Chapter 851: The Show Begins
The ninth floor of the Jade Pendant Restaurant was reserved for its best customers. It was lavishly decorated and equipped with any service and facility a guest might require.
Right now, Chen Cang was lying inside a massive bathtub, naked.
He wasn’t soaking in hot water though. Instead, the bathtub was foggy and filled with countless pests such as snakes, worms, mice and ants. It was horrifying to say the least.
Chen Cang’s body was currently covered in countless cracks infused with sword qi. Every time a pest made the unfortunate mistake of crawling past one such crack, his sword qi would turn them into mincemeat and absorb their flesh and blood, slowly mending his wounds.
An unknown amount of time later, after his physical wounds were completely healed, Chen Cang exhaled a puff of sword qi and opened his eyes. Then, he left the bathroom, sat down beside a table, and poured himself a cup of wine. He sipped his wine with a pleased look on his face while looking out of the window where countless armed men were running about carrying a portrait of Ye Qing in their hand.
He was the one who kickstarted the manhunt for Ye Qing from behind the shadows, of course.
For starters, he was the one who forged the letter Xiang Weilong had supposedly left behind at Weilong Villa. In order to avoid suspicion, he summarized Xiang Weilong’s objective as succinctly as possible and only mentioned Ye Qing’s name in the letter. He also made sure to write it in a way that fit Xiang Weilong’s character as best he could. The detailed information regarding Ye Qing was spread through other channels.
In fact, the best way to minimize mistakes was to minimize the amount of necessary work. All he needed to do was to convince Dragonmount Duke that Xiang Weilong was killed because he coveted the treasures Ye Qing obtained after sacking Goddess City, but failed because he was too weak. Dragonmount Duke was the kind of guy who would rather kill a hundred innocents than allow a slight to go unchecked. He would never let Ye Qing go even if it turned out that the young man wasn’t the one who killed Xiang Weilong.
As for him, he had intentionally enfeebled his presence in all the intel he leaked. The only ones who were aware of his role were Xiang Weilong, Nefarious Codger, Tyrant Bow and Ye Qing, and everyone except Ye Qing was dead. Sure, Ye Qing could reveal the truth and claim that he, Sword Ghoul, was the true mastermind behind Xiang Weilong’s death, but so what? To begin with, there was little chance that Dragonmount Duke would believe him. Even if he did, he was the kind of bastard who would say, “My son is dead, so why should you live?” and kill him anyway.