Chapter 552: Brother, Look, Is That Aunt Zhao?

Chapter 552 -302: Brother, Look, Is That Aunt Zhao?

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan had never seen such a Secret Technique. The art the Man in Golden Robe demonstrated was extremely profound and difficult to understand.

Lu Yuan spread a simple felt mat on the ground, and the two of them sat down.

They reviewed the Space Secret Technique the Man in Golden Robe had performed, exchanging their thoughts.

After about half a day, despite Lu Yuan and Su Liyan faithfully repeating the motions they had just witnessed, they saw not the slightest effect.

“Honey, this is just too hard to learn,” Su Liyan pouted.

Su Liyan had always been a quick study; everything had come easily to her before.

She never thought it would be this difficult.

Lu Yuan, however, was calm and composed. He said to Su Liyan, “It’s only natural that a Secret Technique this useful would be difficult to learn.”

Su Liyan nodded, agreeing with him.

“Honey, I’m suddenly realizing that trade you made was well worth it,” Su Liyan said, linking her arm through Lu Yuan’s as she brought up the morning’s events.

“I was just trying my luck. I never imagined that a Man in Golden Robe would appear once I’d collected all three Daoist Elder Orders.”

Lu Yuan felt like he had hit the jackpot.

“Let’s keep practicing.”

After he spoke, Lu Yuan sat down cross-legged again and meditated on every move he had seen.

‘There must be some hidden secret to it.’

Seeing how serious Lu Yuan was, Su Liyan began studying it with him as well.

Time always flies when cultivating, and the two of them had long since lost all track of it.

The sun sank below the western mountains as twilight descended.

Inside a certain residence on Prince’s Mansion’s Mansion Street, everyone was beside themselves with worry.

Zhao Qiao’er went up to each of her trusted subordinates, chest puffed out, and demanded:

“How could they just disappear into thin air?

You can’t even keep an eye on your own master! What good are any of you?”

These trusted subordinates were originally Mansion Guards from the Zhao Mansion.

They were among the first to follow Zhao Qiao’er, all of them veterans of the household.

Zhao Qiao’er was always blunt with them, saying whatever was on her mind.

Feeling at fault, the subordinates didn’t dare make a peep, simply bowing their heads as they took Zhao Qiao’er’s scolding.

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan had been missing for an entire day.

Gu Ziye had gone to the Imperial Capital and hadn’t returned yet.

And in a strange and unfamiliar place like the Imperial City…

…it was impossible to get in touch with Lu Yuan and Su Liyan; their calls wouldn’t even connect.

The situation was genuinely worrying.

‘What if they’ve run into some kind of danger?’

One of the subordinates muttered, “Madam, this morning, several Daoists from the Celestial Dynasty Palace returned to the mansion with the Master.”

Zhao Qiao’er glared at the subordinate, her eyes wide with fury. “Go on!”

Only then did the subordinate recount the morning’s events in as much detail as possible:

“After the Daoists from the Celestial Dynasty Palace left, we didn’t see the Master or the First Lady again.”

Standing to one side, Song Meiqin, who had been silent all this time, said to Zhao Qiao’er:

“Could they have been taken away by those Daoists from the Celestial Dynasty Palace?”

“No way! How could two grown people just vanish into thin air?” Zhao Qiao’er retorted after a moment’s thought.

‘That really didn’t seem possible.’

‘When it came to Martial Arts and Techniques, her darling’s strength was plain for all to see.’

‘No matter how many of them there were, those Daoists couldn’t have taken them away so quietly.’

Song Meiqin thought for a moment, then added, “Even so, they must be involved somehow.”

Zhao Qiao’er looked at the two rows of subordinates in the courtyard, inwardly regretting that she hadn’t brought more people with them from Taiping City.

Zhao Qiao’er declared with great bravado, “Grab your weapons! You’re coming with me to storm that damn Celestial Dynasty Palace.

I’d like to see just what kind of rotten Daoists would dare to mess with my man.”

This was the first time Zhao Qiao’er had accompanied her man on a long journey, so she was naturally mortified that something like this had happened.

Zhao Qiao’er paced back and forth in the courtyard, picked up a thick tree branch, and weighed it in her hand.

“Hmm, not bad! This’ll do!”

Zhao Qiao’er looked for all the world like she was about to lead her people to the Celestial Dynasty Palace and demand Lu Yuan’s return.

The Celestial Dynasty Palace was a Royal Daoist Temple, with a lofty status that no one dared to provoke.

Coming from Taiping City, Zhao Qiao’er was unaware of this.

Her fiery temper would not allow anyone to harm her darling.

Seeing that Zhao Qiao’er was serious, Song Meiqin hurriedly tried to stop her. “Shouldn’t we wait a bit longer?”

Song Meiqin wanted to wait for Gu Ziye to return from the Imperial Capital so they could make a plan together.

After all, when it came to the Imperial City, Gu Ziye knew the place inside and out.

“‘Wait and wait?’ If we wait any longer, it’ll be too late!”

Zhao Qiao’er rejected Song Meiqin’s suggestion, turning to her subordinates to say:

“Assemble at the mansion gate in ten minutes!”

The subordinates stood tall, chests out. “Yes, Second Lady!”

Before the words had even faded, the subordinates scattered to prepare.

Song Meiqin knew she was powerless to stop the frantic Zhao Qiao’er.

Zhao Qiao’er had always been hot-headed.

While Zhao Qiao’er and Song Meiqin were frantically searching the mansion for Lu Yuan and Su Liyan…

…Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were still in the valley, completely absorbed in their practice.

They sat side-by-side, their breathing even, deeply immersed in their practice.

A foul, rank odor began to fill the air.

Lu Yuan’s brow furrowed. He snapped his eyes open and yelled, “Liyan, be careful!”

Su Liyan immediately got to her feet with Lu Yuan. They stood back-to-back, staring at the RUSTLING forest in the distance.

Countless dark figures poured out from all sides of the valley. They moved so fast they were a blur to the naked eye.

To think that wild Xingzi would be causing trouble here, a place more than twenty li from the Imperial City.

Moreover, Lu Yuan had already planted Dao Banners at the four corners and set up an Invisible Air Wall.

Logically, there was no way they should have been discovered.

Furthermore, Lu Yuan was a Third Grade Military Officer. Any ordinary Xingzi with a few hundred years of power should have sensed the aura of his official rank and strength, and would have long since turned tail and fled without a second thought.