In Azure River City, autumn rain whispered down.
Celebration Forest Ward, the aftermath of a chaotic battle.
Ye Puyuan stood amid the crowd, surrounded by people treating him with utmost respect.
"Hero Ye, the city has been far too chaotic lately. We even had a constable surnamed Yu die in a gang battle." Chief Constable Di Wei sighed as he swept his gaze around and ordered the corpses to be carried away.
Recently, the Azure Dragon Gang and the White-Robed Society had fought until their eyes were bloodshot. Corpses lay everywhere in the city, an ill omen indeed.
Yet the county magistrate had not mobilized the city garrison. These constables had become numb from doing nothing but hauling corpses. As for gang affairs, no one wanted to get involved...
But now that Hidden Sword Manor was implicated, he, the chief constable, had no choice but to come personally.
The group entered the courtyard and saw two bodies that had died horrific deaths.
Pointing at one bloodied, mangled corpse that was still barely recognizable, Di Wei said, "Azure Dragon Gang Hall Master Ji Qing, a second-stage martial master. His Blazing Fire Blade Technique had reached great mastery, and he wielded a broad saber. He could even fight second-stage elites somewhat weaker than himself, yet he died just like this..."
Ye Puyuan gave the body a brief look. "The killer's hammer technique was likely already highly accomplished. That force was at least at the level of a second-stage elite. This wound... is a sword wound. The killer was not only skilled with a hammer, but also highly proficient with a sword. As for what sword technique it was, that is difficult to determine..."
The group stared at Ji Qing's wounds, especially the bloody hole created by that sword stroke, and found it