Chapter 35

The Han Wang looked around, his face full of confusion.

The guards standing beside him also shook their heads and said, "No, no one is there!"

"Could it be... that the ghosts and gods have appeared?" a guard speculated.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes and continue looking toward the front of Su Xuan, but he didn't see any so-called ghosts and gods.

It was just that pile of soil, which had been scattered quite a bit by the eerie wind.

The words "ghosts and gods" reached the ears of the Han Wang.

His body couldn't help but tremble.

Had the ghosts and gods appeared?

He felt some fear in his heart, but it seemed to be the courage Su Xuan gave him; he still insisted on looking in front of Su Xuan, but in the end, he saw nothing.

Su Xuan did not pay attention to the curiosity of the Han Wang and the guards.

In front of him, it was as if someone had appeared.

He was still conversing with the figure that no one else could see.

Asking the other party about the military pay.

"I see, I understand. You may withdraw first!"

After the conversation, Su Xuan said another sentence, pinched a sword finger, and pointed forward; in an instant, that pile of soil suddenly scattered, falling all over the ground, and with the soil scattering.

The eerie wind that had been lingering in the palace chamber also suddenly ceased, along with the mist beside Su Xuan, which dissipated together.

"Your Majesty, I have not failed your commission!"

Su Xuan turned his head, looked at the terrified Han Wang, and spoke calmly.

The Han Wang shook his body, came back to his senses, and asked Su Xuan, "Has Mr. Su found the whereabouts of the lost military pay?"

Su Xuan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Although it is hard to believe, I used the art of communicating with the netherworld to summon the ghost that haunts Soul-Breaking Valley, and learned from his mouth that the military pay was not hijacked by them!"

"How could that be?"

The Han Wang was very shocked; the military pay of 100,000 taels of gold vanished under the eyes of everyone, and ghosts and gods appeared—if it wasn't hijacked by ghost soldiers, then whose work was it?

"That is why I said it is hard to believe." Su Xuan said indifferently, "According to those ghost soldiers, they only appeared voluntarily when they discovered the Han army, wanting to scare them. For the people of the world, that military pay is an object of great value, but for wandering souls like them who haunt the wilderness, it has no meaning at all."

"According to him, that military pay vanished on its own after encountering rainwater."

"Gold vanished on its own after encountering water?" The Han Wang looked disbelieving, "How could such a thing happen?"

"No, it is still possible!" Su Xuan said.

Facing the Han Wang's confused expression, he continued, "The premise is that that gold was not real gold!"

Su Xuan said, "I am proficient in the art of alchemy and medicine; in alchemy, besides medicinal herbs, I occasionally use some rare minerals. As far as I know, there is a kind of mineral in this world that looks very similar to gold on the outside. It dissolves when it encounters water and burns when it encounters water, so it has another alias called 'Water-Dissolving Gold'!"

"'Water-Dissolving Gold'?" The Han Wang reacted, "Sir, are you saying that my military pay was actually not gold, but Water-Dissolving Gold?"

"I do indeed have this suspicion!" Su Xuan did not hide it.

"Impossible!" The Han Wang was very certain; he was sure his military pay was real gold, not some mineral like Water-Dissolving Gold that resembled gold.

"Perhaps the military pay Your Majesty initially disbursed was real gold, but one possibility is that it was replaced by someone during transport!"

"Who? Who is so bold? They even dare to touch the military pay?!" The Han Wang was suddenly furious.

"In this world, there are always some people whose boldness exceeds the imagination of ordinary people. They not only dare to touch the military pay, but in order to hide the truth, they even dare to attack the chief judges responsible for investigating the case."

"Originally, I only guessed that the deaths of several chief judges might be man-made, but after using the art of communicating with the netherworld to summon the ghost and learning from his mouth what happened at Soul-Breaking Valley that day, I can now be certain!"

"The ghost soldier affair was man-made!"

Just as the Han Wang was very certain that his gold was real, Su Xuan also appeared exceptionally certain at this moment, firmly believing that the information he obtained through the art of communicating with the netherworld was true.

If it were the Han Wang of the past, even if he suspected in his heart that the disappearance of the military pay was man-made, he would ultimately still have some doubts.

What if it was the work of ghosts and gods?

But perhaps because of the various mysterious methods Su Xuan displayed before him, he believed Su Xuan's words without doubt.

"Could it be that my military pay really cannot be found?" The Han Wang was somewhat dejected.

Although he knew the disappearance of the military pay was man-made.

But judging from the behavior of the person in the shadows who did not hesitate to kill the chief judges, the other party had already shown a stance of being determined to get the military pay.

If it were the work of ghosts and gods, it could still be retrieved from them with the help of Mr. Su's supreme supernatural powers.

If it were man-made, how should he find the lost military pay?

"That is not necessarily true!"

Su Xuan gave his own opinion, but he did not continue to speak on how to find the lost military pay.