Chapter 301: Chapter 275: The Gathering Storm (Part 3)

In other words, he must use it within twelve hours.

It seems that the third layer of the Fetal Concealment Scripture can be started.

Duan Rong was quite looking forward to it.

After achieving the third layer of the Fetal Concealment Scripture, not only would his spiritual power reach a higher level, but he could also master the second Divine Soul Technique.

The first Divine Soul Technique, with his divine sense enveloping, proved to be greatly beneficial, so Duan Rong was very much anticipating the second Divine Soul Technique.

However, Duan Rong did not plan to practice it right now.

After three days of intense competition, he was exhausted; practicing the Divine Soul Technique would mean enduring the pressure of the Four Great Kings within the Sea of Consciousness, which in his current state, he simply could not withstand.

Duan Rong planned to go back and have a good night’s sleep first, gather his energy, and then practice!

Inside the County Government Office, it was already silent, but the light was still on in Jie Daohan’s room. He paced restlessly inside the room...

The dim light occasionally elongated and shortened his shadow...

Yang Zhen had already left, and Jie Daohan had interrogated him for a full hour about the case of Xu Ruhu, how Duan Rong and he met, and every detail of their conversation about Xu Ruhu’s case.

Yang Zhen did not hide anything, confessing everything as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Jie Daohan frowned deeply. Originally, he just thought there was something off about Duan Rong...

But now, it was more than just something off; he could see many unrelated pieces of information slowly starting to connect...

"Yuan Shun Escort Agency? Whale Tiger Gang?"

Suddenly, Jie Daohan had a leap of thought as he recalled another incident.

Previously, while investigating the murder of Jie Lei, the Corpse Rot Poison was one of the most important clues.

The forensic doctor in the government office had reminded him that three years ago, while handling the Whale Tiger Gang’s case, traces of the Corpse Rot Poison had been found.

Due to this lead, Jie Daohan had people conduct a detailed investigation into the Whale Tiger Gang, resulting in a thick dossier.

On many sleepless nights, Jie Daohan had flipped through this dossier, hoping for a flash of inspiration that would allow him to piece together new clues...

Yet he ultimately found nothing...

However, after reading it multiple times, Jie Daohan vaguely remembered one piece of information.

Rummaging through the pile of documents on the floor next to his desk, Jie Daohan found the thick dossier.

By the light of the lamp, Jie Daohan flipped through the dossier at his desk until he stopped at a page.

On that page it said: Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng, both sons of main members of the Whale Tiger Gang, died in the major case of the Whale Tiger Gang personally supervised by the County Magistrate. In the Jiachen year, January, they both entered the Yuan Shun Escort Agency as servant disciples.

Jie Daohan’s heart skipped a beat. The Jiachen year, January, wasn’t that just last year?

Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng were in the same batch as Duan Rong, entering the Yuan Shun Escort Agency as servant disciples?

"Duan Rong! Did you obtain the Corpse Rot Poison through them?"

However, Jie Daohan immediately frowned deeply. Based on previous investigation information, the Corpse Rot Poison was in the hands of Zhou Shoushan, the leader of the Whale Tiger Gang.

He acquired this poison by chance from the evil doctor Shen Ping.

Kong Bin and Zhang Zheng were merely two youths; although they were the sons of major members of the Whale Tiger Gang, the gang had already been destroyed, and how would Zhou Shoushan entrust such an important item as the Corpse Rot Poison to two youths? 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Jie Daohan pondered hard because he needed to clarify every detail of this case, as any mistake in detail could overturn the entire direction of the case.

Moreover, the current Duan Rong was not someone he could casually manipulate!

It wasn’t because of Duan Rong’s martial arts realm; honestly, although Duan Rong had achieved the Great Success Realm, Jie Daohan was, after all, a True Qi Realm expert, why would he fear him?

What he dreaded was Duan Rong’s status and the current sensitive timing.

Before the Talent Selection Conference, perhaps he could easily handle Duan Rong and interrogate him without hesitation.

But now it was different. Duan Rong had already become a registered disciple of a sect, with a title, protected by the sect.

What was even more critical was that it was still during the ten-day public announcement period of the Talent Selection results.

If he were to interrogate Duan Rong now, it would be seen as abusing his power for personal gain, disrupting the Talent Selection Conference.

Because if Duan Rong were disqualified, someone else would be selected from those eliminated in the prior life-and-death battles as a substitute.

Who could tell that he, Jie Daohan, wasn’t being bribed to deliberate eliminate Duan Rong for someone else’s benefit?

Moreover, his opponent, though a youth, appeared extremely difficult to deal with, and to avenge Lei’Er, he must proceed with caution!

Failure to master the situation might result in being bitten back!