Chapter Twenty-One
On the night the Yama Palace was destroyed, everyone on the cliff had already left. Except for Xiao Liunian, who was still staking out the tree, and Wu Yan, who had arrived during the day, the cat had already deactivated its physical form and returned to its space.
Xiao Liunian and Wu Yan concealed all their auras, waiting for the passersby tonight.
"Mumu, according to Blue Star time, it's already midnight. Isn't Yan Li here yet?"
"Let's go later, when it's late and quiet, it'll be easier to escape!"
The two people and the cat continued to wait in the dead of night. The cat in the room had been yawning one after another. It had been sitting for too long and was used to sleeping, so it was a little too tired to stay up all night.
"Go to sleep!" Xiao Liunian wanted to pet the cat and coax it to sleep.
After a long while, a sound finally came from halfway up the cliff.
"Palace Master Yan, you've kept us waiting for ages!"
Taking advantage of Yan Li's moment before he could land, Xiao Liunian and Wu Yan coordinated again, one wielding a sword and the other a staff, intending to severely injure Yan Li.
"It's you?"
Yan Li clearly recognized Xiao Liunian as the person who raided the Yama Palace last time. Last time he met him, Xiao Liunian was just measuring his cultivation level, but this time he has already reached a geometric level of cultivation. What amazing talent!
"Palace Master Yan, would you please reconsider the business deal I wanted to discuss with you last time?"
While Xiao Liunian continued his verbal attacks, his physical attacks also never stopped. This was a golden opportunity; if he didn't make a move now, when would he?
As the three fought back and forth, all the animals that were dreaming nearby were quickly awakened and fled the place. It was truly an unexpected disaster!
Yan Li also wanted to escape as quickly as possible. He had just seen the two men fire a signal flare, presumably to contact others. If more people came, he would surely die.
"How about we make a deal?" Yan Li suggested.
“Palace Master Yan once rejected my deal proposal; that was Palace Master Yan’s only chance,” Xiao Liunian said.
Yan Li must die today. If he doesn't die, it will be more troublesome to deal with in the future.
"You don't want Tian Yang's treasure? I'll give you the clues!"
"Oh, so the clues to Tian Yang's treasure have already been taken by the martial arts world?"
Wu Yan, who was with Xiao Liunian to kill Yan Li, went from being excited and thrilled at the beginning to being numb now. Perhaps another adjective could be added to describe the person he was following: full of nonsense.
If Xiao Liunian knew that his subordinates were making such comments, I wonder what he would think?
"All things are equal!"
"Execute Yan!"
The two men took turns unleashing their deadly moves.
Wu Yan, Zhu Yan, what an interesting name. Its most distinctive feature is its clear objective. If it weren't for everything that happened in the past, Wu Yan, who would have been able to successfully participate in the imperial examination, wouldn't have been so direct in his naming skills.
After a fierce exchange of blows, Yan Li was knocked back several meters and crashed directly into the cliff he had just come down from.
Yan Li coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Ten years ago, you were doing something in the mountains, and a hunter came into the mountains to hunt. He bumped into you and, fearing you might be in danger, kindly helped you lead the way out of the mountains."
"But you killed his entire family at night and faked it as a fire."
"That night, I fled in the dead of night, and I'm still here today!"
"I've waited too long for this day!"
Wu Yan slowly approached, dragging a long staff, his aura chilling and his killing intent intense.
"I suppose the person this hunter saw ten years ago was a bit unusual?" Xiao Liunian chimed in from the side.
"Right, Shen Zhuo?"
"Having worn the mask for so long, I wonder if the real face beneath it has already rotted away?"
Xiao Liunian threw a bomb.
"What?"
The Ninth Prince Xiao Yu and several sect leaders with high cultivation levels had just arrived here using their lightness skills when they heard Xiao Liunian's words.
Yan Li slowly removed the mask from his face. The face beneath the mask was one that some people had seen ten years ago—it was Shen Zhuo, the former head of the Shen family.
Yan Li asked, "How did you know?"
Xiao Liunian: "Someone appeared to me in a dream."
Yan Li: "Absurd!"
"Then let's talk about something less absurd. There is a chivalrous woman in the martial arts world named Ye Zi. She usually helps the weak and punishes the strong. She is a kind person who will help anyone who is in trouble. Whether in the martial arts world or among ordinary people, many people respect this chivalrous woman Ye Zi."
"But she mysteriously disappeared five years ago, neither alive nor dead. Why was that?"
Xiao Liunian threw out another bomb, this time aimed precisely at Ninth Prince Xiao Yu.
"Master Ye is indeed admirable, but what does that have to do with me?" Shen Zhuo asked calmly.
"Ye Zi once saved a beggar on the street, but the beggar later disappeared. Ye Zi investigated and found that it was related to the Yama Palace. So he infiltrated the Yama Palace to investigate, but found a person who no one thought would be related to the Yama Palace."
"So, Ye Zi is dead!"
How exactly did you know all of this?
Shen Zhuo did not deny it further.
“I dreamt about it,” Xiao Liunian said.
Why doesn't anyone believe her when she tells the truth? She herself still doesn't know what her state of mind is, and can only treat it all as a dream, otherwise what else can she do?
"What exactly did Ye Zi see back then that led you to kill him to cover your tracks?"
"explain!"
The Ninth Prince Xiao Yu, who was standing to the side, came back to his senses after discovering the truth about Ye Zi's death. He thought that Ye Zi was killed because he found out that the Yama Palace was abducting children and training assassins. However, he did not expect that there was a deeper reason behind it.
"Ninth Prince, you're choking me, what can I say? Besides, if I did say it, would you dare to seek revenge?"
After putting up a stubborn resistance for so long, Shen Zhuo finally realized that he had long been a pawn. He had been an assassin for so long, when had he ever been so unaware of his surroundings? But even in death, he would cause some trouble for those behind him.
"The one who killed Ye Zi back then was..."
Several silver needles, with unstoppable force, aimed straight at Chen Zhuo's face.
Ninth Prince Xiao Yu did not stop him. At this point, how could he not understand who the person who appeared in the Yama Palace was, and the other murderer who silenced Ye Zi was already very clear.
"Greetings, Your Highness. His Majesty feared Your Highness might be in danger this time, and specially ordered this old servant to come and assist you!" the man said.
This person is none other than Wu Ming, the chief eunuch by the side of the current emperor Xiao Jin. When Xiao Liunian saw him before, he was still at the level of geometry, but now it seems that he has broken through and his cultivation has reached the initial stage of function.
"Assist?" Ninth Prince Xiao Yu asked in a chilling tone.
“Your Highness, Yan Li is a man who has killed countless people and committed heinous crimes. He deserves to die. Just now, we were too far apart, and this old servant was afraid that Yan Li would hurt Your Highness, so I took action. Please forgive me, Your Highness!” Wu Ming’s tone was still respectful, but his words expressed no respect whatsoever.
"Fellow righteous warriors, thank you all for your righteous assistance in this campaign to wipe out the Yama Palace. This is a clue about Tian Yang's treasure that Yan Li has hidden. I will now hand this clue over to Sect Leader Nie!" Wu Ming handed a small box to Nie Hua.
"Your Highness, Yan Li is dead. This old servant must return to the capital to report to His Majesty, so I will not linger any longer. This old servant will take my leave now." Wu Ming then left, glancing back at Lin Mu before departing.
"Mumu, he might not recognize you, right?" The cat in the space instantly bristled.
"Maybe."
"Brother Wu Yan, I haven't rested all night, so I'll head back now." Xiao Liunian handed a letter to Wu Yan.
Then, with a light step, he used his lightness skill to leave the place. He then found a secluded spot, activated his teleportation skill, and returned to Chang Le Palace. The substitute in Chang Le Palace was still sleeping in Xiao Liunian's place. Xiao Liunian withdrew the substitute and went back to sleep himself.
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