Chapter 495: Something's Off

I feel this Shen Kai is off!

The night was dark and deep; inside the stone house, a luminous spirit jade stone was lit, flickering with white flame, bathing the interior in a bright white glow.

Bu Fan spoke solemnly.

I also think he's off!

On the other side, Dao Ye also said in a low voice.

Heng Xian had already removed his makeup, toying with a small sword, looking somewhat unexpectedly at the two; the two actually, instead of thinking about what to do next, first questioned Shen Kai, and he couldn't help but ask: "Oh? What's off? Please, you two divine detectives, explain!"

The term "divine detective" is used well!

Bu Fan straightened his back: "My reasons are two. First, I have been desperately sending countless voice-transmission talismans using the Thousand-mile Voice Transmission Technique to the disciples of the Twelve Sects nearby, using the sect's internal code; I'm quite certain no expert intercepted them, so why hasn't Shen Kai replied?"

Even if he were captured, as a son-in-law of the Gongsun Family, replying with a word is such a trivial matter; there should be no problem, right?

Second, when the disciples of the Twelve Sects were all wiped out, it's said that Gongsun Lier wasn't in the Nine Palaces Mountain City; who would protect him? Know that once one enters the Monster Realm's gate, it's hard to get out.

Heng Xian shook his head: "These two reasons of yours don't hold up under scrutiny!"

Bu Fan opened his mouth: "Anyway, I just find him displeasing to the eye!"

Heng Xian looked at Dao Ye: "And you? Do you know Shen Kai?"

Dao Ye shook his head: "I don't know him, but I know Gongsun Lier's parents, and we get along well!"

Heng Xian and Bu Fan exchanged a glance: "Go on, tell us!"

Dao Ye said in a low voice: "Gongsun Lier's parents are different from the people of Nine Palaces Mountain City; they have a wandering spirit, and back then they traveled together across the entire Dongyu; as far as I know, they never stayed long in any one place!"

More crucially, they died twenty-nine years ago, when Gongsun Lier was just three months old!

"How did they die?" Bu Fan blinked in surprise.

Dao Ye pointed at his own nose: "I killed them!"

Heng Xian and Bu Fan were both somewhat surprised: "You have a grudge?"

Dao Ye looked at the burning luminous spirit jade stone and said lightly: "I said we get along fine, no grudge! I killed them because they introduced the girl I liked to someone else; such the act of taking another's wife deserves death!"

Bu Fan rubbed his nose: "I understand your feelings, but if the woman you like were faithful, she wouldn't shift her affection; move on, Old Green!"

Dao Ye glared angrily, his ugly old face all scrunched up.

Heng Xian waved his hand: "Don't listen to Bu Fan's nonsense, go on..."

Dao Ye calmed himself a bit and said: "Gongsun Lier's parents never settled long anywhere before their lives; the only time they stayed a while was around the year before and after Gongsun Lier's birth, when they lived for a period in the Valley of Parting Sorrow where I once resided,"

At that time, they had only me as a friend, so there was certainly no arranged marriage through childhood friends! Unless I am Shen Kai's father!

This secret, if I don't tell it, nobody would know!

Heng Xian frowned.

Bu Fan suddenly said: "Dao Ye, I think you're off!"

Dao Ye blinked: "How am I off?"

Bu Fan said: "Still two points: first, you're so ugly no one would befriend you; second, since you're the murderer of Gongsun Lier's parents, you're naturally an enemy of the Gongsun Family—wouldn't someone recognize you here? It's off, totally off!"

Dao Ye, not annoyed, said leisurely: "That's because I once visited the tomb of the Great Lord Jiu Li, a disciple of the Holy Lord Meng Seven, who was a disciple of the Primeval Great Emperor; I accidentally passed through a century-long time-flow array, which aged and uglified me. Back then, I was no less than you, Heng Xian brothers—you bald lecher, you know nothing!"

Heng Xian blinked: "Primeval Great Emperor? Holy Lord Meng Seven?"

It sounded somewhat familiar, as if I'd heard it somewhere before.

"You don't know, huh?" Dao Ye seemed to be tickled, "The Primeval Great Emperor's origins are unknown, but it's said his legends spread throughout the East Wasteland; the Holy Lord Meng Seven was his first war god, who once single-handedly fought the three great continents of East Wasteland, North Wasteland, and Li Wasteland!"

That's the Lord Jiu Li, right? He once gave lectures under the Old Gui Li Tree, drawing countless East Wasteland cultivators eager to listen; it's said even Nascent Soul cultivators could only stand outside the door!

Bu Fan sucked in a breath of cold air: "This boast is absolutely epic!"

Dao Ye couldn't be bothered to reply.

Heng Xian shook his head, returning to the topic: "So, you think the origins of Shen Kai and Gongsun Lier's marriage might be fake? Is Shen Kai lying?"

Dao Ye nodded: "Of course!"

Heng Xian waved his small sword, lost in thought.

Bu Fan suddenly realized: "If that's the case, wouldn't the Divine Blade Palace also be allied with the Flower Pavilion? The Divine Blade Palace is closest to the North Cang Sea!"

Dao Ye's eyes blazed: "Perhaps there truly is a treasure in the Monster Realm capable of bewildering the world?"

Heng Xian chuckled lightly: "If Shen Kai has a problem, you should be more worried about your own safety right now!"

Dao Ye and Bu Fan both blinked, instinctively glancing outside.

Heng Xian said lightly: "Actually, I think Miss Ma also has a problem!"

"Ma, what's wrong with her?" Bu Fan exclaimed in surprise.

Heng Xian said: "I'm not questioning your flirting skills; I just feel she's a Golden Core master, a newly widowed wife, highly regarded by the Gongsun Family—I don't think she could have become so inseparable from you in such a short time unless there's something wrong with her mind!"

Bu Fan shouted angrily: "You're talking nonsense; you're clearly doubting my charm!"

Dao Ye snapped his fingers: "You've got the charm of a rotten egg; perhaps from the moment you entered Nine Palaces Mountain City, you've walked straight into the Flower Pavilion and Gongsun Family's trap!"

"We're just two people, and we came back quietly—do we really have that much face?" Bu Fan exclaimed.

Dao Ye said: "Yes! Because you are the direct disciples of Lingtai Mountain and Tianyuan Sect!"

"Enough, tomorrow we'll go together to first check out that female disciple of the Flower Pavilion, then talk!"

Heng Xian put away his small sword, took out a square cloth from his bosom, wiped his rear, stood up and walked from behind the stone house into it: "All done, remember to fan the Five Elements wind, it's reeking!"

Got it!

Bu Fan and Dao Ye squatted in a row, their faces flushed red, even letting out a 'hng' sound.

……

During the day, with nothing to do in the stone house, a group of 'Ultimate Kill Warriors' were like pigs waiting to be fattened; soon night fell without warning.

The three of Heng Xian discussed it and decided to go together to the Nine Mechanism Pavilion to have a look; this time they wouldn't need to cross-dress again, since going to the city's main street is completely different from going to the Gongsun Family's inner residence!

Thus Heng Xian dressed up as a young gentleman from yesterday's Nangong Lier banquet, for easy comings and goings; this was Shen Kai's idea.

He doesn't know the art of disguise, but he couldn't resist the research of the "three clumsy craftsmen," and ended up imitating it roughly.

Meanwhile, Sun Bufan and Dao Ye changed into servant attire.

Afterwards, the three made the Stone House Camp look occupied, and, following the secluded side of the stone house, they arrived at the Inner City Main Street.

Sun Bufan and Dao Ye went their separate ways, and Heng Xian hurried to the place he had agreed upon with Shen Kai.

Shen Kai had already been waiting; he had also dressed up deliberately, and describing him as "suave and outstanding, a jade tree in the wind" is not an exaggeration.

He glanced at Heng Xian a few times and said: "He looks seventy percent like that friend surnamed Jiang of Nangong Li'er; coincidentally, he just left Nine Palaces Mountain City today, Junior Brother Heng Xian, this move of yours is absolute!"

Heng Xian smiled and said: "No problem, let's go!"

"Come with me!" Shen Kai led the way ahead.

(End of chapter)