Cuifang Vine

Lin Youxie sat down at the table without the slightest hesitation, as if she had never taken the earlier provocations to heart. Smiling, she said, "What's your lead in this case, Lord Jiang? By all means, tell me. I'd be glad to learn from you."

Jiang Wang smiled too. He took a thin booklet from his Storage Box and set it in front of Lin Youxie. "I've devoted a great deal of thought to this case, so naturally I have a plan. Here's some relevant information from the Golden Needle Sect. Chief Constable Lin, have you looked it over?"

The Golden Needle Sect's foundation was the Golden Needle of Deliverance, which included three secret needle techniques. They had always been passed down only to the sect leader.

After Wu Quji successfully returned from the Seven Star Secret Realm, he was confirmed as the next sect leader.

Wu Yiyu had no hope of becoming sect leader. In a fit of rage, he attacked the sect leader, Wu Yiyu, stole the Golden Needle of Deliverance manual, and fled overseas.

Those three secret needle techniques required special herbs for their preparation. The intelligence in the Golden Needle Sect's report included relevant details.

This showed just how much trust the sects of Qi State placed in the Qi Court. After all, learning which herbs were needed made it quite possible to deduce the secret techniques. Of course, perhaps the Golden Needle Sect hated Wu Yiyu so much that, in their determination to bring him to justice, they no longer cared about keeping the sect's secrets confidential.

Several of the herbs were quite rare, such as Qingling Flower, Cuifang Vine, and Autumn Sable White.

Across the Near-Sea Archipelago's entire herbal market, they might not be traded even a few times a year. By tracking where