Yin Yang Soul Searcher

After leaving the carriage shop, Bai Jueming headed straight for the Yin-Yang Palace.

Why hasn't Chu Jiangyuan, who's been asking Brother Shan about the mining incident, been caught yet? It's too dangerous. If he knows he's still alive, will Chu Jiangyuan hire seventh-rank or even sixth-rank officials next time?

It was pure luck that I survived this time. A lot of talismans killed two people, which gave this body time to revive. Otherwise, even with the cheat code on my back, I would still have died.

I can't sleep or eat in peace as long as Chu Jiangyuan is dead! Thinking of this, Bai Jueming's face revealed a ruthless look. You just wait, I'll have someone beat you up.

Upon entering the yamen, Zhou Pangzi and his two companions were sitting on stools under the eaves, chatting away.

"How come you're even later than us?" Zhou Dahai shouted when he saw Bai Jueming in a hurry.

"I've been bullied. I'm going to find Brother Shan," Bai Jueming replied, and entered Zhengshan Hall without stopping.

Wang Pang and Wu Yuan looked at each other, wondering who would dare to bully the people of the Yin Yang Palace.

Upon entering the main hall, Li Zhengshan was reviewing official documents with a calligraphy brush. His thick, dark eyebrows and stubble were striking.

"Brother Shan, there's a reason I'm late. I was bullied," Bai Jueming began to complain as soon as he entered the room, trying to gain some sympathy first.

"Tell me what happened slowly." Li Zhengshan stopped writing with his brush.

"Brother Shan, I was chased by two assassins on my way back yesterday. Luckily, my brother was with me, which saved my life." Bai Jueming sounded very excited, but his words were vague.

The specific details of the battle were difficult to fabricate, and he couldn't claim to have been seriously injured, otherwise he couldn't explain why he didn't even have a single wound on his body.

"Brother Shan, he's the one who hired me in the mining case, he's definitely the one who did it! You have to stand up for me!"

Li Zhengshan gestured for him to calm down, then asked with interest, "I'd like to hear how you suspect him."

"Because I was the only one who was safe and sound after the mining case and joined the Yin-Yang Palace, Chu Jiangyuan has reason to suspect that I leaked the information," Bai Jueming said, revealing all his speculations from the town.

Because of the assassin's words "betrayed us," coupled with the original owner's past life in the black market, and his own speculation about why he wasn't the mastermind behind the pill case...

After hearing Bai Jueming's guess, Li Zhengshan was somewhat shocked, then praised him, "It was indeed the right choice to let you join the Yin Yang Palace. Our Yin Yang Palace needs talents like you."

"That sounds a bit odd," Bai Jueming muttered to himself.

Then Li Zhengshan sighed and said, "Actually, our Yin Yang Palace has been hunting down Chu Jiangyuan all along."

"Among the cultivators arrested in the mining case, not many knew Chu Jiangyuan. We searched his soul and found out, and we went to the black market, but we haven't caught him yet."

"According to the informant, Chu Jiangyuan had already left the black market before the mining case came to light."

"Our Yin-Yang Palace even has spies in the black market?" Bai Jueming suddenly realized, "Doesn't this make perfect sense?" "So, about the theft of the mineral deposits?"

Li Zhengshan smiled enigmatically: "You guessed right. Among those involved in the mining case, there are our informants. So now you know who leaked the information, right?"

Sure enough! There were bad people among the crowd. No matter how careful Chu Jiangyuan was, it was impossible to thoroughly investigate the backgrounds of everyone involved.

Then Bai Jueming complained, "Brother Shan, you have to help me! I've already turned over a new leaf, but if he doesn't die, he'll hire assassins to kill me again! I can't take it."

"That's a troublesome matter," Li Zhengshan said, rubbing his chin. "Why don't you just stay at the Yin-Yang Palace?"

"Brother Shan, is there no other way?" Bai Jueming felt that this was not a solution.

Although the Yin-Yang Palace provides food and lodging, if they can't catch Chu Jiangyuan, are they supposed to live at their workplace forever? That's unrealistic.

"There are two more ways," Li Zhengshan thought for a moment. "You've been in the black market for a long time, so try to figure out if you can lure Chu Jiangyuan out and get Zhou Dahai and the other two to help you. As long as you can capture Chu Jiangyuan, you'll be safe. Alternatively, I can find two martial artists to protect you."

How am I supposed to lure Chu Jiangyuan out? I'm just a day laborer in the black market... As for hiring two martial artists for protection? Would they have to sleep in the same room? That's inconvenient...

Bai Jueming pondered for a long time before speaking, "Brother Shan, let me think of a way. Let's see if we can lure Chu Jiangyuan out."

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who created it. Although he wasn't very confident, Bai Jueming still wanted to give it a try. There's no such thing as being able to guard against a thief for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days.

If we don't kill Chu Jiangyuan as soon as possible, we'll always be on guard against thieves. We can't expect him to give up after a few failures; that's playing with our lives.

"If you have any ideas, you can ask Zhou Dahai and the other two for help. You can contact me anytime if you need anything. Other hall masters can also help." Li Zhengshan affirmed his approach, "I will have the black market's spies search for Chu Jiangyuan's whereabouts more closely."

If his subordinates are in danger, he, as the head of the hall, will definitely do everything in his power to help. Anyone who dares to attack the Yin-Yang Hall from the shadows must be dealt with as soon as possible! Otherwise, who will still respect the Yin-Yang Hall?

"Thank you very much, Brother Shan." Bai Jueming sincerely clasped his hands in gratitude. Brother Shan still cared about his safety. He wouldn't be treated unfairly if he served such a leader.

Bai Jueming frowned as he left the lobby, pondering how to lure Chu Jiangyuan out.

On the way back to the room, he didn't even hear Zhou Dahai and the other two greeting him.

"What's wrong with Mo Yu? Why does she look so serious?" Zhou Dahai asked curiously.

"Didn't he say he was being bullied before he went into the lobby? Could it be that Brother Shan isn't helping him?" the lean man Wu Yuan guessed.

Wang Pang glanced at him sideways: "Is this your first day with Brother Shan? Is Brother Shan that kind of person?"

"Why don't we just ask him?" Fatty Zhou propped himself up on his stool and stood up. "Let's go ask him together."

The three of them got up and went to Bai Jueming's room. The door was not closed.

Bai Jueming stood with his eyes closed and brows furrowed. Leaning back in his chair with his feet propped up on the table, he exuded an air of arrogance. He seemed completely unaware of the three men's arrival.

"What are you thinking about?" Fatty Zhou slammed his hand on the corner of the table.

Bai Jueming was startled and sat up abruptly. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was his three colleagues: "Brother Hai, it's you guys."

Bai Jueming pointed to the chairs, gesturing for the three of them to sit down and talk.

"Who bullied you? Why are you so scared?" Zhou Dahai plopped down next to Bai Jueming.

"Sigh, don't even mention it. On my way home yesterday..." Bai Jueming recounted his encounter with the assassin and his conversation with Brother Shan.

"So that's what's troubling you. Let's all help Moyu come up with a solution. Catching Chu Jiangyuan would be another great achievement." Zhou Dahai called out to two colleagues to help brainstorm solutions; more people means more ideas.

"This Chu Jiangyuan is indeed cunning; he managed to leave himself an escape route before the incident even happened. It won't be easy to lure him out," Wang Pang analyzed, tapping the table with his fingertips.

"Why do we have to lure him in? Our informants haven't found him on the black market yet. Why don't we think about where he might be hiding and then just go and arrest him?" suggested the lean man, Wu Yuan.

"Brother Wu, this plan is not very good." Bai Jueming shook his head and then explained, "First of all, we don't know where he is hiding. If we rashly gather people, we will be too conspicuous and easily be noticed by the other party, allowing him to escape in advance."

"If we're outnumbered, he might use a trick against us. I must warn you all." With that, Bai Jueming's sharp gaze swept over his three colleagues. "You may not know this, but someone who can gather over twenty cultivators on the black market to solve a case must be incredibly powerful! Otherwise, they would have been double-crossed long ago, leaving not even bones behind!"

Zhou Dahai raised an eyebrow: "What rank is Chu Jiangyuan?"

"He must have just been promoted to the fourth rank!"

The three of them gasped in shock at the sight of the cold noodles!