Chapter 23
Mu Qingzhou ultimately held back, waiting to hear what he wanted before he would teach them a lesson.
Li Yun asked Zhang Xuexin, "How are the assassination missions going, besides Mu Qingzhou?"
Zhang Xuexin replied, "The top performers from the smaller sects have already completed their missions. The larger sects are more difficult to kill, and they are already on guard. We need to plan this carefully."
Li Yun shifted to a more comfortable position, her tone languid, "No need. If we can't kill them the first time, there won't be a second chance. We need to be on high alert these next few days to prevent the sects we failed to kill from launching a sneak attack. Also, we can start preparing the new plan, and we can begin implementing it once the situation stabilizes."
"yes!"
"There's nothing more to discuss today, you may all leave."
Everyone bowed and then slowly withdrew from the main hall.
Mu Qingzhou, who was on the roof, had recorded their entire conversation and got up to leave.
Inside the hall, Li Yun spoke calmly, "Having listened up there for so long, are you satisfied with the information you've heard?"
Mu Qingzhou paused for a moment, then spun around and jumped off the roof, entering the main hall.
He looked at Yun Li warily and asked, "How did you sense me?"
Li Yun propped her head up with her hand and looked at Mu Qingzhou with great interest. "You are Mu Qingzhou of the Qingyun Sect, right? Zhaoyu has already recognized you as his master. You are a good prospect."
Mu Qingzhou's face grew even colder. He gripped Qingyuan and pointed at Li Yun, "Yes, stop talking nonsense and tell me how you noticed me."
Li Yun scoffed at Mu Qingzhou's words, "What right do you have to order me to tell you? Or do you think you can beat me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the slight pressure on the Nascent Soul stage cultivator decreased.
Overwhelmed, Mu Qingzhou knelt on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"I...I don't think I can beat you. Since we're both going to die anyway, I...want to die knowing why."
"Oh? Is that so? But I don't want you to die knowing the truth."
Mu Qingzhou looked up at Li Yun with icy eyes and said, "Then stop talking nonsense, do whatever you want with me!"
Li Yun stepped down from the main seat and stopped in front of Mu Qingzhou. She gently lifted Mu Qingzhou's chin with her index finger. "But I don't want to kill you. Tell me, how should I punish you?"
Mu Qingzhou turned his head away from Li Yun's hand, "Just kill me."
Li Yun grabbed Mu Qingzhou's chin, pinched his face and made him look at her. "Such a handsome face, I can't bear to let it lose its luster. Guards, take him to the dungeon."
Li Yun threw Mu Qingzhou to the ground, then with a flick of her sleeve, sat back down in the main seat.
Two disciples walked in from outside the hall, one of them taking Mu Qingzhou's arm and leading him outside.
Suddenly, Shi Anxu appeared, grabbed Mu Qingzhou's hand, and disappeared with Mu Qingzhou.
Inside the hall, Li Yun, with her legs bent and her arm as a pillow, looked at the spot where Mu Qingzhou had disappeared and said meaningfully, "This is getting more and more interesting."
Shi Anxu brought Mu Qingzhou back to Qinnian Peak. As soon as they landed, he knelt on the ground and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Mu Qingzhou supported Shi Anxu and asked anxiously, "Senior brother, how are you?"
Shi Anxu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and replied, "It's nothing, just a minor injury."
He slowly stood up and sat down, guided by Mu Qingzhou's hand, to regulate his internal energy and breathing.
Mu Qingzhou sat directly opposite him, and after Shi Anxu's condition improved, he asked, "Senior brother, how did you get into Lanxi Pavilion to save me?"
Shi Anxu pretended not to hear and kept his eyes closed, ignoring Mu Qingzhou.
Mu Qingzhou, however, was not willing to let Shi Anxu go. Even if Shi Anxu ignored him, he would not give up so easily. He continued to ask, "Senior brother, how did you enter Lanxi Pavilion to save me?"
Shi Anxu knew he couldn't fool him anymore, so he opened his eyes and replied, "It's a long story."
When Mu Qingzhou saw that Shi Anxu had returned to him, he immediately said, "I don't mind, Senior Brother, please speak."
Shi Anxu sighed and told Mu Qingzhou everything that had happened after he left the Prime Minister's residence.
Shi Anxu still traveled by flying boat to find Mu Qingzhou, which was much faster than Mu Qingzhou's sword flight. When he arrived at Lanxi Pavilion, Mu Qingzhou had just finished distributing the rules. He didn't rush forward to walk alongside Mu Qingzhou immediately, but instead silently followed behind him.
He watched the entire process of Mu Qingzhou using Zhaoyu to become invisible, but Lanxi Pavilion had increased the density of its guards, so he couldn't follow him in and just kept lingering around Lanxi Pavilion.
Not long after Mu Qingzhou went inside, Zhang Xuexin suddenly appeared at the entrance of Lanxi Pavilion.
Shi Anxu immediately became alert and moved closer to listen to what Zhang Xuexin and the guards were saying.
"You may appear to be on high alert today, but you can let your guard down if necessary."
"yes!"
After saying these words, Zhang Xuexin turned and left without lingering for even a second.
Shi Anxu knew they were setting a trap for him.
How could Lanxi Pavilion know that the sect leader would send the two of them to investigate this matter, unless there was a traitor within Lanxi Pavilion in Qingyun Sect?
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.
Oh no, Mu Qingzhou is in danger!
Since they're going to let him off the hook, there must be traps set for him inside.
Although Mu Qingzhou's cultivation level was higher than his, with the elders of Lanxi Pavilion in charge, Mu Qingzhou would still be in danger.
He had to find a way to get in and save him, but with his cultivation level, what method could he use to get in?
Shi Anxu once again berated himself for not cultivating diligently before, failing to save people at crucial moments. He should think about how to assist Mu Qingzhou in becoming the number one cultivator in the world.
Oh right, didn't they want to let him in by letting the water out? Well, he gave them a chance to set a trap for themselves.
Shi Anxu didn't even bother to hide himself and swaggered into Lanxi Pavilion.
The guards at the mountain gate, who had been ordered to release water, looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Should we stop them or not?" a guard asked.
"Of course we won't stop you. Do you want to do more work?" Another guard slapped the guard who had spoken in front of him on the head.
"Oh, oh." The guard who had been hit covered his head and stepped aside.
Shi Anxu swaggered into Lanxi Pavilion, but disappeared as soon as he entered.
The guard who had been hit rubbed her eyes and asked the guard who hit her, "Was I seeing things? How come I saw the people from the Qingyun Sect appear and walk in, and then suddenly disappear?"
The guard who had hit her couldn't hold back any longer and gave her another flick on the forehead. "Don't you even know what invisibility is? You've been practicing for so many years, where has all your knowledge gone?"
The guard who had been hit looked dejected, and Yan'er said with a smacking sound, "I was just a guard who was promoted from an outer disciple, where would I have learned these advanced things?"
The guard who had hit the person rubbed the spot where she had been struck and sighed, "Sigh, there's nothing we can do about outer sect disciples."
After entering, Shi Anxu used a hand seal to become invisible, doing his best to conceal his aura.
He wanted to find Mu Qingzhou, but he didn't know Mu Qingzhou's exact location.
With Mu Qingzhou's cultivation level, if he concealed himself, Shi Anxu would have absolutely no way of finding his location.
Just as Shi Anxu was worrying, he suddenly sensed someone releasing pressure from the main hall.
Even from a distance, the oppressive aura was so strong that he could barely stand up straight. He couldn't imagine what Mu Qingzhou, who was at the center of that oppressive aura, would look like.
Shi Anxu struggled to maintain an upright posture; he had to go to Mu Qingzhou.
Under the oppressive force, he was completely unable to move, and his reckless rush to save people could only result in mutual destruction; there was no other possibility.
He had to calm down and think of a way to rescue Mu Qingzhou with minimal casualties.
Oh right, he also had some pills in his spatial ring that his master had mentioned they would use for their future training. He needed to find out if there were any pills that could boost his strength in a short time.
He hasn't listened to any serious cultivation lessons over the years, but he hasn't missed a single one on escape techniques. If his cultivation level were higher now, he would be quite confident that he could escape with Mu Qingzhou.
Thinking of this, he had a sudden thought and used his divine sense to search his spatial ring for any pills that could greatly increase his strength.
Soon enough, Shi Anxu actually found it. Shi Anxu looked at the label stuck on the medicine bottle.
Shuntidan.
Effect: Allows cultivators to experience a rapid increase in strength, unleashing their physical limits.
Side effects: After the effects of the drug wear off, one will suffer excruciating pain throughout the body for three hours.
By the time he came out with the Shunti Dan, the oppressive aura emanating from the main hall had already dissipated.
Shi Anxu knew that Mu Qingzhou must have been seriously injured at this time. He didn't care about the excruciating pain that would follow the effects of the medicine. He poured out a Shunti Pill and swallowed it.
He could feel a domineering power flowing through his limbs the moment Shunti Dan melted in his mouth.
Shi Anxu's aura changed instantly. He flashed and appeared directly on the roof of the main hall, secretly investigating the situation inside.
He repeated his old trick, lifting the gleaming white tiles of the main hall and peering down with one eye open.
As luck would have it, the first thing he saw was Li Yun pinching Mu Qingzhou's chin.
Shi Anxu felt a surge of unease rising within him. All he wanted to do was chop off Li Yun's hand; how dare she even touch Mu Qingzhou's chin?
Afterwards, Shi Anxu reflected on his emotions today and attributed them all to his desire to prevent others from tainting Mu Qingzhou; he had no other intentions.
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Shi Anxu: "You know what happened after that. I stayed on the roof until the Pavilion Master of Lanxi Pavilion ordered his disciples to drag you to the dungeon. I then flashed over and brought you back."
As soon as Shi Anxu finished speaking, his face scrunched up, and he fell to the ground, curling up in pain.
Mu Qingzhou immediately picked Shi Anxu up from the ground and placed her on the couch. "Senior brother, wait for me. I'll go find the sect leader and ask him to find someone to save you."
Shi Anxu was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely and his voice was barely audible. "No...no need. Senior...Senior brother, just...just bear with it for three hours and you'll be fine."
Mu Qingzhou ignored Shi Anxu's words and silently wiped the sweat off Shi Anxu's face with a cloth. He then said to Shi Anxu, "Senior brother, I can't just watch you suffer for me. No matter what, I will find a way to relieve your pain. Just bear with it a little longer and wait for me."
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Shi Anxu alone on the bed groaning in pain.
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