Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 27: Grandson

Ling Bo had long noticed Kong Hou standing among the crowd. Within a group of people with average appearance, an exceptional young woman would be extremely eye-catching. However, she saw the other’s bone age was just fifteen or so yet she already had Base Building fifth level cultivation, so she moved her gaze away.

Seeing Kong Hou help her ask the guests at the inn, Ling Bo spoke, “Miss, you are?”

“This one is a disciple of Splendid Cloud Sect, Kong Hou.” Kong Hou bowed towards Ling Bo. “Greetings, Celestial Ling Bo.”

“Greetings, Celestial Kong Hou.” Ling Bo returned a bow, her expression growing slightly more solemn. She had heard of Kong Hou’s name before. Two years ago, Master had said to her that Splendid Cloud Sect had a genius just like her. The other had reached Base Building at the age of fourteen. She hadn’t expected they would meet here. Ling Bo felt complicated about Kong Hou. She admired the other’s talent, but disliked the other for stealing her limelight. So, at this moment, she didn’t know if she liked this young woman or not.

Everyone else was shocked. What day was it today that they encountered disciples from two big sects? Someone also thought about how a wastrel had propositioned Kong Hou during the day. If that wastrel knew that this miss was a disciple of Splendid Cloud Sect, his knees would go weak.

“When Miss Kong Hou was sleeping tonight, did you detect anything?” Ling Bo asked.

Kong Hou shook her head. “Tonight was exceptionally quiet. I only came out after hearing the scream.” She looked around. “Who screamed?”

That scream had been exceptionally harsh, so that she didn’t know if it had been a man or woman.

Surprisingly, everyone present said that they had come downstairs after hearing the scream. No one admitted they were the one to find the corpse.

Seeing this, Ling Bo’s expression turned ugly again. That scream had been to lure them out. Maybe the culprit was pretending to be clueless right now, smugly looking at them and laughing at the uselessness of Clear Dawn Sect.

He was embarrassing Clear Dawn Sect.

When she thought of this, Ling Bo’s beautiful face was stained with anger. “The culprit wants to become an enemy of Clear Dawn Sect?” She could endure many things, but she could not shame Clear Dawn Sect.

The other people saw Ling Bo become angry and swore at the evil cultivator among them. They also feared that they would be the next one to die and started to suspect the people around them.

“Celestial Ling Bo, since the matter occurred in Mound City, why do we not send someone to notify the mayor of Mound City so he can cooperate with the investigation?” Kong Hou saw Ling Bo’s servant girls blocking off the doors to stop everyone from leaving. “That way, you will have more helpers.”

“Had they been able to find the culprit, they would have caught the culprit last month—why would this have occurred today?” Ling Bo’s tone was slightly aloof. “Celestial Kong Hou, this is a matter of Clear Dawn Sect. Please, Celestial, allow this one to be in charge.”

This person disdained her for meddling?

Kong Hou leaned against the stair railing, her arms crossed as she said lazily, “As Celestial Ling Bo wishes.” Finishing, she closed her eyes and began to rest.

The other clearly had not argued with her and didn’t even say a heavy word, but Ling Bo felt, strangely, that she was choking on her breath but couldn’t vent her anger. She said to her servants with a dark expression, “Store away Yue Lian’s corpse. We will bury her tomorrow.”