Even though he didn’t know Sun Xun’s objective, Zu An didn’t want the Devil Sect to be implicated because of him. After all, whether it was Qiu Honglei or Yun Jianyue, they were both his good friends. As such, he said, “Sir Minister, please don’t be in such a rush to come to a decision. I seem to have noticed something here. It might not have been the Devil Sect who did this.”

Gao Ying and Pei You were stunned. The blame was deflected onto the Devil Sect; why the heck are you adding more meddlesome things? Sun Xun was also confused. He didn’t know what Zu An’s motive was.

Zu An said, “Based on our talk, it seems some of the young master’s guards are missing. Could they have escaped during the chaos?”

Sun Xun shook his head. “That is impossible. The murderer’s cultivation is extremely high, and many guards were taken out  in one hit. Those people would not be able to escape. Furthermore, I sent my men out for several dozen li,...