Chapter 840 - 399: Farewell, Li Miaoyin! True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao (2)

Chapter 840: Chapter 399: Farewell, Li Miaoyin! True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao (2)

In fact, Zhang Fan had another purpose for coming to Zhenwu Mountain this time—he wanted to seek guidance from Chu Chaoran.

In the world today, if there is anyone who might still know the secret of the Three Corpses, it would probably only be this Pure Yang Zhenren.

"Keeping Yu Xuanji alive is a disaster waiting to happen." Li Miaoyin said in a low voice.

"If she can come along with Sanqing Mountain for this disciple-recruiting grand ceremony, that would be best."

A flash of ruthless killing intent passed through Zhang Fan’s eyes; if Yu Xuanji showed herself, he could settle it once and for all and end her here.

As long as this woman lived, his heart could not be at peace.

"I’m afraid she won’t come." Li Miaoyin said gravely.

"Yeah, what I’m afraid of is that she doesn’t come."

Zhang Fan’s face was ice-cold. Ever since that parting in Chang’an, he had been unable to let go of Yu Xuanji, his killing intent rising day by day, overturning heaven and earth.

On an occasion like this, with powerhouses from all sides gathered, the chance of Yu Xuanji not showing up was far greater than the chance of her appearing.

"If she doesn’t show herself, once matters here are settled, I’ll accompany you on a trip to Sanqing Mountain."

Li Miaoyin looked at the car, speaking with utmost seriousness.

"No matter what, we have to kill her."

"Alright!"

Zhang Fan nodded. He looked at Li Miaoyin; his words were full of slaughter, yet his heart felt warm.

"You two husband and wife are really ruthless."

Sitting in the back, Fang Changle couldn’t help complaining.

"Shut up!"

Right then, Zhang Fan and Li Miaoyin spoke in unison.

As soon as the words fell, the two exchanged a glance, the corners of their mouths slightly lifting, tacit understanding between them.

At that moment Fang Changle only felt the carriage was cramped, and that he himself was a bit superfluous.

The last person to feel this way had been Ge Shuangxiu.

"By the way, your good brother already arrived two days ago."

At this moment, Li Miaoyin suddenly shifted the topic.

"Ge Shuangxiu?" Zhang Fan blurted out.

Of Zhang Fan’s good brothers, the ones Li Miaoyin knew numbered only a few; thinking it over, it could only be Ge Shuangxiu.

"Mm." Li Miaoyin gave a light hum.

"I booked you two into the same hotel; it’s only about five or six kilometers from Zhenwu Mountain."

Right now, with the Transcendent Zhenren’s disciple-recruiting ceremony imminent, almost all hotels within a thirty-kilometer radius had already been fully reserved. The arrangement Li Miaoyin had made was already quite good.

"So he’s one step ahead of me." Zhang Fan murmured.

On the Chang’an trip, Ge Shuangxiu had basically gone missing for the entire journey. It wasn’t until Zhang Fan was about to return to Yujing that he received a text message from him.

In the message, Ge Shuangxiu said he’d run into Rosen; after a hurried parting, he had some other matters to attend to and left first.

This made Zhang Fan very concerned.

Rosen, aside from Li Yishan, was another person cultivating [Jia Sheng Gui Si], and more importantly, he had countless threads of connection to the Daoist Alliance.

In front of the Living Dead Tomb, Rosen and Li Yishan had not decided a victor.

Yet among the Nine Great Inner Elixir Methods, in the world today only one person could achieve completion.

Between those two, there would inevitably be another battle sooner or later.

"He’s in quite a sorry state now." Li Miaoyin teased.

"What happened?" Zhang Fan asked.

"You don’t know? He escaped from the Ge Family."

"The Ge Family? He went back to the Ge Family?" Zhang Fan couldn’t help saying.

Ge Shuangxiu was born of the Pure Yang Ge Family, but he had entered the Sanqi Orphanage since childhood; later, after following Rat, he returned to the Ge Family, staying low-key, forbearing, not showing the slightest mountain or water.

Logically speaking, he shouldn’t attract attention in the Ge Family and ought to be quite safe—so how did it get to the point where he had to escape?

"A lot of people died in Qin Ancient Town." Li Miaoyin said in a tight voice.

That day, when Chen Dragon appeared in Qin Ancient Town, the three Celestial Masters all died there.

Qiu Shangqing, Yuan Tiandu, and Zhang Jingshen...

Aside from them, among the younger generation, people like Qiu Buyi, Qiu Wanmian, and Ge Changfeng also all died in Qin Ancient Town.

Especially Qiu Wanmian and Ge Changfeng—they both died by Ge Shuangxiu’s hand.

"With an incident that big, the Qiu Family and the Ge Family have been investigating on all fronts, overtly and covertly." Li Miaoyin said gravely.

"They discovered that Ge Shuangxiu had appeared in Yujing City, and his trail extended to Qin Ancient Town."

"They actually found that out." Zhang Fan’s brows furrowed.

After that incident, he’d even specifically told Fang Changle that it would be best to erase some traces.

"The Qiu Family and the Ge Family are Pure Yang Families after all. If they want to investigate, there will always be some clues." Fang Changle curled his lips.

In fact, he had helped Zhang Fan clean things up quite thoroughly; as for Ge Shuangxiu, he hadn’t paid too much attention at the time.

"Since he was a major suspect, of course they brought him back to the Ge Family for interrogation." Li Miaoyin said softly.

Zhang Fan had a vague awakening; it seemed that when they were in Chang’an, Ge Shuangxiu’s unannounced departure had been because of this matter.

Still, since he could contact Zhang Fan back then, his situation shouldn’t have been too bad.

"But this investigation turned out to be anything but small..." Li Miaoyin’s tone shifted.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Fan’s expression changed slightly.

If the Ge Family discovered that Qiu Wanmian and Ge Changfeng had indeed died by Ge Shuangxiu’s hand, that would be enough to warrant death.

"Compared to what the Ge Family found, the deaths of those two seem almost insignificant." Li Miaoyin shook her head.

"What do you mean?"

"The Ge Family discovered that this disciple who had endured for many years, unknown in reputation, was actually a deeply hidden top expert." Li Miaoyin said gravely.

A peripheral disciple of the Ge Family had not only cultivated to completion the supreme Lin Department’s Ultimate Skill among Ancestor Ge’s Nine Secrets, but the Immortals he Invited were actually the Thirty-Six Great Immortals.

This shook the entire Ge Family from top to bottom.

You have to know, when Ancestor Ge transmitted his Techniques, the Nine Secrets’ pinnacle lay in the Lin Department Skill, the main Great Skill of the sect, which brought together the Daoist Sect’s Inviting Gods and Immortals techniques in Great Success.

Even among the Ge Family’s Direct Disciples, very few could comprehend its Xuanmiao and Invite the Celestial Immortals and Gods.

Among these people, almost all only Invited the Seventy-Two Minor Immortals.

"Old Ge inherited the Ge Clan’s Upper Method Dharma Lineage and Invited the Thirty-Six Great Immortals—that’s no small thing." Zhang Fan nodded.

Ge Shuangxiu was no ordinary person; being able to Invite the Thirty-Six Great Immortals made him a phoenix-feather-and-unicorn-horn existence even in the Ge Family’s history.

What’s more, the one he Invited was the Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God, an Immortal specially adept at slaughter.

"With such a seedling in the clan, it’s as if the ancestral grave is smoking green." Li Miaoyin said in a tight voice.

"By comparison, the deaths of Qiu Wanmian and Ge Changfeng are trivial."

With the ability to Invite the Thirty-Six Great Immortals, a talent and root like that appearing in this generation— even if it was confirmed that those two had been killed by Ge Shuangxiu, the Ge Family would pull out all the stops to wash him clean and restore his innocence.

It’s no exaggeration to say that a hundred Ge Changfengs wouldn’t be worth a single Ge Shuangxiu.

"That seems like a good thing." Zhang Fan muttered.

"For someone else, it might be good; but for your brother, not necessarily..." Li Miaoyin said meaningfully.

"There are still many questionable points about him. What the Ge Family needs is an absolutely loyal heir, not, in the end, a rebellious traitor they can’t domesticate."

"So naturally, they’ll have to get to the bottom of those doubts."

As she spoke, Li Miaoyin glanced sideways at Zhang Fan.

"Do you think your brother can withstand an investigation?"

"I’m afraid he can’t." Zhang Fan sighed.

Setting aside that part of his life in the orphanage, just Ge Shuangxiu’s relationship with the Wuwei Sect and with Rat wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny, to say nothing of the fact that he’d been running around with Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan was even "dirtier" than he was.

"You two really are brothers in misfortune." Zhang Fan rubbed his temples.

"So, he escaped."

As she spoke, the corners of Li Miaoyin’s mouth lifted slightly. "When you meet later, you two brothers can trade experiences."

"What’s the Ge Family’s reaction?" Zhang Fan asked the key question.

"I hear they’ve already sent an expert over; they’re taking advantage of attending this grand ceremony to bring him back." Li Miaoyin’s information was very well-informed.

"Don’t tell me it’s another Celestial Master."

"Do you think Celestial Masters grow like cabbages?" Li Miaoyin shook her head.

"Those elders definitely won’t act personally. The Ge Family is sending a young man this time."

"Same generation? In the Ge Family’s same generation there’s still someone who can beat Old Ge?" Zhang Fan asked in surprise.

Ge Shuangxiu had cultivated the Lin Department Skill among the Nine Secrets, and the Immortals he Invited were the Thirty-Six Great Immortals; with talent and cultivation like that, he should be able to sweep the Ge Family’s younger generation.

"Don’t underestimate the Pure Yang Families." Li Miaoyin said in a tight voice.

"This young man from the Ge Family is named Ge Chang’an!"

"He also Invites the Thirty-Six Great Immortals, and the one he Invites is..."

"True Monarch Qingyuan Miaodao!!!"