Chapter 249: 【202】Leaving a notorious name on the blacklist, matters of the rivers and lakes are settled by the rivers and lakes (Seeking monthly votes at month-end)_1
“Dead?”

When Jiang Lingsu heard the news of Wu ZiCheng’s car accident, she nearly fainted. After angling for so many years, she finally landed a big fish that seemed promising, only to have it die in a car accident?

“Was it an accident or…?”

The middle-aged man reporting the news spoke in a low voice, “The city hall is also aware of Young Master ZiCheng’s identity, so they investigated very thoroughly; it was indeed an accident.”

“An accident? How could the heir of the Wu family die in an accident?” Jiang Lingsu had difficulty accepting this fact. She had even prepared to take full control of the business with the support of the Wu family before stepping over the bodies of the second branch to become the business queen of Da Peng City.

The stage was all set, and now they were telling her that the investor was dead?

“How could he die!”

The middle-aged man shook his head, “There was no one at fault in this accident.”

“No one at fault?”

Jiang Lingsu was completely stunned by this statement.

…

At the backyard of the Jiang’s house.

The middle-aged butler spoke carefully at his side, “This car accident really didn’t involve any culprit. It was caused by a collision with a bird, which led to the accident. After all, it’s the heir of the Wu family; the Night Patrol Department is taking it very seriously.”

“As if it’s their son who died. Why are they making such a big fuss in Da Peng City?” Pei Jinye watered the green plants in the courtyard unhurriedly.

The middle-aged butler couldn’t help but force a laugh, “It partly has to do with pleasing Director Wu, and, moreover, it is said that this person might be promoted in June next year.”

“Half a year’s time, too many variables,” Pei Jinye said indifferently, “let them investigate as they please. By the way, how are things going with the list?”

The middle-aged butler carefully said, “The third batch of names is still being prepared, as it involves other cities, so it will take some time.”

Having said that, he immediately assured, “Please rest assured, Master, I will supervise this matter and provide you with the list within three days.”

“Make sure the collection is done discreetly,”

Pei Jinye said, setting down the watering can.

He turned, giving the middle-aged butler a pat on the shoulder.

“Yes! I won’t let you down!”

After the middle-aged butler left the room.

The back mountain became much quieter again; the sound of birds from the northwest corner also quieted down at this moment, with many nests built amongst the branches.

Pei Jinye began his solitary cultivation.

…

Meanwhile.

At the high-speed entrance of Da Peng City tonight.

A man and a woman who had crossed three cities finally arrived in Da Peng City.

The man, around thirty-five years old with a flathead, wore sunglasses and had a ring on the thumb of his right hand, which was gripping the steering wheel.

The woman appeared much younger, with ear-length hair tipped with a touch of vivid red, also wearing sunglasses.

The moment the communicator sounded, the two instantly shook off their fatigue. The ring-bearing man pressed the answer button.

“Have you arrived?” an icy middle-aged voice came through the communicator.

“Yes, sir,” the ring-bearing man replied.

The voice from the communicator immediately said, “We just received news that the deputy director of the finance department’s puppy died at 7:44 p.m. in Da Peng City from a car accident. Investigate this as well.”

“Yes, sir.”

“The information has been uploaded to your backend. This is your secret operation. There’s only one liaison officer in Da Peng City. Good luck.”

After the communication was cut off.

The ring-bearing man turned his head, “Murong, can you check how far the car accident site is from here?”

The short-haired woman’s fingers were slender as she quickly retrieved relevant information from her wristband.

“Not far, an 11-kilometer drive.” She paused, then said with a strange look in her eyes, “The car accident assessment was done by the Night Patrol Department, and after three rounds of scrutiny, no anomalies were found. So did this poor kid really die by accident?”

“Perhaps,” the ring-bearing man said indifferently, “aren’t you curious about Yang Qingdan’s death?”

Murong narrowed her eyes, “I’m just curious how… Xu Tian dared to kill her?”

“It wasn’t Xu Tian,” the ring-bearing man shook his head.

The woman looked at him, “Why? The last images of Yang Qingdan’s death have been extracted by The Great Priest. Isn’t that person Xu Tian?”

The ring-bearing man shook his head, “Xu Tian has been dead for a long time, that’s the answer from headquarters. Therefore, the one who killed Yang Qingdan is someone else.”

Murong squinted, “So much is happening in this small Da Peng city, with three people from the Judgement Place dying consecutively. Does the local Governor know nothing?”

The ring-bearing man shook his head, “This case is filled with all sorts of oddities. Xu Tian’s account was used after his death, but unfortunately, when it came to verification, the other party stopped. Otherwise, once verified by headquarters, the truth would have come out.”

…

By December.

The nights in Da Peng City had become colder and colder.

Steam rose in greater volume above Pei Jinye’s head compared to the past days.

He slowly concluded his cultivation.

On the attribute panel, the progress bar of the Blood Refining Realm had already reached 20% of the Third Blood Refining.

“Is my progress a bit too fast?”

Pei Jinye pondered, looking down.

If the Blood Refining Realm were really so easy to cultivate, then Li Yan who provided the Blood Refining Skill wouldn’t have…

“No, it’s the Innate Battle Body!”

Pei Jinye had an innate talent for acceleration, and now that he had intercepted the Innate Battle Body from Lord Lotus Island, cultivating at high speed was no issue.

He composed himself, no longer dwelling on minor matters.

After concluding his cultivation,

All three attribute points on Pei Jinye’s panel had rapidly recovered within a day, something he could never have achieved before.

“It has to be said, some people’s deaths, light as a feather, do serve a purpose.”

Pei Jinye turned and went inside to rest.

With “Big Dream for Thousands of Autumns” and the Spring Chapter of the Four Seasons Talisman, the fatigue of the day quickly dissipated.

However, when it was deep into the night,

A Bluebird alighted on the hanging beam.

Pei Jinye gently opened his eyes.

He beckoned

and the Bluebird obediently flew down, its clever little head nodding several times.

Pei Jinye raised his eyebrows slightly, “Someone visited the crash site tonight?”

He casually fed a grain of Spirit Rice.

Gently stroking the little head of the Bluebird, he realized that in just a few days, the little Bluebird had grown significantly larger.

“Have some of your little brothers secretly follow them; they are bad people,” he instructed.

The Bluebird affectionately rubbed Pei Jinye’s broad, warm palm and then spread its wings and flew away.

Pei Jinye lay peacefully on his bed.

The next second, he activated his Extraordinary Abilities of Heavenly Calculation.

…

20 kilometers away, at a bend on the highway.

A man and a woman stood in the night.

On the silent path, one could still faintly see some scuff marks left from a car accident a few hours earlier.

“What do you think?”

Murong turned her head to look at the man with the ring.

The man squinted, raised his head to look around, and noticing an electronic eye not far away, said, “There’s an electronic eye every fifty meters here; there’s indeed no problem. If we could apply for Sealing Object A076, maybe we could find out the truth.”

“Are you suggesting we use the God’s Eye? Just to open the God’s Eye for some young brat, isn’t the cost too high?” Murong shook her head, “Even if his father is a high-ranking official in the Central State Finance Department, his current level is not enough to warrant such treatment.”

“Yeah, if this really was just an accident…” the middle-aged man rubbed his ring, “It would mean that this young master of the Wu Family is not a lucky man.”

“If it wasn’t an accident, then the true criminal behind it is too terrifying,” the woman remarked with a sigh.

The middle-aged man smiled, indicating, “Alright, there’s no need to worry too much about such a trivial matter. I’ve already found a place to stay; let’s go rest. We still have things to do tomorrow morning.”

In the night, a pair of eyes silently “watched” them drive away and check into a hotel.

…

“Luo Hai, second-level Judge, suspected Transcendent of elemental…”

“Murong Si, reserve duty second-level Judge, Transcendent unknown.”

Within the back mountain of the Jiang’s family, Pei Jinye silently “read” the identities of these two people in his mind.

“As expected, as soon as that woman Yang Qingdan died, it has attracted the Judgement Place’s real attention.”

At the moment, Pei Jinye didn’t plan to take out these two people.

If he did, even an idiot would know there was a problem in Da Peng City, and if that led to a Great Priest, who knew if a major purge would follow.

“As long as they don’t interfere with my cultivation, it’s fine,” he thought to himself.

Pei Jinye didn’t believe that these two pampered Judges would wish to leave the luxury of the Judgement Place to actually stay in a small place like Da Peng City.

The Bluebird was monitoring at all times.

The night in Da Peng City grew colder.

Meanwhile, the news of Wu ZiCheng’s accidental death in a car accident had already reached Nan Du City.

To the people of Da Peng City, it didn’t matter who received the news. What mattered was that a wealthy heir had died… and merely from an accident at that. Anyone would say he was really unlucky.

But for the Chairman of the Cloud Whale Steel in Storm City, even if the entire Wu Family were wiped out, it wouldn’t be of any concern to him.

“Damn it, where’s my ship?”

“I’ve been checking all day, where is my ship?”

“How could such a large cargo ship just vanish???”

“Useless, a bunch of useless idiots!”

…

…

…

“Bang bang bang!”

The morning sunlight fell on the Investigation Team’s training ground.

Pei Jinye holstered his gun, while Brother Bi gave him a thumbs-up beside him.

“Your stance is very standard. Let’s see your score later…”

Eighty-nine out of a possible hundred points for ten shots.

Brother Bi tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Why is it that after teaching Little Pei for so long, his shooting skills just don’t improve? His best score was 89 points, and his worst was 81 points.

“Tsk… no worries, Firearms are a matter of luck when shooting blindly; the key is learning how to run,” Brother Bi consoled him.

Coming face-to-face, Zhou Ye approached with three cups of soy milk.

“89 points is very good. Jinye hasn’t been here for long, not even two months, and to have this level is commendable,” he said.

After distributing the soy milk,

Zhou Ye couldn’t wait to recount to Pei Jinye the harrowing experience from the day before yesterday.

“You really missed out the other day; it was quite a spectacle… The Starfire Army is truly wild. In order to extract those people, they even fired cannons. The Military Department almost ordered the leveling of Broken Cloud Mountain…”

Brother Bi laughed, “It’s good that Jinye wasn’t there. These kind of urgent missions are really scary. One team had two injured members; if it weren’t for Chu Tianye from the Military Department stepping in at the last moment, our people would’ve likely been slaughtered by the opposing Swordsman…”

“That strong?” Pei Jinye raised an eyebrow slightly.

A Swordsman?

Was it that overly-dramatic big brother?

He’s that strong?

“Strong, yes, but I think the Swordsman from Mist Mountain is the strongest,” Zhou Ye suddenly interjected.

Pei Jinye’s expression stiffened slightly.

“The Sword Dominator from Mist Mountain?”

“Yeah, didn’t you know? Just the night before last, on the Mist Mountain in Storm City, a lot of people died. A mysterious Swordsman killed all those fighting over the treasures. Since his origin is unknown and his Sword Technique is fierce, he’s now been nicknamed Sword Dominator.”

“…”

Pei Jinye looked down and drank his soy milk.

Zhou Ye added another comment.

“I hear that he’s already been added to the Black List, debuting at number 88. I’ve heard that the old timers there aren’t happy about it.”

…

Pei Jinye rubbed his chin.

In the Black List, there also seems to be a Psychic Class… Body System…

Should I strike a blade or not?