Chapter 549 - 457: Taking Action

"Miss Yu’er, what’s the matter?"

"The young master requests your presence." Ling Yu’er nodded slightly and said.

"Alright, I’ll change clothes and come right away." Situ Wan was a bit surprised. What could Lin Miao want with her so early in the morning?

Could it be that Sun Youwei told him about what she had spoken to her about? It’s not impossible. Although they are not yet married, it’s just a matter of formalities. Once the mourning period is over, Sun Youwei will definitely marry Lin Miao.

And as it seems now, there shouldn’t be any surprises with this marriage, unless there’s external interference.

The only external influence that could interfere with this marriage is the Inquiry Sect. Apart from them, she couldn’t think of anyone who would prevent the two from getting married.

Surely, the Gu Family doesn’t know that I found them, right? Even if they did, they should be cautious of Lin Miao’s current status and wouldn’t act recklessly.

Lin Miao is an official of the court, and he has the backing of the Snow Mountain Sect and the Su Family. Although the Gu Family is powerful within the Inquiry Sect, even producing a Sect Leader, they can’t dominate the sky with one hand.

Lin Residence study.

Situ Wan stood at the door and gently knocked twice: "Dong Master, Luu Wan has arrived."

"Come in."

Situ Wan unexpectedly found herself slightly nervous, a feeling she didn’t even have when meeting her own master in the sect.

"Luu Wan greets the Dong Master." Situ Wan entered the study, glanced slightly at Lin Miao behind the desk, then immediately lowered her eyes, slightly crouched, and greeted him.

At this moment, she still held the identity of the Lin Residence’s cook.

"Mrs. Luu, let’s skip the probing and get straight to the point." Lin Miao raised his eyes and said to Situ Wan.

Confronted with Lin Miao’s piercing gaze, Situ Wan inexplicably felt a slight sense of guilt, as if she had been caught doing something wrong by her master.

This sense of pressure was something she had only ever felt with her master before. She never felt it from Lin Miao until now, where she even felt a bit short of breath.

What is going on?

She knew Lin Miao, despite his young age, had an extraordinary talent for martial arts, but what realm exactly, she guessed it was around the Blood Fusion Realm.

However, how could someone in a mere Blood Fusion Realm give her such immense pressure? It seemed somewhat unrealistic.

"What exactly does the Dong Master want to know by calling Luu Wan here?" Situ Wan collected her feelings, nodded slightly, and asked in return.

"Your real name, background, origin, and your purpose for infiltrating the Lin Family under the guise of Luu Wan?" Lin Miao directly asked.

"Situ Wan, thirty-six years old, true disciple senior sister of Yaoguang Peak of the Inquiry Sect."

"I heard that the Inquiry Sect has nine peaks, with three being apparent, three ordinary, and three hidden, rotating every twenty years, and each peak has a senior brother and a senior sister who must not be over forty years of age. Is this true?"

"The Dong Master is quite well-informed indeed!"

"Why is this senior sister from Yaoguang Peak not staying in her sect but chose to infiltrate my place? What are your intentions and purpose?" Lin Miao asked sternly. "There’s no need to repeat what you told my senior sister, as your rhetoric only fools her."

Hearing this, Situ Wan’s breath involuntarily hitched. This man was clearly only eighteen years old, yet he gave her the feeling of being completely seen through.

She only knew Lin Miao as someone with excellent medical skills and a gentle demeanor, always humble and courteous to others, never this stern.

"Sorry, Dong Master, it was wrong of me to hide my identity, but I did it for Miss Hua’s daughter and your safety. If I had sought the Dong Master as Situ Wan, the Inquiry Sect and the Gu Family would have found out, and by then, you would face unpredictable calamities!"

"Unpredictable calamities, huh. Doesn’t my master’s death have anything to do with your Inquiry Sect?" Lin Miao sneered.

Sun Simiao appeared to have died from a stroke aftermath, but in truth, someone had poisoned him secretly long ago. His enemies were none other than the Inquiry Sect and the Carefree Hall from the same sect, but there was no value for the Carefree Hall to target him.

At least, apart from a student from Huichun Valley, my master hadn’t excelled in medicine, nor did he practice alchemy, making it unnecessary for the Carefree Hall to kill him.

The Inquiry Sect, on the other hand, found my master’s ordinary demeanor embarrassing, especially Gu Family’s prospective groom Hua Qingye, who would have deemed Sun Simiao as a disgrace and, being vindictive, eliminating the man who shamed the Gu Family is naturally logical.

Silently poisoning Sun Simiao, causing his death without a trace, while Sun Youwei was seriously ill and couldn’t live past twenty, waiting for her to die slowly seemed plausible...

This method leaves no trace, preventing Hua Qingye from discovering the truth.

"How is that possible? Didn’t your master die of illness? What does it have to do with our Inquiry Sect?" Situ Wan’s face changed drastically as she thought of another possibility but dared not delve further.

"My master fell ill due to unjust grievance, but being a doctor himself, though his illness was incurable, it wouldn’t worsen so quickly to lead to death. I checked, my master had been poisoned by chronic toxins before his death. My senior sister and I were the closest to him, and it’s unlikely we poisoned him. Then who poisoned him? Could it be my master himself?" Lin Miao stood up and approached Situ Wan step by step.

"I knew nothing about your master being poisoned. I heard news of you from Miss Hua and sought you both out. After finding that you and Youwei relocated from Qingping Town to Dongshan City to avoid the Huang Family, I assumed the name Luu Wan and a false identity to come to the residence." Situ Wan explained.