CH 61

The old man is indeed a ninth-level warrior, named Wen Che.

After the High Priest disappeared, most people on the High Priest’s side stayed in the Holy City to deal with the enemy, trying to retain the High Priest’s property, but a small number of people were sent out to find the High Priest.

Wen Che is one of them.

At first, he firmly believed that the High Priest was not dead, so after he came out, he focused on looking for him, but later he accidentally encountered others who were also looking.

He’s not the most trusted person by the High Priest, nor is he the High Priest’s confidant, but he often met with the High Priest.

The High Priest succeeded to the throne when he was young and was in extremely poor health. He would dress up for the required celebrations every year, but the rest of the time… he couldn’t even get out of bed.

So he hadn’t seen anything, and was curious about everything… Every time Wen Che went to see him, the boy in the mask would pull him over to talk for a while, and curiously asked him what it was like outside.

Wen Che couldn’t help feeling sorry for the child.

He couldn’t hide his heartache when he heard the news of the death of the High Priest.

Others dream of how beautifully the High Priest lives, but in fact, he is just a sick and weak boy trapped in a temple.

Wen Che was very angry when the Ghost King’s people used the name of the High Priest to do things and pushed Xie Yunnan out. He didn’t believe Xie Yunnan was the heir of the High Priest, and came to make trouble.

Later, a lot of things happened in Hongye City, and it became more and more difficult for them to hide their traces… He only managed to sneak into Xie Yunnan’s residence today.

However, before he could do anything to Xie Yunnan, he discovered that Xie Yunnan had become a senior priest.

He’s not confident he can capture a senior priest, not to mention he was in Xie Yunnan’s territory… So, he settled for the next best thing and captured Duan Changqing.

Xie Yunnan’s strength grew so fast… Wen Che’s initial thoughts changed.

Perhaps, Xie Yunnan really got something from the High Priest.

He had also heard that the High Priest had a treasure, and Xie Yunnan might have obtained it.

Wen Che wanted to talk to Xie Yunnan alone.

“Sir, it’s time to eat.” Someone brought food to Wen Che.

As a ninth-level warrior, Wen Che’s food is big chunks of meat.

He glanced at it and said again: “Go get another bowl.”

When the bowl was brought, Wen Che distributed a bowl of meat to Duan Changqing. “You eat more!. Don’t know what’s going on, young people today don’t eat in order to look good… Is it more important to have a good body or to look good? If he had a good body…”

Wen Che thought of the High Priest who lingered on the bed all year round.

The Duan Changqing in front of him is very thin, but his body is still healthy. It is estimated that he deliberately maintained this appearance. The High Priest is different – he was much thinner than the person in front of him because of illness.

Duan Changqing had already eaten dinner, but he still accepted the meat. “Why did you kidnap me?”

“I didn’t want to kidnap you. Xie Yunnan is the one I wanted to kidnap, but he’s too strong. I wasn’t sure if I could catch him, so I switched to you.”

“What are you kidnapping him for?” Duan Changqing asked. He wants to find out what was going on with this man, and which force he’s from.

“I want to know where the High Priest’s body is.” Wen Che said.

“The corpse of the High Priest?” Duan Changqing was shocked.

“Yes! Xie Yunnan got the inheritance of the High Priest. Where’s the High Priest’s corpse? He must hand it over!” Wen Che was a little excited.

Duan Changqing: “…” It turned out that he was arrested because of a lie they told…

Who knows where the High Priest’s body is?

Seeing that Duan Changqing didn’t eat, Wen Che thought he was frightened, and immediately said: “Don’t worry, I won’t kill you, I just want to make things clear… I want to pray for the High Priest and won’t kill anyone.”

Wen Che threatened Xie Yunnan, saying that if Xie Yunnan didn’t come, he would kill Duan Changqing. But this was just a casual threat, and he didn’t intend to do it.

“You are a good person.” Duan Changqing said.

The man in front of him really didn’t have any murderous aura, which made him very fond of him.

“I’ve been cultivating for the past ten years,” Wen Che said. “But if Xie Yunnan doesn’t respect the High Priest’s body… Ha! I’ll kill him even if I die!”

Duan Changqing: “…” Wait for his injury to heal, and then resolve this matter once he’s healed.

For example, explain clearly to the person in front of him that Xie Yunnan has not received any inheritance.

Duan Changqing ate his bowl of meat slowly, when Wen Che suddenly asked again, “You married Xie Yunnan before Xie Yunnan became a priest. Do you know how Xie Yunnan got the inheritance of the High Priest?”

A few days ago, when he investigated Xie Yunnan, he managed to make some educated guesses.

He suspected that Xie Yunnan had picked up the body of the High Priest by the river near town—the group of people he had captured and tortured to extort confessions said he salvaged the High Priest’s body from the river!

But what happened to the body, he didn’t know.

“Yunnan didn’t get any inheritance, they said that just to give him an identity.” Duan Changqing said.

“Without the inheritance of the High Priest, how did he become a senior priest in such a short period of time?”

“Yunnan ate an exotic plant…”

“How can there be such a miraculous exotic plant! Forget it, you don’t understand, why am I saying this to you?” Wen Che thought of something else, and asked Duan Changqing: “There is a river near the town where you used to live, did Xie Yunnan bring anything back from that river?”

Hearing this, Duan Changqing recalled the incident when he met that boat salvaging things on the river.

Did the High Priest fall into the water after his death?

Something flashed in his mind, but soon disappeared without a trace, Duan Changqing said, “Yunnan was rescued from that river by his grandfather. At that time, he was packed in a box and floated on the river and nearly died of starvation… Because of this, when he usually sees corpses in the river, he will salvage them and bury them.”

What Duan Changqing said is true, not adulterated at all. Many people in the town know about it.

Wen Che stood up suddenly, grabbed Duan Changqing suddenly and said, “Follow me!”

When he asked about Xie Yunnan before, he knew Xie Yunnan was a good person, but he didn’t know the ins and outs of it.

If so… Is it possible that the High Priest was buried by him?

Wen Che decided to take Duan Changqing to look for it, to see if he could find the tomb of the High Priest.

Duan Changqing: “…” He hasn’t finished his meat yet!

The place where Wen Che and the others were hiding was not far from the town where Xie Yunnan lived, so he brought Duan Changqing to the river quickly.

“Where does Xie Yunnan usually bury people?” Wen Che asked.

“There.” Duan Changqing pointed to a place.

There are cemeteries in the fringe area, but burying them in the cemetery requires money. More often than not, when a person dies in the ghettos, relatives and friends will find a random place to bury them.

There’s one such burial place near the river.

Xie Yunnan also buried the people he found there… He usually calls the police, and after no one cares, he will do a good deed and bury the dead.

As soon as Wen Che arrived, he saw a large number of graves, some with tombstones, some without.

Because Xie Yunnan buried the people himself, Duan Changqing didn’t know anymore. In the end, Wen Che couldn’t figure out anything. He could only wait to ask Xie Yunnan when they met tomorrow!

Taking advantage of the night, he questioned a few people who knew Xie Yunnan in the town, and had a much better impression of Xie Yunnan after confirming the facts.

After floating in the river, it’s likely the High Priest’s body is no longer be whole, so it’s fine if Xie Yunnan buried the body.

Wen Che was not guarded towards Duan Changqing, an ordinary person, and rambled on about the High Priest.

Duan Changqing asked, “What does the High Priest look like?” Although they gave Xie Yunnan the identity of the High Priest’s successor, Duan Changqing knew nothing about the High Priest.

The main reason is that there are no smart phones here, and the network is still very localized, so it is really inconvenient to check things.

He heard about the High Priest from Meng Yan and the others before, but they also knew very little, and only saw the High Priest about once a year…

“You don’t even know what a High Priest looks like?!” Wen Che was a little angry.

Duan Changqing: “…”

Wen Che followed closely and said: “Okay, I know you’re curious about the appearance of the High Priest, but I haven’t seen him before either. He’s always wearing a mask…”

Then, he pulled out a photo and showed it to Duan Changqing.

The High Priest in the photo is wearing gorgeous clothes and a mask which look very familiar. Didn’t he pull those off himself and throw them away when he first crossed over?!

Duan Changqing: “…”

DCQ: …

DCQ: So I’m the High Priest?!?!

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