CHAPTER 221: CHAPTER 119: BEWARE THE ARROW THAT STRIKES EVIL

Yan Congfei was no longer breathing, the body on the sofa was just a corpse. Chen Yuhua had just called out when someone grabbed her neck from behind and covered her mouth. Someone whispered in her ear, "Don’t make a fuss, be good!"

Chen Yuhua was so frightened that she fainted on the spot... When she regained consciousness, she found herself leaning back on the sofa, opposite her sat an ordinary-looking man with a ruthless gaze.

On the coffee table beside the man was a shiny dagger, and he spoke with an indifferent tone, "Awake?"

"Who are you... What happened to him..." Chen Yuhua’s voice was hoarse and terribly weak, at this moment she seemed unable to even raise her voice.

The man, with a flippant tone, said, "Yan Congfei? He’s already dead... Don’t get it wrong, I didn’t kill him, it was you who discovered he was messing with your daughter in secret, so you poisoned him."

Chen Yuhua: "What are you saying, I didn’t...!"

Man: "No, you did! He was a Tier Three Sorcerer, it wasn’t easy to poison him. But you knew him well and that he wouldn’t be on guard with you, so you laced his tea with poison while refilling it halfway.

You acted impulsively to kill, then felt afraid and overwhelmed with despair, so you also drank the remaining tea, perhaps feeling unable to face your daughter who would soon be home."

Chen Yuhua glanced at the coffee table again and noticed a half cup of tea on it. She suddenly became agitated, trying to support herself up, "No, don’t, you can’t do this..."

The man interrupted her, "I don’t want to leave any signs of struggle or force, so it’s best if you voluntarily drink the tea, this way perfect fingerprints will be left on the cup.

If you cooperate, your daughter will be fine! We won’t touch her; we even need her to call the police."

Chen Yuhua: "You can’t do this... The police won’t believe it, the Magic Sect, yes, even the Magic Sect will find out the truth."

Man: "This afternoon, Yan Congfei sent a message to a friend saying, ’Chen Yuhua found out about me and her daughter, she’s going to talk to me tonight, what should I do?’

This is enough for the police to judge your motive. As for how your daughter explains to the police, that’s not my concern. In short, if you want her safe, you must obey me.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you listen or not, but the consequences of not listening will be more painful, drink it, my patience is limited..."

At that moment, Chen Yuhua suddenly let out a cry, but it was not loud and sounded strange, as if she hiccuped and something blocked it back, then she went limp and fell back onto the sofa.

Because something suddenly appeared on that man’s head.

A crossbow arrow pierced from the left temple, and a small portion of the arrow shaft with fletching extended out from the right temple.

The crossbow arrow came too fast for Chen Yuhua to see clearly, she only saw something suddenly stick out of the man’s head, then his head tilted, and he collapsed to the ground, the chair tipping over with him.

Judging by the direction, the crossbow arrow seemed to have been shot from the bedroom. The bedroom door had been open all along, and there was no one inside just a moment ago!

He Kao appeared out of thin air, as if he knew the man’s position beforehand and shot the crossbow arrow as soon as he appeared, the man was caught completely off guard.

Crossbows are banned in the Eastern Country. Modern compound crossbows use high-tech materials, have a complex structure, and are extremely powerful; a trained person can shoot with great precision, and they make very little noise.

The type of crossbow He Kao used has an accurate range of two hundred meters, with a lethal distance even further, capable of bringing down a thick-skinned wild boar with a single arrow. It’s not only very expensive but also impossible to purchase through legal channels.

It is part of the "legacy" left behind by Zhao Hai Zhen and his group.

Initially, when the kidnappers had He Kao make a distress call, he called Qian Guran, saying per the kidnappers’ instructions that he was in some trouble and the location was at the Sanxi Bridge in Pugang Town, but subtly hinted he was at Joy Valley.

Over at the Sanxi Bridge, the kidnappers’ accomplices had set up an ambush carrying this kind of crossbow. However, the person who came was not Old Qian but Xiaopang, and Xiaopang didn’t play by the rules, appearing directly at the abandoned amusement park.

He Kao informed Xiaopang that there were also accomplices at the Sanxi Bridge... Later Xiaopang said he took care of them all and returned to He Kao’s house with the crossbow.

The firearms smuggled from Sawa Country were returned to their origin by Xiaopang, but the handguns and crossbows taken from the kidnappers, including thirty crossbow arrows, because of time constraints were left to He Kao.

Later, He Kao stored everything deep in his secret base on Gu Mountain and found some time to practice in deserted places, finally putting it to use today.

After all, this is a residential area, not suitable for shooting guns.

When He Kao walked into the living room, the crossbow in his hand had vanished; as long as his ability was unrestricted, Hidden Moth could retrieve and store items this swiftly, almost as if switching out of thin air.

His attire changed a bit, wearing a hoodie with the hood covering his hair, donning black-framed tea-colored large sunglasses, and a black face mask over his face.

"Don’t scream, stay calm! I am Hidden Moth, you should know of Hidden Moth."

He Kao’s voice sounded very low, unlike his usual tone, and he directly revealed his identity as Hidden Moth, then continued to say—

"I just killed him, temporarily saved you. But I can only save you for the moment, not for a lifetime.

If someone intends to kill you and finds out afterward that you are not dead, they will not give up easily. If you want to survive, let’s have a good talk and see if we can come up with a good plan?"

This was a lot of information to process, and Chen Yuhua’s brain seemed overloaded, her lips trembled for a long time without making a sound, and her eyes were fixed and vacant.

He Kao didn’t disturb her initially. He dragged the two corpses into another room, out of her sight, then turned back to set up a chair, sitting in the spot where the unfamiliar man was just now.

When he spoke again, his tone was as calm as possible: "Yang Lingxi’s flight is delayed, and it will be another hour before landing. Before she arrives, some things need to be dealt with first, or none of you will survive."

Chen Yuhua’s eyes finally moved, struggling to say: "The murderer, wasn’t he already dealt with by you..."

He Kao: "He isn’t the murderer, at least not the one who killed Yan Congfei. He is just a cleaner left to wait for you and handle things neatly.

The deceased was called Yan Congfei, right? Heard he was a Tier Three Cultivator. That cleaner is at most a Tier One Cultivator, he couldn’t have killed Yan Congfei. Someone else did.

I’m asking you, was Yan Congfei the one who assigned Yang Lingxi to Qi Yuan? What is your relationship with Yang Lingxi, and who was Yan Congfei?"

’Cleaner’ is a term He Kao learned from spy films, used aptly in such scenarios.

He Kao did not stay in Yang Lingxi’s house; it would be too easy to get exposed. Instead, he set up surveillance outside the door.

The two monitors in the hallway of the seventh floor were broken. Now it seems likely that it wasn’t a coincidence but done intentionally. However, the good-hearted He Kao managed to repair one of them.

Due to the time constraint, He Kao couldn’t completely fix the monitor. He only had time to reset the wiring: the real-time signal couldn’t be sent to the community control room, only to He Kao himself.

He didn’t hide any other surveillance equipment, because if there were Tier Three and above cultivators who deliberately scanned the place with Divine Sense, it would be easily discovered. However, the already damaged monitors in plain sight are often ignored by saboteurs.

Around six in the evening, three people arrived at Chen Yuhua’s home, including Yan Congfei. The other two were dressed similarly to He Kao, their features indistinguishable.

They entered the house normally since Yan Congfei had the key, but ten minutes later, the other two had left.

He Kao kept his presence discreet from afar, avoiding any direct gaze or intentional release of information, much like a submarine maintaining silence.

His instinct or Spiritual Sense told him that all three of those people were dangerous, especially one of them. Even in their blind spot, the Hidden E Ability was restricted.

However, He Kao discovered that he could move through any corner of Chen Yuhua’s home without restriction, indicating that the remaining person in the house was already unconscious.

He Kao returned to find that the strange man was indeed dead. He didn’t know Yan Congfei or his relation to Yang Lingxi but could guess the person was likely silenced.

Someone skillful deliberately left the body here, suggesting another plan. Coincidentally, that’s when the "cleaner" arrived on site.

The cleaner’s cultivation level was far lower than those three just now. He Kao was actually hiding in the bedroom wardrobe, but he did not emerge through the door but flashed directly to the most suitable position.

The cleaner seemed somewhat narcissistic, thinking he was creating some perfect work, and spoke a bit much before killing, allowing He Kao to deduce roughly what happened.

It turns out the deceased was Yan Congfei, a Tier Three Sorcerer, possibly Yang Lingxi’s stepfather, likely the one who directed Yang Lingxi. But Yan Congfei was also under someone’s command, and once Yang Lingxi’s side was exposed, the person behind had him silenced.

But Yan Congfei had to have a reasonable cause of death, or at least a seemingly reasonable one. Getting the startup method and sending a message to a friend from his phone was intended as a clue for the police.

The cleaner is the one left to finish such dirty work. His cultivation level doesn’t need to be high, just professionally handled, ultimately only needed to deal with a regular person like Chen Yuhua.

There’s also the possibility that even if anyone suspected assassination, they could only trace it back to the cleaner and not reach the real murderer behind... Whether this is the case or not, He Kao couldn’t be sure since the cleaner was eliminated by him.

All of this had to be done before Yang Lingxi returned so that even if someone followed Yang Lingxi to investigate, the trail would have already been cut off.

The only thing those people didn’t expect was that Hidden Moth had arrived ahead of schedule.

He Kao came to investigate the truth, not to save people, but he didn’t mind saving Chen Yuhua along the way, which also helped clarify the truth...

Over an hour later, Yang Lingxi’s flight finally landed, and Chen Yuhua was already waiting at the arrival gate.

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