Chapter 360: Deductive Reasoning to Avert a Crisis

Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Deductive Reasoning to Avert a Crisis

In the Moon Sea, the Kovot Family was just one of many, with a population of over ten thousand. It was considered a lower-middle-class family.

Many of the family’s young disciples served in the Cyan Wolf Army, and those selected to be Guards for the Lindi Clan were considered the prodigies of the Kovot Family.

They had their own Cultivation inheritance and would also recruit Martial Artists to teach the young children Foundation Establishment. Any child who passed the Foundation Establishment assessment would receive further training.

In truth, although Huo Er’s branch of the family was not the Direct Lineage of the Kovot Family, it wasn’t a very distant side branch either. His Profound Ancestor and the current Kovot Family Clan Leader’s great-grandfather had been brothers.

However, over twenty years ago, his father was guarding the Third Young Master—Li Haiqin’s father—on a trip to Ukolok City. He was killed in an ambush. Afterward, his mother remarried a drunkard who often beat and cursed her. Unable to endure the torment, she threw herself into the Moon Sea.

Huo Er was only eleven or twelve when his mother died. One day, when his stepfather was passed out drunk, Huo Er slit his throat with a dagger.

A murderer like him should have been punished according to the Lindi Clan’s rules, but because of his talent in the Martial Dao, the Clan Leader suppressed the matter.

He was even sent to the Kovot Family’s Martial Arts Dojo for training.

Huo Er lived up to expectations. Before he was even thirty, he formed his Golden Core. He later participated in the Lindi Clan’s Guard selection and was chosen for the Guard Team.

His father had actually been the one to first teach him the Martial Dao. Later, after entering the Kovot Family’s Martial Arts Dojo, he did indeed take a master.

This was a Martial Artist named Fanquisi, whom the Kovot Family had hired from the outside. He was in the Soul Emergence Realm.

Fanquisi had a daughter, whom Huo Er had once deeply admired.

In the First Young Master’s residence, Li Dang listened to his subordinate’s report, stroking his chin as he fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he whispered a few words into the subordinate’s ear.

The subordinate acknowledged the order and departed.

’You think I can’t do anything to you just because you’re hiding in your shell?’

...

On this day, Chu Fan was practicing his sword in the courtyard as usual. Ever since taking the Qi God Pill, his mind had become much sharper, and he had actually made some progress in his Sword Dao.

He had gained a new understanding of the Sword Dao.

He felt that it wouldn’t be long before he could break through to the Late Stage of the Third Layer Realm of Sword Dao.

Therefore, he had spent nearly all his daylight hours these past few days practicing his sword. However, being in the Northern Domain, he didn’t practice Sword Techniques like the Dream-Breaking Meteor Sword or the Walking Dragon Sword Shadow, but simply practiced the Basic Thirteen Techniques over and over.

The book of the Sword Dao Inheritance was already engraved in his mind. When he practiced, he only needed to enter a state of Meditation.

"Captain, someone’s here to see you."

Chu Fan was deep in his comprehension of the Sword Dao when a Guard from the Third Young Master’s residence hurried over to report.

"To see me? Who is it?" Chu Fan stopped his Sword, feeling rather surprised. ’Who would come looking for me that would require a Guard to make an announcement?’

"He says his name is Fanquisi. He said that once you heard the name, you’d definitely know who he is."

’Fanquisi? Huo Er might know him, but I’m not the real Huo Er!’

"Then bring him in," Chu Fan said.

"Captain, this is the rear courtyard. Outsiders aren’t allowed in. You’ll have to go out to see him yourself."

The Guard’s reminder brought Chu Fan back to his senses.

"Alright, I’ll change my clothes and be right out."

In reality, Chu Fan just wanted to use the opportunity to think more about this visitor’s identity.

’Oh, well. I’ll just have to play it by ear!’

After thinking for a long time without reaching a conclusion, he guessed that this Fanquisi was probably from the Kovot Family and an old acquaintance of Huo Er’s.

He changed his clothes and went out immediately.

As for the bandages on his body, he had already removed them after his Cultivation broke through from taking the Qi God Pill.

He had also told Li Haiqin and the others that his injuries were seventy to eighty percent healed.

However, he was dressed in Leather Armor, and aside from his head and face, the scars on his exposed skin still looked horrifying.

In truth, these scars were created with the Illusory Body Technique. Otherwise, the lack of scars would surely arouse suspicion.

The moment he stepped out of the residence, he saw a burly, bearded old man standing with his hands behind his back, staring at him with a piercing gaze.

’Divine Separation Realm? Who could this person be?’

Although he didn’t know the man’s identity, that didn’t stop him from offering a greeting.

Chu Fan smiled at him and said, "You’re here."

The man grunted in response. "Let’s find a place to sit. It’s been over a month since you returned from Han City. Why haven’t you gone back to visit?"

"Oh, something happened on the Grassland, and I was badly injured. I’ve been recuperating here in the residence under the care of the Little Princess and the Third Young Master," Chu Fan explained, flashing the scars on his arm.

"Let’s go. There’s a restaurant up ahead. I have something to tell you."

"Alright!"

Chu Fan agreed.

The two walked in silence to a restaurant at the end of the street. Fanquisi found a table and sat down commandingly.

Only after Chu Fan had sat down across from him did Fanquisi speak. "Dai Yelin is getting married."

"Ah!" Chu Fan exclaimed in shock.

’Who is this Dai Yelin? And what does her marriage have to do with me?’

Chu Fan’s mind raced, trying to deduce the identities of these two people.

However, to hide his ignorance, he still asked, "Who is she marrying?"

"A son of the First Young Master."

"A son of the First Young Master? Who?" Hearing the answer, Chu Fan had a flash of insight and roughly guessed the situation.

’If it weren’t for the Qi God Pill making my thoughts much quicker, I really don’t think I could have guessed the identities of Fanquisi and Dai Yelin with such limited information.’

"Yi Qing."

Chu Fan didn’t know which of the First Young Master’s sons Yi Qing was, but he did know one thing: in the Lindi Clan, within Clan Leader Yilode’s line, all disciples of Li Haiqin’s generation who were of the direct lineage had "Li" in their name. The absence of "Li" meant this person was an illegitimate son.

"Did you agree to this? Or is Dai Yelin willing?" Chu Fan deliberately let a hint of anger show on his face.

"You seem a little different since you came back this time," Fanquisi commented.

This statement didn’t faze Chu Fan in the slightest. Instead, he gave a cold laugh. "After an injury so severe it was like walking through death’s door and back, a person naturally thinks about things more. Just like you, Master. For some promises or money from others, aren’t you also planning to marry Dai Yelin off to someone she doesn’t love?"

That’s right, Chu Fan had guessed that the man before him was Huo Er’s master. For one, when Chu Fan had thrown Huo Er into the Jun Tianjian World, Huo Er was only at the Golden Core Realm Late Stage. A Divine Separation Realm expert was more than qualified to be his master.

Chu Fan really didn’t know who Dai Yelin was, but the fact that she was marrying an illegitimate son of the First Young Master meant this matter was definitely related to the First Young Master or Li Dang.

And considering Li Dang, as the eldest grandson of the Lindi Clan’s direct lineage, had been contradicted by a mere Guard like him in front of so many people and was even forced to apologize, he would certainly not let the matter rest.

Therefore, he must have sent people to the Kovot Family to investigate Huo Er’s background.

Now, this Fanquisi had appeared, saying that Dai Yelin was getting married.

This meant the real Huo Er definitely had feelings for this Dai Yelin.

This alone wasn’t enough to prove the man was Huo Er’s master. However, Chu Fan also knew that Huo Er’s parents had died when he was just a boy, and yet Huo Er had become a Golden Core Realm Late Stage Martial Artist in his early thirties.

This suggested that the Kovot Family had sent the young Huo Er to their Martial Arts Dojo for training.

The Clan Leader of the Kovot Family was named Kona. Since Fanquisi was not the Clan Leader, his identity became obvious.