After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 415 Dead Man
The girl turned her head and looked out of the inn. She found that the sky was getting darker and darker as dusk fell, and at least half an incense stick's time had passed.

The girl pinched her arm, and as a pain shot through her, her delicate eyebrows furrowed together, clearly puzzled as to what had just happened.
Just then, the big black cat strolled slowly down from the inn, its bright green eyes giving the girl a defiant look before heading off to the inn's kitchen.

Upon seeing this, the girl was about to intervene, but then she seemed to realize something and immediately stopped.

Immediately, the girl looked up at the upper floor of the inn, and her expression changed rapidly.

Soon, the girl withdrew her gaze, glanced at the back of the big black cat swaying its tail and swaggering, hesitated for only a moment, and then disappeared from the inn in a series of afterimages.

Before long, the girl arrived at an earthen house deep in the town.

A man was sitting cross-legged on a kang (a heated brick bed) in the earthen house. This man was the dwarf who had blocked Cao Gaoshan's path earlier and was killed by him in one move.

The dwarf wore a red blouse, had a withered and ugly face, and appeared to be unharmed.

"Did those people go to the inn?"

The dwarf slowly opened his eyes, while the girl nodded gently, her expression somewhat serious, and said:

"Those people are not simple; they have already settled into the inn."

"Why let them stay instead of driving them away?" the dwarf frowned.

“I didn’t let them stay; I simply couldn’t stop them.”

The girl shook her head. The dwarf glanced at her and said:
"They have no connections, and I reckon quite a few people in town have designs on them. The inn is probably doomed to stay tonight."

Upon hearing this, the girl remained silent for a moment, then shrugged and said:
"It doesn't matter. The clan's plan is imminent, and we should set off for Baidi City. This stronghold probably won't be needed in the future."

After a moment's hesitation, the girl asked:
"You fought that Celestial Realm expert. How strong was he?"

"Not bad, but this person should have just entered the Celestial Realm not long ago, and his martial arts foundation is still somewhat shallow."

The dwarf stared at the girl, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"That shouldn't be the case. You seem somewhat wary of them, but given your true strength, that Celestial Realm expert shouldn't be able to do anything to you. Could it be... that there's another expert among them?"

The girl crossed her arms, mentally reviewing what had happened at the inn, but ultimately shook her head and said:
"The other party's methods are indeed quite unusual. They probably possess some kind of hallucinogenic techniques or drugs. Even I was caught off guard and fell for their tricks."

"However, we don't need to provoke them. Right now, we should focus on clan affairs to avoid causing trouble."

The dwarf nodded slightly, then changed the subject and asked:

"The White Emperor City is crucial to the revival of our clan. The entire clan has been preparing for this for a long time. When do you plan to set off?"

Upon hearing this, the girl snapped out of her reverie, a sharp glint gradually appearing in her eyes, and pondered for a moment before saying:
"Let's leave tomorrow. While we're at it, let's retrieve that item from Huangquan City. This matter is of utmost importance and absolutely cannot be lost!"

The dwarf remained silent, tacitly agreeing, while the girl continued with a few more instructions before saying:
"I'll head back to the inn first; I think I'll be able to catch a good show tonight."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl transformed into afterimages and disappeared from the earthen house.

……

With a casual use of an illusion, Meng Qianqiu dismissed the girl, and Li Musheng and the others each chose their own rooms to stay in. Meanwhile, the big black cat swept the inn's kitchen clean by itself.

Afterwards, Cao Gaoshan placed the silver on the counter in the lobby, and the group did not eat and stay for free. The girl who returned from the earthen house glanced at the silver on the counter, casually shoved it into the wooden drawer, thought for a moment, and then continued to lie down on the bamboo chair.

Before long, dusk settled in and the sky became completely dark.

The girl lit the oil lamp, and the town was as quiet as during the day. Cang Yinyue and the others went downstairs once, but quickly returned to their rooms.

The girl turned a blind eye to this, pretending to sleep with the ledger over her head, but in reality, she was listening intently, waiting for the villains hidden in the town to make their move.

The town is located in the desert and is not subject to the laws of the imperial court. It follows the rule of the survival of the fittest. Except for those with powerful connections, anyone else who comes here will only become fish on a chopping board and be slaughtered at will unless they have enough strength to protect themselves.

Although Li Musheng and his group had a Celestial Realm expert in charge, they had no real background. The town was full of powerful and wicked people, so they were not afraid of Li Musheng and his group.

Furthermore, some of them only enjoy hunting so-called martial arts masters and have little interest in ordinary people.

The young woman wanted to watch the show tonight, but she also knew that Li Musheng and his group were not as simple as they seemed on the surface, and she wanted to take this opportunity to see what they were really made of.

However, the girl lay on the bamboo chair and waited intently all night, but the entire inn was calm and nothing happened.

"what happened?"

The girl sat up from the bamboo chair. Morning light streamed through the window lattices into the hall, indicating that it was already the morning of the second day.

But she could hardly believe that the night had passed so uneventfully, that the town's ruthless killers would so easily let go of their prey who had come to them.

The next moment, the girl moved and rushed out of the inn.

As dawn broke, the deserted streets outside the inn were chilly and eerily quiet.

The girl was dressed in thin clothes, her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and her gaze swept around before finally settling on a tulou (earthen building) not far from the inn.

A corner of clothing was faintly visible at the edge of the earthen building. Although it was almost invisible to the naked eye, it could not escape the girl's eyes.

The girl's figure vanished from her spot in the next instant, and she appeared on the earthen building in the blink of an eye. She merely glanced at it, and her pupils immediately contracted.

On the earthen building lay a gray-clad man, half-bald and emaciated, showing no signs of life; he had clearly been dead for some time.

Why did the Old Monster of Yin Wind die here?

The girl was filled with doubt and suspicion. She immediately examined the corpse in front of her, but found no wounds on the body, nor any signs of poisoning.

Yin Feng Laoguai is a renowned master in the martial arts world of Da Wu. He hides in this desolate town to escape the pursuit of his enemies.

Although this person was highly skilled, he was ruthless and wicked, and countless people had died at his hands. He never expected that he would die himself.

It should be noted that no one in the entire town was confident in killing the Old Monster Yin Wind. More importantly, his death was clearly suspicious, as if he had lost his life inexplicably.

Thinking of this, the girl stood on the earthen wall, looked around, and the next moment, her expression changed again.

(End of this chapter)