Chapter 72 Breaking into Tiger Hall
"Stop! Who dares to break into Yuhu Hall at night?"

Outside the gate of Yuhu Hall, two fierce-looking guards stood on the left and right, holding their swords to block Liu Xunyi's way. Behind them stood four Yuhu Hall disciples who were eyeing them eagerly, ready to capture the uninvited guest at any time.

Liu Xunyi took a step back, bowed slightly to the others, and said quickly: "I am Liu Xunyi, and I am here to pay a visit to Master Cao."

"Can anyone see the hall master?" A guard waved his hand impatiently and said, "If you don't want to cause trouble, get out of here. Otherwise, you will be in big trouble."

“Humph!” Liu Xunyi was extremely anxious to save Bai Shuang, and seeing that a small guard from Yuhu Hall dared to be so arrogant, he was immediately furious and said in a cold voice, “I don’t have time to talk nonsense with you here. If you know what’s good for you, let me in, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude!”

"Hey?" Several Jade Tiger Hall disciples looked at each other, revealing a hint of sarcasm. A guard tapped Liu Xunyi's chest with the back of his knife and said provocatively: "I have lived for decades and have never seen anyone dare to act wild here. Today I have learned a lot. Come on, come on, I want to see how rude you can be..."

"call!"

Before the guard could finish his words, Liu Xunyi suddenly made a move. He pinched the blade with two fingers, flipped his wrist, and snatched the steel knife from the guard's hand with the strength of two fingers. Before the guard could react, Liu Xunyi turned his hand and put the cold blade directly against the guard's neck, scaring the guard so much that his lips and teeth began to tremble uncontrollably before he could even say a word.

As the saying goes, those who come with bad intentions will not come. Regardless of Liu Xunyi's background, just from the fact that he dared to break into Yuhu Hall alone at night, these guards knew that this man was not a good person. If they dared to act rashly again, they might really die under his knife.

"You... you are so brave..." The guard who was held hostage would not give in, especially in front of the Jade Tiger Hall. How could he surrender? But even though he said so, his pale face and forehead covered with sweat had already betrayed his inner cowardice.

"If you don't want to die, answer my questions honestly." Liu Xunyi tilted the blade slightly, and the cold blade instantly rolled up a layer of wrinkles on the guard's neck, frightening him so much that he didn't even dare to breathe. The people behind him retreated one after another, and one of them even sneaked back to the mansion to ask for help.

"What do you want to ask?"

"About half an hour ago, could Lei Biao have brought a woman back?"

"Yes……"

"Where is that woman now?" Liu Xunyi became even more anxious when he heard the guard admit it himself.

"In the mansion..." the guard replied tremblingly, "But I was only responsible for guarding the door, so I only saw the woman go in, but didn't see her come out."

Liu Xunyi frowned, waved his hand and pushed him away, and stepped forward to rush into the Jade Tiger Hall. Suddenly, he saw a flash of fire in the mansion, and then he saw Lei Biao, with a sinister look, rushing out with a dozen Jade Tiger Hall disciples.

"Who is not afraid of death and dares to come to Yuhu Hall to cause trouble?"

Lei Biao had a skull knife on his waist and a horsewhip in his hand. Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the door. Before he could see Liu Xunyi's face clearly, he suddenly raised the horsewhip with his right hand and lashed Liu Xunyi hard on the head.

Lei Biao was such a hot-tempered person. If someone broke into Yuhu Hall in the middle of the night, it was obvious that he was here to cause trouble. Therefore, he would not show mercy even if the person who came was the king of heaven. He would beat whoever came first.

"Snapped!"

Accompanied by a crisp bang in the air, the horsewhip struck Liu Xunyi's crown like a black lightning. Liu Xunyi reacted extremely quickly, and at the moment the whip fell, he moved his body to the side, and the sharp whip fell with a "whoosh" sound, brushing against his nose. With another crisp bang, a deep whip mark was left on the bluestone steps in front of Liu Xunyi.

"Damn it, you still dare to hide?"

Lei Biao was immediately furious when he saw this. Without waiting for the force on the whip to be released, he swung the whip horizontally towards Liu Xunyi's knees. But Liu Xunyi snorted coldly, kicked his right leg forward violently, and slid in the direction of the whip. The whip was immediately wrapped around his calf. Liu Xunyi turned his ankle and the horse was immediately stepped on. The force was so great that Lei Biao was secretly surprised. No matter how hard he pulled back, he could not pull the whip out from under Liu Xunyi's feet.

"You bastard, you're looking for death!"

The furious Lei Biao put the horsewhip in his left hand and reached for the skull knife with his right hand. With a light "swish" sound, a cold light flashed, and the extremely sharp blade was chopped towards Liu Xunyi's head.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi suddenly raised his right foot, and the whip, which suddenly lost its power, bounced outward under the drag of Lei Biao's left hand, causing Lei Biao, who was caught off guard, to lean back, stagger, and the blade deviated from its trajectory.

When Lei Biao was struggling to steady his body, Liu Xunyi had already flashed in front of him, holding the outer elbow of Lei Biao's right arm with one hand and holding Lei Biao's right wrist with the other hand. Then, he exerted force with both hands at the same time, and moved his right arm forward and backward. Lei Biao's right arm involuntarily turned towards himself, and the skull knife in his hand fell directly on his own neck accurately.

This scene caused the surrounding Yuhu Hall disciples to stop moving forward. In order to save Lei Biao's life, no one dared to act rashly.

"You..." Lei Biao stared at Liu Xunyi fiercely with a pair of angry eyes. He wanted to resist, but unfortunately, in the face of the tremendous force exerted by Liu Xunyi's hands, Lei Biao could only be slaughtered and could not move at all.

Lei Biao glared at Liu Xunyi, who had a stern expression, and shouted, "I recognize you? At Long'an Inn..."

"Where is Bai Shuang?" Liu Xunyi ignored Lei Biao's threats and asked directly, "What did you do with her?"

"Bai Shuang?" Lei Biao was stunned at first, and then he laughed unscrupulously as if he suddenly remembered something, and said jokingly, "Are you talking about the woman I captured? Why? Is she your lover?"

"Where is she?" Liu Xunyi ignored Lei Biao's words, and suddenly exerted force with both hands, dislocating Lei Biao's forearm and elbow joint. Lei Biao groaned in pain, and the sweat on his face poured down like rain. But Lei Biao was indeed a man, and even though the pain penetrated his bones, he still didn't cry out.

"You are so nervous about that woman. It seems that I guessed right. Hehe..." Lei Biao's facial features were ferocious, but he still let out an annoying laugh. "What are you worried about? I brought her back for nearly an hour. The thing you are worried about should have happened a long time ago... Uh..."

Before Lei Biao finished speaking, Liu Xunyi suddenly raised her knee, and her hard knee hit Lei Biao's lower abdomen hard. Lei Biao couldn't help curling up in pain, and a trace of bloody phlegm mixed with bile and gastric juice flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Boy, if you have the guts, kill me. Otherwise, I will never let you leave Huodu alive!" Lei Biao roared in anger without fear of life or death.

"stop!"

Before Lei Biao finished speaking, Cao Qin's voice suddenly rang out in the mansion, and then Cao Qin came forward with a group of Yuhu Hall disciples, and Su He also accompanied them.

When Su He saw Liu Xunyi, he was shocked. He walked up to her with a suspicious look on his face and looked at her again and again before he dared to believe it.

"Brother Liu?" Su He asked in surprise, "What are you doing..." "Brother Su." Liu Xunyi already knew that Su He was in Yuhu Hall at the moment, so his reaction when he saw Su He was not as exaggerated as when Su He saw him, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

The reason why Liu Xunyi dared to come to Yuhu Hall alone to ask for someone was actually because of Su He, which was also what he and Feng Tianba said was a "ray of hope". After all, Su He was now a distinguished guest of Cao Qin. According to common sense, Cao Qin should not offend Su He for a beautiful woman.

And when Liu Xunyi turned his gaze to Cao Qin, a strange look appeared on their faces almost at the same time.

In fact, they had met each other as early as in Quanzhou, but at that time Cao Qin covered his face with a black scarf, but now Cao Qin showed his true face.

Liu Xunyi’s first reaction when he saw Cao Qin was: “He is the executioner who killed Mo Cen’s family of three.”

Cao Qin's first reaction when he saw Liu Xunyi was: "Why are people from the Xianwang Mansion here?"

Although the two had recognized each other, neither of them took the initiative to break the window paper. Liu Xunyi did not break the window paper because he did not want to alert Cao Qin and let him know his intentions in advance. Cao Qin did not break the window paper because he did not want to admit that he was related to the Jingfenghuayutu. After all, he did not know whether Liu Xunyi knew that he was the man in black that day, so how could Cao Qin confess without being asked?

"Brother Liu, this Brother Lei is about to take people to Luohan Temple to rescue Master Cao. Why don't you let him go first?" Su He pleaded with Liu Xunyi.

Su He spoke, and Liu Xunyi naturally refused. He twisted his hands and straightened Lei Biao's dislocated joints. Then he pushed forward and pushed Lei Biao out several steps. Only then did he stabilize his body with the help of two Yuhu Hall disciples.

"You bastard..."

"Lei Biao!"

Lei Biao wanted to attack again, but Cao Qin suddenly shouted coldly, shocking Lei Biao and making him freeze in his tracks. Before Lei Biao could open his mouth to explain, Cao Qin suddenly raised his hand and slapped Lei Biao's face twice. In an instant, ten red fingerprints appeared on his cheeks.

"You are a person who is always more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!" It was unclear whether Cao Qin was scolding Lei Biao or indirectly referring to Liu Xunyi and Su He. In short, his tone was full of cruelty and ruthlessness. "Why don't you hurry up and do your job? Aren't you embarrassed enough?"

"Yes."

Faced with the furious Cao Qin, Lei Biao did not dare to talk back and could only agree timidly. Then he glared at Liu Xunyi viciously, then said something and led his men to quickly leave Yuhu Hall.

"Brother Liu, let me introduce you to Hall Master Cao Qin." Su He introduced Liu Xunyi, and then introduced Cao Qin, "Hall Master Cao, this is the Liu Xunyi that Su just mentioned."

"Oh?" Cao Qin looked at Liu Xunyi meaningfully and said calmly, "After surviving a great disaster in Luohan Temple, you should have cherished your life. Why are you coming to my Yuhu Hall to do these suicidal things now?"

"Brother Liu, why are you here?" Su He saw Cao Qin's sarcastic remarks and pointed his finger at him, so he stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Brother Su, I'm here to look for someone." Liu Xunyi stared straight at Cao Qin and explained to Su He without looking away, "My sister was just captured by the people from Yuhu Hall."

"Your sister?" Su He was stunned, turned to look at Cao Qin, and asked doubtfully, "Master Cao, this is..."

"Bai Shuang is your sister?" Cao Qin stared at Liu Xunyi with a half-smile, and said faintly, "Her surname is Bai, and your surname is Liu. You are not her lover, are you?" Before Liu Xunyi could refute, Cao Qin suddenly straightened his face and said bluntly, "The day after tomorrow is the Jade Dragon Festival. Bai Shuang claimed that she was ordered by Lu Tingxiang, the master of Jiangnan Lu Mansion, to come here to celebrate the birthday of the Palace Master. Anyone who dares to stop her without authorization is disrespecting the Palace Master. Anyone who disrespects the Palace Master is the mortal enemy of Tianshan Jade Dragon Palace."

Cao Qin's words were extremely serious. They concerned the dignity of the Palace Master of Tianshan Yulong Palace. If he was not careful, he would fall into an irreparable situation and become the mortal enemy of thousands of Yulong Palace disciples. This matter was so important that Su He did not dare to plead for Liu Xunyi rashly before he found out the truth of the matter.

"Happy birthday?" Liu Xunyi was confused. After all, his thoughts on Mr. Zhou's death and Bai Shuang's real intention were just his own speculations. He had no solid evidence, so he couldn't conclude that Cao Qin was wrong.

"If it's a birthday celebration, then why kill the people who were traveling with Bai Shuang?" Liu Xunyi pondered for a moment and insisted.

"Lei Biao told me that when he arrived, two people were looking for trouble with Miss Bai, so he killed them." Cao Qin's tone was quite unfriendly, and he said impatiently, "If it weren't for Brother Su's face, how could I explain to you? Today, I am magnanimous and don't want to bother with you. If you continue to push your luck, don't blame me for bullying a junior like you!" After saying that, Cao Qin turned and walked into the mansion. When he crossed the threshold, he left a cold sentence: "Send you out!"

"you……"

"Brother Liu!" Before Liu Xunyi could catch up, Su He stopped him and said sternly, "Brother Liu, this is Yuhu Hall after all, you can't just barge in. Hall Master Cao is in a bad mood because of Young Master Cao's matter, why should Brother Liu offend him at this time?"

"But my sister..."

"I understand your worries." Su He nodded in response, "But now you and Hall Master Cao each have your own opinions, and I don't know who is right or wrong, so it's not good for me to interfere too much. But now I have been invited to stay in Yuhu Hall, and I can guarantee that from now until the Jade Dragon Festival, your sister will be safe and sound, and no one will be able to touch her hair while I am here. As for what misunderstandings there are between you and Hall Master Cao, when your sister meets the Jade Dragon Palace Master on the day of the Jade Dragon Festival, everything will be clear. If everything is as you said, then I will definitely not sit idly by and let them bully a weak woman. If everything is as Hall Master Cao said, then you don't have to worry. After your sister celebrates her birthday, I will take her down Tianshan with me. What do you think?"

From Su He's words, Liu Xunyi could feel his trust in him. Su He said that even if everything was as Cao Qin said, he would still do his best to protect Bai Shuang's safety, but he did not question Liu Xunyi's lie that Bai Shuang was his sister. This shows that Su He is kind-hearted and upright. In contrast, Cao Qin and Liu Xunyi are both scheming.

"If Brother Su is here, I will feel relieved."

Liu Xunyi nodded anxiously and agreed. Although he agreed verbally, he was still wondering if Su He would be deceived by Cao Qin. But he changed his mind and thought that since Su He agreed to this matter, he would definitely fulfill his promise and stay in Yuhu Hall to take care of Bai Shuang. He thought that Cao Qin would not do anything shameful under Su He's nose.

Rather than rushing in tonight and risking his life in vain, it would be better to go back and find another way to rescue Bai Shuang successfully.

Liu Xunyi thanked Su He again and again, and Su He also made repeated assurances, which made him feel a little relieved. After exchanging greetings, he hurried away.

Now Liu Xunyi has appeared in front of Cao Qin, and Xunzhen is secretly watching him, and Bai Shuang is in danger... More importantly, he still has no solution to his real goal, "The Picture of Shocking the Wind and Turning the Rain". Liu Xunyi is now in a crisis, and he can no longer hide and wait for an opportunity. At this moment, he must try to turn passivity into initiative, so that he can have a chance.

After much hesitation, Liu Xunyi finally decided to go find someone overnight, someone who might be the only person in Huodu who could help him.

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(End of this chapter)