Chapter 153: Aftermath Ripples

  The raging flames quickly engulfed the tables and chairs, the scorching air driving out all who tried to come to the rescue from the tavern. It wasn't until they saw the fire spreading rapidly to other rooms that they truly panicked.

  If it's in Xuanwu City, the patrol team composed of Jianzong warriors will rush to participate in firefighting at the first time. They carry special talismans for extinguishing fires and can quickly control the fire.

  Unfortunately, this is Hei Shan Fang City. The raging fire burned through the roof and shot straight into the sky, with black smoke visible from a great distance away. Calls for help to put out the fire rose and fell in succession.

  The entire Hei Shan Fang district was stirred up by the fire, many people who did not understand what had happened were running around wildly, some reckless fugitives even took advantage of the situation to loot, and many places erupted in conflicts and battles, the scene was chaotic.

  And the one who started it all quietly left the mountain city in the chaos and appeared on a small hill several miles away.

  He turned back and gazed at the Black Mountain City, pulling down the kerchief that covered his face, revealing the face that had shocked Qin Wenbing to the extreme just now.

  It was Qin Yun!

  After beheading the so-called Seven Killers of Heaven, Qin Yun, after a simple treatment for his injuries, put on the leather armor stripped from the corpses and returned to Heishanfang City to find the real culprit behind the scenes.

  At the cost of only half a tael of silver, he found Su's wine shop and snuck into the second floor, killing the culprit with lightning speed.

  The opponent was Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi, who did not let Qin Yun feel even a little surprised, nor did they show any mercy!

  Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi have been causing trouble for Qin Yun not once or twice, this time they want to put him to death. For people like them, the only way to solve the problem is to fight back with the same ferocity, thoroughly eliminating them.

  Qin Yun absolutely did not want to worry about his opponent's endless hidden tricks in the future.

  However, the taboo of killing one's own kind is too great, so he used the identity of Qi Sha Tian to make people mistakenly believe that Qi Sha Tian had killed everyone in a black-on-black massacre, and pinned this huge black pot on the dead man's head.

  Seven corpses of the Seven Killers, Qin Yun buried four in a hidden place, and the other three remained in the state after being killed by him. In this way, if the sect and family investigate in the future, they will only suspect the missing one-eyed giant four people.

  After dealing with all the traces, Qin Yun returned to Tiancheng Sword Sect and closed the door for healing in the Cloud Water Pavilion.

  It wasn't until the third day that someone knocked on the gate of the small courtyard.

  The two newcomers were law enforcement disciples from the Tiancheng Sword Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, and they had come to ask Qin Yun about what happened three days ago.

  The big fire in Hei Shan Fang city destroyed the entire Su Ji wine house and spread to several nearby buildings. After the fire was extinguished, seven bodies were found in the ruins.

  Two nameplates were found on the corpses, and the identities of Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi were revealed. Upon receiving the news, Jianzong was greatly shocked and immediately sent someone to investigate the cause and effect of the matter.

  Hei Shan Fang also has the power of Tian Cheng Jian Zong, two disciples died inexplicably here, the sect will not ignore it, otherwise where is the face?

  It was only when the parties involved were either missing or dead that investigators could only make judgments and guesses about the truth of the matter through hearsay from customers who were in the tavern at the time, and finally discovered three corpses of Qi Sha Tian.

  In addition, according to insiders, they finally found Qin Yun's head.

  "That's right!" Qin Yun replied to the law enforcement disciple's inquiry without hesitation: "Three days ago, I went to Heishanfang City. On the way, I was ambushed by someone and almost lost my life. Luckily, I managed to escape."

  To prove his innocence, Qin Yun also showed his still unhealed wound to the other party.

  Jianzong Law Enforcement Hall is an existence that makes tens of thousands of sect disciples tremble with fear. All law enforcement disciples are elite from the inner door, loyal to Jianzong with iron face and impartiality. The elder in charge of the law enforcement hall is a strong man at the peak of Huayun, with great prestige within the sect.

  For two law enforcement disciples to come to his doorstep, Qin Yun was mentally prepared.

  With the power and influence of Tiancheng Sword Sect, it's easy to investigate his movements in and out of Heishanfang City. Hiding is unnecessary and will only arouse suspicion.

  Since the other party is inquiring rather than directly taking him away, it proves that the sect does not consider him as the murderer.

  The two law enforcement disciples who came to ask Qin Yun were one fat and one thin, with ordinary looks, belonging to the kind that can't be found in a crowd, without much of the majesty and prestige of law enforcement disciples on the surface.

  But in their conversation, they gave Qin Yun a huge intangible pressure.

  Seeing the scar on Qin Yun's chest, both of their expressions relaxed a lot.

  That thin monk suddenly asked: "I heard that you have a grudge against Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi?"

  "Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi?" Qin Yun couldn't help but be surprised: "Qin Wenbing and I are cousins, he is the direct descendant and I am the collateral descendant. In the past, there were some grudges between us, but after entering the sect, I haven't seen him much."

  "As for Wu Qi, his master and my master had conflicts, he has troubled me and my fellow apprentice several times before, so there's a grudge between them. What happened to the two of them?"

  When Qin Yun answered, Xiao Di's eyes stared at his eyes, with a sharp and fierce gaze, having a captivating power.

  Only the fat monk beside him knew clearly that his companion's gaze at each other was using some kind of secret technique, if Qin Yun had a ghost in his heart, he would inevitably reveal his flaws.

  Unless Qin Yun's strength realm surpasses that of Shouzi, he would not be intimidated, but this is clearly impossible.

  Facing his younger brother's gaze, Qin Yun did not dodge or retreat, but instead looked straight at him with a clear and innocent expression.

  The fierce stare of the thin brother may intimidate others, but Qin Yun's will is how resolute, even if his opponent surpasses him by a great realm in terms of strength, he cannot shake his spirit!

  Because Qin Yun's divine soul had gone through hundreds of reincarnations, it was solid and stable, and absolutely not weaker than a pre-heavenly strong person.

  After hearing Qin Yun's answer, Xiao Di Zi withdrew his gaze and exchanged a glance with his fat companion.

  Fat Brother said, "The day you left Hei Shan Fang City, two disciples, Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi, died at Su Ji Wine House in the city. We are currently investigating this matter!"

  "Are they dead?" Qin Yun was suddenly shocked.

  But his expression didn't show any anger or excitement, instead, he had a somewhat pleased and gloating smile: "What a pity"

  Such an expression made the last bit of doubt in the minds of the two law enforcement disciples disappear.

  It would be strange if Qin Yun looked sad and angry.

  They didn't actually think Qin Yun was the murderer, but rather that the truth of the matter might be that Qin and Wu had come to Hei Shan Fang City for Qin Yun's sake, hiring local dark forces to ambush Qin Yun on his first trip to the city.

  It was unexpected that the two people they hired were completely unreliable, and after the assassination failed and Qin Yun escaped, they simply came to a point where they didn't do one thing or another, counter-attacking their employer and robbing them before running away. Such situations were not uncommon in Heishanfang City.

  However, someone within Jianzong spread a message that Qin Yun might be the murderer, so the Executive Hall had to conduct an investigation, and the two came to Yunshui Xiaozhu.

  To say it, Qin Yun is actually the real victim.

  This matter cannot be made public, otherwise the face of the sect would be really embarrassing. The disciples under the door actually hired assassins to deal with their fellow apprentices, which is simply a shame to the sect!

  Qin Yun's response also fully conforms to their judgment, so basically can rule out suspicion.

  "If there's nothing going on, don't leave the mountain gate during this time." Thin Brother was very polite: "Because of this matter, we still need to investigate the murderer. If you have any clues, you can also report them to our Law Enforcement Hall."

  "Good!" Qin Yun nodded: "I'm going to prepare for the Floating Clouds Debate Sword, I'll definitely be in the sect during this period."

  "Well then, I wish you victory in your sword fight, young master!" The fat disciple smiled and said: "We'll take our leave first!"

  As long as they don't violate the sect's rules and laws, the law enforcement disciples won't be able to coldly ignore their fellow disciples.

  Thanks to Qin Yun's proper handling of the situation before and after, he cleverly cleared himself of suspicion and minimized the impact of this incident on himself.

  In the following days, news of two disciples being killed in Heishanfang City spread within Jianzong. Except for Wu Qing's vow to dig out the culprit and avenge his disciples, it didn't cause much stir.

  On the one hand, it was because Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi were of low status in the Sword Sect. On the other hand, it was also because the sect handled the matter discreetly, with no action taken except for secretly investigating the Seven Killings Heaven's people who had been identified as the culprits.

  But there was one person who was restless day and night, he was the real mastermind behind the scenes - Qin Xiaoyue!

  Qin Xiaoyue sent four attendants to follow Qin Wenbing and the two of them to Heishanfang Market, but he also secretly dispatched two more people to provide support and ensure that nothing went wrong.

  It never occurred to me that Qin Wenbing and Wu Qi not only failed to eliminate Qin Yun, but also lost their lives, along with four accompanying warriors, who all perished in the sea of flames.

  When the news was transmitted back to Xuanwu City, it was a bolt from the blue for him, and he scolded the two people in his heart thousands of times.

  Such a simple thing was messed up like this, and he even lost his hundred-piece Huo Ling Jade, Qin Xiaoyue hated to whip the corpse of Qin Wenbing ten thousand times.

  But he couldn't afford to lose his temper, and had to pretend to be sad to make amends, because Qin Wenbing was the closest to him, and as a member of the Qin family, he couldn't shake off his connection.

  What's more troublesome is that Qin Wenbing has an older brother in the Sword Sect, Qin Wenhui. Although they don't get along, he won't let his younger brother's death go unpunished, especially since Qin Wenbing's father, Qin Lihai, is still the master of the Qin Clan's Punishment Hall.

  Although Qin Xiao Yue wanted to shift the blame to Qin Yun, he didn't dare do so because from any angle, the mastermind behind the deaths of Qin Wen Bing and Wu Qi was indeed Qi Xuan Tian, and the sect also recognized it as such.

  If it's dragged onto Qin Yun, there's a high possibility that the entire matter will be exposed, ultimately leading to self-destruction and implicating Qin Xiaoyue himself. After all, in Jianzong, there is one person who knows the inside story!

  However, Qin Xiao Yue always had a feeling that the one who killed Qin Wen Bing and Wu Qi was not Qi Xing Tian, but Qin Yun!