novelpos Chapter 2490 Action
Chapter 2490 Action
Since the background of these people has not yet been fully investigated, Li Yan could not use torture to extract confessions from them. He first politely invited them to sit down and had tea made for them.
"Young Master Li, what's wrong...?"
To be honest, these people were a little flattered to see Li Yan offering them seats and tea.
After all, Li Yan is one of the world's most outstanding geniuses, and he is also the future head of the Li family. If they wanted to meet such a person on a normal day, it would be extremely difficult, or even impossible.
"No rush, have some tea first, and we'll talk after you've finished," Li Yan said, gesturing for them to join in.
Upon hearing this, the group hesitated slightly, seemingly wondering if the tea was poisoned.
Seeing this, Li Yan did not hesitate and picked up one of the cups and drank it all in one gulp.
"Drink up without worry. If I really wanted to harm you, you wouldn't be here alive to see me," Li Yan said frankly.
"That seems to be the truth."
Hearing Li Yan say this, the group lowered their guard and began to drink tea.
During their tea ceremony, Li Yan suddenly asked, "Gentlemen, which one of you is the person in charge here from Tianya Haijiao?"
His question was very casual, as if he were talking to an old friend.
Little did he know that when he said those words, several people who were drinking tea choked on their tea.
The Tianya Haijiao organization is notorious; everyone knows it.
Now Li Yan actually said that there are people from all over the world among them, how can this be allowed?
So they choked on their tea because they were so shocked.
“Young Master Li, we are all respectable people and have absolutely no connection with assassin organizations. Don’t try to pin this on us,” one of them quickly defended himself.
“Yes, yes, none of us are assassins,” the others quickly echoed.
What a joke! The people from the Tianya Haijiao organization are practically rats in the street, hated by everyone. And now Li Yan is saying they have connections with this organization.
Once this is confirmed, even without Li Yan's intervention, others will kill them.
“What decent person would go to the pharmacy in the north of the city every few days for no reason?” Hearing their rebuttal, Li Yan immediately sneered: “According to the information I’ve received, you go to the pharmacy at least three times a day. I’d like to ask you why you go there so often?”
"Is it for delivering a message?"
"Or is it for some other shady business?"
As Li Yan spoke, his voice grew colder and colder, putting increasing psychological pressure on the group of people.
However, these people really didn't seem to have any connection with the Tianya Haijiao organization. Seeing that Li Yan was really trying to link them to this assassin organization, one of them quickly explained, "We went to the pharmacy to provide them with pills."
"We are all full-time alchemists at the pharmacy."
"We were only there to deliver elixirs to them."
"Ok?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yan couldn't help but show a look of surprise, because he hadn't expected to hear such an explanation.
The pharmacy mainly sells medicinal herbs and pills, yet these people claim to be alchemists?
And it was to deliver elixirs?
"Is that so?" Li Yan's gaze fell on his protector.
“Larger pharmacies do indeed employ a group of alchemists behind the scenes,” said Li Yan’s protector.
Upon hearing this, Li Yan's brows furrowed deeply once again.
Li Yan had initially thought that the people he had captured might be assassins, but he never expected that they were actually alchemists behind the pharmacy, which was something he hadn't anticipated.
"Brother Qin, can you see anything unusual?" With no idea what to do for the moment, Li Yan immediately turned his attention to Qin Fei, who was standing to the side.
Before these people were sent over, Li Yan had already discussed it with Qin Fei. He would be responsible for using words to trick them, while Qin Fei would be responsible for carefully observing their eyes, expressions, and other changes.
Even the most well-trained assassins will show changes in expression when faced with unexpected situations. If they can detect these changes, they may be able to uncover the mastermind behind the assassin.
Now that these people seem to have proven their innocence, Li Yan can only ask Qin Fei if he saw anything.
"Let them go back," Qin Fei said simply.
"Didn't you find anything?"
Upon hearing Qin Fei's words, Li Yan's face showed surprise.
It's a shame he just performed for so long, only to find out it was all a waste of time.
"Let's talk about it after they leave," Qin Fei said.
"Row."
Li Yan nodded, then his attitude completely changed. He said to the people who were drinking tea with a blank expression, "I have other things to do. You can go about your business."
"Come here, see the guests off!"
He had been very polite to these people before in order to create a shock effect, but now that they were no longer of any value to him, he no longer needed to be polite to them.
"Isn't this turning your back on us?"
Hearing Li Yan's words, these people felt quite indignant.
However, they only say these things in their hearts and would never dare to express them aloud.
After all, the mere mention of Li Yan's name was enough to crush them all.
In the end, these people were asked to leave the mansion by the Li family, without even being given a chance to speak.
After they all left, Li Yan approached Qin Fei and asked, "Aren't these people among them?"
“Their behavior was perfectly normal, and the changes in their eyes were also within the normal range. They are not the assassins we are looking for,” Qin Fei said.
You should know that Qin Fei was using his X-ray vision to see these people.
Therefore, Qin Fei could detect even the slightest change in their expression or eyes.
It can only be said that they arrested the wrong people this time; these people were not the assassins they were looking for at all.
"Now that these people have been cleared of suspicion, the only one left is the one from the Divine Martial Sect..."
Mentioning this person, Li Yan's brows furrowed slightly again.
To be honest, he really didn't want to deal with this faction, because they were notoriously protective of their own. Once, someone killed one of their sect's menial disciples, and the very next day, the sect behind the killer was wiped out, leaving no survivors.
From the ancestral master behind them to the beasts and birds below, none escaped death; they all perished suddenly.
It is said that after this battle, some people who spoke out for this sect were soon found dead. From then on, the fearsome reputation of the Divine Martial Sect began to spread, causing many people to avoid their disciples, fearing that they would be targeted by them.
But now that a disciple of the Divine Martial Sect is a suspect, this is certainly a tricky situation to deal with.
If the Divine Martial Sect were merely a power comparable to a family like the Qi family, then Li Yan could certainly act with impunity. However, the key point is that their foundation is no less than that of the Li family.
If this is not handled properly, the Li family could face a crisis.
"Brother Qin, what do you think we should do about this?" Unable to make a decision, Li Yan turned his gaze to Qin Fei, wanting to hear his opinion.
Qin Fei is not the head of the Li family, nor can he mobilize the strong members within their family. Therefore, Li Yan has passed the buck to him, which naturally puts Qin Fei in a difficult position.
He could see that Li Yan had very deep concerns, but he just wanted to say that no matter what kind of power the Divine Martial Sect was, everything had to be based on reason.
If someone within their sect truly has connections with Tianya Haijiao, then even the Divine Martial Sect would probably find it difficult to protect them.
However, Qin Fei knew in his heart that it was better not to say such things, after all, he now needed to think about the problem from Li Yan's perspective.
Li Yan definitely didn't want to touch this Shenwu Sect disciple, so why should he force it?
"Brother Li, I think we should just let this matter go. Even if we trace the assassin's source, there's a possibility that his source has even more sources. So why waste our energy?"
"That won't work!"
Upon hearing Qin Fei's words, Li Yan immediately shook his head and retorted, "Since I've gotten involved in this matter, I'm going to see it through to the end. It's my style to see things through to the end, so you don't need to worry about it. I'll handle it."
"Brother Li, listen to my advice. Although you now hold a very high status, you are not the head of the Li family after all. You still need to be cautious about some crucial decisions," Qin Fei said very seriously.
"I'm being cautious?"
"What will you do all by yourself?"
"Are you planning to take on the Divine Martial Sect by yourself?" Li Yan retorted.
“I think that whether it’s the Li family or the Divine Martial Sect, they all have to follow the same principle. If we can confirm that their disciples are involved with the Tianya Haijiao organization, then even the Divine Martial Sect probably wouldn’t dare to stand up for their people, right?”
The Tianya Haijiao organization is different from the Dark Soul organization on Earth. The Dark Soul organization was so powerful that even if they killed people, no one could judge them.
However, the Tianya Haijiao organization is definitely not as strong as these top-tier forces, so once their people are caught, they are indeed universally condemned.
No matter how powerful the Divine Martial Sect is, if it were to harbor members of the Ends of the Earth Organization, their reputation would be ruined.
For a top-tier power like the Divine Martial Sect, Qin Fei didn't believe they were completely indifferent to their reputation.
"Let's observe him for another two or three days, and only take action after we confirm that his behavior is indeed suspicious," Li Yan said.
"Since you are in charge, then everything is up to you."
Qin Fei has already explained his thinking; it is up to Li Yan to decide how to choose.