Chapter 440: Did This Servant Do Something Wrong?

Ji Kongliu had originally wanted to chat a bit more with Yang Ling and brief him on some matters, but he was called away.

It seemed he needed to report the situation to the Director of the First Division of the Strategy Division.

Now only Yang Ling, Lu Xiangdi, and the others remained here.

As for everyone else, they had either returned to the cabins or kept their distance, occasionally sneaking glances in their direction.

"Brother Yang, it's a good thing you arrived in time this time, otherwise we might have all been thrown overboard to feed the fish."

Lu Xiangdi and the others crowded around, their faces full of gratitude.

This was a life-saving debt, and they deeply understood just how terrifying the situation they had just experienced was.

Yang Ling mused, "They weren't looking to make trouble for you. You just happened to get caught in it."

Lu Xiangdi and the others could figure that out too, but they still felt immensely grateful, tinged with a hint of excitement.

Having been through this, did that mean they had now boarded the great ship that was Rank One Yang?

Although they had been humiliated just now, the returns afterward were enormous!

Sun Jiayi suddenly looked at the player who had falsely accused them, her eyes burning with fury:

"Lin Dayuan, we had no grudge against you. You screwed us over for just three hundred taels of silver?"

Lin Dayuan said awkwardly, "Don't get angry just yet. I really did wrong this time. I had no idea they would go this far.

When I took the money, I thought you'd at most get... a small lesson.

I even planned to use part of the money to buy Healing Pills for you to recover..."

If he hadn't said anything, it might have been fine, but the moment he said that, dozens of players present looked at him as if they wanted to throw him overboard to feed the fish.

"Lin Dayuan, who was the player that privately messaged and directed you this time? They should be on this ship too, right?"

Yang Ling's words made Lin Dayuan feel as if he had plunged into an ice cellar.

Lu Xiangdi and the others were also stunned. A player who privately messaged and directed Lin Dayuan?

Wasn't it local natives targeting the Ironclad Department and this Rank One Yang?

Lin Dayuan's scalp went numb. He stared at Yang Ling dumbly, struck speechless for a moment.

"What? Afraid the Immortal God Sect will come after you? This time you were the first to defect. In the eyes of those lunatics from the Immortal God Sect, you're already a corpse."

Yang Ling smiled. "You're a smart man. You know what I mean."

Immortal God Sect? Lu Xiangdi and the others suddenly understood, and then gasped sharply in their hearts.

Not long ago, they had also seen the Immortal God Sect's targeting of Yang Ling on the Divine Realm Communication Channel.

They hadn't expected that this incident was also orchestrated by the Immortal God Sect?

"What kind of ability does Li Fengxian, the Sect Leader of the Immortal God Sect, have to be able to stir up wind and rain even in the Divine Realm?"

"Damn it, these lunatics have already turned the real world into a mess..."

"Not long ago I talked to a player who had just arrived. They said heretic organizations are now all rising in the outside world, and the Emergency Response Department doesn't even have the time to investigate the Immortal God Sect."

"Lin Dayuan, you motherfucker, you're working with the Immortal God Sect?"

Some players couldn't help but roll up their sleeves, wanting to fight.

Lin Dayuan finally understood. He lowered his voice:

"Chief Constable Yang, I'll take you to him. He's on this ship."

Yang Ling signaled for Lin Dayuan to lead the way, and didn't let Lu Xiangdi and the others follow.

Wherever the two went, eyes followed.

Soon, Lin Dayuan led Yang Ling to a group of young men and women chatting idly.

When they saw Yang Ling, a trace of wariness appeared in their eyes.

The earlier sight of this fellow killing a Seventh-Rank expert of the Water Transport Guild was still fresh in their minds. For him to now come looking for them, what did that mean?

Yang Ling was also somewhat surprised. Earlier, when everyone had been watching the show, this group had stood the farthest away, the most reserved.

Lin Dayuan pointed at one of them, a eunuch dressed in Ninth-Rank eunuch attire identical to Zhang Wei's:

"Chief Constable Yang, it's him. This guy is Wang Hang."

Wang Hang? Yang Ling suddenly remembered that not long ago, when Zhang Wei had just been injured, someone on the Divine Realm Communication Channel had explained the Class Change to eunuch.

That player had been Wang Hang.

Wang Hang narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Lin Dayuan, then his gaze landed on Yang Ling. There was not a trace of fear in his eyes, only a hint of mockery.

"Chief Constable Yang, what's the matter with this little eunuch by my side?"

A young man smiled faintly.

"And you are?"

Yang Ling looked the man up and down, though he already knew.

He had already seen the clues from the other's Status Panel.

This man also cultivated a Top-Tier Internal Technique and a First-Class Martial Arts Technique. His name was Zhao Yuan.

"Yang Ling, this is the Fifth Prince."

Someone said coldly.

"So it's the Fifth Prince."

Yang Ling cupped his fist in salute. "This subordinate Yang Ling, greetings to the Fifth Prince."

Zhao Yuan said with a faint smile, "The person beside you is the Canal Worker who just falsely accused your subordinate. Why has he brought you to seek out the little eunuch by this Prince's side?"

He paused. "Little Hangzi, do you know what this is about?"

Wang Hang said in a thin, soft voice:

"Replying to the Fifth Prince, this servant does not know."

Yang Ling and Lin Dayuan both felt a bit creeped out.

This guy got into character that fast?

At that moment, several more figures suddenly stepped forward.

Among them were two old eunuchs. Their faces were expressionless, eyes slightly narrowed, staring at Yang Ling like venomous snakes.

"These two are about as strong as Eunuch Xu. They're Fifth-Rank experts from the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs."

Yang Ling opened the two old eunuchs' Status Panels and took a look. He wasn't surprised.

After all, when a prince of the Zhao family traveled, it was standard for Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs experts to attend at his side.

"Chief Constable Yang's official prestige just now truly impressed us. Little Hangzi is our godson. I wonder how he has offended Chief Constable Yang?"

One of the eunuchs suddenly let out a light laugh, his voice slightly effeminate.

Yang Ling suspected this one was deliberately putting it on. After all, Fifth-Rank grandmasters could regenerate severed limbs.

Xu Wuji's voice was perfectly normal, more manly than a man's.

Lin Dayuan was already regretting this. He hadn't expected Wang Hang's master to be a prince.

Even less had he expected Wang Hang to be the godson of an old eunuch.

This old eunuch was clearly an expert at a glance!

Before Yang Ling could speak, Wang Hang bowed to the old eunuch again:

"Godfather, this servant also doesn't know how I offended Chief Constable Yang."

Then he looked at Yang Ling, his face full of innocence:

"Chief Constable Yang, this servant does not know this Canal Worker who falsely accused the Ironclad. I wonder why Chief Constable Yang has come to seek this servant?

Did this servant do something wrong?"

[Wang Hang (Private Chat): Fool, if you have the guts, try arresting me in front of the Fifth Prince, the Sixth Prince, and the two Fifth-Rank Grand Eunuchs of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs]

[Wang Hang (Private Chat): Offending our Immortal God Sect, you should have known we would strike back. Consider yourself lucky today. Next time it won't be so simple]

[Wang Hang (Private Chat): Also, the Sect Leader told me to pass along a message. He said he's been watching you all along, and hopes to see your spectacular performance on Fire Flood Dragon Island. Hehe]

Wang Hang looked at Yang Ling with a smiling face, as if he had never sent those private messages, still wearing that innocent expression.

"Wu Xiaoshuai, is he the Immortal God Sect heretic cultist you said sold you the explosives?"

A familiar voice sounded from behind Yang Ling.

Wang Hang's expression suddenly froze.

Yang Ling turned to look. Li Zhong stood behind him, with the disheveled Wu Xiaoshuai in tow.

Beside Li Zhong were Ji Kongliu, Wei Xing, and several other Directors from the Public Security Division.

"Lord Li, you boarded the ship too?"

Yang Ling looked at Wu Xiaoshuai, then at Wang Hang, and suddenly smiled.

He had just had no way to deal with Wang Hang at all.

But the appearance of Li Zhong and Wu Xiaoshuai instantly made him realize that Wang Hang was the trusted confidant who had recruited Wu Xiaoshuai on Luo Kai's behalf.

Li Zhong's secret boarding of the ship clearly meant he was still investigating that case which had already been 'closed' on the surface.