Hua Huiyang was dead?
Chen Yi could not help but freeze.
Naturally, he had heard Hua Huiyang's name. He knew Hua Huiyang was Wudang Mountain's successor, one of the rising talents of the jianghu alongside Shui Hetong, and bore the title "Little Daoist Lord."
How could someone like that have died just after arriving in Shuzhou?
Most suspicious of all, Hua Huiyang had also died from Half-step Smile Madness.
Chen Yi secretly frowned.
"But Hua Huiyang was a jianghu person, a Wudang Mountain disciple, a Daoist successor. He was different from court officials like Ma Shuhan and Xu Jitong."
"Could Hua Huiyang have been involved as well?"
Though the Imperial Court and the jianghu existed beneath the same heavens, the overlap between them was limited to certain individuals.
For instance, Xiao Jinghong.
She had studied under the Sword Saint, Li Wudang, and had deep ties to White Immortal and Fengyue Tower.
For instance, Song Jin Jian.
He had originally been a jianghu person. Even after becoming a Cui Family Guest Official, he still left traces behind in the jianghu.
Grudges and vendettas, as well as old acquaintances and friends.
But Hua Huiyang...
After turning the matter over and over in his mind, only the words "Mountain Tribe" surfaced in Chen Yi's thoughts.
Ma Shuhan's entire family had died from Half-step Smile Madness, Xu Jitong had died from Mountain Tribe witchcraft and Gu, and now even Hua Huiyang, the "Little Daoist Lord," had met the same fate.
Then the person hiding behind the scenes could only be targeting the Mountain Tribe.
But why?
Chen Yi did not know.
Yet he knew the Mountain Tribe was likely in deep trouble.
Imperial Court officials and heavenly prides of the jianghu had all died at the Mountain Tribe's hands. Even if the Mountain Tribe