Upon reaching the center of the lake, Mo Chen wore a grave expression. He used the Water-Avoidance Technique to descend to the lakebed and searched it meticulously, scanning the silt and aquatic weeds inch by inch with his divine sense, afraid of overlooking anything suspicious.
But he searched from one in the morning until nearly five and found nothing resembling a source of poison or anything that emitted toxins.
By the time Mo Chen finished searching the lakebed, the eastern sky had brightened. Several fishing boats in the distance were casting their nets, and the morning breeze brushed his face with the smell of fish.
Mo Chen had no interest in watching the fishermen. He merely took an empty pill bottle from inside his robe, filled it with lake water, put it away, and hurried back into the city.
Back at the inn, Mo Chen found the innkeeper and asked where he could find a reliable butcher shop.
After accepting another piece of gold from Mo Chen, the innkeeper beamed and said there was one at the end of the street that sold the finest meat in the city.
Before long, Mo Chen pushed through the crowd and reached a butcher shop.
A sturdily built man was hawking his wares at the top of his voice. "Come take a look! Chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep—all slaughtered this morning! Fresh as can be!"
Two rings of people crowded around the butcher shop. Business was booming.
Mo Chen swept the shop with his Divine Sense, then froze when it passed over the owner.
Hmm? Another familiar face?
The owner of this butcher shop was actually the man who had secretly delivered rice to the mute girl's family last night.
Chai Family Butcher Shop?
Chai Jiaxing.
Things became even clearer to Mo Chen. The