CHAPTER 747: CHAPTER 752 TANG YAN

"Pavilion Master, someone dared to commit murder within the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and even killed a disciple of Yangxin Pavilion. We must thoroughly investigate this matter and find the murderer who killed my disciple," Huang Zheng said with an ashen face, gritting his teeth.

He had spent so much effort and time training a direct disciple, only for them to be killed, how could his heart be at ease?

Su Mei nodded, promising: "Elder Huang, rest assured, Song Yi and Tong Nan are both members of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. As the Pavilion Master, I will not ignore this. I assure you, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and find the murderer."

In the midst of speaking, an elderly man hastily rushed over, rudely pushing through the crowd to reach the corpse.

Looking at Tong Nan lying on the ground, a deep sorrow suddenly surfaced on the thin face of the old man. His lips quivering, mumbling something incomprehensible, his wrinkled hands shakily lifted and slowly reached out to touch Tong Nan’s cold cheek, his cloudy old eyes filled with grief.

"My dear disciple...you...how could you just..." As he spoke, the old man began to sob like a child.

Seeing the old man’s devastated appearance, Ling Chen tapped a Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciple standing nearby on the shoulder and quietly asked, "Who is that man?"

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciple looked at Ling Chen in surprise and said, "You don’t know him? He’s Tang Yan, Tong Nan’s Master." The disciple glanced around and then leaned close to Ling Chen’s ear, whispering, "Let me tell you a secret, although Tang Yan always claims Tong Nan as his disciple, there are many rumors within the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion saying Tong Nan is actually Tang Yan’s biological son."

"What?" Ling Chen widened his eyes in disbelief at the old man.

Biological son!

This news was staggering.

"Hey! Is that information accurate? Tang Yan looks like he’s in his eighties or nineties. Tong Nan should be his grandson, right? Could you be mistaken?"

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciple shook his head and said, "Impossible, I can’t be wrong, everyone talks about it. I heard that Tang Yan found a young woman to live with for two years. Later, Tang Yan brought an infant, not yet a year old, back to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Hey! If you look closely, don’t you find a resemblance between Tang Yan and Tong Nan?"

Hearing this, Ling Chen turned his gaze toward Tang Yan’s aged face, examining it closely. Indeed, there were some similarities between Tong Nan and him.

Moreover, Tang Yan’s utterly heartbroken expression starkly contrasted with Huang Zheng’s. While both had lost disciples, Huang Zheng merely displayed anger, but Tang Yan showed the pain of a white-haired person sending off a black-haired one, which inevitably made one speculate further.

If what the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion disciple said was true, Ling Chen actually felt some sympathy for Tang Yan. To have a child late in life, only for this tragic outcome to occur, was indeed pitiable.

"Elder Tang, please don’t be too heartbroken," Su Mei spoke to comfort him.

Tang Yan shook his head, his eyes brimming with tears as he firmly looked at Tong Nan’s corpse and said, "Disciple, rest assured, your Master will definitely find the murderer and tear him to pieces. Just wait!"

After saying this, Tang Yan stood up and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Su Mei hurriedly called out, "Elder Tang, please calm down first, I..."

Without letting Su Mei finish speaking, Tang Yan suddenly turned back, staring into Su Mei’s tearful eyes, and said fiercely, "Calm down? How can you ask me to calm down when my disciple has died? I raised him from childhood, like my own son, and now he’s gone, I..."

"Tang Yan, mind your words," Du Kang interjected, "Show some respect in front of the Pavilion Master, it wasn’t her who harmed Tong Nan."

Seeing Du Kang speak up, Tang Yan immediately shut his mouth. He could afford to disrespect Su Mei, but not Du Kang, who was a senior from Yangxin Pavilion and held a much higher position.

"Pavilion Master, I apologize for any offense just now, I’ll take my leave now!" After saying this, Tang Yan gave a fist salute to Su Mei, then turned and walked out through the crowd.

Watching Tang Yan’s departing figure, Su Mei sighed lightly and said, "Alright, everyone disperses. Elder Du, please have someone preserve the bodies of Tong Nan and Song Yi well. We’ll choose a good day for their burial."

"Understood," Du Kang nodded, then signaled to several young men who immediately understood and hurriedly carried away the bodies of Tong Nan and Song Yi towards the ice storage of Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

As the crowd dispersed, Ling Chen also returned to the guest room with Qiu Yong and others.

Upon entering the room, Xia Yue sat in a chair, expressing, "I really didn’t expect Tong Nan to be dead. Eh, who do you think could have done it?"

Hearing this, everyone instinctively turned their gaze to Ling Chen. Sensing this, Ling Chen quickly realized what everyone meant.

"You mean...the perpetrator is from the God Organization?"

Qiu Yong nodded, "The God Organization is everyone’s enemy, and besides, the only ones capable of committing a murder in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion are likely from the God Organization."

Ling Chen pondered and said, "The God Organization is indeed a suspect, but I don’t think it was their people. Think about it, the defense of Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion is extremely tight, if someone infiltrated, it’s impossible that no one noticed."

"If the God Organization deployed a Heavenly List expert, then it’s not impossible. Tong Nan was a Heavenly List expert yet was killed with a single strike, showing that the murderer is very powerful," Yuan Yun added. "Moreover, for a Heavenly List expert to infiltrate Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion would be a straightforward task."

"No!" Ling Chen shook his head, "Third brother, your guess isn’t impossible, but the God Organization doesn’t have that many Heavenly List experts. Do you think Heavenly List experts are so common? Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion has been around for centuries and has only a few Heavenly List experts. It’s already tough for the God Organization to get Ji Gang’s help. Moreover, why would the God Organization send a Heavenly List expert to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion? Just for nothing?"

With that, Ling Chen paused, then continued, "I think that the murderer might actually be from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, or rather... from Yangxin Pavilion."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Yong and the others were shocked, and exclaimed in surprise, "Ling Cheng, do you think there’s a traitor in Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion? But didn’t you help the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion rid itself of the God Organizations’ spies last time?"

"Big brother, the murderer may not necessarily be a spy from the God Organization, but might have other motivations. In any case, this matter is not simple. I’m even considering if it could be connected to Zhu Hong."