Huangxiu

Chapter 1240 Chasing the murderer
Dong Muyu shook her head.

Li Hongzhao asked, "Does Senior Brother Chonglou also not know who he is?"

"His face was covered, and he was surrounded by several guys!" Dong Muyu snorted. "If it weren't for the protective sword bestowed by the sect leader, Senior Brother Chonglou would be dead this time."

Li Hongzhao said, "They're covering their faces, probably to avoid being recognized and retaliating. Then say they're people Senior Brother Chonglou knows... Do they have such a deep grudge? Several people attacking together means it's not just a personal feud... What treasure is it for?"

Dong Muyu shook her head: "But Senior Brother Chonglou didn't get any treasures."

Li Hongzhao seemed to be deep in thought, glancing at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Didn't you recognize any of the martial arts styles?"

Dong Muyu shook her head and said, "No."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

“If you didn’t recognize him, then he’s not a demon,” Li Hongzhao said. “What is Senior Brother Chonglou’s cultivation level?”

"Sixth Rank," Dong Muyu said.

"If he's at the sixth level... with the martial arts of our Heavenly Sword Sect, dealing with a seventh-level expert should be more than enough, right? Or is it a group of seventh-level experts attacking him?"

Dong Muyu said, "It was a seventh-level cultivator. Senior Brother Chonglou couldn't remember exactly how many there were. It seemed like there were six or seven people. They ambushed and attacked suddenly. They were fast and ruthless. Senior Brother Chonglou was caught off guard and was seriously injured after only a few moves. He didn't even have time to figure out their moves and was only concerned with escaping for his life."

"A seventh-level expert is by no means an unknown figure in the martial arts sects, so they have to cover their faces, afraid of being recognized by Senior Brother Chonglou... If it's not for profit, then it's for grudges? Senior Brother Chonglou knows who his enemies are, right?"

Dong Muyu shook her head: "Senior Brother Chonglou is very tactful and knows how to avoid offending anyone."

“This is troublesome…” Li Hongzhao frowned.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Does the sect have a secret technique to trace it?"

Li Hongzhao said, "Using the residual true essence in Senior Brother Chonglou's body, you can use secret techniques to catch up with these guys, right? ... But they should have thought of that."

The profound and mysterious art of tracking can achieve this.

Those murderers couldn't have been unaware of this.

Dong Muyu shook her head: "It seems we haven't caught the murderer yet."

Li Hongzhao looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Can't you sense the presence of these guys?"

Dong Muyu nodded: "I can't sense it."

Li Hongzhao frowned slightly: "Did they run far away and escape? Or... did they use some kind of secret technique to conceal their presence?"

“That’s possible,” Dong Muyu said.

Li Hongzhao said softly, "If it's not a demon, then there are only two possibilities: one is a martial arts sect, and the other is..."

She lowered her voice.

Dong Muyu retorted playfully, "What's the other one? Junior sister, why are you keeping me in suspense!"

"The imperial court, perhaps?" Li Hongzhao looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan remained silent.

Dong Muyu snorted, "Junior Brother Chu, you thought of this too?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Senior Sister, we all thought of this, so it's impossible that the Sect Leader didn't."

"The sect leader didn't say that was possible!" Dong Muyu shook her head.

Li Hongzhao said, "If it weren't for you, Senior Sister, any other Senior Sister or Senior Brother would not have said that."

Dong Muyu sighed: "If it really is the imperial court, then we're in big trouble. We won't be able to get revenge!"

Li Hongzhao asked, "Senior Sister, if it really is the imperial court, what will we do?"

"Let's just let it go." Dong Muyu said helplessly, "We can't exactly turn against the imperial court; we can't win."

Li Hongzhao frowned slightly.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I'll go ask the sect leader first and see how the investigation is going."

Li Hongzhao gave him a deep look.

This looks like a troublesome matter.

In the end, it is very likely that all the work will be in vain, with effort going to waste and no reward, or even causing great frustration.

Chu Zhiyuan took the initiative to take on this task, demonstrating his sense of responsibility and loyalty to the sect.

Dong Muyu hurriedly said, "Junior brother, don't be impulsive! ...If it's really found out that they are experts from the imperial court, you must listen to the sect leader's instructions and not make decisions on your own!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I understand."

Dong Muyu said, "Your aptitude and cultivation are both high, but such a major matter cannot be solved simply by having high martial arts skills."

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Understood, I'm going."

……

The Sect Leader's Hall.

Dressed in a black robe, Lu Wanshan sat behind his desk like a mountain, engrossed in reviewing documents.

Upon seeing Chu Zhiyuan enter, he waved and gestured for him to sit down first.

After reading the case file in his hand, he got up from the desk, went down the steps, and sat down in the chair opposite Chu Zhiyuan.

"Back so soon?" Lu Wanshan asked with a smile. "How was the Phoenix Secret Realm?"

Chu Zhiyuan said a few words, and then directly asked about Ding Chonglou's injuries.

“Chonglou is alright, his life is not in danger,” Lu Wanshan said. “Have you found the murderer?”

Lu Wanshan said, "We have been searching for this. We must avenge this grudge. Fortunately, Chonglou's life is not in danger."

"Can Senior Brother Chonglou's martial arts be restored?"

Lu Wanshan shook his head: "The injury was too severe, damaging the foundation and destroying the meridians. It will be difficult to recover completely."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

He heard Dong Muyu say that Ding Chonglou was a prodigy.

Therefore, he will surely become one of the pillars of the Heavenly Sword Sect in the future.

Now that their cultivation has been destroyed and cannot be restored, the Heavenly Sword Sect has suffered significant losses.

Lu Wanshan said, "When traveling in the martial arts world, it is inevitable to encounter such accidents. It is fortunate to have survived."

"We haven't caught up with them yet, and if we haven't sensed them..." Chu Zhiyuan said, "those guys should have escaped and are now far away and impossible to catch, right?"

“It’s difficult…” Lu Wanshan sighed. “Let’s do our best. It’s impossible for everything to go smoothly.”

As the sect leader, this kind of thing is not uncommon.

The saying goes that heaven is jealous of talent; the more talented a disciple is, the more calamities they suffer and the more likely they are to perish.

From the time he entered the Heavenly Sword Sect until now, over the past few hundred years, he has witnessed the fall of many talented disciples.

Ding Chonglou was just one of them.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Sect Leader, I want to find those guys!"

Lu Wanshan pondered for a moment: "This matter has been handed over to Junior Brother Xu."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "As disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, we absolutely cannot suffer such a great loss for nothing. My tracking skills are better, how can I stand idly by!"

“…Alright,” Lu Wanshan said, “I wonder how things are going with Junior Brother Xu and the others. Go find them.”

"Sect Leader," Chu Zhiyuan said, "I want to act alone."

“You… fine.” Lu Wanshan shook his head and said, “Go find Chonglou first, and deal with the rest as you see fit. Don’t push yourself too hard.”

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Sect Leader, if they are experts from the imperial court, how should we deal with them?"

Lu Wanshan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Understood, then this disciple will go."

Lu Wanshan snorted, "Don't you dare do anything reckless!"

"Yes." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his hands in a fist salute, stood up, and left the main hall.

He then found Dong Muyu and asked her to take him to Ding Chonglou.

……

Ding Chonglou's courtyard is about 100 meters away from Chu Zhiyuan's courtyard.

Dong Muyu knocked on the door, then pushed it open and called out, "Senior Brother Chonglou, I'm here!"

In the center of the courtyard was a recliner, and a young man was lying in the chair with his eyes closed, gently rocking back and forth.

His handsome face was filled with thought, his cheeks were flushed, and he reeked of alcohol.

Hearing the noise, he groggily opened his eyes, frowned, and said, "Junior Sister Dong, what are you doing here again!"

"Drunk again?!" Dong Muyu said irritably, "Drink less!"

"A good drink can wash away a thousand sorrows!" He laughed self-deprecatingly. "I used to be too afraid to get drunk, so I could only bury myself in my training. Now I can finally get drunk to my heart's content! Haha, how interesting!"

"Alright," Dong Muyu shook her head: "Senior Brother Chonglou, this is Junior Brother Chu. He'll help you find those guys!"

"Junior Brother Chu Zhiyuan?" Ding Chonglou tried to open his drunken eyes wide and sized up Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan said gently, "Greetings, Senior Brother Ding. Senior Brother, there's no need to be discouraged. I have a secret technique that allows me to break free from my cocoon and be reborn. Even if my meridians are severely damaged, I can recover."

Ding Chonglou was startled, and his sleepy eyes lit up.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "With your talent, Senior Brother Ding, mastering that secret technique and restoring your meridians will be a piece of cake... If you still want to continue being drunk like this, I'm afraid you won't have the chance."

Dong Muyu hurriedly asked, "Junior brother, is there really such a secret technique?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Senior brother, do you have pen and ink? I will write it down now."

Dong Muyu gracefully slipped into the main room and quickly came out, bringing out all the writing implements and placing them on the stone table beside her. Then she personally ground the ink.

Chu Zhiyuan picked up his pen and began to write, copying down the Meridian Cleansing Formula.

The Meridian Cleansing Technique is most suitable for his situation.

His extrasensory perception had already revealed his physical condition; his internal organs were severely injured, and he was extremely weak.

The most serious problem is the meridians, which become blocked, twisted, and deformed.

Under such circumstances, cultivation becomes virtually impossible.

It's like the Yellow River changing its course; the true essence gets lost in it, making progress difficult.

This is an invisible wound, and it is the most troublesome.

The Heavenly Sword Sect, with its profound foundation, was helpless against this kind of injury.

However, considering that the Cleansing Meridian Technique is a secret art treasured by the Jade Scenery Royal Family and is one of the core inheritances of the ancient sect, the Void Sword Sect, it is not surprising that the Heavenly Sword Sect does not have it.

(End of this chapter)