Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 125 - 97: Unparalleled Sword Immortal—Jiang Wan!_2

Chapter 125: Chapter 97: Unparalleled Sword Immortal—Jiang Wan!_2

Ran Qingchen gazed at the Spirit Water Sword in the man’s hand that had accompanied her for many years, her emotions complex. Regret was not the word, after all, that was just her nature, once she decided something, she would calmly accept it.

It was just that from now on, the sword would likely be forever covered in dust, never again able to display its unique grace.

"Let it be then, I’ll find you a sword manual to practice with later."

Ran Qingchen turned and left.

In fact, her visit this time had another purpose. Her grandmother had a message for Jiang Shouzhong, but with Li Nanshuang, this outsider present, it wasn’t appropriate to speak openly. She would have to come back another time.

"Carrying a priceless treasure leads to trouble, indeed trouble," she murmured.

Li Nanshuang grimaced with her adorable little face and said, "To fight over braised noodles, to even give up the Spirit Water Sword. Are my braised noodles really that good? Do you have to win them over to the new house to be satisfied?"

Looking pitifully at the man, she said, "Maybe you should just be more ordinary from now on, or I won’t be able to sleep peacefully."

Jiang Shouzhong mocked himself, "But why do I feel like I’m quite useless."

He gently caressed the longsword in his hand. The blade, shimmering with watery light, was as smooth as autumn waves, looking as though it could emit a jade-like warmth and gentleness. When touched, it felt like caressing flowing water’s tenderness, clear and sharp enough to reflect the holder’s image.

A fine sword.

Completely opposite to the Seven Kills Blade.

One was extremely fierce, masculine, and deadly; the other was extremely gentle, feminine, and benevolent.

As if, by some predestined affinity, it matched his own Taoist River Map, harmonizing with the dual energies of yin and yang.

Li Nanshuang was a straightforward and untroubled character; she quickly cast aside her worries and spoke of the matter at hand, "Speaking of which, it was unexpected for us at the Wind Thunder Hall to be assigned to investigate the case of the missing Demon Energy by the higher-ups. They said that the Dark Guard Department found out that the rabbit demon belongs to the Sky Demon Sect’s Sect Master Qu Hongling’s servant who stole a bottle of special Demon Energy."

"The current whereabouts of this bottle of Demon Energy are unknown. If it falls into the hands of the common people, it could cause great harm, hence they asked us to continue the investigation to retrieve it."

"Now only we know that the Demon Energy was actually switched by a cat demon that entered Yue’er’s body. Sadly, we don’t know where it hid it. Indeed, we acted too hastily at that time. We should have questioned it first."

The girl scratched her head in frustration.

Jiang Shouzhong fell into deep thought.

Following the previous leads, the bottle of Netherworld Demon Qi that was stolen by the rabbit demon was meant to be handed over to Xichu Pavilion.

However, during the transaction, Xichu Pavilion suddenly decided to betray and attempted to kill the rabbit demon, resulting in its escape.

The bottle of Demon Energy eventually ended up with Zhang Yunwu, and was then switched out by the cat demon.

And the cat demon had escaped from the Xichu Pavilion.

Therefore, no matter how one looked at it now, this case was most closely tied to Xichu Pavilion.

And they were the ones most eager to find that bottle of Demon Energy.

Yet the higher-ups have not mentioned Xichu Pavilion at all. Was it because they had failed to investigate? Or was it... deliberate concealment?

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Shouzhong suddenly had a bold guess and said to Li Nanshuang, "Do you think it’s possible that the real mastermind behind us investigating the Demon Energy... is Xichu Pavilion?"

"Ah?"

Li Nanshuang widened her beautiful eyes.

The girl was not foolish and understood the implication of Jiang Shouzhong’s words.

She furrowed her fine, arched eyebrows, "Are you saying... there’s someone from Xichu Pavilion in the Liushan Division?"

Jiang Shouzhong recounted the incident of Qin Shier coming to offer herself as a concubine to him, his expression solemn, "That’s what I believe. The people from Xichu Pavilion are also searching for that bottle of Demon Energy. They eventually investigated me and old Zhang, which is why they sent Qin Shier to test me."

"As for why Qin Shier didn’t go to test old Zhang or Lu Renjia, it’s quite explainable. Old Zhang is a married man, not easy to probe. And as for old Jia, well, that would have been rather unsavory."

"The rabbit demon had tangled with us twice, and now the people from Xichu Pavilion must suspect that the bottle of Demon Energy may be on us. Hence, they utilize the Liushan Division to order us around and make a second attempt."

"Moreover, the higher-ups quite out of the blue asked us to work with the Iron Cloth Hall, which is likely for them to monitor us. I even feel that Nalan Xie might be involved with Xichu Pavilion and is a chess piece they have deployed."

Upon hearing Jiang Shouzhong’s analysis, Li Nanshuang’s expression turned ugly.

Although she liked to slack off on normal days and didn’t take the Liushan Division that seriously, she would not allow others to scheme against her and treat her as a pawn.

"We’re not taking this case!"

Li Nanshuang waved her hand dramatically, "I’ll personally talk to the division chief. He can send whoever he wants, if he has the guts to disband the Wind Thunder Hall!"

The knife-wielding girl stormed out of the cabin with an imposing air.

Jiang Shouzhong sat in the chair, considering a solution.

It wasn’t a question of whether to investigate or not, but that they had already been targeted by the other party. No matter whether in the light or the dark, the adversary was keeping a tight watch on them. That was the most troublesome part.

Never mind, he might as well go to Silver Moon Tower to get his reward first.

Boost his personal strength.

As long as he was strong enough, all schemes and tricks were paper tigers.

...

Jiang Shouzhong arrived at Silver Moon Tower, this time greeted by Miss Xiahe.

"The lady has something to do, she asked me to take you to the armory to choose a secret manual."

Xiahe was as ever cool and aloof, dropping the icy remark before turning to head towards the armory loft.

That’s good.

Already dreading meeting that woman, Jiang Shouzhong breathed a sigh of relief and followed the girl to the armory.

He wanted to inquire about Qiuye’s injuries, but then thought better of it; best not to be nosy. Once he asked, he might be suspected of something.

Upon reaching the armory, Jiang Shouzhong headed straight to the fifth floor.

As he had expected, there were even fewer secret manuals here, just eight. Each was placed within an individual display rack resembling a crystal cover, with light flowing in between and spiritual energy gently swirling, forming a protective shield.

There was an additional protective shell outside the secret manuals, with ancient bronze embedded on the shell surface, carved with flying immortals among cloud patterns, ancient and mysterious.

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