White-Robed Chief

Chu Li held the invitation in his hand, his eyebrows raised.

Chief Zhu said, “This invitation arrived here two hours ago. Then, an hour later, the lady who sent the invitation came over again and requested for Head Chief to go over as soon as possible… Hehe, it seems like Miss Yu Qing admires Head Chief very much and can’t wait to see you again. Absence makes the heart grow fonder!”

He was beaming with joy as if he was the one who received the invitation.

Chu Li shot him a sideways glance.

Chief Zhu quickly shut his mouth, but could not stop grinning.

“Okay. In the future, whenever the Verdant Cloud Brothel sends me an invitation, inform me at once.” Chu Li huffed.

Chief Zhu nodded eagerly. “Of course, of course. One must not delay meeting with a beautiful woman. Head Chief, should I send someone to go with you?”

Chu Li waved a hand in dismissal. “You can stop worrying about these things. Get lost!”

Chief Zhu chuckled. “Yes, yes, I’ll get lost, but Head Chief, you should really head over as soon as possible. It’s a sin to make a beautiful woman wait for too long.”

“Begone!” Chu Li feigned a kick.

Chief Zhu cheerfully left.

Chu Li shook his head, finding Elder Zhu odd. The more he treated him as he pleased by mocking him and scolding him, the more at ease and loyal the man became.

He then looked at this invitation card thoughtfully. For Sister Mo Qingyu to invite him over so urgently, there might be some emergency.

While he was thinking, the Omniscient Mirror found Mo Qingyu’s maid, Xiao Jie, hurrying over to the Imperial Residence. Chief Zhu quickly went forward to welcome her, holding up a fist salute and grinning. “Miss Xiao Jie, what a coincidence. The Head Chief has just returned.”

“Really?” The anxious look on Xiao Jie’s handsome face instantly turned into one of pleasantly surprised as she hurriedly said, “I’d like to meet the Head Chief.”

Chief Zhu agreed immediately, “Come with me, Miss Xiao Jie!”

He led Xiao Jie to the main hall.

Before he could speak, Chu Li said, “Xiao Jie may come in. Elder Zhu, you get lost!”

“Understood.” Chief Zhu then chuckled and said to Xiao Jie, “The Head Chief is right inside. Please enter, Miss Xiao Jie.”

Xiao Jie curtsied and thanked him.

Chief Zhu hurriedly waved a hand at her.

He did not dare to be arrogant. Xiao Jie might enter the Imperial Residence along with Miss Yu Qing and live in the inner chamber someday in the future. If he offended her now, he might have to suffer for it later. It would be better to curry favor with her now than to be given a hard time in the future.

He believed in karma, so he would always be of service to others wherever he went.

Xiao Jie entered the main hall and curtsied. “Head Chief.”

Chu Li asked, “Has Miss Yu Qing encountered any problem?”

Xiao Jie glanced around and said in a low voice, “Head Chief, please hurry over. Her Lady is very anxious to see you.”

Chu Li raised an eyebrow at her and looked into her mind to observe what Mo Qingyu had been doing. Then, he nodded at her. “You go back by yourself. I’ll make a move first.”

“Understood,” Xiao Jie replied.

Chu Li glided out of the main hall and vanished all of a sudden. Following that, he appeared in an alley beside the Verdant Cloud Brothel and strode to its entrance.

Two Protectors greeted him with a fist salute. “Head Chief, please come in. Are you heading for the Qing Yu Courtyard?”

Chu Li nodded.

“I’ll lead the way, Head Chief,” offered a young Protector with a smile.

Chu Li returned the smile. “Thank you.”

The two of them soon arrived at the Qing Yu Courtyard.

Chu Li courteously gave the young Protector a fist salute. The young Protector returned the gesture and tactfully left in silence.

Chu Li pushed open the door to the courtyard and found Mo Qingyu pacing back and forth in the middle of the courtyard. Her lotus-colored pleated skirt was paired with a green upper garment, giving her a pure and pleasant look. As she paced about with her graceful and elegant gait, she appeared rather pleasing to the eye.

Nonetheless, her innocent, beautiful face was laden with anxiety. Upon hearing the door open, she asked, “Did you manage to speak to him?”

Chu Li shook his head as he stepped into the courtyard and closed the door behind him. “Senior Sister, do you become like an ordinary person when you hide your martial arts?”

When she saw that it was Chu Li, Mo Qingyu sighed in relief and quickly went forward to tug at his arm. “Hurry up and come in!”

Chu Li had already seen the situation inside, so he followed her in and went straight into the bedchamber.

In the warm and fragrant bedchamber, a pale-faced Shen Xu was lying unconscious on the bed.

Chu Li frowned at this sight. “Have you given him the Adversity Surpassing Pill?”

“Yes, but it was no use,” Mo Qingyu said, shaking her head. “The injury I found on Master’s Junior seemed very strange, and no medicine would work on him. That’s why I had to ask you to come over.”

Chu Li went forward to check his pulses, and his expression immediately darkened as he huffed. “Shura Palm!”

“Shura Palm?” Mo Qingyu knitted her eyebrows together. “Could it be Asura?”

Chu Li nodded, glancing at her.

She was indeed a disciple from a renowned faction. Her level of knowledge surpassed the ordinary, for most people would not know of Asura’s existence.

“How did Master’s Junior end up getting in trouble with Asura?” Mo Qingyu shook her head. “He fell unconscious as soon as he came in. He must’ve taken great pains to reach here!”

Chu Li nodded in agreement.

Mo Qingyu hurriedly asked, “Junior Brother, do you have any way to save him?”

Chu Li replied, “Yes, that won’t be a problem.”

Mo Qingyu sighed a long breath of relief, patting her chest before joining her palms in obeisance. “Thank Heaven and Earth!”

Chu Li did not have to channel the Asura Power Technique. Instead, he activated the Life and Death Scripture and turned death into life by neutralizing the energy of the Shura Palm and transforming it into rich vitality to nourish Shen Xu’s deteriorating body.

This was the fearsome feature of the Shura Palm. It was like a breath of death that could devour all of a person’s vitality. Even a miraculous pill like the Adversity Surpassing Pill would not be able to withstand its erosion, causing the pill to lose its effects right away. Therefore, the Shura Palm had to be suppressed using some mystical form of martial art.

Chu Li channeled some spiritual energy from Heaven and Earth and circulated it in Shen Xu’s body according to the Minute Pulse Cleansing Technique.

Fifteen minutes later, he withdrew his palms. “He should be okay now.”

Mo Qingyu had already prepared some tea, so she went and served it to him. “It’s fortunate you’re around, Junior Brother. Otherwise, I’d really be at my wits’ end.”

Chu Li frowned, shaking his head.

Why had Asura appeared again? In fact, since this person was able to injure Master Shen Xu so severely, this should have been no ordinary Asura, but was not Asura currently being suppressed at the Tempest Temple?

Mo Qingyu said, “Junior Brother, you’ve been very much in the limelight these days. You’re becoming more and more famous now.”

Chu Li shook his head, laughing. “It’s just an undeserved reputation.”

“Everyone has been discussing the incident about you killing the Minister Counsellor of the Ministry of War,” Mo Qingyu said, frowning. “You have to be more careful. The Holy Church of Light will certainly come and seek revenge.”

Chu Li nodded.

Shen Xu suddenly groaned as his eyes slowly fluttered open.

Mo Qingyu rushed over to him. “Master’s Junior?”

A faint smile appeared on Shen Xu’s face. Then, he turned his head and noticed Chu Li.

Chu Li held up a fist salute. “Master.”

Shen Xu let out a sigh. “I’m finally able to see you.”

Chu Li asked, “Did Asura do this?”

Shen Xu nodded.

Chu Li frowned. “The Tempest Temple has been suppressing Asura. I didn’t expect for there to be any fish that has slipped through the net.”

The cultivation level of these two Asuras were extremely high. They were a level higher than me,” explained Shen Xu, shaking his head. “I was lucky to have been able to escape.”

Chu Li nodded.

He had managed to peek into Shen Xu’s cultivation level, which was now lower than his own, so it had been a dangerous situation indeed for him to have encountered Asura.

Shen Xu took out a translucent white jade tag from his inner pocket with difficulty. The tag was around the size of a palm and was trapezoid in shape. On either side of the tag, there was a carving of a mountain peak that looked huge and mighty and seemed as if it was slowly toppling down, giving one the desire to run away from it.

“This is the jade tag of the official disciples.” Shen Xu handed it over to Chu Li. “It’s also the gateway to the dojo.”

Chu Li was dumbfounded. “Dojo?”

Some color had started to return to Shen Xu’s face. “With the official heart technique and cultivation level of the Twelve Peaks, you’ll be able to enter the dojo through this tag and become a disciple of the Obvious Clan.”