682: Chapter 678: The Death of Zhang Bo 682: Chapter 678: The Death of Zhang Bo “But…
his disciple said his fortune-telling is very accurate!”
Yun Xinyan said worriedly.
To say one didn’t believe in superstition was a lie, even for people living in modern society, deep down, there was still some fear of the supernatural.
“A crazy Taoist’s disciple would naturally be crazy as well, so, my wife, there’s really no need to take their words to heart!”
Ye Tian continued to reassure her, and Xinyan’s mood finally calmed down a bit.
Just as he was about to say something else, Ye Tian’s phone suddenly rang!
It was Ye Xuong calling!
Ye Tian quickly answered the call, and on the phone, Ye Xuong said urgently, “Boss, it’s bad!
Uncle Zhang is dead!!”
“What!?”
Ye Tian’s heart skipped a beat, and his facial expression immediately became grave.
“Ye Xuong, keep calm, I’ll be right there!”
After speaking, Ye Tian hung up the phone and looked apologetically at Yun Xinyan.
“My wife, I’m really sorry, but I have an emergency and I must leave!”
“An emergency?”
Although Xinyan felt a bit let down, seeing the serious expression on Ye Tian’s face, she naturally didn’t stop him.
Even though she didn’t know what Ye Tian was involved in, Xinyan was very clear in her heart that everything Ye Tian did was for the entire Jiangcheng, for the citizens of Jiangcheng!
Therefore, Xinyan was quite supportive of Ye Tian’s actions!
“Ye Tian, where are you going, I’ll take you there!”
Xinyan said, but Ye Tian shook his head.
“Dear wife, the place I’m going is somewhat dangerous, not suitable for women, and you’ve just prayed to Guanyin, you must be tired.
Don’t run around with me, hurry back to the urban area of Jiangcheng, and be careful!”
“Hmm…”
Since Ye Tian had said so, Xinyan had no choice but to stop the car abruptly on the side of the road in the suburbs.
“My wife, don’t worry.
As soon as the matter is resolved, I will immediately come back!”
Saying this, Ye Tian lightly kissed Xinyan on the cheek, from which she felt a strong affection from Ye Tian.
“You tell me to be careful.
Ye Tian, you should be even more careful.
Remember, in any situation you can’t overpower, you must retreat safely!
When you are taking risks alone, please think of the wife at home waiting for you to return!”
Xinyan advised, while Ye Tian got out of the car with a wry smile.
“My wife, I’m off!”
With those words, Ye Tian employed his qinggong and dashed toward the estate headquarters of the Night King Hall.
Watching Ye Tian’s swiftly retreating figure, Xinyan saw that his qinggong was extraordinary, fully unleashed, it was even faster than the car she was driving.
It was precisely because her husband was such a strong martial artist that he could not rest for a moment, only being able to run around for the sake of the people around him…
“Sigh…”
Xinyan couldn’t help but sigh, watching as Ye Tian’s figure disappeared from her view.
On the other hand, Ye Tian was racing at extreme speed.
Since it was the outskirts, there were fewer vehicles passing by and not many pedestrians, allowing Ye Tian to move at full speed.
He easily surpassed the cars on the highway.
The drivers who saw Ye Tian’s speed were all dumbfounded—
“Good lord!
Am I seeing ghosts?
How can this person be faster than a car?”
“Hurry, hurry, call the Bull Demon King out to see God!”
“Is this person running or flying?
Why do I feel like they’re flying?”
…
Of course, no matter what the drivers on the road said, Ye Tian didn’t care in the slightest; he just kept running silently.
Before long, he arrived at the stronghold estate of the Night King Hall.
Inside the estate, a group of martial artists had already been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Ye Tian arrive, Ye Xuong immediately knelt down before him!
“Boss, Ye Xuong has failed in his duties.
Please punish me!”
Ye Tian’s face was expressionless, and he neither accepted nor refuted Ye Xuong’s words.
“Where is Uncle Zhang’s body?”
Ye Tian inquired, to which Ye Xuong replied hastily, “He’s lying in the guest room!”
Leading the way, Ye Xuong escorted Ye Tian to the Night King Hall’s guest room, with the group of martial artists following behind.
Uncle Zhang was lying straight on the bed, no longer breathing.
Next to Uncle Zhang, Poison Spider was pressing on his chest with a helpless expression on her face.
Seeing Ye Tian arrive, Poison Spider also looked dejected and said, “Boss, though I tried my best to treat him, the poison has deeply penetrated his internal organs and is beyond what I can cure, so now there’s no turning back.”
Apart from Ye Tian, Poison Spider, Ye Xuong’s lover, was the most skilled in medical expertise.
As they say, “Poisons and medicines are from the same family,” with Poison Spider’s mastery in using “poison,” she was naturally well-versed in “medicine.”
Therefore, when Uncle Zhang was in trouble, Poison Spider was the first to rush to treat him!
“He was poisoned to death?”
Ye Tian asked Ye Xuong again, and Ye Xuong quickly nodded, recounting the details of the incident to Ye Tian.
Zhang Bo’s cause of death was poisoning, ingested orally.
In other words, someone had poisoned the food that Zhang Bo ate, leading to his death by poisoning.
After listening to Ye Xuong’s account, Ye Tian quickly checked Zhang Bo’s pulse.
Despite Ye Tian’s expertise in medicine, he couldn’t bring the dead back to life…
Zhang Bo had been dead for some time, and as Ye Tian looked at Zhang Bo’s body, his heart was filled with conflicting emotions.
Under his own forceful questioning, Zhang Bo had divulged all he knew about the Sima Family, so for Ye Tian, Zhang Bo had long since ceased to have any usefulness.
But the death of Zhang Bo, who now lacked any utility, stirred a bit of reluctance in Ye Tian.
Zhang Bo’s actions didn’t warrant death.
Who exactly had caused his demise?
“Ding Da!”
Ye Tian summoned the eldest of the Ding brothers.
“Boss, what is it?
Please give me your commands!”
Ding Da said respectfully.
Ye Tian glanced at Zhang Bo’s corpse and said, “Zhang Bo was a formidable man.
You three brothers have some connections with the Sima Family.
Can you send Zhang Bo’s body back to them?”
“Boss, the Sima Family isn’t so easy to meddle with,” Ding Da said with a frightened look, hurrying to add, “If the Sima Family learns that us three brothers have anything to do with Zhang Bo’s death, I’m afraid we won’t come back alive!”
“Hehe, is that so?”
Ye Tian chuckled, it seemed like trying to do something humanitarian wasn’t going to be easy after all.
“Then forget I said anything.
Ye Xuong!”
Ye Tian called Ye Xuong over to his side once again.
“Boss, what’s up?” Ye Xuong inquired.
“Find a couple of brothers and bury Zhang Bo’s body.
Keeping it here isn’t very hygienic.
Remember, bury it far away.
We can’t have anyone tracking him back to Night King Hall!”
“Yes!”
Ye Xuong took the order and then immediately fetched two martial artists from Night King Hall to deal with Zhang Bo’s corpse.
Ye Tian led the group out of the guestroom and then asked Ye Xuong…
“Ye Xuong, have you found out who poisoned Zhang Bo’s food?”
“That…
Boss, it’s too difficult!” Ye Xuong said with a distressed expression, continuing, “The kitchen can be entered by anyone, and the food prepared for Zhang Bo was too conspicuous.
So, it would have been easy for anyone to poison it.
Moreover, there are no surveillance devices in the entire Night King Hall, so there’s no way to identify the poisoner.”
As Ye Xuong mentioned, to ensure the privacy of the eminent martial artists, the entire estate of Night King Hall was without cameras.
Thus, if someone did something within the estate, unless it was witnessed, it would not be discovered…
“In that case, the estate’s equipment is somewhat lacking, isn’t it?”
Ye Tian muttered, though it was of course a joke.
If they really installed cameras around the estate, it would not only invade the martial artists’ privacy but also be detrimental to the development of relationships between Ye Tian and the martial artists.
Ye Xuong added, “I suspect that it was someone from outside who came to Night King Hall to poison the food!”
Ye Tian waved his hand and said, “Although there are no cameras in the estate, the kitchen is located in a more secluded area.
Therefore, unless someone is very familiar with the layout of the estate, they wouldn’t be able to poison the food there.
And with so many masters present, who would risk battling so many skilled fighters just to poison someone in the kitchen?”
His statement left not only Ye Xuong but also the other martial artists dumbfounded.
“Boss,” Ye Xuong said with trepidation, “following your logic, doesn’t that mean there’s a hidden traitor in Night King Hall?”
Ye Tian shook his head and replied, “It’s not necessarily a traitor.
Ye Xuong, do you remember what happened when we went to explore the ancient tomb in Jiang City?”
“I see now!”
Ye Tian’s words made Ye Xuong realize the situation immediately!
When Ye Tian and Ye Xuong arrived at the ancient tomb in Jiang City, the personnel from the cultural relics preservation department, clearly under Sima Feng’s control, acted as if nothing was amiss.
The employees were cheerful and talkative, just like ordinary people.
If Ye Tian and Ye Xuong hadn’t left the tomb, they probably would never have known the true nature of those people.
That is, Sima Feng’s Puppetry Manipulation allowed the controller to remain clear-headed, only taking effect when summoned…
Of course, although Ye Xuong knew this, he couldn’t mention it in front of so many people because, according to what Ye Tian said, among the martial artists of Night King Hall, there were already those under control, but that person didn’t even know it themselves.
Ye Tian directly questioned the Ding brothers, saying, “Ding Da, can Sima Feng’s Puppetry Technique be resolved simply by blocking one’s ears?”
“Yes,” Ding Da nodded.
“Ye Xuong, since I left, have you heard any strange sounds in the estate, such as the sound of a bamboo flute or anything like that?”
Ye Tian turned to Ye Xuong, who immediately responded, “No, nobody has heard any strange sounds, not even in the interrogation room.”
“That’s good then…” Ye Tian nodded silently, “What poison was Zhang Bo poisoned with?”
Poison Spider immediately said, “Boss, he was just poisoned with ordinary arsenic.
It’s a pity that such a strong man was killed by arsenic!”
As he spoke, Poison Spider couldn’t help but sigh.
Normally, martial artists who have reached a certain level of Inner Strength can resist poisons, and those with the strongest Inner Strength are nearly immune to all toxins.
Thus, lower-level poisons like arsenic are essentially incapable of affecting martial artists…