Catching Monsters

Chapter 694 The matter is settled.

Jiang Yun frowned immediately, about to go out to see what was going on, but soon he noticed that the footsteps had come to his door and were knocking softly.

Jiang Yun quickly got up and opened the door.

The person who arrived was Zidane, accompanied by a masked man.

"Lord Jiang, this is our Embroidered Uniform Guard's spy in Liujin City. He has been here for nearly ten years and is very familiar with the situation in Liujin City."

Jiang Yun nodded and quickly invited the two men into the house. After entering the house, the masked man removed the mask from his face.

The man quickly clasped his hands and said, "Your subordinate Chen Yu greets Lord Jiang!"

"No need to be polite, please sit down." After inviting the man to sit down at the table, Jiang Yun asked, "You've been here for quite some time, so you should be quite familiar with the situation in Liujin City, right?"

"If we wanted to steal something from the Buddha Kingdom's treasury, do you think we could succeed?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu frowned and said, "Lord Jiang, it is said that there are countless treasures in the royal treasury."

"There are often daring people who try to sneak into the treasury and steal the treasures from it."

"But no one has ever succeeded."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun frowned slightly. This situation was not surprising. As Liu Boqing said, the best course of action was to obtain the meteorite from the king through legitimate means.

Jiang Yun thought for a moment and then asked, "What's the story behind the Grand Preceptor Xia who escorted us into the city today?"

"Grand Preceptor Xia?" Upon hearing these three words, Chen Yu's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "Is it Xia Yuxin?"

“That’s right.” Jiang Yun nodded, noticing the change in Chen Yu’s expression, he realized something was wrong: “What, is there something wrong with him?”

Chen Yu said, "Lord Jiang, you may not know this, but this Grand Preceptor Xia has a rather special identity. This Grand Preceptor Xia..."

At this point, he gave Jiang Yun a deep look and said in a low voice, "He is a direct disciple of Master Hongguang. Most importantly, your portrait was sent to the Buddhist Kingdom after Master Hongguang's death..."

"Grand Preceptor Xia should recognize your face."

Upon hearing Chen Yu's words, Jiang Yun's lips twitched slightly, and a sense of unease slowly rose in her heart.

Does this Imperial Preceptor Xia recognize me?
If that's the case, he should have recognized him at the city gate...

Why didn't he take action?

Is that what you want?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun hurriedly went to the window and looked outside.

In the darkness, many dark figures were already heading towards the inn.

Careless.

Jiang Yun frowned. There were no such things as photographs in this world. Back then, Huang Fan and the others came to avenge Master Hongguang, but they all died in Zhou Kingdom.

Jiang Yun subconsciously believed that once he arrived in the Buddhist kingdom of the Western Regions, his identity would not be easily exposed.

Seeing the increasing number of monks outside, Jiang Yun took a deep breath, his face darkening, and said, "Qida, notify everyone to be on alert and be ready to leave this place at any time."

"Yes."

Zidane realized the seriousness of the situation and rushed to the corridor, kicking open the doors one by one.

"Something's up! Be on alert!"

"Something's up! Be on alert!"

Hearing the commotion, Liu Boqing, Ai Tangtang, and the others quickly came to Jiang Yun's room.

"What happened?" Liu Boqing asked as he entered the room.

Jiang Yun said, "I'm afraid my identity has been recognized by that Grand Preceptor Xia."

Liu Boqing frowned slightly. He quickly went to the window and looked at the many monks outside, among whom there were naturally quite a few experts.

"No need to rush," Liu Boqing said slowly. "Yunhai, come with me for a while and have another talk with Grand Preceptor Xia."

Yunhai frowned and said, "Mr. Liu, we can help you escape from here, but what if you get to that Grand Preceptor Xia..."

Liu Boqing slowly explained, "It seems that the Imperial Preceptor Xia only recognized Jiang Yun's identity after they met..."

"Is there a difference?" Jiang Yun asked.

“Of course there is a difference,” Liu Boqing said slowly. “I thought it was a bit strange during the day.”

“Normally, when we arrive, we simply state that we are envoys from the Zhou Kingdom, and they are unaware of our true identities.”

"I don't even know if it's true or not."

"But after the news was sent up, the Imperial Advisor came to see us immediately. What does that mean?"

Liu Boqing paused for a moment: "This means that the Grand Preceptor Xia must have had ulterior motives towards us, but he only discovered Jiang Yun's identity after meeting him."

"They brought us to this inn."

At this point, Liu Boqing looked at Jiang Yun and said, "Give me those six meteorites first."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun didn't say much and quickly took out the six meteorites he carried with him.

Most of these meteorites originally belonged to Liu Boqing.

After obtaining the meteorite, Liu Boqing patted Jiang Yun heavily on the shoulder: "I can't guess what will happen right now, you have to be prepared."

"Be prepared to escape from here."

After saying that, Liu Boqing took a deep breath and led Monk Yunhai quickly toward the inn's main entrance.

Soon, the two arrived at the entrance of the inn.

The streets outside were already filled with monks holding weapons.

At first glance, there are quite a few of them.

Liu Boqing forced a smile and said loudly, "Grand Preceptor Xia, is there anything you haven't finished explaining during the day? Why are you visiting so late at night? And with so many people?" Hearing Liu Boqing's voice, a figure soon appeared on the street in the distance, walking slowly with his hands behind his back.

It was Xia Yuxin.

Behind Xia Yuxin were several trusted monks.

However, his expression was not as warm as it had been during the day; instead, it was icy cold.

He looked at Liu Boqing and said slowly, "Lord Gao, I never expected that the real culprit who killed my master, Master Hongguang, would dare to come to our Western Buddhist Kingdom."

“I have been deeply influenced by my master’s teachings. My master died tragically at the hands of villains. How can I not avenge him?”

Liu Boqing said with a smile, "Grand Preceptor Xia, this is not the place to talk. Why don't we speak privately?"

As he spoke, Liu Boqing glanced at the many monks present.

Xia Yuxin frowned slightly, and Liu Boqing added, "It will definitely benefit Grand Preceptor Xia. There are many things that are not easy to say in front of so many people, right?"

"Come with me." After a moment of contemplation, Xia Yuxin turned and walked towards a secluded and deserted spot.

Yunhai looked worried and wanted to follow, but Liu Boqing stopped him with a look.

After the two arrived at a secluded spot, Liu Boqing spoke first: "Grand Preceptor Xia, we are all deeply grateful for your welcoming of our delegation today."

"I wonder if there is anything our delegation can help with, Grand Preceptor Xia?"

Hearing Liu Boqing's words, Xia Yuxin frowned slightly and stared at the other party: "I came here this time to avenge my master."

Upon hearing this, Liu Boqing chuckled and said, "Grand Preceptor Xia, Master Hongguang was killed by Jiang Yun. There is no Jiang Yun in my delegation."

"Moreover, the passing of a master like Hongguang is a fortunate event, as he went to the Western Paradise to serve the Buddha. How can there be any talk of revenge?"

Hearing Liu Boqing's words, Xia Yuxin was somewhat speechless. After all, he couldn't very well argue with him that since his master had passed away, he couldn't go to the Western Paradise to serve Buddha.

Since it's about serving Buddha, how can it be considered a bad thing?

Liu Boqing's statement reflects his judgment that Xia Yuxin's belief in revenge might not be as firm as it seems.

After all, someone who truly wanted to avenge Master Hongguang should have gone to Zhou Kingdom with Huang Fan to assassinate Jiang Yun.

Xia Yuxin gave a cold laugh and said, "Does Lord Gao have to thank me for saying that?"

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, and pondered for a long time before saying, "Alright, I have something I want you to do for me. If you do it well, then there will be no Jiang Yun in your delegation."

Seeing this, Liu Boqing breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked, "Please speak freely, Grand Preceptor Xia."

Xia Yuxin narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow morning, I will lead your delegation to the palace to meet the king."

"The king is old and confused about many political matters."

"I want you to kill the king!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Boqing's expression remained unchanged. Xia Yuxin noticed this as well, and he narrowed his eyes: "What, you don't seem surprised at all that I ordered you to kill the king?"

Liu Boqing said expressionlessly, "I don't think the Grand Preceptor Xia intended for us to leave alive, did he?"

"If I truly agree to your terms, I will kill the king when I meet him tomorrow."

"Then you had the experts lurking around us kill us."

"It was we Zhou people who killed the Buddha Kingdom's king; it had nothing to do with the Xia Kingdom's Preceptor."

"You can even make a decisive move and avenge the king immediately."

Seeing that Liu Boqing had seen through his thoughts immediately, Xia Yuxin said expressionlessly, "It seems that you have no choice."

"Lord Gao, if you agree, I can spare your life tomorrow."

"Otherwise, none of you will make it through tonight..."

"Lord Gao, you should think it over carefully before answering my question."

Xia Yuxin naturally held the power of life and death over everyone in the inn at this moment.

He has quite a few skilled men under his command.

If he wanted, he could kill everyone in this inn tonight.

Upon hearing this, Liu Boqing remained silent for a long while, then clasped his hands and said, "Since I'm going to die tonight anyway, I'll die tomorrow morning too."

"Then let the Grand Preceptor Xia make his move."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yuxin's eyelids twitched, and he stared intently at Liu Boqing.

He was also quite anxious. The current king was getting old, and most importantly, although he was the king's advisor.

However, with a single order from the king, someone else could be appointed as the royal advisor.

Since he became the royal advisor, the king has been quite dissatisfied with many of his actions and has been considering replacing him.

This Zhou delegation is the best tool right now.

Xia Yuxin said, "What do you want? To live?"

Liu Boqing took a deep breath: "Grand Preceptor Xia, before dawn, you can get the meteorite in the royal treasury into my hands."

“We will kill the king for you first thing tomorrow morning.”

Xia Yuxin was silent for a moment: "The meteorite? You came here for the meteorite?"

The two looked at each other, each lost in their own thoughts.

Finally, Xia Yuxin nodded: "I will take out the meteorite. Tomorrow morning, you can make your move, and I will give it to you."

"That's settled then."

Seeing that Liu Boqing no longer objected, Xia Yuxin raised his hand and waved it gently. Soon, the monks who had been surrounding the inn quickly retreated.

(End of this chapter)