“After Palace Lord Kong perished,” Xu Qing said, “I continued my investigation. After all, I didn’t think some measly bit of daybreak light could explain how the governor would fall victim to a lightmost fatehavoc pill. The governor was half a step into the Smoldering God level, so poisoning him wouldn’t be an easy task.”0

Quite a few people frowned in response to Xu Qing speaking. It was almost as if he hadn’t been paying attention to what the lieutenant governor just said. Had he not seen that black energy? He had just continued speaking as if he hadn’t even been interrupted earlier.19

“I started thinking how it might be possible to poison the governor without him realizing. I myself am skilled in the dao of medicine, but not even I could think of an explanation. But then I remembered that wish box, and how it contained the lingering smell of osmanthus flowers.0

“Twenty-three days ago, after returning from Forbidden by the Immortal, I noticed the same fragrance in a pallid bolus.”1

The moment the words pallid bolus left Xu Qing’s lips, the lieutenant governor’s pupils dilated imperceptibly. “I’ve never claimed that the pallid bolus was some sort of benevolent achievement,” he said calmly. “But that doesn’t mean you can use it this way in such an insulting...1