"Jiaoheng Prefecture is Su Xiuxing's hometown, and it's also where this incident began. There must be clues there. Even if the clues have been erased, the incident itself will become a clue." Jiang Wang pondered aloud in agreement, then looked at Yin Guan.
After Chongxuan Sheng finished speaking, he had already turned his gaze to Yin Guan.
Yin Guan looked at Chongxuan Sheng, then at Jiang Wang. "No—why are you both staring at me?"
"I'm still presiding over the competition," Jiang Wang said.
"Being a Marquis is hard! I have to give pre-match guidance and handle diplomacy among the various states. I can't be absent from anywhere. And I happen to be on the fuller side, so getting around is inconvenient..." Chongxuan Sheng sighed mournfully.
Yin Guan had wanted to say that the Underworld's Yama Kings were busy with affairs too, but then he remembered that he still had time to moonlight at the Yellow River Assembly... He truly could not bring himself to say it.
He looked at Jiang Wang. "...Wasn't I under house arrest by you?"
"As long as you don't run through Jiaoheng Prefecture shouting that you're Yin Guan, even if Jing Kingdom people see you, they'll pretend they haven't." Jiang Wang offered reassurance. "They just need to save face."
Yin Guan flew into a rage. "What about my face, then?"
King Qinguang, who wanted face, arrived in Jiaoheng Prefecture.
In his left hand, he rolled a pair of Purple Spirit Eastern Pearls from Marquis of Bowang's Mansion; in his right, he held another Green Sheep Celestial Contract. Folding the paper one-handed, he deftly made it into a small green mantis, lifelike and strikingly beautiful—then casually tucked it into his belt.
The long streets were a mess, and cries of grief filled the air.
The deathly