Chapter 222 Thousands of clues
"Who is that man? Where is he? I want to see him!" Liu Xunyi suddenly grabbed Si Wudao's arm and asked anxiously.

"Liu Xunyi, you only need to know that the Holy Lord has no ill will towards you and your sister. That is enough." Si Wudao shook his head and said, "I came to see you and want to remind you of one thing."

At this moment, Liu Xunyi's mind was full of Liu Xunyu, so he had no mood to care about Si Wudao. He replied nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"

"Soon, the Central Plains martial arts world will be hit by an unprecedented catastrophe." Si Wudao said solemnly, "By then, I don't know how many people will die, so you have to be careful."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi's expression changed, and he asked suspiciously, "Catastrophe? What catastrophe? Could it be that you, Longxiang Mountain, want to cause chaos in the martial arts world?"

"No! This matter has nothing to do with Longxiang Mountain, but it has something to do with the Xianwang Mansion."

"The Xianwang Mansion?" Liu Xunyi rolled his eyes and asked in confusion, "Then what are you asking me to be careful about?"

"Be careful of Luo Tianjin!"

Liu Xunyi raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "As a disciple of the Xianwang Mansion, why should I be careful of the Northern Xianwang? Could it be... that he will harm me?"

"Why not?" Si Wudao looked into the depths of the dense forest and said quietly, "In this catastrophe in the martial arts world, the Xianwang Mansion will be pushed to the forefront. As a disciple of the Xianwang Mansion, you are bound to be surrounded by dangers and disasters. I can't always be by your side to help you solve your problems, so... you have to be careful in everything."

Liu Xunyi was stunned, and asked doubtfully: "I will assume that you are not talking nonsense, but why do you remind me? You only watched me in secret before, why did you suddenly tell me so many secrets today? Aren't you afraid that I will go to Longxiang Mountain and ask your Holy Lord for the truth?"

"What is coming will come sooner or later, and it cannot be stopped." Si Wudao smiled, "Liu Xunyi, you just need to remember that we are helping you and saving you. The person you really need to be wary of is not my family, nor Longxiang Mountain, but Luo Tianjin."

"What a joke! One is the notorious unrighteous monk, and the other is the world-renowned Northern Sage King. Who do you think I would trust?" Liu Xunyi sneered. Although he looked disdainful on the surface, he was actually quite nervous in his heart.

Liu Xunyi thought to herself, "Since Si Wudao knows so many of my secrets, there must be some unknown twists and turns between me and the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain. Otherwise, why would he care so much about Yu'er and me? And seeing how confident Si Wudao is, it doesn't seem like he's acting. Could it be that... the Palace Master is really hiding some dirty secrets that cannot be told? And what exactly is the impending catastrophe in the martial arts world? And why is it related to the Xianwang Palace? Could it be the subsequent troubles caused by the 'Xuanshui Volume 2'..."

Liu Xunyi felt dizzy and confused the more he thought about it.

Finally, Liu Xunyi made up his mind and decided to find an opportunity to go to Longxiang Mountain in person. Instead of running around like a headless fly, it would be better to find the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain and ask him face to face.

Although Si Wudao did not say it explicitly, Liu Xunyi always had a feeling that there must be some unknown connection between the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain and himself and his sister.

And this connection must not have come from the siblings themselves. After all, they were only five or six years old at the time, so how could they have anything to do with Longxiang Mountain? Therefore, there must be a very key person between the siblings and the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain, connecting them secretly.

According to Si Wudao, over the years, the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain seemed to have been secretly rescuing them from the threat of death. But Liu Xunyi was not a foolish and reckless person. Was Longxiang Mountain good or evil? Was it an enemy or a friend? He did not dare to make a conclusion based on Si Wudao's one-sided statement.

Liu Xunyi even wondered if someone in the court was secretly connected to Longxiang Mountain and deliberately set up a maze for him?

But after thinking about it, it seems that there is no need to do this, whether it is the East Palace or the West Palace. There are too many weird and unreasonable things in it, which makes Liu Xunyi really unable to understand.

All doubts will have to wait until Liu Xunyi personally asks the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain and finds out the key person who secretly connects them, before the truth can be revealed.

"Liu Xunyi?"

Looking at Liu Xunyi who was lost in deep thought, Si Wudao called out softly, "I wonder if I can take Xu Ren away now?"

Liu Xunyi looked at Si Wudao deeply, then nodded subconsciously.

When Liu Xunyi and Si Wudao returned to everyone's sight, Liu Xunyi seemed to have lost his soul. He answered everyone's questions casually and nonchalantly, looking strangely puzzled and with a lot on his mind.

Xunzhen stared at the distraught Liu Xunyi with her beautiful eyes with deep meaning, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, seeming to be quite curious.

"Master, Xu Ren..."

"Let it go!"

Without waiting for Xu Heng to speak, Liu Xunyi waved his hand and said hurriedly, "This is the only time. If you meet him again in the future, kill him without mercy."

"Yes!"

Xu Heng agreed with a doubtful look on his face, and went to negotiate with Abaolu and others. Finally, under the indignant gaze of He Shan and the Pan family, Xu Ren regained his freedom.

"Get out of here!" Abaolu urged coldly.

Xu Ren ignored him and stared at He Shan with a pair of vicious eyes, sneering: "Sir He, how dare you betray me? Now that I can't die, you can forget about living..."

"Xu Ren!"

Before Xu Ren could make a move, Si Wudao suddenly shouted, stopping his subsequent actions.

He Shan, who was hiding behind three hundred soldiers, looked at Xu Ren with lingering fear, and then turned to Liu Xunyi and said tremblingly: "Master Liu, look at this matter..." "Mr. He is an official appointed by the court, are you still afraid of him?" Tang Cong was dissatisfied with He Shan's retreat at the last minute, so he took the opportunity to tease him, "Your official residence is heavily guarded day and night, how can he easily assassinate you?"

"Ah?" He Shan was shocked when he heard this, and muttered to himself with a look of grievance, "He wants to assassinate me? Then I will have to live in fear day and night..."

"Master Liu is trustworthy. I admire you." Si Wudao put his hands together towards Liu Xunyi and laughed, "It's getting late. We should set off! Goodbye!"

After saying that, under Liu Xunyi's complicated gaze, Si Wudao led Xu Ren and a dozen black-clad swordsmen and quickly left. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

At this moment, He Shan was like a frightened bird. After confirming that Xu Ren had gone far away, he came to Liu Xunyi tremblingly and said with an apologetic smile: "Master Liu, since the matter is over, I wonder if the 'Qingchuan Landscape Painting' you promised to give me before..."

"I have the picture!"

Xunzhen walked forward listlessly and said, "But whether to give it to you or not is not decided by Liu Xunyi, but by Manager Pan." After that, she handed the Qingchuan landscape painting to Pan Wen.

Facing this picture, the Pan family members looked at each other, and a hint of bitterness and helplessness of surviving a disaster emerged on their faces.

Pan Wen slowly pushed the painting away and said with a wry smile, "Since Lord He has admired this painting for a long time, I will give it to Lord He! My Pan family has experienced many life and death ups and downs, and now I really don't want to leave troubles because of material things, so... I don't want this painting."

Upon hearing this, He Shan's face lit up immediately, and he quickly took the map from Xunzhen's hand, muttering in relief: "Not bad! Not bad! With this map, I won't stay in Yingchuan for long, and I don't have to worry about Xu Ren's revenge anymore."

"My lord! My lord!"

Suddenly, several torches appeared in the distance, followed by three or five figures running towards here in a hurry.

"Is this... He An's voice?"

He Shan was stunned at first, then his face lit up and he hurried forward. In a blink of an eye, the man had already run in front of He Shan. It was He An who was "sunken into the river" by Long Si this afternoon.

"He An, you... are still alive?" He Shan was surprised and delighted, his eyes full of astonishment.

"It was Shen Gui from Dongshan Company who saved me." He An, who had survived the disaster, threw himself into He Shan's arms with tears and snot, crying, "Sir, that turtle bastard Long Si actually tied me up in a sack and threw me into the river. If it weren't for Mr. Shen who sent someone to rescue me in time, I'm afraid I... I would have become fish food now..."

He Shan supported He An and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, okay! As long as you're okay! Where is that bastard Long Si? I will definitely tear this cowardly, greedy, and opportunistic despicable guy into pieces!" As soon as Long Si was mentioned, He Shan became furious.

He Shan put all the blame on Long Si. He thought that if there was no Long Si, he would not have offended Xu Ren and would not have caused so much trouble.

"Sir, there's no need to look for him anymore..." He An said awkwardly, "Long Si...Long Si is already dead..."

"Dead?" He Shan was shocked and asked hurriedly, "How did he die? Who killed him?"

"I don't know who killed them, but their deaths were extremely tragic." He An explained, "He and Ma Tuzi were skinned alive and hung high on the gate of Yingchuan City. They died alive. Passersby could see them. When I left the city just now, their bodies were still hanging there!"

"hiss!"

When He An said this, everyone was secretly shocked.

He Shan frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly turned his gaze to Xunzhen and asked suspiciously, "Could it be you..."

"I just handed them over to Dongshan Trading Company. I know nothing about what happened afterwards." Xunzhen shook his head slowly.

"Could it be Shen Gui?"

"No way?" He An asked in surprise, "I was drinking tea with Mr. Shen this afternoon. How could I not know if he had killed someone?"

"Idiot!" He Shan slapped He An's head fiercely and scolded, "How could Shen Gui kill someone by himself? This must be..."

"You can't command an army with kindness, and you can't do business with justice!" Suddenly, Liu Xunyi interrupted, "Shen Gui's move killed two birds with one stone. He not only pleased the people of Yingchuan, but also frightened the thieves who had ulterior motives in the Yingchuan area. It's really powerful."

He An nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, when Long Si died, the people in the city all rushed to tell each other and celebrated, which was very gratifying."

He Shan muttered to himself with a look of disappointment: "Killing people in public, and hanging the skinned body high on the city gate tower, this is... a bit too cruel."

"Dongshan Trading Company has achieved its current prosperity, so how can it be a pushover?" Pan Wen said with admiration, "Perhaps this is the reason why Pan Huai Shipping Merchants can only be the best in Yingchuan, while Dongshan Trading Company can be the best in Song Dynasty..."

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(End of this chapter)