Ye Yan scooped up a handful of scorched earth, kneaded it a few times, then let it fall.
He asked, "When exactly did this happen?"
The officer responsible for patrolling this satellite city of Kunlun Capital answered, "Yesterday evening. This estate is rather isolated, so it wasn't until late last night that a passing independent cultivator discovered it and reported the incident."
That was why the Third Group had arrived early this morning.
The Third Group was a department dedicated to special affairs... The estate had been utterly destroyed, and bodies littered the ground. A small number were male cultivators; most were eunuchs.
A bloody massacre, an entire household exterminated—naturally, it had attracted the attention of the South Heaven Gate's Third Group.
The main tournament of the Battle of Twelve Cities had ended, and the academy tournament didn't require too many high-level officers, leaving the Third Group with some free time... Ye Yan had left Officer Ma to help the other officers continue handling the Purple Firmament Cup, lest other departments accuse his group of shirking their duties, then happily headed to the murder scene in the satellite city.
He preferred investigating cases, after all.
"Do you know what this estate used to be?"
"We asked around. It was an upscale resort," the officer at the scene quickly replied. "We found some membership registers in the collapsed buildings. The guests were all wealthy or influential."
"You didn't find any female bodies?" Ye Yan suddenly asked.
The officer paused, then answered instinctively, "No."
"An upscale resort catering to rich men and women, yet not a single female employee?" Ye Yan frowned. "Doesn't that strike you as strange?"
"Well... it is a little strange." The officer nodded. "Lord Ye, what should we do next?"
Ye Yan thought for a moment. "Question the