The next day, around noon, after the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger had flown at top speed all night, Jiang Liu finally saw the outline of Lin City appear in the distance.
In a dense forest some distance from Lin City, Jiang Liu ordered Three-Eyed Flying Tiger to stop.
Then, Jiang Liu leaped off the back of the Three-Eyed Flying Tiger and commanded it to go find food on its own.
Jiang Liu flew directly towards Lin City. As he approached the city wall, three figures came out to greet him. The aura emanating from these three indicated that they were all Minor Grandmaster.
Jiang Liu was surprised to see that it was the person in charge of the three sects in Lincheng. It was the first time Jiang Liu had seen the people in charge of the three sects come out together.
Jiang Liu took out his identity token from the Flowing Cloud Sect and tossed it to the Flowing Cloud Sect's dispatched guard elder, Li Xiaohe quickly caught it with both hands.
When Li Weihe took out the token from Jiang Liu, he saw the light from the token and knew that it was the token of their sect's high-level officials. Sure enough, when he took a look at the token, he saw a true character on the token, with a golden cloud underneath the true character.
Turning the token over, one could see the two large characters "Jiang Liu" engraved on it. The entire token still retained Jiang Liu's vital energy. Li Xiaohe carefully sensed the aura emanating from Jiang Liu.
It was immediately confirmed that this was Jiang Liu, the True Inheritor Disciple recently received by the Flowing Cloud Sect.
After examining the token, Li Xiaohe immediately handed it back to Jiang Liu with both hands. Then he asked, "Master Jiang, may I ask what brings you to Lin City?"
Jiang Liu took the token and put it in his pocket, smiling as he said, "Elder, you don't need to be so polite. I'm just here for a stroll. You can go ahead with your business!" After saying that, he waved his hand and flew towards Lin City.
Li Xiaohe and the other two landowners exchanged glances, nodded, and returned to the city wall together.
Although Jiang Liu said not to worry about him, they dared not be negligent, fearing that Jiang Liu might find some fault with him. Although Jiang Liu was just a True Inheritor Disciple, he was a True Inheritor Disciple of Grandmaster, and they could not afford to offend him.
Jiang Liu had no idea that his arrival had caused trouble for the person in charge here. Even if he did know, he wouldn't care. Right now, he was only thinking about the person behind the scenes.
Otherwise, he would feel uneasy even when he was sleeping, fearing that someone might jump out and kill him at any moment.
Jiang Liu went to Tongqian Bank and used the same trick again, summoning the head manager there.
However, an unexpected problem arose when the mental technique was used to invade the store this time. Because the store manager's strength was only that of Minor Grandmaster, there was a certain chance that the mental invasion would fail.
Jiang Liu hadn't used the method when questioning the Dark Star Hall members because he knew there was a chance of failure when attempting to invade the mental power of Minor Grandmaster.
The head manager of Tongqian Bank regained his senses and immediately struck Jiang Liu with a palm strike. At the same time, he roared, "Who are you? How dare you provoke Tongqian Bank?"
Jiang Liu had no choice but to exchange a palm strike with him, and then knock him unconscious with another. Fortunately, he had set up a mental barrier earlier, otherwise the angry shout and the sound of the palm strike would have been heard.
Although it wouldn't be a big deal if other people found out, it would still be a troublesome matter.
Jiang Liu looked at the unconscious manager of Tongqian Bank Shop and felt a headache coming on. He didn't know how to get him out in front of everyone.
Then we'll have to question him here first. If he doesn't confess honestly here, we'll make further plans. Jiang Liu made up his mind. This matter can't be delayed; if it drags on, it will alert the enemy.
After Jiang Liu finished thinking, he waved his hand and released a burst of energy, waking up the manager of Tongqian Bank.
When the manager of Tongqian Bank Shop woke up and saw Jiang Liu, he immediately tried to stand up and attack Jiang Liu again. But as soon as he tried, he felt numb and weak all over, and fell to the ground again.
He immediately roared at Jiang Liu, "What did you do to me? Untie me right now, or my Tongqian Bank will not let you off the hook!"
"Please be patient and listen to me before you make a decision," Jiang Liu said calmly.
"Do you have this password in your bank account?" Jiang Liu then revealed the password.
"If you want to withdraw silver, just go to the counter. What do you mean by arresting me?" the shopkeeper shouted angrily.
"Because I don't want the money, and since you answered my question, I can give you the money," Jiang Liu tempted.
Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, the shopkeeper's eyes immediately gleamed with greed. However, his gaze quickly dimmed, for he knew that those who deposited silver were not to be trifled with.
Upon seeing the man's expression, Jiang Liu knew what he was thinking and said coldly, "What? Are you afraid that the person who deposited the money will bring you bad luck? Aren't you afraid of me?"
The head manager thought it made sense, so he decided to let them fight it out and see who died. If that person died, he could accept the money without worry.
After thinking it over, the head steward said in a low voice, "I don't know who that person is. He was dressed entirely in black and his face was covered. He asked me to come alone to his inn to discuss something."
Jiang Liu pondered for a moment and asked, "Does he have any distinctive features?"
"Distinctive features?" The head manager pondered for a moment and said, "Right, that person was a head shorter than me? And his accent didn't sound like someone from our Great Qian. Do those count as distinctive features?"
Jiang Liu looked the shopkeeper up and down and found that the shopkeeper was half a head shorter than him, while the other person was a head shorter than him, which was a little over 1.4 meters but less than 1.5 meters. How short was that!
"So how strong is he?" Jiang Liu continued to ask.
"Grandmaster, absolutely Grandmaster," the shopkeeper hurriedly said, because he had agreed to the matter only because he was intimidated by the other party's aura.
Jiang Liu pondered for a moment: short, with a strange accent, and the strength of Grandmaster. Suddenly, a figure appeared in his mind: Koinu Jun'ichirō.
Jiang Liu was now almost certain that Koinu Jun'ichirō was behind this. He really hadn't expected that this Wo Slaves would still be so cunning!
In fact, Jiang Liu never expected that the person he killed was Koinu Jun'ichirō's lover and biological son. How could he let it go so easily?
They wanted to kill Jiang Liu back then, but unfortunately, the environment and their strength didn't allow it. Later, Jiang Liu stayed in the Flowing Cloud Sect to cultivate and didn't find an opportunity.
Moreover, he had a mission in Daqian, so he couldn't just wait for Jiang Liu to come out of Qiancheng. Even if Jiang Liu did come out, he wouldn't know the news.
Just when he was at his wit's end, he learned about the Assassination List, an assassination organization. Overjoyed, he went there and posted a mission.
Jiang Liu looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Since you've told me the information I want, you should know what to do. Just pretend you've never seen me before. Otherwise, even if I don't look for you, the people who deposit their money with you will."
The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly and said, "Senior, I know. I will keep my mouth shut and will not utter a single word." Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to say it. This is a battle between two Grandmaster.
He feared that getting involved would only lead to his utter destruction, so he could only pretend he didn't know. Moreover, he hoped that the person in front of him would win, so that he could obtain this huge sum of money.
Seeing that the shopkeeper had become obedient, Jiang Liu nodded and then slipped out of the secret room.
Jiang Liu Tongqian Bank, determined his direction, and headed towards Ascension Tower. He wanted to find Ascension Tower to inquire about the current whereabouts of Koinu Jun'ichirō.