I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

In the quiet study, Xie Lingyun blinked her surprisingly large and clear eyes and asked curiously:
"Mom, why don't you speak?"

The elegant woman hesitated for a moment, looked at the portrait again, glanced sideways at her daughter, and said with a smile:
"This young man is indeed a handsome man, and his appearance matches yours."

Xie Lingyun was immediately delighted:
"Right? I'm sure my taste is not bad!"

The woman rolled her eyes at her and asked:

"What did you say his name was? Xie...Yuan?"

The woman paused and said:
"Hidden Dragon in the Abyss, what a good name. You said, he is..."

"Hey, how do you know he's on the Hidden Dragon List?"

Xie Lingyun said with a smile.

The woman was startled and said with a smile:
"I don't know, I just said the name. Hey, kid, your father and I haven't even agreed yet, and you're almost showing off like one of our family members."

Xie Lingyun pursed her lips and smiled. She knew that her mother devoted all her time to worshiping Buddha and managing clan affairs, and she didn't care much about external things. She probably didn't care about these affairs of the martial arts world, especially the mere Qianlong.

"He is still a hero on the Hidden Dragon List. Hmm, not bad."

The woman nodded casually and asked again:

"Where do you think he is from?"

"Yunzhou. He is from Yunzhou and is now in Jiangnan... well, traveling."

Xie Lingyun paused.

"Yunzhou. It's really far away."

The woman seemed to sigh, and then said:
"The young talents on the Hidden Dragon List must be very famous. What are their deeds? Why don't you tell me about them?"

Xie Lingyun paused for a moment, then pulled her mother aside and said:
"Mom, listen to me. There are some rumors and nicknames out there, but they are not true. In fact, he is not like the rumors..."

When the woman heard this, she felt something strange and glanced at Xie Lingyun:
"Does he have a bad reputation?"

"It's not bad..."

Xie Lingyun stuck out her tongue:

"It's just that the people from Chunyu Tower keep pestering him."

The woman was silent for a moment, then said:

"…You mean, he's a wanted criminal?"

"It can be considered as such. But that's all the fault of the court! He's not a bad person, he's upright and he's against evil. For example, the people in Yao... Qiufeng Tower must hate him to the core!"

Xie Lingyun quickly explained and raised her head proudly.

The woman's expression was even more strange:

"Does that mean he also offended the people from Qiufeng Tower?"

"Maybe."

Xie Lingyun nodded hesitantly. Although she didn't know that the owner of Qiufeng Tower failed in his attempt to hunt him down, he had defeated Yao Yilong and killed Yao Tianchuan to take his place. The Yao family must have wanted to grind him to ashes.

After hearing this, the woman hesitated, looked at her daughter, and said as tactfully as possible:
"He is really a strange man."

She had already revealed her disapproval, and Xie Lingyun sighed:
"Don't worry, just listen to me and I'll explain it to you slowly. It's definitely not his fault!"

Xie Lingyun didn't have much real contact with Xie Yuan, but after knowing his identity, she came back and did a lot of research, and had already found out everything that Xie Yuan had revealed.

He started out by becoming famous in Yunzhou for "killing the county lieutenant in the street", and later on killed a branch member of the Yao family in Wuhe River, and teamed up with Situ Qin to kill the Heavenly Rank Assassin of Qiufeng Tower. Then he came to Jinling and teamed up with the disciples of Prajna Temple and Xuanzhen Sect, and defeated Yao Yilong, the old master of the Yao family, with the strength of the Second Transformation Realm, and became famous.

These were the battle records that allowed Xie Yuan to be listed on the Hidden Dragon List. Xie Lingyun had been collecting information repeatedly, and even found the less well-known but more exaggerated chase in Yunzhao County, in which a master was seriously injured by someone who was not practicing martial arts.

Xie Lingyun had read these battle records over and over again, and she knew them by heart. Now she was telling her mother about them incessantly, leaving her mother no room to get a word in.

“…So, although his nickname is a bit fierce and his reputation is a bit strange, that’s all the smear campaign by Chunyu Tower!”

Xie Lingyun finally finished her speech. Her mouth was dry and she drank the tea in her cup in one gulp without any ladylike manner. Then she continued:
"The real him is humble, polite, and gentle... well, maybe not. But he is kind-hearted, loyal, brave, and resourceful, and he never abandons his companions. He is definitely not a daring and bloodthirsty maniac. These are all slanders!"

The woman listened for a long time, and finally it was her turn to speak:

"Well, from what you said, although his methods were a little inappropriate, he is still a chivalrous man."

"Yes, yes, I think so too!"

Xie Lingyun nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and then heard her mother say:

"But, how did you get to know Xie Yuan during your trip to the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain? How did you fight alongside him?"

The woman stared at Xie Lingyun with sharp eyes, pointing directly to the key point.

“…On the way?”

Xie Lingyun answered tentatively.

The woman smiled:
"Your uncle Mo has been with you all the way, why are you fighting with others outside?"

Xie Lingyun exclaimed, she was so happy when she spoke that she didn't even think about this question.

As a result, the mother was very careful and observant, and she immediately discovered the abnormality.

Xie Lingyun hesitated for a moment and smiled awkwardly:
"Can you keep it a secret?"

The woman shook her head firmly:

"It's a good thing that you know a young talent. But Xie Yuan seems to have a lot of experience and is not a simple person. If you can't explain how you know him, as a mother, I will always be a little worried."

Xie Lingyun hesitated for a long time before whispering:
"If I tell you, you must keep it a secret for me and never tell anyone else!"

The woman nodded:
"I won't gossip about anything. I'm doing this for your own good. Do you still not trust me?"

Xie Lingyun blinked:

"you swear!"

The woman stared:

"Fistful Monkey, what else do you want to do? Do you want me to sign a document for you?"

"It's not impossible..."

Seeing that the woman was a little angry, Xie Lingyun immediately shrank her head and said:
"Okay, I believe mother. He...is now pretending to be Yao Tianchuan and living the life of a young master in the Yao family."

The woman was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened:

"Is this true?"

"Of course. Yao Tianchuan from Wan Yao Mountain is totally fake. It has always been him."

Xie Lingyun said.

"So this time, there was a lot of talk in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain. Yao Tianchuan of the Yao family made a great contribution by killing the Fire Demon Envoy of the Demon Cult. But the result was also this Xie Yuan?"

The woman was a little surprised.

"That's right! Yao Tianchuan doesn't have that ability."

Xie Lingyun puffed out her chest, feeling proud of it.

The woman stayed still for a while before she shook her head and said:

"It's really... ridiculous. Is it that the Yao family has fallen to this point, or is it that Xie Yuan is so powerful that no one noticed when he used a trick to take the place of the Yao family? Isn't he afraid of being exposed?"

“He’s just that awesome!”

Xie Lingyun said this with some pride, but she was also a little worried in her heart.

I guess he knows what's going on...

"Why did he target the Yao family?"

The woman frowned.

Generally speaking, the Xie family and the Yao family are both aristocratic families. When she heard that a chivalrous hero could sneak into an aristocratic family so easily and cause damage, she felt a little resistant.

"Of course I am angry about what the Yao family did!"

Xie Lingyun began to talk again:
"Since Wuhe, he had conflicts with the Yao family. I heard that the place was also part of the Yao family's underground business layout. Then he came to Jinling and saw more of the Yao family's dirty deeds, so he sneaked into the Yao family to look for more evidence!

"Hasn't Chunyu Tower been stationed directly in Jinling recently? The Yao family is in chaos! It must be his contribution!"

The woman heard this and glanced at her:
"Did he tell you all this?"

"…I guessed it. But it's pretty close."

The woman snorted:
"I think you are treating him like a god who can do anything. Could it be that he is just after the Yao family's treasures?"

"No way!"

Xie Lingyun said firmly:

"He's not like that."

The woman wanted to say something, but seeing her daughter's expression, she had to take back her words and said without comment:
"If it's true as you said, then he is indeed a great hero who is willing to take risks."

"So, mother doesn't object to my relationship with him?"

Xie Lingyun said somewhat happily.

The woman smiled:
"You are a smart kid, you can make your own decisions. But what this kid did is very dangerous. As the old saying goes, a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. I think you should persuade him to get out of the Yao family as soon as possible, and maybe bring him back one day to meet me and your father and get his opinion."

Xie Lingyun blushed a little:
"Meeting, meeting the parents or something, it hasn't reached that stage yet, right?"

The woman laughed and said:
"I meant later. I didn't ask you to bring it back now. And... I've listened to you for a long time, but I haven't listened to his performance. Does he have feelings for you too?"

Xie Lingyun straightened her chest:

"No! But it's okay, there will be one in the future."

"You kid..."

The woman shook her head and smiled:

"But I also believe that with your looks, talent, and our family background, although this young man sounds extremely talented, well, he is just barely worthy of you."

She paused. Even from her perspective as the mistress of the Chen County Xie family, even after just a cursory listen, she felt that Xie Yuan's talent and ability were barely worthy of her precious daughter.

She nodded:
"It's okay. Young people are just making friends. There's no need to force things in the future."

"Mom! Don't be so pessimistic. If I like someone, I will definitely stick with him to the end!"

Xie Lingyun raised her head and said:

"They are all family names, is that okay with you?"

The woman shook her head:
"I don't mind. Your father might complain a bit. But if it turns out to be a good thing, it won't hurt."

"That's right! I've saved myself the trouble of finding a son-in-law. You'll have grandchildren to raise in the future, and the inheritance will be orderly, how great!"

Xie Lingyun was smiling.

The woman was at a loss whether to laugh or cry:

"You kid, you are simply... you do have some truth in that."

After the mother and daughter chatted for a while, the woman asked Xie Lingyun to practice martial arts hard and left her daughter's courtyard again.

Surrounded by her maids and servants, the woman returned to a simple courtyard, where a pure gold Buddha statue was enshrined in the hall, shining brightly.

Apart from this Buddha statue, everything in the hall was very clean and simple, and it did not look like the place where the mistress of the huge Xie family lived.

The woman left all the servants outside the courtyard, knelt down on the very old and patched cushion, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and recited. After a long time, she stood up, lit incense and candles, and then walked to a small study room on the side.

The woman pondered for a moment, took out a pen and paper, and with a few strokes, she sketched a lifelike portrait, which was exactly the portrait of Xie Yuan in Xie Lingyun's house, almost identical to him.

"Thank you...Yuan?"

The woman looked at the portrait, muttering to herself, her thin brows gradually furrowed.

After a moment, she called in a personal maid and whispered:
"Go check this Xie Yuan and find out more clearly."

"Yes."

The maid responded efficiently and turned away.

"correct."

The woman suddenly called her again.

Seeing the maid stop, she opened her mouth and then added in a low voice:

"As soon as possible."

……

Jinling.

Hairpin Flower Tower.

Xie Yuan watched as Mu Chaoyun skillfully put away the huge and complicated formation, just like doing housework, sorting everything out into categories, and was stunned.

At this moment, Mu Chaoyun looked like nothing had happened. Except for his slightly pale face and a bit of transparency, everything else was normal.

Xie Yuan asked tentatively:

"Have you found his location?"

"No."

Mu Chaoyun shook his head.

Xie Yuan frowned:

"I can't even find you. This is a bit tricky..."

"It's okay, he's dead."

Mu Chaoyun said lightly.

"what?"

Xie Yuan opened his mouth wide in surprise.

He was stunned for a while before saying:
"You don't even know where he is, how can you kill him? No, how can you kill him from such a distance? Curse?"

"Cursing is a form of witchcraft or a branch of the evil art of divine secrets. It's basically lost now. How can you hear such strange things?"

Mu Chaoyun glanced at him:
"When the Heavenly Secret Arts fight, there are ways to use the Heavenly Secret Arts. If you don't practice this, you won't understand."

Xie Yuan felt Mu Chaoyun's undisguised disdain and said helplessly:

"All right……"

He once joked that he wanted to truly become Mu Chaoyun's apprentice and learn these magical secrets.

As a result, Mu Chaoyun said that if he really wanted to learn, she was willing to teach him and he could give it a try.

But when he had nothing to do, looking at the various formulas, divination, Yi principles, and formations that were more complicated than advanced mathematics, the painful memories crossed the two worlds and began to attack him.

Although he could learn it if he really wanted to, even with the help of the panel, the progress would be very slow and would require a huge amount of hard work, which would inevitably affect his martial arts practice. He had little time to begin with, so he had no choice but to press the button.

“Your path is not here.”

Mu Chaoyun's evaluation was still tactful and gentle.

"So, you killed a Grandmaster without even seeing him or knowing where he was?"

Xie Yuan still found it a little unbelievable. It was fine to write it this way in a storybook, but this was reality, and reality had to be logical.

Having practiced martial arts for a long time, he felt that this was beyond his understanding.

Mu Chaoyun said calmly:
"You can't say you can kill him without seeing him. As far as the divine power is concerned, I saw him. As long as I can calculate him, it doesn't matter whether he is in front of me or not, in this room or at the end of the world."

She was just about to drink a sip of tea when Xie Yuan actively snatched the teapot from her, respectfully poured it for her, and offered it to her with both hands, acting like a big shot inviting her to have some tea.

Mu Chaoyun smiled and drank the tea leisurely. She inexplicably recalled the days when she waited for Xie Yuan to feed her every day at Longteng Escort Agency.

Just as she was lost in thought, Xie Yuan's voice interrupted her:

"Miss Mu, can you go all out and just curse a few more people to death?"

Mu Chaoyun was a little dissatisfied and glanced at him:
"I've already said it's not a curse! This method is unique to Tianjishi. If I hadn't fought with him for a long time and knew his strengths, it wouldn't be easy for another Tianjishi to do it. I would have to make some arrangements.

"And if it's an ordinary warrior, even if he's just an external practitioner, I might be able to see him clearly, but I can't hurt him from a distance, and I have to get in front of him."

Xie Yuan understood what he heard. In short, there were still many harsh conditions. It was not like the immortals he imagined who could perform magic through the air and kill people invisibly from thousands of miles away.

Maybe his imagination was too rich, and he thought he was in the world of cultivating immortals.

but……

【Notes from Pre-Qin Alchemists: (1/100)】

Looking at this thing in front of me that I don't know how it will progress, perhaps in ancient times, such methods really were everywhere?

Seeing Xie Yuan, it was unclear whether he was relieved or a little regretful. Mu Chaoyun held the teacup elegantly and took a sip. A searching look appeared on his elegant face:
"What are you going to do next?"

"Well, did that astrologer die cleanly?"

Xie Yuan confirmed again.

Mu Chaoyun said with certainty:

"He will definitely never be able to make his calculations again. In fact, even if he were still alive, I don't think he would be able to calculate your fate. Even though I have such a close relationship with you, sometimes I still can't see clearly what you are doing."

Xie Yuan's eyes turned and he smiled:

"That's right. I'm honest with you about our relationship. I have nothing to hide! It's not that I'm trying to hide it if you can't see it clearly."

Hearing Xie Yuan's teasing, Mu Chaoyun blushed slightly, glared at him, then straightened his hair and continued:
"I mean, you have great luck, unlike ordinary people. And after practicing the Heaven Hidden Technique, it is even more difficult to predict. He should not know your identity."

Xie Yuan also nodded. Even with his mastered Tianyin technique, he could still sense that he was secretly spied on a few times, but it was as if there was an invisible shield on his body, blocking all those very hidden threads outside. He believed that his true identity was still kept secret.

However, Xie Yuan still said in a deep voice:
"In these few days, I will be leaving the Yao family."

"So fast?"

Mu Chaoyun was a little surprised. Her beautiful face moved slightly and she looked at Xie Yuan, waiting for him to continue explaining.

Xie Yuan explained the reason:
"I was planning to leave anyway, but since there are some unexpected things, I might as well leave early. Although it's still safe in theory... it's better to be safe than sorry.

"It's just that I've been in the Yao family for so long and have learned many secrets. However, I'm afraid I can't deal a fatal blow to the Yao family."

Mu Chaoyun nodded slightly, praising his caution, and then continued:
"Or maybe it's the case that such a noble family is like a centipede. No matter where you hit it, you can't kill it with one strike. To truly bring down such a behemoth, it won't be done in a short time."

Xie Yuan nodded and said:
"That's true, but there are ways to make them feel the pain. Yao Tianchuan's death is one of them, and the recent targeting by Chunyu Tower has also made them anxious.

"That Su Xing, I used to think he was a lazy guy who only wanted to pick on small fry like me, but now it seems that he is actually quite tough.

"The Yao family has another ancestor who has been relying on the evil method of prolonging life to prolong his life, but I have never known where he is. I accidentally heard a sentence or two before, but someone covered my mouth before I could understand it. If we can find this person and get rid of him, I think the Yao family's confidence will only be the owner of Qiufeng Tower.

"As for the owner of Qiufeng Tower, it is easier to deal with him. After all, although he has always kept his identity secret, he is as bright as the sun in front of me. I have basically mastered most of the high-level assassins in Qiufeng Tower. I will try to collect them all in the next two days. As for the huge number of gold, silver and bronze medal assassins, I will leave them all to Su Xing to deal with.

"Qiufeng Tower has been provoking Chunyu Tower for a long time. I believe Chunyu Tower will not miss this opportunity to completely destroy Qiufeng Tower."

If the Qiufeng Tower can be destroyed and the secret master of the Yao family can be eliminated, then the entire strength of the Yao family will be exposed in the open.

By then, Xie Yuan won't need to take action, as other families will not give the Yao family an easy time.

At that time, the Yao family could only cling to the imperial court like the Qian family, or they could only recognize an aristocratic family and cling to it again like a vassal.

But this time, the Yao family, which is really weak to the extreme, is facing other families that are much stronger than the Qian family, which was at the bottom. It will be extremely difficult for them to maintain their independence.

However, the premise of all this is that Xie Yuan’s ideas can come true.

"Five more days at most, and then I'll be ready to leave."

Xie Yuan said in a deep voice:
"The owner of Qiufeng Tower gave me ten days to investigate Xie Yuan. If I run away in three to five days, I'm sure he won't be able to predict it."

Mu Chaoyun nodded slowly, thought about it, and felt that there should be no problem.

She whispered, "Then I will pay more attention to you in the next few days."

Xie Yuan understood in his heart that Mu Chaoyun meant that she would basically give up her own affairs in the last few days, keep an eye on him at all times, and prepare the last life-saving skill for him -

A teleportation array, or the art of Qimen Dunjia, that is beyond the knowledge of most warriors in this world.

Xie Yuan felt grateful and warm in his heart. Mu Chaoyun was not idle all day long. She didn't have much idea about revenge, so she almost used exhaustive methods to investigate the forces and people who had the ability to destroy Beidu Mountain in one day.

Although there are not many such forces, to investigate them one by one, it is necessary to sort out a huge amount of information, and much of the information itself is difficult to obtain. Especially since she has recently targeted the Demon Cult, given the secrecy of the Demon Cult itself, it really requires a huge amount of energy.

But even so, when it came time to do serious work, Mu Chaoyun would put down everything he was doing and devote himself to helping him get through the last few days in the Yao family smoothly, just to ensure that nothing went wrong for him.

Xie Yuan's heart moved, and he stretched out his big hand and grabbed Mu Chaoyun's soft and boneless hand without any hesitation.

It is cool, like a piece of jade covered with frost at night, and feels great.

However, if she was not a genuine master, Xie Yuan would have thought she was a weak girl who could not feel the furnace-like blood at all.

Mu Chaoyun's face turned slightly red, but she just let him hold her without moving.

She raised her head and saw that he was sitting beside her and distracted, so she moved slightly and gently rested her head on his shoulder, putting it in a comfortable position, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The room seemed quiet and warm for a moment, but there was also a slight sense of sadness of separation.

In a few days, will the two of them be separated again? When will they meet again?
But according to Mu Chaoyun, the two of them were destined to be together and would eventually be together.

……

Xie Yuan came out of the Hairpin Flower Tower, thinking:
"I have to leave in no more than three to five days. So in the next few days, I have to continue to act according to the orders of the owner of Qiufeng Tower and catch the traitor in Qiufeng Tower. Well, this way I can collect the list of assassins under the jurisdiction of the entire Qiufeng Tower and give it all to Su Xing.

"The second thing is to try to find out who the so-called ancestor is and where he is. Logically speaking, an old master who is lingering on should not have much strength left, but as long as he is in the dark, it is best to dig him out for the Yao family.

“But don’t force it, just let it happen naturally, and if you can’t find it, then it’s too late.

"Well, let me think... Actually, the second goal can be integrated with the first one. The guard work of many Yao family characters is completed by the Yao clan members in Qiufeng Tower. This old master of the Yao family lives in seclusion and is so secretive. It is very likely that the people around him are not servants of the Yao family compound, but are directly selected from Qiufeng Tower!
"When investigating the assassins in Qiufeng Tower these two days, we can also check if there are any people who have done this kind of work...

"Apart from these two items, I'm leaving now. I'd better take as much of the Yao family's stuff as possible. After all, we won't have such good conditions in the future... I'm really reluctant to leave."

Xie Yuan shook his head and sighed:

"It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality! Hiss, am I considered corrupt? Am I enjoying the people's money and fat?"

He thought about it and shook his head. Logically speaking, the Yao family would keep the treasures whether he used them or not. If he didn't use them, they would go into the stomachs of other Yao family members. It would be better to give them to him so that he could make the best use of them.

"Just stay here for the last few days, and then see you again, Jinling."

Xie Yuan had already decided that after leaving the Yao family, he would head to Jiangbei first.

There are many Buddhist temples in the north of the Yangtze River. The most famous Zen Prajna Temple is in Yuzhou, where Buddhism is extremely popular.

In such an area, Xie Yuan might have a chance to obtain the Buddha's rhythm and push his remaining progress to the limit to see if he could get any reward.

No, there is definitely a reward, but I don't know what it is. However, this item requires so much fate, Xie Yuan intuitively feels that the reward behind it is not bad, and has been looking forward to it.

After traveling around the north, Xie Yuan prepared to return to Yunshan.

After being out for so long, the Sword Sect should still recognize him as a disciple, right? Li Xingtuo still owed him a sword peak enlightenment and was waiting to redeem it.

Of course, before returning to Yunshan, one must pass through Yunzhou Prefecture.

It has been a long time since I last had the experience of listening to music and eating snacks in the waterside pavilion.

When he thought of this, the loss of the Yao family's medicine storehouse instantly disappeared.

Although returning to Yunzhou to practice cultivation is a bit harder, the peace of mind is incomparable to the rouge land in Jiangnan.

If it weren't for Mu Chaoyun, Xie Yuan might have run away with his sword.

Over the next three days, after Xie Yuan sorted out the assassins who had entered Qiufeng Tower, he began to investigate the gold, silver and bronze medal assassins.

These assassins were at most at the second level of transformation, and many of them had just entered the first level or even the fourth level. Their realm was far inferior to that of the entry-level assassins, but their number was indeed not small.

With Xie Yuan's current level of cultivation, the level of these assassins is not worth mentioning.

However, if we look at the entire Dali Dynasty's cultivation world, such a large number of assassins at the Qi and Blood Transformation stage are truly a terrifying force.

Although Xie Yuan himself has improved his cultivation, he has not yet gotten out of the earth. Having trained from the bottom, he knows what a Qi and Blood Transformation Realm means. Even the most ordinary Qi and Blood Transformation Realm is enough to dominate a county. The advancement level for ordinary people is really rare, even if they have good talents, they can't find the way.

So after getting the list and seeing so many Transformation Realm assassins, Xie Yuan was secretly shocked and frowned.

I wonder how many talents the Qian and Yao families have secretly provided to Qiufeng Tower over the years through the population transfer, which has produced so many powerful killers.

"If we allow Qiufeng Tower to continue to develop, who knows how much harm these people can cause. And when the crisis comes, the Yao family will wave the flag and promise a huge reward, which is also a huge force."

Xie Yuan nodded silently. This list was an important treasure.

Unfortunately, these lists were personally escorted by Qiufeng Tower Master’s personal assistant Yun Jiao, and had to be returned after use.

Today Yun Jiao brought the roster and just watched from the side with nothing to do. Xie Yuan didn't have a good solution for the moment.

Fortunately, he had secretly memorized and copied a lot of things in the past few days. With the memory of a warrior after his body had transformed three times to the limit, it should not be a problem for him to read these books once and memorize most of them at night.

Another assassin comes in.

"Name."

"Wang Tiedan."

"Code name."

"Jade-faced fox."

Xie Yuan looked up at the burly man, then continued to lower his head:
"What kind of job do you do?"

The honest Jade-faced Fox was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively:
"The killer from Qiufeng Tower?"

"When, where and why did you enter Qiufeng Building? What is your work experience? What awards have you won?"

"In June of the fifth year of Qiyuan, I couldn't afford to eat..."

"Work experience? Killing people, cheating on rich ladies, making some extra money for the building."

"Oh, and I also stood guard for the old man for several months..."

When the Jade-faced Fox said this, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze coming at him, and he immediately felt cold all over and remained silent.

Xie Yuan turned around and saw Yun Jiao drooping his eyelids behind him, and frowned:

"Yun Jiao, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, just remind him not to say anything he shouldn't."

Yun Jiao said calmly.

"What do you mean by shouldn't be said? If I don't ask for all the details and compare them one by one, how can I know if he is Xie Yuan pretending to be him?"

Xie Yuan snorted.

"If you do this, I don't think you'll ever be able to find it in your lifetime."

Yun Jiao said coldly.

"If we don't do anything, we won't be able to find out. Since you are trying to stop me, I wonder if you are Xie Yuan?"

Xie Yuan pointed at Yun Jiao and put a hat on him.

Yun Jiao's eyelids twitched:
"Didn't you ask that on the first day?"

"Then please continue to cooperate. Confess and we will treat you leniently. Resist and we will treat you severely."

Xie Yuan showed the bleeding token, and Yun Jiao immediately shut up, lowered his eyes, and felt a chill.

He continued to ask the Jade-faced Fox:
"When and where did you stand guard?"

He resisted the urge to ask about the old man's identity. In Yao Tianchuan's memory, several old masters of the Yao family disappeared from people's sight for many years in the name of retirement. Almost no one knew whether they were there or not. This was also a way for the aristocratic family to hide their strength.

The Jade-faced Fox hesitated for a moment, looking at Xie Yuan and then at Yun Jiao:

"Standing... or not standing?"

Xie Yuan knocked on the table:

"Watch your attitude. I am the Inquisitor now."

"Tell me how long you have been standing for the Seventh Master, otherwise Master Zhan Yun will probably treat you as if you were Xie Yuan."

Yun Jiao's tone was not without sarcasm.

Seventh Master?
Xie Yuan's eyes flashed. He didn't expect to hear this name directly from Yun Jiao's mouth.

The Seventh Master of the Yao Family... if I remember correctly, he retired more than ten years ago. I have never seen him in any occasion, and Yao Tianchuan doesn't even have much impression of him.

But his name was still familiar. Twenty years ago, the Seventh Master of the Yao Family had been on the Flying Dragon List. Although he was removed from the list soon after, it was enough to prove that he had reached that level.

After so many years, is he still lingering on, or has he improved in strength?

He should be trying to survive... Otherwise, if he was still in his prime and the Yao family was in turmoil, he should not have retired.

Xie Yuan thought to himself. For this reason, he did not take the hidden strength of the Yao family too seriously. If there were really strong people who could fight, they should have come out to stabilize the situation long ago.

But since he was once a Grandmaster on the Flying Dragon Ranking, this name still deserves attention. So Xie Yuan listened to Jade-faced Fox:

"Three years ago, I served as a guard for the old man at the Purple Mountain Monastery for half a year."

"time and location."

Xie Yuan is meticulous.

"Well, Yungu Jingshe in the East Second Mountain, from May to October."

The Jade-faced Fox answered fluently.

"very good."

Xie Yuan nodded:

"You can go out."

After the Jade-faced Fox left, Xie Yuan called in the next person with a normal appearance.

until evening.

Xie Yuan finished his day's work and returned the roster to Yun Jiao.

Yun Jiao glanced at him expressionlessly, took the booklet, and turned away.

Xie Yuan glanced at the swift figure, and a faint light flashed in his eyes.

Yun Jiao's arrival today was strange, and Xie Yuan was already on guard.

If he suddenly asked him to go to the owner of Qiufeng Tower, Xie Yuan decided to run away.

But this guy came and went in a hurry, and it seemed that he was just escorting the list.

Xie Yuan stood up silently and rushed to Yao's house.

It’s almost done. I’ll tidy it up today and go again during the day tomorrow.

Running away at night might actually attract attention.

Xie Yuan returned to his own courtyard. Cui Ping welcomed him in, took off his coat, and said softly:
"Master, please change your clothes."

"Ah."

Xie Yuan hummed and was about to turn to the inner room when he heard Cui Ping continue:

"By the way, the master is waiting for you."

Xie Yuan paused for a moment, but he had already seen Yao Yuzhi sitting behind the desk.

Yao Yuzhi had a dignified face, and even when his brows were relaxed, they formed the shape of a Chinese character "川".

He looked at Xie Yuan, his brows twitched, and said lightly:

"Tianchuan, are you back?"

"I've met the head of the family."

Xie Yuan bowed.

Yao Yuzhi waved his hand and said in a strange tone:

"You... went to work in the building again?"

"……Yes."

Xie Yuan whispered.

Yao Yuzhi opened his mouth, without making any comment, and suddenly said:

"Forget it, you practice the Great Golden River Kung Fu and I'll see your progress."

Xie Yuan did as he was told. The powerful energy in his palms surged like a river, causing the tea bowls on the desk to vibrate.

Yao Yuzhi saw this scene, exhaled, and said quietly:

"If it were an outsider, how could he have practiced the Great Golden River Kung Fu to such a level in such a short time?"

"You also saw what Shen Xu said with his life."

The voice of Qiufeng Tower Master suddenly sounded behind him.

Xie Yuan's whole body stiffened, and he felt a dark and sharp aura of horror in the corner of the room, faintly covering all the vital points on his back, as if being pointed at by a sharp sword.

Yao Yuzhi seemed to have aged a little. He stared at Xie Yuan closely and said word by word:

"who are you?"

Xie Yuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly moved, and countless mysterious runes and shining white light suddenly burst out from his body.

A formation seemed to appear faintly under his feet, and his body became transparent in an instant.

However, the next moment, the terrifying sword energy cut through the entire space indiscriminately, and then isolated the entire study from the outside world.

The formation under Xie Yuan's feet exerted all its strength and flashed continuously, but it could not get him out. It could only flash a few times in vain and then fade away.

Xie Yuan's expression suddenly became solemn.

"More decisive than I thought, but it was useless."

The owner of Qiufeng Tower said calmly:
"How could I let you run the same way a second time...

"Xie Yuan."

With a loud bang, the master's aura burst out, and a whirlwind blew up in the room, blowing the debris all over the place.

Xie Yuan's face turned pale, his knees bent, and he was almost pressed down.

But he clenched his fists, feeling the terrifying pressure from the two masters, took a deep breath, and stood up straight.

His face changed, revealing his true appearance, and he smiled:

"How did you find out?"

Yao Yuzhi looked at Xie Yuan's face, his lips couldn't help but tremble, and his old hands were clenched into fists until his knuckles turned white.

"When?"

His voice was a little hoarse.

"It must have been several months."

Xie Yuan thought about it and replied.

Yao Yuzhi closed his eyes and took a deep breath:

"My Yao family has no grudge against you, why are you..."

"There are many people who had no grudges against your Yao family, but they all died tragically at your hands, didn't they?"

Xie Yuan sneered and said bluntly.

"You, aren't you afraid of death?"

There was a vague voice behind me.

Based on Xie Yuan's understanding of the owner of Qiufeng Tower, he should be angry.

"Everyone will die, so why fear it?"

Xie Yuan laughed and said:

"You haven't told me yet, how did you find out?"

The owner of Qiufeng Tower hid in a place where the candlelight could not reach, silently looking at Xie Yuan's back. Looking at his calm temperament even in the face of such a desperate situation, he could not help but reveal a bit of admiration, regret, hatred and rage in his eyes.

The real Yao Tianchuan would never be able to do what he does.

It would be great if this was really a member of the Yao family...

The owner of Qiufeng Tower said coldly:
"After all, Shen Xu is the former Tian Suanzi of Zhikong Mountain. Although the person from the Mu family behind you is much more powerful than you can imagine, Shen Xu is not completely useless. At least he can still do something with his life."

Xie Yuan listened to it and sighed slightly.

This time he lost because the enemy was in the dark and he was in the light. He had no idea where this abandoned disciple of Zhikong Mountain was or what he was doing, and he didn't even know how he found him.

But since the result is already like this, there is no point in delving into it.

Yao Yuzhi's face has always been extremely ugly.

He has been showing off "Yao Tianchuan" everywhere recently, completely establishing him as the core of the family and placing huge hopes on him.

As a result, he is told now that this Yao Tianchuan is a fake and the real Yao Tianchuan has died long ago.

No matter how cunning the person was, Yao Yuzhi felt that he could not accept it. His whole body was trembling slightly, and his seven emotions were showing.

His figure suddenly flashed, appeared in front of Xie Yuan, and grabbed his neck.

Xie Yuan wanted to dodge, but no matter how high his cultivation level was, he still had a lot of obstacles to overcome compared to the masters who were close to the Flying Dragon List.

A punch hit him right in the abdomen, causing him to bend over like a shrimp. However, before his body was blown away, Yao Yuzhi grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

Yao Yuzhi's eyes were extremely cold, and his voice sounded like it came from the Netherworld:

"I won't kill you. I will keep you alive and make you want to die every day but unable to do so.
“You are made to watch the Yao family destroy all your precious things;

“You were made to watch the Yao family torture all your close friends;

“Let you watch the Yao family slaughter all your remaining blood relatives;
"You will watch helplessly as they all fall in front of you, and yet you will not die, and will still endure the never-ending torture!"

Xie Yuan's face turned red and purple. Hearing Yao Yuzhi's threat, he smiled with difficulty and suddenly said, "Pooh!"
"Anxious."

Yao Yuzhi was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out with energy, blowing away the spit, his face showing fury:
"you wanna die!"

As the patriarch of the Yao family, no one in his life has ever dared to insult him like this!

Xie Yuan tightened his grip, feeling the hard touch of his palm, feeling Yao Yuzhi's cold murderous aura, and prayed silently in his heart.

Hope it helps...

Yao Yuzhi was furious. He managed to suppress the urge to tear Xie Yuan to pieces on the spot. He suppressed his anger and said:

"I won't kill you, I won't kill you, I will torture you every day..."

Suddenly, his voice paused and he looked up at the sky.

The owner of Qiufeng Tower next to him had already escaped outside before him.

A huge aura enveloped the entire Yao Mansion in Jinling, and Yao Yuzhi's whole body tensed up in an instant.

The next moment, a huge voice resounded throughout the sky:

"Xie Yuan, where are you?" (End of this chapter)