Chapter 54: There is No Truth

During the exchange between the two, a powerful aura rose in front, and a silver-armored cultivator stopped them.

"Snow Moon is under lockdown, no entry allowed!"

Both the immortal crane and the white horse stopped. Gao Sheng took out a token and said, "Gao Sheng from the Demon-Elimination Division, here to eliminate demons in Snow Moon City."

Lin Jing also took out a token and said, "Lin Jing from the Beast-Taming Sect, here to investigate the missing beast population in Snow Moon City."

"..."

The silver-armored cultivator looked at this pair of ninth-layer Qi Refining and fourth-layer Qi Refining riding Foundation Establishment mounts, not knowing what to say.

Gao Sheng looked at Lin Jing. You are also here to eliminate demons?

You despise my low cultivation base... Aren't you only at the fourth layer yourself!

"Nice to meet you. Your horse is truly divine," Lin Jing said.

"This is a Dragon Horse. You Beast-Taming Sect people, don't covet it randomly."

After the silver-armored cultivator checked the tokens of the two, he reported it.

Soon, a middle-aged cultivator whose face was covered by a dense snow-colored beard came in person.

Lin Jing had seen this person’s portrait; it was precisely Snow Moon City Lord Tang Qinghan.

Lin Jing was in a trance, not expecting that he would have the same treatment as Brother Ouyang, being personally received by a Golden Core cultivator!

"Young Master Gao... why are you here? Is your father well?" The Snow Moon City Lord ignored Lin Jing and said kindly to the black-clothed youth.

"City Lord Tang, don't be like this. I am Gao Sheng from the Demon-Elimination Division, not Gao Sheng from the Gao family. I came here to solve the case and eliminate demons," the black-clothed youth said. "This is the first case I joined the Demon-Elimination Division, so please cooperate, City Lord Tang."

"Snow Moon City will definitely cooperate with the Demon-Elimination Division with all its strength," the City Lord nodded. Afterward, he looked at Lin Jing.

Lin Jing looked at the sky.

The Heavenly Feather Crane said, "Beast-Taming Sect, we are from the Beast-Taming Sect!"

"So it is a disciple of the Beast-Taming Sect... Your sect’s disciple Ouyang Hao encountered an accident in my Snow Moon City. It is my dereliction of duty as the City Lord. I promise that within one month, I will definitely find the true murderer and give your sect an explanation," the City Lord said extremely seriously.

"Many thanks, City Lord Tang. We came here this time also wanting to participate in the investigation," Lin Jing said. "I am a disciple of Danxia Peak. Since childhood, I have studied poison techniques with my master for more than twenty years. According to the judgment of our sect’s ancestor, Brother Ouyang was injured by poison, so I was sent here to investigate."

"So that’s how it is. Please follow me into the city, both of you," the City Lord said. The snow mist dissipated, and the tall city wall appeared in front.

In the City Lord’s Mansion, the City Lord originally wanted to entertain the two well, but Gao Sheng said, "Ordinary pleasantries are unnecessary. City Lord Tang, I... already have an understanding of what happened in Snow Moon City and have initially determined who the murderer is!"

"What?!" The City Lord was shocked. They had just arrived in Snow Moon City, and he had already determined the murderer?

Lin Jing was also unexpected, not knowing if this brother was reliable. The Divine Pine hadn't seen anything yet.

"First, Snow Moon City’s property was infringed upon, and a large sect’s disciple was attacked here. Who suffers the greatest loss from such a serious public security problem?" Gao Sheng said. "It must be City Lord Tang. If it causes a greater impact later, City Lord Tang’s official career will definitely be affected!"

"So, this event looks like demons making trouble, but there is also a certain possibility that it is City Lord Tang’s enemy doing demonic things!"

"I collected detailed information before I came. After Pavilion Master Hua of the Lotus Pavilion came to this bird-doesn't-poop Snow Moon City, because of the various policies set by City Lord Tang, the business of the Lotus Pavilion here is very bleak... promotion is hopeless... Just now, Brother Lin from the Beast-Taming Sect said that the Beast-Taming Sect disciple encountered poison injury in this city..."

"You know, the Lotus Pavilion mainly does pill business. There is poison in every three pills, and only they have quite a bit of research on poison!"

"Please, City Lord Tang, quickly arrest Pavilion Master Hua Qiandao of the Lotus Pavilion," Gao Sheng said, taking out a fan and fanning it, extremely elegant.

The City Lord’s expression was strange, and he said, "Young Master Gao, in the early years, Pavilion Master Hua and I did have some conflicts, but now we have long since reconciled. Snow Moon City has already reached a deep cooperation with the Lotus Pavilion, and the contract has been set. If I fall, he will also be unlucky. We are now... already prosperous together and damaged together."

Gao Sheng continued to fan, silent for a while.

"You... pretend I said nothing."

Lin Jing cupped his hands and took his leave first, feeling that this matter... this person from the Demon-Elimination Division should not be able to help much.

"Divine Pine Senior... this City Lord’s Mansion, is there any problem?" After leaving, Lin Jing spread his palm, which was a pine nut.

A voice came from the pine nut.

"No abnormalities found, and that City Lord Tang has no problems either. However, I already know what poison your senior brother was poisoned with."

"What?" Lin Jing was startled.

"Follow my guidance." The Divine Pine said.

Lin Jing nodded quickly. After walking for about a few kilometers, he came to a grassland covered in ice and snow.

Under the guidance of the Divine Pine, Lin Jing bent down, blew away the ice and snow covering the grass, and pulled out a few purple plants.

"Look at what this is."

Lin Jing looked at the small purple grass and fell into deep thought. The 'Plant Encyclopedia' did not record this plant.

He recalled the miscellaneous books he had read in his brain quickly. Suddenly, after finding red spots on his palms, he immediately said, "Petals split, snake-shaped leaves, red rashes appear upon touch, this is Insect Feather Grass."

"Not bad." The Divine Pine saw that Lin Jing recognized this plant and said, "Then do you know where it likes to grow."

Lin Jing said, "Insect Feather Grass likes to grow in places where poisonous insects are located. It is a poisonous grass produced in the Yunhai Mountain Range. Senior’s meaning is, Senior Brother was injured by a poisonous insect..."

"Wait, just ordinary poisonous insects, absolutely not something that can make Golden Core elders and Nascent Soul ancestors helpless."

"Poison..." Lin Jing said, "One of the three major demonic sects, the Gu God Sect, has studied poison techniques for tens of thousands of years, and only they have such difficult strange poisons. Gu poison is good at changing to infinity, making people hard to guard against. Besides the Gu insect itself, there are few medicines that can solve it. Senior, the source of the poison you want to find is a Gu insect?"

"Yes," the Divine Pine said. "Not only is it not an ordinary poisonous insect, it is absolutely not an ordinary Gu insect. This Snow Moon City hides a not-so-small secret. Your senior brother should have been injured by a sub-Gu, so as long as the mother Gu is found, his ice Gu poison can be perfectly eradicated."

"Brother Lin!" At this time, someone caught up with Lin Jing; it was Gao Sheng from the Demon-Elimination Division.

Lin Jing put away the pine nut and looked at this immortal second generation.

He said to Lin Jing, "Brother Lin, finally found you."

"Brother Gao, why did you also leave the City Lord’s Mansion."

Gao Sheng had a lingering fear: "I have a new deduction! So I ran out."

"I thought of it, the 'Gu poison' in the Gu God Sect, one of the three major demonic sects, that your sect’s disciple might have!"

Lin Jing couldn't help but admire. It seems that this person still has some real learning. Who knew he continued to say: "Because I suddenly remembered that my father once said that in recent years, the Gu God Sect has controlled people’s hearts with Gu poison and increased its infiltration into the ancient country’s localities. City Lord Tang... might have been controlled by the Gu God Sect with Gu and become a puppet! After all, the cultivation method he practices and the ice Gu poison look very compatible. The culprit of everything in Snow Moon City is him!"

Lin Jing: ?

"Brother Gao has great talent, is there any evidence?"

"No."

"Then you are talking nonsense." Lin Jing was speechless and said, "If a City Lord wants to raise Gu with beasts, with the Tang family’s foundation in Snow Moon City, do they need to steal rabbits from the Beast-Taming Sect?"

"Uh... Brother Lin’s words also make some sense." This Demon-Elimination Division genius fell into deep thought again.

"Brother Lin, do you think it is possible..." He suddenly looked at Lin Jing vigilantly and took a step back.

"Are you trying to say that my Beast-Taming Sect has always been called a demon sect, and you suspect that someone inside my Beast-Taming Sect is colluding with the demon sect, damaging their own interests first to get rid of suspicion, and then shouting 'thief, stop thief'?"

Gao Sheng was stunned: "How did you know!"

"Brother Gao, you should go home and inherit the immortal industry!"