Chapter 812 The Monk's Background (Third Update)
This sudden turn of events left both Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng stunned.
Gu Chengfeng knew Long Yi's personality; this guy was best kept at bay, and it was best not to provoke him unless it was Xiao Heng or this little girl.
Has Liao Chen gone mad?
How dare they snatch something from Long Yi?
Why would he steal Long Yi's things?
He even lifted Ryuichi's mask!
Long Yi —
Gu Chengfeng's gaze involuntarily fell on Long Yi's handsome face.
"ah……"
He was stunned.
So this is what Long Yi looks like? He always thought that Long Yingwei wore masks because he was ugly, but it turns out it's because he's handsome. He's so incredibly handsome it's almost unbelievable.
Long Yi's handsomeness is a blend of bravery and chivalry, but lacks a down-to-earth quality and possesses a touch of the natural naiveté of a master.
Gu Chengfeng looked at Long Yi, then at Chen, and couldn't help but wonder, what's going on? Do all the masters these days rely on their looks?
You guys make me seem so ordinary.
Gu Chengfeng's focus completely veered off course, mainly because he didn't think the two of them could actually fight.
"Alright, alright, Master Jingkong, if you want to see Long Yi's things, you have to tell... this little girl to go ask Long Yi for them, understand?" He covered the other side of his mouth with his hand and whispered to Chen, "Let me tell you, Long Yi is a bit stingy."
However, Liao Chen could no longer hear any sound in his mind. His eyes were filled with a murderous aura that even Gu Jiao had never seen before. Even when he was a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the Crown Prince's mansion, he had never been so murderous.
Gu Jiao looked at Chen strangely.
Liao Chen stood up from the ground where he had fallen, his gaze fixed on Long Yi.
By this time, Long Yi had put his mask back on.
But what's the use of that?
He had memorized that face!
"I'm going to kill you!" He stomped his heel, leaped into the air, and launched a deadly attack at Long Yi's vital point.
Gu Chengfeng's expression changed: "Hey, really? You're serious? Long Yi just pushed you, is it really that big of a deal? You were the one who tried to take his things first!"
One is Master Jingkong's teacher, and the other is Long Yi; it's really difficult to mediate their fight.
—I absolutely refuse to admit that my martial arts skills are too low to persuade them.
Liao Chen's all-out attack actually forced Long Yi back several steps.
Liao Chen was truly determined to kill, and he used all his power. Driven by his obsession with killing Long Yi, he unleashed unimaginable strength.
Long Yi had not received orders to kill Chen, so he didn't have much of a killing intent for the time being and focused on defense.
Liao Chen pressed on relentlessly; if this continued, both of them would get hurt.
"Stop!" Gu Jiao rushed over.
"Get out of my way!" Liao Chen glared angrily, flicked his sleeve and unleashed a burst of internal force, sending Gu Jiao flying to the side.
This palm strike did not harm Gu Jiao, but in Long Yi's eyes, it became as if Gu Jiao had been attacked. Long Yi's aura suddenly changed. When Liao Chen attacked him again, he did not dodge but instead threw a punch in the face!
As their fists and palms collided, a terrifying internal force exploded across the street.
Gu Chengfeng flicked his toes, and the sand and gravel shattered by the two men's internal force crashed down to the spot where he had just been standing.
Liao Chen coughed up a mouthful of blood, and Long Yi also suffered a minor injury.
In a normal fight, Liao Chen wouldn't be able to hurt Long Yi, but the immense hatred unleashed his full potential, and he wanted to perish together with Long.
"You two, get out of here!"
He didn't want to hurt innocent people.
"Long Yi, let's go back," Gu Jiao said to Long Yi. "We're not going to fight him anymore."
Long Yi's murderous aura came and went quickly. Gu Jiao said she wouldn't fight, so she wouldn't fight.
Liao Chen stared intently at Long Yi's retreating figure, his eyes blazing: "He's not allowed to leave!"
Liao Chen leaped up, gathering all his inner strength, and with the momentum of a fierce tiger, slammed down on Long Yi's back!
Gu Jiao said she wouldn't fight.
Just like when Xiao Heng played with him when they were kids, if he said "one, two, three, don't move," he really could stay still for an hour.
Liao Chen's eyes flashed with surprise. This guy wasn't going to fight back? He was going to take this palm strike head-on? No matter how powerful a master was, taking this palm strike would damage their heart and lungs!
Long Yi did not make a move.
Just as Chen's palm was about to land on his back, damaging his heart.
Suddenly, a cute (and mischievous) little voice came from the end of the street: "Master!"
Liao Chen's breath caught in his throat, and he plummeted from mid-air, landing face down in a spectacular fashion!
Xiao Jingkong let go of Xiao Heng's hand and ran over, calling out, "Jiaojiao! Long Yi!"
After greeting the two of them, he turned around, squatted down, and stood next to his master like a little mushroom: "Master, why did you fall again?"
Liao Chen lay face down, his hands gripping the ground tightly, his teeth clenched and his whole body trembling.
Don't you have any idea how I fell?!
Little monk!
Do you think you can't live a day without messing with your teacher?
“You’re a grown-up now, and I don’t have the strength to help you anyway. Master, please get up by yourself!” With that, the little guy decisively left his master and happily went to find Gu Jiao.
Liao Chen: "...!!"
It's too late to stay!
Gu Jiao patted his little head, looked at Xiao Heng walking towards them, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Heng raised an eyebrow and glanced at the little guy.
The little guy shook his head in a second, saying with a blatant attempt to cover up his mistake, "It's not that I want to eat candied hawthorns!"
Long Yi is no longer easily stunned when he sees Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong together, but whether he still treats Xiao Jingkong as a mini-Xiao Heng is something only he knows in his heart.
"Long Yi, you and Jing Kong get on the carriage first," Xiao Heng said to Long Yi.
Long Yi picked up the little guy and got into Xiao Heng's carriage without saying a word.
Xiao Heng's carriage was parked next to the Crown Prince's carriage. As Long Yi walked over to the Crown Prince's carriage, the Crown Prince happened to wake up and just shouted "Someone come here!" Long Yi didn't even lift his eyelids, but instead struck out with his inner force, knocking the Crown Prince unconscious again.
Long Yi carried Xiao Jingkong and got into the carriage.
Only Xiao Heng, Gu Jiao, Gu Chengfeng, and Liao Chen remained in the alley.
Liao Chen straightened his body, which had almost been broken apart from the fall, and stood up. He hadn't been injured in the fight with Long Yi, but he had been knocked down by his disciple's roar and ended up with a bruised and swollen face.
Where can I go to seek justice?
He raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked coldly at the three people opposite him: "What exactly is your relationship with that guy named Long Yi?"
Gu Jiao said to Chen seriously, "He is our friend."
"Friends?" Liao Chen looked at Xiao Jingkong, who was sitting on the carriage, swaying his head and chattering away, and Long Yi, a human-shaped receiver, silently guarding Xiao Jingkong's side. He clenched his fist and said, "Someone like him doesn't deserve to have friends!"
Xiao Heng frowned slightly.
Gu Jiao said, "You seem to know Long Yi, and you even know about Long Yi's past."
Liao Chen said coldly, "Of course I know him! I'd still recognize him even if he turned to ashes!"
Xiao Heng stared at him intently and said, "I've always wanted to know your identity. You can't possibly be unrelated to the Xuanyuan family, but I couldn't find you in the Xuanyuan family's portraits or genealogy. Neither the Third Princess nor the Duke of Anguo had ever heard of a person named Xuanyuan Zheng. So, who exactly are you?"
Liao Chen sneered, "Who I am is unimportant. If you still want Jing Kong to live, you'd better let me kill him!"
He didn't tell Xiao Heng and Gu Jiao to kill him, because Gu Jiao said that Long Yi was their friend, so he didn't want to put Gu Jiao in a difficult position.
He'll do it himself!
Xiao Heng glanced at Chen and said, "You can't kill him."
He was raised under Long Yi's watchful eye, and his bond with Long Yi transcends all other connections in the world. There is absolutely no way he would not stand on Long Yi's side.
He would never allow anyone to harm Long Yi.
Liao Chen's peach blossom eyes were filled with boundless hatred: "I may not be able to kill him tonight, but one day, I will kill him with my own hands!"
Gu Jiao said, "He doesn't remember anything from before."
Liao Chen sneered, "Is that so? Then I'm not surprised. No wonder a cold-blooded killer has become like this. But even if he doesn't remember, it doesn't erase the sins he committed. Tell him to watch out; I'll take his life!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.
Looking at the empty street corner, Gu Chengfeng patted his chest and asked in bewilderment, "What's going on? Is Jingkong's master and Long Yi mortal enemies?"
Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng both looked in the direction Chen had left. Gu Jiao said, "It seems he doesn't intend to mention what happened back then to us."
Xiao Heng said solemnly, "Because that is his most painful memory."
Gu Jiao gave a puzzled "hmm" and turned her head to look at him: "Do you know something?"
Xiao Heng also looked at her, his gaze gentle: "I just confirmed it myself; before, it was just speculation."
"Then tell me, I want to hear it," Gu Jiao said, tugging at his hand.
Xiao Heng looked at her gently and squeezed her hand in return: "Okay."
Gu Chengfeng: Hello? There's someone else here? Can you two please stop ignoring me? Stop flirting with me?
The two carriages moved slowly, with the two following leisurely beside the first carriage. Gu Chengfeng rolled his eyes and sat in the second carriage.
Xiao Heng said softly, "The story begins with the Xuanyuan family more than 30 years ago. At that time, although the Xuanyuan family was also a family with military power, it was far less powerful than it is now."
Gu Jiao nodded: "I've heard of that. The Xuanyuan family gradually grew stronger under Xuanyuan Li's leadership, and the Black Wind Camp was also founded by Xuanyuan Li."
Xiao Heng shook his head: "But actually it's not."
"Huh?" Gu Jiao stared at him blankly.
Xiao Heng smiled and ruffled a tuft of hair on her head, saying, "The founder of the Black Wind Camp is someone else. The most powerful person in the Xuanyuan family is not Xuanyuan Li, but the first leader of the Black Wind Camp, who is also the Shadow Lord of the Xuanyuan family. This is the true military spirit of the Xuanyuan family."
Gu Jiao stroked her chin: "Lord of Shadows? That sounds cool. What kind of person is he?"
Xiao Heng said, "I don't know exactly what kind of person he is, but I do know that he is also the founder of the Imperial Preceptor Hall."
Gu Jiao couldn't help but think of the faceless portrait. Could it be that person?
If it is him, then he must be the third little clay figure sitting with Xuanyuan Li and the Imperial Preceptor.
She remembered the Imperial Advisor saying that the person was both a teacher and a friend.
Seeing that she was listening attentively, Xiao Heng continued, "The Lord of Shadows has never appeared in the open, but he compiled the Six Books of Yan, founded the National Preceptor Hall, and also the Black Wind Camp. He also left behind countless riches. He fought with Xuan Yuanli in various battles, always in the shadows, and never left his name on the battlefield. Therefore, people only regarded him as a powerful soldier and did not take anything else to heart."
But this secret was eventually discovered.
The royal families of Jin and Liang began to try every means to win him over, and when that failed, they decided to eliminate him.
Unexpectedly, one day he suddenly disappeared.
People speculated that he was either dead or had found a place to hide.
Gu Jiao asked, "What does this have to do with Liao Chen?" Although she saw some things in her dream, it wasn't all of it. At least regarding Liao Chen, there was only the ending, not the past.
Xiao Heng paused for a moment, then said, "Liao Chen's father was the second Lord of Shadows."
Gu Jiao asked, "That person's son?"
Xiao Heng shook his head again: "No, that person is not from the Xuanyuan family. Liao Chen's father is, but the Shadow Lord operates in secret and cannot come out in the open. This is a rule he set. Xuanyuan Li's younger brother, Xuanyuan Qi, faked his death and became the second Shadow Lord of the Xuanyuan family. Only the successive heads of the Xuanyuan family know about the existence of this dark force. Therefore, the Duke of Anguo, my mother, and even Xuanyuan Li's eldest son, Xuanyuan Sheng, are completely unaware of it."
"Twenty years ago, Xuan Yuanqi took the eight-year-old Xuan Yuanzheng to Zhao Kingdom to find a medicinal herb. On the way, Xuan Yuanqi was attacked by assassins and died."
"Judging from Liao Chen's reaction, that assassin... is Long Yi."
Although Long Yi killed Xuan Yuanqi, he also paid a heavy price, losing all his memories and becoming half-mad and half-foolish.
Long Yi: You're the idiot! Hehehe!
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