Chapter 256: Eager to Save Daughter
"Xunyi, you're finally back! How's it going? Can you find Ningyu?"

Late at night, when Liu Xunyi, who seemed to be in a trance, dragged his exhausted body back to Duanjiabao, Lin Fangda, who had been waiting outside the gate for a long time, rushed forward in a hurry, grabbed Liu Xunyi's arm without saying anything, and asked impatiently: "Why did you come back alone? Where is Ningyu?"

"Brother..." Liu Xunyi looked lonely and asked instead of answering, "Where is the mansion master?"

"You come with me!"

When Lin Fangda saw Liu Xunyi's gloomy face, he couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in his heart. He said no more and hurriedly dragged Liu Xunyi into the castle.

At this moment, Murong Bai and Di Mo had both returned empty-handed. Everyone placed their only hope on Liu Xunyi, hoping that he could repeat the "good show" at Fengming Tower and bring Luo Ningyu back unharmed.

It’s a pity that things are different now and this time... Liu Xunyi disappointed them.

In the room, in addition to the people from Prince Xian's Mansion led by Luo Tianjin, there was also an old man with a thin figure and a solemn expression.

This man was over sixty years old. He was dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe with a Tai Chi Yin-Yang diagram embroidered on it. He held a whisk in his hand, his hair and beard were grey, and his every move showed a Taoist air.

Although the old man has a kind face, there is a serious temperament between his brows that makes people feel intimidated without even getting angry. He gives people a feeling of being unfathomable and difficult to approach.

This person is Luo Tianjin's father-in-law, Luo Ningyu's grandfather, the head of the Wudang Sect, Taoist Qingfeng.

"Young man, have you found my granddaughter?"

"I..." Liu Xunyi had a complicated expression and answered truthfully hesitantly, "I...found the lady."

"Where is she?"

"Is the young lady injured?"

"Liu Xunyi, did you kill the thief?"

Liu Xunyi's words caused everyone's expressions to change, and they swarmed forward, asking questions non-stop.

"The young lady... was taken away by Long Yu..."

"what?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a storm suddenly arose. Everyone had different expressions and attitudes, some were shocked, some were suspicious, some were worried, and some even blamed.

"What exactly happened?" Luo Tianjin asked expressionlessly, neither happy nor angry, "Xun Yi, tell me everything that happened tonight."

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Xunyi finally told everyone everything that happened in Luanshigang under their eager and expectant gazes.

After learning the truth, everyone present was filled with anger and beat their chests and stamped their feet.

"Liu Xunyi, how do you do things?"

Huang Yulang looked Liu Xunyi up and down with unkind eyes and asked, "Now that you have found the young lady, how can you leave alone? Long Yu is a lunatic. If something happens to the young lady tonight, can you bear the responsibility?"

"call!"

Before he finished speaking, Wong Yuk-lang suddenly waved his hand and swept a cup of hot tea across the table, which flew out and hit Liu Xunyi in the face.

In mid-air, the teacup spun rapidly, as fast as lightning. Strangely, when the teacup flew in front of Liu Xunyi, the originally steaming cup of tea inexplicably froze into a lump of ice that was freezing cold.

The cold moon is like frost, and the palm turns into ice. This is Wong Yuk-long's famous skill, the Cold Moon Palm.

"Whoosh!"

Faced with Wong Yuk-lang's sudden attack, Liu Xunyi did not move at all and did not dodge at all.

"Snapped!"

At the critical moment, a long whip suddenly flew through the air and hit the teacup accurately, instantly turning the ice into ice powder, which scattered around Liu Xunyi.

Under Huang Yulang's meaningful gaze, Deng Changchuan raised his hand to put away the whip and advised: "Yulang, calm down! Let's listen to Liu Xunyi's explanation."

"I……"

Looking at Luo Tianjin, whose face was as gloomy as water and who said nothing, Liu Xunyi felt so confused that he didn't know how to start talking for a moment.

"Master, please listen to me." Seeing this, Murong Bai took the initiative to smooth things over for Liu Xunyi, "Since we know that Long Yu is a lunatic, we should also know that people like him are moody and can do anything. I believe that if it weren't for the situation at that time, Liu Xunyi would never leave easily. His departure may be the only way to save the young lady's life." "Where is Long Yu?" Lin Fangda asked with gritted teeth, "I'll go kill him and save Ningyu..."

"Nonsense!" Deng Changchuan scolded, "Lin Fangda, if you can't hold your temper any longer, get out now and stop talking nonsense here!"

"But I...Alas!"

Lin Fangda was extremely anxious and had no way of saying anything. He could only sigh heavily and punch the wall hard to vent the frustration in his heart.

"I know Long Yu's purpose very well."

Suddenly, Luo Tianjin, with a gloomy face, slowly said: "He doesn't want us to ruin the Mongolian plan. He even hopes that I can help him secretly instigate tomorrow to successfully provoke the six major sects and the four major families to kill each other, causing... the Central Plains martial arts world to fall into an irreparable situation."

"Master, we need to think about this matter carefully. We must not fall into Long Yu's evil plan!" Liu Xunyi was shocked and hurriedly advised, "Long Yu has ulterior motives. He wants to instigate us to kill each other and both sides will suffer. Then he will use the power of the three northern religions to march south and swallow up all the sects in the Central Plains in one fell swoop... We must not help the tyrant and seek the skin of the tiger!"

"Liu Xunyi, maintaining the overall situation in the Central Plains is important, but is the life and death of the young lady unimportant?" Di Mo asked coldly.

"I definitely don't mean that." Liu Xunyi hurriedly explained, "What I mean is... can we use their tricks against us? For example, we can secretly contact the martial arts heroes and deliberately stage a scene tomorrow to deceive Long Yu's ears and eyes, and then try to rescue the young lady, and then..."

"Xijing Prefecture is a hodgepodge of people, how do you know who is Long Yu's eyes and ears?" Qing Feng said faintly, "This is too risky. Not to mention whether Jin Jianwu and the four great families are willing to play along with you, even if they are willing, there is no guarantee that this will not leak out. Once Long Yu finds out that we are colluding to act, won't Yu'er be in even greater danger? This is inappropriate! I don't agree!"

"I also think this plan is inappropriate."

Xunzhen, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted: "In addition to the concerns mentioned by Taoist Qingfeng, there is another pressing issue at the moment, time! It is less than four hours until dawn, and if we want to stage a perfect show, we need to bribe everyone who will appear in the Qin Mansion tomorrow in advance. Roughly speaking, there are at least two to three thousand people, and more than half of them are our enemies. Therefore, if we want to arrange a flawless and impeccable show in just four hours, it is simply impossible! This method is not risky, but courting death."

"Xunzhen, why are you..." Liu Xunyi never expected that at this critical moment, Xunzhen would stand up and ruin his plan.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt disheartened, with an indescribable feeling of loneliness surging in his heart.

"Master Liu, I am not sincerely against you, but for Miss Luo's safety." Xunzhen explained, "Miss Luo is imprisoned and in danger. How can we gamble with her life?"

"That's right!" Lin Fangda nodded repeatedly, "Ningyu's safety is the most important thing, nothing else matters!"

After that, Lin Fangda put his hand on Liu Xunyi's shoulder and said earnestly, "Xunyi, you and I are brothers. If you still regard me as your elder brother, you should listen to me this time! Don't insist on the "great justice" or the "overall situation". If Ningyu is in trouble, the Central Plains martial arts world will be in chaos!"

"That's right!" Di Mo agreed, "I also think that the safety of the young lady should be the first priority at the moment."

"I agree." Deng Changchuan hesitated for a moment and finally made up his mind.

"I agree too!" said Wong Yuk-lang, "Save the young lady first, then discuss other matters."

Luo Hongxuan said worriedly: "Dad, this trip to Hexi was originally about the feud between Shaolin and the Qin family. We just came to help, but we didn't expect to encounter such a disaster. In my opinion, it is more important to rescue my little sister first..."

"Young Master, you are right! In the martial arts world, fighting and killing are commonplace. How can there be a truly peaceful day?" Murong Bai said, "Whether we intervene tomorrow or not, the martial arts world will never stop killing each other. Why should we take on this 'unfounded' burden? The young lady is a precious woman, and there can be no room for any mistakes."

Luo Tianjin looked hesitant, and turned his hesitant gaze to Qingfeng, but saw Qingfeng gently picking up his long beard, thinking again and again, and finally nodded slightly to Luo Tianjin.

Luo Tianjin smiled bitterly and sighed, "From the beginning to the end, I didn't want to get involved in this matter. But not wanting to care and being threatened by others are two completely different things. Long Yu's move makes me very unhappy. I, Luo Tianjin, have been in the martial arts world for decades. What big and small storms have I not seen? What kind of chicken-stealing and dog-stealing people, despicable and shameless people have I not experienced? But today, being led by the nose by an unknown junior is the first time in my life. Haha... It's not pleasant! It's really not pleasant!"

Those few words, spoken calmly and lightly, seemed calm and peaceful, but in fact they were full of murderous intent and anger.

At this moment, Liu Xunyi felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe.

He learned from Long Yu that the three leaders of the Huma Gang had been kidnapped. His heart, which had sunk to the bottom, seemed to rekindle a glimmer of hope.

However, he did not expect that what happened afterwards would become more embarrassing, more difficult and more desperate than the last.

Liu Xunyi could not stand by and watch her die, and he could not watch Luo Ningyu being murdered. But at the same time, he could not ignore the overall situation of the Central Plains and the Prime Minister's order.

For a moment, I was in a dilemma.

Seeing everyone expressing their opinions, especially seeing Luo Tianjin wavering because of his love for his daughter, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel worried, and reluctantly advised: "Palace Master, once this matter is exposed, everyone will think that we are in collusion with the Mongols. Not only will the Central Plains martial arts world be in great trouble, but the Xianwang Mansion will also bear the eternal infamy of colluding with foreign countries..."

"Obey the order!"

Before Liu Xunyi could finish her words, Luo Tianjin suddenly changed his expression, and then ordered everyone in an unquestionable and firm tone: "I have made up my mind, and you don't need to say anything more. Tomorrow, without my order, no one is allowed to step forward without authorization. Those who disobey my order will be punished according to the family law!"

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(End of this chapter)