses on cultivating are quite suspicious.

Fang Shouming was still struggling with how to resolve this matter.

After all, the chief of each academy, like Zhong Han, is highly regarded by the academy head and holds important positions.

In particular, he had been suspecting that the real culprit was likely a mole planted by the manor lord, Zhao Ziyang.

Zhao Ziyang, on the other hand, had always been quite dissatisfied with many of the things that the father and son had done.

However, due to the Fang family's immense power and the fact that Fang He's network of interests involved too many people, the manor lord Zhao Ziyang could only turn a blind eye and maintain a superficial relationship.

The culprit in this case may be Zhao Ziyang's first move, secretly hindering the plans of the father and son.

But Fang Shouming also knew in his heart that this veil of apparent kindness would be torn away sooner or later.

Because the ultimate goal of the father and son was to seize the position of the head of Jingtian Manor.

Therefore, if he rashly probed and was discovered by Zhao Ziyang, it would only worsen the situation for him and his son, and also alert Zhao Ziyang. He could only proceed cautiously, looking for an opportunity to secretly break Zhao Ziyang's scheme, in order to ensure that many things would proceed smoothly from there.

But he has yet to find a suitable opportunity.

However, the opening of the Hundred Flowers Secret Realm brought a turning point to the situation.

Basically, the elites of each branch school obtained a spot in the secret realm, and thus gathered together, escaping the sight of the heads of each branch school and Zhao Ziyang.

This gave him a considerable opportunity.

Zhao Ziyang's hidden hand could not be those elderly and frail high-ranking officials, nor could it be a newly entered disciple of the inner academy.

Only those with considerable strength can serve as the backbone of the elite in each academy.

Therefore, the real culprit is most likely hiding in one of those separate courtyards where the Yangzhi Academy is at odds with its staff.

Of course, if we still find nothing this time, it doesn't matter. After eliminating these suspects, only a handful remain, making them extremely easy to investigate.

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Licheng, Jingtianzhuang outpost.

"Ghost Scorpion, are you ready on your end?"

“No problem.” Ghost Scorpion’s words remained concise.

Zhao Laogou and Gui Xie were hiding in the darkness, lurking outside a disciple's residence.

Actually, the two of them didn't need to lie in wait; if they just stood out openly, no one would notice.

Fang Shouming's two trusted disciples, Li Tianwei and Dong Feng, had long since taken over the guarding of this area, rendering the security in this region virtually non-existent.

In fact, Elder Kang was reluctant to meddle in other people's business because he was afraid of trouble, so he did not put much effort into protecting his many disciples.

After all, if security is too tight, how can so many disciples go out and have fun late at night?

"Let's begin," Zhao Laogou said softly.

Ghost Scorpion nodded, and with a flick of his hand, a large amount of colorless dust fell into the room.

Then, the two of them leaped forward like silent bats, swooping in.

The disciple was eating when he suddenly became dizzy and lost consciousness.

It was the scorpion's exclusive poison, the Bewitching Powder.