[One unopened clue treasure chest. Open it?]
"Open."
[Opened successfully. Obtained clue: Ghost God Gorge!]
"Just this?"
Chu Qing stroked his chin; Ghost God Gorge is a large canyon, marking the boundary between Blazing Hall and Iron Blood Hall.
Nowadays, both sides seemed to be clashing in Ghost God Gorge... In other words, masters on the Evil Extermination List might appear there?
Slightly contemplating, he looked up at Zhou Mansion and opened his mouth softly:
"Zhou Mansion is in chaos."
Gentle nodded, her ears twitching, and said:
"The shouting and killing outside seem to have quieted down."
Chu Qing pondered slightly and spoke softly:
"Can you do me a favor? Go find Liu Yu and have him lead people to storm Zhou Mansion and search."
Gentle didn’t ask for a reason, just nodded:
"Alright."
Watching Gentle fly away, Chu Qing sat here waiting patiently.
After a while, Gentle returned, and soon Liu Yulai, full of murderous intent, led a group entering Zhou Mansion, starting a massive search.
Stirring up Zhou Mansion into a complete mess.
The entire process took a full two hours before Liu Yulai brought people back.
By now, Chu Qing was waiting in Liu Mansion’s study.
Upon meeting Chu Qing, Liu Yulai briefly recounted the situation.
There wasn’t much to say about those four gangs in broad daylight; without Guo Wang collaborating internally and externally, they were a disorganized mob, easily manipulated.
Liu Yulai, with slight strategy, first struck them apart, resulting in some fleeing, some captured, some killed... a decisive victory in this battle.
Those four gang leaders cursed Guo Wang as they died, calling him a deceitful scoundrel for betraying them after promising collaboration.
And searching Zhou Mansion turned up some correspondence.
Liu Yulai handed these letters to Chu Qing, who glanced at them and discarded them:
"Merely distractions; Mirror of Sin wouldn’t leave such easy clues for tracking."
"Then... Han brother asked me to investigate Zhou Mansion because?"
Liu Yulai looked at Chu Qing in front of him, cautiously inquiring.
This caution was genuine now... The initial respectful attitude was partly because Chu Qing saved his life, and partly due to his close relationship with the young lady.
But seeing Chu Qing killing Separation Sword as easy as slaughtering a chicken.