Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend
Chapter 188 - 58: The Great Flood Hits the Dragon King Temple

Chapter 188: Chapter 58: The Great Flood Hits the Dragon King Temple

During the midst of autumn, the business of Drunk Immortal Inn was on the right track.

The growth of that peony in Hong Meng Heaven was getting better day by day. On this day, Ye Lingyue, having nothing better to do, was amusing herself by having Little Wuya practice its transformation skills.

Ever since she discovered that Little Wuya was a once-in-a-millennium Illusion Phoenix, Ye Lingyue had been tirelessly training it.

With time, Little Wuya’s transformation skills had improved significantly. It could transform into inanimate objects, such as a teacup or a chair.

It could also take the form of animate beings, such as Little Zhiyo, or turn into Dahuang, and it did so with remarkable likeness. Unfortunately, it was still unable to transform into a human.

It was estimated that it would have to grow a bit more before it could morph into human form.

Just as Little Wuya had transformed into a teacup, Yan Che walked in. He placed a letter in front of Ye Lingyue.

"Sect Leader, yesterday, someone from An Country Marquis Mansion sent an entrusted letter to the Ghost Sect, wanting to investigate your identity."

Ye Lingyue had handed over most of the money to Yan Che, commissioning him to establish the Ghost Sect.

Yan Che indeed did an excellent job; within just a few months, he had covertly absorbed several small gangs in Xia Capital and swiftly established a new sect named "Ghost Sect".

Moreover, Yan Che had adopted many orphans in the city. Those among them with a talent for cultivation were all selected and trained to become assassins of the Ghost Sect.

Those with good looks had been sent into the residences of Xia Capital’s nobility to gather various types of intelligence.

Within merely a few months, the Ghost Sect’s henchmen had infiltrated every corner of Xia Capital.

The Ghost Sect’s reputation rose rapidly, yet no one outside knew who the Sect Leader of the Ghost Sect really was.

Every time Yan Che accepted a mission, he would disguise himself; outsiders had no idea that he was a man from the Lan Residence.

To the outside world, the entire Ghost Sect was mysterious and enigmatic, specializing in all sorts of investigation and assassination tasks.

Over the past few months, the Ghost Sect had completed dozens of tasks and had made a name for itself in Xia Capital.

They want to investigate my background?

Ye Lingyue raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at the commission letter. There was no signature on the letter, but within An Country Marquis Mansion, the only ones targeting her were the Cui mother and daughter.

That Old Witch from the Cui Family still wouldn’t give up.

When Ye Lingyue became the second young miss of the Lan Residence, she had already anticipated that upon arriving in Xia Capital, someone would surely investigate her identity.

Regarding the affairs in Li City, she had already made arrangements well in advance; the people of Ye Residence would not disclose her true identity.

Even if the Cui Family investigated thoroughly, they would not be able to find any useful clues.

"Furnish them with the forged information. What audacity to ask the Ghost Sect to investigate my background as if they can really flush out the Dragon King Temple. This is a joke," Ye Lingyue sneered.

"Sect Leader, should we order someone to kill off the Cui Family?" After taking over the Ghost Sect, Yan Che had personally carried out several missions, and he was no longer the naive and simple slave from the Central Plains that he used to be on the streets. Now, Yan Che had a fierce look in his eyes.

In Yan Che’s view, those who dared to offend the Sect Leader only deserved one fate: death.

"They’re just clowns making a scene, it’s not yet time to deal with them. On the other hand, have you found anything regarding the investigation into the Crown Prince and Hong Yulang that I asked you to do?" Ye Lingyue tapped on the teacup on the table.

With a bang, Little Wuya transformed back into its original form.

Ye Lingyue estimated that Little Wuya’s transformation time could now last about fifteen minutes, a substantial improvement from the earliest time when it could only sustain a few breaths.

Seeing Little Wuya appear, Yan Che’s mouth twitched slightly, but he was clever enough not to ask any questions.

Yan Che knew that their Sect Leader was a person of wonders, and the small beasts that followed her were extraordinary as well.

Earlier, he had seen the Sect Leader’s Little Foxhound cracking melon seeds in the garden, taking turns enjoying the embrace of several maids.

"The Crown Prince and Hong Yulang don’t seem to have anything amiss; both of them enjoy Martial Arts, and their friends are quite ordinary on normal days. However, an incident occurred yesterday: Hong Yulang’s carriage was startled on the way back to the Hong Residence from Hongwu Hall, injuring a passing woman badly." Yan Che ordered his people to tail the Crown Prince and Hong Yulang.

There was nothing unusual with the Crown Prince, but Hong Yulang had an incident.

However, shortly after the incident occurred, the butler of the Hong Residence came forward and smoothed things over, preventing the case from reaching the officials.

Yan Che mentioned it offhand because he knew that in Xia Capital, similar incidents of nobles bullying civilians happened every day.

Little did he know that upon hearing this, Ye Lingyue became extra cautious.

"Find out where the injured woman lives; I think there’s something fishy about this incident." Ye Lingyue clearly remembered that yesterday, Hong Yulang did not show up for the morning lessons at Hongwu Hall. If that was the case, why did he pretend to have gone there?

Or perhaps he went somewhere else during the trip.

Ye Lingyue thought she could deceive the Cuis by sending false information through the Ghost Sect.

But Ye Lingyue didn’t expect that at the same time Cui Family started their investigation, another person also started to doubt her identity.

That person was Hong Fang of the Hong Residence. When Hong Fang first saw Ye Lingyue, he felt she looked familiar.

As someone who had been through thick and thin in both the officialdom and the Hong Residence for many years, Hong Fang intuitively felt a strong animosity from Ye Lingyue toward him.

Just as Hong Fang was doubting Ye Lingyue’s identity, the Crown Prince faced an assassination attempt.

Only a very few people including Hong Fang knew that the female assassin that day did not intend to kill the Crown Prince, but Hong Fang himself.

Ye Lingyue... The similarly looking female assassin made Hong Fang feel uneasy; he couldn’t help but think of Ye Huangyu and her daughter, whom he had abandoned once.

Hong Fang did have feelings for Ye Huangyu, the kind of tender feelings that sprouted during adolescence. But this fragile affection was easily shattered in the face of interests.

Especially since Ye Huangyu kneeled outside his bridal chamber on his wedding day, making all of Hong Residence laugh at him.

From the moment the baby girl born by Ye Huangyu was dropped and became simple-minded, Hong Fang deemed both mother and daughter dead.

"Ye Huangyu, I hope you are already remarried, but if I find out that it was truly you who tried to assassinate me, I swear I will eradicate you and the Ye Residence, leaving none alive." Hong Fang was more astute than the Cui Family.

His confidential letter of investigation was sent to the Killing Hall, the most famed intelligence organization in Daxia.

The power of the Killing Hall exceeded that of the newly established Ghost Sect by a great margin.

Especially since the Hall Master of the Killing Hall was able to uncover the true identity of Ye Lingyue without barely any effort.

Because the Hall Master of the Killing Hall was none other than Mayor Liu from Qiufeng Town.

Mayor Liu hesitated for a moment and then wrote a letter.

A day later, a letter arrived in the hands of Mayor Liu.

Opening the letter, he saw only one line written.

"Clean up thoroughly."

Several days later, a few strange incidents occurred in Qiufeng Town and Li City; some people died mysteriously, others suffered unexplained amnesia.

Except for the people of Ye Residence and Lan Residence, no one else in the world knew the true identity of Ye Lingyue.