"Search the place! Don't let a single suspicious person slip away!"
The City Guard Army finally arrived, late to the scene, to help Li Chen and the others clean up the aftermath. After arresting Elder Wu, Yan Qi, and the rest, they began searching around the warehouse.
He Changnian and the city's Grand Artisans also arrived one after another to inspect the situation.
For Golden Light City, this incident was nothing short of an earthquake. Deeply shocked, He Changnian immediately ordered a thorough investigation and purge of spies throughout the city.
In the end, apart from the paltry handful of underlings serving "Elder Yan," Yan Qi, they found nothing.
Golden Light City's system was still reliable, so He Changnian turned his suspicions toward soul possession.
"At present, all we know is that this man named Yan Qi was a pawn Yang Wuji planted years ago. After so many years of contention over the Great Dao, it's hardly surprising that we send spies into each other's ranks. We simply never expected Wu Yihe and his people to have the heavens-defying audacity to use him to infiltrate this place-and nearly succeed."
Another Grand Artisan sighed. "If not for your valor this time, Grand Artisan Li, we would truly have been in danger. Speaking of which, Grand Artisan Li, are you all right?"
The corner of Li Chen's mouth twitched, and he spoke with a pained expression. "I'm fine. It's just that my Battle Puppet suffered heavy damage, and I consumed quite a lot of rare materials."
The rare materials he meant were kun blood essence, something he could not conveniently disclose to outsiders.
Nor had he exaggerated. He had won the battle, but his subsequent inspection revealed that he had lost a full forty-three bottles of great medicine, equivalent to forty-three ordinary