Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Hai Kuotian's eyes reddened as he angrily said, "Gou Zichang, my second brother only said something unpleasant, and you're going to kill him over such a trivial matter?"

Jiang Fengyue said calmly, "If I wanted to kill him, he would never be alive now. I hope you understand that I never want to be wronged."

Hu Tiehua, moved, asked, "Chief Hai, are you saying that the dead man was Xiang Tianfei? But where is his body?"

Hai Kuotian said sternly, "Qian Feng, Lu Changji, isn't it your turn to take the helm today?"

Two people stepped out from the crowd and replied, "Yes."

Hai Kuotian was furious and said, "So where did you all go?"

Qian Feng said in a trembling voice, "Second Master Xiang told us to go further away. If we didn't go, he pretended to hit us, so we had no choice but to leave."

Lu Changji said, "But we didn't dare go far, so we stayed there to help Sun Laosan tidy up the ropes."

Hai Kuotian asked, "Did you hear anything?"

Qian Feng said, "We heard a scream and rushed over immediately, but before we arrived, we heard another 'thump.' When we got here, Second Master was already gone."

Everyone knows that Xiang Tianfei is likely doomed.

Tears welled in Hai Kuotian's eyes as he sobbed, "Second brother, second brother, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you here..."

Ding Feng said in a deep voice, "Master Xiang's martial arts are very high. I don't believe he can be easily killed by someone, because there are not many people in the martial arts world who can kill him."

As he spoke, his gaze swept across the faces of Jiang Fengyue, Chu Liuxiang, and Hu Tiehua in turn.

He meant that only these three people could kill Xiang Tianfei.

Hu Tiehua sneered, "Young Master Ding's martial arts skills are renowned, not only to me but also to everyone present. I wonder where Young Master Ding was when the incident occurred?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed, "I shared a room with Young Master Ding, but he wasn't in the room when the incident happened."

Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua's words were quite clear, undoubtedly implying that Ding Feng was the murderer.

Ding Feng said calmly, "I was relieving myself at the time and wasn't in the room. How can Brother Chu prove that he was in the room the whole time?"

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose and said, "Actually, the person who killed Master Xiang was not necessarily more skilled in martial arts than Master Xiang."

Hu Tiehua said, "My martial arts skills aren't better than his, how could I possibly kill him?"

Chu Liuxiang said, "Perhaps it was precisely because Second Master Xiang did not expect that person to kill him that he was completely unprepared, allowing that person to succeed in one strike."

Hai Kuotian said resentfully, "That's right. If the two of them were to fight, it would definitely make quite a commotion, which would have alerted Qian Feng and the others to come over. It's precisely because that person was assassinating in the dark that no one else heard the fighting."

Chu Liuxiang said, "That's right, so everyone on this ship has the potential to kill Master Xiang."

Ding Feng glared at Jiang Fengyue and said coldly, "But everyone else has no grudge against Master Xiang, so who would do such a thing?"

Jiang Fengyue glared back and said, "I think you have no brains at all."

Chu Liuxiang suddenly said, "There are facts to prove that Brother Gou is definitely not the murderer."

Ding Feng asked, "Where are the facts?"

Chu Liuxiang said, "Since the assassin was carrying out the assassination in the shadows, he must have been very close to Master Xiang. Brother Gou and Master Xiang just had a conflict, how could he possibly be so close to him?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "If he sees me walking over, he'll probably jump up."

Chu Liuxiang said, "Look at the blood on the ground. Master Xiang must have bled a lot. Since the murderer committed the crime in close quarters, his clothes would inevitably be stained with blood."

Chu Liuxiang glanced at Jiang Fengyue and said, "Brother Gou's clothes are so clean and neat. If he changed clothes after the assassination, he wouldn't have done so so quickly."

Jiang Fengyue smiled and looked at Ding Feng, saying, "No matter who the murderer is, they won't have time to change their clothes. They'll either throw their blood-stained clothes into the sea or hide them where no one can see them."

Hu Tiehua sneered, "In that case, the murderer must have been disheveled."

Everyone immediately looked at Ding Feng.

Ding Feng was indeed only wearing a short-sleeved shirt and trousers, without an outer garment.

Ding Feng said calmly, "I don't usually sleep in a long robe, and I didn't expect this to happen when I went to relieve myself."

Jin Lingzhi suddenly interjected, "That's right, very few people sleep fully clothed. As soon as I heard the scream, I rushed out of bed without even putting on my outer clothes. Could I be the murderer?"

Hu Tiehua said leisurely, "Before the real culprit is found, anyone can be the murderer, even the richest person. A rich person is not necessarily incapable of murder, Miss Jin, don't you agree?"

Jin Lingzhi rolled her eyes at him but didn't reply.

Hai Kuotian said coldly, "Since the murderer is still on the ship, he definitely can't escape. It's very late today, everyone go back and rest first, and we can talk about anything else at dawn."

The group returned to the cabin. Hai Kuotian stared at the completely dried bloodstain on the ground, muttering Xiang Tianfeng's name repeatedly.

After a long moment of stunned silence, Hai Kuotian stood up. There was no one left on the deck. He secretly vowed to find the murderer and avenge his second brother.

The next moment, he knew who the murderer was, but unfortunately he could no longer take revenge, because Ding Feng's knife had already slit his throat.

Ding Feng thought he had done everything perfectly and that everyone was now off guard, believing that the murderer wouldn't kill again so soon.

Just then, someone coughed a few times behind him. Ding Feng turned around and saw Jiang Fengyue.

Ding Feng gripped the knife tightly in his hand. Anyone who was seen doing this would want to kill him to silence him.

Jiang Fengyue sighed softly and said, "Let's go back to your room and talk."

Inside Ding Feng's room, he and Jiang Fengyue were sitting facing each other.

Ding Feng said, "You saw me kill someone, why didn't you report me?"

Jiang Fengyue laughed and said, "Because I know that if something happens to you, I will never be able to go to the den of iniquity again."

Jiang Fengyue was obviously lying to Ding Feng. He already knew the location of Bat Island, and finding it was only a matter of time.

Ding Feng asked in surprise, "Why do you say that? There are so many people in the world who know about the den of iniquity, and I am just one of them."

Jiang Fengyue said, "Because you are the Bat Prince's top disciple, if you die, who will take me to Bat Island?"

Ding Feng was shocked and asked, "Who are you? How do you know all this?"

Jiang Fengyue laughed and said, "I'm just someone who has so much money that I don't know what to do with it. Although Bat Island is overseas, you must have very good information in the Central Plains."

Ding Feng said, "Of course."

Jiang Fengyue said, "Do you know about a major case that happened in Kaifeng Prefecture more than two months ago?"

Ding Feng pondered, "I've heard a little about it. I heard it was a batch of tribute that was sent from beyond the Great Wall to the imperial court, but it was stolen."

He exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that you are the one who stole these tribute items?"