Listening to the conversation over there, Chen Yi frowned slightly, but his feet did not pause for even a moment as he followed after them.
As he walked, he stripped off his long robe and stuffed it into his chest.
"Behind Huixian Tower, there are only a few residences. If someone had been nearby that night, they could indeed have heard the sounds, or seen those people, and... me."
If they were merely ordinary commoners, there was nothing to fear.
What he feared was someone with ulterior motives being bought off or posing as such, using this to draw the Judicial Department's attention.
Chen Yi changed into fitted clothes and covered his face with a black cloth.
Silently, he concealed himself within the shadows and followed far behind the judicial officer.
At the same time, his eyes swept over those people in the dim alleyway, a faint firefly-like glimmer flickering within them.
One, two, three... six.
Among the six Judicial Officers,
the woman in the crimson judicial officer's robe at the lead was a Seventh Rank martial artist.
Another tall, thin judicial officer had only barely reached the Eighth Rank Realm, while the rest were all at the Ninth Rank Realm.
After looking them over, Chen Yi dispersed the Qi Gazing Technique and thought silently:
"Their Martial Path cultivation bases are secondary. What they rely on are the powers of arrest and investigation granted to them."
"However, the key now does not lie with them. We still need to see this so-called 'murderer.'"
Not long after,
the Judicial Officers arrived in the alley beside Huixian Tower, where three people were already waiting.
By the lantern light in their hands, Chen Yi could easily see that not all three were Judicial Officers.
One of them was an honest-looking middle-aged man dressed