Back at Chang Wude's residence.
"Guangrong, are you here to learn about what happened in the Kunlun Mountains?" Wu Weizi asked as he saw Qu Guangrong bring Lu Feiyue along.
"Yes, Martial Uncle."
Qu Guangrong nodded, looking at him and Wan Yunting, "We need to get a detailed account from you about the events that transpired in the Kunlun Mountains."
"Alright."
Wu Weizi nodded and turned to Chang Wude, "Senior Martial Brother Chang, they will discuss sect matters later."
"Hmm, I'll go back and lie down for a bit."
Chang Wude nodded and turned to enter his room to rest.
Wu Weizi led Qu Guangrong, Lu Feiyue, and Wan Yunting to the living room, where they gathered around the small stove to warm themselves. Qu Guangrong said, "Martial Uncle, Wan Yunting, please tell us in detail."
Wan Yunting nodded, glanced at Wu Weizi, and said, "I'll tell you."
Wu Weizi nodded, and then Wan Yunting recounted their experience of entering the Kunlun Mountains to collect Phoenix Tail Grass from beginning to end, in great detail.
Among the key discoveries were the two spies, Tao Zifu and Lu Bao, as well as Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi's decision to split from Wu Weizi and the others to attract the pursuers behind them...
Qu Guangrong listened intently, while Lu Feiyue took notes. In fact, their climb up the mountain today was to get statements from Wan Yunting and the others.
Meanwhile, Qu Guangrong had interrogated Tao Zifu and Lu Bao overnight. Both of them confirmed that Sima Boyong had instructed them to act as they did.
The forensic doctors from the city had also performed autopsies on the bodies of the second brother Ma Sai, the third brother Liu Hongwei, Wu Laosi, and the seventh and eighth brothers. Qu Guangrong had also discovered that all five of them were Class A fugitives!
Especially Wu Laosi, who had murdered an entire family ten years ago and had been on the run from police capture. He had since committed multiple crimes and had always been a Class A fugitive.
As for the third brother Liu Hongwei, he was once a martial arts monk at the Shaolin Temple. Due to his rape of a female visitor who came to the temple to burn incense and pray, and to avoid detection, he brutally murdered the female visitor. Unfortunately, he was encountered by his junior brother. Liu Hongwei then injured his junior brother and fled the Shaolin Temple, after which he was never heard from again...
The seventh and eighth brothers had also robbed banks and used firearms to kill many innocent people, and the second brother Ma Sai was the same. They bore the responsibility of numerous cases, big and small, and had always been disguising themselves and evading police pursuit...
After Qu Guangrong finished listening to Wan Yunting's overall account, he asked him, "Can you tell me in detail what happened when you and Zhou Ruoxi jumped into the valley?"
Wan Yunting's expression flickered slightly. He turned to look at Lu Feiyue and said, "Director Qu, Captain Lu was also aware of our experience in the valley. During the days we spent in the valley, Zhou Shijie and I were actually practicing our skills and healing, as well as practicing the Peerless Sword Art, until the two people from the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult found us, and we killed them together!"
Qu Guangrong nodded, but he raised an eyebrow and said, "However, I am a bit confused. Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei were experts at the peak of the Martial Dao Core Condensation stage. You and Zhou Ruoxi were only in the early stage of Martial Dao Core Condensation. Why, after being chased and forced to jump into the valley by them, did you successfully kill Ma Sai and Liu Hongwei after staying at the bottom of the valley for three days?"
"Does it mean that after you and Zhou Ruoxi practiced the Peerless Sword Art and a set of internal cultivation techniques, your martial arts surpassed theirs?"
Wan Yunting couldn't help but smile and said, "Director Qu, in fact, Zhou Shijie and I are now in the middle stage of Martial Dao Core Condensation."
"What, you are now at the middle stage of Core Condensation?"
Qu Guangrong's eyes widened, and even Wu Weizi, sitting beside him, turned his head, his old eyes looking at Wan Yunting in disbelief, exclaiming, "How is this possible..."
Qu Guangrong said with some disbelief, "This means that you and Zhou Ruoxi broke through from the early stage of Core Condensation to the middle stage in just three days at the bottom of the valley?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting nodded and said, "We discovered the Gentleman Sword and the Lady Sword, the sword manual for the Peerless Sword Art, and the internal cultivation technique of the Eight Desolations Divine Art. It was by practicing this technique that we broke through to the middle stage of Core Condensation!"
"Eight Desolations Divine Art?"
Wu Weizi and Qu Guangrong looked shocked, then frowned in confusion, "What internal cultivation technique is this? Why have we never heard of it?"
"It's from the Carefree Sect."
Wan Yunting turned to Wu Weizi and said.
"Carefree Sect?"
Wu Weizi was surprised, "Wasn't the Carefree Sect annihilated long ago? Moreover, their mountain gate was in the Heavenly Mountain area. Why would there be their Carefree Sect's techniques in a valley in the Kunlun Mountains?"
"I wouldn't know about that."
Wan Yunting shook his head and said, "The oilcloth only contained the Peerless Sword Art and the Eight Desolations Divine Art manuals, along with the Gentleman Sword and the Lady Sword. It didn't mention anything else. Perhaps it was left by a disciple of the Carefree Sect who was hiding from pursuit and climbed down into the valley back then."
"Hmm, that's the only explanation." Wu Weizi nodded.
But Qu Guangrong looked at Wan Yunting, still expressing doubt, "Are you really in the middle stage of Core Condensation now?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting said, "Why don't I let Martial Uncle Wu Weizi test my internal energy to find out?"
Wu Weizi also did not believe it. He grabbed Wan Yunting's hand, and as Wan Yunting circulated his internal energy from his dantian, Wu Weizi's old eyes widened, looking at Wan Yunting with immense surprise. He clearly felt the surging and abundant internal energy, and exclaimed, "Xiao Wan, you really are in the middle stage of Core Condensation..."
Having received confirmation, Qu Guangrong's expression was stunned. He finally couldn't help but sigh, "To break through to the middle stage of Martial Dao Core Condensation at such a young age is truly a prodigy of martial arts."
"Good, good, good..."
Wu Weizi also happily released Wan Yunting's hand, even excitedly saying, "Our Boundless Daoist Temple still has hope for the future..."
Afterward, Qu Guangrong inquired about other matters from Wan Yunting, and they were mostly clarified. However, he frowned and sighed, "Based solely on the confessions of Tao Zifu and Lu Bao, we still cannot do anything to Sima Boyong!"
"Why?"
Wu Weizi's old eyes widened, his emotions somewhat agitated, "That bastard poisoned and killed Martial Brother and then sent people to pursue us. Is this not enough to hold him accountable?"
Wan Yunting, sitting beside him, raised an eyebrow and said, "Martial Uncle, there is no direct evidence yet to prove that the people from the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult who pursued us were sent by Sima Boyong!"
"Yes."
Qu Guangrong also nodded, "Tao Zifu and Lu Bao only provided location and identification information, but they themselves did not know the origin of the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult members, so they cannot confirm it."
"Moreover, all those members of the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult are dead. Five bodies were brought back, one was killed by you, but its body is unknown where it was buried. Another escaped into the deep mountains and his whereabouts are unknown. We have sent people to search, but the Kunlun Mountains are so vast, it's unlikely to catch him."
Wu Weizi said excitedly, "So, Sima Boyong can get away with it, right?"
Qu Guangrong lowered his head helplessly. Without direct evidence, it was impossible to prove that Sima Boyong hired assassins to kill people!
At the same time, he poisoned Duan Wuyu with Lei Gong Teng, and there was no direct evidence to prove it was his doing!
This was because Wei Ping was the one who had been decocting Duan Wuyu's medicine.
If this matter were to be pursued and brought to court, Sima Boyong could simply push Wei Ping forward, and then this matter would essentially be impossible to win against him.
This was also a move calculated by Sima Boyong, and Wei Ping was currently by his side.
Therefore, it was indeed very difficult to do anything to Sima Boyong now.
At this moment, Chang Wude walked in, his face grim. He snorted, "At worst, I'll go to the capital and kill that son of a bitch."
Qu Guangrong quickly stood up and waved his hands, "Martial Uncle Chang, please don't do that. That's an impulsive action. If we want to hold Sima Boyong accountable, we must do it the right way."
"Martial Uncle Chang, Martial Uncle Wu Weizi, please give me some more time. I will gather more evidence and surely bring Sima Boyong to justice!"
Wu Weizi stood up, patted Qu Guangrong, and sighed, "Guangrong, it can only be up to you now."
Qu Guangrong's expression was solemn, and he nodded, "Martial Uncle Wu Weizi, although I didn't spend many years in the sect before descending the mountain, the Boundless Daoist Temple is my home. Now that my master has been murdered, I, Qu Guangrong, will definitely avenge him."
"Good, good..."
Wu Weizi's old eyes turned red, and he became emotional again.
Qu Guangrong comforted him briefly, then said to Wan Yunting and Chang Wude, "Martial Uncle Chang, we'll be heading down the mountain now."
"Hmm, go ahead, Guangrong..."
Wu Weizi nodded, Chang Wude and Wan Yunting also nodded. Qu Guangrong said nothing more, turned, and left with Lu Feiyue.
In fact, he felt very guilty that he hadn't captured a living culprit from the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult. If he could capture the only one who escaped, he might have obtained evidence of Sima Boyong hiring assassins!
"Feiyue, let's go back immediately and mobilize personnel to conduct a pursuit in the Kunlun Mountains..."
Qu Guangrong, who had just walked out of the main gate of Chang Wude's courtyard, widened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and snarled, "I don't believe I can't catch that scoundrel!"
But they did not know that Lei Laohu had tragically died in the snowy forests of the Kunlun Mountains, accompanied by a brown bear on his journey to the afterlife...