Yin Yang Soul Searcher

At this moment, the hall master who had been searching the other two corpses opened his eyes, having completed the soul search. His expression didn't change much, suggesting he hadn't gained much.

"This person was just a servant of the Yu family. After Yu Haochu killed Chu Jiangyuan, he summoned two servants. Then Yu Haochu opened a secret passage and had the two servants drag the body to a dark room. Perhaps fearing that the two servants would leak the secret, Yu Haochu locked both of them in the dark room and closed the stone door."

"The two servants were just ordinary people, how could they survive in there? They died within a few days." After saying this, the hall master shook his head, feeling sorry for the two men's plight. They had unknowingly done dirty work for others and were eventually abandoned and killed.

"What a heartless official! How could he treat human life so lightly!" Han Xueshan clenched her fists and cursed through gritted teeth.

Another hall master sighed and said, "This person's situation is the same. He was abandoned by Yu Haochu after finishing his dirty work. There are no useful clues."

"Even in his dying moments, he was still desperately pounding on the stone door, hoping his master would open it. Ha."

"By the way, it should be Peng Li who killed Chu Jiangyuan. Yu Haochu and Peng Li were standing in the room when this servant was carrying the body," another hall master added.

Bai Jueming nodded, then asked, "Did these two servants overhear any conversation between Yu Haochu and Chu Jiangyuan?"

"They're all old foxes, very cautious with their words," one of the hall masters shook his head. Clearly, there was no important information.

At this moment, the head of the Soul Searching Hall of Chu Jiangyuan opened his eyes, and everyone in the room turned their attention to him.

"How's the soul search going? There must be a lot of important clues about this person."

"That's quite a lot. It's just a pity he's already dead. We could only get information about the seven days before his death. Otherwise, we could definitely have dug out more information!" The hall master pinched his brow, gathered his thoughts, and then slowly said.

"After the mining case failed, Chu Jiangyuan gathered dozens of independent cultivators and announced the cancellation of the mining operation. He then left the black market and went into hiding, staying by Yu Haochu's side to protect him closely."

"Transporting mineral deposits?" Bai Jueming frowned.

"What's wrong?" Han Xueshan couldn't help but ask when she saw him looking thoughtful.

How can this bitch be so smart? She can deduce so much information from just a few words?

Seeing everyone looking at him, Bai Jueming had no choice but to say, "Didn't that hall master just say that after the Yin Yang Hall captured those who stole the minerals, they didn't get any useful clues? They didn't catch a single useful fish."

"It seems that Chu Jiangyuan is very cautious. He must have hired two groups of people. One group was responsible for stealing the mine, and I was one of them. The other group was responsible for transporting the mine to other places."

"This way, even if the thieves are caught, they won't be able to trace where the ore was transported to. We'll ensure everything goes perfectly!"

"After we were caught stealing the ore, he immediately ordered the ore transport team to disperse, leaving no trace! I think even if we catch the ore transport team now, we won't get any useful clues from them. Chu Jiangyuan probably won't tell that group where the ore is being transported until the very last moment!"

"These people in the black market are indeed cunning!" Bai Jueming said through gritted teeth.

Han Xueshan stared at Bai Jueming in utter astonishment, her eyes filled with disbelief. How dare you call the black market people cunning? You're not only cunning and ruthless, but also despicable!

The hall masters were all convinced by his analysis and looked at him in disbelief.

The head of the soul-searching hall hesitated several times, saying, "I can't think of any rebuttal..."

After Chu Jiangyuan went into hiding, he began to protect Yu Haochu closely. During this time, he accompanied Yu Haochu to the black market to find people skilled in tracking.

He took on a job on the black market: to find a cultivator of rank five or higher to kill a demon cultivator on the outskirts of the capital. The reward would be a rank four demon core. The person who facilitated the deal would be offered a rank six Taoist talisman.

At this point, the hall master looked up at Bai Jueming and Han Xueshan, and couldn't help but clasp his hands in a gesture of respect, implying his superiority. He had no choice but to admit he was impressed.

Putting aside whether the two possessed talismans or demon cores, their sheer recklessness alone was enough to make me admit defeat. The most outrageous thing is that this flawed plan actually succeeded!

Bai Jueming touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, "You flatter me, you flatter me." There was no other way; with limited resources, this was the only idea he could come up with.

Han Xueshan elbowed Bai Jueming in the waist. "Is this a compliment?" She then covered her forehead and face, blaming it all on that bitch for making her go and spout nonsense...

The hall masters were somewhat confused, so they asked the hall master who was searching for souls. After hearing the answer, the hall masters gasped in shock, and then did the same thing: they clasped their fists at Bai Jueming, indicating that he was awesome!

Bai Jueming has some nerve! He dares to use any crazy idea he has; he's practically courting death. And Han Xueshan is no less audacious; no matter how bad your idea is, if you dare to use it, I'll follow suit!

The two of them, carrying only a few cheap talismans and using demon cores as bait, easily tricked Chu Jiangyuan into leaving. This team of hidden dragons and phoenixes from the Yin Yang Palace is truly remarkable!

"And then what? Tell me quickly!"

"Yes, yes, hurry up and tell us what happens next." The hall masters were all eager to know how Zhuge Liang and Fengchu fought against Chu Jiangyuan.

"Don't rush, don't rush, there are still many details to explain." The master of the Soul Searching Hall gestured for them to be patient.

Chu Jiangyuan was tempted after seeing the message, because it wasn't easy for rogue cultivators to improve their strength, and they wouldn't easily let go of any opportunity.

However, out of caution, Chu Jiangyuan did not immediately locate this person, but instead sent his subordinates to negotiate. Just as his subordinates went to test the authenticity, another person appeared at his and Yu Haochu's table—the demon cultivator Peng Li!

It's truly a case of perfect coincidence. Chu Jiangyuan's confidence in accepting this task was largely due to Peng Li's assistance.

Peng Li revealed his identity and proposed cooperation with Yu Haochu. After learning of Chu Jiangyuan's hesitation, Peng Li said, "Those demon cultivators did indeed injure a woman at Treasure Beast Mountain yesterday. She escaped. This shouldn't be a trap."

The demon cultivator told Chu Jiangyuan that if he wanted that demon core, he could try, and Peng Li would not stop him.

Moreover, Peng Li promised to save Chu Jiangyuan if he were in mortal danger. Therefore, Chu Jiangyuan felt reassured and boldly went to accept the mission.

Thanks to this young lady Han's composure and unwavering resolve in dealing with Chu Jiangyuan, he was finally persuaded to go to the valley with her. Truly admirable.

Han Xueshan blushed, a hint of embarrassment on her face.

Next, the Mo Yu brothers found someone to capture Chu Jiangyuan. Due to time constraints, the battle itself will be omitted; we'll only discuss the ending...

After Chu Jiangyuan was injured, Mo Yu cut off his ear, which is why he now has only one ear.

After Chu Jiangyuan was rescued, he came to the study of Yu's mansion with Yu Haochu and Peng Li. Yu Haochu saw that he was seriously injured and did not want to treat him. Moreover, the failure to steal the mine made Yu Haochu very angry with this guy.

So they had Peng Li kill him, and then had two servants hide the body in a secret room...

So Chu Jiangyuan was killed after he returned. No wonder I haven't encountered any assassination attempts these past few days. Bai Jueming thought to himself.

"That's all the information I gathered. And most importantly, Chu Jiangyuan knows where to transport the mineral deposits!"

"That's Li Family Town, the border town between Jingzhou and Shangzhou!"

At the border of the two states, in Li Family Town? Bai Jueming narrowed his eyes. Minerals were being transported to Shang State? Could this be related to the Jia family of Shang State? The mineral case involves the Four Seasons Master, so how could it also be related to Shang State? Interesting...

Thus concludes Chu Jiangyuan's soul-searching mission! No further useful information was obtained!

The hall master stood up and stretched. The hall master who had been standing to the side circulated his soul power and began a second soul search on Chu Jiangyuan, making sure nothing was missed.

After waiting in the room for a while, the hall master stood up and shook his head, indicating that the soul search had not missed anything.

"The soul of this corpse has begun to dissipate. In another half hour, it will be impossible to search for the soul. There is no need to bring it back to the Yin-Yang Palace."

"Shall we go back and report now?" one of the hall masters suggested.

"There are no more useful clues. Settle Yu Haochu's body properly. It's no use taking his body back to the Yin-Yang Palace. Find a few martial artists to guard this place and wait for the Ministry of Justice to come and take over."

The hall master's arrangements were quite appropriate. Bai Jueming nodded, then reminded him, "Remember to take a trace of the soul power from Yu Haochu's body to confirm whether he is the same person as the Yin-Yang Master of the South Gate."

Although Bai Jueming was 100% certain it was the same person, he still had to go through the necessary steps.

The group searched the Yu residence again, but found no clues. They also searched the souls of several servants in the residence, but found no useful leads.

It is worth mentioning that the unaffiliated Onmyoji came to the Yu residence wearing a mask and a black robe, making his face unknown. Logically speaking, given that the formation was in place, it would have been impossible for the Onmyoji to easily break into the Yu residence and kill him.

At the very least, breaking the formation should have caused a great commotion, but it didn't.

The Yin-Yang Master pretended to still have evidence of Yu Haochu's illegal and criminal activities, and asked the doorman to summon Yu Haochu to discuss cooperation. Yu Haochu was very angry and asked the doorman to activate the formation, and then he led the mastermind into the hall.

A few servants in the mansion watched as the mastermind and Yu Haochu entered the main hall, but the content of their conversation remained unknown.

The above content is the truth pieced together by the servants of the Soul Searching Mansion.

Bai Jueming had to praise the mastermind's cunning wisdom. The mastermind had taken advantage of a miscalculation, and before Yu Haochu knew that Jinxiu had been captured by the Yin-Yang Master, the mastermind confidently and boldly tricked Yu Haochu into opening the formation and entered the mansion without lifting a finger.

Yu Haochu's information network was probably not up-to-date, so he naturally didn't realize that he had been exposed. Therefore, he believed the mastermind's lies and was silenced by the mastermind after entering the mansion.

After the mastermind killed everyone in the mansion, they neither destroyed the souls of any of them nor went to the secret room to find Chu Jiangyuan and destroy their souls. Why was that?

This made Bai Jueming suspicious. Logically speaking, destroying the souls of these servants and Chu Jiangyuan shouldn't have taken much effort, right?

After all, in the South Gate case, that wild Yin-Yang Master was able to quickly kill all the surviving soldiers after the demons destroyed the South Gate, and then destroy their souls so that the Yin-Yang Palace people could not search their souls.

Doing these things at home now would be so easy, so why didn't he do it?

Was it a deliberate attempt to leave clues to guide the Yin-Yang Palace people to investigate? What was the purpose of doing so?

And this behavior is just too damn arrogant! Does he really think he can guarantee that the Yin Yang Palace won't find any useful clues? Isn't he afraid of his own mishap?

Seeing Bai Jueming frowning in deep thought, Han Xueshan couldn't help but ask, "What have you thought of this time?"

Bai Jueming snapped out of his daze and recounted his guesses to Han Xueshan. Finally, he asked, "What do you think the person behind this is doing?"

"Of course, it's because..."