C26

In the evening, the afterglow of the sun illuminated the sky with a red glow.

There was an ox-cart parked outside the Duke of Wei's mansion. A white-haired old lady was holding a cloth bag in her arms. Tears filled her eyes as she watched her grandson bawl on the oxcart.

It was the old man in the cart who had been identified in the afternoon. He was just a coachman and nothing else. Only then did the Duke of Wei's household find his family and return the corpse. This could be considered a calamity from the heavens. Who would have thought that just by riding on a carriage, he would die in the Yellow Springs? However, it all started because of his own family. Lu Chun, seeing the way the grandfathers and grandsons were dressed, knew that their families were not in a good condition, and could not bear to see them.

In the mansion, the personal guards of the mansion, who usually slept lazily in the shade, were all wearing their armor at the moment. Their faces were solemn as they patrolled the surroundings. These people were all old men who had come out of the mountains. They had watched Lu Que grow up, and now that Lu Que had been injured, these men who had followed the Lu Family for dozens of years became furious.

In the center of the main hall of the residence was a corpse. It was precisely the masked man from this afternoon. At this moment, the face towel had already been opened, revealing a middle-aged man with an extremely ordinary appearance. He belonged to the type that was difficult to distinguish after being thrown into the crowd.

"Brother Chun, what do you think?" Yu Chu Qing looked at Lu Chun and frowned. Both of them had already carefully examined the corpse, but they could not find anything special about it. Whether it was clothing or weapons, they were all common objects on the market. Although the hand crossbow was rare, it was not a rare object. All the clues seemed to have been wiped clean with the death of the masked man.

"This person should be a killer assassin. According to what Duanmu Ye said, both he and Zhuge Yan didn't sense any murderous intent from him before he stopped them. This shows that he is proficient in concealing his aura." Lu Chun said as he looked at the corpse. Although his tone was calm, it was hard to hide the anger in his heart. He had never thought that someone would attack his son.

"But..." Yu Chuqing thought for a while, "Since this person is at the sixth stage of Qi Manipulation, it shouldn't be difficult for him to conceal his aura. Even if they can't discover him, it makes sense."

"It's not the same." Lu Chun shook his head, "It's not strange for Que'er to be able to sense killing intent. Since he was young, he wandered around the eight peaks and ten valleys with the Royal Spirit Beasts, sensing danger has already become an instinct. However, Duanmu Ye did not sense the danger ahead of time. This means that this person knows some Qi concealment techniques. "

"Why?" Yu Chuqing didn't have much contact with the teenager who was led into the mansion by her son, so she was a little puzzled.

"Qing'er doesn't know. This Duanmu Ye has lived in the forest since he was young, and the dangers he has encountered may not be any less than that of Xu Que's. It would not be excessive to say that he has the intuition of a wild beast. However, if it wasn't for Qu'Er pulling him in advance, he would have been hit by the bolt for sure. This was what he had personally said. That already proves it? "

"But even so, this person could also be a death warrior that has been raised by some people or forces. Moreover, whether it's an assassin or a death soldier, it's very difficult for us to determine who's behind the scenes."

"This person can't be a Death Soldier." Lu Chun said resolutely, "If we only look at this corpse, it is indeed impossible to judge. However, if the entire matter is linked together, this person is undoubtedly an assassin. As for the identity of the person behind this is not hard to guess." Lu Chun's eyes flashed with a light.

Yu Chuqing glanced at Lu Chun, then lowered her head in thought. When she saw the crossbow placed to the side, her eyes lit up, "Brother Chunge, this person was able to intercept Qu'Er and the rest at the Realm Monument. This shows that he already knew that the three of them went to the Phoenix Cry Palace, as well as the identities of Zhuge Yan and Duanmu Ye. Although his main goal was Deficiency, when he made his move, the three bolts were aimed at the three children. In other words, this person would not mind killing Yu Zhenguo's residence for revenge, and would also not mind killing another Dingjia student. "

"That's right, this also excludes the fact that this person is a death warrior secretly raised by some power." Lu Chun nodded, "As long as you are a normal person, you and I won't offend you and your wife, and you still have to go and be the prime minister." Since he is not a Death Soldier, then he must be an assassin who took money from others to get rid of this calamity. "

"Then, Brother Chun, why did this killer make a move outside the academy? Everyone knows that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the academy. Furthermore, there are army guards guarding it. Although the Realm Monument is three to four Li away from the academy, it is definitely not too far away. " Yu Chu Qing asked.

"There are two reasons." Lu Chun thought for a moment and stretched out two fingers, "One, this person is very confident that he can kill his son in an instant and then leave." Since this person had a cultivation base in the Qi Resisting Realm, he would naturally be very confident in dealing with three fourteen year olds who were still in the Foundation Establishment Stage. "Based on what Duanmu Ye said before, it also proves this point."

"And the second?"

"Second ~" Lu Chun shook his head and laughed bitterly, "That day, after he came back from the west mountain and invited Duanmu Ye to stay at his mansion, he didn't go out except for the Double Sun exam. The world might have thought that Xu Que was in the palace preparing for the exam, but they didn't know that this was his nature. As for our son, as long as we give him a book, he will be able to stay in peace for a day. How could others find the opportunity to attack? "

"According to my husband, not only did he leave the city today, he even left the city. He knows that the academy was heavily guarded, but the place he chose to attack is still a distance away from the academy. He is confident that he can retreat, so he impatiently attacked?"

"If your husband's speculations are correct, it should be so." Lu Chun nodded.

"But who hired the assassin to attack Qu'er?"

"It has only been half a year since Que'er returned to the capital, and he rarely goes out. This tribulation is not for himself, but for the two of us." Saying that, Lu Chun raised his head and thought for a moment before continuing, "The person behind the scenes, wants to bribe the killer to die, then we must have a blood feud. And the only people who have such a huge grudge against you and me are those two types of people. "

"Darling, do you mean the alien race of the prairie and those sinners?" Seeing Lu Chun nod, a cold light flashed in Yu Chuqing's eyes.

Although she said this, she didn't really believe that this matter had anything to do with the other tribes of the prairie. The two biggest assassination groups in the world, Stingers and Dark Phoenix, would not accept these barbarians of the prairie. Not to mention that the Marquis of Wu An, Bai Yi, was leading the troops to confront Crimson Dis in the Northern Frontier. The only possibility left was the sinners from back then.

Twenty years ago, the emperor was still young. As the coadjutor and princess, she governed the imperial court. At that time, the Qingyang Empire was in the south, and my husband Lu Chun was leading an army to guard the north.

With the young master as their master, the country as a whole was suspicious. At that time, the situation in the imperial court was extremely unstable, and the battle for the Humble Class seat was even more intense. At this moment, his half-brother, King Yu Yuan Oak of Dongning Province, under the instigation of several manors, rose up to rebel at the end of the year's ceremony. The troops from the Dongning Royal Manor and the seven great marquis' troops numbered more than ten thousand. They attacked the altar in the name of the King of Qing.

Fortunately, at that time, Bai Yi, Nangong Huan and the rest of the imperial guards had gone all out to protect them. Thus, they had waited for the arrival of Feng Xiang and Evergreen's reinforcements.

In this chaotic era, a heavy punishment was required. The Eastern Ping King, Yu Yuan Oak, was killed by the turtle-dove, the seven noble manors were exterminated, and the rest of the convicts were exiled to the endless desert sea outside Ming Quan Pass, where they perished on their own.

To be able to feel such resentment toward his wife, yet not daring to touch them, only those exiled people or those from the Seven Great Marquis' Mansion could take revenge on their son, Lu Que.

After thinking for a while, Yu Chuqing said, "Husband, we have no way of knowing who the mastermind is. But we don't know, and that doesn't mean no one knows. "

"Qing Er, are you talking about the Thorny Capital or the Dark Phoenix?" Lu Chun frowned.

"That's right. When you have the ability to order your experts to release their names and dare to do so in broad daylight, the only ones who will brazenly kill Xu Que are Xu Que and the Dark Phoenix. " Yu Chuqing narrowed her eyes, showing a cold smile.

"However, regardless of whether it might be the Spider Capital or the Dark Phoenix, their whereabouts are all extremely mysterious. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to find them." Lu Chun frowned. Even though he suspected that this corpse belonged to the Spider Emperor or the people from the Dark Phoenix Empire, he was not 100% sure. In his memory, these two organizations had never fought with people from the imperial court.

"As long as they do great things in this world, they will definitely have traces to find. Regardless of whether they are willing or not, they must hand over their employer's information to me. Back then, the Grand Patriarch destroyed countless sects, and I, too, was able to do the same. " Yu Chuqing's tone was calm, but within her calm words, there was a bone-piercing killing intent.

"Qing Er, don't be rash." Lu Chun quickly said, "Sect Head Yu, we are in the capital now, we should ask for her help." It wasn't that Lu Chun was afraid of these two unscrupulous organizations, but if they hadn't done so and ended up making their own enemies, it would have been troublesome.

Yu Chuqing thought for a while, then nodded. The sect head of the Nine Elemental Starlight Sect, Yu Xiayi, had an astounding cultivation base and was extremely famous in the martial arts world. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for her to appear than the two of them.

"Since that's the case, I will personally pay a visit to this Sect Leader Yu tomorrow."

"His fate is strange, and he has been through many calamities in his life. Although he suffered some injuries this time, it might not be a bad thing for him." Seeing that his wife's expression was still cold, Lu Chun comforted her.

"Sigh ~" Hearing her husband's words, Yu Chuqing also let out a long sigh. Now, she wasn't sure if she had been wrong when she insisted on never returning to the sect.

In the blink of an eye, it was already late at night.

Lu Que lay quietly on his bed, still unconscious. However, a ball of purple qi was continuously healing his damaged internal organs. The purple gas seemed to have a mind of its own as it flowed around Lu Que's body in a mysterious trajectory. Every time it swam around, the purple gas would shrink a little while Lu Que's breathing would become a little steadier. This was the phoenix's tears that the Divine Bird had left him. The reason why phoenix tears were called treasures was because they contained the rebirth ability of the phoenix race.

Lu Que felt like he was in a dream. In the dream, he went back to the mountain and bathed together with Little White in the hot spring in the southern valley. He felt comfortable being wrapped in warm spring water. Lu Que's lips curled up into a happy smile as he thought about Little White, who was afraid of water, being dragged into the hot spring by him every time.

After an unknown period of time, Lu Que slowly opened his eyes. He clenched his hands and realized that the Dragon-Strangling Spear had disappeared. He was shocked. He looked around and was relieved to find that he had returned to his room.

He clearly remembered what happened earlier, and he also knew that his internal injuries were not light. He closed his eyes and carefully felt around, and found that besides a little bit of hunger, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

He got off the bed carefully and took a few steps forward. His steps were light and steady, as if nothing had happened. However, he had experienced many strange things since he was young, so he didn't think too much about it. He thought that his parents had called the godly doctor in the capital and used some sort of heavenly material to allow him to recover so quickly.

After taking a few steps through the room, Lu Que came to a cabinet and took out a box of snacks. This was the leftover from yesterday's meal. He took out a piece of camellia cake and lightly took a bite.

"Lu Que, Lu Que ~" At this moment, Little White's voice sounded in Lu Que's heart.

"Little White ~" Lu Que heard the voice and was overjoyed. He quickly took down the jade cauldron from his neck and held it in his hand. Previously, he did not even react to the call from the jade cauldron.

"Lu Que, are you alright? Big Violet and Little Purple told me that you're hurt." That childish voice was filled with anxiety.

"I'm fine." Lu Que smiled. As long as he talked to Little White, he would be very happy. In his heart, Little White was his best friend and his family.

"What happened?" Lil 'White's voice was still a little anxious. Da Zi and Xiao Zi could feel the phoenix tears fading away from their eyes through the strands of divine sense they left behind. This meant that Lu Que was injured. If it weren't for the fact that he was bound by a mission, the divine birds would have flown out of the mountain a long time ago.

Xiao Bai, who was resting on the green tree, discovered Zi Feng's uneasy actions. It was only after asking did he realize that Lu Que was probably injured. Moreover, his injuries were not light. He quickly gathered the power of his soul and contacted Lu Que through the Spirit Controlling Cauldron.

"It's not a big deal. It was in the afternoon... "Lu Que heard Whitey's anxious tone and was very touched. He briefly recounted the events of the afternoon. He had also just woken up and did not know who saved him or how he returned to his home. So it was only a general account of the attack that took place in the afternoon.

"You have to be careful in the future. Right now, Big or Small Zi and I are not by your side, and the human world is a complicated one as well. In the Unreturning Mountain, we at least know where the danger comes from. However, like you, we don't even know where the danger comes from. "

"That's right, but this place is different from the mountains of the Unreturning Mountain." Lu Que sighed. When he returned to the capital, he had seen all kinds of people. There were noble sons, aristocratic young masters, and even some of the most talented people in the Humble Class like Duanmu Ye. But these people seemed to care more about his identity. It was truly because he was Lu Que and not because he was the emperor's nephew or the heir to the Duke of Wei's estate. The only people who knew him were Zhuge Yan and Duanmu Ye.

Lu Que shook his head, as if he wanted to let go of all these troublesome matters. He calmed his emotions and curiously asked, "How do you know that the human heart is complicated? Was it the inherited memories that told you? "

"Of course, I'm the only spirit beast in this world." Lil 'White was a bit proud.

"That's right, that's right. We, Little White, are the king of all spirits. Of course we're different from the rest." Lu Que replied as if he was coaxing a child.

"Of course."

"Oh yeah, Lil 'White, why aren't you stuttering this time?" Lu Que suddenly realized that Little White's speech was different from before. Previously, he had to repeat the first word before he could explain himself. However, this time, it was much more fluent.

"Since you have already broken through to the foundation 36 stage, I will naturally become stronger and stronger. One day, I will surpass the first generation Royal Spirit Beast and become the King of Divine Beasts."

"I believe that there will be a day when I grow up. When I grow up, I will not return to the mountain to find you, and then we will roam the world together." Lu Que said with a hint of longing. Different from his parents, he had a great deal of affection for the Mount of No Return, where he had lived for twelve years. In this period of time, he often thought back to the past. He missed Little White, missed Big Violet and Little Violet, missed that valley, and he also missed that crude cave and that towering tree.

"Yes, yes." Lil 'White was also very happy as he said confidently, "With me here, no one can hurt you."

"Of course, Lil 'White is the best." Lu Que also laughed.

Lu Que, your current cultivation is too low. Using the Spirit Resisting Cauldron for a long period of time will damage your soul and affect your future breakthrough to the Spiritual Altar Realm.

"Alright then." Lu Que was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Little White was speaking the truth. When they first established the connection between their souls through the Flame Emperor Cauldron, neither he nor Little White had any experience. They only wanted to chat. However, in the days that followed, Lu Que's mind was muddled, as if he had not woken up yet.

Seeing Little White's voice no longer resounding in his heart, Lu Que was stunned for a while at the Jade Cauldron before bringing it back to his neck.

By this time, the sky had turned white. Lu Que stood up and stretched his body. After making sure that he had recovered, he wanted to push open the door to take a walk. However, just as he touched the door, he stopped. Earlier, he heard from Little White that Big Violet and Little Violet's phoenix tears had saved his life. If he pushed the door open now, it would definitely frighten a group of people. Lu Que thought for a moment before walking back to the bed and lying down.

He closed his eyes and recalled what happened yesterday. Lu Que also understood that the masked man was just a saber while the hand that wielded the saber had yet to be revealed. There must be some other conspiracy behind this. Killing him was just to strike a blow against his parents. Lu Que, who had been calm and collected since he was young, had for the first time a desire to become stronger.