Holy Son Pavilion.
"When Alchemist Yang returned, was he alone?"
The Tianxuan Holy Son asked.
This question was very important to him.
Ever since the assassination attempt on Yang Chan, the Tianxuan Holy Son had been investigating.
Every trace pointed back to his side.
And now that Yuwen Ze had vanished without a trace, many believed he had silenced him. But only he himself knew that he had never arranged for anyone to make a move against Yuwen Ze.
Yet everything was far too coincidental, as though it truly was connected to him.
He had investigated the people within Tianxuan Holy Land who had aided Yuwen Ze. They really were his people, not agents planted by the Tianxuan Saintess.
They had helped because the benefits Yuwen Ze offered were tempting. Besides, they had felt that this was Yuwen Ze's affair and had nothing to do with them.
Or perhaps it could be said that they had never expected Yuwen Ze to attempt to assassinate Yang Chan.
After all, although Yuwen Ze had a poor reputation within the Pill Pavilion, he was still a Senior Alchemist. His life was better than that of many others, and his status and position were there for all to see.
If he could endure humiliation and bide his time, it was not as though he had no chance of making a comeback in the future. There had been no need whatsoever to resort to assassination.
Later, after the Tianxuan Holy Son had people investigate, he discovered that Yuwen Ze's mentality had collapsed after suffering a series of blows, which was why he had become so extreme.
All the evidence before them pointed to Yuwen Ze as the problem. Yet his own side also had a major problem, because from beginning to end, his people had