Motive

The cultivator in the black robes looked calm, though a strange glint flashed through his eyes. Then he asked, "What should we do?"

"Investigate it as quickly as possible." "Let's go to the Gongsun residence now," Zhong Han blurted out.

He wanted to settle this matter as soon as possible.

Tu Shan Jun pondered. "Wouldn't that be beating the grass and startling the snake?"

It was not that he was unwilling, but their cultivation was insufficient.

Gongsun Wan was a disguised True Person. In truth, her cultivation had reached the Nascent Soul True Lord realm.

If a conflict truly erupted, it did not matter if others died. But if anything happened to Xu Sanniang, would all his efforts not have been in vain? "Beating the grass and startling the snake?"

"This is exactly what we should do now. If we delay too long, it will only be worse. We have many trump cards."

Zhong Han's gaze swept over everyone before withdrawing. Smiling, he said, "I heard Xiong Ran's corpse is still laid out in the Gongsun residence. We should go take a look too. Perhaps the spirit sword that pierced his heart left behind some clue."

"If we arrive too late and they finish handling everything, how will we break the deadlock?" He naturally knew that if Gongsun Wan had truly struck, she certainly would not have left any clues behind.

But he clearly needed this excuse.

Tu Shan Jun, meanwhile, wanted to use Zhong Han, this reckless brute from a landlord's family, to stall for time and give Xu Sanniang more time to cultivate. That was clearly impossible now.

He had not expected the Three Law Bureau to give Zhong Han only half a month to solve the case. If he could not give the Three Law Bureau a