I'm only one year old, what the hell is the counterattack system?

Chapter 99 Isn’t this a coincidence? (Subscribe)

The restaurant is not big, it only has two floors.

The first floor is the lobby, with six square tables and twenty-four long benches in total.

Perhaps because night was about to fall, not many people came for dinner, with only two tables occupied.

One table for three people, one table for five people.

In addition, there is a shopkeeper and two clerks.

On the second floor are four private rooms, each with its own door and separated by a wall.

There was a waiter in the aisle ready to take orders from the guests in the private rooms at any time.

Sun Zhengqiu recalled all the details after entering the restaurant, looked up at the bronze masked man who was facing the window, and asked in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, is this place safe?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the wall on the left.

That was the only private room on the second floor with diners.

"It doesn't matter."

The man with the bronze mask was wearing an ordinary green shirt. He had a strong and sturdy figure. Although he was not tall, his aura was extremely condensed.

With Sun Zhengqiu's cultivation level at the upper stage of the fifth-grade Baodan realm, it can be seen that the bronze master within the "Hidden Dragon" is at least at the fourth-grade Lingqiao realm.

In addition to his strength, he has seen much more through his eyesight honed over the years.

For example, the bronze-masked man has the temperament of a superior, and is either an official or has a high status in the family.

He also has calluses on the palm of his left hand, and his right thumb and index finger are several times thicker than his other fingers.

Good at archery?

Sun Zhengqiu silently memorized his features, bowed and clasped his fists: "I want to report a secret about the Taixu Dao Sect."

"What secret?" The bronze-masked man was also looking at him. After a few glances, he sat down at the table and asked in a cold tone.

"Your Majesty, do you know that Taixu Dao Sect has two forbidden areas?"

"Qianmo Cliff, or Yougu Valley?"

"Since Your Majesty has heard it, I am relieved," Sun Zhengqiu pretended to be relieved and continued, "The secret is about Qianmo Cliff."

This was the result of his discussion with Chen Yi before coming here - to fabricate a specious secret.

In fact, the secrecy is not really a secret, it is just to stabilize the reason for the "hidden dragon" to come.

The bronze-masked man played with a celadon teacup on the table without saying a word.

Sun Zhengqiu continued, "I heard that there is a senior from the Taixu Dao Sect living in seclusion on that Qianmo Cliff."

"In order to prevent anyone from disturbing him, the sect designated that place as a forbidden area and prohibited anyone from entering..."

"And then?" The bronze masked man looked at him coldly, "What does this have to do with our Hidden Dragon?"

Sun Zhengqiu paused, glanced at him, and said, "I also heard that the senior was seriously injured, and he also has a treasure map in his hand."

"It is said that the treasure map is about a place called Taizhou Mountain Battlefield. I wonder if Your Majesty needs it?"

"Taizhou Mountain battlefield..."

The bronze-masked man narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously showing some interest.

"Are you sure the person hiding there is seriously injured?"

"I dare not deceive Your Majesty," Sun Zhengqiu said with a fist, "I heard this by accident. It was said by Sect Master Xiao of Taixu Peak himself."

"Xiao Huang?"

The bronze masked man dropped the teacup in his hand and said with a hint of laughter: "Since that's what he said, it should be true."

"So, what are you going to do?"

"If Your Majesty agrees, I would like to take the risk and bring out the treasure map."

After saying this, Sun Zhengqiu still showed some resentment on his face, and said with a slightly embarrassed tone: "Your Excellency, do you know that the people of Taixu Dao Sect are extremely hypocritical?"

"For example, we were not allowed to participate in this sect's small examination."

The bronze masked man chuckled and said, "There must be a reason behind not letting you participate."

"That matter is far more involved than the secrets of Qianmo Cliff. Not to mention you, even we can't get involved."

"Instead of complaining about this, you might as well stay in Taixu Dao Sect to avoid exposing your identity and affecting subsequent plans."

Sun Zhengqiu was stunned and said, "Your Excellency is saying that I don't need to go to Qianmo Cliff?"

"Yes."

The bronze masked man nodded and said, "No matter what the man's purpose of seclusion is, no matter how valuable the treasure map he has is, you only have two tasks."

"One is to use the inheritance of Taixu Dao Sect to enhance your own strength. The second is to complete the task assigned to you before and collect the results of the sect's small test."

"But..." Sun Zhengqiu pretended to hesitate.

"No buts!"

The bronze masked man interrupted him, staring at him with cold eyes, and asked with a hint of murderous intent in his tone:

"Or do you have other ideas, Lone Wolf?"

"A lone wolf wouldn't dare." Sun Zhengqiu knelt on one knee with his head lowered.

After a long time, the voice of the bronze-masked man was still heard in the room.

"Remember your mission and complete it."

"Without the secret order from Qianlong, don't do anything unnecessary..."

Ok?
It was not until this time that Sun Zhengqiu realized that the Bronze Master from "Qianlong" had disappeared.

He raised his head slightly, looked around the room, and frowned secretly.

Then he glanced at the night outside the window with a hidden gaze, stood up and left the private room.

He has done what he should do, and the rest depends on the young marquis.

……

Just as Sun Zhengqiu thought, at this moment Chen Yi was following behind the Bronze Venerable.

He used his eyes and ears simultaneously, and his sword energy was drawn but not released. Only a trace of sword intent followed the Bronze Venerable.

And unlike the bronze-masked man who was walking in a hurry, Chen Yi looked unhurried.

He was still wearing the same brocade robe and a long hat, walking through the streets and alleys like a wanderer wandering around Jeju Prefecture at night.

Occasionally, passers-by would see him, but they would only see a slightly blurry face.

After one glance, you will completely lose track of him.

After following for an unknown amount of time, Chen Yi "saw" the Bronze Venerable enter a mansion, and the sword energy stopped when it sensed the formation ahead.

He came closer silently, and the sword intent spread slightly, covering a hundred feet in front of him. His eyes were fixed on the plaque on the door - Lu Mansion.

land?
"The Lu family of Jeju Prefecture?"

Chen Yi frowned. Could it be the one he knew?

The only Lu family he knew of was the family of his junior fellow apprentice Lu Youxiang, the wealthy and powerful Lu family in Jeju Prefecture.

Although he didn't want to believe it, apart from the Lu family, there should be no other family in Jeju Prefecture that had a mansion covering such a large area.

"But if this Lu family is from Qianlong, then why are they short of money?"

At least from what Lu Youxiang said, the entire Lu family had a huge amount of money, and even he didn't know exactly how much.

With such a wealthy and powerful person as his support, it is impossible for "Qianlong" to lack money.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi stepped forward and quietly jumped into the Lu Mansion.

[At the age of 1, you have reached the fifth level of cultivation and are proficient in swordsmanship. You enter the "Golden Gate Demon Subduing Formation", and your counterattack point is +]

[The formation level of "Golden Gate Demon Subduing Formation" is low, the influence has been eliminated, counterattack points +2]

Chen Yi ignored the reminder on the panel. A trace of sword intent enveloped the entire Lu Mansion, and he quickly found the bronze masked man.

He gathered the Xuan Gang Qi in his body, hid it in his Dantian, and quickly ran to a side house in the middle courtyard.

He was thinking while dodging the patrolling guards.

Since the Bronze Venerable did not live in the backyard, it meant that he was not from the main branch of the Lu family.

Either he is from a side branch, or he is just a bodyguard and servant of the Lu family.

Deep down, Chen Yi is more inclined to the latter.

If it was the former, he might have to apologize to Junior Brother Lu Youxiang.

Soon, Chen Yi sneaked into the side house, landed on the roof silently, and listened quietly to the sounds inside.

"Have you figured out the Lone Wolf's intention?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Lone Wolf said that he has discovered the secret of the forbidden area of ​​Qianmo Cliff in Taixu Dao Sect, and wants to..."

Your Majesty?

Is this to contact Qianlong's superiors?

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned inwardly.

He originally thought that this Bronze Venerable would use a secret letter to contact his superiors, just like he did with Sun Zhengqiu.

I didn't expect that there was a special channel within "Qianlong" that could allow for direct communication.

"...The lone wolf should hope to explore Qianmo Cliff."

"But I think that Lone Wolf is not doing this for me, Hidden Dragon, but for himself."

"Really? Then this lone wolf will become a dead wolf!"

"Your Majesty, I have the same idea. Why not let Lone Wolf carry out that mission?"

"No, keep him for now and make arrangements after the Taixu Dao Sect's sect exam is over."

"And with his cultivation level, he can't test Chen Yi's strength. I will arrange for someone else to go."

Testing my strength?

Chen Yi raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He didn't expect to have an unexpected gain. Isn't this a coincidence?

Chen Yi smiled and looked around, then moved to the side. With sword intent covering his body to conceal his sound, he entered the room silently through the window.

The room was a suite of different sizes. In addition to the main hall where he was, there were two side rooms on each side.

“It’s decorated quite luxuriously.”

Chen Yi glanced around and his gaze stopped at the closed door on the left, without going any further.

He sat down at the table near the entrance and waited quietly.

Only the voice of the bronze masked man came from the door: "Your Excellency, have you found other 'latent dragon seeds'?"

The other person said calmly, "It's not up to me to decide his affairs, and you don't need to ask about it."

"You have only one mission now, to do your best to find out the route of the Lu family's money transfer."

"Notify me immediately when you have any news. The rest of the people in Jeju Prefecture will cooperate with you."

"My subordinate understands."

Not long after, Chen Yi heard no sound from inside.

After waiting for a while, he saw a middle-aged man in tight clothes and with a gloomy face walking out.

What’s funny is that the man had a thoughtful look on his face and didn’t even notice that there was another person in the room.

"Who could go to Taixu Dao Sect to test that genius? Your Excellency is vague about it, I'm afraid there are some secrets involved."

"I want to know this secret, too."

"who is it!?"

The man just noticed Chen Yi sitting in front of the table, his expression changed drastically, and he was about to burst out with his spiritual energy.

However, at this moment, a scarlet sword light flashed across.

Moreover, the sword intent that followed immediately pressed down on him.

The man stared blankly at the long sword hanging in front of him, feeling the sword intent that made his whole body and even the true energy in his body stagnate, his expression filled with horror and fear.

Can't move!
No matter how he practiced his skills or struggled, he couldn't move even a finger.

"You, you, who are you?!"

Chen Yi glanced at him, but he was thinking about kendo in his heart.

After reaching the Tongyou realm in the way of killing swordsmanship, he could completely suppress a cultivator of the fourth level of Lingqiao realm just by relying on sword intent.

It's not terrible.

"Didn't you want to test my strength just now? Why didn't you recognize me?" Chen Yi asked with a smile.

The man looked at him with eyes full of fear and dread, and a hint of confusion and disbelief flashed across his face.

"You, you are Chen Yi?"

Chen Yi nodded without comment, and continued with a smile on his face, "Now that you have seen my strength, are you satisfied?"

The middle-aged man looked at him in disbelief for a long time. His eyes fixed on the sword that was getting closer and closer, and he forced himself to calm down.

"The young marquis's strength is beyond my imagination."

Chen Yi glanced at him and controlled the Spring Rain Sword to move closer. "You should know that this is not what I want to hear."

"What do you want to know, young Lord? I will certainly tell you everything I know."

"'Qianlong', the Lu family, and me." Chen Yi smiled, "and everything you know."

The man showed a bitter smile, he didn't expect that the young marquis already knew about "Qianlong".

He thought again of Lone Wolf's unexpected meeting, and realized that it was probably Lone Wolf who betrayed "Hidden Dragon".

"My name is Lu Fang, and I am from the Lu family's branch."

Chen Yi's expression remained unchanged, but he laughed in his heart.

It’s good to be a side branch, as long as it’s a side branch.

Combined with the secrets heard before, "Qianlong" should also be targeting the Lu family.

In this way, he could temporarily exclude the main branch of the Lu family.

"Inside Hidden Dragon, I am just an insignificant bronze rank, and my status is not much higher than that of the Lone Wolf."

"There are at least dozens of people like me in the entire Jeju Prefecture..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Fang realized that the tip of the sword was one inch closer, and he knew in his heart that Chen Yi was not satisfied with what he said.

He quickly changed his words and said, "Besides me, there are two other bronze commanders in Jeju Prefecture."

"I don't know their identities. I only know that one of them is in the prefecture, and the other is a member of the navy stationed in Jeju Prefecture."

"Our primary mission is to obtain the money that the Lu family needs for expansion. The main vein will escort the money to Northern Zhili in the near future."

Sweat broke out on Lu Fang's forehead, fearing that if he spoke too late, the sword would pierce his head.

After all, he joined "Qianlong" only for his own interests, not because he really wanted to make "Qianlong" stronger.

"anything else?"

"I, I am only responsible for finding out the news about the Lu family. Xu Ban will be in charge of the action..."

Chen Yi was thinking while listening to his story.

Among the three bronze commanders of "Qianlong" in Jeju Prefecture, one is from a wealthy family, one is in the government, and the other is actually in the navy.

This shows that their ambitions are far beyond imagination.

"In addition, regarding you, young marquis, the superiors just asked me to keep a close eye on your situation."

At this point, Lu Fang suddenly thought of the conversation he had just had with His Majesty, and changed his words again: "And I also want to test out your true strength."

"What's your intention?" Chen Yi asked, tilting his head.

"I don't know."

The Chunyu Sword was an inch closer, and the tip of the sword was almost touching his eyes.

Lu Fang didn't dare to move, and he couldn't even blink. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his cheeks.

His body trembled slightly, and his voice also trembled a little: "I only know that the leader of 'Qianlong' wants to deal with you."

"More than ten years ago, it was him who sent me a message and asked me to arrange for the 'Hidden Dragon Seed' to assassinate you..."

Chen Yi interrupted and asked, "Tell me, what is the identity of the leader of 'Qianlong'?"

"I don't know. I really don't know."

"I know that several of the masters of 'Qianlong' are from Kyoto Prefecture, and the rest are in contact through secret letters."

"Please believe me, young marquis."

"Since I joined Hidden Dragon, I have only seen one Silver Order. Other than that, there are only a few 'seeds' in Taixu Dao Sect."

Lu Fang finished speaking in one breath, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.

"So what is your intention in investigating the Taixu Dao Sect's small test?" Chen Yi's face turned cold, "Don't tell me you don't know this either?"

"no, do not want……"

The sword flashed.

"Ho..."

The expression on Lu Fang's face froze, and his only remaining eye stared at him blankly, slowly losing its luster.

Chen Yi snorted, put away the Chunyu Sword, and began to search the room.

Especially the room that was previously used to communicate with the "Master".

After a search, Chen Yi only found a box that was suspected to be used for communication.

After thinking about it, he put the box into his Sumeru bag and walked out.

After taking a few steps, Chen Yi stepped back, found a pen and paper and wrote a few lines of scribbled words.

"The useless 'Hidden Dragon' has set his sights on the Lu family's money, be careful."

Junior Brother Lu Youxiang, I can only help you up to this point.

After finishing writing, Chen Yi sneaked out of Lu Mansion again and came to the place where he had agreed to meet with Sun Zhengqiu.

"Sir, have you got what you wanted?" Sun Zhengqiu said with a fist.

"I guess so." Chen Yi thought for a moment and said, "The person you are meeting is from the Lu family in Jizhou Prefecture. You should stay in the prefecture for a few days to confirm his identity."

"In addition, according to him, there are two bronze orders in Jeju Prefecture. One is beside the prefect, and the other is in the garrison navy..."

After Chen Yi explained that Qianlong was going to attack the Lu family, he instructed, "Investigate the identities of those two people as well."

"It would be best if you can find out, but if you can't, try not to show up."

Although he did not hear Lu Fang reveal the identity of the leader of "Qianlong" with his own ears.

But just the two points of "grudge" and "Kyoto Prefecture" were enough to convince him that Jingye Hou Zhou Tiance was related to "Qianlong".

Otherwise, he had just joined the Taixu Taoist Sect at that time and had no hatred or grudges against them, so who would come to assassinate him?
Sun Zhengqiu wrote this down and asked, "Master, are you going back to the sect?"

"Well, come back as soon as you're done. I have something else to tell you."

"My subordinate understands."

Chen Yi nodded and then left.

He did not go back to Taixu Taoist Sect directly, but planned to stay in the city for half a day to buy some things to take back.

"I want to see what method the Hidden Dragon is going to use to test my strength."

Compared with this matter, neither the money of the Lu Mansion nor the identities of the two Bronze Orders hidden in Jeju Prefecture seem so unimportant.

For Chen Yi, now that he has confirmed the person behind "Qianlong", he just needs to combine the two into one.

That way, when he returns to Kyoto Prefecture, he can settle the accounts with Jingye Hou!

(End of this chapter)