Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

Desolate land.

On the side of the Night Watch Commander.

A Night Watchman came to report to Chen Lei: "Sir, we've found out that the reason the four top powers have completely withdrawn from the Desolate State and stopped investigating this matter is because they couldn't find out about the unknown powerhouse for a while, so they spent a lot of money to find people from the Mountain Beyond the Mountain to help with the deduction."

"As a result, the person from the mountain beyond the mountain who helped them deduce the information of this unknown powerful figure was directly attacked. Not only did he fail to deduce the information of the unknown powerful figure, he was also injured."

"According to the person from the mountain beyond the mountains who helped them with divination and information deduction, the cause and effect of this unknown powerful figure's involvement in this matter and the secrets of heaven have been concealed, making it impossible to deduce. Behind him, there may be an extremely powerful expert who is skilled in the way of heavenly secrets."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lei exclaimed in surprise, "The secret has been concealed!"

This matter involves an unknown powerful figure, and behind him is such a capable person.

Such a being injured his disciple.

It's almost impossible to find him now.

No wonder the people from the four top forces chose to give up.

The opponent can even conceal the secrets of heaven.

It would be virtually impossible for them to track him down.

"Yes, that's the information we've gathered from the four top-tier powers," the man replied.

"Understood, you may leave now." Chen Lei gestured for him to leave.

After that person turned and left.

Chen Lei shook his head.

Such a person was abandoned by the four top-tier forces.

Even if he insists that the Night Watch continue the investigation, it will probably yield no results.

His apprentice suffered a loss he couldn't speak of this time.

The last hope lies with the Night Watch of Jiuwan City; can Gu Chen, Shangguan Wuqing's disciple, find out anything?

Here in Jiuwan City.

It was already late at night.

Mei Jingfeng rushed over here.

Before entering Jiuwan City.

He also changed into a black outfit and covered his face.

Next, they arrived at the outside of Gu Chen's mansion.

The power of the soul is released outwards.

They quickly scanned the mansion and found Gu Chen, who was already asleep.

His figure entered Gu Chen's mansion like a ghost.

Inside the mansion.

Gu Chen was instantly awakened. Although Mei Jingfeng's movements were small, Gu Chen, who had already developed divine soul power, had very keen senses.

They discovered immediately that someone had broken into his residence.

But a discovery is a discovery.

The opponent is a powerful expert from the upper three realms.

Even if he discovered it.

To no avail.

If the other party wanted to kill him, he would have no chance to resist.

Gu Chen stood up and looked at Mei Jingfeng, who was dressed in black, standing in his room.

He has offended many people.

But I've offended him recently, so I might break into his residence at night.

The only possible explanation is Mei Jingfeng, the husband of Jiang Ruyan, whom he killed seven days ago, and the father of Mei Jingfei of Haoran Academy.

At this moment, Mei Jingfeng released his terrifying aura, which landed directly on Gu Chen.

Gu Chen was instantly immobilized, as if a mountain was pressing down on him from all sides.

Unable to even stand, he knelt down on the ground.

Moreover, this oppressive aura also contained the power of the soul, causing his soul to tremble.

The opponent was a high-ranking being, and killing him would be as easy as crushing a chick.

This gave Gu Chen a deep sense of powerlessness.

He's already very strong at the fifth rank.

However, it still had no power to resist even against experts of the highest rank.

We need to keep getting stronger!

Gu Chen sensed a strong killing intent from this oppressive aura.

Mei Jingfeng wanted to kill him.

Are we going to suffer a humiliating defeat today?

"I ask, you answer. If you dare to utter even half a lie, I'll kill you on the spot," Mei Jingfeng said in an icy voice.

"Please speak, senior. If I know the answer, I will answer truthfully," Gu Chen immediately admitted defeat.

Mei Jingfeng didn't kill him as soon as he arrived.

This shows that he wasn't sure if he had killed his wife himself.

Now he may just have doubts.

So I came here to find evidence.

If his answer could clear him of any involvement, he might let him off the hook.

After all, if he killed him without solid evidence, Shangguan Wuqing would investigate.

He must be having a hard time.

"Seven days ago, did Jiang Ruyan, a fifth-rank expert from Haoran Academy, come looking for you?" Mei Jingfeng asked, staring into Gu Chen's eyes.

At the same time, the power of the soul fell upon Gu Chen.

Perceive the changes in the ancient dust.

If Gu Chen lies, something unusual will definitely happen.

"No, I've been refining pills in my residence every day during this time. No fifth-rank experts have come to see me," Gu Chen replied honestly.

And when answering.

He used his spiritual power to tightly control his emotions and fluctuations, leaving no room for error.

The other party was using their divine soul power to keep an eye on him.

If he didn't have divine soul power, he would definitely experience abnormal emotional fluctuations.

That would make it easy for people to recognize that he was lying.

Mei Jingfeng's move is extremely effective against ordinary mid-level four-realm experts who lack divine soul power.

Unfortunately, Gu Chen was someone who had already developed divine soul power.

He used his spiritual power to conceal his aura and emotions, preventing himself from revealing any flaws.

Then Mei Jingfeng wouldn't think he was lying.

really.

Gu Chen's cover-up was very effective!

Mei Jingfeng noticed nothing amiss, and his killing intent instantly diminished.

Could this matter be unrelated to Gu Chen?

Was his wife not killed by him or one of his fellow disciples?

"Some time ago, you caught a womanizer in Jiuwan City. Did you discover his information yourself, or did someone secretly provide you with intelligence?" Mei Jingfeng asked again.

"I found it out myself; no one provided me with the information," Gu Chen replied again.

This time he did not use his divine soul power to conceal it.

Because he didn't lie.

No one reported this to him; he obtained it himself by exchanging the copper bowl, which means he investigated it himself using the copper bowl.

It has nothing to do with other disciples of Haoran Academy.

Gu Chen's answer was still no problem, and there was nothing unusual about his aura or anything else.

He did not lie.

It seems that he really found out about his son's affair himself.

It has nothing to do with other disciples of Haoran Academy.

If that's the case.

He and his wife may have misunderstood each other.

He probably doesn't even know that the womanizer he caught recently is his son.

So he didn't know that his wife had come to the desolate state to look for him some time ago.

I just don't know why.

His wife disappeared and was murdered before she could even come to him.

Gu Chen only has the cultivation level of the early stage of the True Essence Realm.

It was impossible for him to kill his wife.

If even he doesn't know the identity of the flower thief he captured back then.

He wouldn't even think about killing his wife.

There was no motive.

If his wife had contacted him but failed to find any clues, she would definitely have relayed the message to him immediately.

Then they returned to Haoran Academy.

This would not give Gu Chen the opportunity to find someone to deal with his wife.

And Shangguan Wuqing's other disciples.

If it was only because his wife inquired about this matter with Gu Chen, without harming Gu Chen.

They wouldn't directly kill his wife either.

After all, his wife was from Haoran Academy, so they wouldn't cause him any trouble.

So the truth might be...

The person who killed his wife has nothing to do with Gu Chen.

Instead, he was killed by someone else.

of course.

This was just his speculation; Gu Chen wanted to completely rule out any suspicion.

He still needs to investigate the current whereabouts of Gu Chen's three senior brothers in the desolate state.

If these three people haven't been to Jiuwan City recently, then...

There has been no contact with Gu Chen.

This means that Gu Chen did not conspire with them to kill his wife.

His wife may have been murdered elsewhere.

Mei Jingfeng suppressed his aura and turned to leave, exiting Gu Chen's residence in a few breaths.

It was as if they had never been there at all.

He couldn't get any information out of him.

There's no point in staying at Gu Chen's mansion any longer.

Of course, he only left Gu Chen's residence.

But the person did not go far.

Instead, he remained outside, using his divine soul power to continue monitoring Gu Chen's every move.

Let's see if Gu Chen was lying just now.

If Gu Chen shows any unusual behavior, he will immediately turn back and kill Gu Chen.

Gu Chen naturally sensed the faint, ethereal divine soul power that the other man had left on him, monitoring him.

There was nothing unusual about it.

Gu Chen knew that Mei Jingfeng must have thought that he did not have the power of the divine soul, so he did not know that he had not completely left.

Gu Chen muttered to himself, "Strange."

"What fifth-grade expert? What Haoran Academy nonsense? Why would a fifth-grade expert from Haoran Academy come looking for me? It's utterly baffling!"

"Wasn't that notorious womanizer taken away by Feng Yuan and the people from Haoran Academy? Could this person be an accomplice of that womanizer, coming to seek revenge on me!"

Gu Chen's words were naturally meant for Mei Jingfeng, who was still monitoring him outside the mansion.

really.

Outside the mansion.

Listening to his mutterings, Mei Jingfeng frowned deeply.

Could it be that this matter really has nothing to do with Gu Chen?

Judging from his reaction, it seems like he knows nothing about this.

But if that's the case...

Who killed his wife?

And where was he killed?

Where is the body?

The other party was also proficient in divination, surpassing even Zhuge Qing in skill.

When did they ever offend such a powerful figure?