After some time, an eagle's cry came from the skies. Li Chengfeng stood on Lei Yan's giant back and looked down. Xiaobao and Han Tianxing were both riding on a giant Peng, flying beside him.
It was not that Li Chengfeng did not want them both to ride on Lei Yan's back, but Lei Yan did not want anyone other than Li Chengfeng to get close to it.
Li Chengfeng sat on the Thunder Flame and flew along the official road. His eyes looked down at the ground, observing every corner of the ground.
Based on Li Chengfeng's deductions, he knew that Yuehan would not be flying with Little Bamboo, nor would she be taking the train on the official highway. That would require a travel permit and an official record, which was equivalent to an identity card and a household register.
Coincidentally, Yuehan did not have either. Moreover, based on her personality, she would not go to such sensitive places.
After all, those who could afford to ride on the official train were either rich or powerful. If they were spotted, they would be easily exposed.
Hence, her only choice was a horse carriage. And since she had chosen a horse carriage, she could only take the official road!
That was why Li Chengfeng chased after them along the official road. When they were almost out of Taizhou, his gaze suddenly froze. With a thought, Lei Yan flapped its wings and flew down.
Xiaobao and Han Tianxing were confused but could only follow the Peng.
On the road, two rocs descended from the sky. Lei Yan landed in the middle of the road. His wingspan was twenty to thirty meters, blocking the entire road. He was five to six meters tall, and when he landed, he was six to seven meters tall. He looked like a small moving mountain.
Another Peng landed next to Lei Yan. It was equally large, and even with Xiaobao and Han Tianxing on its back, it still looked spacious.
However, when this Peng stood next to Lei Yan, it was like a sparrow next to a ferocious bird. Not only was it petite, its aura was even more adorable.
The usually arrogant Pengs were the kings of ferocious birds. However, in front of Lei Yan, they were all submissive, not daring to raise their heads.
After Lei Yan landed, it glanced contemptuously at the Peng, as well as Xiaobao and Han Tianxing who had jumped off its back. It then turned its head away, as if it did not want to look at them, ashamed to be associated with weaklings like them.
"Senior Brother, why are we stopping here?"
Han Tianxing watched in confusion as Li Chengfeng walked towards an overturned carriage. He and Xiaobao chased after him.
Li Chengfeng scanned his surroundings, then raised his hand to stop them, gesturing for them to stay away. He circled the carriage, rubbing his chin.
"Don't you think it's strange that there's an overturned carriage on the road, but no one is there to care about it …" Li Chengfeng suddenly turned to look at them. "Isn't that strange?"
Han Tianxing did not have much experience in the martial world so he knew Li Chengfeng was reminding him. He quickly asked, "Perhaps passersby are just trying to protect themselves?"
Li Chengfeng asked again, "What about the driver?
Why did the driver disappear as well?
Look, these two horses are still here, and so is the carriage, but why has the driver disappeared?
The horses and carriages are the coachmen's lifeblood. They would never run away on their own if the carriages overturned. "
Han Tianxing snapped out of his daze. "Senior brother, you mean … they met someone powerful?"
Li Chengfeng shook his head. "If they met someone powerful, why didn't they take these two horses away?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the two horses that had reared up in fright at the sight of Lei Yan. "These two horses are worth a lot of money!"
Han Tianxing thought for a moment. "Senior Brother, you mean … this has something to do with the person we're chasing?"
Li Chengfeng pointed at the messy footprints and wheel marks on the ground. "People rarely walk on this road but there are so many footprints here. Some are deep, some are shallow, some are blurry but some are still clear. This means that there were many people here, at least ten to twenty of them!"
Xiaobao said, "Yeah, these people must have robbed this carriage!
Where did they come from?
And … what does this have to do with us? "
Li Chengfeng immediately asked, "Then look, there are no footprints around us, as if they appeared out of thin air …"
Han Tianxing's eyes lit up. "These are the footprints of cultivators?!"
In this world, only the cultivators who could come and go as they pleased would be like this. They came and went without a trace.
Li Chengfeng nodded. "These people must be chasing Yue Han!"
Han Tianxing was surprised. "What a coincidence!
Senior Brother, how can you be so sure? "
Li Chengfeng pointed at his nose proudly. "With this nose of mine, as long as I've smelled something, I will never forget it!"
As he spoke, he sniffed and carefully observed the ground. After a while, he suddenly found an extremely short hairpin tip on the ground.
Li Chengfeng sniffed and said solemnly, "This is Yue Han's hairpin … she was taken away!"
Xiaobao gasped, "Who could have taken her away?"
Li Chengfeng shook his head. "I don't know but whoever could have taken her away must not be easy to deal with!"
Han Tianxing asked, "Who took her away?"
Li Chengfeng shook his head again. "I don't know …"
"Why don't you ask, why did they take her away? And where did they take her?"
Li Chengfeng looked around and said, "Look at where this carriage stopped. It stopped when it was being chased from behind. Because the horses were startled, the carriage tilted and flipped over.
If they were waiting in front, the coachman would have seen them from afar and stopped the carriage naturally. The horses wouldn't have been so startled. "
Han Tianxing could not help but ask, "But what if these cultivators attacked the carriage from the front?"
Li Chengfeng pointed at the scene. "There are no signs of a fight here, meaning there was no intense conflict.
I guessed that Yue Han must have used her illusion to escape from this place, but her illusion was broken. That's why she didn't put up any resistance and just followed them.
With her abilities, she could have escaped if she wanted to. However, she did not and even left clues for me. This means there was someone else with her. This person prevented her from escaping alone. "
Xiaobao clapped his hands and exclaimed, "This must be Little Bamboo!"
Fortunately, these Star City Sect disciples did not cultivate well enough to leave footprints on the muddy ground, allowing Li Chengfeng to deduce what had happened using other clues.
When Han Tianxing saw that Li Chengfeng thought it was odd that the carriage had flipped over, he decided to land and investigate. After some investigation, he used some clues to deduce the entire incident. Although he could not tell if it was true or not, it sounded logical and flawless!
Even if it was not the truth, it was not far from it!
Han Tianxing prostrated, "Senior Brother, you're amazing! I … admire you!"
Xiaobao rolled his eyes, as if he was used to this. "Then where did they take Sister Yue Han?"
Li Chengfeng said, "These cultivators either brought Yuehan and Little Zhu back to the sect or … to the Divine Capital!"
He looked back for a while and said, "These people came from the same direction as Taiyang, and they came so fast. There are no powerful cultivation sects in the vicinity of Taiyang, which means … these cultivators must have received the news as soon as possible!"
Han Tianxing's eyes brightened. "Which powerful sect would receive news of Taiyang first?"
Li Chengfeng smirked. "The fastest way to transmit news is not the cultivation sects, but the government!
The only one who could spread news of this massacre so quickly and accurately … is the person involved!
And the person involved … "
Xiaobao and Han Tianxing said in unison, "It's the Fourth Prince!"