The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 121 - 105 Zhang Lei’s Actions

Chapter 121: Chapter 105 Zhang Lei’s Actions

After Li Yi and Lin Yue left, the fury on Zhang Lei’s face could no longer be concealed. At that moment, he was like a mad lion, wishing he could immediately find that Wei Bin and wipe out all the wanderers holed up in the Ruined District.

"Everyone, our investigator Wang Jian is dead, and Chen Hao, a combat staff member, also died here. Even Li Yi was severely injured and almost perished here... This was not an accident, but a premeditated ambush," he said.

At that moment, Zhang Lei turned around, his gaze filled with anger as he swept it across everyone else.

Zhang Zhixiong, Master Pete, and other Cultivators who had come for emergency support were all seething with anger, fully sympathizing with Zhang Lei’s feelings.

"As the head of the Investigative Bureau, I often need to take the bigger picture into account in many things I do. But this time, they crossed my line. I don’t care what their motives or reasons are, starting today, there’s no end between me and them. If you are willing to support me, starting today, set aside all your other duties and focus on one thing—revenge," Zhang Lei declared.

Zhang Lei’s voice thundered like a looming storm, his rage palpable: "Wei Bin must die, and the wanderers in the Ruined District have to be killed, not a single one spared. If we don’t annihilate these people, our Investigative Bureau will never stand tall again. Today they dared to ambush an investigator, tomorrow they might rush the training base to steal Mysterious Objects."

"Zhang Zhixiong, send a letter back to Li Shaqing of the Cultivator Association, tell him the Investigative Bureau has a mission for him which he must complete. If he can’t do it, he should no longer be deputy head and just get out of Tianchang City," he instructed.

"Yes, head of the bureau," Zhang Zhixiong said with a shiver and immediately responded.

At that moment, Zhang Lei then pointed to a corpse and said, "Also, this corpse of a cultivator from the inspiration realm doesn’t belong to the wanderers. Does anyone recognize him? I want his full identity and background sorted out in the shortest time. This case of the investigator’s ambush can’t be separated from him."

With his many years of experience, he immediately noticed something off about Yang Ye’s corpse.

"Head of the bureau, I recognize this person. This man is named Yang Ye, the uncle of Yang Yilong," suddenly, an investigator named Fu Bing recognized the identity of the body and immediately spoke up.

Yang Yilong’s uncle?

Zhang Lei’s gaze narrowed slightly, and he immediately recalled a past situation.

Li Yi and Yang Yilong had a conflict.

He remembered Li Yi saying that Yang Yilong had used despicable means to forcefully learn one of his Boxing Techniques.

But if that was the case, it should be Yang Yilong who benefited, so why would he send Yang Ye to kill Li Yi? It didn’t make sense for someone who gained an advantage to then go and commit murder.

Was it because he harbored resentment after a failure in competing for a Mysterious Object last time?

Or did he find out about Li Yi’s tremendous potential for Cultivation and wanted to eliminate a potential enemy early?

All these could constitute motives for murder, given that most Cultivators don’t think quite normally.

But at this moment, that didn’t matter to Zhang Lei; he just needed to verify the identity and background of the perpetrators.

Immediately, Zhang Lei stated coldly, "Was the deceased one of Yang Yilong’s men? Then they can’t disentangle themselves from this matter. The Yang Family is a business family here in Tianchang City and does quite a bit of business. Very well, we will start with the Yang Family, blockade all enterprises under the Yang Family’s name, bring back all persons of interest related to Yang Ye to the Investigative Bureau for questioning, and if it is confirmed that they were involved in the ambush of our investigator, deal with them severely. If possible, eliminate them—skip all proceedings."

"Fu Bing, handle this," he instructed.

"No problem, head of the bureau," Fu Bing nodded. The task wasn’t difficult.

After all, it was just about arresting suspects, and the Yang Family wouldn’t dare to resist.

"Master Pete, would you mind bringing Gu Mengping here? He is a high-ranking practitioner in the Spiritual Realm, and we’ll need enough people when we go to arrest Yang Yilong and bring him back to the Investigative Bureau," Zhang Lei continued to make arrangements.

"No problem. I’ve been displeased with that Yang surname anyway. If he dares to kill our investigators, let me accidentally fire a shot when we arrest him and end him—saves any future trouble," Master Pete, known for his fiery temper, was quick to suggest eliminating the suspect, Yang Yilong.

"If he doesn’t comply with the investigation, I will provoke him to start a fight, then just kill him directly. He had conflicts with Li Yi and is also suspected of killing our investigator. He’s a threat sooner or later," Zhang Lei said coldly, seemingly approving of Master Pete’s aggressive approach.

Without making an example, how can the Investigative Bureau assert its authority and restrain those Cultivators eager to cause trouble?

Moreover, Li Yi had saved most of the investigators during the last mission, and now he ended up like this. If the Bureau doesn’t make a statement now, morale will drop.

Publicly and privately, Zhang Lei couldn’t just let it go.

Meanwhile, as Zhang Lei was organizing this campaign for revenge, Li Yi was already being driven back to the training base by Zheng Gong.

The training base was very close to the Ruined District, and it had complete medical facilities and highly skilled doctors—being sent there was akin to being sent to the best hospital in the city.

As soon as Zheng Gong’s car arrived, doctors with stretchers and emergency medical equipment were immediately ready.

"Get him to the surgery room quickly," the doctor barely glanced before he shouted.

Lin Yue didn’t speak, merely following silently.

It wasn’t until she was about to enter the surgery room that she was stopped by a doctor: "Family members, please wait outside. We will ensure Li Yi’s safety."

"Please do everything you can, doctor," Lin Yue stayed without leaving, standing outside the surgery room.

"Is my condition very serious?" Li Yi asked, looking uneasy as he was placed on the operating table.

The doctor replied, "You have multiple fractures, some even comminuted, and there are signs of internal bleeding. I need to conduct a comprehensive examination to determine your condition. Don’t worry, I won’t let you die on the operating table."

"That’s good," Li Yi sighed in relief.

As the doctor continuously checked, his furrowed brows also slightly relaxed.

The situation was better than expected.

Although the external injuries were severe, and there were various fractures, the condition of his internal organs was much better. It seemed that the special clothing he wore during the fight had buffered some of the damage, reducing most of the injuries. Moreover, Li Yi had traces of having taken Extraordinary Water, and under the restoration of this medicinal liquid, some of the injuries that could have been fatal miraculously became minor wounds.

"That bottle of Extraordinary Water really saved your life, otherwise you wouldn’t even make it to the training base, you would’ve been dead halfway there," the doctor relaxed a lot and spoke less seriously.

If it’s mostly just external injuries, then for a Cultivator, they hardly count as injuries.

Every Cultivator brought here is battered and broken.

"I also owe it to you, Doctor, for your care last time. If it hadn’t been for the bottle of Extraordinary Water you secretly gave me, I would have been killed long ago."

Li Yi managed a smile, but his eyelids grew heavier and heavier, until at last, he realized that at some point, the anesthesiologist had administered an anesthetic injection.

"Stop talking nonsense. I didn’t give you any Extraordinary Water, and today is our first meeting; we didn’t know each other before. It was all a hallucination before you passed out. Sleep it off, and you’ll be clear-headed," the doctor adamantly denied the accusation without missing a beat.

With so many people watching here, it would cause talk if word got out.

Li Yi wanted to say more, but he had been completely anesthetized and lost all sensation.

Although his physical condition was better than expected, that merely meant he was not in life-threatening danger. However, for a full recovery, a major surgery was unavoidable.

The surgery lasted a full twelve hours and did not end until the afternoon of the next day.

Of course, the surgery didn’t take that long.

But the doctor, to be cautious, deliberately worked overtime to observe him longer to prevent any sudden deterioration of his condition.

Only after confirming that Li Yi was out of danger did they move him out of the Operating Room.

"Doctor, how is Li Yi doing?"

At the door, Lin Yue was still waiting. She hadn’t left, and from the surgery until now, she hadn’t slept. Fortunately, being a Cultivator, she had plenty of energy and could endure staying up all night.

"The situation is quite good; for at least the next half month, he must stay in the hospital for rest and cannot engage in strenuous activities, let alone have a physical confrontation," the Doctor stated. "Are you Li Yi’s family member? I suggest that you stay at the training base for these ten days for convenient care of the patient."

"No problem, Doctor," Lin Yue nodded.

The doctor instructed an assistant: "Take him to the number one patient room for admission."

Lin Yue immediately began pushing Li Yi towards the patient room under the guidance of the assistant.

The patient room was large and spacious, not only staffed with medical personnel around the clock, but also equipped with a room for family members to stay, and fully equipped with various devices, obviously offering a much better medical environment than a regular hospital.

Lin Yue carefully transferred Li Yi, who was wrapped in bandages and smelled strongly of medicine, to the hospital bed, then she picked up her phone to call her family to say she won’t be returning home for some time as she had prepared to stay here for care.

"Sister Lin."

At that moment, Li Yi woke up, opening his eyes to find himself lying in the hospital bed, and then saw Lin Yue nearby sending a message.

"Li Yi, you’re awake."

Lin Yue immediately put down her phone and said, "The doctor just said that you’re fine, you just need to rest for ten days to half a month. Don’t worry, I will take care of you during this time. Also, I’m planning to contact your relative to see if they can help take care of your parents at home."

When mentioning Li Yi’s parents, Lin Yue’s expression became somewhat unnatural.

She knew there was something very strange and problematic about Li Yi’s mother, but she still dared not to reveal it, nor even hint at it to Li Yi through indirect means, because she worried that if Li Yi was alerted, something terrifying might happen to him.

Maintaining a certain equilibrium for now at least meant no danger.

"Send a message to my aunt Zhang Gui, just say I’m on a mission and can’t come home recently, ask her to help look after my parents. There’s nutritional fluid at home, just change it regularly. I can also monitor the operation of the medical pod in real time from my phone, there won’t be any problems," Li Yi instructed.

"Okay."

Lin Yue immediately sent a message to his aunt as instructed.

Soon, she received a reply.

"No problem, your aunt agreed," Lin Yue spoke. "But the doctor here really cares about you, they’ve even mixed Extraordinary Water into your IV. No wonder the doctor said you could recover in half a month. I think that’s conservative; you’ll probably be recovered in no more than ten days."

Her eyes were sharp, noticing a faint glow flickering in Li Yi’s IV drip.

That was the distinct characteristic of Extraordinary Water.

This medicinal liquid could be taken orally or intravenously, and the intravenous effect was even better, significantly stimulating cellular repair in the human body and speeding up the healing of injuries.