System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 453: Chapter 258: Once Again Unlisted

Chu Qing spoke, and his words were shocking.

Lan Shuyi, who was secretly drinking tea, spat out the tea with a puff.

Fortunately, it didn’t hit anyone...

Li Junmo, who was lying on the stone bed, was momentarily stunned.

After a long while, he frowned deeply:

"Third Young Master, what do you mean by that?"

It’s indeed a long story...

On the day Zhao Qipeng died, Gentle also went to that room. Chu Qing later inquired about it and found that, apart from those present at the time, there was no scent of anyone else in the room.

As for why he inquired from the start, it was because Chu Qing initially didn’t intend to bother with the Taiheng Sect’s internal affairs.

Later, since he intended to use this matter as a protective color, naturally, he had to put in some effort.

And this result also indicates that this matter is most likely an internal issue of the Taiheng Sect.

The only unexpected aspect could be that the person really had the ability to erase all traces of themselves, including scent.

But this possibility is extremely low.

There are simply too few people in this world who can guard against Gentle.

Only Prince Xue, still unsure if she did it deliberately, or just stumbled upon it.

Other than this possibility, there are only two possibilities.

Either the person who killed Zhao Qipeng was among those who appeared in Zhao Qipeng’s room that night.

Or... Zhao Qipeng committed suicide.

However, from the condition of the body and the room, it doesn’t meet the conditions to disguise suicide as murder.

Therefore, Lan Shuyi actually misspoke during the day. From the beginning, the range of the suspect was not the entire Taiheng Sect.

Turning his gaze beyond the Taiheng Sect was because Chu Qing did not know why it was chosen to act at this time...

With this premise, after reading Zhao Qipeng’s life today, and after Li Junmo went into seclusion, Chu Qing also had his first suspect in mind.

Guan Changying!

It’s just that the motive is unclear... He is the young Sect Leader with a promising future, why would he kill sect elders without reason?

But those who could enter the Myriad Sword Forest and tear key pages from Zhao Qipeng’s life are indeed very few.

Li Junmo suddenly went into seclusion at this juncture, it’s hard to say if he noticed something and didn’t want Chu Qing and the others to find out, so he avoided them.

Otherwise, something might have happened to Li Junmo too.

As for the previously unclear motive, after people in Taiheng Sect pieced together the story from twenty years ago.

Chu Qing and Lan Shuyi also speculated on a possibility...

The murderer is seeking revenge for Qi Luo, and if this person is Qi Luo’s son, then Guan Changying’s age fits perfectly.

However, at the time, Chu Qing did not directly mention these things.

Guan Changying’s identity is indeed too special... Making such a speculation without solid evidence is really too bold.

Chu Qing didn’t want to expose Gentle’s Celestial Fragrance Body and needed solid evidence.

However, if it is found tonight that Li Junmo is not in the Calm Heart Cave in seclusion, Chu Qing might directly go to find out the truth from Guan Changying.

Otherwise, borrow Gentle’s Celestial Fragrance Body to track down Li Junmo’s whereabouts and confirm whether this person is alive or dead.

Fortunately, Li Junmo is still alive.

While he is still here, Chu Qing simply cut to the chase.

But there are some things that cannot be said outright here...

Chu Qing poured himself a cup of tea and spoke softly:

"Zhao Qipeng’s life had two pages torn away, and those who could silently enter the Myriad Sword Forest and do this, looking at the entire Taiheng Sect, there probably aren’t many.

"The missing two pages relate to the disturbance in Taiheng Sect twenty years ago.

"Someone doesn’t want us to know what Zhao Qipeng did back then...

"And Sect Leader Li, who could give us the answer, suddenly announced going into seclusion.

"Does it seem reasonable for you, Sect Leader Li, to go into seclusion when your eldest disciple, Guan Changying, is about to succeed as the young Sect Leader?"

Li Junmo remained silent.

Chu Qing glanced at the cup of tea but did not drink it, and placed it back on the table:

"We cannot find out the specifics of what happened during the disturbance in Taiheng Sect.

"Too few people know... But we have an overall framework.

"So we all feel that person killed Zhao Qipeng to avenge Qi Luo of that year.

"So, there are two possibilities.

"One is that back then someone helped Qi Luo ascend to the position of Sect Leader, a faithful follower.

"The other is the possible offspring of Qi Luo.

"Considering the impact of the incidents back then, it’s guessed that even if Qi Luo’s supporters weren’t all wiped out, they have long been kicked out of the core power layer.

"Such a person would not have the opportunity to enter the Myriad Sword Forest.

"Furthermore, Zhao Qipeng would hardly be unguarded against such people.

"Therefore, our main suspect is the possible offspring of Qi Luo.

"Twenty years is a long time; a child grows into an adult, who can tell what he looks like now?

"If he had been a disciple of the Taiheng Sect Leader since youth, who would know his true identity and origin?

"Ultimately, although Zhao Qipeng was a good person, he would not offer his neck for slaughter.

"His martial arts are very high, just like tonight when Sect Leader Li faced Qian Sun Sect Scholar, in that electric moment, he could also block the Heart-Damaging Soul-Breaking Finger.

"Though Zhao Qipeng might not match Sect Leader Li, the other’s martial arts wouldn’t be too bad. Otherwise, no matter how unguarded, it wouldn’t be so easy to kill Zhao Qipeng."