After the Tan Family Head poured out his grievances and explained everything, the City Lord finally understood what had happened.
As the City Lord of Peace City, she had an enormous workload every day and almost no time to oversee anyone else.
That had also led to the uneven caliber of the cultivators in the City Lord's Residence.
Different personalities inevitably caused all sorts of problems, but she usually left those matters to people she trusted and rarely appeared herself.
She had never imagined that these people had become so outrageous that they dared to sell books at inflated prices under the name of the City Lord's Residence!
Two middle-grade spirit stones for one book? Why not just rob people?!
Of course, that was not the most important issue. What mattered most was that the person behind this was even implicated in murder. She found it hard to imagine that someone could truly be mad enough to harm another person over a copy of her book. How was that any different from a heretical cultivator?
"Speaking of which, wouldn't the person who fought your daughter for the book have a greater grudge against her? Why do you suspect the seller instead?"
The Tan Family Head hesitated for a moment, clearly unsure whether he should speak.
The City Lord frowned. "Go ahead."
The Tan Family Head sighed. "While I was investigating in the city yesterday, I happened to uncover several coincidental incidents..."
A faint unease stirred in her heart.
The Tan Family Head continued, "These incidents were rather strange. Before they died, the people from those families were all in the same condition my daughter is in now. Most importantly, every one of them had bought Tale of the Fox Demon. So, City Lord, please don't blame me for being overly