Chapter 173 A Clue

"Team Leader Ye, what exactly is this..."

The others asked, puzzled.

But Fang Yue didn't answer them, because he was still completely in the dark himself.

After carefully examining the corpse, Fang Yue finally looked up at Team Leader Wu.

"Team Leader Wu, what did this guy say to you?"

"He called himself Lord Han, said he felt his life was nearing its end, and believed I was the best person to inherit his legacy. He wanted to pass it on to me. Then he gave me a black bracelet, told me to wear it, saying the bracelet was an important token to activate his legacy and needed to be worn close to the body."

A bracelet?

Fang Yue was taken aback, instinctively looking at Team Leader Wu's wrist, but he didn't see a bracelet.

"Where's the bracelet?"

"It shattered."

"Shattered?"

"Yes. I didn't know much about Lord Han and mistakenly thought he really wanted to pass on his legacy to me. So I put on the bracelet at the time. But the moment I put on the bracelet, that person suddenly grabbed my hand, with incredible strength, almost dragging me away.

I wanted to speak, but I couldn't make a sound. I wanted to use my strength, but I found that the internal energy within my body was being frantically drawn away when I put on the bracelet. I lost all my strength, and even my lifespan was rapidly draining away...

Only then did I realize that it wasn't that he was incredibly strong, but that my strength was being sealed and extracted by the bracelet!

At that moment, I knew that whether it was Lord Han or this thing, there was a problem. So I used my last bit of strength to shatter the bracelet, break free from that person's restraints, and killed him with a single punch!"

Saying it was his last bit of strength, the actual situation at the time was far more troublesome than it was now.

With his strength at the Second-Rate Realm of Houtian, he was suppressed by that strange bracelet, like a helpless child kidnapped by human traffickers, without any ability to resist.

In the end, it was the golden threads erupting from his eyes, that special power intervening, that shattered the bracelet, and almost simultaneously, he slammed a punch into that person's head.

"So the remnants of the bracelet should still be in the head of this body on the ground."

Fang Yue was stunned, looked down carefully, and sure enough, in the half-broken head that resembled a mosaic picture, he found some large particles that flickered with fluorescence.

People were asked to pick out these particles, and scattered, they could piece together a fragmented bracelet shape.

At this moment, the fluorescent bracelet fragments were very ordinary, completely lacking the effect that Team Leader Wu described.

But Fang Yue understood that this was because the internal structure was also destroyed after the item was damaged.

In other words... this was a man-made product! It wasn't a natural effect of the item, but a special Gu-object (cursed object) created by a master craftsman!

"I suspect it has a sealing array inlaid inside. It's just that placing the array into a small bracelet requires extraordinary memory. If we start from this aspect, we should gain something."

Team Leader Wu said thoughtfully.

After all, he had personally experienced the effect of the fluorescent bracelet, so he had more say in the matter.

But after thinking about it, he added, "I'm just guessing. It's best to let the people from the Qing Si investigate it."

He wasn't a professional after all. As a team leader from Mo Village, his knowledge was certainly much stronger than Fang Yue's, but compared to the Qing Si, a government force, they weren't on the same level.

"Fluorescent bracelet... Lord Han..."

Fang Yue frowned, feeling a little worried in his heart. "Why do you think they wanted to capture you?"

No one would believe the imposter's nonsense that the bracelet was a token of inheritance, but Fang Yue couldn't see through the other party's purpose.

"I don't know. I can't think of a reason either."

Team Leader Wu had just arrived in Qingsi County and didn't know anyone. If he had offended anyone, it would be the Qing Si.

But the Qing Si wouldn't do such a thing, and the fact that the other party was impersonating Lord Han made it even more perplexing.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Fang Yue's mind.

"Team Leader Wu, I suddenly have an absurd, but seemingly very close to the truth idea."

"What idea?" Team Leader Wu asked strangely.

"I suspect... that the person wanted to capture you is actually Lord Han's intention!"

"Lord Han's intention?"

Not only was Team Leader Wu stunned, but the others were also dumbfounded.

What kind of theory was this? Would Lord Han harm his own people?

Fang Yue didn't beat around the bush and lowered his voice.

"Think about it, according to your statement, the person impersonating Lord Han initially wanted to find me, right?

But I was in closed-door cultivation, and you couldn't risk forcing me to suffer Qi deviation by interrupting my cultivation.

So the person impersonating Lord Han reluctantly sought you out.

In other words, his target is me! And if it had been me who faced this person, my understanding of Lord Han would have allowed me to see through his disguise. Then I could subdue him, counter him, and ask for more clues... So I believe this is a rescue message released by Lord Han after being trapped in some situation!"

Team Leader Wu was considered half of his own, so Fang Yue didn't hide anything from Team Leader Wu, telling him that Lord Han had actually lost his cultivation. He only instructed him not to spread the word and not to let the people of the Qing Si know.

However, things had reached this point, and Fang Yue still felt a headache.

Because Lord Han might have been captured, and along with him, probably Lin Ling, since Lord Han had gone to find Lin Ling's whereabouts when the incident occurred.

Gathering everyone together, Fang Yue said in a deep voice.

"We will split into two directions to investigate Lord Han's whereabouts.

One aspect is the fluorescent bracelet, which is a necessary investigation and the most obvious clue.

The other direction is to trace the trajectory of Lin Ling's disappearance and inquire for information.

Lord Han disappeared while searching for Lin Ling, so if we follow this path, we should be able to find something."

The fluorescent bracelet aspect would require the power of the Qing Si, so Fang Yue would naturally be responsible for it.

The others would be led by Team Leader Wu to help find clues.

"I..."

Team Leader Wu hesitated.

He urgently wanted to ride the Qingsi horse away, to find the horse-head masked man, find Miao Fa, ask about the bull-head masked man, and find out An Dong'er's whereabouts.

But Fang Yue clearly needed his help, and there were too few combatants in Gu Yue Village who could truly stand up.

"Team Leader Wu, I am also worried about An Dong'er's safety. She is my adopted sister, someone that Doctor An entrusted me to take care of!

But waiting in [Shadow Crowd Village] is just a matter of probability, and it is highly likely that it will be in vain.

I won't advise you to give up on this idea, but I would like to ask you to help us.

Just as I said earlier, Lord Han became like this because he fought desperately with the Wu Yu tribe..."

Fang Yue didn't continue speaking.

Because Fang Yue knew that Team Leader Wu had already been moved by his words.

He saw Team Leader Wu clench his fist and nod, saying, "That's right! Lord Han's kindness to me is like avenging my blood feud! I can't sit idly by!"