There are only three days left until the arrival of the annual Red Moon.
While Liu Yunqing and Mingxin were strolling around the city, they received a message from Tu Feng.
Before I could even look, I saw a familiar figure walk into an inn.
Liu Yunqing turned to Mingxin Zhenren and said, "Let's meet at the inn," and then vanished in a flash.
When Liu Yunqing concealed himself and followed the figure into the inn, he found that the familiar figure had already disappeared.
Just as Liu Yunqing had searched the entire inn without finding the figure, a moon-white robe glimpsed in the distance.
As they approached the house, they could indeed hear voices coming from inside.
"Senior Sister, the news in Red Moon City is very chaotic. It seems that someone is deliberately causing trouble!"
After a while, a teacup was placed on the table, and then Liu Yunzhao's calm and composed voice slowly emerged.
"Whether it's sabotage or not is still unknown; there might be others investigating the matter as well."
The voice from before asked, puzzled:
"Others? Who?"
Liu Yunzhao remained silent, only smiling as he looked towards the door.
Then... no one showed up.
Liu Yunzhao's smile froze, he frowned and pursed his lips, then spoke:
"I knew you'd follow me, so stop hiding and come out!"
Still no one responded.
The female cultivator who had spoken earlier changed her expression upon hearing Liu Yunzhao's words and hurriedly ran to open the door to check.
Liu Yunzhao followed his fellow disciple's gaze, only to find nothing there.
Liu Yunzhao frowned. Impossible. She clearly saw Zhenru follow her into the inn, and for a moment just now, she was certain that Zhenru was outside the door, but there was indeed no one outside the door now.
Liu Yunzhao couldn't sit still, so he got up and went out of the room to check, but he still couldn't find Liu Yunqing.
Could it be that I'm seeing things?
Or is it that Zhenru didn't see himself?
Liu Yunzhao pondered this in his heart, then returned to the house and closed the door.
The moment she closed the door, Liu Yunqing, who had concealed herself in the space, emerged from around the corner and left without disturbing anyone.
She's not stupid. When cultivators discuss serious matters, who wouldn't activate an isolation array to let someone eavesdrop?
Upon hearing the voices coming from the room, Liu Yunqing knew that the other party was trying to seduce her.
Liu Yunqing didn't really know why Liu Yunzhao was trying to seduce her, but that didn't stop her from diverting the trouble to Liu Yunzhao after returning to the inn and reading the news.
...
Red Moon City, an inn somewhere.
The figure behind the curtain, after listening to the report from the kneeling person, was no longer as irritable as he had been the previous two days.
After pondering for a while, he waved away the person who sent the message and muttered to himself:
"It was her? What's she doing getting involved?"
"Hmph! Women are always a hassle, I wonder what that person was thinking..."
He said this, but ultimately, because of his concerns, he became increasingly vague.
After a while, the man summoned another person and gave the order:
"Send someone to keep an eye on her. If she doesn't cause any trouble, fine. But if she's being unreasonable and meddling, find a way to control her... Don't let her get hurt."
"yes!"
...
Tu Feng looked at the things Liu Yunqing had given him with some shame and responded. After a pause, he apologized to Liu Yunqing:
"It was my fault for not handling things properly, and I almost ruined Fellow Daoist Zhenru's plans. Fortunately, Fellow Daoist was quick-witted."
Liu Yunqing did not blame Tu Feng, but pointed to the person in the intelligence report and said:
"It's not your fault, you got lucky by accident. But what's the background of the Qiu family?"
"No particular background..."
Tu Feng subconsciously shook his head, wanting to say that he had no background, but at the moment he was about to speak, he hesitated and said:
"There's really nothing else to it, just an ordinary family that slowly rose to prominence, but I remember hearing a rumor."
"They say it's the Qiu family of Red Moon City, but they are a collateral branch of the Qiu family that was expelled from the Tai Xuan Sect."
The Qiu family was a small, unheard-of clan, and a collateral branch that had been expelled from the main family.
Liu Yunqing expressed her confusion, wondering how Tu Feng could know so much about such an insignificant and trivial matter.
"Hey, don't be fooled by Red Moon City's lawlessness and its apparent disregard for everyone's feelings. That only applies to individual cases."
"If someone can leverage the influence of a major sect, that would be very useful."
"It was this small family, a branch that was expelled from the clan, that managed to gain a foothold in Red Moon City because of this connection."
At this point, Tu Feng hesitated slightly, but still chose to speak frankly:
"There's another point. In the ranking of power in Red Moon City, the Qiu family seems to be at the bottom, but based on my years of observation, the Qiu family is hiding their true strength."
A branch that has been expelled from the clan must have done something that is intolerable to the main family, yet it still shamelessly tries to benefit from the main family's success. It doesn't seem like a family with good family traditions.
Logically speaking, a family like this, once in power, should be rampant in their own territory, but the Qiu family is content to stay in a corner and be content to be at the bottom.
Unfortunately, Tu Feng only caused a commotion in the city, and only the Qiu family noticed it and quickly investigated.
If it weren't for Liu Yunzhao's appearance, and Liu Yunqing's subsequent guidance pointing the finger at him, they would probably have been targeted by the Qiu family long ago.
Thinking about this, Liu Yunqing was somewhat surprised to find that the Qiu family should have already discovered Liu Yunzhao, but why was there no movement at all?
Could it be... that they are waiting for the day of the red moon?
"The day of the Red Moon is tomorrow, and if there are no abnormalities, it will appear on time."
The Red Moon Day is a grand annual event for Red Moon City. However, since the Red Moon Day is not on a fixed date and can occur a few days earlier or later, the locals, apart from those who come specifically for the Red Moon Day, are used to it and it does not disrupt their daily routine.
The next day, while the sun was still setting, Liu Yunqing and Mingxin Zhenren followed Tu Fenghou to the rooftop.
People like them are everywhere in the city.
As the last rays of the setting sun reluctantly sank into darkness, the entire Red Moon City seemed to have its lights blown out, plunging into complete darkness.
The blackness was so intense that spiritual energy filled his eyes that he could not see anything, and his consciousness was also completely dark.
The entire Red Moon City fell into complete silence at that moment.
However, this state of extreme stillness lasted only three breaths before it was followed by an overwhelming cacophony of clashing weapons, exploding spells, and screams of agony.
Liu Yunqing and the other two stood back to back, working together to kill those who tried to take advantage of the situation.
Liu Yunqing spread his palms out, creating a ring of fire that encircled the three. Those who dared to charge in were instantly killed if they had low cultivation levels, while those above the Golden Core stage who didn't shake off the fire in time were either killed or severely injured. The screams of agony around the three could almost be considered a lament.
Fortunately, the extreme darkness did not last long. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it was as if a hole had been pried open on the horizon, and a thin layer of bright red light swept into Red Moon City.
"The Day of the Red Moon has begun!"
"Quickly sit down and meditate!"
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