Huangxiu

Chapter 1243 Result
Li Hongzhao slightly closed her phoenix eyes, focusing her attention on sensing her surroundings.

Possessing the bloodline of the phoenix, she possesses strong spiritual power and keen senses.

She suddenly opened her bright eyes and glanced in the southeast direction.

Ding Chonglou was also concentrating on sensing, his brows furrowed, but he gained nothing.

Li Hongzhao stepped forward, patted Chu Zhiyuan on the shoulder, and gestured with her red lips towards the southeast.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded and waved.

Li Hongzhao and Ding Chonglou stepped forward.

Chu Zhiyuan put his arm around each of their shoulders and then disappeared.

The two felt a blur before their eyes, and then their vision suddenly changed.

Before them lay a dense forest, but besides the lush wild grass and thick old trees, there were also men in black robes leaning against the tree roots.

Their eyes widened, they sprang up, and rushed over, their right palms already unleashing a beam of red light.

Chu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice, "Senior brother, is it them?"

He recognized them from their expressions and eyes.

Their gazes first fell on Ding Chonglou, revealing strange expressions.

Ding Chonglou shouted, "It's them!"

Although they were masked then, and not now, their demeanor and their eyes left an indelible mark on him.

Suddenly, nine streams of light shot out from Chu Zhiyuan's sleeve, striking their bodies instantly.

The stream of light pierced through their protective true essence, penetrating their bodies and stopping in mid-air with blood in its wake. With a gentle tremor, it completely scatters the blood and restores its gleaming blade, which is now nine small knives.

Nine middle-aged men in black robes flew into the air and crashed heavily into a tree.

They were too close, and the throwing knife was too fast; caught off guard, they didn't even have time to react.

Li Hongzhao floated forward, her red shadow flashing, and swept past nine middle-aged men in black robes, sealing their acupoints before casually tossing them away.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The nine middle-aged men in black robes crashed heavily to Ding Chonglou's feet.

Ding Chonglou glared angrily at the middle-aged men in black robes and let out a cold laugh.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Senior brother, it's an eye for an eye. You can decide what to do with them."

Nine small knives slipped into his sleeve like swallows returning to their nest.

Ding Chonglou nodded slowly, his eyes blazing as he stared at the nine people.

Li Hongzhao clapped her hands: "Just who are these guys?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "No matter what their identity is, anyone who tries to kill a disciple of my Heavenly Sword Sect will only face death."

Li Hongzhao nodded slightly: "They are indeed being driven by the Undying Evil Lord. Which Undying Evil Lord is it?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

Ding Chonglou said, "Junior brother, bring these guys back to the sect and interrogate them properly."

"Senior Brother's considerations are thorough," Chu Zhiyuan said, "but there's no need to keep them all. Just keep two or three, and kill the rest to ease Senior Brother's mind!"

"...Never mind, it's not too late to kill him after the trial."

Ding Chonglou found Chu Zhiyuan's proposal extremely tempting and couldn't wait to agree.

But reason held him back, and he gritted his teeth to suppress his strong impulse.

"I admire you." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his hands in a fist salute. "In that case, shall we take him back?"

Li Hongzhao said, "Why don't we invite Elder Xu and the others over?"

There were nine in total, and Ding Chonglou couldn't travel for long periods of time, so carrying them back to the sect was quite strenuous.

“Alright, I’ll go and greet Elder Xu and the others.” Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

He vanished in a flash, and the next moment he appeared on a mountaintop.

At the foot of the mountain was a large river, and a group of people were sitting and resting by the river.

Sitting in the center of the crowd was a middle-aged man with handsome features, staring intently at the surging river surface, watching the waves roll and surge.

The people around, some young and some middle-aged, sat silently on various oddly shaped rocks by the river, some eating dry food, and others closing their eyes to regulate their breathing and recover.

The atmosphere was somber.

The middle-aged man suddenly looked up, turned to look at the mountain peak, and said to the people around him, "I'll go there for a bit."

After saying that, he leaped up, floating on the treetops, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived at the mountain peak and landed in front of Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his hands in greeting and smiled, "Greetings, Elder Xu."

"Junior Nephew Chu?" Xu Qianfan asked curiously, "Why are you here? I thought it was one of my senior brothers who had arrived." The unique senses of a cultivator of the Heavenly Sword Secret Scripture allowed him to pinpoint Chu Zhiyuan's location precisely.

They had initially thought it was one of the other elders, dissatisfied with their progress and coming to urge them on, but they never expected it to be Chu Zhiyuan.

"I came here with Junior Sister Li Hongzhao and Senior Brother Ding to find the murderers."

Xu Qianfan shook his head: "Why bother torturing Chonglou again? He's already suffered enough."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "We've found them, captured them, and are preparing to send them back to the sect for trial."

Xu Qianfan suddenly realized: "Found...found them? Found the murderer?...Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Found it."

Xu Qianfan exclaimed in surprise: "You really found them? Chonglou personally confirmed it was them?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded and smiled, "It is indeed them. They have already sealed the acupoints and are waiting for us to transport them back to the sect."

Xu Qianfan asked curiously, "How did you find it?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "At the ambush site, I found some clues, followed them, and then launched a surprise attack on them, succeeding in one fell swoop."

"You actually found a clue?"

"Elder, as you know, I have a more acute sense, which is also my most important strength."

“Your senses are indeed sharp,” Xu Qianfan nodded. “But I didn’t expect them to be this sharp… Let’s go, let’s go see them!”

"It's not far from here," Chu Zhiyuan said. "Shall we invite all of you senior brothers to come along?"

"Bring these useless guys with you!" Xu Qianfan snorted.

As he walked alongside Chu Zhiyuan, he would occasionally turn his head to look at Chu Zhiyuan.

Only by truly understanding the stealth techniques of those black-robed men can one comprehend how difficult it is to capture them.

They racked their brains and tried their best, but to no avail.

This feeling of annoyance and despair left them feeling both depressed and angry.

Angry at one's own incompetence.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zhiyuan found it so easily with just one move.

He shook his head inwardly.

The differences between people are too great; some people are born to inspire despair.

……

At dawn, as the sun rose, its golden rays shone brightly on Tianjian Peak.

Chu Zhiyuan pushed open the door and entered the courtyard, breathing in the crisp, clean air.

The air at Tianjian Peak is exceptionally fresh and invigorating.

He slept at Prince Qing's residence last night, and upon waking up, he immediately teleported here.

For him now, the distance between the Prince Qing's Mansion and Tianjian Peak is just a step away; he can easily travel from one place to the other.

He took a few deep breaths; the air on Tianjian Peak was far superior to that of the Prince Qing's Mansion.

He stretched his arms and legs inside the courtyard, when Dong Muyu's voice came from outside: "Junior brother! Junior brother!"

"Please come in, Senior Sister Dong."

"squeak……"

Dong Muyu pushed open the door and stepped lightly into the courtyard, approaching him: "Junior brother, do you know that those guys are all dead!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Should we just kill them after the interrogation?"

He wasn't at the peak last night; he was at Prince Qing's residence and was unaware of what happened that evening.

"They all died before the trial was over." Dong Muyu shook her head: "We didn't get anything out of them."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

Dong Muyu said, "The nine of them died at the same time... They weren't locked up in one place at all; each of them was very far apart. It's too strange! Is this the method of the Undying Evil Lord?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

"This method is terrifying and impossible to defend against." Dong Muyu said, "Fortunately, the other senior brothers and sisters were not ambushed... They were probably preparing to ambush Senior Brother Qi Zhou, and you appeared in time to save him."

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "What did the sect leader say?"

"The sect leader didn't say anything," Dong Muyu said. "He looked very serious, so I came to talk to you."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It's really troublesome that we haven't been able to find out why the Undying Evil Lord suddenly sent people to deal with us."

(End of this chapter)