Zheng Kecheng's Fury! The Three Divine Constables

"Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord!"

"You humiliated and slandered me like this! How could I, Zheng Kecheng, let you go!"

"I, Zheng Kecheng, swear once again that I will capture Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord and clear my name!"

Zheng Kecheng's bones crackled explosively throughout his body. Trembling with rage, he shouted, "Constable Lin, notify the Deputy Chief Constable and all constables to come to the Arrest Bureau! Search the entire city for Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord!"

"Yes, Chief Constable!"

Lin Bao lowered his head and answered respectfully.

But the instant he turned around, a flicker of satisfaction flashed in his eyes!

True or false, seeing Zheng Kecheng suffer a setback was enough to make him feel utterly pleased.

"Greetings, Chief Constable!"

"Greetings, Chief Constable!"

"Greetings, Chief Constable!"

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After about a quarter of an hour, Deputy Chief Constable Ji Shun arrived briskly with over forty constables in dark uniforms. They respectfully clasped their fists in unison.

"Why are there only forty-odd people?"

Zheng Kecheng frowned, anxiety churning in his heart.

"Chief Constable, the others are either out on assignments or have gone to the market fair. They will not return until evening. At present, we could only gather over forty people nearby."

Ji Shun clasped his fists and replied respectfully.

"Good. I presume you have all heard about how Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord spread rumors and slandered Zheng last night!"

"That scoundrel Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord is audacious beyond measure! He actually dared to stir up trouble on the head of the Grand Guardian! He dared spread rumors about me, Zheng Kecheng!"

"If I do not capture him alive, I am unworthy of being called a man!"

"Now, follow me and investigate Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord throughout the city! We must capture that scoundrel!"

Zheng Kecheng gritted his teeth and spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes, Chief Constable!"

"Understood!"

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The many constables answered in succession and hurriedly left the Arrest Bureau.

Yan Yun County City, within an estate.

"The methods Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord used to expose matters are exactly the same as when Li Laocai was exposed in Qingniu Town!"

"Could this person have once stayed in Qingniu Town?"

"It seems we must investigate who came from Qingniu Town to Yan Yun County City over the past two months! Who might bear a grudge against me and Li Laocai!"

With his hands clasped behind his back, Zheng Kecheng recalled how someone had exposed his brother-in-law Li Laocai at night in Qingniu Town. He immediately began filtering through everyone from the past half-year who might possibly hold a grudge against him.

The most urgent matter was to capture that Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord.

He had burned his brother-in-law's entire household to death with great secrecy.

Even if they investigated, he was confident they would find nothing.

As for the slow poison in his wife's body, it was a Southern Border Gu Poison that could slowly absorb a person's Life Force, weakening them until death. He had obtained it by chance and used it on his wife.

He had deliberately taken his wife to see Alchemist Li Hongfei, who had not found the cause either and had merely prescribed some traditional medicine to replenish qi and blood. He believed that even if divine constables from the Divine Constable Bureau came, they would absolutely fail to see through it.

Once he caught that Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord, he could instead charge him with slander and defamation!

Yan Yun County City.

Northern district.

Within a mountain manor's separate courtyard.

Three middle-aged men clad in blue sat in the main hall, their auras deep and steady.

One carried a sword on his back, one wore a saber at his waist, and one had exceptionally large hands. Their expressions carried an authority that needed no anger.

A stack of case files lay on the table between them.

"Brother Zhao, we do not know who this Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord is. But according to our investigation over the past few days, the Snow Lotus Emissary Yue Quan came to Yan Yun County, Black River Gang Leader Ji Zhang cultivated the Bloodthirsty Divine Skill, Li Hongfei refined Medicine People, and the Chen Family's sister-in-law and brother-in-law committed adultery. Every piece of information he exposed has been confirmed!"

"If such a person could join our Divine Constable Bureau, we would be like a tiger that had grown wings!"

The sword-bearing middle-aged man looked at the square-faced, short-bearded man with unusually large knuckles, curiosity in his eyes as he muttered.

"For Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord to know so many secrets, he could not have done it alone! Behind him, there is likely a force hidden exceedingly deep!"

Zhao Yong glanced at Lin Kang and Su Jin. After a brief thought, he spoke calmly.

The three of them belonged to the Divine Constable Bureau of You Prefecture.

They each had a nickname in the martial world.

The 'Flying Swordsman' Lin Kang, the 'Life-Taking Swordsman' Su Jin, and the 'Soul-Severing Hand' Zhao Yong.

All three had reached the first-rate realm. This time, they had received word from Divine Eagle, their informant in Yan Yun County, that someone in Yan Yun County had revealed that Black River Gang Leader Ji Zhang cultivated by drinking human blood, and that disciples of the Snow Lotus Sect were suspected of hiding within Great Cang.

A hundred years ago, the Snow Lotus Sect had raised the banner of "The Cang Heaven is dying; the Snow Lotus shall save the world" and rebelled, once occupying eight prefectures south of the river. Though they were ultimately suppressed, the Snow Lotus Sect had hidden itself too deeply and had never been eradicated.

For nearly a hundred years, the Great Cang Dynasty had loathed the Snow Lotus Sect to the bone. Whenever a Snow Lotus Sect disciple surfaced, divine constables were swiftly dispatched to wipe them out!

Their primary mission in coming here.

Was to eliminate the remnants of the Snow Lotus Sect.

"Brother Zhao speaks reasonably!"

Lin Kang and Su Jin nodded, deeply agreeing.

"Let us ignore everything else for now. Find the Snow Lotus Emissary, finish our proper business, then deal with Li Hongfei while we are at it!"

Zhao Yong spoke calmly, rose to his feet, and headed outside.

Lin Kang and Su Jin followed him.

Eastern district.

Inside the room he had rented, Qin Wang held the Disguise Technique manual in one hand as he flipped through it, while fiddling with all kinds of rouge, hats, shoes, clothes, beards, little black moles, and other items spread before him.

Disguise Technique (Beginner)

Progress: (2/800)

Effect: Alter one's face, clothing, adornments, behavioral habits, and transform into another person. Diligence can make up for clumsiness; minor mastery can be achieved in three months.

"Mm, getting started with this Disguise Technique is fairly quick!"

Qin Wang looked at the beginner-level Disguise Technique on the panel, satisfaction appearing in his eyes.

This Disguise Technique.

Could turn him into another person by changing his clothing, appearance, gait, voice, scent, face, and behavioral habits!

After breakfast that morning, Qin Wang had bought all the required materials and returned home to study them.

Once he learned this.

Buying Qi and Blood Pills would become much more convenient.

Moreover.

Qin Wang suddenly recalled something he had overlooked. He had once posted intelligence in Qingniu Town and exposed Li Laocai. After coming to Yan Yun County, he had exposed matters several more times. He had become completely addicted to exposing secrets.

One had to know.

Zheng Kecheng had been to Qingniu Town.

What if.

Zheng Kecheng investigated from that angle? There was every possibility that he would trace it back to Qin Wang.

"Next time, I will not use the name Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord. I will change it to Tianji Pavilion!"

"That way, the one exposing information will become an organization, rather than Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord alone! It will scatter the direction of their investigation!"

"At present, I must quickly use the Disguise Technique to turn myself into another person and make 'Qin Wang' disappear from Yan Yun County!"

Qin Wang pondered in secret.

Everyone had moments when they became too carried away. Since one small oversight in a hundred careful plans had revealed that Zheng Kecheng might trace things back to him, he needed to familiarize himself with the Disguise Technique as soon as possible, become another person, rent a new place, and make up for this oversight.

He would not make the same mistake next time!

After changing identities, he would continue dealing with Zheng Kecheng until he killed him and collected his soul into the Soul Gathering Bowl.

With that thought.

Qin Wang immediately began fiddling with himself. As he made changes, he examined himself in a bronze mirror. At that moment, Qin Wang saw that at a casual glance, he had become a thin young man with a sallow complexion and a slight limp.

"I should change houses first."

Qin Wang looked at his limping reflection in the bronze mirror. Though his Disguise Technique was still far from perfect, no one would notice anything without looking carefully.

Though there were so many people in Qingniu Town that checking them one by one would take several days, Qin Wang did not dare gamble on it.

Just then.

On the long streets of Yan Yun County, constables in dark uniforms began making inquiries at the places where Hundred Knowledge Divine Lord had posted his notices.

Meanwhile, Zheng Kecheng headed to Yan Yun County's north gate. It was the unavoidable gate through which people from Qingniu Town entered Yan Yun County, and every Qingniu Town resident entering Yan Yun County had been registered in the records.

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