Chapter 480 Turtle jade Li
"I won't be going in with you, since I have work to do. You all know how to reach the offices. The channel has already been opened by Meng Chao.." Lei Weiyuan said as he turned around to leave.
"So studious.." Yang Qing snidely remarked when he saw Lei Weiyuan fade away before they even offered their thanks.
"Your cases will be waiting for you all, take care.." Lei Weiyuan's voice echoed in the courtroom soon after.
Yang Qing almost tripped on the floor when he heard the voice as he hurriedly looked back with fear in his eyes.
"He ruins everything, that old fiend.." Yang Qing venomously muttered as he lowered his voice as if afraid Lei Weiyuan was still lurking about.
"Let's head in.." said Dai Chen, pulling Yang Qing out of his paranoid state where he kept darting his eyes in anticipation of Lei Weiyuan instantly reappearing.
"Right, right.." said Yang Qing as he kept looking to his back and the door of the courtroom.
The trio made it to the center of the courtroom where a white rune instantly lit up encasing them in its light. The trio instantly vanished and reappeared in an office that had the same grandeur as the courtroom they had come out of.
"Hello.."
A gentle voice instantly sounded the moment they appeared in the office. The originator of that gentle voice was the young man seated behind the large brown oak wood desk. He looked to be in his twenties, slender build, blue eyes that seemed to hold a galaxy and matching hair that was tied together in a bun by a starry vine.
"Greetings senior Meng Chao.." the trio said as they cupped their fists together in greeting to the young man.
"No need of that, be as free as you normally are.." Meng Chao said as he waved his palms and three white futons appeared behind the three judges who immediately sat on them after offering their thanks.
"I heard you had a difficult case the other day.." he said as he eyed the three of them with sympathy in his eyes, more so, Yang Qing.
"I'd like to say it will be okay, but having been there before, i know that does little to ease the burden of it, all i can do is hope your journey will be gentler in some ways, and the way you adjust is entirely up to you.
The burden we share may be the same, but how we adjust to it is entirely different and unique to the person.
In my case, other than the measures of addressing it, i decided to continue an investigation that has now span 900 years, to make up for what i couldn't do then, which i take it is why the three of you are here.." he said with a smile.
Zhang Qinggee shyly looked downward at their reason being called out, despite there being nothing wrong with it.
Yang Qing immediately took over to help her, and he had a stake in the case so it wouldn't be awkward for him to follow up.
"Yes, senior Meng Chao, it's about the matter with Deng Chao or should I say Li Ren, and the thing about Jiang Fu, that you said you'd tell us.."
"Li Ren huh? it seems you got him to open up. did he tell you anything else?"
"No, he stopped at just at the name, and from how he looked, it didn't seem like he wanted to explain further other than the name, so I didn't push.."
"Mmh it's understandable he would be guarded about it even with us," Meng Chao said as he rubbed his chin.
"Sorry, I should have called you sooner, but I got called up for something immediately after your ceremony, and only recently became available, plus I heard you had an eventful month.."
" Your guess was right, Yang Qing, Jiang Fu, and Deng Chao have ties to each other, and his real name more than confirms it, because Jiang Fu's real name is Li Fu, however, he has never used it since his birth, he didn't even know of it and was only revealed to him later when he was a bit mature..."
Zhang Qinggee and Dai Chen had mild looks of surprise from the revelation more so the former, who never heard of it from the person in question.
"Don't blame little Fu for not mentioning it, as he made a promise to his father not to do so.." Meng Chao softly said when he saw the myriad of emotions flashing through Zhang Qinggee's eyes.
"Is he in danger?" asked Zhang Qinggee clad in worry.
For Jiang Fu to hide his name for as long as he has could only mean one thing, he was likely doing so to hide from someone, who would likely harm him were they to know his real name.
"Yes and no.." Meng Chao said.
"Jiang Fu himself isn't in any danger. Whatever danger he would have been in, disappeared the moment he and his father walked through the doors of the Order, and became employees of the Thousand Flavors Restaurant.
However, the Li part of his name is a different case. His entire clan was eradicated, and the foe was powerful enough to even make a peak domain expert like Deng Chao afraid to reveal his name, and that foe more than likely caused the destruction of the Crystal Palm Jade Sect.
The sect was likely not destroyed because of the saint-grade treasure they found, but because they had someone from the jade turtle Li family in their midst..." Meng Chao said as he created a small image of a white jade turtle that had the same shine as what Yang Qing saw on Deng Chao when he materialized in his courtroom, and the same shine that occasionally appeared on Jiang Fu's hand.
"When the Crystal Jade Palm Sect was destroyed, I don't know whether it was out of guilt, or a sense of respect for a strong cultivator and that beautiful art he displayed in the last throngs of his life, but I found myself unable to let go of the events that happened to the sect, so I started investigating it.
Its origins, its journey, and eventually its demise, which led me to the jade turtle Li family, an ancient clan that got eradicated despite having two soul formation experts and a deep long-standing foundation.."
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