Tang Ru naturally did not want to bear the charge of ruining the Spirit Rice fields. She could only say that she had spent spirit stones to hire people to inquire about an old friend. Though her words sounded nice enough, anyone with eyes could tell that she was looking for her lover.
But Chen Feng had been as inconspicuous as a speck of dust in the Outer Sect. Only when Tang Ru had gone to become a concubine had he become the man Tang Ru abandoned in the mouths of the disciples. After a year, once the matter had died down, no one paid attention to him anymore.
Yet Tang Ru's words brought Chen Feng back before everyone's eyes. Only, this man had now vanished, and no one knew when he had left.
Tang Ru's words also proved that the last place he had appeared was the Spirit Rice fields of Zone B in the Outer Five Peaks. Chen Feng became a suspect of the Law Enforcement Hall.
By sheer coincidence, aside from Yunxi and Zonghao, the two "timid" newcomers who had ripened their Spirit Rice ahead of time, everyone else's Spirit Rice fields in Zone B had been ravaged. Moreover, it was the worst-hit area in all the Outer Five Peaks. Chen Feng immediately became suspect number one.
When Yunxi heard about this, the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily. Heaven truly was helping her. Now there was no evidence left, dead men told no tales, and Chen Feng had even been nailed to the pillar of shame. Even Tang Ru had been implicated.
Wei Zonghao stroked his chin and said:
"Sister Yunxi, I think that Chen Feng was most likely coming after the two of us."
Yunxi nodded and followed his line of reasoning.
"I think so