The next day.
Xia Mingtang hurried over. "Master Lin, good news, Wei Family father and son were assassinated by a mysterious strong man last night."
Lin Yan frowned. "Who is the murderer?"
Xia Mingtang:...
If you knew who he was, would you still call him a mysterious and powerful person?
Xia Mingtang cursed in his heart, "It's not clear yet, but Director Sanshan County Patrol Bureau was furious and promised to thoroughly investigate the perpetrator."
Lin Yan had a worried look on his face. "Wei Family is targeting us everywhere, and now everyone is being wiped out. Do you think Patrol Bureau will doubt me?"
Xia Mingtang:...
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to say that Mr. Lin, you really think too much and think too highly of yourself.
Being able to destroy the whole Wei Family family, even if it is not a four-time Skin Polishing strong person, it is definitely the top existence among the three-time Skin Polishing strong person.
"Young Master Lin, don't worry. Sanshan County Patrol Bureau will investigate in detail and will not wrongly accuse Young Master Lin." Xia Mingtang could only reply tactfully.
"Then I'll be relieved." Lin Yan nodded, looking at Xia Mingtang who was a little silent. "Is there anything else?"
"No... no more."
Xia Mingtang shook his head quickly, said goodbye and left. When he walked out of the courtyard not far away, he took a strong "poof" on the ground. This Mr. Lin really didn't have any self-awareness.
Sanshan County Patrol Bureau No one can doubt you.
Sanshan County Patrol Bureau.
Xu Feng is also having a headache at the moment. Wei Family has offended many people, but Wei Family and his son are very smart. Those who dare to offend are those who are not as strong as them. These people have not destroyed Wei Family's strength.
"Director, currently, no suspects have been found among the warriors in this county."
After hearing the report from his subordinate, Xu Feng rubbed his eyebrows. He actually didn't care about the Wei Family's life or death. If Wei Family was destroyed, other Lineage would take over Wei Family's business, and he could still take over part of it.
What he was worried about was that someone wanted to cause chaos to Sanshan County. The perpetrator would not only target Wei Family, but would also target other warriors Lineage in the future.
If Sanshan County is in chaos, it will inevitably affect taxation, which he does not allow.
"Director, could it be that Tang Family sent Skin Polishing warriors four times to take action? According to the information we investigated, Wei Family stole a lot of medicinal materials from the Tang Family during this period."
Hearing what his subordinate said, Xu Feng glared angrily. "Tang Family is too busy taking care of himself right now, how could he possibly send Skin Polishing warriors to Sanshan County four times."
The subordinate replied bitterly, "But apart from the Tang family, I really can't think of anyone suspicious. It can't be Lin Yan who was sent to Sanshan County by the Tang family not long ago. This person didn't even dare to negotiate with the Wei family."
"What if it's just an act?"
Xu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. "If a dog that barks doesn't bite, and if a dog that bites doesn't bark, there is still one alive. Bring Lin Yan to the Patrol Bureau, and let the woman spy in secret to see if he is the murderer."
Even though he felt that Lin Yan could not be the murderer of the Wei Family and his son, Xu Feng still issued the order.
Sanshan County Patrol Bureau, Lin Yan walked out of the door, and Xia Mingtang immediately greeted them.
"Master Lin, are you okay?"
"It's okay. Wei Family father and son were killed. Patrol Bureau thought I was suspicious. He asked me normally. Now I'm sure I'm not suspicious."
Lin Yan looked indifferent, while Xia Mingtang couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Sanshan County Patrol Bureau is also unnecessary. The possibility of me, Lao Xia, killing him is higher than Lin Yan.
"Master Lin will naturally not be suspicious."
"Lao Xia, I heard what you said, and it seems that you think I am not worthy. Let me tell you... I just don't want to argue with the Wei Family and his son. It doesn't mean that I am afraid of the Wei Family."
Lin Yan stared, Xia Mingtang quickly apologized and said with a smile, "Master Lin misunderstood, that's what I meant."
"Let's go, this Patrol Bureau is so scary."
After Lin Yan left, an inspector who was standing at the door of the Patrol Bureau turned around and walked toward the door.
"Director, these are Lin Yan's original words."
Xu Feng listened to the report from his men and looked at another man, "Jin An, what do you think?"
"Director, Lin Yan should be no longer suspicious."
The man named Jin An smiled and replied, "This Lin Yan has just broken through Skin Polishing three times. First of all, it is impossible in terms of strength. Secondly, the woman just hid in the next door and watched. According to her, there is almost a foot difference between Lin Yan's height and the person who committed the crime last night. Finally, Lin Yan said these words just after he went out."
"Could it be that this woman remembered it wrong?"
"Director, based on my years of experience in investigating cases in my humble position, ordinary women like this will indeed have some memory deviation when encountering such things, but it will never be particularly large. Even if Lin Yan is not one foot taller than the person who committed the crime last night, there must be half a foot difference."
"Yeah." Xu Feng nodded. "Strength and height are difficult to deceive. It seems that Lin Yan is indeed not suspicious."
Xu Feng nodded. In the martial arts world, there are still techniques that can change the body shape, but these techniques cannot be learned by Skin Polishing level warriors. He was originally not very suspicious of Lin Yan, mainly because he did not find other suspects, so he investigated Lin Yan.
Deliberately padding the soles of your shoes to hide your true height?
This possibility is also possible, but if we analyze it this way, there are too many possibilities for the murderer. Any four-time Skin Polishing warrior in the city is suspected.
The murder of the Wei Family's father and son was not worthy of his in-depth investigation.
"Sir, I think it is possible that they are the enemies of the Wei Family and his son. Wei Family and his son are violent in their behavior, and they have many enemies. Perhaps one of their former enemies came back to take revenge after becoming stronger."
"If this is possible, then carefully investigate the person who has a grudge against the Wei Family and has left Sanshan County."
Half a month later.
The leaves of the old trees in the yard have mostly fallen off.
The fifteen pieces of Tiger Bone Tempering Pill sponsored by the Wei Family have been used up.
Looking at the height of Martial Dao Tree in my mind, Lin Yan had to admit that you get what you pay for, and Tiger Bone Tempering Pill is indeed more effective than Leopard Bone Tempering Pill. Martial Dao Tree is already close to three feet three inches in height.
In addition to the improvement of realm, after using Martial Fruit provided by the Wei Family father and son and Wei Family warriors, the purple leaves evolved by Startling Swan Sword Technique, the white veins became a little thicker.
Silk-Entwining Sword Intent, once again raised a level.
By now Lin Yan already knows that when the white veins on the leaves fill the entire leaf, that is when Silk-Entwining Sword Intent is complete.
"Master Lin, there is a letter from Guangping County."
There was a letter from a servant outside the hospital. Lin Yan opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but take a breath.
What a grand gesture!
Guangping County is going to hold Youth Martial Tournament. All warriors with Guangping County registered residence and under the age of thirty can participate.
What shocked Lin Yan was not Youth Martial Tournament, but the rewards for the top three.
The first place reward turned out to be the precious medicine Crimson Blood Golden Lotus. This medicine is extremely precious. After taking it, it can increase the probability of Skin Polishing passing the level four times by 10%. Even if it does not break the level, taking this medicine has the effect of cleansing the marrow and tempering the bones.
The second place reward is two bottles of Tiger Bone Tempering Pill, a total of twenty pieces, worth two thousand taels.
The third place is a bottle of Bear Bone Tempering Pill, ten pieces in total, worth more than one thousand taels.
What a big gesture.
But why haven't I heard of it before? Did it just start this year?
Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and for a moment he thought about going to compete.
But after calming down, Lin Yan gave up.
Participating in Youth Martial Tournament will inevitably expose your own strength. After that, it will not be so convenient for you to kill people secretly.
From the earliest Clear Water Gang, to the later Three Heroes Gang, Wang Family and now Wei Family, the reason why no one suspected him was not because he destroyed the corpses and traces cleanly, but purely because in the eyes of outsiders, he did not have the strength to do these things.
Just when Lin Yan decided to let it go, he received another letter the next day.
This letter was sent by his master.
After reading the content of the letter, Lin Yan suddenly realized why Guangping County had not had Youth Martial Tournament in the past, but this year a Youth Martial Tournament suddenly appeared.
Youth Martial Tournament is jointly organized by Four Seas Gang and Patrol Bureau, and the rewards are also provided by these two companies.
The two companies jointly held Youth Martial Tournament, which is not a matter of shaking hands and making peace.
On the contrary, the two families are now on a par with each other, and fights occur almost every day. Several warriors died just after the third Skin Polishing, and even more after the second Skin Polishing and the first Skin Polishing.
There are only so many three-time Skin Polishing warriors in Guangping County city. If the fight continues like this, neither side can bear such losses, and neither Four Seas Gang nor Patrol Bureau has the final say to destroy the opponent's strength.
Instead of continuing like this, with warriors from both sides constantly being killed and wounded, it would be better to try another way to compete.
The four-year Skin Polishing warriors must not be dispatched, otherwise it will be the final decisive battle, so let the double Fang Qing warriors take the field. The top three are not only related to rewards, but also related to the division of territory between the two families.
The master doesn't know exactly how to divide them. Only Four Seas Gang and Patrol Bureau know about this matter.
"It seems that the master doesn't want me to compete." Lin Yan thought.
Although the master did not explicitly say in the letter that he would not be allowed to participate, he told himself these inside stories because he did not want to get involved in the dispute between the two families.
Those who eat are soft-mouthed and those who take advantage of others are short-handed.
The rewards were given out by these two companies. How could we possibly get away if we really took the top three places?
After Lin Yan wrote a reply to the master stating that he would not participate in the competition, Lin Yan had someone deliver the letter, and then Youth Martial Tournament forgot about it.
Compared with Youth Martial Tournament, he is ready to go into the mountains again.
The master of the Green Pine Martial Hall took his disciples to the mountain half a month ago, but found nothing. Therefore, the master of the Green Pine Martial Hall is not necessarily sure that his five disciples died in the White Cloud Mountain Range.
Thinking that Green Pine Martial Hall and his team could not find the disciple's body, Lin Yan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. If he had known that these people couldn't even find the body, he would have buried it directly and spent time to fake the scene.
After bringing dry food with him, Lin Yan did not conceal his whereabouts this time. After explaining a few words to Xia Mingtang and others, he entered the mountain openly.
I do this out of final caution. This is to tell others that I, Lin Yan, will not sneak into the mountain. I will inform the people below before entering the mountain. This way, even if the Green Pine Martial Hall master later finds the disciple's body, he will not be suspicious of me.