God of Pets

Chapter 294 Making Early Plans
"How did you kill Mei Qingta?" Ji Nanhong asked Chen Guan with a strange look in her office.

“I didn’t kill him, it was the Mystic Spirit who killed him,” Chen Guan corrected.

"I don't believe that, do you think the Supervision Department can believe it?" Ji Nanhong said, rolling her eyes.

"It was indeed the spirit who killed him, it really had nothing to do with me," Chen Guan sighed.

"Can it pass an autopsy?" Ji Nanhong asked, staring at Chen Guan.

"Yes," Chen Guan nodded.

“The Supervision Department definitely has people who can trace the source of injuries. They’ll know at a glance who killed Mei Qingta. It can’t be hidden.” Ji Nanhong still didn’t believe it.

"It was indeed the Mystic Spirit who killed Mei Qingta. Even if someone can recall the footage from that time, it has nothing to do with me," Chen Guan said with a smile. "Do you think a level 13 second-awakening cultivator like me could kill a level 30 Mei Qingta?"

“Others definitely wouldn’t be able to do it, but you can’t be so sure,” Ji Nanhong said, but seeing Chen Guan’s confidence, she felt relieved.

Ji Nanhong asked about the situation at the time, and Chen Guan did not hide anything, telling her about Mei Qingta's attempt to kill him, but he did not mention Ling'er.

It's just that Mei Qingta was incredibly unlucky, being killed by a mysterious spirit that suddenly appeared.

“Mei Qingta has no grudge against you. If he wants to kill you, someone must be behind it. Don’t worry, since you didn’t kill Mei Qingta, they can’t find any evidence against you. I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.” Ji Nanhong said with a gloomy face, telling Chen Guan to go back and rest first.

Chen Guan knew that Ji Nanhong would definitely contact Commander Ji, as she herself did not have the power to investigate this matter.

Chen Guan did not tell Ji Nanhong what Mei Qingta had told him at the end. If Mei Qingta was lying, then telling Ji Nanhong would only mislead her, or even cause her to be troubled and unable to sleep.

If Mei Qingta is telling the truth, then the situation becomes complicated.

Now that things have come to this point, Chen Guan doesn't know if Ji Nanhong has any way out, but Chen Guan himself has no intention of retreating; he wants to continue on this path.

Chen Guan, however, believed that Mei Qingta was telling the truth, and that this matter was definitely not over yet and there would definitely be more to come.

As Chen Guan had predicted, there was indeed a follow-up to this matter. Ji Nanhong's investigation yielded results that could be considered both positive and negative.

She discovered that Mei Qingta had received a great deal of benefits from someone, and that the person who had mediated the situation was the one who had sent Mei Qingta here.

That person appeared to be from the inspection department as well, and had no connection with anyone else. In the end, he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

All of this seems to suggest that the Oversight Department itself is the mastermind behind everything, and that the Oversight Department is a sharp blade in the hands of the Chief Judge.

However, through Ji Nanhong's meticulous investigation, some clues were discovered, and all signs indicated that the person had some kind of secret connection with the Xiu family.

"The Xiu family has no shame whatsoever, resorting to such methods." Ji Nanhong was furious, but she couldn't find any evidence against the Xiu family.

Chen Guan felt a chill in his heart. He wasn't afraid of the Xiu family, but of the high and mighty being above the Heavenly Court Army.

He was more inclined to believe that the person who did it was the one who did it than the Xiu family.

If it was indeed his doing, the relationship between the Ji family and the Xiu family will deteriorate further. If Chen Guan is eliminated, then Ji Nan Hong and the Xiu family will completely break off relations. Who will benefit from this?

Will the Xiu family benefit from this? It seems possible they might gain something, but they might gain nothing at all. Chen Guan thinks the biggest beneficiary might be the one high above. "If he doesn't want the Xiu family to control the Heavenly Army, then he is the biggest beneficiary of this," Chen Guan pondered to himself.

It's true that the Xiu family are that person's confidants, but the Xiu family has been in the Heavenly Court army for too long, and they are too united, showing a thriving trend.

Once Commander Ji passes away and the Heavenly Army falls into the hands of the Xiu family, there will be no one in the Heavenly Army who can restrain the Xiu family, and the Heavenly Army will truly belong to the Xiu family.

If Chen Guan were that person, he could accept Commander Ji, who had no son, controlling the Heavenly Army, but he could not accept a family like the Xiu family completely controlling the Heavenly Army.

That person outwardly strongly supports the marriage alliance between the Xiu and Ji families, but in reality, they may not necessarily have such intentions.

Chen Guan couldn't be sure of his guess, but he had to make plans early, otherwise he would be swallowed up without a trace.

If neither the Xiu family nor the Ji family manages to seize power in the end, then who is the most suitable person to take the blame?

Now it seems that no one is more suitable than him.

"Before Mei Qingta died, she asked me if I dared to believe it. In reality, she was telling me that it didn't matter whether I believed it or not." Chen Guan was slightly annoyed.

It's like working at a company where the chairman wants to get rid of you, and you still want a promotion and a raise?
"Fortunately, I'm still just a nobody. Even if it really was that person's doing, I'm not the one he really wanted to target. Whether I live or die, it won't affect him at all, and he's already achieved his goal." Chen Guan pondered various possibilities repeatedly.

There's not much he can do right now, but there's one thing he absolutely must do: reach the third awakening as soon as possible.

As long as he can achieve the third awakening, he will be invincible in the blessed land. Even if that person really wants to harm him, as long as he doesn't leave the blessed land, that person won't have the ability to kill him.

Even powerful beings from grotto-heavens and great grotto-heavens cannot enter this blessed land; this is his domain.

Are they going to use human lives to pay for it? With Chen Guan's energy and ability, he's really not afraid of being surrounded.

"Since I have no connections, no background, and no one to rely on, I can only rely on my own strength." Chen Guan activated the first secret technique to absorb the vital energy within the Blood Spirit Mushroom and level up as quickly as possible.

With the help of the Blood Spirit Mushroom, Chen Guan's level increased much faster than before.

Chen Guan didn't neglect his secret techniques either; he practiced every available technique whenever he had a spare moment.

The battle with Meiqing Pagoda made Chen Guan realize that external forces like the Thousand-Year Shadow were ultimately unreliable.

It can be a trump card, but you can't really rely on it for everything.

Chen Guan managed to obtain the secret techniques needed to practice the "Crippled Fist" through various channels.

For a wealthy person like him, obtaining those secret techniques was too easy; it was not difficult at all.

This is the most powerful aspect of the Cripple Fist. If Chen Guan had created such a secret technique, he would also want to spread it and let the world see how amazing his secret technique is. The combination of a few ordinary secret techniques can create an effect that even a peerless secret technique can hardly achieve. This is really too damn ingenious.

As for the rumors of harming others and possibly meeting a bad end, Chen Guan didn't care at all.

If there really is such a thing as karmic retribution, then Chen Xinghe should have died long ago, so how come he's still alive and well?

(End of this chapter)