You Promised to Be an Idle Son-in-Law, How Could You Become a Land Immortal?

Chapter 397: Chapter 252: The Player? Just a Pawn

He paused, then continued, "Besides, I have other uses for your life. It would be a shame for you to die."

Hearing this, Lv Jiunan glared at him with venomous eyes. "You... what are you planning?"

Chen Yi shook his head. "Forgive me, but I can’t tell you what I’m planning just yet."

"You won’t get away with this!"

"Liu Wu, I’m telling you, whatever you’re planning, you won’t succeed!"

Lv Jiunan struggled to get up, only to find that he couldn’t feel anything below his neck.

He could only crane his neck, hissing viciously, "My big brother knows I’m here! He knows!"

"If he finds out I’m here and learns what you’ve done, he’ll lead the Peacock Banner and crush Shu State!"

Chen Yi chuckled, unconcerned. "If that’s true, I might actually develop some admiration for King Landu."

"A horse bandit chieftain from Poshisu Country, willing to go to such lengths for his brother... I suppose you could call that loyalty."

As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Lv Jiunan, a smirk on his face. "Unfortunately, even if he does come to Shu State, you won’t be around to see it."

"You!?"

"I’ll kill you!"

"I’ll kill you!"

Lv Jiunan roared frantically, but his voice grew fainter and fainter.

For some reason, the sight of Chen Yi’s all-knowing gaze, as if he had everything under control, filled Lv Jiunan’s heart with a profound terror.

It was a fear far greater than what he’d felt when the spear had pierced his body.

He didn’t know what the man before him was planning, but he was certain he was plotting against their Peacock King Banner.

Even his big brother, King Landu, might be drawn into it.

Yet now, he could do nothing but watch helplessly as his enemy orchestrated it all.

’I can’t accept this!’

At this thought, Lv Jiunan stopped roaring. The ferocious expression on his face slowly faded.

His face ashen, he stared at Chen Yi. "Tell me... what... what exactly are you planning?"

"I... I don’t want to die not knowing why."

Chen Yi let out a short laugh. "I don’t care to answer the same question twice."

"But I can tell you this: your life is very important. Important enough to change the entire situation in Shu State."

"You... You..."

Before Lv Jiunan could say more, Chen Yi reached out and tapped him on the neck.

"Enough with the ’you-ing.’ Save your strength and get some rest."

"It was a lot of trouble to save your life. I can’t have you dying on me now."

Lv Jiunan refused to give up, still trying to ask something, but his eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

Soon, he fell unconscious once more.

Once he fell silent, Liu Lang couldn’t help but ask, "Boss, are you sure you’re not deliberately torturing him?"

Chen Yi glanced at him, asking with some surprise, "What makes you think that?"

Liu Lang said helplessly, "With your incredible Medical Skill, you could have obviously knocked him out without him even realizing it."

’My mind might not be the sharpest, but I’m not an idiot.’

Chen Yi smiled and looked at Lv Jiunan. "Let’s just say I’m settling a score."

’If Lv Jiunan hadn’t manipulated my predecessor into fleeing his marriage and then killed him, none of this would have happened.’

’Emotionally and logically, I had to avenge both myself and him.’

Liu Lang sighed in relief upon hearing this. "Oh, it’s a grudge. That’s good, that’s good..."

He had come to deeply admire everything Chen Yi had done recently.

He really didn’t want to think of Chen Yi as some kind of sadist from the Evil Demonic Dao who enjoyed torturing people.

Chen Yi more or less guessed what he was thinking but didn’t say anything more.

’Many times, things change too quickly to be altered by one’s personal will.’

’Even I can’t escape it.’

’That’s why he had helped the Xiao Family—to completely free himself from these endless troubles.’

As Chen Yi mulled this over, his gaze drifted out the window.

By now, the rain had begun to let up.

The residence where Liu Zhaoxue lived was silent, save for the patter of a light drizzle.

From farther away on Kangning Street, the faint din of conversation could be heard, carrying snippets of discussion.

"Did you hear? There was just a murder over in the West Market."

"Some powerful Wandering Martial Artist killed two people from Poshisu Country."

"People from Poshisu Country? Good riddance!"

"They’re from a barbaric land. Letting them live is just asking for trouble."

"Exactly. For years, our merchants passing through the Ancient Tea-Horse Road have been constantly attacked, mostly by those horse bandits from Poshisu Country."

"Old Marquis Xiao should have slaughtered every last one of them back in the day..."

These scholars were clearly more concerned with court affairs and couldn’t care less about a few dead men from Poshisu Country.

The Wandering Martial Artists, however, were only interested in his identity.

"...When did a Spearman like that appear in Shu State?"

"The Spear Dao at the Perfection Realm... Truly enviable."

"Why have I never heard of someone like that? He’s probably not from around here, not one of our own Jianghu People from Shu State."

"That’s possible."

"We’ll have to wait and see."

"Regardless of whether he killed men from Poshisu Country or not, it happened on Shu State soil, after all."

"The Government Office and the Imprisonment Department will surely do everything they can to uncover his identity. We’ll know who he is then."

"That’s true..."

Just as Chen Yi, having heard enough, was about to rise and signal for Liu Lang to leave, his ears twitched. He turned his head to look northeast.

’This aura... It’s familiar...’

"Huh?"

’The Golden Banner Officer of the White Tiger Guard... Jiang Xing?’

Chen Yi’s brow furrowed. He quickly activated the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique, suppressing his aura.

Liu Lang noticed his expression. "Is someone coming?"

Chen Yi raised a hand, signaling him to be quiet. He mouthed the words, "An expert of the Upper Three Grades."

Liu Lang smacked his lips but obediently said no more.

However...

’In my heart,’ he thought, ’Upper Three Grades, Middle Three Grades... none of it is as shocking as Chen Yi.’

’I thought I had a complete grasp of Chen Yi’s power.’

’But after seeing him in action today, I realize what I saw before was just the tip of the iceberg.’

Liu Lang thought about his upcoming duel with Chen Yi in a few days and couldn’t help but grumble to himself.

’I have to make sure the boss only uses his Saber Dao.’

’His Spear Dao Realm is too high, and the power of his techniques is terrifying. If he uses his spear in our duel... I’d be better off just picking a fight with Xiao Jinghong...’

Chen Yi, of course, had no idea what Liu Lang was thinking. After concealing his aura, he silently monitored the activity outside.

He knew Jiang Xing must have gone to Heiyu Lane first, then followed their trail here.

Fortunately, he had been cautious enough not to return directly to his own residence on Chuansi Street, choosing Liu Zhaoxue’s home instead. Otherwise, Jiang Xing might have actually discovered his identity.

But even though he’d guessed this much, he still hadn’t figured out a way to escape.

’I can only hope Jiang Xing doesn’t find this place.’

’Otherwise...’

’I’ll have to make a move here again.’

...

「A little over a mile from Chen Yi’s location.」

Jiang Xing kept his bamboo hat low, appearing to scan the pedestrians on Kangning Street, but in reality, he was searching for a faint fluctuation within the Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism.

This was a unique Magic Gate of the White Tiger Guard, specialized for hunting and tracking fugitives.

At first, everything had gone smoothly.

But when he reached Kangning Street, the sheer number of people, combined with the fluctuations from the Martial Arts Realms of various Wandering Martial Artists, had completely disrupted the local Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism.

Combined with the fact that nearly an hour had passed, the search became exceedingly difficult.

「About a quarter of an hour later.」

Jiang Xing spotted a faint, intermittent trail of aura to the southwest. He let out a small sigh of relief and began to walk slowly in that direction.

「Before long.」

He arrived just outside the residence where Chen Yi was hiding, stopping less than half a mile away.

’It vanished?’

Jiang Xing studied the modest residence before him. ’Are they... in here?’

After a moment’s thought, he walked up to the main gate and looked at the plaque above it: Liu Mansion.

’Liu?’

’Is this Liu Hong’s place?’

Just as Jiang Xing was pondering this, he heard the rumbling of carriage wheels. With a slight frown, he quickly ducked out of sight.

Soon, an ornate, canopied carriage came rolling slowly down Kangning Street.

Jiang Xing focused his gaze and saw that the carriage also bore the character for "Liu."

Beside it flew a small banner: a red field with white clouds, emblazoned with the head of a wild wolf.

’The Jing State Liu Family... Then it’s not Liu Hong’s.’

As he was thinking this, Jiang Xing saw the carriage stop at the entrance to the mansion.

Two graceful female figures descended from it.

One was dressed as a Maid, while the other, wearing a pure white gown, was sheltered by an umbrella held by the Maid as she stepped down.

After a quick glance, Jiang Xing had a sudden realization. ’Liu Zhaoxue. It’s her?’

Suddenly, a shocking thought struck him—’Could that Liu Wu be one of her people?!’