Lin County had no academy.
Zou Zhe, who had rushed there alone, could only spend three days investigating the town by himself.
After reading the notice from the Martial Dao Bureau Security Office and making discreet inquiries along the way, he found that every finger pointed at the infamous fiends of the Peaceful Heaven Sect.
His examination of the scene also revealed lingering traces of True Force unique to the "Red Lotus Treasure Vase Qi."
Two days later, his disciple Ji Xuanye finally arrived with an academy scholar skilled in tracking and solving cases.
This scholar was a gold-robed constable of the Qingzhou Martial Dao Bureau's Bandit Suppression Bureau and a visiting instructor at the academy. Since this trip was not official business, he had not alerted his colleagues in Lin County.
The man lived up to his title. After investigating the lakeside manor for only half a day, he made a discovery.
His findings pointed straight at a great Lineage in Taiguang Prefecture.
Just as the three were preparing to verify their two leads, the Junior Guardian of the Crown Prince, who had been far away in the Capital, also arrived at his old home in Lin County on a flying Exotic Beast.
Lu Xuanji looked utterly different now.
Once a refined young talent of the academy, he now resembled a demon wreathed in baleful qi. Bearing boundless pressure, he stepped off the flying beast and descended through the air.
Martial Warriors in the Fourth-Rank Baleful Convergence Realm had already begun touching upon the true realms of their cultivation methods.
Whether saber intent, fist intent, or the artistic conception of movement techniques, the stimulation of their own baleful qi allowed them to affect their surroundings within a small area.
Lu Xuanji, however, followed the unorthodox method Princess Red Lotus