The large residence had long been engulfed by the raging fire.
The tongue of flame that soared high up in the night sky was eye-catching. The billowing heatwave was torturous even though it was a thousand feet away.
Yun Yang and the others stopped in their tracks when they saw the scene, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"The place that caught fire is Sir Bi's residence!"
Yun Yang's gaze froze. "What happened? Why did it catch fire all of a sudden and with such intensity?"
First Court King Qinguang replied, "Caught fire? How can such a fire be a coincidence? It must have been premeditated. I reckon that it must have been prepared for a long time in advance, that's why it can be so ferocious once it erupts. With this fire as a barrier, our goal this time is destined to fail. Even the tiniest trace will be annihilated in the sea of fire! "
Yun Yang snorted. His long form soared into the sky and disappeared in a flash in the air.
Swoosh …
It was as if the Milky Way was flowing backwards. Countless streams of water poured down from the sky and splashed onto the raging sea of fire.
At the same time, three wells in Sir Bi's residence spewed out huge water pillars as well. With the convergence of heaven and earth, even such a fire did not last more than a dozen breaths before the sea of fire was completely extinguished. There was no spark left, only green smoke that rose in spirals.
In spite of this, the convergence of heaven and earth continued to wash back and forth, causing the remaining heatwave to recede swiftly.
Yun Yang entered the Residence of Bi swiftly in a flash.
No matter how fast Yun Yang's Convergence of Heaven and Earth extinguished the fire, he could not save the Residence of Bi that was engulfed by the sea of fire. The entire residence was filled with broken walls and debris, like a ghost town. Even the sturdiest beam had been charred.
Yun Yang made a quick round and released his deific consciousness. What he saw was the entire Residence of Bi's servants and guards, all of them charred black, lying dead in their rooms and courtyards …
"Not a single one escaped? Sir Bi is ruthless! "
However, the discovery in the study surprised Yun Yang.
Initially, Yun Yang had thought that the fire must be Sir Bi's plan to escape, to attract everyone's attention with the raging fire while he took the opportunity to escape. He could also use the fire to completely erase all information about him, such as the servants and guards who had been burned to death outside. As long as Sir Bi could escape, there was no need to consider anything else.
When Yun Yang saw the four corpses on the ground, however, he was surprised. The faces of these four corpses were lifelike; only their hair was slightly curled from the heat wave. He had no idea what method Sir Bi had used. Based on the direction of the fire, the study was obviously the first to catch fire, but this was the part that was preserved the most intact.
"This is too strange. None of this can be explained. One of the four must be Sir Bi."
Yun Yang studied them carefully. "All four of them have the same face. Furthermore, he didn't use any disguise techniques. If he said that he had prepared it beforehand, it would be difficult for him to do such a thing. It would be even more superfluous and unreasonable … "
Everyone who had rushed over was speechless when they saw the scene.
Had Sir Bi, who was rumored to be extremely intelligent and omnipotent, who had three substitutes, died without a trace just like that?
He had died together with his three substitutes, without even a struggle to escape?
The faces of the four of them were abnormally calm, as if this sudden death was nothing more than an ordinary matter to them, just like how they slept on time every night.
Sir Bi, the important target of this trip, who had made everyone feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy and had prepared themselves to sacrifice themselves, had died without a trace, just like that!
The indescribable disparity made everyone there feel like they had been through a rollercoaster of emotions, as well as the sudden rise and fall of joy and sorrow.
Sir Bi remained seated in front of the study table until the moment of his death. There was even a white Go piece in his right hand.
The Go board in front of him was already covered in dust. Yun Yang blew away the dust with a soft breath, revealing the incomplete game he had played with Sir Bi the other day.
On the table by the side of the Go board was a Go manual.
Yun Yang recognized it. It was the Go manual that he had taken from Feng Xiange and had been snatched away by Sir Bi's men.
The study room was the starting point of the fire, so it should have been the place where the fire was the most intense. If only the four corpses had been preserved, it could still be explained by the fact that the four men's cultivation base was profound. Although the basic Qi left in the bodies could still protect the corpses, the Go board and Go pieces were not destroyed by the fire. What was more, the Go manual had survived as well. Yun Yang would never believe that there was no mystery behind it!
He picked up the Go manual gently and found that there were other words written on the table under the manual.
Someone had carved the words directly on the table with his finger.
There were only seven words in total, but there was an indescribable and strange atmosphere between the lines. It was full of pride.
The seven words were – Supreme Cloud, you didn't expect this, did you?
Yun Yang's pupils contracted at once.
Supreme Cloud, you didn't expect this, did you?
What did I not expect?
Supreme Cloud?
Are you … sure of my identity?
If so, why didn't you say so?
This was a huge secret, one that could be exchanged for a great price!
Also, who forced you to kill yourself? More precisely, why did you kill yourself?
After examining the corpses, Fang Mofei said, "The cause of death of these people is suicide. They died by severing their meridians. There's no doubt about this, but before they severed their meridians, their vitality was drained by an unknown method. Their internal organs showed signs of exhaustion … It's like they were under some strange method that caused their vitality to drain away."
"But the blood in their bodies doesn't show any signs of deterioration. You must know that blood is the source of life. In a situation where there is no vitality, the blood should be the first to deteriorate. But they don't show any signs of this …"
Only then did they die by severing their meridians. In other words, they should've perished together after the fire started! "
"Why is this so? There are so many mysteries and it's hard to unravel …"
Yun Yang slammed his palm on the table and said faintly, "There's no need to worry about it. They're dead now. This is the end."
The table turned into dust with a loud pop. The words that revealed Yun Yang's identity as Supreme Cloud were gone, unseen by anyone other than Yun Yang.
"Search the house!" Yun Yang said calmly, "Bring everything of value back and pay attention to the secret chambers! Since the target was probably unwilling to die, there might really be some clues left behind. "
The group obeyed and began to move separately.
As expected, they found the secret chambers. Moreover, they found a total of four secret chambers.
Surprisingly, they were empty. There was nothing inside, which was very different from what Yun Yang had expected.
Such a large fire had already alerted the imperial city guards, and soldiers and horses were constantly gathering in this direction.
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