Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

When the conversation with the Great Golden Roc King ended, it was already afternoon. The Great Golden Roc King asked the three of them to stay for dinner.

They walked into that gloomy corridor again. Just as Lu Xiaofeng was about to leave, Shangguan Feiyan suddenly followed him.

Shangguan Feiyan lowered her head, her face slightly flushed, and said, "I really don't know how to thank you for what happened just now."

Jiang Fengyue smiled and said, "Princess Danfeng, are you referring to that cup of wine from earlier? I'm tired of wine, so a cup of sweet water is quite refreshing once in a while."

Shangguan Feiyan's face turned even redder, and she said, "I know, and you have all seen it, that my father is a very competitive person. He can't take any more setbacks, so I have been hiding the truth from him. The place you see here, apart from the living room and bedroom where my father lived, is mostly empty. Even the fine wines that my father had kept for many years have been sold off one after another."

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "Was the wealth left to you by the late king divided equally into four parts?"

Shangguan Feiyan was taken aback by Jiang Fengyue's question and then said, "Yes."

Jiang Fengyue said, "If that's the case, this wealth must be extremely substantial. Even if your family has more than a dozen people, it would be enough for you to enjoy wealth and luxury for several generations. How could you have emptied it so quickly?"

Shangguan Feiyan forced a smile and said, "Our family has no one who can produce offspring. Originally, that wealth was enough to support the family, but over the years, investigating Huo Xiu and his group, plus using all sorts of connections to find all sorts of martial arts masters, has also been a considerable expense..."

Her eyes shone with a gentle light as she looked at Lu Xiaofeng and said, "To find Lu Xiaofeng, I even pawned the string of pearls my mother left me."

Lu Xiaofeng's heart trembled slightly. He was an extremely soft-hearted person, and when he heard Shangguan Feiyan say this, he couldn't help but say, "I didn't know your situation before, but after drinking that cup of wine, I understood everything."

Shangguan Feiyan looked up at Lu Xiaofeng with gentle eyes and said, "So that's why you agreed to do that for us?"

Lu Xiaofeng said, "It's mostly because you treated me as a friend and didn't force me to do anything!"

Shangguan Feiyan's eyes were already filled with tears of emotion.

Jiang Fengyue thought to herself, how can taking advantage of someone's sympathy not be a deeper form of blackmail? It's just a matter of one party willing to hit and the other willing to be hit.

Jiang Fengyue asked with a smile, "Since you knew a year ago that Huo Xiu was one of the people who took away the wealth, why didn't you let me do it when we were in that little wooden house that day?"

If we had been more polite, we might have been able to invite Huo Xiu back as a guest. Now that he knows you were there that day and that you're also searching for him, he's probably hiding somewhere now, and finding him will be difficult.

Shangguan Feiyan sighed, "When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with hatred. I was also secretly hating him in the carriage that day. But if we had taken action then, it wouldn't have been a foolproof plan. Someone might have even died at his hands. You know, our main target is Dugu Yihe, the owner of Qingyi Tower, not a merchant named Huo Xiu."

Jiang Fengyue chuckled inwardly. Shangguan Feiyan's main target was certainly not Huo Xiu, because even she and that fake Golden Roc King were Huo Xiu's people. She just wanted to use Lu Xiaofeng to get rid of Dugu Yihe and Yan Tieshan from back then and take away their wealth.

Huo Xiu was an insatiable person, and only someone like him could become the richest man in the world. Even though he was the richest man in the world, he would never feel that he had earned enough money.

Even if he has more money than he could spend in several lifetimes, he would rather earn more money to take to his grave.

The reason why the Shangguan family looks so destitute now is probably because Huo Xiu has sold off a considerable portion of their assets.

Lu Xiaofeng also began to have some doubts. Even from the perspective of someone who knew nothing, Shangguan Feiyan's lie was not without flaws.

Lu Xiaofeng's expression turned serious, and he suddenly said, "I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now. How could you be so sure that Dugu Yihe is the master of Qingyi Tower? This should be the biggest secret in the martial arts world."

Shangguan Feiyan hesitated for a moment, then slowly looked at Jiang Fengyue and said, "Do you remember the person you defeated that day, one of whom was named Liu Yuhen?"

Jiang Fengyue nodded and said, "I remember, although he was known as 'Jade-Faced Gentleman' Liu Yuhen, half of his face had been disfigured by someone else."

Shangguan Feiyan sighed and asked, "Do you know who is responsible for his disfigurement?"

Jiang Fengyue did not respond.

Shangguan Feiyan continued, "Liu Yuhen was originally one of Dugu Yihe's most trusted right-hand men, but unfortunately, because of Dugu Yihe, the once elegant 'Jade-faced Gentleman' has become what he is today."

Jiang Fengyue said, "So you learned everything about Dugu Yihe from Liu Yuhen?"

What he really wanted to ask was, "So you bribed Liu Yuhen to slander Dugu Yihe?"

Shangguan Feiyan said softly, "Love has always been a source of regret... If you don't believe me, I can take you to see him. All three of them are recuperating in a place I've arranged."

Jiang Fengyue wondered why so many women in the martial arts world were so adept at using their beauty to seduce others, and why it was so effective. Lin Xian'er was one example, and Shangguan Feiyan was another.

Upon hearing Shangguan Feiyan's words, Lu Xiaofeng naturally stopped asking questions.

After leading the three of them to the guest room, Shangguan Feiyan also left.

Lu Xiaofeng had many questions for Hua Manlou, and now he could ask them. He didn't even need to hide them from Jiang Fengyue. They were going to do that dangerous thing together; they were already in the same boat.

Lu Xiaofeng said with a slight hint of resentment, "I really didn't expect you to fall for a woman's trick."

Hua Manlou asked, puzzled, "Whose trick did we fall for?"

Lu Xiaofeng laughed and said, "Have you forgotten Shangguan Feiyan so quickly?"

Hua Manlou shook his head and said, "I didn't fall for her trick; I came here voluntarily."

Lu Xiaofeng said irritably, "Have you ever considered that you might have been deceived by a lie told by a very beautiful woman?"

Hua Manlou smiled slightly and said, "She is indeed a woman who is very good at lying, but what she told me was the truth."

Jiang Fengyue listened to the two talking for a while, and Hua Manlou also told Lu Xiaofeng the whole story of how he came here. He was not kidnapped. No one in the world could kidnap him. It was only because Shangguan Feiyan told him about Dugu Yihe that he voluntarily allowed Shangguan Feiyan to send a carriage to pick him up here.

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly suggested that he wanted to go outside for a walk.

Hua Manlou immediately guessed Lu Xiaofeng's thoughts and smiled, "Do you want to go outside to see something?"

Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Perhaps I'd like to go see Shangguan Feiyan?"

Upon hearing this name, Hua Manlou's smile vanished, replaced by a worried expression. He said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to see her."

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Why?"

Hua Manlou said, "It's because as soon as I arrived here, I never heard her voice again; it's as if she has left."

Jiang Fengyue thought to herself that Shangguan Feiyan was only fooling Hua Manlou because he was blind. She could easily fool Hua Manlou by simply changing her voice.

Shangguan Feiyan had lived with Princess Danfeng since childhood, so imitating voices was easy for her. Besides, the Great Golden Roc King had also been switched. As long as she avoided Shangguan Xue'er in the Shangguan family, she wouldn't have to worry about exposing her identity.

Jiang Fengyue suddenly smiled and said, "I would like to take you two to a place to meet someone."

Lu Xiaofeng asked, "Who is it?"

Jiang Fengyue said, "A dead person."