Lin Jin frowned.
Although he had kept his needles, someone had tried to force them out with a spell. Back then, they had messed up the needles' aura so Lin Jin couldn't detect what was going on. Who would've expected someone to kill Du Lianxi first?
Things weren't that simple either.
Lin Jin caught a whiff of blood and went over to lift the blanket. Sure enough, Du Lianxi's abdomen had been sliced open and her organs were empty. Someone had taken the eight-headed viper from her abdomen.
Lin Jin raised his hand and retrieved his needles, only to see that they were stained with a layer of tainted blood. Evidently, it was this tainted blood that blocked his senses.
At that instant, Lin Jin's expression darkened.
He had been too confident.
If he had been more prepared at that time, perhaps this poor girl would not have died.
But it was too late for regrets now.
"D * mn you, Yang Qingshi." Lin Jin glanced at Du Lianxi's delicate but bloodless face and gritted his teeth.
Pulling the blanket over her, Lin Jin slowly walked out. Without another word, he leaped onto a cloud and flew toward headquarters.
He was going to settle the score with Yang Qingshi.
This d * mn bastard was cruel. Even if he wanted to take away the eight-headed viper, he didn't have to kill anyone. Instead, he did it on purpose to vent his anger.
If Lin Jin encountered someone like this, he would kill him.
Not only would he kill him, but he would also destroy his reputation.
Lin Jin was about to lose his mind.
He rushed to headquarters as fast as he could and found the beast appraiser on duty to ask for Yang Qingshi's whereabouts.
Headquarters had the records of all registered beast appraisers so their addresses were clearly recorded as well.
"Where does Yang Qingshi live?" Noticing that the appraiser was a little slow, Lin Jin grabbed the man by his collar and asked angrily.
The appraiser was terrified.
Although he was older than Lin Jin, he was completely suppressed by Lin Jin's aura. He didn't dare to breathe too loudly and could only say, "Uh … Appraiser, don't be like this. I'll help you check. After all, I can't remember anything."
"Hurry up." Lin Jin swung his arm and the appraiser stumbled. But once he was free, he immediately started screaming, claiming that someone was causing trouble.
He screamed at the top of his lungs. Not only was he screaming, but he was also running.
Although it was the middle of the night, this shout immediately alerted the surroundings.
Coincidentally, there was a team of city guards patrolling outside. When they heard the commotion, they immediately rushed over. Inside headquarters, guards appeared as well along with a few beast appraisers draped in their robes as they ran out with confused looks on their faces.
"What happened?"
"What happened? Why are you shouting?"
"Could it be a thief?"
Everyone was talking at once. When the Rank 1 beast appraiser saw that more people had arrived, he became bolder and shouted even louder.
"Everyone, come quickly. There's a madman causing trouble here. He's pretending to be a Rank 3 beast appraiser. Hurry up and capture him!"
The appraiser's throat was cracking from all the shouting.
Lin Jin didn't expect this reaction, but it was clearly abnormal.
There must be something wrong somewhere.
After the city guards arrived, one of their leaders immediately inquired. After hearing the beast appraiser's words, he turned to Lin Jin suspiciously.
"Are you a beast appraiser or not? Why don't the appraisers from headquarters know who you are? "As he spoke, he gestured for the city guards to surround him.
The beast appraiser who shouted earlier was hiding behind the guards, sneaking glances at Lin Jin.
Just then, the beast appraisers from headquarters arrived as well. One of them was Appraiser Wang who was impressed by Lin Jin last night. Appraiser Wang had stayed at headquarters to organize the evaluation reports so he didn't leave. Instead, he rushed over. The Rank 1 beast appraiser who shouted earlier came forward to complain.
Appraiser Wang was a Rank 2 beast appraiser and he was obviously acquainted with the city guards' patrol leader.
The patrol leader even bowed at Appraiser Wang.
"Appraiser Wang, this appraiser from headquarters just shouted that there was a thief causing trouble so we came over to take a look. Since you're a veteran appraiser, do you recognize this person?"
The patrol leader pointed at Lin Jin.
Appraiser Wang was stunned at the sight. Then, he quickly jogged over and bowed at Lin Jin.
"Appraiser Lin, why are you here? Is there something urgent? "
His attitude was respectful. Although he was much older than Lin Jin, after last night's incident, Appraiser Wang was thoroughly convinced of Lin Jin's superiority. Hence, he was extremely respectful toward Lin Jin.
Lin Jin was in a foul mood. One reason was because Yang Qingshi was so cruel that he killed innocent people. Two, Lin Jin could tell that the Rank 1 beast appraiser was deliberately shouting.
Since Lin Jin didn't know this person, it could only mean that he was under someone else's orders.
Who?
It could only be Yang Qingshi.
"Yang Qingshi, get your ass out here!" Lin Jin shouted. He was truly enraged now. If Yang Qingshi was the one who ordered this beast appraiser to cause trouble and obstruct him, it meant that the man was at headquarters or had been here before.
Lin Jin had made up his mind to make Yang Qingshi suffer so he wasn't going to show him any mercy.
His shout was so loud that everyone in headquarters heard it.
Who was Yang Qingshi?
After all, he was one of the few Rank 3 beast appraisers in headquarters. Usually, no one dared to call him by his name. Now that someone was calling him by his name and asking him to come out, it was no wonder that he was shocked.
Appraiser Wang was the same. His expression changed.
"Appraiser Lin, what … what's going on?"
Lin Jin took a deep breath, looked around, and said, "Yang Qingshi has colluded with demonic appraisers and committed heinous crimes. If he's at headquarters, bring him here immediately. If anyone dares to harbor him, don't blame Lin Jin for turning against them."
Lin Jin was truly enraged.
He wouldn't show mercy to anyone who dared to stop him now. The city guards?
Lin Jin turned to look at the city guards. Their pet beasts whimpered in fear as they crouched on the ground, trembling in fear.
The city guards were startled by this and began to panic. The patrol leader had heard it loud and clear.
Lin Jin!
In a trance, the patrol leader recalled this name. He had heard his superior, a general, mention this name before. The general had warned him not to provoke Appraiser Lin Jin if he ever ran into him. That general's tone back then was no joke.
Now that the patrol leader recalled this name, he was certain that this man before him was the man the general had mentioned.
He mustn't be provoked.
Lin Jin's aura was too strong. Perhaps it was because he had always been a good-tempered man that he gave off the impression that he was easy to talk to and friendly.
But now, after he bared his fangs, no one would be able to remain calm.
Lin Jin suddenly came to his senses. He turned to the patrol leader and said, "Inform the guards to seal the gates and forbid anyone from leaving the city. Tell them that this is an order from General Lu Bin."
In the military, Lin Jin obviously didn't hold any official position so it wasn't proper for him to issue orders. However, Lin Jin was panicking so he gave the order to the city guards.
He would use Lu Bin's name.
After all, Lu Bin wouldn't blame him if he found out about this.
In any case, Lin Jin wasn't going to let Yang Qingshi off today no matter what.
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