A disciple of the Tianyang Sect stood outside the cell and shouted sternly, "What are you shouting for? Shut your mouths! If anyone makes another sound, I'll..."
Before the Tianyang Sect disciple could finish speaking, a series of footsteps approached from afar.
So he turned his head to look, a fawning smile on his face.
"Senior Brother Chen, what brings you here?" the Tianyang Sect disciple asked warmly.
Then a young man dressed in a white robe, looking elegant like a nobleman, walked over and stood in front of the cell where Ye Feng, Gu Weiyun, and the others were.
Upon seeing this young man, Gu Weiyun's face lit up with surprise and anticipation.
"Young Master Chen, you've finally arrived! I've been waiting for you for ages. Does Elder Li know about our situation? Are you here to rescue us?" Gu Weiyun asked quickly, running to the prison cell gate and gripping the bars with both hands, staring longingly at Young Master Chen in his white robes.
Night Breeze asked, "Who is this person?"
Gu Lingxuan said in a low voice, "His name is Chen Yuanji, and he is the eldest disciple of Elder Li Hengfeng."
"I see." Night Wind suddenly realized.
Chen Yuanji smiled and said, "Boss Gu, my master already knows about your matter. He sent me here to inquire about the situation."
Gu Weiyun quickly nodded: "Young Master Chen, please ask whatever you want, I will answer truthfully!"
Hearing Gu Weiyun say this, Chen Yuanji nodded in satisfaction.
Then Chen Yuanji said, "The Star Silver you were transporting was lost on the riverbank before the last checkpoint?"
"Yes, a sudden gust of wind blew in, startling the horses and making it impossible for us to open our eyes. Then our carriage was blown into the river by the wind, followed by a deafening explosion."
"Later, your Tianyang Sect disciples arrived there and arrested all of us and put us in the dungeon."
Gu Weiyun quickly said, revealing everything he knew at once.
Chen Yuanji stroked his chin and said, "Logically speaking, since the Star Silver is so heavy, it should sink to the bottom of the river. However, when our people went to retrieve it, they found nothing."
"Nothing was found? The Shining Star Silver is gone? That's a whole 40,000 catties of Shining Star Silver!" Gu Weiyun said in disbelief.
"That's exactly what puzzles me."
Chen Yuanji lowered his hand and looked at Gu Weiyun very seriously: "So my master was very angry after he received this news. He felt that you had lied to him and that you had not delivered the Shining Star Silver. That's why you deliberately created this chaos before the last checkpoint, so that you could have a perfect excuse to cover up the mysterious disappearance of 40,000 catties of Shining Star Silver."
Gu Weiyun put on a wronged expression and shouted loudly, "Injustice! I'm being wronged to death! How dare I, a mere merchant guild owner, deceive your Grand Elder of the Tianyang Sect!"
Gu Lingxuan also said, "Young Master Chen, my father really did not lie to you. Our Chamber of Commerce did indeed purchase 40,000 catties of Shining Star Silver. This is an indisputable fact."
Chen Yuanji asked with a smile, "Then how can you prove that what you're saying is true?"
"By the way, I have the receipts for purchasing Shining Star Silver here. Take a look!" Gu Weiyun took out his receipts and stretched them out through the gate.
Chen Yuanji took the receipt and began to examine it carefully.
Forty thousand catties of Shining Star Silver was no small amount, so the Deer Merchant Guild purchased it from more than ten merchants in Nanyue City before finally acquiring it.
The receipts he pulled out were not just one, but more than ten.
Chen Yuanji took the receipts and looked at them for a while before saying, "You stay here for now. I will send someone to investigate. If what you said is true, then our Tianyang Sect will naturally not wrong you."
After saying this, Chen Yuanji took the receipts and left.
Gu Weiyun shook his head and sighed, sitting dejectedly on the ground, blaming his fate.
"Why am I so unlucky? What did I do to deserve this?"
Seeing Gu Weiyun's disheveled and embarrassing appearance, Gu Lingxuan felt ashamed.
After all, there were two outsiders present: Ye Feng and Luo Qingling.
Gu Lingxuan then comforted him, "Father, don't worry, Young Master Chen will definitely help us investigate, and he will definitely get to the bottom of things and give us justice."
It was already late at night.
The cultivation cave of Li Hengfeng, the Grand Elder of the Tianyang Sect.
Chen Yuanji strode to the cave entrance, where Li Hengfeng, who was sitting cross-legged on a futon meditating, slowly opened his eyes.
"How's the investigation going?" Li Hengfeng asked.
“Master, Gu Weiyun and Gu Lingxuan did not lie. The Deer Merchant Guild did indeed collect and purchase 40,000 catties of Shining Star Silver from more than ten merchants in Nanyue City and transported it to our Tianyang Sect.” Chen Yuanji answered earnestly.
After obtaining the receipts from Gu Weiyun, Li Hengfeng used a communication talisman to contact the Tianyang Sect disciples in Nanyue City, instructing them to inquire and investigate the more than ten chambers of commerce in Nanyue City.
The investigation results were exactly the same as what Gu Weiyun had said, which was enough to prove that what Gu Weiyun and Gu Lingxuan said was true.
"Since the Deer Merchant Guild did not falsify anything and did indeed send 40,000 catties of Shining Star Silver, why did so much Shining Star Silver disappear after falling into the water?" Li Hengfeng asked.
Chen Yuanji thought for a moment and said, "I also asked the outer disciples who went to the scene to arrest Gu Weiyun and others. They said they sensed demonic energy there at the time."
"Demonic aura?" Li Hengfeng looked puzzled.
Chen Yuanji continued, "Master, Gu Weiyun and the others said that it was because of a sudden, strange gust of wind that the carriage carrying the Shining Star Silver fell into the river. What's strange is that all the carriages that fell into the river exploded, destroying not only the carriages but also all the horses."
"Does this mean that the strong winds and explosions were related to the monsters, and that the monsters attacked Gu Weiyun and his group? And that the 40,000 jin of Shining Star Silver was also taken away from the river by the monsters?"
Li Hengfeng chuckled and shook his head.
"That's absolutely impossible. Although some demonic beasts need to devour rare and precious materials to enhance their strength, what kind of demonic beast could swallow so much Shining Star Silver in one go? Even if such a demonic beast really existed, how could it possibly have a place at the entrance of our Tianyang Sect? It would have been killed by our sect's elders and protectors long ago!"
Chen Yuanji nodded; he actually thought so too.
It's unlikely that a demonic beast was behind this.
But the strange gust of wind and the explosion that occurred after the carriage fell into the river were indeed very bizarre.
If the Deer Merchant Guild wasn't lying, and it wasn't the work of a monster, then it could only mean that someone was plotting something.
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