Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 512: 329, Daytime Joint Operation

Los Angeles Lijing Gate, within the residence of Kunlun Headquarter.

A group of Kunlun members were sitting around Xiao Ying, when Lu Yuan, his eyes bright and piercing, asked, “Were you on the scene when Li Changqing was attacked?”

“Yes,” Xiao Ying nodded, “That night Li Changqing had first gone to stay overnight at Qing Chen’s place…”

“Hold on a second!” Lu Yuan was stunned. They had called Xiao Ying back from his field duty precisely to understand the whole incident, but they hadn’t expected such a fantastical beginning to the story.

Lu Yuan said, “We want to know about the combat intelligence from that night, not this kind of improper stuff!”

Another Kunlun member whispered from the side, “Lu Yuan… we’d rather hear about this first.”

Lu Yuan: “…Alright then.”

Xiao Ying, animated, said, “I’ve told you guys before, Qing Chen was brought into the midslope estate by Li Changqing, and later, under Li Changqing’s arrangement, he became an instructor at the ‘Zhixin Bieyuan’ of Li’s School.”

“Mhm,” Lu Yuan nodded.

Xiao Ying continued, “After he joined Zhixin Bieyuan, he got those Li’s youngsters into quite a tough spot. Later on, Li’s Secretariat arranged for him to stay at Autumn Leaf Courtyard in the midslope estate, which is said to have been the residence of the current Family Head’s former teacher.”

In the Inner World of consortiums, every Family Head holds power akin to an Emperor, and the Family Head’s teacher is regarded like an Imperial Instructor.

They may not possess much power, but their status is exceptionally high.

Lu Yuan questioned, “How come Qing Chen’s status rose so quickly? And, if he’s only good at combat, it shouldn’t warrant the Li Family’s disciples to formally take him as their master, right?”

Xiao Ying lowered his voice and said, “I heard…”

Lu Yuan slapped him on the back of his head, “You’re on your own turf, what’s with the low voice creating a mysterious atmosphere? Just speak properly.”

“Uh,” Xiao Ying said, “I heard that he somehow got hold of orthodox cultivation methods, and those Li Family disciples took him as their master to learn this method of cultivation.”

Lu Yuan paused, “Wait, the cultivation method he holds, is it from the Knight Organization?”

Lu Yuan had some hazy clues in his mind, but couldn’t quite connect them just yet.

However, Xiao Ying thought for a moment before saying, “It probably has nothing to do with the Knights. He possesses the method for double cultivation, and now quite a few people within the Li Family are saying he’s from the sect of Joy…”

“What?!” the Kunlun members were shocked, “What the heck?”

At this moment, Qing Chen himself had no knowledge that his organization’s reputation had begun to decline in the Outer World.

“Really,” Xiao Ying said, “After those Li Family disciples took him as their master, each one of them rushed to Li’s Secretariat to request the Clan arrange marriages for them. You understand, those disciples originally fled to the army to avoid marital arrangements, but now with the method of double cultivation, one by one they couldn’t wait to get married.”

In fact, people like Li Su had all signed confidentiality agreements and were complying with them thoroughly.

Thus, the outside world had no idea what was going on, and could only guess.

Xiao Ying said, “A bunch coming back from army service to take up cultivation as disciples, and suddenly asking the Clan to grant marriages, what else could it be if not for the method of double cultivation…”

At that moment, the word ‘double cultivation’ had Lu Yuan’s head spinning.

Xiao Ying continued, “That night, Li Changqing received a tip from an informer that Jindai Tongwu’s whereabouts had been found.”

“Jindai Tongwu, the person in charge of foreign intelligence for the Jindai family,” Lu Yuan said, “I know of him.”

“Yeah,” Xiao Ying nodded, “Thus, that night Li Changqing left Autumn Leaf Courtyard and took a team to capture Jindai Tongwu. Unexpectedly, a mole within the Li Family leaked Li Changqing’s whereabouts. The sudden appearance of Jindai Tongwu that night turned out to be a trap. On the way to Changsha Gate Street, the convoy was ambushed, and even the snipers that Li Changqing had arranged in advance were discovered and killed by the Jindai family, replaced by their own snipers.”

Xiao Ying said, “You all probably heard about what happened next: the sniper appeared and threw the Jindai family’s plan into chaos.”

The matter of the sniper was something that Lu Yuan and the others were more or less aware of.

“What’s strange is,” Xiao Ying said, “the sniper wasn’t arranged by Li Changqing, and she doesn’t even know who the sniper is. Later, it seemed she had some guesses and immediately went back to the midslope estate’s Autumn Leaf Courtyard to look for Qing Chen, only to find that Qing Chen wasn’t there.”

Lu Yuan frowned, “Qing Chen was the sniper? Then does that mean he’s the Daytime Boss?”

“Not exactly. Later it was confirmed that Qing Chen had actually been secretly invited to the Baopu Tower that night by the Family Head, so he was not in Autumn Leaf Courtyard,” Xiao Ying said, “And I also specifically checked the visitor logs of the midslope estate; Qing Chen’s name was not there. You know how strict the midslope estate is, anyone entering or leaving would definitely leave a trace. He didn’t leave the midslope estate.”

Xiao Ying said, “The sniper was probably that Daytime Boss, right? Qing Chen gets along well with Li Changqing, and Qing Chen is also an important member of the Daytime organization. It makes sense that he would take action.”

Just a moment ago, Lu Yuan had suspected that Qing Chen was the Daytime Boss himself, but he also acknowledged Xiao Ying’s point of view; it was impossible for Qing Chen to have slipped out of the midslope estate undetected, and Baopu Tower wouldn’t collude with Qing Chen to lie.