destiny eternal calamity

After breakfast, Li Wei and Zhao Yuqing went to the newsstand again to investigate.

Still, there are no clues.

In the end, they had no choice but to declare it a mystery and return to Beijing.

In the files of the Five Cities Military Command, Zhao Yuqing wrote:

The family of Viscount Li Wei's third uncle was murdered by the Shadow Assassins organization, and their residence was used as a temporary stronghold by the organization.

Finally, Li Wei, who was visiting his relatives, uncovered the plot, and together with the princess's secret guards, they quelled the stronghold.

Sun Yi, the leader of the Shadow Assassins organization, escaped using a secret technique after his failed assassination attempt on Li Wei, and his whereabouts are unknown.

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After Li Wei returned to the capital, he sent people from the Viscount's Mansion to Nanyang Prefecture to hold a funeral for his third uncle's family.

After all, in feudal society, appearances always had to be maintained.

As for the newsstand, Li Wei instructed Wenhaige to sell the original site at a low price and rebuild the newsstand at another location in the east of Nanyang Prefecture.

Li Wei knew the murderer was a member of the Sun family and had probably already fled back to Jiangzhou.

Anyway, we'll inevitably clash with the Sun family sooner or later, so there's no need to worry about it.

Li Wei would definitely not reveal that Sun Yi had died.

What the Sun family does after discovering Sun Yi's disappearance is beyond Li Wei's control.

Anyway, he didn't promise Sun Yi anything back then.

With its leader gone, the Shadow Assassins organization will likely disintegrate soon.

The maternal line of the deposed Crown Prince Longming, the Sima clan, is not powerful, and his birth mother, Empress Sima, is said to be facing difficulties in the palace.

Those forces that once relied on him have now receded like the tide, awaiting the birth of a new crown prince.

So without Shadow Killer, he would be completely left without any support.

Li Wei will definitely make him feel what despair is.

"Senior sister, I've hidden it!"

Li Wei was busy all day and didn't return to the princess's residence until evening. The first thing he did was to find Shang Xueyan to share the good news.

To be precise, he was asking for the martial arts manual.

He asked the maids in the manor and learned that his senior sister Yan had also left the princess's manor after he left the city.

I just got back this morning.

"I've already heard Elder Yaoyue mention it."

Shang Xueyan was sitting by the window, passing the time by reading a novel, when she saw Li Wei standing outside the window calling her. She closed the book and responded calmly.

"So, Senior Sister, you know Elder Yaoyue?"

"Of course, Elder Yaoyue is Master's uncle, how could I not know her?"

She just arrived in Dali Capital a few days ago. I went out this time to do some things on her behalf.

Shang Xueyan casually provided a convenient excuse for her going out.

[A few days ago? It's been a month since Yaoyue came. It seems that Senior Sister doesn't know Yaoyue's whereabouts very well either.]

That's normal. What elder needs to report to their disciples before taking any action?

So she probably doesn't know about the relationship between me and Yaoyue either?

Theoretically speaking, besides Yaoyue and me, only that cheap master Shang Xueyan should know about this.

"Yeah, so I've kept it a secret!"

Li Wei emphasized this again.

"I know what you want, and I've already prepared it for you."

The reason I didn't give you my internal energy before was mainly because I was afraid you would find out I came from the Kongsang Sect. Now that I've been honest with you, it doesn't matter anymore.

However, aside from internal energy cultivation and musical skills, most of the martial arts techniques I practice are indeed unlearnable by men.

Through the window, Shang Xueyan handed Li Wei a copy of "Golden Needle Meridian-Clearing Technique".

She wasn't lying.

For example, the Kongsang Sect has a ninth-level technique called "Indestructible Perfection Technique," which allows women to cultivate and practice at the Void Realm as long as they remain virgins. Men cannot learn even a little bit of this technique.

This is one of the reasons why she has always refused to let Li Wei use the front door.

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Li Wei said, and then left.

Speaking of which, after he got together with Aunt Yaoyue, it became difficult for him to win over other members of the Kongsang Sect, considering their seniority.

The nominal master, Fairy Kongsang Shang Xueyan, goes without saying. It was precisely because she was unwilling that Yaoyue offered herself in her place.

I felt that my senior sister Yan Xueshang had a pretty high level of favorability towards me.

I don't know why I've been feeling a bit distant lately.

Thinking about it carefully, it's possible that after the confrontation that day, the other party felt that as an ordinary disciple, it was inappropriate for him to have an ambiguous relationship with the Holy Son.

But his senior sister was exactly to his aesthetic sensibilities, and he was very fond of her ethereal fairy-like temperament.

This made Li Wei feel somewhat uncomfortable.

He naturally had no idea that this was something Shang Xueyan had done intentionally.

Even if Yan Xueshang was unaware of Elder Yaoyue's actions due to her low status, how could Yaoyue accept sharing a husband with a disciple of her grand-disciple generation?

This is illogical, so let's make a clean break based on Yan Xueshang's identity.

If you want to keep your disguise intact, you can't be careless about these details.

After obtaining the fifth-tier Xuan Yin internal skill, "Golden Needle Meridian-Clearing Technique," Li Wei spent 39200 recharge points (at a 30% discount) to collect the three recently acquired fifth-tier internal skills along with the fourth-tier Guiyuan internal skill that his princess wife had collected for him.

At this point, all preparations were complete.

Although I don't know what the capital city of Liguo will look like in this era, it seems difficult to find a better place.

At least we know that this place was a forest ten thousand years ago, not some kind of miasma swamp or monster's lair.

Li Wei found a quiet spot in the princess's residence and sat down cross-legged.

Then he opened the system panel and focused his mind on the "Nine Cauldrons Technique".

[Learned Technique: Nine Cauldrons Technique + (Level 4/Perfect)]

[The cultivation technique can be upgraded; should I consume recharge points to upgrade?]

[Upgrading a fourth-tier cultivation technique to a fifth-tier technique requires 160000 recharge points.]

"Deduction!"

[Ding! Deduction failed. Detection indicates that upgrading the 'Nine Cauldrons Technique' requires the Nine Cauldrons True Manual. You can spend 200000 recharge points to enter the River of Time and try to obtain the lost Nine Cauldrons True Manual. After entering the River of Time, the host can stay for one year. Enter?]

"yes!"

[Recharge Points - 140000 (30% off).]

In an instant, once again, Li Wei felt that everything before him was like a kaleidoscope, chaotic and magnificent.

In a daze, an endless river unfolded before him.

Just like last time, he transformed into specks of light, swimming upstream in the river like a fish swimming against the current.

Countless things and scenes flicker in the river, like fleeting clouds.

But this time he could feel that his drive to go against the current was weaker than last time, and finally stopped going back in time at a place he had seen before.

He left the river, and his vision became a chaotic mix of colors again, before slowly clearing up.

"It's still a forest."

Li Wei was not surprised. Historical records say that although the human race was taught martial arts by the Kunlun deity ten thousand years ago, it took them five thousand years to completely defeat the demon race.

He didn't know which point in time he had returned to this time, but the distance he traveled back in the river of time was far more than half of the previous journey, so it must have been five thousand years ago.

Therefore, the era in which the demon race holds the advantage should still be the current one.

It's normal that this place hasn't been developed by humans.

Just like last time, Li Wei first made himself bark clothes and a mask.

Cover up any areas that might expose you.

He arrived in the dead of night, so he jumped to the treetop and began to observe the celestial phenomena.

The moon is very large and full. Considering the stars and the weather, it should be around March 15th or 16th.

After checking the offset of the constellation position relative to the future, Li Wei confirmed that he was currently in the past—nine thousand years ago.