Body Refinement for Longevity: From Health Cultivation Exercises to Overcoming All Techniques

Chapter 146 Ding Fan's Escape

"You're getting one more two months. If you still can't find anyone, you'll suffer the same fate as him."

Lu Tianren's voice was like a demon's whisper. As he spoke, he turned his head slightly and glanced at a place where there was a corpse, which a vicious dog was gnawing on with relish.

The corpse was none other than Zhuge Rushuang's superior, the Prince of the Six Doors.

Because he disobeyed Lu Tianren's orders and relied on his high position and power, with the emperor behind him, he openly opposed spending a lot of manpower to search for the man named Chen Yan. As a result, Lu Tianren killed him on the spot and fed him to the dogs.

Time passed, and Ding Fan guarded the cave entrance day after day.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed. The cold wind howls and sweeps across this land, and goose feather snowflakes fall from the sky. The deep mountains are covered in silver, and as far as the eye can see, everything is a vast expanse of white.

In the South, the seasons come and go quickly. Often, one day you're wearing a tank top and shorts, and the next you're bundled up in a heavy cotton robe.

In the imperial city, icicles hang from the rooftops, and plumes of smoke rise continuously throughout the day.

Inside a large mansion, Zhao Wushuang flipped through a piece of paper, glanced at it, and then, with a slight smile, summoned two of his subordinates.

"grown ups!"

.....

Upon hearing the sound, two martial artists came to Zhao Wushuang's side and knelt down.

"In the Chen family of Black Lion City, there's a little girl named Shen Yue. Go and deal with her. You can do whatever you want to her, the more miserable the better. Just remember, don't kill her..."

"After these days of investigation, he is 60-70% certain that the so-called missing Chen Han is the Black-faced Killer Star, and also the number one wanted criminal they are looking for, Chen Yan."

The starting point was the Zhao family of Yuyang. Through their investigation, it was learned that this black-faced fiend, besides seeking revenge, also did something else: crippled the young master of the Zhao family, Zhao Liuye, and helped a woman named Li Muyun destroy her indenture.

Following the clues further, they learned that Li Muyun had been on good terms with Chen Han.

Chen Han and Chen Yan both learned the Mountain-Breaking Fist.

Not only that, he also learned from the crippled Kowloon Gang member Roulong that the black-faced fiend's fists and feet also had some resemblance to the Mountain-Breaking Fist.

This dark-faced fiend was extremely well hidden, even using the Thunderclap Technique as cover. If Zhao Wushuang hadn't questioned him rigorously, the Flesh Dragon really wouldn't have remembered.

This is quite intriguing.

Not only that, he followed the clues and unraveled the mystery, discovering various leads that all pointed to the black-faced killer being Chen Yan.

He naturally told everything he knew to that fairy-like, beautiful, and ruthless immortal master.

The message he just received was a secret letter from the Immortal Master, containing an order for him to imitate the cat and create another accident, and then capture the cat when the time was right. At that time, the Immortal Master would also make a move.

Upon hearing Zhao Wushuang's words, the two martial arts subordinates exchanged bewildered glances.

"Sir, as government officials, isn't what we're doing somewhat against the rules? What if we get caught by our superiors..."

The two men didn't know who Zhao Wushuang was working for at the moment; they were only worried about their own lives, otherwise they wouldn't have hesitated at all.

Zhao Wushuang knew what they were going to say, and gave them a stern look, causing the two to swallow their words.

"Go ahead and do it with peace of mind; no one will dare to blame you for this..."

"Alright, then I'll take my leave."

"Let me go! Let me in! I need to see Lord Zhao! Let me see Lord Zhao! I have important matters to discuss with you. If I'm late, can you take responsibility?"

"Where did this beggar come from? Do you think Detective Zhao is someone you can meet with just anyone? Get the hell out of here! Or I'll break your legs!"

At that moment, Zhao Wushuang heard a commotion outside the door.

"Go and take care of my business."

Zhao Wushuang waved for the two to leave, then began preparing for the ambush, ignoring the noise outside.

Having worked as an investigator for many years, he had seen plenty of people like this. They were just trying to make up some unverifiable clues to collect a reward.

In winters like this, countless people cannot survive; they either freeze to death, starve to death, or die of disease. If every single one of them came looking for him using so-called clues, wouldn't that create chaos? So... there's no need to even glance at him.

But soon he heard the noise outside turn into the sound of fighting.

"You bastard, you're really not afraid of death? You dare to fight back? We'll beat you to death!"

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"No, please stop hitting me! I really have urgent business to attend to. Please, just let me see Lord Zhao! Ahh!"

Not long after these words, the sounds of fighting turned into screams.

"This person is so stubborn, could it be that he actually has some useful clue?"

Zhao Wushuang finally became somewhat excited, got up and took a few steps to the window, looking out of the mansion.

In the vast whiteness, he saw a ragged beggar, disheveled and unkempt, being kicked violently by his followers, seemingly about to be kicked to death.

"Hehe, I was just overthinking it. He's just a beggar. How could a beggar possibly know what I'm looking for..."

Zhao Wushuang scoffed, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and turned to leave.

He wouldn't even deign to glance at such lowly people. If they were dead, they were dead. He'd just throw them far away so they wouldn't dirty his eyes. He'd seen this kind of thing many times before, so there was no need for him to be bothered by it.

But just as he was about to return to the fireplace, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

He turned around abruptly and looked again at the beggar in the snow, trying to identify him carefully.

The man was disheveled and dressed in rags, looking like a wild man. His face was sallow and emaciated, clearly indicating that he was very hungry. However, even so, the appearance between his brows still made Zhao Wushuang feel somewhat familiar.

He pushed open the door and shouted to stop the men from beating him to death.

The beggar looked up and saw the person he had been longing for finally appear, and a smile appeared on his face.

"You are... Ding Fan?"

Zhao Wushuang doubted her eyes and asked uncertainly.

"Lord Zhao, it's me. You finally recognized me."

This person is none other than Ding Fan, who has been missing for many days!

"Ding Fan, what are you doing here? Someone, quickly help him into the house."

The smiles on the faces of the men who had been having a good time just now froze, and they immediately turned into fawning smiles as they helped Ding Fan into the warm room.

"Brother Ding Fan, you've been missing for several days. Where have you been?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Fan couldn't help but sob, tears streaming down his face.

"Lord Zhao, you have no idea how miserable I have been these days. That dark-faced man imprisoned me in the deep mountains, and that ruthless man made me work for six hours every day. He doesn't treat me like a human being at all."

"What's even more despicable is that he... that beast forced me to give it to him, to give it to him..."

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Ding Fan couldn't continue after saying that.

"Oh! Do you know where he is now?"

Zhao Wushuang's eyes lit up.

If we knew the exact location of the Black-Faced Demon, why bother with luring him? We could just surround and annihilate him directly, which would be even more foolproof.

"Of course I know that this beast went into seclusion, which is why I found a chance to escape."