NOVEL WEB Chapter 135: Huanglong, You're in Trouble!
Chapter 135: Huanglong, You’re in Trouble!
The four of them arrived at Zhao Yazhi’s room. Lin Fengmian pushed open the door and went to her dressing table, picking up her cosmetics one by one and sniffing them, but he couldn’t find the scent he was looking for.
Lin Fengmian looked at the trembling maid at the door and asked, “Has your young lady changed her cosmetics recently?”
The maid glanced at Zhao Yucheng before nodding, “Yes, two days ago, my young miss made me throw away all her old cosmetics and get a new batch.”
Lin Fengmian quickly asked, “You threw them away? Where did you throw them?”
The maid kneeled down with a thud, “I know I was wrong, my lord. I just thought it was a waste to throw them away, so I secretly kept a few boxes. I didn’t steal them.”
Lin Fengmian, caught between laughter and tears, said, “I am not here to blame you. Hurry, bring them over. I need to smell if this is the scent I’m looking for.”
The maid heaved a sigh of relief and rushed out.
Zhao Yucheng frowned in confusion and asked, “Fengmian, what are you doing?”
Zhou Xiaoping also looked at him curiously, not understanding why he was sniffing Zhao Yazhi’s cosmetics.
Lin Fengmian sighed, “Uncle Zhao, I once smelled a scent on those corpses. It was probably the scent of the cosmetics that the demon cultivator accidentally left behind when they started killing.”
Zhao Yucheng’s face turned pale, “Do you suspect Yazhi of being the demon cultivator who caused all this damage?”
Lin Fengmian nodded, “She disappeared at this time, so it is hard for me not to suspect her.”
Zhao Yucheng’s face twitched, but he remained silent and waited with Lin Fengmian.
After a while, the maid rushed back with a few boxes of cosmetics.
“Master Lin, they’re all here.”
Lin Fengmian opened each box and sniffed them, and he recognized the scent on one of them. It was the same scent he had smelled on the corpses and on Zhao Yazhi on the night of his return.
No wonder it felt familiar, but he couldn’t place it. He guessed that his actions during the autopsy the next day had made her cautious, so she changed her cosmetics.
Zhou Xiaoping couldn’t help but ask, “Is it that smell?”
Zhao Yucheng, tense, looked at Lin Fengmian and clenched his fists.
Lin Fengmian nodded solemnly, “Yes, it’s that smell!”
Zhao Yucheng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, a chill running through his body, freezing him in place.
“There are so many people using this cosmetic. It must be a coincidence!”
As he spoke, he realized that his voice was hoarse, and he probably didn’t even believe himself.
Lin Fengmian shook his head, understanding how hard it was for him to accept this.
He turned to Liu Mei and asked, “Where are Master Huanglong and the others being held?”
Liu Mei replied with a puzzled expression, “In the city lord’s main hall, with an array and guards set up.”
Lin Fengmian said to Zhao Yucheng, “Uncle Zhao, let’s see for ourselves.”
Zhao Yucheng nodded reluctantly, and the three of them walked towards the large hall in the square.
Zhou Xiaoping whispered, “Hey, Lin Fengmian, is Zhao Yazhi really a demonic cultivator?”
Lin Fengmian nodded, “Most likely.”
Zhou Xiaoping frowned, “Why? Just based on the scent of the cosmetic?”
Lin Fengmian shook his head, “Of course not. The cosmetic is one thing, but it’s mainly the coincidence.”
“The murders at the banquet and the death of Aunt Zhu the next day. The culprit clearly knew our plans and deliberately misled us to suspect Song Youwei.”
“Most likely, the day we ate tofu pudding together, she detected Song Youwei’s demonic aura, which is why she acted that way.”
“Today, just after we received the demon testing stone, she disappeared. Everything is too coincidental, so it is hard not to suspect her.”
Zhou Xiaoping looked confused and said, “But isn’t she, like Song Youwei, just an ordinary mortal? How could she obtain a Demon Core?”
Lin Fengmian smiled and said, “You forget, she has a master, Master Huanglong.”
“Master Huanglong is most likely the mastermind behind all this. With Zhao Yazhi’s strength, she wouldn’t be able to deal with a Core Formation Realm Fox Demon.”
Zhou Xiaoping suddenly understood and said, “So they’re not working together. Then why did Zhao Yazhi help us get information on Huanglong?”
Lin Fengmian’s expression was complicated as he said, “There is only one possibility: she deliberately lured us into a trap to catch Master Huanglong and his people.”
“She wants to set the wolves on the tigers and let us fight among ourselves so that she can benefit from the chaos!”
“But I don’t understand what she stands to gain. Is it just to free herself from Huanglong’s control?”
Zhou Xiaoping was stunned, then quickly shook her head to clear her mind.
“You guys can worry about it, but I don’t want to think about these things. It’s too much for my brain!”
While they were talking, the four of them arrived at the side hall. Lin Fengmian noticed the heavy guard and the intact array that Wen Qinlin had set up, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
“Nothing happened, right?”
The guard, not understanding, shook his head and said, “No.”
Lin Fengmian nodded and called Wen Qinlin, who was busy in the main hall, to open the array.
Shortly after, Lin Fengmian, Zhao Yucheng, Wen Qinlin, and the others entered the city lord’s main hall.
Inside, Master Huanglong and his disciples were tightly bound. When Huanglong saw Lin Fengmian, he smiled and said, “Young Master Lin and City Lord Zhao, are you here to ask for my help?”
Lu Xun coldly snorted and said, “You want our help now? Dream on!”
However, Lin Fengmian shook his head and slowly drew his sword, pointing it at Huanglong as he coldly said, “Huanglong, you are facing death and still don’t realize it!”
Huanglong’s face changed and turned ashen as he said, “What are you going to do? What have I done that you want to kill me?”
Lin Fengmian smiled slightly and said, “Cultivating demons and slaughtering humans-if you didn’t have any background, that would be enough to kill you a hundred times over.”
Huanglong’s face flashed with panic, but he still coldly said, “Young Master Lin, what crime can you fabricate without evidence?”
Lin Fengmian’s expression was calm as he said, “Zhao Yazhi has already confessed. She was acting under your orders, and you gave her the Demon Core!”
“Huanglong, do you have anything else to say?”
Huanglong’s face turned pale and he trembled as he said, “Zhao Yazhi is in your hands?”
Lin Fengmian nodded and said, “Did you think your plan was perfect? Zhao Yazhi was the biggest mistake!”
“If I’m not mistaken, you wanted to use the Demon Core to break through, but you didn’t want to do it yourself for fear of being exterminated.”
“So you found Zhao Yazhi and tricked that foolish woman into killing people in the city to cultivate the Demon Core, planning to take it once it was complete, right?”
The more Lin Fengmian spoke, the paler Huanglong’s face became, but he still tried to hold on and said, “Lin Fengmian, stop talking nonsense. Do you have any proof?”
Lin Fengmian sneered and said, “Why did you cultivate her? Huanglong, don’t tell me it was out of admiration for her talent or out of kindness!”
“Huanglong, I advise you to confess the truth. You may get a lighter sentence, or you may face total annihilation!”