White-Robed Chief

“I just heard that you and Younger Sister have really become husband and wife.” Xiao Shi frowned and glared at him with dissatisfaction. “Don’t tell me you’re planning to make her a widow right after getting married?”

Chu Li shook his head and broke into laughter. “I’m confident that I can get away alive.”

“Stop boasting!” Xiao Shi pursed her red lips and asked, “Who in the world can ever survive being hunted down by an Enlightened Master?”

“I’ve racked my brains to prepare for this while striving to make sure that I’ll have a good chance of survival,” Chu Li replied and nodded confidently. “I’ve endured an attack from an Enlightened Master before, so I know how to handle it. Don’t worry. I value my life too, and I can’t stand losing her.”

“You’re a b*stard!” Xiao Shi muttered with a scoff. “You’re making Younger Sister so worried!”

Chu Li glanced at Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi was staring intently at him.

Chu Li sighed and said, “I have to kill King An sooner or later, and this is the best time for me to do it without raising the Emperor’s suspicions. I should take this opportunity to kill King An before he becomes more powerful in the future and causes us endless trouble. If it gets to the point where we have to go up against the Emperor directly, countless people will die!”

Xiao Shi frowned and fell silent.

She knew that what Chu Li said made sense, but no one knew for sure what would happen in the future. Perhaps it would not be necessary for Chu Li to kill King An because King An might end up causing his own demise. Judging by King An’s current state of mind, Xiao Shi could tell that something was very wrong with him since he seemed like a balloon that would burst at any moment.

Chu Li knew what she was thinking and said, “I won’t count on others to solve a problem that I can solve on my own!”

“Ugh…” Xiao Shi sighed and shook her head at Xiao Qi in resignation.

Xiao Qi asked calmly, “Well then, when are you going to do it?”

“I’ll make my move tomorrow,” Chu Li replied. “All of you should go back to the High Duke’s Public House first.”

“Okay,” Xiao Qi said.

…

That night, the moonlight was dim while King An sat in his study room with a dark expression. The study room was brightly lit but was so quiet that one could even hear a pin drop.

Zheng Lide’s voice could be heard from outside. “Your Royal Highness, two protectors from the Imperial House have come to see you.”

“Invite them in quickly.” King An rose to his feet at once.

Zheng Lide replied, “Understood.”

Before King An could go out and welcome them, two elderly men with white eyebrows and beards entered the room. One of the elders had a plump physique while the other was skinny. They gave a fist salute and bowed to him. “Greetings, Your Royal Highness.”

“You don’t have to be so polite, seniors!” King An hurriedly replied.

The two elders gave a fist salute and seemed quite at ease.

King An raised a hand as a gesture to invite them in.

The plump elder chuckled and said, “The Emperor has ordered us to come here and serve as Your Royal Highness’ personal protectors.”

“Thank you for your service, seniors!” King An gave them a warm smile. “I shall entrust my safety to both of you!”

“Your Royal Highness, you can put your mind to rest now,” the skinny elder replied.

The plump elder laughed and asked, “Does Your Royal Highness have any enemies? Is that why you’ve requested us to come over?”

These two men were internal guards of the Imperial House, which meant that they were top-notch masters who rarely ever left the Imperial House. Since they possessed over three hundred years of cultivation, not many martial arts masters below the Enlightened Master’s Boundary could go up against them.

They used to serve as protectors at the Inner Mausoleum too and later enjoyed carefree and leisurely lives at the Imperial House. Since the Emperor was an Enlightened Master, they only needed to protect the Empress and the imperial concubines. As for those martial arts masters who had the nerve to break into the Imperial House to carry out assassination attempts, they never thought it worth their time to assassinate the Empress and the imperial concubines anyway.

Therefore, it was considered a hard and unrewarding task to come and serve at King An’s Imperial Residence since they would have less time to cultivate.

Nonetheless, they could not disobey the Emperor’s orders.

King An forced a smile. “It’s not that I have any enemies. I just feel very restless these days, so I thought of requesting for you seniors to come over to help me get over my worries and ward off any evil presence.”

He did not want to tell them that Chu Li was his enemy. Otherwise, he would become widely known as a useless person and would have no chance to succeed the throne.

“Your Royal Highness, you don’t have to worry anymore. We’ll stay by your side and protect you,” the plump elder said with a smile.

“Thank you, seniors.” King An solemnly gave them a fist salute.

Then, he heaved a sigh of relief and finally put his mind to rest.

Ever since he encountered Chu Li again, he had been deeply worried and ridden with anxiety as he had sensed Chu Li’s killing intent.

Chu Li could have crippled his martial arts back then but had decided not to do so. This unusual behavior from Chu Li was a clear indication that Chu Li had really made up his mind about killing King An.

Since he was a Prince, anyone who wanted to kill him would have to face the wrath of the Emperor. However, it seemed like Chu Li was planning to perish together with him and drag him down to the underworld.

Due to such worries, King An had requested the Emperor to send over two internal guards from the Imperial House to become his protectors.

The Emperor had agreed to his request very readily because the internal guards of the Imperial House were only loyal to the Emperor and would report the Prince’s each and every move to the Emperor. That was why the Princes would rarely request for the assistance of the Imperial House internal guards.

If King An had not been so worried, he would have also been reluctant to request for these two internal guards to come over.

Nonetheless, with these two elders here, he could finally be at ease and enjoy a peaceful sleep.

King An was just about to fall asleep after returning to his bedchamber when he suddenly sensed something odd. When he opened his eyes to check his surroundings, he found that he was no longer in his bedchamber but was on top of a mountain where the wind blew strongly under the night sky.

The moon hung high up in the sky and bathed him in its soft glow.

A handsome young man stood before King An and gave him a faint smile.

“You…” King An had just opened his mouth to speak.

With the flash of a blade, his vision turned dark. His head was sent flying into the air while his blood sprayed out like a fountain.

…

Chu Li transformed into Du Feng’s appearance before showing up in King An’s Imperial Residence.

Since King An had a rare treasure that could suppress divine powers by his side, Chu Li would not have been able to use the All-Seeing Divine Technique and his God’s Limbs around King An.

Nonetheless, his Maha-Vairocana’s Immobility Scripture was capable of overcoming the suppressive effects of a rare treasure like this, although it could only do so at close range. This meant that Chu Li could not use the scripture to overcome such suppressive effects if he was far away from King An.

Thus, by appearing in King An’s Imperial Residence first, Chu Li would be able to make King An’s rare treasure lose its effects from close range. After that, he could freely use his divine powers.

Chu Li instantly appeared beside King An and pulled him up before vanishing together with him. Then, once they appeared on top of a towering mountain in the Li Dynasty, Chu Li beheaded King An with a flash of his blade.

The two internal guards from the Imperial House had not noticed anything strange at all as they never thought that it would be possible for divine powers to work in the presence of a rare treasure that could specifically suppress divine powers. By the time they noticed that something was wrong, King An was already gone.

Right after Chu Li beheaded King An, he activated his God’s Limbs to leave.

“Damn you!” An angry voice seemed to echo from a faraway void and sounded like rumbling thunder. What appeared to be a distant voice at first resounded through the skies in an instant while a mighty and boundless force descended from the sky to hold Chu Li in place and seal off the space around him so that he would not be able to escape.

Chu Li circulated his Heavenly Demonic Power to the fullest extent and frantically activated the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique.

As a silhouette abruptly appeared in front of him, Chu Li saw that the person’s outstretched hand was about to reach his chest already. However, the person was moving so fast that he could not react in time.

“Bang!” As Chu Li suffered this strong palm attack, his Heavenly Demonic Orb immediately appeared in his chest to devour this stream of palm energy. Meanwhile, he thrust forward his palm and struck his opponent’s chest with the Enlightened Master’s energy that he had devoured using the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique.

“Bang!” The two of them were sent flying away at the same time. After Chu Li was sent flying off the tall mountain, he continued to fall further and further down toward a dense and evergreen pine forest.

Black spots began to appear in his vision, and he felt as though his entire being was about to dissipate from this world and be completely wiped out of existence.

From the corner of his eye, he had noticed that the Emperor had been sent flying away as well.

The Buddha and the Heavenly Demon in the void of his mind exerted their utmost strength as they chanted their respective scriptures. A blinding halo had appeared behind the Buddha’s head as Maha-Vairocana’s Immobility Scripture circulated at an unprecedented speed to resist the destructive power he was facing.

With the help of Maha-Vairocana’s Immobility Scripture, the restrictive force around Chu Li lapsed for a second, and he instantly vanished before reappearing in the Fu Dynasty’s Jian An City in the next moment.

After he appeared in a small residence within Jian An City, he immediately bent over and spat out blood in the courtyard.

However, it turned out that he had spat out not only blood but also pieces of flesh, which meant his vital organs had been crushed. His Heavenly Demonic Orb had failed to devour the Enlightened Master’s energy that surged into his body and had been shattered by this energy instead. That was why his vital organs had been crushed to pieces.

“Rumble!” With a thunderous noise, Chu Li found that his entire residence shook as an invisible force surged around him, as though it was trying to crush him into dust.