Chapter 314 - 79: What Kind of Miserable Talent Is This?

No matter if these traces were burnt away, it’s never wrong to investigate them.

Watching as Feng Feiyi followed the crowd to begin the investigation.

Ye Liuyun waved his hand, signaling for Si Nan, who was just about to follow, to come over.

"Sir?"

Seeing that his superior had called him, Si Nan approached with curiosity written all over his face.

"Who is that young man?"

Ye Liuyun didn’t hesitate, pointed at Feng Feiyi’s back, and asked directly.

"That one?"

Following Ye Liuyun’s gesture, Si Nan took a moment to confirm before finally recognizing who his superior meant.

"He looks familiar!"

He couldn’t help but scratch his head.

He felt he’d seen him somewhere, but couldn’t recall exactly where.

"I told you, don’t keep thinking about girls all the time. Your memory’s getting worse, isn’t it?"

Shi Sheng, standing off to the side, teased naturally when he saw Si Nan looking like that.

"You know him?"

Si Nan looked over in protest.

"Did you forget? Didn’t we just talk about that young man recently?"

With that, Si Nan immediately remembered something.

"That’s right!"

Realizing, he immediately turned to Ye Liuyun.

"Sir, that young man is called Feng Feiyi, holds the rank of Small Banner. Don’t be fooled by his youth—he’s already a Martial Artist at the First-class Realm. There’s word he’s about to break through into the Postnatal Realm!"

Just a while ago, Si Nan had been chatting with Shi Sheng.

They really did mention that among the new recruits for the Embroidered Uniform Guard, there was a young genius—this very Feng Feiyi.

"First-class Realm?"

About to break through to Postnatal? He’s clearly already at Postnatal.

But probably learned some cultivation technique to conceal his true strength, so no one can see his real realm.

Deliberately hiding his cultivation.

Definitely hiding something.

However, hearing Si Nan say this, Ye Liuyun’s interest was piqued.

"Just a Small Banner?"

The rank of Small Banner is just one step above a regular Embroidered Uniform Guard. With First-class strength, even without backing, maybe not Lord Thousand Households, but he should at least be a Commander.

How could he be just a Small Banner?

"Sir, you might not know!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun’s confusion, Si Nan looked understanding.

"Feng Feiyi only joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard recently, so he’s only got a Small Banner position for now. But with his abilities, after earning some merit, it’s almost guaranteed he’ll make Commander!"

Having strength is a privilege. Your promotion speed is definitely faster than the average person.

"But it’s tough to reach Lord Hundred Households!"

Just like Shi Sheng before, relying on skill makes becoming Commander easy, but getting to Lord Hundred Households is a different story.

No support behind you—unless something unexpected happens, you’ll have a hard time rising.

"I heard Governor Lei tried to recruit Feng Feiyi before, but was rejected. And apparently Feng Feiyi doesn’t have any powerful backers. If not for his strength, he’d probably be sidelined in the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

Shi Sheng had gone through the same situation.

Aside from one or two loyal followers, there weren’t many others around.

"Are you thinking of recruiting him, Sir?"

Si Nan asked curiously.

He thought maybe Ye Liuyun had taken a liking to Feng Feiyi and wanted to bring him in.

"We’ll talk about it later."

Ye Liuyun didn’t directly agree.

He was simply curious what kind of hatred Feng Feiyi must be hiding inside.

He only recently joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

Seems like he’s got some agenda behind joining, right?

"Do you know anything else?"

There wasn’t much else going on right now. The subordinate could handle investigating the evidence—if Ye Liuyun had to do everything himself, being Governor would be pointless.

"I do know a bit, but not much."

After all,

Feng Feiyi just joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so although Si Nan had heard some things, the info was limited.

Ye Liuyun didn’t mind, just gestured for Si Nan to share what he knew.

Turns out,

Before this, Feng Feiyi had been assisting a Lord Thousand Households investigating the fire’s origins.

Later, Ye Liuyun took over the case.

Feng Feiyi then voluntarily came over to Ye Liuyun’s side, continuing to investigate.

"He’s interested in the case?"

If not, he wouldn’t be sticking around like this.

"That I’m not sure!"

Si Nan scratched his head, feeling a bit strange.

"Maybe he just has a thing for arson cases?"

He knew that was a pretty weak guess.

Ye Liuyun didn’t reply—he just stared at Feng Feiyi’s back among the investigators, a smile playing on his lips. Somehow things were getting interesting.

...

Just as expected.

No clues were discovered at all—the fire burned everything to ashes, leaving nothing but a pile of cinders, absolutely nothing else.

"Strange. Even if there was a fire, it shouldn’t have destroyed everything so completely!"

Following Ye Liuyun to where a gambling house had been burnt down.

Seeing there was nothing left, Si Nan couldn’t help but scratch his head.

"There’s inner strength residue."

Jiang Jing, who hadn’t spoken until now, looked around and then glanced at Ye Liuyun.

Jiang Jing was now a Martial Artist at the peak of the Innate Realm, so his senses for inner strength were extremely sensitive—he immediately picked up the faint remains of inner strength in the air.

"The perpetrator is a Martial Artist, not weak—must be at the Postnatal Realm."

Just from this inner strength residue, you could deduce the perpetrator’s cultivation realm.

Ye Liuyun nodded slightly.

Confirming Jiang Jing’s judgment; Ye Liuyun had noticed the residual inner strength when he first walked in.

But—

Postnatal cultivation? Ye Liuyun couldn’t help but think of Feng Feiyi just now.

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