"I see."
Hearing Chen Ying's description, Tian Heng immediately understood the situation and stroked his chin. "Is that what the master thinks?"
"Is there a problem?" Chen Ying asked, frowning.
"There's no problem," Tian Heng said with a thoughtful expression. "Our lord is meticulous. He was able to deduce that Minister Pang had been replaced based on just a little information. That's truly remarkable. Even I might not have been able to figure it out. Our lord's line of thinking is sound. That vicious woman from the Lu Household does indeed possess a very powerful skin-changing technique. It's highly likely that Minister Pang was replaced."
"But if that's the case," Chen Ying looked at the horrific scene around her, "What are these?"
" Feihu's strength is quite good. It's impossible for an ordinary person to injure him like this." Tian Heng nodded. Yuchi Feihu is now almost at the threshold of the Above First Rank. Moreover, with the blessing of divine power, his endurance and physical strength far exceed those of martial artists of the same level. Even if he were to fight against Above First Rank martial artist, he could easily last a hundred rounds.
According to Hong Lie, it took less than a quarter of an hour from when Yuchi Feihu realized someone was intruding to when he arrived. To be able to kill forty or fifty Fifth Rank warriors in such a short time and bring Yuchi Feihu to the brink of death, it can only be Lu Ming or that venomous woman who personally took action.
The exaggerated amount of poisonous blood on Feihu's body also proves that it was Madam Lu made the move.
The crucial question is, if it was Madam Lu herself who made the move, then who was the person the Lord was monitoring in Nanming Prefecture?
Could I have guessed wrong?
Upon arriving at the port, Chen Qing, who had received Chen Ying's message, was already waiting at the dock. After the ship disembarked, he immediately checked on Yuchi Feihu's injuries.
"This kid's really going all out," Chen Qing, looking at the poisonous thorn in the other's abdomen and the little girl he was holding tightly. He waved his hand gently, and the Battle God Seal flashed. Yuchi Feihu had been unconscious, slowly opened his eyes.
"My lord."
"Okay, don't talk anymore." Chen Qing stepped forward, took out the Mountain God Dew and gave it to the other person to drink, then quickly reassured him, "You've worked hard, rest assured. I will settle the score with your subordinates!"
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Feihu smiled and said, "My lord, could you allocate me a larger residence in the Underworld? I used my savings to buy the top floor of the Stargazing Tower, but I haven't had a chance to live there yet."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chen Qing glared at him. "With me here, you won't die. Rest assured, your Underworld in Yunzhou."
Without waiting for a reply, he gently pressed his hand on the other person's forehead. A flash of the Mountain God's green light caused Yuchi Feihu's tense face to relax, and he immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Feeling safe, the little girl who had been clinging to her was finally let go, and Chen Ying quickly stepped forward and picked her up.
"How long until the healer arrives?" Chen Qing asked, frowning as he looked at the injuries on the two men.
This toxin is incredibly potent. If it weren't for the Battle God's natural resistance and his physical abilities being three times that of an ordinary martial artist, he would probably have already turned into a puddle of thick liquid. As for the little girl, she wasn't seriously poisoned, but we don't know if it's some kind of secret poison. She needs to be treated as soon as possible.
"We've already notified the Mystic Academy immediately," Tian Heng said. " The Sea God Guard will be there with a fast ship. I estimate it will take at most half an hour."
Chen Qing nodded, then looked at the other corpses on the ship. With a wave of his hand, the power of the Underworld gathered, and in the next instant, several Night Wandering God appeared at the dock.
"Go back along the waterway and find out where the spirits of these brothers have gone. Bring them back as soon as possible; I have questions for you."
"Yes, my lord!" The Night Wandering God quickly returned the greeting and vanished into the darkness.
"Do you have any leads?" Chen Qing looked up at Tian Heng.
"It must have been her!" Tian Heng frowned and said directly, "I saw this poison twenty years ago, and the needle in Feihu's abdomen also proves it. It's undoubtedly that vicious woman."
"Is that so?" Chen Qing frowned as he looked at the tail needle and snake tail on Yuchi Feihu's abdomen. At this moment, Yuchi Feihu's injury was unstable, so it was inconvenient for him to take them out for a closer look. However, he could roughly guess that it was a hybrid species!
This is troublesome.
Chen Qing's expression was not very good. What he disliked most was dealing with hybrids that he knew nothing about. He had transmigrated a thousand years after the game's launch. The demons in the world had evolved over the millennia, and the hybrid varieties were particularly difficult to judge in terms of their attributes.
Snakes, bee stingers—among the monsters I designed, I don't recall any hybrids with this kind of model, so it's really hard to tell.
But the most crucial question is: how did they manage that?
After Yuchi Feihu's incident, he rushed to Minister Pang's place immediately. The man was indeed in the room, and the other party even politely poured him a cup of tea.
Tian Heng was notified immediately through the Divine Seal.
"When you arrived, did you see with your own eyes that the woman had just escaped?" Chen Qing asked, frowning.
"Yes," Tian Heng nodded. "At the time, we were at least ten thousand feet apart. Because I was controlling the inertia of the waves, it was inconvenient for me to rush over directly. Otherwise, the waves I caused would probably have destroyed all the merchant ships around. It was also thanks to the alertness of that kid Yuchi Feihu that we were able to watch the little girl being taken away."
"Is that so?" Chen Qing stroked his chin, becoming increasingly puzzled.
Feihu's strength was far inferior to that woman's, yet he managed to force her to cut off her tail to survive, which was clearly because Tian Heng was about to arrive.
Tian Heng arrived and immediately notified him; the time difference was only a few tens of seconds.
With such limited skill, unless one possesses the Flying Star Technique, it would be impossible to return to Nanming Prefecture in time.
Or perhaps I guessed wrong, and Minister Pang wasn't replaced?
Or perhaps the person playing Minister Pang is just a lowly subordinate?
That shouldn't be the case.
Chen Qing shook her head, still feeling that it didn't make sense.
The Minister Pang could hold a meeting in a confrontation with the Eldest Princess and others is something that no third-rate nobody could pull off. Surely it wasn't Lu Ming himself playing the role?
That's not right either. Minister Pang's facial expression was perfectly natural, without the slightest stiffness. Clearly, the person playing him was proficient in bone transformation and could not Ruth flaws. How could Lu Ming, the head of a large family, practice such Qigu and evil arts?
If Minister Pang wasn't replaced, that makes even less sense.
Where exactly did the problem lie?
"Did those monsters escape by water when they fled, and did they do the same when they boarded the ship?" Chen Qing asked.
If it's a snake that can swim through waterways undetected, then its diving ability is quite remarkable; it should belong to a sea snake species.
"It shouldn't be," Tian Heng quickly said. "We blocked off the surrounding ships and found one that had been chartered. There was no cargo on board, only a few boatmen. The other party must have come on that ship. I brought the ship with me."
"Oh?" Chen Qing's spirits lifted upon hearing this. "Let's go up and take a look."
"I've checked it once, and there are no traces." Tian Heng shook his head. "My lord, you should be prepared for the possibility of finding no clues."
Chen Qing nodded, and after boarding the boat, the group searched the vessel carefully for a long time. Just as Tian Heng had said, there were indeed no traces.
If there was anything wrong with it, it was that there was a very unpleasant, fishy smell that permeated the ship.
"Is this the smell of those monsters?" Chen Ying frowned immediately. "If Lu Ming's wife smelled like this all over, how could Lu Ming have done it?"
Chen Qing rolled her eyes at the other girl. She was just a young girl, yet she could think of that kind of thing right away. Women really are all dirty-minded.
Seeing the strange looks from everyone, Chen Ying realized she had said the wrong thing, blushed, lowered her head, and cautiously glanced at Chen Qing.
Chen Qing chuckled and shook his head, continuing to follow the smell. There were some river delicacies on the boat, which did indeed smell quite similar to the disgusting odor, but Chen Qing could clearly tell that they were not the same thing.
Fortunately, he had an Old Wolf among his guardian spirits. As Divine Path- level deity, he could share all the talents of the conferred creatures and also possessed a strong sense of smell. Soon, he found the source.
It was a porcelain bottle.
It's easy to see the porcelain vase; it's clearly high-quality porcelain. Both the pattern and the workmanship are top-notch. Such a vase shouldn't be found on this simple cargo ship.
The Jiangnan hasn't yet developed its porcelain industry, and such fine porcelain, clearly belonging to the nobility, seems rather out of place here.
Chen Qing clenched his fist, and the porcelain bottle floated upside down in the air. The next second, a pool of filthy water gushed out, carrying a strong, fishy stench that made everyone cover their mouths and noses.
The disgusting smell was secondary; the sheer volume of water was astonishing. The small bottle seemed to be overflowing with water, soaking the entire cabin's wooden planks, yet water was still flowing out.
"This is..." Tian Heng was also stunned.
" Flying Star Bottle," Chen Qing murmured, looking at the bottle with a confused expression.
"Does Your Majesty recognize this?" Tian Heng and Chen Ying asked curiously.
Chen Qing remained silent upon hearing this, not responding immediately.
He did know about the bottle, but... this bottle shouldn't exist in this world!
He clearly remembered that the bottle was still in his drawings, only half of the design was complete!