Chapter 235 Chenzhou Moonlight
"Which direction did the man go?"

"West!"

Hearing this, Tang Cong was horrified and asked hurriedly, "Master, what are your plans?"

"Catch up and find out the truth, and everything will be revealed." Liu Xunyi said in a deep voice, "Master Chen died tragically, and Brother Xu was seriously injured. We can't just let this go! Tang Afu was able to send them back, and he also left me such a strange message. Obviously, he must know something. As long as we can find him, all the mysteries in Chenzhou City will be solved."

"What if the person who attacked Chen Yong and Xu Heng was Tang Afu, what will you do?" Xunzhen asked.

Liu Xunyi's expression was complicated, with a flicker of hesitation in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: "Then I have to ask him why he did this!"

"Tang Afu was born in Jueqing Valley, and is a heretic in the martial arts world. It is no accident that he attacked us..."

“No need to say more!” Liu Xunyi waved his hand to interrupt Liao Chuan’s speculation, and promised with gritted teeth, “If it was really him who ambushed and killed Sect Master Chen and Brother Xu in Taohuawu, I will make him pay with blood! You take good care of Brother Xu, I’ll be back soon!”

After saying this, without waiting for anyone to persuade him any further, Liu Xunyi flew out of the window without hesitation and disappeared into the hazy moonlight in the blink of an eye.

Heading west from Chenfu Inn, Liu Xunyi used the skill of walking on water, bringing his lightness skill to its fullest extent. His figure moved quickly through the streets and alleys of Chenzhou like a ghost.

Sometimes it soars into the sky and leaps onto the rooftops. Sometimes it dives into the sea and roams the mean streets.

Liu Xunyi's speed was so fast that it was amazing. He was still outside the street, and in the blink of an eye, he had jumped out of the corner and flashed past the night watchman. The night watchman even thought he was dazzled.

Flying up and down, Liu Xunyi had searched most of the west of the city, but still could not find the shadow of Tang Afu.

After all, nearly two hours had passed since Chen Yong and Xu Heng appeared at Chenfu Inn. If Tang Afu wanted to hide, Liu Xunyi would have no way to stop him.

Standing on the empty and lonely street, Liu Xunyi looked around anxiously.

He suddenly stopped and leaped onto a roof. Then he lightly kicked his feet and continued to rise into the air again. He flew to the teahouse, then he stepped on his left foot and flipped in the air, and finally landed steadily on the roof of the highest temple in the west city of Chenzhou.

Liu Xunyi stood on one leg, his foot on the Chiwen, his body as steady as a mountain.

He looked up at the stars and the bright moon, then looked down at the courtyard and building, and suddenly shouted, "Tang Afu! A real man should be brave and responsible. How can you be called a hero if you hide your head and show your tail?"

Liu Xunyi's shouts were carried by the wind a thousand meters away, echoing over the west city of Chenzhou. In the silent night, they sounded particularly clear and loud.

"Tang Afu! I know you can hear me! Since you have asked someone to pass the message to me, why are you afraid to meet me? If you have anything to say, you can just tell me face to face, no need to be sneaky!"

The echo lingered in the night sky for a long time. Liu Xunyi's shouting seemed to have awakened the people nearby, and the originally dark courtyards and houses were lit up with candles.

"Who is yelling in the middle of the night? Do you believe I will call the police to arrest you..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish his words, Liu Xunyi's feet suddenly stumbled, and a piece of green tile flew out like an arrow and hit the man's feet hard. The man was frightened and shuddered. He quickly ran back to the room without looking back, hurriedly blew out the candle, and dared not say a word again.

Because of Chen Yong's death, Xu Heng's life was hanging by a thread, and Liu Xunyi was in a very gloomy mood at the moment. Otherwise, he would never do such an "unreasonable" thing on weekdays.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no response. Liu Xunyi still did not give up. He looked around and once again gathered all his strength and shouted loudly: "Tang Afu, you..."

"Liu Xunyi, I knew you would come to see me."

This time, before Liu Xunyi finished speaking, a cold voice sounded quietly behind him.

Liu Xunyi turned around suddenly, and saw Tang Afu in white standing on the Chiwen at the other corner of the roof.

The night wind was chilly and the moon was bright overhead. Tang Afu and Liu Xunyi stood opposite each other, looking into each other's eyes, only a few feet apart.

"You finally show up." Liu Xunyi spoke first.

"Or rather, I have been waiting for you." Tang Afu said lightly. His voice was just as Liu Xunyi remembered, neither salty nor bland, neither happy nor sad, and without any emotion at all.

"Chen Yong and Xu Heng..."

"I didn't kill them." Before Liu Xunyi could question him, Tang Afu took the initiative to explain, "When I showed up, they were both already on the verge of death!"

"Who is the murderer?" Liu Xunyi's eyes moved. Although Tang Afu's words were unfounded, for some reason, Liu Xunyi still believed him firmly.

"I don't know him." Tang Afu's eyes flashed with memories, and he said lightly, "But that man's martial arts skills are extremely high, not inferior to you and me. He was alone, first in the west courtyard of Taohuawu, he killed all twenty or so disciples from Jinjianwu and the four major sects, and then in another guest room, he ambushed and killed Chen Yong who accidentally ran into us, and...Xu Heng who showed up unexpectedly."

"what?"

Tang Afu's words were like a bolt from the blue, a blow to the head, which instantly shook Liu Xunyi's gloomy mood. Thousands of doubts came one after another and flooded into his mind in an instant.

"Explain your words clearly!" Liu Xunyi asked anxiously, "You said that man not only killed Sect Master Chen, but also killed the disciples of Jinjianwu and the four major sects?"

"Yes."

"How can this be?"

"Why not?" Tang Afu asked, "Do you think the people who are against you are Jin Jianwu and the four great families?"

"Yes, but..." Liu Xunyi's mind was in a mess. He frowned, thinking hard, and answered incoherently, "When that man ambushed and killed the disciples of Jinjianwu and the four great families, we should have been busy preparing the banquet in the East Courtyard. We were so busy and happy that we didn't notice it... But not long after, Huichun, a disciple of Emei Sect, was killed. After that, the East Courtyard suddenly caught fire. There were also several masked men in black and some archers ambushing outside Taohuawu... Those people should have been disciples of Jinjianwu and the four great families, but how could they..."

Suddenly, Liu Xunyi's eyes flashed, and an incredible thought suddenly emerged in his mind. Liu Xunyi's face changed drastically, and he murmured thoughtfully: "Could it be...Senior Ye?"

"No." Before he finished speaking, Tang Afu shook his head and said, "That person is very young, almost the same age as you and me, how could he be Ye Tong?" Liu Xunyi frowned and muttered to himself, "Who is such a master?"

Suddenly, Liu Xunyi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized, "That's why you sent someone to tell me something about 'a fraud who steals the world's reputation, a person who uses a trick to deceive others'. I think you were talking about this person."

"You are quite smart." Tang Afu replied without denying it.

"But... why did you save Chen Yong and Xu Heng? And why did you tell me all this?" Liu Xunyi asked in confusion, "You are from Jueqing Valley, you should be happy to see the internal strife between the six major sects and the four major families, so why would you help us resolve the misunderstanding?"

"I'm not helping the so-called noble and upright sects, but... helping you." Tang Afu sighed and said coldly: "Have you forgotten that I owed you a favor when we were in the Western Regions?"

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi was stunned and asked in surprise: "So you helped me and told me the truth... just to repay the favor you owe me?"

"Yes." Tang Afu admitted undeniably, "But when I saved Chen Yong and Xu Heng, they were already dying. And seeing your face just now, I think they have already died. So this favor... I still haven't repaid you after all."

"Brother Chen and Brother Xu and the others..." Before he could finish his words, Liu Xunyi's expression darkened, and then he sighed, obviously not wanting to dwell on this topic any longer.

Suddenly, Liu Xunyi raised his eyebrows and asked in a strange tone, "You suddenly appeared in Chenzhou. Are you here to repay my favor? Or... do you have another purpose?"

Tang Afu snorted lightly, and suddenly waved his hand. A black shadow instantly cut through the night sky and shot straight towards Liu Xunyi.

Liu Xunyi took it, held it in front of his eyes and took a closer look, and found that it was actually a "willow leaf copper coin".

Strangely, there is a peach blossom carved on the back of Tang Afu's copper coin, which is not exactly the same as the ordinary "willow leaf copper coin".

"This is..." Liu Xunyi asked in surprise, "Why do you have willow leaf coins? Did Senior Ye invite you as well?"

"This copper coin was not given to me by Ye Tong." Tang Afu said, "It was given to me by the Valley Master."

"Lord of the Jueqing Valley?" Liu Xunyi was surprised. "Could it be that... Senior Ye not only invited the six major sects and the four great families this time, but also invited the Jueqing Valley?"

Tang Afu shook his head and said, "This copper coin has been in the valley for more than 20 years."

"What?" Liu Xunyi became more and more confused as he listened, and he was completely puzzled. At this moment, he didn't even know where to start asking.

After thinking for a while, Liu Xunyi shook his head desperately and asked, "So what is your purpose of coming to Chenzhou..."

"I am here on the orders of the Valley Master to find the owner of this copper coin." Tang Afu said, "As for helping you, it was purely a coincidence."

During the conversation, Liu Xunyi suddenly remembered that Ye Tong's first wife, Granny Taohua, once lived alone in Jueqing Valley. Later, Ye Tong went down the mountain to look for her, and the two left together and disappeared from then on.

Thinking about it this way, could today's Lord of the Jueqing Valley have any intricate connection with Granny Peach Blossom and Ye Tong of the past?

Liu Xunyi thought to himself, "If the Lord of Jueqing Valley really has an old relationship with Senior Ye and his wife, then it is reasonable for Tang Afu to come here with copper coins today. It is likely that the Lord of Jueqing Valley heard the news in the martial arts world and learned that Ye Tong invited many sects to gather in Chenzhou. Therefore, the Lord of Jueqing Valley specially sent Tang Afu here to reunite with his old friend. I just don't know, is this 'old friend' a friend or an enemy?"

After figuring this out, Liu Xunyi felt relieved about Tang Afu's sudden appearance in Taohuawu.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Xunyi asked thoughtfully: "Then... can you find Senior Ye?"

"No!" Tang Afu said bluntly, "When I arrived at Taohuawu, Ye Tong was not there, but I accidentally saw Chen Yong and Xu Heng in the west courtyard being chased by someone."

"Where did Senior Ye go?" Liu Xunyi frowned and muttered to himself, "Does he know what happened in Taohuawu tonight?"

"Have you met Ye Tong?" Tang Afu changed the subject and asked in a serious tone.

"I have met you." Liu Xunyi nodded subconsciously.

"Where is he?"

"I want to know, too." Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly, "I haven't seen any trace of him since noon. I suspected that he and the four great families had teamed up to set up an ambush, but now I think I was worrying too much."

Tang Afu frowned and asked, "Who are the masked man in black and the archer you mentioned?"

"I don't know." Liu Xunyi said bitterly, "Tonight, the six major sects suffered heavy casualties. Elder Lu of the Kunlun Sect was killed by thousands of arrows piercing his heart. But after I fought with those masked men, I found that their martial arts were very strange, and it seemed... not the way of the Central Plains."

"So, these people have nothing to do with Ye Tong?"

"Probably not..." Liu Xunyi hesitated, "Unless Senior Ye has dealings with foreigners. But Senior Ye is old, and he was once the leader of the Central Plains martial arts world. He should not collude with foreigners and cause chaos in the Central Plains."

"Among the people who came to Chenzhou this time, there is one of the four great masters of Jinjianwu and the owner of the first-class room of Tangmen. They are all top-notch masters." Liu Xunyi sighed, "I didn't expect that they would also fall into the hands of the poisonous hands..."

"I've never seen these people you're talking about." Tang Afu suddenly interrupted, "Judging from their attire, the dead are all ordinary disciples from Jinjianwu and the four great families, not masters."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi's eyes suddenly flashed with suspicion, and then he frowned and thought hard for a while, and suddenly his eyes changed, and he exclaimed: "It's bad! They want to deliberately stir up trouble and set off a bloody internal fight in the Central Plains martial arts world."

Tang Afu looked at the flustered Liu Xunyi, and a hint of contempt appeared between his brows. In his opinion, the famous and upright sects in the martial arts world were not worth mentioning at all.

"Brother Tang!" Liu Xunyi suddenly perked up and said seriously, "Don't you want to repay my favor? Now is the time. I want to ask you to repay this favor!"

"how do I say this?"

"No matter what, you have to help me find the real murderer who killed Jin Jianwu, the disciples of the four great families, and ambushed and killed Chen Yong and Xu Heng!" Liu Xunyi pleaded excitedly, "On the second day of August, tie him up and send him to the Qin Mansion in Hexi! I want to use him to quell a life-and-death catastrophe in the Central Plains martial arts world!"

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(End of this chapter)