Heaven Road
5. The East Star City 11

The festivities must be solved by the cry of a servant. Everyone who was enjoying the party that night immediately flocked to the source of the shout.

"What's wrong? Shouted one of the guards who reacted the fastest. He was eager to curse the servant for ruining the festivities.

The waiter did not answer the guard's question, he could only sit down drooping with his hands pointing to one end of the hallway.

"It... Die me..." The guard felt that his life would be over by then. Seeing someone sitting limp with blistering wounds on some part of his body. The face of the person can still be recognized guards, because only a small part of his face has blistered.

Xue Bohai's... That person was Xue Bohai. One look at the guard could tell that Xue Bohai had died in such a terrible way. Although there were no blood spots present around Xue Bohai's body, the gazes that Xue Bohai was showing at the moment indicated that Xue Bohai had died in great torment.

"What's wrong?" Mayor Dong Liu arrived with several invited guests. They had yet to see Xue Bohai's corpse as it was indeed lighting the end of the passageway a little dark. It needed to be meticulous eyes and a short distance away to be able to see the details of the condition of Xue Bohai's corpse.

"Tu... Tu's...Signore... I'm sorry..." The guard stammered while pointing at the corpse of Xue Bohai. He really felt scared if he was accused of being the perpetrator. No need to be accused as a perpetrator, the condition of him who was guarding the party was enough to make him to get punished for being negligent in maintaining security.

In contrast to the expressions of the guards and servants who found the first, Dong Liu seemed a little smiling looking at the corpse of Xue Bohai. But the calm immediately regained control of Dong Liu, it was impossible for him to show pleasure over the death of Xue Bohai in public.

"Mr Xue Bohai..." Dong Liu pretended to be surprised and revealed a face full of sadness.

"Guard!" Dong Liu shouted. "Hurry and find the culprit!" Dong Liu continued with a resolute face as natural as possible.

The guard who had been silent immediately ran over to continue the order to all his comrades.

Xue Lian who had been warmly mating with some Elders from various sects finally approached the crowd. Mayor Dong Liu who saw the arrival of Xue Lian immediately took the initiative to approach and apologized. However, something like this happened at his residence. As the host, and to preserve his dignity as Mayor he is obliged to apologize.

"Mr Xue Lian... I'm sorry..." Mayor Dong Liu pretended to prostrate in front of Xue Lian. Xue Lian was still in a state of confusion seeing Mayor Dong Liu prostrate before her and continued to apologize.

"Mayor Dong Liu... What was? Please don't demean your dignity like that." Xue Lian helped the Mayor to stand up. What Mayor Dong Liu did made Xue Lian not yet aware of what had actually happened.

"Your Son... Xue Bohai's... I'm sorry for not being able to keep this party right." Mayor Dong Liu pointed with trembling hands. This time he was really scared, because the distance between himself and Xue Lian was so close. If Xue Lian were to go berserk and vent anger at him, then no one would be able to help her.

"Hai'er..." Xue Lian's tears suddenly spilled on their own, looking at the child who was supposed to be his successor sitting down with a grievous wound.

"HEIR..." Sure enough what Mayor Dong Liu was afraid of. Xue Lian emitted a large amount of Qi. Mayor Dong Liu bounced a few meters back due to the strong Qi pressure.

"You okay, sir?" Chang Ming was indeed always reliable to protect Mayor Dong Liu. He swiftly caught Dong Liu's body from colliding with the wall.

"Who did it?" Xue Lian's shout and her gaze pointed towards everyone who was in the place.

No one is brave and stupid enough to confess or just get the word out. Xue Lian was a midstage King Realm Cultivator, only Elder Mei Ling could possibly compensate Xue Lian if she fought one-on-one at the venue.

"Mr Xue... Please calm yourself..." Mayor Dong Liu tried to calm Xue Lian down.

"Dong Liu's... You have to take responsibility for all this!" Xue Lian who was being ignited by emotion even made Mayor Dong Liu the target of her anger.

Xue Lian pulled out her double-edged sword and charged forward towards Mayor Dong Liu.

"Master... Move over!" Chang Ming immediately stood before Mayor Dong Liu. Pulling out his sword to repel Xue Lian's attack.

Thang's...

Bruck...

The difference in strength is both too great. Despite being both at the King Realm realm, Xue Lian who had been for many years at the King Realm realm could not compare to Chang Ming who was still at the early stage of the King Realm realm. Chang Ming bounced backwards until his body smashed into the wall after dispelling an attack from Xue Lian.

Mayor Dong Liu and all the invited guests were instantly stunned to see the exchange of attacks just now. The Sect Elders present also did not dare to take a stand. They are all so dilemma want to help which side. Wrong in action, their sect would instead get into trouble in the future.

"Xue Lian! Enough's enough!" Elder Mei Lin suddenly appeared and repelled the attack launched by Xue Lian.

"May Lin... Don't interfere!" Xue Lian was still incubating full of emotions. However, he could still think a little about not dealing with Elder Mei Lin.

"There's no point killing him now! We better find out who the real culprit is!" Elder Mei Lin tried to remind Xue Lian.

Actually Mei Lin was lazy to help Mayor Dong Liu. But he would be even more lazy with his future business if Xue Lian killed Mayor Dong Liu. The Twinpillar Kingdom Party would certainly not remain silent, East Star City could become a trouble-filled city later on.

And if until such a thing happened, the development of the Eastern Star City branch Alchemist Association would definitely be hampered. The longer the development of the Eastern Star City branch Alchemist Association took, the longer he would have to take care of a suburban branch like this.

And Elder Mei Lin did not want that to happen. The target himself in the next one or two years, he can be transferred to a larger city.

"Stop Mei Lin!" Xue Lian still maintained her ego, her son's anger and sadness made her unable to think about the long-term effects.

"I can't let you kill him!" Elder Mei Lin insisted on protecting Mayor Dong Liu. He also glanced at some of the Elders of the several Sects present to help himself face Xue Lian.

As if to know what Elder Mei Lin was thinking, the elders from several Sects ended up helping Elder Mei Lin. Even though they all did not intend to kill Xue Lian, it instead only restrained and locked onto Xue Lian's movements.

Being stabbed by more than ten people finally kept Xue Lian locked onto her movements. He was wrapped in chains used by one of the Elders of the Night Lion Sect, one of the four-star Sects that was indeed headquartered near the Eastern Star City.

"Xue Lian's... Stop that... This is pointless, Mayor Dong Liu is not necessarily guilty!" Elder Mei Lin again warned Xue Lian who seemed to be still trying to break free from the chains that bound her.

"We better check the condition of Xue Bohai's corpse, and immediately find out the culprit. If the culprit has escaped, at least the culprit is still not far away. We can still go after him."

The explanation of Elder Mei Lin was justified by the Sect Elders and all the invited guests present. Examining clearly the perpetrator is actually the best way, rather than emotionally trying to kill the possessor of a place.

Elder Mei Lin did not wait for an answer from Xue Lian. He directly approached Xue Bohai's corpse to check further.

"Poisons?" One word Elder Mei Lin instantly caught the attention of the Sect Elders as well as Xue Lian. They saw the blistering wounds on Xue Bohai's body, they had time to think that Xue Bohai was due to the burning or the effects of the fire element technique.

"What does Elder Mei mean?" Xue Lian was now starting to be able to think clearly. Hearing the word poison, meaning both the Sect Elders and the invited guests were definitely not the culprit. There was no Sect that emphasized the poison cultivation base in the region around Eastern Star City. Although poison could be sold freely, but with the cultivation level of Xue Bohai it took a reliable poison cultivator to be able to kill him.

"Your son was killed with poison!" Elder Mei Lin reaffirmed her words.

"No way! There's no..."

"I know what you're thinking... But that's exactly what happened. Has your son ever offended anyone from the Illusion Poison Sect?" Ask the Elder Mei. He could assume like that because the ones who could use poison to such a stage were only reliable people. And the Illusion Poison Sect was the greatest possibility considering that the Sect was indeed a Sect based on the cultivation of illusions and poisons.

"No... It can't be..." Xue Lian felt helpless, if indeed Xue Bohai was killed by the person from the Poison Illusion Sect then there was no chance for her to take revenge.

The Poison Illusion Sect was one of the five great Sects that existed in the Giant Tortoise Continent. There was no one foolish enough to be willing to deal with such a large Sect.

"I know how you feel... But I also did not find any trace of Qi stuck to your son's body. It means your son was actually killed with poison, and saw his expression..." Elder Mei Lin was unwilling to continue with her words, afraid that Xue Lian would get even worse with the circumstances that befell her.

Mayor Dong Liu who knew who the real culprit was just shuddered in horror. He had not expected at all if Yin Sheng was from a Sect as big as the Illusion Poison Sect. He felt lucky to never offend Yin Sheng all this time.

"Chairman May..." Mayor Dong Liu tried to get closer towards Elder Mei Lin.

"Hem... Mr. Dong Liu... I know you feel guilty too, but even everything here can't possibly do much if you look at the culprit. I'm not taking sides, but it's not your fault either." Elder Mei Lin seemed to know what the Mayor wanted to ask.

"Mr Xue Lian... Better arrange a funeral for your son. Give him the last award he deserves. If you want revenge, I won't prevent you. But never involve this city in your actions." Elder Mei Lin gave a suggestion to Xue Lian.