Chapter 382: Give Him a Quick End

"I actually can't find it!"

Super Perception swept through the surroundings, but nothing was found; everything around appeared perfectly normal.

Yet Shen Yu understood that the more this was the case, the more abnormal it was. He had been controlling the Gu Insect all along, never letting it riot excessively; it was impossible for the Gu Insect to have encountered danger and self-detonated.

The only possibility was that the other party knew everything that happened here, which was why they had acted so decisively, causing all potential evidence to be extinguished in the cradle.

Could it really be those old monsters who were able to deceive his Super Perception?

"Hengzhi, can even you not find out who did this? My Lujiang City won't be in danger, will it?"

Looking around cautiously, Yang Lixin was full of worry; he did not want his Lujiang City to fall into turmoil like it had a few months ago.

At that time, that group of martial arts outlaws not only fought fiercely but were also extremely vicious toward the common people, each one becoming arrogant and overbearing, as if they were high and mighty, not treating the lives of ordinary people as lives at all.

At that time, who knew how many innocent commoners died at their hands, and who knew how many tragedies occurred every day.

If he hadn't turned the tide in the end and suppressed everyone, he didn't know how many more things would have happened back then.

Although the common people had begun to forget, he believed that the entire population of Lujiang City would not want such days to appear again.

"Rest assured, I will find him!" He patted Yang Lixin on the shoulder, wanting to give him confidence. However, the moment he made contact with the other party, Shen Yu suddenly felt something unusual.

Subconsciously, Shen Yu's hand gripped the other party's shoulder, his Inner Breath rapidly circulating within the other's body, while his Super Perception swept over the other's body as if to see right through him.

"That's good!" Hearing Shen Yu's assurance, Yang Lixin breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly completely unaware that he was being probed by Shen Yu.

After a long while, Shen Yu withdrew his hand, looking at the other party with an unreadable expression.

"Yang Ziheng, how long has it been since we last met?"

"It's been several years. We only meet now after our parting in the Capital back then."

Recalling the past, Yang Lixin was also filled with emotion, and when he looked at Shen Yu, he was full of envy.

"Who could have imagined that in just a few short years, you, my old friend, have become so unreachable today. Hengzhi, you have already realized the dreams we once had ahead of time."

"The dreams we once had?" Recalling the past, Shen Yu couldn't help but smile lightly. "Yang Ziheng, do you still remember what our dreams were back then?"

"How could I forget? It was to be a good official who acts for the people and to bring benefit to the commoners. But I am still working on it, while you, Shen Hengzhi, have already succeeded!"

"Actually, I am still far from it, and still far from enough. But you!" Turning his head to look at Yang Lixin beside him, Shen Yu's expression gradually turned cold.

"I know that people change, but I didn't expect that after so many years, even the hot-blooded you from back then would change."

"Hengzhi, I don't know what you are talking about?"

"Yang Ziheng, you are still pretending even now. There is the aura of a Gu Insect inside your body, only you have hidden it very well, so well that even I didn't notice it!"

"If I hadn't touched you just now, I wouldn't have been able to detect it at all. Quite a skill, to be able to deceive even my Super Perception!"

"What? Are you suspecting me?" Pointing at himself with some surprise, Yang Lixin was full of disbelief: "Hengzhi, did you make a mistake? How could it be me!"

"Of course it is you. The 'darkness under the lamp' made me subconsciously overlook you just now!"

"Wait a minute, Hengzhi, Shen Hengzhi, we can't just go around pinning crimes on people like this. Someone must be framing me. I've offended many people during this time; is it them trying to frame me?"

"Yes, it must be them wanting to frame me. They know you hate evil as much as you hate a personal enemy, so they want to use your hands to get rid of me!"

"Is that so?" At this moment, Shen Yu was also somewhat hesitant.

He saw it very clearly; Yang Lixin did not seem to be pretending, and Shen Yu also believed that under his Super Perception, any acting would have nowhere to hide.

No matter how skilled the other party's acting was, they shouldn't be able to deceive him.

Could it be that his suspicion was wrong? That's impossible; the one who detonated the Mother Insect just now must have been him; this lingering aura cannot lie.

His Mental Power suddenly probed into the other party's mind, and the various events that had happened to Yang Lixin in the past instantly surfaced in Shen Yu's mind; everything was vivid, and it looked like there was no problem at all.

"Wrong!" Soon, Shen Yu realized something was wrong. In Yang Lixin's memories, he had practiced Martial Arts since childhood and only recently achieved success.

But in his own impression, when they took the imperial examinations back then, they were both scholars with no strength to truss a chicken. Yang Lixin, let alone Martial Arts, was dark and fat in build, and couldn't even catch his breath after running two steps.

His own memory and the other party's memory simply did not match!

Immediately, Shen Yu opened the "Time Golden Chapter"; the "Time Golden Chapter" he had obtained through checking in could probe other people's pasts.

When the light of the Time Golden Chapter enveloped the other party, a series of information already surfaced on the Golden Chapter.

Soon, Shen Yu's brows furrowed slightly. The memories he saw in Yang Lixin's mind were completely different from the records in the Time Golden Chapter.

This meant that the memories in the other party's mind were false; in his current cognition, he still thought he was a good official for the country and the people.

Quite a skill, to even deceive himself; no wonder he could deceive others.

"Hengzhi!" Seeing the suspicious look in Shen Yu's eyes, Yang Lixin was somewhat at a loss. "Do you still not believe me? What exactly do you want me to do for you to believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that you've even deceived yourself!" Knowing where the problem lay, everything was easy to handle.

His Mental Power instantly surged into the other party's mind, beginning to search for loopholes over and over again. Finally, after a round of searching, he found some flaws.

Following these flaws, Shen Yu successfully pried open the other party's memories. Countless memory fragments surged into his mind, also causing Yang Lixin to suddenly recall all that had happened before.

"Hoo, hoo!" Panting heavily, the countless memories made him feel dizzy for a moment, and the information in his mind made his face turn pale.

"So, it really was me!" Recalling the past, Yang Lixin was not irritable, nor did he fight with Shen Yu; instead, he appeared extremely sorrowful.

"Yang Lixin, you clearly had great ambitions and were hot-blooded and upward-striving back then, but I didn't expect you to fall to this point in the end!"

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi, not everyone is like you." Gathering his memories, Yang Lixin gave a bitter smile, his face full of helplessness.

"Shen Yu, all these years, you have been as brilliant as the sun and moon. Every time news about you came, it made me excited for you, and sometimes I even wished I could take your place."

"I also wanted to act for the people, I also wanted to realize the ambitions in my heart, but I was as humble and pitiful as dust. Do you know how I have spent these years?"

"You don't know, you can't even imagine!" A bitter smile climbed onto his face; Yang Lixin seemed to be pouring his heart out to Shen Yu, and also seemed to be talking to himself.

"Scholars from humble backgrounds have no one to rely on; we can only rely on ourselves. But I was just a scholar with no strength to truss a chicken; what could I use to fight against others!"

"Do you know? I was actually sidelined as soon as I took office; everyone just treated me as a Puppet!"

"I didn't want to wallow in the mire with them, but so what? They didn't put me in their eyes at all."

"Just because I came from a humble background, just because I had no background, even if I wanted to struggle, what could I do? All my petitions ended up like stones sinking into the sea, and what I got in return were warnings time and time again!"

"Actually, I once thought, if I don't submit to them, why don't they just kill me and replace me with someone obedient? Later, I understood; it's because I was just a piece of trash."

"Kill me and replace me with someone else, and perhaps someone with a deep background and strong methods would come instead."

"In that case, it would be better to keep a good-for-nothing like me, who has lofty aspirations but lacks the power to fight back against them. At the very least, someone like me is easier to deal with!"

"Shen Yu, Shen Hengzhi, tell me, am I a joke!"