Chapter 303: Chapter 34: Walking on Water, Practicing Archery in the Lake Chapter 303: Chapter 34: Walking on Water, Practicing Archery in the Lake Outside the Xie Mansion.

Xie Xiaojiu sat inside the carriage, which was taking her on its own towards the Inspection Office.

Upon reaching the turn into an alley.

“Big Yellow, stop!” Xie Xiaojiu commanded.

The horse pulling the carriage immediately came to a halt.

“That’s a fine horse!” Jiang Ning complimented, as he stood beside the alleyway.

Even though he had witnessed the horse’s extraordinary human-like intelligence yesterday, which allowed it to understand human speech, Jiang Ning was still awestruck to witness it again.

To understand human speech, a certain level of intelligence was obviously required.

In his previous life, only a few animals were capable of such intelligence.

However, with a change of thought to the wonders of this world, Jiang Ning suddenly came to terms with it.

“My Lord, please get in!” Xie Xiaojiu lifted the carriage curtain, revealing half of her beautiful profile.

Upon hearing her words, Jiang Ning lightly leaped onto the carriage and then bent down to get inside.

“Apologies for the wait, my Lord!” Xie Xiaojiu opened with an apologetic face.

Jiang Ning shook his head and then asked, “Is there any news of the Yellow Heaven Sect?”

“Yes!” Xie Xiaojiu nodded and took out a folded piece of paper from her waist: “My Lord, have a look!”

Jiang Ning took the folded paper and slowly looked it over.

He had finished perusing the several hundred characters of the record in just a few moments.

“Someone entered the Yellow Heaven Sect’s base last night?” Jiang Ning inquired.

“Yes!” Xie Xiaojiu nodded: “According to reports from our people below, someone shrouded in a hooded cloak entered the Yellow Heaven Sect’s base through the main gate in the dead of night around 3 a.m.”

“Who do you think this person was, and why would they deliberately reveal their tracks?” Jiang Ning mused with a contemplative expression.

From a preliminary judgment, Jiang Ning felt the mysterious individual was not simple.

If they weren’t simple, and if they had intended to hide, why would they appear at the gate of the Yellow Heaven Sect’s base during the third watch of the night?

Any capable person who wished to stay hidden wouldn’t be discovered by those shadowing them.

It was just like himself, who had been coming and going from the Xie Mansion over the past few days without attracting anyone’s attention.

And with impressive abilities, one’s senses would also be extraordinary compared to common folk, making it easy to detect unusual gazes and those shadowing them nearby.

Hearing the two questions from Jiang Ning, Xie Xiaojiu pondered for a moment and then responded.

“My Lord, I truly can’t comprehend the two questions you asked.”

Jiang Ning simply smiled upon hearing her words.

It wasn’t only Xie Xiaojiu who couldn’t understand; he couldn’t either.

After pondering for a while, Jiang Ning temporarily set aside the question.

If there was an opportunity later, he would personally go and investigate.

But not now, as getting close to Liu Linmen, he had no certainty of remaining undetected by Liu Linmen.

Liu Linmen, who was of the Fifth Grade Internal Strength Realm, had demonstrated his powerful senses to him just a few nights ago.

Even in utter darkness and amidst a torrential downpour, Liu Linmen could still detect arrows shot with supernatural speed at critical moments.

From this, one could see that the senses of such a formidable person like Liu Linmen were truly extraordinary.

There was no chance of being followed without being noticed.

If he were to go rashly, it would be easy for Liu Linmen to detect him.

“No rush!” Jiang Ning secretly reassured himself: “I’m still safe for now, there’s no need to take risks; the key lies in continuing to enhance my strength.”

…

Half an hour later.

The carriage entered the Inspection Office.

Just as they stepped out of it.

Pitter-patter–
Drops of rain tapped against the carriage.

At this moment, just having exited the carriage, Xie Xiaojiu involuntarily shrank her neck slightly.

“My Lord, it’s started to rain!”

Jiang Ning nodded.

Drop by drop, the rain full of the autumn air fell from the overcast sky.

Falling on his neck, it immediately brought a bone-chilling cold.

This rain was the first real rain Jiang Ning had encountered since coming to this world.

The previous rains were all due to his use of the Divine Skill “Cloud Formation and Rainfall” which brought about heavy rain.

Now, this rain was truly natural rainfall.

Feeling the rain soak his skin, Jiang Ning felt invigorated, his Essence Qi spirit growing even more vibrant.

“Let’s go inside and take shelter from the rain,” Jiang Ning suggested.

…

Several hours later.

On the banks of the Luoshui River.

“Hu–”
Looking at the vast expanse of the lake in front of him, Jiang Ning felt incredibly refreshed.

After dealing with some urgent matters at the Inspection Office, he had walked out.

From the most recent urgent matters he had handled, he also roughly grasped the direction the Inspection Office’s people were taking.

As per Hong Minghu’s instructions, Luoshui County was making an all-out effort to eradicate the God Worship Sect.

And these past few days, while implementing Hong Minghu’s instructions.

However, the subordinates below hadn’t achieved much.

It seemed as if the God Worship Sect had vanished overnight.

Regarding this matter, Jiang Ning simply became aware of it and then stopped paying attention.

He had known before that the God Worship Sect was not so simple.

If they were, how could the God Worship Sect’s idols have been enshrined in the City God Temple, allowing the entire city’s populace to worship them?

In Jiang Ning’s view, the God Worship Sect was not only involved with the Cao family but also deeply intertwined with both the Liu and Xie families, and even with the County Lord.

That County Lord may seem to have no presence now, and since arriving in this part of the world, Jiang Ning had not even seen the County Lord in person.

But Jiang Ning felt that the County Lord would not remain silent so easily.

Furthermore, from what he had seen a few nights before, he knew that the God Worship Sect might have some connection with the Yellow Heaven Sect.

With the reports coming in over the past few days, Jiang Ning thought this possibility very likely.

If not for someone’s protection, how could the God Worship Sect, which had been operating in Luoshui County for so long and left so many traces, suddenly vanish without a trace?

Afterward.