Inside the great hall.
Yan Wuyuan remained reclining on the cushioned couch.
Her right hand supported her chin, loose strands of hair falling along her neck. Her unfathomable eyes shifted from the pages of the old book to the secret report in Liu Qing's hands.
The faintest curve appeared at the corners of her mouth.
Although it was somewhat unexpected, this also proved that the fellow had not let her investment go down the drain.
"He did well. He hasn't disappointed me."
Hearing her mistress's words, Liu Qing was surprised. She had not expected her mistress to know who had done it.
Her mind raced, trying to work out who this "he" was who had managed to earn her mistress's approval.
As she pondered, someone suddenly came to mind-someone her mistress had specifically summoned before.
The timing of Yi Yang's departure, the location where the three bodies had been found-that official road led straight to White Fish City.
All the clues clicked into place at once.
"My lady, you mean..."
Liu Qing's voice rose involuntarily, its trailing notes carrying unmistakable astonishment.
"Yi Yang killed all three of them?"
Wu Jin, third inner qi; Jiang Sha, second inner qi; Chen Xinhu, perfected second inner qi.
None of these three could be underestimated. Yet her mistress was saying that the sixty-year-old man had killed all three alone?
Yan Wuyuan offered no explanation for her maid's surprise.
She lowered her eyes, her slender fingers toying with a stray lock of hair resting against her shoulder. She idly wound it twice around her finger, then released it, seemingly lost in thought.
Silence suddenly settled over the great hall for several breaths.
Only the occasional faint crackle of the oil lamp's wick remained.
"Now that he's caused such a stir..."
"Rampage Killer certainly won't be