Chapter 50 Sealing the Bell

Li Lianhua and Qing'er were standing at the entrance of Wanshengdao when they were quickly spotted. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" The two gatekeepers immediately stepped forward to stop them after they were discovered.

Li Lianhua and Qing'er exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly, as if both were asking the other, "Should we break in?"

However, Li Lianhua did not respond to Qing'er with words, but instead expressed his thoughts with actions. In a flash, he rushed towards the door like a ghost, and without hesitation, raised his palm and slammed it down on the two people.

With a loud "bang," the two people were sent flying like kites with broken strings, instantly struck by Li Lianhua's palm strike and sent flying straight back into the doorway.

Just then, a furious shout suddenly came from inside the door: "Who dares to run wild in my Wanshengdao!" It turned out that Feng Qing had heard the commotion outside and rushed over.

When Feng Qing saw that it was Li Lianhua, his heart skipped a beat. Li... Li Xiangyi? Why is he here? Does he know something? Although he was panicking inside, he remained calm on the surface, only the panic in his eyes betrayed him. "Sect Leader Li, what do you mean by coming to my Wanshengdao to injure my people?"

Li Lianhua's lips curled into a mocking smile. "Feng Qing, stop pretending. You don't think I know nothing, do you?"

Feng Qing feigned composure, "Sect Leader Li, I don't know what you mean. My Wansheng Sect has always kept to itself and the Sigu Sect separate. It's not right for you to injure someone without cause." Li Lianhua sneered, "Feng Qing, is Shan Gu Dao still with you?"

Feng Qing's expression changed, his eyes flashing. "Isn't Shan Gudao one of your four departments? And isn't he dead? How could he possibly be here with me?"

Qing'er, too lazy to waste time with him, said impatiently, "Don't you know best whether he's dead or not? I crippled him and threw him out of Yunyin Mountain back then, don't say you didn't pick him up." With her cultivation level, finding someone's location was easy. She had noticed Feng Qing as soon as he approached Shan Gudao, but she wanted to leave Shan Gudao for Li Lianhua to deal with, so she didn't kill him directly, only crippling his martial arts and legs. Afterwards, she didn't bother with Feng Qing taking him away.

"It was you?" Feng Qing looked at Qing'er with resentment. It was she who had caused the master to be in this state.

Qing'er looked at him sarcastically, "You're such an idiot, you can even pick the wrong person, and you're stuck with a fake every day."

Feng Qing's expression froze instantly; he had a bad feeling. "What do you mean?"

"You really are stupid. It means you've got the wrong person. Shan Gu Dao isn't your master." Qing'er curled the corners of her lips.

Feng Qing's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "Impossible." He had seen that Shan Gu Dao had a birthmark on his hand and a jade pendant; it couldn't be fake.

Qing'er seemed to know what he was thinking, so she continued, "That's not a birthmark on his hand, it's just from an injury he sustained when he was a child, and the jade pendant belongs to Li Xiangxian. When the Li family had their accident, only the two young masters escaped. Li Xiangxian died of illness, and before he died, he gave the jade pendant to Shan Gudao, asking him to take care of his younger brother, Li Xiangyi."

Feng Qing's face turned deathly pale. "There are actually two sons." He then coughed up a mouthful of blood. The reason he believed it so quickly was because he had also investigated before. The Li family were indeed descendants of Princess Longxuan and King Fangji. However, due to the incident involving the Li family, they only found one son. Finally, they traced the family to Yunyin Mountain. At first, he wondered why the son wasn't surnamed Li. But only Shan Gudao's age matched, and he had a birthmark and a jade pendant. He thought that the son might have changed his surname to avoid enemies, so he didn't think much of it.

Li Xiangxian and Li Xiangyi—he hadn't even noticed how obvious they were. And he'd always thought that everyone in Nanyin was so handsome, so why was Shan Gudao so plain-looking? Turns out he was a fake. Thinking of this, Feng Qing spat out another mouthful of blood, then looked at Li Lianhua and said, "You are my true master."