Chapter 12 (1/2)

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“Is Viper’s sword still with him?” Zhu Xiaotian asked.

That Cicada Sword was a high-grade spirit sword, the divine weapon ranked thirteenth on the Great Xia Dynasty’s Divine Weapon Rankings in his previous life.

“Viper’s sword was already gone when we found his corpse.”

Zhu Xiaotian’s face was grim. He had suffered heavy losses this time. Viper was dead, and his spirit sword had been robbed.

“Young Master, do you need me to do it personally?” Seven Steps asked in a low voice.

Zhu Xiaotian was silent for a moment before he shook his head. “Hold on. I have another plan!”

Zhu Xiaotian was well aware that the various factions were close to finding Li Yu. They would probably come knocking on his door tomorrow and send people to secretly monitor him.

He had already missed the best opportunity, and Viper’s death had already alerted him, so it was probably more difficult to kill Li Yu.

It might even expose him!

He did not want to get himself into trouble.

As a reborn person, he should be the big shot behind the scenes, and he had to be more patient.

He had been too rash previously.

He was not the only person in the world who wanted Li Yu to die.

Why don’t I wait for good news?

Furthermore, it was safer to get someone else to do it than him.

Upon hearing Zhu Xiaotian’s words, Seven Steps secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

He was ready to sacrifice for his mission as an assassin, but no one was willing to die out of instinct.

Even Viper had failed, and he would probably not be able to return had Zhu Xiaotian sent him.

…

Nan’an City, Eastern Palace.

“So it’s in Qing Prefecture’s Luo Water Town!” Murong Xingqiao was overjoyed when he got the news from his subordinate.

Immediately, he called for Imperial Tutor Wu Cheng.

“Immediately send someone to the Grand Tutor’s Mansion and tell them that they’ve found him. Accompany me tomorrow at six in the morning,” Murong Xingqiao said.

“Yes, Your Highness!” Wu Cheng cupped his hands.

At the same time, the Third Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, Murong Taisheng, and the Fifth Prince, Murong Zhengnan; As well as the various marquis factions, such as the Pingnan King’s Yi family, the North Garrison King’s Luo family, and others—they all received news of Li Yu’s whereabouts.

However, at the moment, Li Yu was in the Juyi Hall of Black Bear Mountain.

He dealt with the remaining bandits in the village alone and obtained a lot of gold, silver, and treasures.

He also rescued the women and laborers who had been abducted by the bandits.

As for Zhou Erlang and the others, they were sent off to reunite with Zhou Dalang.

After all, Tang Chi had already returned. Leaving those bandits in the Daoist temple would inevitably lead to trouble. It might even threaten Tang Chi’s safety.

Now that he had the money he had plundered from the bandits, he could hire actual craftsmen to expand the Daoist temple.

After all, there were specializations in every profession. The work of these mountain bandits was too low in standard.

The night passed uneventfully…

The first ray of sunlight in the morning sprinkled over the land on the official road to Luo Water Town.

More than ten disciples of the Jade Pure Dao Sect were splitting up to inquire about the news of That’s Quite A Big Sect.

“Hello, uncle, I have something to ask you.” A handsome, frosty-looking man stopped an uncle carrying two baskets of vegetables.

This man was the fifth place on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, the number one genius of the Jade Pure Dao Sect, Lin Chen.

After some investigation yesterday, Elder Hu and the others had already narrowed the area where Li Yu was located to the vicinity of Luo Water Town.

Therefore, early in the morning, Elder Hu led everyone to split up in the village near Luo Water Town to continue inquiring about Li Yu’s whereabouts.

Lin Chen had just come over to meet up with Elder Hu and the rest this morning.

He wanted to see what sort of person this Li Yu was.

As the current number one prodigy of the Jade Pure Dao Sect, he was also the most valued disciple.

Lin Chen did not have a good impression of Li Yu in his heart.

To be precise, he was jealous.

This was especially true when the Sect Master had the intention to take Li Yu under his wing.

He was extremely displeased.