The police station in the capital, inside the director's office.
Wan Yunting followed Xu Xiangqian, the captain of the criminal investigation team, into the office. Pang Yuan, who was chatting with Director Huang Zhen while smoking, turned his head when he saw him and got up to greet him, "Little Wan is here, come and sit."
"Old Pang, what brings you here?"
Seeing Pang Yuan, Wan Yunting was a little surprised.
Pang Yuan took out a cigarette and handed it to him, saying, "I'm not here for you, but to discuss how to investigate the big boss behind the Dragon-Repelling Drug Trafficking Group."
This remark displeased Huang Zhen, who was sitting opposite him. He chuckled and said, "Old Pang, that's not right. You're implying that our Beijing Police Department is just sitting around doing nothing."
"Hey, Old Huang, you have the nerve to say that."
Pang Yuan glared and retorted without reservation, "It's been so long, and you haven't made any progress. If you're not eating rice, what are you eating?"
"Come, come, why don't you take my seat, and I'll go to Huadu to take your position, alright?" Huang Zhen stood up speechlessly, offering his office chair to Pang Yuan.
"Alright, alright."
Pang Yuan waved his hand. He only dared to speak like this to his old friend Huang Zhen, given that Huang Zhen was two levels higher than him.
Wan Yunting, sitting beside him, smiled, knowing that his old friends were joking and also understanding why Pang Yuan had come to Beijing. He said, "Regarding the assassin attack I encountered at the Wudang Sect, Tan Zhiyuan of the Wudang Sect was merely an intermediary!"
"So, you didn't get anything out of him?"
Pang Yuan, Huang Zhen, Xu Xiangqian, and two other leaders all looked at Wan Yunting. Wan Yunting shook his head slightly, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said, "He only managed to say the word 'Ou' before that killer shot him in the head!"
"Ou!"
Pang Yuan and Huang Zhen frowned and exclaimed in unison, "Could it really be Ouyang Liqun?"
Wan Yunting shook his head and said, "Just based on the word 'Ou,' we can't prove it's Ouyang Liqun!"
"Sigh, this is difficult."
Pang Yuan leaned back in his chair and sighed with frustration.
Ever since they struck against Gao Zhe in Singapore and learned about the drug trafficking group behind him, the domestic police had been following this lead. First, it was Chen Guangyang and Fang Tai. They thought the big boss behind them would be easily investigated!
However, it now seemed that Wan Yunting and Pang Yuan had been too naive, and they hadn't expected the big boss behind the Dragon-Repelling Drug Trafficking Group to be so deeply hidden, without a single useful clue.
"We've also been secretly tracking Ouyang Liqun for the past two days!"
Huang Zhen said, also smoking, and then gestured to Xu Xiangqian to speak.
Xu Xiangqian nodded and said to Wan Yunting and Pang Yuan, "The day before yesterday, Ouyang Liqun went to the airport to pick up a woman!"
"A woman, what woman?"
Wan Yunting and Pang Yuan's eyes lit up. Xu Xiangqian said, "According to the airport registration information, that woman is named Ji Ruxue, and she is a Thai-Chinese. As for her relationship with Ouyang Liqun, we don't know. She is currently residing in a villa in Chaoyang, one of Ouyang Liqun's properties. We've been keeping an eye on her for the past two days, but we haven't seen her leave her residence. She's quite mysterious!"
This caused Wan Yunting, who was smoking, to narrow his eyes. Huang Zhen and Pang Yuan looked at him and said, "Could she be Ouyang Liqun's girlfriend?"
Wan Yunting shook his head slightly and smiled, "Since I returned to the Ouyang family, I've only interacted with him twice, and I haven't heard him mention having a girlfriend!"
Huang Zhen nodded and said, "Ouyang Liqun has been in China for over a month, and his low profile has been unusually strange!"
Xu Xiangqian nodded and said, "Yes, other scions of prominent families, while not all of them are dissolute, some do keep a low profile. But none are as low-key as Ouyang Liqun, to the point where he doesn't even attend social events in his own social circle. It's as if he has no contact with anyone. Normally, he either works at your Ouyang Group company or stays at home. Therefore, we can't investigate anything from him!"
Huang Zhen added, "After all, we don't have evidence to summon him for questioning. If he is indeed the person behind it, it would be like alerting the snake."
Wan Yunting raised an eyebrow, narrowed his eyes, and then extinguished the cigarette he had just finished in the ashtray. He said, "When I was coming here, he called me and said that the younger generation of our Ouyang family is having a gathering at the Chang'an Club tonight. The purpose is for me to get to know the young people of the family. Coincidentally, I'll use this opportunity to thoroughly probe Ouyang Liqun's background!"
Huang Zhen and Pang Yuan listened and nodded, saying, "It would be inconvenient for us to be present. It will be up to you to approach him!"
"Understood."
Wan Yunting nodded and then changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Director Huang, do you have any contacts in South Korea who could help me investigate some information about the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult?"
"The Heavenly Eye Divine Cult! You mean the people from the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult were responsible for the two assassination attempts you faced?" Pang Yuan asked first.
Wan Yunting nodded and said, "Although this time it wasn't Sima Boyong who ordered these two martial arts experts from the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult to assassinate me, last time in Kunlun Mountain, it wasn't confirmed that Sima Boyong had a connection with the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult."
"Now that Sima Boyong has gone to South Korea, I suspect he might very well be a member of the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult!"
Huang Zhen nodded and said, "Since you were assassinated, we have been investigating people related to the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult organization in China. We only managed to find some clues from the murders of martial artists over a decade ago that were related to the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult. There has been no information about this organization in the past decade."
"It wasn't until you were chased in Kunlun Mountain last time, and now these two times, that this organization has reappeared in the public eye!"
Pang Yuan crossed his legs and sneered, "These evil forces hidden in the undercurrents of society are even more terrifying than those who profit from black market activities, especially the assassin networks in China. The source might be the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult!"
Huang Zhen nodded and said, "From the two times you were assassinated, the killers in the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult are not ordinary people. They are all scums from various martial arts sects in China who have been organized into an assassin network!"
Wan Yunting said, "The previous Duan Feilong was from the Wudang Sect, and this swordsman's style resembles the martial arts of the Great Saber Sect. Therefore, we need to trouble the local police station of the Great Saber Sect to find the sect leader, Hu Yidao, to understand the situation!"
"I'll arrange that."
Huang Zhen nodded and added, "As for South Korea, I will also have someone investigate this Heavenly Eye Divine Cult, as this cult is the most famous there!"
Pang Yuan sneered, "South Korea is a country without faith, so all sorts of peculiar churches appear in their society. However, I've heard that this Heavenly Eye Divine Cult is not simple and is fundamentally different from other churches."
Wan Yunting nodded and said, "After the New Year, if I have the chance, I'll go to South Korea to understand the relationship between Sima Boyong and the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult!"
Although Wan Yunting was seeking justice for his master, Gongsun Xiuliang, for what happened years ago, he had not made Sima Boyong pay the price.
Therefore, he had to find an opportunity to go to South Korea, investigate the relationship between Sima Boyong and the Heavenly Eye Divine Cult, and make him pay a bloody price to finally put an end to this matter concerning his master, Gongsun Xiuliang!
Afterward, Wan Yunting chatted with Pang Yuan and Huang Zhen about other matters. By around four o'clock in the afternoon, he decided to go to the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association to see how Gu Yuanbai was doing.
After all, he had been at the Wudang Sect for so many days and hadn't managed the association's affairs.
Leaving the police station, Wan Yunting drove directly to the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association's office building. He saw people coming and going, all new faces. A few middle-aged people greeted him happily, "Chairman Wan is back..."
"Yes, hello..."
Facing the greetings from these unfamiliar faces, Wan Yunting also smiled and nodded politely. However, some people still didn't recognize him...
He went directly upstairs to the Chairman's office. Shangguan Huier, wearing a black down coat and carrying many files, emerged from Gu Yuanbai's office. When she saw Wan Yunting, she was stunned for a moment before recovering, "Chairman Wan, you're back."
"Mhm, is Chairman Gu inside?" Wan Yunting asked with a smile.
"Yes," Shangguan Huier gestured, and Wan Yunting nodded with a smile, "You go ahead and tend to your business."
Shangguan Huier hummed and went downstairs. Wan Yunting knocked on the door, and Gu Yuanbai's voice came from within, "Come in."
Wan Yunting pushed open the door and saw Gu Yuanbai, wearing a thick gray cotton coat, sitting at his desk and engrossed in writing something, completely unaware of who had entered. "Put the files on the desk..."
This made Wan Yunting feel a bit embarrassed. He smiled and said, "Old Gu, I'm back."
Hearing the voice, Gu Yuanbai finally looked up, saw Wan Yunting in front of him, took off his glasses, and stood up with a smile, "Little Wan, you're finally back, sit down quickly..."
Wan Yunting nodded, pulled up a chair, and sat down. He looked at the thick stacks of files on the desk and smiled wryly, "Old Gu, you've worked hard these past two years."
Gu Yuanbai took a sip of tea and waved his hand with a smile, saying, "You know, there's really a lot of work in the Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. Without you here, I really couldn't handle it all by myself."
Wan Yunting nodded and asked, "Are the people outside all newly recruited?"
"Yes."
Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, "These past few days, Elder Gu and I have been in meetings, and we've specifically recruited a group of young people into the association to start working. It's also a kind of renewal. Oh right, how was your experience at the Wudang Sect? Has Daoist Master Zhang refined the Condensing Fragrance Pill?"
"Yes, I gave the Condensing Fragrance Pill to Fan Meng when I returned, but it will take two days to see the effect," Wan Yunting replied with a nod.
He didn't tell Gu Yuanbai about the assassination attempt at the Wudang Sect, so as not to make the elder worry about him again.
At the same time, the Wudang Sect had not made this matter public and had forbidden disciples from spreading the news. Therefore, only the Wudang Sect and the police station at the foot of the mountain knew about it.
However, the news had still quietly spread among the major sects, and people from the major sects also learned that Wan Yunting had inherited the Great Dao Swordplay passed down by the Wudang Sect's Sword Ancestor...