First, he put away the Bone Club Law Artifact, whose bones had come from someone unknown.
Jiang Yan then tidied up Jiang Chi's corpse a little.
He pieced the body back together and changed it into a clean Daoist robe.
That could count as settling the debt he owed Jiang Chi for renting him a room when he first arrived at the Prefecture Academy.
Once everything was in order, Jiang Yan took out the straw figure.
On its blood-soaked, scarlet surface, a black thread wound around its chest and abdomen.
Jiang Yan tried to drive it out with his Law Power and, unsurprisingly, failed.
Desire Corpse must have placed this black thread on Jiang Chi. With Jiang Yan's strength, he could do nothing about it yet.
After some thought, he made no further attempts and simply put the straw figure away.
Desire Corpse was an old, crafty fox. He certainly would not expect Jiang Chi's death to wipe the slate clean between them.
Jiang Yan felt that the old scoundrel would surely make his move during the Yearly Examination.
The straw figure might prove useful then, so he would keep it for now.
Jiang Chi's corpse still lay on the floor.
Now that he was dead, Jiang Yan ought to send Second Uncle a letter explaining what had happened.
As for the clan head, he would say nothing for the time being, lest unexpected complications arise.
With that thought, Jiang Yan sat at the table and wrote another letter.
Only after setting these matters out clearly, leaving the letter to be sent home when he had time, did he let out a long breath and walk toward the bed.
His ambush and killing of Jiang Chi today had taken only a few brief moments once the fighting actually began.
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