Free Web NovelChapter 1346: Chapter 38 The Kite
The place where Huang Yixing fell to his death was at the East City Gate, a gate directly facing Linzi.
Jiang Wang and Lin Youxie arrived outside the city gate.
Under the night sky, Zhao Heng City resembled a massive beast lurking in the shadows.
The city walls of this city were towering, as it was once named "Tianxiong."
A name that proclaimed grand ambitions and heroic aspirations.
The Yang Country that Tianxiong City represented was once the most powerful among the Nine Countries of the Rising Sun, born from the remnants of the Yang Country.
All is gone now.
Today, all temples of the Yang Country have been dismantled, and the last reigning King died amidst a sea of soldiers. The bloodline of the Yang Country’s Imperial Clan was sacrificed and refined into Demon Art by Yang Jiande. The nation is utterly destroyed,
and neither the old Yang court is mentioned, nor are there people longing for the old Yang.
Instead, there are many people like Huang Yixing, who thrive with their identity as "Yang Region people" among the people of Qi Country.
The moon hung solitary in the sky.
Lin Youxie stood facing the city gate tower, seemingly imagining what had happened there. How had Huang Yixing ascended the city tower, and how had he fallen?
"From the corpse, did you notice anything?" Jiang Wang found an opening to ask.
"The detailed state of Huang Yixing’s muscles tells me that he was extremely afraid before his death," Lin Youxie replied.
"But I saw his expression and that image..." Jiang Wang paused mid-sentence. "Could the head arrest officer be suspicious?"
"Not necessarily," Lin Youxie shook her head. "Concealment has three levels: expression, emotions, and inner reactions. Inner reactions refer to the instinctive responses of the body’s finer details. His expression and emotions were crafted well; it’s normal that they weren’t detected."
Crafted?
Jiang Wang caught onto this word. freёwebnovel.com
The idea of expression, emotions, and inner reactions was something entirely new to him.
Lin Youxie continued, "Huang Yixing was constantly resisting something before his death, yet there were no signs of a second force within his body. The only thing I can confirm now is that he definitely didn’t commit suicide. Furthermore, it’s clear that before he fell from a height, his organs were completely intact. This indicates that his resistance was not very intense. The person who turned him into what he is now either possessed terrifying strength or used some kind of peculiar method."
Jiang Wang found it difficult to understand how this "clear to see" conclusion was reached, but it didn’t stop him from joining the discussion.
"Could it be techniques like Flesh Puppets?"
"Hard to say. I didn’t find any lines of manipulation, and these peculiar methods aren’t limited to puppetry. There are many possibilities."
As Lin Youxie spoke, she leapt into the air, saying, "I’m going to check out the city tower."
Wearing a neutral outfit, she soared to the high point of the tower, her garments fluttering in the wind.
It was at this moment that Jiang Wang realized she was exceptionally thin.
At this moment, flying through the night sky, she resembled a fragile kite.
And the string tethering her was hidden within the night sky of Qi Country.
Perhaps she had some vulnerable facets, concealed well by her usual demeanor and actions.
She was nearly indifferent, both to others and to herself.
"How is it?"
Jiang Wang asked from below.
"No matter what happens next, don’t intervene," Lin Youxie said calmly.
Before Jiang Wang could fully grasp the meaning of her words, he saw Lin Youxie suddenly pivot, turning her back, and falling face-up!
Even the Path Origin surrounding her had dissipated!
Jiang Wang instinctively reached out to catch her but stopped halfway, recalling her earlier request.
He merely released some Wind Yuan near ground level, swirling gently, ready to respond at any moment.
Lin Youxie fell all the way down, stopping just two inches above the ground. From extreme motion, she transitioned into extreme stillness, flipping herself upright.
She naturally felt the Wind Yuan close to the ground but said nothing. Instead, she once again launched herself upward, landing atop the city gate tower, where she lifted a piece of black tile and drifted back down.
"When I fell just now, I saw this," Lin Youxie remarked. freewёbnoνel.com
Jiang Wang took the black tile and saw a line of characters at the bottom—
"Feng Li Kiln Town."
Followed by an empty space, and then the notation "Imperially made."
"Yang script," Jiang Wang remarked.
"Which Yang?" Lin Youxie asked.
It was at this moment that Jiang Wang realized.
He had already practiced the secret teachings of the Yang Country Royal Family, the Eye of Qian Yang. Later, he had also acquired the supreme Dao Technique "Dragon and Tiger," which gave him some familiarity with Yang Country script.
The characters on this black tile resembled Yang Country script but exhibited slight variations; they should instead be Yang Region script.
Thus he replied, "Yang Jiande’s Yang."
"You recognize Yang Region script?" Lin Youxie was somewhat surprised.
Jiang Wang admitted honestly, "I recognize the script of the Eastern Region’s unified Yang Empire, which this resembles closely. There are only slight differences, making it understandable."
"What does it say?" Lin Youxie asked.
Jiang Wang recited the words aloud.
Lin Youxie glanced at him, her eyes clearly conveying—Unexpectedly, you can actually read!
"Is there something unusual about this?" Jiang Wang asked.
His question, of course, referred to the case.
"Huang Yixing’s eyes were very well preserved. From the details of his eyeballs, it’s evident that before he fully lost consciousness, the arc of his vision was exceptionally clear," Lin Youxie explained. "Earlier, I stood at the spot where Huang Yixing fell from the city tower, replicating his trajectory and state as I fell down. That’s when I saw this."
She emphasized with certainty, "Before his death, Huang Yixing surely saw this."
Jiang Wang still did not understand how she could confirm this nor how one could discern the arc of vision from the eyes of the deceased and accurately correspond it to the death scene. The Green Badge Aristocracy had its own secrets.
But regarding this black tile—
Yang Region script and calendrical system had long been extinguished, with people exclusively using Qi Country script and calendar since then. This old tile might be one of the few remaining marks of Yang Region’s script in the world.
Qi Country’s script, although incorporating some elements of Yang Country script, had fundamentally diverged, carrying Qi Country’s unique characteristics and essence.
Huang Yixing achieved fame and the position of Zhao Heng County’s Town Magistrate by stepping on the legacy of Old Yang’s rulers and ministers, but had never truly been respected by the higher echelons of Qi Country. What emotions must he have felt, seeing Yang Region script as he fell to his death?
Jiang Wang reopened the scroll, staring at Huang Yixing’s deathly gaze, which seemed to pierce through the paper.
"The one who killed Huang Yixing is a Yang Region person!" He spoke with a tone laced with complex emotions.
His emotional tension didn’t stem from uncovering the truth but because the truth didn’t contradict the orders he had received!
Compared to him, Lin Youxie remained much calmer.
"This case may be connected to Zhao Xuan’s death," she said, looking at Jiang Wang.
Zhao Xuan of the Ministry of Rites had been a Yang Region person who transitioned to serve Qi Country before the fall of Yang Region. He was assassinated in broad daylight at Xiaolian Bridge in Linzi.
"Ah, really?" Jiang Wang reverted to calm.
Lin Youxie might have indirectly insinuated connections to Hell Has No Door.
But Jiang Wang didn’t quite agree.
It was at this moment that he suddenly recalled something.
Earlier, when he traveled overseas to capture Gold Needle Sect traitor Wu Yiyu, he had orchestrated a public auction with the help of the Four Seas Business Alliance on Haimen Island. Among the auctioned items, aside from the Green Blossom Mallow that Lin Youxie had procured, there had been one item that left a lasting impression on him—
The legendary fragment said to have fallen from the sun itself: the Fiery Sunstone!
When dissecting Huang Yixing’s corpse, Lin Youxie had described its lung abnormalities as "sharp" and "intense."
Huang Yixing, despite his audacity to gamble with life and death for wealth and prestige, was not someone naturally associated with "sharp" or "intense." According to records, the cultivation technique he practiced was also of a gentle nature.
He had vaguely sensed an oddity at that time but had lost the inspiration.
Now, it suddenly clicked—"sharp" and "intense" were precisely the feelings he had experienced when holding the Fiery Sunstone!
Thus, his thoughts naturally converged on...
A Ce!
The A Ce from World Building!
The bumbling leader of the Assassin Organization who promised to deliver his letter to the Yang Palace.
On the day Qi Yang’s battle ended, he had met A Ce.
And on Haimen Island, during that very auction, he had also encountered A Ce!
