Suddenly, Chen Yuan's brow furrowed, and he thought of another matter.

Back when the Liu family was exterminated, he had noticed a detail: before the massacre, their only action was to relocate their ancestral graves.

Chen Yuan had even reported this suspicion to Huang Xing, but was reprimanded.

However, harboring doubt, Chen Yuan secretly went to the Liu family's ancestral graves to investigate, but found nothing suspicious, so he gradually discarded the idea.

He then shifted his focus to the Huang family, secretly manipulating events to successfully bring them down, getting what he wanted. The Huang family was indeed colluding with the Wusheng Sect.

But Chen Yuan overlooked a crucial reason: why did Huang Xing, who had initially appreciated him, develop murderous intent?

Now, after hearing Zhou Zhong's account, Chen Yuan vaguely connected the dots.

He suspected that Huang Xing's murderous intent was because he had noticed anomalies in the Liu family's ancestral graves, hindering their plans.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan suddenly stood up and took a deep breath.

Startling Zhou Zhong and Zhou Fang, who looked at Chen Yuan with surprise and uncertainty.

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered. The direction he had Zhu Sihai investigate was likely correct. The Wusheng Sect might have been secretly killing people all along, but disguising it perfectly. With Huang Xing covering up the tracks, no one had noticed anything amiss.

The more Chen Yuan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, even connecting the logic!

"Yuan-ge'er, you..." Zhou Fang hesitated, but Chen Yuan's demeanor had changed the moment he stood up, making her feel very unfamiliar.

"It's nothing... I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Don't spread it around for now," Chen Yuan earnestly instructed.

If his guess was correct, if the Zhou family inadvertently told others, the Wusheng Sect's demons would surely kill them to prevent the matter from spreading.

"Okay... okay..." Zhou Zhong nodded repeatedly.

......

......

"Yuan-ge'er, why are we going to the prison?"

Wang Ping was puzzled. He hadn't even warmed his seat at the county office, why was Yuan-ge's interest so high? Could it be that with stronger cultivation, he was also better in that aspect?

"To ask Huang Xing something," Chen Yuan said solemnly.

Previously, due to the feud between Magistrate Wu Qingfeng and Li Mingqi, Chen Yuan had deliberately ignored Huang Xing, believing he was no longer useful.

But now, Chen Yuan needed to extract information about the Wusheng Sect from him.

Of course, he would be subjected to severe torture in prison. The fact that no news had emerged meant he was very stubborn and wouldn't confess.

But having gained some clues, Chen Yuan could still get help from him.

Some words needed to be heard in reverse, while others needed to be judged from a few words or even facial expressions.

"Prison is a restricted area, no entry!"

As soon as Chen Yuan and Wang Ping approached, a guard with a stern face stepped forward.

"Impudent! This is Head Constable Chen. How dare you be so rude?" Wang Ping immediately scolded.

"Head Constable Chen?"

The guard looked surprised, sized him up, and cupped his hands, "Please forgive me, Head Constable Chen. I didn't recognize you."

"It's fine, open the gate," Chen Yuan waved, not caring.

These guards were just doing their duty, so he couldn't blame them.

The guard hesitated, "Head Constable Chen, the warden has ordered that we are not allowed to let... anyone in, unless he gives the order."

"There weren't such rules before..." Chen Yuan said calmly.

"This... this..."

"Alright, this constable is here to interrogate Huang Xing on the orders of the magistrate and the county commandant. Is his order more valid than the magistrate's?"

Chen Yuan's investigation of the Wusheng Sect demons could indeed be considered on the orders of Wu Qingfeng and Li Mingqi, after all, he had told Chen Yuan to present the evidence as soon as possible.

"Interrogate Huang Xing..." The guard was slightly stunned.

"What, is there a problem?" Chen Yuan frowned.

"No... no... but Huang Xing died a few days ago."

"Died?"

"Yes."

"What about Huang Shengnian, the Huang family head?" Chen Yuan's gaze became serious.

"He also committed suicide out of guilt."

"Committed suicide out of guilt..." Chen Yuan's eyes flashed.

"Why hasn't the news spread?"

"The warden ordered that this was an embarrassing matter for the county office, and the superiors ordered that no rumors should be spread," the guard said truthfully.

"Which superior ordered that?"

"This, this humble officer really doesn't know."

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "When did Huang Xing and the others die?"

"Three days ago."

Chen Yuan squinted his eyes. Three days ago was when the bandits were causing chaos, and the county office's attention was basically drawn to them, making it the perfect time to make Huang Xing appear to have died from guilt.

Wait...

Even if the news couldn't spread, County Commandant Li Mingqi couldn't possibly be completely unaware. Why didn't he tell him?

Impossible, no matter how powerful the Wusheng Sect was, they couldn't control the entire county office.

"Okay, thank you."

Chen Yuan nodded and turned to leave with Wang Ping.

Since Huang Xing was dead, there was no need to enter the prison.

Even if he could prove that Huang Xing didn't commit suicide, so what?

He valued the result, not the process.

Through this matter, Chen Yuan was certain that there were definitely still Wusheng Sect demons lurking in the county office. Huang Xing was in the open, and they were in the dark!

Or even... they were in the dark!

Now that Zhu Sihai's promised Tiger Bone Pill hadn't arrived yet, it was best not to cause any more trouble.

Wang Ping, seeing the gloomy look on Chen Yuan's face, seemed to realize something and silently followed Chen Yuan.

He couldn't help much, but he wouldn't be foolish enough to add to Yuan-ge's troubles.

Back at the county office, Chen Yuan wrote several names on a piece of paper: Li Mingqi, Wu Qingfeng, Huang Xing, Zhao Shuping, Warden Yu Li, Ci'en Temple...

Staring at it silently for a long time, Chen Yuan lit the tinder and set the paper on fire.

A wisp of flame burned in front of Chen Yuan, reflecting the gloom on his face in the light.

"The Wusheng Sect is indeed not that simple..." Chen Yuan murmured.

Now, having more guesses was useless. He couldn't investigate them all. Most importantly, he even suspected Li Mingqi.

Without a Ning Gang realm expert backing him, Chen Yuan wouldn't dare to provoke Ci'en Temple.

The most important thing for Chen Yuan now was to use the Tiger Bone Pill in Zhu Sihai's possession to enter the Bone Refinement realm, and have some self-preservation ability.

That would be the time to investigate.

It was a pity, if it wasn't for the Blood Fiend Saber guided by the Luck Altar, Chen Yuan might really have given up the investigation.