552: Chapter 95 Benevolence (Part 1) 552: Chapter 95 Benevolence (Part 1) “Teacher…
this is the latest intelligence from Li Kingdom.”
Heilin Weisang Sang Zheng knelt on one knee before the cyan desk, presenting the letter and glancing anxiously at the teacher.
In recent days, the teacher had closed himself off in the Book Tower, refusing all visitors, and no one knew why.
But Sang Zheng surmised it was likely due to matters of the Taoist sects.
Now, rumors were spreading among the families and sects within the Imperial City that the World Pavilion Master had been trapped in the back mountain, and indeed, Master Tang had not been seen for quite some time.
Teacher and Master Tang were “close friends.”
If it was truly Great True Master Chong Kan who had acted against Master Tang.
Then Teacher would certainly not stand idly by.
However, it was a time of great troubles now.
“The Fan Yin Temple delegation went silent after passing through Qixia Mountain.”
“At the moment, Yuan Province is under martial law with the Iron Cavalry…”
Sang Zheng proceed cautiously: “Ever since we lost contact with the Pelican, things have been looking grim.
I wonder if the Little Xie Mountain Master can still be reached with the ‘Ruyi Order’?”
“All is well.”
Chen Jingxuan continued writing without pause, replying softly as he reviewed documents.
Relieved by this response, Sang Zheng took a deep breath and quietly left the Book Tower.
Book Tower always kept “spies” to monitor the movements of the Fan Yin Temple delegation, but after Qixia Mountain, all messages were cut off completely.
Sang Zheng was uneasy.
He was worried that an accident might have befallen Little Xie Mountain Master…
But since the teacher had given a definitive answer, it meant everything was at peace.
…
…
After Sang Zheng left.
Chen Jingxuan slowly put down his writing brush, his expression complex as he gazed at the Golden Scroll.
The most powerful “spy” of the Book Tower was actually the Roundness Instrument.
However.
Once beyond the Chu boundary.
The scope that Roundness Instrument could probe greatly diminished.
Nalan Xuance had set up the Xuanwei Formation at Qixia Mountain, causing all Hidden Guards dispatched by the Book Tower to lose contact.
The Roundness Instrument… the same.
Chen Jingxuan had tried to contact Xie Zhen using the Ruyi Order more than once, but to no avail, and he had kept to himself these past days because he really had no time for trivial matters and did not want outsiders to see his “weariness.”
“Qixia Mountain…”
Worriedly, Chen Jingxuan closed the letter after reading the intelligence, guessing at the probable events at Qixia Mountain.
If Nalan Xuance had made a move, it wouldn’t just be to cut off information, and it was very likely that the Fan Yin Temple delegation had encountered an ambush.
As for the outcome of the ambush—
“Buzz!”
Suddenly, the long immobile Ruyi Order trembled without warning.
Chen Jingxuan was startled.
…
…
The vast Book Tower was shrouded in mist.
A man in black walked slowly into the “Ruyi Illusion Realm” and sat down in front of the cyan desk.
“I’m still alive.”
Xie Xuanyi just managed to say that much.
“How many people did Nalan Xuance ambush at Qixia Mountain?”
“How many from the delegation are left?”
“Where are you now?”
It was hard to believe that this series of questions all came from Chen Jingxuan, the usually composed Little National Master, who was visibly anxious and concerned for once.
Because the massacre at Qixia Mountain was truly beyond his control.
“…”
Xie Xuanyi sighed silently in his heart.
He knew that Chen Jingxuan cared about him.
After a moment of contemplation.
“Yuzi Camp, Camp Cang, the Qixia Mountain massacre…
Chen Chong’s elite forces were all deployed, with at least thirty percent of Yuanzhou Iron Cavalry mobilized.”
Xie Xuanyi bowed his head and said, “The Fan Yin Temple delegation was ambushed with heavy casualties.
Miao Zhen was held up by Du Yunzhong, whereabouts unknown; True Master Jun Shan has fallen into Chen Chong’s hands, probably used in a deal with the Taoist sect.
Deng Baiyi, Mi Yun, and I managed to break through…
As for Iron Eyes and other monks, I don’t know how many succeeded in escaping from Qixia Mountain.”
This, then, was all that had happened in these recent days.
Truly a dire situation.
Chen Jingxuan slowly closed his eyes, aware that Nalan Xuance and Buddhism were at odds, but he never expected…
that the destruction of Buddhism in Yuanzhou would be executed so decisively, seemingly indifferent to the Zen Master’s retaliation?
“Where are you now, I will send someone to pick you up.”
After a few breaths, Chen Jingxuan opened his eyes, his rationality and calmness restored, once again becoming the composed Book Tower Master who commands fate.
“After such trouble to reach Li Kingdom, how can I just sneak back in defeat?”
Xie Xuanyi shook his head and said, “Besides…
Yuan Province is under martial law, right now no one can take me away.
If the Book Tower rashly takes action, it will backfire.”
“Your life is of the utmost importance.”
Chen Jingxuan insisted firmly: “There are ways to break the martial law in Yuan Province.”
“You don’t mean to actually send the ‘Fire Master’ to forcefully relieve the siege in Yuan Province, do you?”
Xie Xuanyi chuckled, revealing the stratagem.
Chen Jingxuan could not deny it.
Yes…
This was indeed his current thought.
The simplest, the most direct, and the costliest.
“Save it, the Qu River assassination already exposed a Book Tower Investigator.
In the past ten years you have worked hard in Li Kingdom, how many trump cards and backups can you keep?”
Xie Xuanyi said lightly: “Nalan Xuance is not as powerful as you think, I have my own way to return.”
“Master and Nalan Xuance have been playing chess for years, I understand his strength, you don’t have to put on a brave face…”
Chen Jingxuan sighed and asked with a furrowed brow: “The Qixia Mountain massacre was severe, with Meng Kejian and Du Yunzhong both not to be trifled with, and Chen Chong a step away from advancing to Yang God.
You’re just at the Cave Heaven Realm, how did you manage to escape?
What injuries have you suffered?”
“Minor injuries, it’s nothing.”
Even without the ability to move physically, it didn’t prevent the Divine Soul from walking normally in the Ruyi Order.
So Xie Xuanyi simply glossed over the topic: “By the way, I have good news.
I found ‘Chu Guo’.”