Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 622 - 86 Elimination Technique [Thanks to Alliance Hierarch "I’m Like a Clown" for the reward]_1

Chapter 622: Chapter 86 Elimination Technique [Thanks to Alliance Hierarch "I’m Like a Clown" for the reward]_1

Shh.

As Yao Guang slashed the knife across the concubine’s chest, no blood flowed out, instead, a faint, ethereal fragrance wafted out.

The fragrance filled the nose comfortably, but a moment later, Chu Liang felt as if he was suffocating! The scent was deadly poisonous, even rendering him breathless!

It was well known that his bodies indistinguishability to a Real Dragon at the same level. Hence, if any ordinary poison were to affect him, the dosage would have to be as big as a small mountain. Yet, this faint scent of residual fragrance could suffocate him with just a whiff—it was terrifying.

It felt as though a barrier blocked his nostrils suddenly, depriving him of his ability to draw breath. Fortunately, the fragrance was not overwhelming. After a few moments, Chu Liang was able to circulate his True Qi to break this restriction.

Not just him, even Heavenly Official Li Chengfeng, within the Seventh Realm, got influenced by this scent. He briefly experienced discomfort. However, his cultivation was much higher than Chu Liang’s; therefore, he did not actively try to break free and recovered in an instant.

Yao Guang, the eunuch, was worst off among them. He was the closest and had the lowest cultivation level. He lost his breath, the knife in his hand clattered to the ground, and he stepped back a few steps, clutching his chest in pain.

Li Chengfeng stepped in, with one palm and one finger, pressing two acupoints on Yao Guang’s chest. This action instantly helped him regain his breath, panting for a while.

"What kind of poison is it?" Chu Liang asked, still in shock. "It’s scary."

"It’s called Illusion Dew Breathless Fragrance," answered Li Chengfeng.

"Does Heavenly Official Li know this?" The two quickly turned their heads to him.

The Regent Residence managed all mysterious cases throughout the world, which made them much more knowledgeable about these things.

Li Chengfeng explained, "This poison is extremely potent. Once inhaled, one would suffocate, but as long as it’s detected and the person affected stays away from it, mostly no harm will befall them. Therefore, this poison gets combined with high-level illusion techniques. Once they are in the Illusion Field, they can’t detect the suffocation until they die. Very often, the victims die so peacefully that it’s hard to determine cause."

Pausing for a moment, he continued, "The person who best uses this poison is a killer named Xiao Wuyan from Mars. We understood the potency of this poison after the Regent Residence dealt with many of her mysterious cases."

"I see." It was Chu Liang’s first time hearing about this strange poison. "But, wasn’t Xiao Wuyan caught earlier?"

"That’s correct," Li Chengfeng said, "She’s currently locked up in the Sky-north Prison, so it’s impossible for her to have done this. As for who else has this poison, we don’t know. The only thing we can confirm is that it’s very likely a high-level illusionist."

"Let’s finish examining the body first," Chu Liang nodded in agreement after listening, and let Yao Guang continue.

That whiff of residual scent, a mere remnant of the poison inside the concubine’s body, was already so potent that it was unsurprising she had died from the poison.

It also filled Chu Liang with awe. The world is full of exotic poisons, and the Detoxifying Whip was not omnipotent. Unless he kept a sufficient level of caution, he might die before having a chance to wield his Detoxifying Whip.

After Yao Guang carefully inspected the corpse again, he confirmed her cause of death— inhalation of the Illusion Dew Breathless Fragrance.

Chu Liang kept silent for a moment, appearing thoughtful. Suddenly, he said, "Let’s go back to Qinghong Garden."

Time was of the essence, so they couldn’t concern themselves about the rules of the Imperial City. He walked briskly, followed by Li Chengfeng and Yao Guang. They darted through and arrived at Qinghong Garden.

Although Li Chengfeng and Yao Guang didn’t know what Chu Liang was looking for, this place was the crime scene, so it wasn’t strange for them to inspect it.

Chu Liang jumped over multiple high walls and artificial hills, heading straight for where the concubine’s body was found. It was here that his teacher had stumbled upon her body by coincidence.

Crouching, Chu Liang closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After inspecting the ground, he noticed that all the surrounding plants were wilted.

"This is the scene of the crime," he concluded. "The concubine must have come here alone, fell under an illusion technique and was poisoned to death."

"What would the concubine be doing in Qinghong Garden?" Yao Guang asked, confused.

"Only she would have known that..." Before Chu Liang could finish his sentence, he took off again to another location.

"Hey, hold on!" Yao Guang quickly hollered, with no choice but to follow him. He turned to Li Chengfeng and asked, "Heavenly Official, do you know what Your Highness, the Royal Younger Brother is trying to do?"

"Don’t you know?" Li Chengfeng gave him a side glance, full of slight disdain.

"That’s why I asked." Yao Guang shrugged, unashamedly sincere.

"He is going to..." Li Chengfeng drew out his voice, then heavily said, "Investigate!"

"Oh," Yao Guang nodded, thinking that it was as if he had heard a sentence when Li Chengfeng said it.

...

A moment later, all three of them had arrived at the concubine’s courtyard.

Chu Liang had just been here not long ago, and at that time, the Empress, who should have been dead already, was sitting by the lake. Not only Chu Liang knew about this, but the guards of Dragon Feeding Supervisor could also testify to it.

The fake Empress must have appeared through some kind of illusion technique, and could likely be the most powerful Fairy Transformation Technique - Spirit Fox Illusion. Given this, the person is nearly 99 percent certain to be the murderer of the Empress.

But why would the murderer kill her and then impersonate her again?

Just to take a glance at the water surface?

Not very likely.

If it was done to create the false impression that the Empress was still alive, that seemed unnecessary too. After all, the corpse would not be discovered for a long time at Qinghong Garden, and no one knew about the whereabouts of the Empress either.

Standing by the lake, Chu Liang stared at the water and asked Yao Guang, "Have you questioned the Empress’s maids?"

Soon, the two maids at the scene were brought up.

Given the status of the Empress, she wouldn’t normally be served by just two people. However, she preferred quiet and had informed the Emperor that she only needed two people to serve her.

"The Empress...," both of the maids cried their hearts out. One of them, slightly older, said, "She was not very friendly to us and often didn’t let us serve her. When she was alone, she didn’t allow us to approach either... The servants... The servants don’t know much about the Empress..."

The younger one was all teary, crying, "The Empress was very good to us usually, and never ordered us around like the other Empresses in the palace. How could such a good person be murdered..."

Listening to their crying, Chu Liang suddenly asked, "Did the Empress have any strange behaviors usually?"

Both maids thought for a moment, and then the younger one said, "If there was anything strange, it was that she always liked to sit by the lake alone, and seemed to speak to herself there... as if she was talking to the fish."

Chu Liang nodded, and looked at the water surface again.

"This waterway leads to the outside of the Imperial City..." Heavenly Official Li Chengfeng also thought quickly, "Could it be that the Empress had contacts with someone outside the Imperial City?"

"She was involved in releasing the Golden Dragon, and went alone to Qinghong Garden before the Qinghong Banquet. That’s definitely not normal," Chu Liang said, "Before finding out who the murderer is, I think we can first search this Empress."

It’s unnecessary to search the body, as the Empress has already lain there with a heart and lung removed.

But Chu Liang believed that her palace needed to be thoroughly checked.

"Where is the Empress’s sleeping quarters?" he asked.

"Over there," the two maids quickly guided him, "The Empress is a light sleeper and never lets us near her bedroom."

"Then we definitely have to check it out." Chu Liang’s face was expressionless, his mind racing.

Thud.

As he pushed open the main gate, he saw a relatively simple bedroom. Not many items were placed in the room – only a few things like privacy screen, bed, table, chair and mirror...

"If I were the Empress, where would I hide the things that I don’t want others to see and can’t carry with me?" Chu Liang contemplated again.

There was no Magical Storage Tool on the Empress. As a consort in imperial harem, if she were to carry a Magical Storage Tool, it would have been strictly inspected, so most of them didn’t carry such things.

"To search the room this big, it’ll probably take quite some time," said Yao Guang.

"Search?" Chu Liang repeated the word.

"Huh?" Yao Guang exchanged a glance with him, not understanding his meaning.

Then, he saw Chu Liang stretch his hand and place it on the floor, a stream of Divine Dragon Fire instantaneously spreading from his palm!

He’s setting the place on fire!

"What are you doing?" Even Heavenly Official Li Chengfeng widened his eyes this time.

"Searching this sleeping quarters is indeed energy-consuming. Let’s simply use the Elimination Technique." Chu Liang said, "The place where the Empress stored her secret items would definitely not be afraid of fire."

Boom——

Heavenly Official Li Chengfeng looked incredulously at Chu Liang, and only now realized... Indeed, he is the disciple of Empress Feng!