Chapter 44 (1/2)

Chapter 44: a.s.sa.s.sination at Night

6th February, night.

Meng Chuan, Liu Qiyue, and Yan Jin walked out of Cloud River Restaurant.

“I’ll definitely beat you next time,” said Yan Jin.

“But in the past half-year, you’ve already lost three times,” said Meng Chuan with a laugh. Ever since Meng Chuan had saved Yan Jin’s life when they fought side-by-side at Idle Stone Garden, their relations.h.i.+p had blossomed. Yan Jin would occasionally visit Mirror Lake Meng Manor to spar with Meng Chuan. He had a robust G.o.dfiend foundation, and his Yin-Yang dual-sword technique was extremely powerful as well. Unbeknownst to him, Meng Chuan had already comprehended Force a long time ago.

Thus, in the three sparring matches against Meng Chuan, Yan Jin always suffered a narrow defeat.

There was nothing he could do. For now, Meng Chuan had to hide his “Force,” and could only unleash a portion of his power. But even so, defeating Yan Jin—who had yet to gain insights into Force—was quite easy. Withholding his true strength ended up more difficult.

“I’ve already vaguely grasped the threshold to Force while sparring with you today.” Yan Jin looked at Meng Chuan. “Next time, I’ll be much stronger than I am now.”

“Then I’ll be waiting,” said Meng Chuan with a smile.

“Grasped Force? Stop bragging,” Liu Qiyue said from the side.

“Humph.” Yan Jin was too lazy to argue and turned to leave alone.

However, Meng Chuan could sense a powerful aura hundreds of feet away from Yan Jin. It was silently following him. In fact, whenever Yan Jin visited Mirror Lake Meng Manor to spar with him, the aura had also been waiting outside his residence.

That old servant doesn’t follow him anymore. Instead, there’s a mysterious expert following him in secret. It seems that his family sent stronger guards after he was injured last time.

“Ah Chuan, Yan Jin said he’s about to achieve Force. What about you?” Liu Qiyue asked. “Don’t lose to him.”

“I’ll secretly tell you a secret,” whispered Meng Chuan. “I think I have hope of comprehending Force within a few months.”

“You’ve also sensed the threshold to Saber Force?” Liu Qiyue was surprised, but her ears began to turn red.

“Yes, you have to keep it a secret.”

“Definitely, I’ll definitely keep it a secret.” Liu Qiyue nodded immediately.

Seeing Qiyue like this, Meng Chuan couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly.

They walked alongside each other as they headed home. It was still early spring, and the nights were still cold. The duo walked shoulder-to-shoulder.

Qiyue has grown up too. Meng Chuan looked at Liu Qiyue and sighed. He clearly remembered this snot-nosed little girl being hand-held into the Meng residence by Uncle Liu. In the blink of an eye, she was already sixteen-years-old.

Although he had been diligent in his cultivation all these years, he spent his time with Qiyue every day. He would even be dragged out by Qiyue every few days to have a “feast.” Although his heart ached for the money, he had a great time eating and drinking together.

The cold wind from the early-spring evening was bone-piercing, but Meng Chuan found it pleasant.

Oh? His heart palpitated as he sensed three powerful demonic auras appear within half a kilometer of him. They were rapidly approaching him.

It’s that Skydemon Sect expert from Idle Stone Garden? Meng Chuan immediately recognized one of them. Back then, the hunchbacked man’s demonic aura had invaded his body, causing him to suffer quite a bit. His grandaunt had personally helped him expel the demonic aura. Therefore, when he sensed the three demonic auras, he found one of them very familiar. He was certain that it was the hunchbacked man.

Three auras. The two weaker auras are similar to Father’s and the others’. However, there is an aura that is stronger than Father’s and Uncle Liu’s. This aura is very powerful and very strange. Meng Chuan felt an immense threat.

They are rapidly approaching. Are they targeting me? Or are they targeting someone else? Meng Chuan couldn’t help but guess.

He immediately made up his mind and said to Liu Qiyue, “Qiyue, I just recalled something. I need to go to the ancestral mansion immediately. Head back without me.”

“You’re heading to the ancestral mansion? Alright.” Liu Qiyue nodded. “But don’t let history repeat itself. Throwing me behind and running to Azure Cloud Brothel to kill two Blood Cloud Bandits.”

“Do you think it’s that easy meeting Blood Cloud Bandits?” Meng Chuan laughed. “Alright, I’ll be off to the ancestral mansion.” With that said, he turned around and walked towards the ancestral mansion.

Liu Qiyue didn’t think too much about it and returned to Meng Manor.

…

They didn’t follow Qiyue but continued to follow after me. Meng Chuan walked to a deserted street. Most Eastcalm Prefecture citizens slept early at night. Candles were very costly, and ordinary people needed to be thrifty.

Apart from the restaurants and tea shops, many places were pitch-black.

The cold wind blew.

Meng Chuan walked alone.

Swis.h.!.+ Swis.h.!.+ Swis.h.!.+

The three Skydemon Sect experts silently landed on a roof as they looked at the lonely figure walking in the distance. The white-browed man’s eyes were faintly glowing golden. He could see a distance of almost one kilometer at night, much less during the day.

“Brother, he’s heading towards the Meng family’s ancestral mansion,” the hunchbacked man said softly.

Vice Branch Master Tu immediately said, “We have to act immediately. If we let him continue his journey, we will be too close to the Meng family’s ancestral mansion. If we attack him and he sends a distress signal… Fairy Meng would probably arrive shortly.”