All we can do now is try our best to ensure our parents' safety and keep them from going out too much.
However, such passive defense is not a solution. It's not the theft itself that's worrisome, but the fact that the thief has his eye on you. Being in such a passive situation all the time is very frustrating.
Instead of passively defending ourselves, we should take the initiative to break the unfavorable situation.
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately said to Su Xue, "Su Xue, during this period of time, pay attention to any strangers with high martial arts skills who enter the village, no matter what they are here for. Try to control these people. Remember, control them, not kill them."
Upon hearing this, Su Xue coldly asked, "Why not kill them? Killing them would have been the end of it all, saving us all this trouble."
Liu Xiaoyuan was sweating profusely. Su Xue really was a violent woman. As a woman, it's no good to always be fighting and killing. A woman should be gentle and tender.
Of course, Liu Xiaoyuan could only think these words to himself; he couldn't say them to Su Xue, lest she throw another tantrum. Liu Xiaoyuan still couldn't figure out this woman's temper. Sometimes she was as obedient and virtuous as a little wife, and other times she was as cold as ice that would never melt. It was truly perplexing.
"Su Xue, just do as I say, okay?" Liu Xiaoyuan said, looking at Su Xue.
Su Xue glanced at Liu Xiaoyuan, nodded, and said, "Okay, we'll do as you say."
Of course, this matter cannot be entirely left to Su Xue alone. Liu Xiaoyuan himself cannot let his guard down. He will not go to work for the next few days and will deal with this matter first.
The day passed peacefully, but in the evening, Su Xue suddenly knocked on Liu Xiaoyuan's door.
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately sat up in bed, got out of bed, opened the door, and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Su Xue nodded and said, "A dozen or so strangers are walking this way; they are all experts."
Liu Xiaoyuan thought to himself that these people must have come for him, and immediately said to Su Xue, "Let's go and take a look together."
So, Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Xue quietly went down from the second floor. As soon as they got downstairs, they saw the dozen or so experts that Su Xue had mentioned walking towards their home.
This is quite a large-scale event; more than a dozen people have come this time. It seems that these sects have gone to great lengths for the Blood Spirit Mushroom.
Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Xue immediately stepped forward and stood in front of the dozen or so people.
The dozen or so people were taken aback when they saw people loitering around in the middle of the night. However, they did not stop there but continued walking forward.
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "Gentlemen, you've come to see me, haven't you?"
Upon hearing Liu Xiaoyuan's voice, the dozen or so people immediately stopped and turned their gazes to him. Although it was the dead of night, these experts could still clearly see Liu Xiaoyuan's face.
When they took a closer look at Liu Xiaoyuan's face, they were immediately taken aback. Wasn't this exactly the target of their trip?
"Are you Liu Xiaoyuan?" one of them asked in surprise.
Upon hearing this person's words, Liu Xiaoyuan became even more certain that these people had come for him, for the Blood Spirit Mushroom.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled and said, "Congratulations to this gentleman for answering correctly. Yes, I am Liu Xiaoyuan. What brings you all here so late?"
After Liu Xiaoyuan admitted his identity, the dozen or so people immediately surrounded Liu Xiaoyuan and Su Xue, encircling them like dumplings.
“Liu Xiaoyuan, since we’ve run into you here, we won’t waste any more words. Tell us the address of the Blood Spirit Mushroom, and we might spare your life,” one of the men said.
Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Before I tell you the whereabouts of the Blood Spirit Mushroom, can you tell me who leaked this information to you?"
Liu Xiaoyuan did know where the Blood Spirit Mushroom was, but that was after he met Su Xue. Before that, Liu Xiaoyuan had no idea where the Blood Spirit Mushroom was.
"Liu Xiaoyuan, I'm sorry, we can't tell you this," said the man who had spoken earlier.
"Why?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile. "Is this a big secret?"
The man laughed arrogantly and said, "It's not a secret. Even if it were, you're a dying man. If we tell you the secret, you'll only end up in the underworld."
These people are just as arrogant and conceited as those who died at Liu Xiaoyuan's hands.
"Oh, if that's the case, why can't you tell me? Let me die knowing the truth." Liu Xiaoyuan asked with interest.
"It's not that we don't want to tell you, we just heard others talking about it, but we don't know who said it," the leader said.
"Since you don't even know who said it, why do you believe it so easily? Do you really believe what others say so readily?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked suspiciously.
Even a three-year-old child would doubt what others say, let alone the leader of a sect. How could he so easily believe what others say?
“We investigated and confirmed this before we came to you,” the leader said.
An investigation? Liu Xiaoyuan was even more puzzled. He had never revealed anywhere that he knew the whereabouts of the Blood Spirit Mushroom. The only time was when he treated Li Shuyang's mother. Could it be that they obtained confirmation from Li Shuyang?
As he was thinking this, Liu Xiaoyuan immediately asked, "Oh, I'd like to know, how did you find out that I have Blood Spirit Mushroom?"
The leader seemed to think that Liu Xiaoyuan was doomed to die tonight, so he was talking a lot of nonsense. When he heard Liu Xiaoyuan's words, he laughed and said, "Fine, I'll let you die knowing the truth, so you won't go to the underworld in a daze."
"Did you treat the mother of Li Shuyang, one of the so-called 'Four Great Families of Beijing,' with Blood Lingzhi in Beijing?" the other party asked in return.
Just as Liu Xiaoyuan had guessed, this trouble arose because he had treated Li Shuyang's mother.
Did Li Shuyang actually spread this story? Liu Xiaoyuan felt that Li Shuyang wouldn't have the guts; it must have been someone else.
Liu Xiaoyuan smiled, wondering who had spread this story. If he knew, he would make sure the person who spread it suffered a terrible fate.
Liu Xiaoyuan is not someone who is afraid of trouble, but nobody likes trouble to come knocking on their door.
If it weren't for this person spreading rumors, I wouldn't have these troubles, and I could be living a happy life.
However, the person who spread the message disrupted Liu Xiaoyuan's peaceful life, forcing him to deal with these troubles.
In addition, the person who spread the message seemed very cautious, not letting others know his identity, probably because he was afraid that if his identity information was leaked, it would bring him utter disaster.
(End of this chapter)
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