Chapter 91: Huang Qingzhou’s Request

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Huang Qingzhou’s Request

The Fenglin Town Government Office.

The battle at Zhiyuan Hall naturally alarmed Li Xingchao and the others staying at the Government Office.

In the courtyard, Li Xun looked at his father with some confusion. "Father, why didn’t you let me go save Fang Xu?"

Not long after the battle began, Li Xun had heard the commotion and prepared to head over to Zhiyuan Hall to investigate, but Li Xingchao had stopped him.

"I received news that the people from the Ascension Association have arrived. They went straight to Zhiyuan Hall as soon as they reached Fenglin Town.

"And also..." Li Xingchao trailed off, pulling out a secret letter and handing it to Li Xun.

Accepting the letter, Li Xun tore it open and glanced at it, his brows immediately furrowing. "Fang Xu is planning to participate in the Ascension Association’s assessment?"

Li Xingchao nodded, his expression solemn. "When we first arrived in Fenglin Town, Taibu saw the thousand-year-old ancient maple in the town and asserted that an extraordinary talent would emerge from here.

"When Fang Xu came to find you the day before yesterday, Taibu told me that Fang Xu possesses incredibly strong fortune and might achieve something great in the future."

Li Xun came to a sudden realization. "No wonder you stepped forward to protect him." After saying this, he voiced his confusion again, "Since you plan to win him over and take him under our wing, why didn’t you let me help him this time?"

Li Xingchao said nothing, simply pacing around the courtyard.

After a long while, he finally spoke. "I have my own plans regarding this matter, which I will tell you later." He turned to look at Li Xun. "Remember, while the people from the Ascension Association are in Fenglin Town, do not go looking for Fang Xu again."

Li Xun was slightly taken aback but bowed slightly. "I understand. Father, when will we go check out the ruins again?"

After being ambushed on the way back to the Central State last time, he had returned to Fenglin Town, and Li Xingchao hadn’t forced him to leave. Li Xun felt that he absolutely had to enter the Tilan Mountain ruins at least once. His expedition from the Central State to gain experience had achieved nothing so far; instead, he had stirred up a bunch of trouble, which was a heavy blow to his confidence. He knew very well that his talent in the Martial Dao was outstanding, but he was truly somewhat lacking in terms of strategy and resourcefulness.

Given this, he ought to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses by venturing into the Tilan Mountain ruins. If he could bring out some rare treasures or Cultivation Technique inheritances to add to the royal family’s foundation, all his previous setbacks could be completely overlooked.

"Wait a little longer. I’ve already had people gather the advancing routes of all the various factions outside the ruins. Once we find a safe path, I’ll let you go in," Li Xingchao said.

When the royal family and the Yun Family decided to open the Tilan Mountain ruins, one of their demands was that all factions must unreservedly report their explored routes to the royal family. This kind of information couldn’t be faked. After all, there were many factions entering the ruins; if any single group dared to play tricks regarding this matter, the royal family and the Yun Family had plenty of ways to verify the truth.

"Alright, try to keep a low profile during this time. Taibu told me that the aura of death on your body still hasn’t dissipated. If it weren’t for the dynasty’s fortune constantly helping you fend it off, you probably would have already met with disaster."

Hearing this, Li Xun’s expression turned somewhat ugly. He even felt that ever since he arrived in Fenglin Town, nothing had gone right, purely because he had been schemed against by those detestable shamans. Otherwise, how could he be so unlucky?

The next morning in Zhiyuan Hall.

Fang Xu slowly opened his eyes. Touching the thick scabs that had formed on his back, a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.

After getting injured last night, he had used his consciousness to guide the Divine Attendants to help heal his wounds. Even though he had swallowed a large number of Qi Blood Pills to provide the Divine Attendants with vitality, these little guys seemed to just be underage Parus. After bustling about for the entire night, they had only managed to stop the bleeding and let the wounds scab over.

The internal injuries, however, were recovering very slowly.

He tried moving his body a bit, but any slightly large movement sent waves of intense pain from his wounds. Fang Xu sighed helplessly. He probably wouldn’t be able to fight for a few days.

Carefully climbing out of bed, he hid the Divination God Treasure and the Flame Spirit True Understanding before walking out into the courtyard. He found that Huang Qingzhou was already awake and was currently dragging out the corpses of the Divination God Sect cultists he had killed last night.

Seeing Fang Xu, he asked in surprise, "Are your injuries healed?"

Fang Xu shook his head. "The bleeding has stopped, but I can’t make any major movements. I reckon I won’t be able to fight for the next few days."

Huang Qingzhou nodded, dragging the last corpse outside. Then, looking at the somewhat messy courtyard, he said, "I’ve already sent a letter to my master."

"Are you planning to expose Su Cheng, Senior Brother?" Fang Xu frowned.

Although Su Cheng’s actions yesterday could already be considered a violation of the Ascension Association’s rules, they had no actual evidence. Choosing to expose him now wasn’t the best timing.

Huang Qingzhou shook his head. "No. Master and that guy Su Cheng have spent decades together; their bond has long surpassed that of master and disciple and is comparable to father and son.

"Without conclusive evidence, I naturally wouldn’t tell him.

"Besides, this is considered a scandal within the sect. If I expose him, it will inevitably cause Master to lose face within the Ascension Association."

At this point, Huang Qingzhou looked at Fang Xu apologetically. "Fang Xu, please forgive my selfishness, but I hope you can help me keep this secret.

"You are very strong. Once you join the Ascension Association, it probably won’t be long before you have hope of defeating him. When that time comes, you can directly apply to the sect to execute him fair and square in the arena, settling this grudge once and for all."

Seeing the pleading look on Huang Qingzhou’s face, Fang Xu nodded slightly. "Don’t worry, Senior Brother Huang. I will avenge this myself; I absolutely won’t borrow the power of the sect’s Law Enforcement Hall."

Leaving aside the fact that he still planned to have Chu Muyun become Xu Changqing’s disciple, he simply couldn’t refuse this request after Huang Qingzhou’s repeated help and the injuries he had sustained while protecting Chu Muyun. Su Cheng was just a First Realm Martial Venerable Pill Master. It wouldn’t take him long to gain the strength to kill him.

"That’s good, then." Huang Qingzhou breathed a slight sigh of relief and smiled at Fang Xu. "The Ascension Association branch here in the Yu Kingdom is managed by my master and Elder Jiang Feng. Elder Jiang and my master are best friends.

"I sent a letter to my master asking him to go to Elder Jiang and transfer over some disciples who excel at fighting."

Hearing this, Fang Xu chuckled bitterly. "The transferred people won’t end up like Mu Xuan and the others, blindly following Su Cheng’s lead, will they?"

Huang Qingzhou looked stunned; he had actually overlooked this point. Scratching his head awkwardly, he spoke up, "It’s fine! It’s fine! You have to believe that I, your senior brother, still have some connections in the Ascension Association."

As a Pill Master, even though Huang Qingzhou was currently only at the peak of the Third Grade, his potential clearly surpassed Su Cheng’s. Among the many disciples of the Ascension Association, he was a rising star. As such, he truly did have a good network within the sect.

"Rest assured, after his failure last night, Su Cheng must be worried right now about whether we’ll report him. He absolutely won’t dare to act recklessly in the short term.

"Right now, the only ones we need to be careful of are those guys in Blood Robes from last night," Huang Qingzhou said optimistically.

Blood Robes... Divination God Sect...

Mentioning this gave Fang Xu a headache. He had thought that because he cultivated the Divination God Treasure, this group of guys would revere him as a god or a Holy Son or something. He would never have imagined in his wildest dreams that what awaited him was the obsessive targeting of these lunatics.

What a hassle!

He was currently severely injured and had no strength to fight again. It could be said that his life and livelihood were now entirely in Huang Qingzhou’s hands.