I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 196 - 143 Lin Yan’s Decision! [Five updates!]_3

Chapter 196: Chapter 143 Lin Yan’s Decision! [Five updates!]_3

The Commander spoke slowly, "But the transformation last night was sudden and unexpected, yet today we were prepared, so the situation won’t be as bad as last night! Before night falls, complete the Dayin River Dragon Pillar, and with our combined efforts, we should be able to hold it back tonight!"

"Good."

Lin Yan waved his hand and said, "In that case, I will go rest first."

"You’ve worked hard."

As the Commander said this, he suddenly paused.

He seemed to feel that he had overlooked something earlier.

After a moment, he turned his head, his expression one of surprise, "Last night, the Dayin River transformed; how could this lad dare to walk alone at night?"

Not just walk alone at night?

He even dared to follow the ghost soldiers to investigate the source of the anomaly!

Truly audacious!

"Wait..."

The Commander’s expression changed, he muttered, "Not to mention his courage, but just with the cultivation of the Refining Essence Realm, he managed to do all this?"

He looked in the direction Lin Yan had left, his expression growing increasingly complicated.

Only after a long while did he murmur, "Impossible..."

In the entirety of High Willow City, he considered himself the first to know the details about Lin Yan.

This lad, in those days, used to kill at night, and his methods frowned at even by the Sky Observation Bureau’s Supreme Commander, seemed a bit crude.

Back then, he hadn’t even stepped into the second major milestone of the martial path!

It hasn’t even been three years since then; he thought that it was already genius enough for him to join the inner ranks now.

But after a retreat, through mere clues, he was shocked to discover that this lad had now reached the Refining Essence Realm!

But now, it seems like this lad really... apparently... seemed a bit beyond what a Refining Essence Realm Martial Artist should be capable of.

"Barely over two and a half years?"

The Commander approached the river, saw his own reflection, and then looked in the direction Lin Yan had gone.

Then he looked at his own reflection in the river again.

He touched his face, looking utterly perplexed.

"It makes no sense!"

"If he really is in the Qi Refining Realm, doesn’t that make me, the Supreme Commander of the High Willow City Sky Observation Bureau, useless?"

"Compared to him, shouldn’t Li Shen Sect be thrown out?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The Commander shook his head vigorously, secretly thought, "Even for a genius, it’s impossible to reach such heights in so short a time! It’s unheard of, unprecedented!"

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Meanwhile, Lin Yan was once again meeting with the General Flag Envoy, Pan Yun.

"Inspection Envoy, we’ve questioned them all, and no one has seen the person depicted in your sketch."

"Oh?" Lin Yan’s brows slightly furrowed.

"But there is one thing."

Pan Yun hesitated before speaking, "There are two trade firms supposed to be dealing outside the western district of the High Willow outer city!"

"But one of the shopkeepers of these trade firms died in the Dayin River."

"Among the bodies we retrieved, there was this trade firm’s shopkeeper, already identified by the other business’s people."

"It looks like all the people from this trade firm are dead."

After pausing, Pan Yun spoke low, "From what I see, they were probably killed with knives."

Lin Yan paused, then asked, "Was it a robbery?"

Pan Yun shook his head, "The goods of this trade firm were thrown into the Dayin River. Just yesterday evening, up north of High Willow City, some were fished out."

"Then it’s not a robbery."

Lin Yan laughed lightly and asked, "General Pan, a bunch of people from a trade firm were killed here, but it wasn’t for robbery. What do you think it was for?"

Pan Yun’s expression turned complex, he hesitated before saying, "They must have seen something they shouldn’t have."

"Like someone who shouldn’t be alive?"

Lin Yan chuckled softly, looking at the Dayin River, he slowly said, "I was wondering last night how so many bodies appeared in the Dayin River."

He gripped the handle of his knife and said, "Logically speaking, the bodies of General Pei’s group, along with those ’murderers’ killed by General Pei’s group, all added together shouldn’t exceed a hundred!"

"Now it seems, some unlucky folks were silenced and conveniently thrown into the Dayin River."

"Now, the clues are clear."

As he mused quietly, he looked towards Pan Yun, the General Flag Envoy, and asked, "What was discovered on both sides of the Dayin River?"

"The banks of the Dayin River were destroyed, expanding sixfold in width, and with the river water overflowing last night, not a trace was left behind."

The General Flag Envoy, Pan Yun, said this.

"That will be all for you."

Lin Yan waved his hand and said, "You’ve worked hard."

Without saying more, he walked upstream along the river.

Simultaneously, upstream was seen Lin Xiaoqi, transformed from the Little White Ape, running down quickly.

"Master, found a clue." The Little White Ape said quietly.

"Which direction?" Lin Yan asked calmly.

"Feng City!" Little White Ape replied.

"Bring the horse over!" Lin Yan said.

"Ah? Didn’t you say earlier that we should stay one more night here to see if Dayin River undergoes more changes tonight?" the Little White Ape asked.

"The Commander has already arrived, and soon the top experts of High Willow City will gather here."

Lin Yan spoke slowly, "Mr. Lu will also come, so will people from Qifeng Prefecture and Wutong Temple... they will arrive as soon as possible."

He laughed, "If such an arrangement, set up in advance, cannot handle tonight’s transformations... then my modest early stage Qi Refining self staying here is of no use!"

Upon hearing this, the Little White Ape earnestly gave a thumbs up and said, "Master, you really are humble, kind, benevolent, and magnanimous."

"If you can’t compliment someone, don’t misuse words."

Lin Yan knocked on its head and said, "Bring the horse over, we’re heading to Feng City first!"

He turned back towards the Dayin River, thinking to himself, "Tomorrow, I’ll bring Shi Xu’s head back here to pay respects to the others!"

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