Nie Yun entered a state of cultivation, oblivious to the outside world, unaware that Nine Yang City was already boiling like a cauldron over a fire.
There was only one main reason... the Spirit Tamer Tower's investigators had arrived!
Moreover, they had dispatched a Fourth Rank Spirit Tamer to personally take command.
Though Qiu Lin was merely a Third Rank Spirit Tamer and amounted to little before a colossal entity like the Spirit Tamer Tower, he was still an important figure in his own right. If he had suddenly died and they did not investigate, the Spirit Tamer Tower would no longer have any dignity to speak of.
Thus, they had made a grand show of force this time. Not only had they sent Spirit Tamers, but six Heavenly Immortal experts as well, including one at the Peak Heavenly Immortal Realm to hold the fort. Their purpose was simple: once they uncovered Qiu Lin's true cause of death, they would immediately bring the murderer to justice and protect the lofty status and authority of Spirit Tamers.
The investigation over the previous days had yielded nothing because of Shen Xiong's cover-up. But on the seventh day, a so-called "talent" finally failed to withstand the interrogation and revealed that, before his death, Qiu Lin had clashed with the City Lord's Mansion over his son. In an instant, the City Lord's Mansion became the target of public criticism.
"Within Nine Yang City, the only person capable of killing Qiu Lin without anyone noticing was likely City Lord Shen Xiong. No one else could have done it!"
In a spacious room within Diyang Auction House, an old man stroked his beard as he spoke.
"If that is the case, then just send someone to capture that Shen Xiong and interrogate him. There is no