When the crowd saw Yun Ming look toward the City Lord's Mansion and the Martial Soul Hall while asking about the mastermind, the entire assembly erupted in an uproar.
Ye Chuan's expression tightened at the sight.
Seeing Yun Ming looking at them, Feng Dianchen's face turned cold, and he asked Yun Ming in a low, heavy tone.
"Young friend, one must be responsible for their words, especially regarding the Martial Soul Hall."
"It is not to be blasphemed!!!"
At this point, Feng Dianchen, as the Hall Master of the Martial Soul Main Hall and a peak Soul Saint, unleashed his full aura, pressing down directly upon the young junior who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
Yun Ming remained completely unaffected by the pressure and continued speaking.
"Don't be so hasty, Hall Master Feng. I never said that person was necessarily from the Martial Soul Hall."
"To that friend behind the scenes, if I'm not mistaken, you likely wanted the outside world to believe that the mastermind behind this Wind Death Disease crisis originated from the Martial Soul Hall or the City Lord's Mansion, thereby inciting a conflict between the two sides! Won't you come out and speak for yourself?"
The scene fell into a dead silence; the person behind the scenes, seeing Yun Ming so certain, also wanted to see what he would say. Seeing no response, Yun Ming began his analytical process.
"Since that is the case, then I shall share my findings!"
Following this, Yun Ming informed everyone of the situation outside the city: how they encountered the City Guard Branch Team clearing out potential threats, how they learned of the plague outbreak in Saga City, how information inside and outside the city had been intercepted, how the Branch Team Leader had been ordered to conceal the truth, and their subsequent deductions. After finishing, Yun Ming even brought over the Branch Team Leader, Zhang Tong, to serve as proof.
Upon hearing Yun Ming's words, Ye Chuan immediately barked at Zhang Tong.
"Speak! Is what this kid said true? Was it Deputy Military Governor Lin Xiao who gave you the secret order!"
Ye Chuan was currently furious; if things were truly as Yun Ming described and he had been completely in the dark, not only had his City Lord's Mansion become a sieve, but he himself was in deep trouble.
Seeing the enraged Ye Chuan and the other city bigwigs eyeing him like tigers, Zhang Tong was somewhat terrified, and finally, gritting his teeth, he said.
"It was indeed Deputy Military Governor Lin Xiao!"
Hearing Lin Xiao's name from Zhang Tong's own mouth, Ye Chuan immediately wanted to turn around and find him for a confrontation, only to discover that Lin Xiao was gone.
It turned out that as early as when Yun Ming was recounting their encounter outside the city, Lin Xiao had already quietly slipped away.
Lin Xiao's sudden disappearance directly confirmed the suspicion. Seeing this, Ye Chuan's face turned ashen and extremely ugly.
Hearing this, Feng Dianchen's expression also darkened; Yun Ming's attitude did not seem like he was lying. So, could this Wind Death Disease really be related to them?
Yun Ming continued.
"Then, there is the suspicion regarding the Martial Soul Hall."
"We entered the city to uncover the truth, so I arranged for a partner of mine to enter through the main gate. Just as we expected, all outsiders entering the city during the lockdown were suppressed by force!"
"Afterward, we followed the mark we had left on our companion, searching all the way until we finally found our companion and other soul masters who had entered the city later and been detained in the South of the City. The location of their detention was the dungeon of the Martial Soul Hall."
"The location where the Wind Death Disease first broke out was also in the South of the City."
Feng Dianchen looked at Yun Ming, his face completely clouded over.
The fact that the Wind Death Disease broke out in the South of the City was manageable, but the fact that those who entered the city later were detained in the Martial Soul Hall's dungeon was a very serious issue.
As everyone knew, the Martial Soul Hall's dungeon was always reserved for the most heinous Evil Soul Masters, and it held a high priority even within the Martial Soul Hall itself. If it were truly as Yun Ming said, and the mastermind had detained people in the Martial Soul Hall's dungeon only to release them later to spread rumors, the suspicion would be far too great.
Just as Feng Dianchen was about to confirm this with Yun Ming, Yun Ming interrupted him.
"Hall Master Feng, there is no need to be anxious. That mastermind will definitely appear today."
Yun Ming looked at Feng Dianchen and Ye Chuan, asking aloud.
"Hall Master Feng, City Lord Ye, tell me: if, after the Wind Death Disease caused heavy casualties throughout the city, the news was released to attract outside investigation, and then the mastermind leaked information linking the City Lord's Mansion and the Martial Soul Hall to the disease, forcing both sides to attack each other in order to clear their names, what would the final outcome be?"
Ye Chuan said through gritted teeth.
"A massive riot! The impact would be even greater and more vicious than a slaughter of the entire city!!!"
Yun Ming nodded, confirming Ye Chuan's judgment, and then directly announced the greatest secret of the Wind Death Disease to everyone.
"I have read the reports from the city's physicians regarding the Wind Death Disease and have also examined the physical condition of the infected. None of them show any signs of poisoning or plague, leaving nothing for anyone to investigate."
"But what if the Wind Death Disease isn't a plague at all? The disease causes mental abnormalities, children have higher resistance than adults, and there are other symptoms that led me to a bold hypothesis."
"The Wind Death Disease is not a plague; it is a soul skill, specifically a wide-range mental pollution soul skill!"
Many soul abilities that seemed bizarre today had been thoroughly researched twenty thousand years later, including various strange mental abilities. It was precisely because Yun Ming came from an era twenty thousand years in the future that he could propose this conjecture.
"Reasoning from this perspective, everything about the current situation makes sense."
"The symptoms of a common cold are the result of the soul skill forcibly polluting the minds of others, triggering an overload in the body's self-protection mechanism."
"Because children have unstable minds, it is easier to pollute them; however, as a blessing in disguise, the resulting physical overload is smaller, so the symptoms of the common cold are less severe."
"Because the range is large and the effect is weak, this soul skill is useless against soul masters protected by soul power."
"And since this has dragged on for so long, I don't believe it's because the mastermind is kind-hearted; it's simply because the soul skill requires time to take effect."
"Finally, confirming that mental soothing soul skills are effective on the patients directly verified the truth of this hypothesis."
Healing Gu Yan earlier had relied on the mental soothing ability of Ya Li's First Soul Skill, 'Holy Light Illumination'.
After Yun Ming finished speaking, the plaza fell into silence; there had been too many explosive revelations today, and everyone was suffering from a bit of mental indigestion.
Just then, a jarring round of applause suddenly rang out from the crowd. Yun Ming followed the sound and saw a white-clothed man walking out from among the Martial Soul Hall members. While clapping, he said in a loud voice.
"I truly didn't expect that a young friend of such tender age could possess such insight. It seems I, Feng, have underestimated the heroes of the world!"
The crowd looked toward the source of the voice in astonishment, and upon seeing that it was the Higher-ups of the Martial Soul Hall, they immediately distanced themselves from the Martial Soul Hall's contingent.
Feng Dianchen let out a cry of shock.
"Xian'er, it's you!!!"
Feng Xian ignored his foster father, Feng Dianchen, and continued speaking to Yun Ming.
"Once you revealed the details of my soul skill and the entire sequence of events to everyone, the news within the city could no longer be contained. Given the foundation of the Soul Masters in the Martial Soul Hall, there are bound to be capable individuals who can undo my soul skill, making any possibility of a successful replication impossible thereafter."
"Now that the situation has reached this point, if I don't want all my previous efforts to go to waste, this is my only chance. I must step forward to deal with whoever is capable of undoing my soul skill, and since I don't know exactly who it is, that means I have to deal with all of you."
"So that was your plan to force me out!"
Yun Ming looked at the smiling, easygoing-looking White-Clothed Man with indifferent eyes and spoke calmly.
"Correct, and therefore."
"Please pay the price for your sins!"
As soon as Yun Ming finished speaking, the men under Duke Xavier activated their Martial Soul Avatar and charged toward Feng Xian.
ps: The inspiration for this Wind Death Disease comes from organic lesions in mental illness. Guantou is not a medical student and doesn't have a very clear understanding of it, so please forgive me, readers who are in the medical field!
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