Ch 15: Ye Ziyin’s Suspicions
Watching Zhou Ziyin actually holding a chicken leg and pointing it at the three of them, even threatening to kill them, the Tang Sect Hall Master of Law Enforcement was so angry his beard bristled: “Zhou Ziyin, you dare insult us!”
“Die!”
Having said that, the Hall Master of Law Enforcement stepped forward, his True Qi surging, instantly causing the surrounding space to tremble.
His palm technique was like the wind, the Tang Sect White Jade Palm striking with a bang.
Zhou Ziyin’s face changed. The opponent was a Profound Connection Realm strong person, while he had only just reached Transcendence. He was absolutely no match for this old villain. His greatest reliance, the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus, was no longer in his possession!
At this moment, his first thought was to run. However, as soon as he turned around, the figures of the Third Elder and Fourth Elder appeared behind him like ghosts. Their palms landed directly on his shoulders, and their thick True Qi instantly suffocated him!
Bang!
The White Jade Palm slammed into Zhou Ziyin’s back, and Zhou Ziyin spat out a mouthful of blood.
All the meridians in his body were shattered by that palm!
“Zhou Ziyin, hand over the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus!” the Hall Master of Law Enforcement roared.
Zhou Ziyin gritted his teeth, staring fixedly at the chicken leg in his hand. He couldn’t understand how the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus in his storage bag had mysteriously turned into a chicken leg.
“I hate…”
Zhou Ziyin roared.
“Speak!”
The Third Elder’s palm formed a claw, grabbing Zhou Ziyin’s shoulder. With a crack, Zhou Ziyin’s collarbone was crushed by the Third Elder’s hand.
Zhou Ziyin sweated profusely from the pain.
He still couldn’t understand why things had turned out this way. According to his plan, once he obtained the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus, even if Tang Sect experts came to hunt him down, he wouldn’t be afraid. With the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus in hand, he would kill as many Tang Sect people as came, then escape to Yunhuang, where he would be free from the Tang Sect forever!
But some son of a bitch had stolen his Thousand Life Ghost Lotus and replaced it with a chicken leg.
What’s worse, the chicken leg was half-eaten—an insult!
“Kill or maim, as you please!” Zhou Ziyin glared fiercely at the three of them.
He knew that if he said he didn’t know where the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus was, these three old geezers wouldn’t believe him.
The Third Elder and Fourth Elder exchanged a look, their gazes filled with anger.
“Take him away.” The Hall Master of Law Enforcement said calmly, “The Tang Sect has countless punishments waiting for him. I don’t believe I can’t pry open his mouth!”
Zhou Ziyin was taken away.
The Tang Sect, a powerful force, was secretly watched by countless people. Therefore, as soon as this incident happened, it spread throughout Jianghu.
Zhou Ziyin of the Tang Sect betrayed his sect and stole the Thousand Life Ghost Lotus.
This matter also caused quite a stir in Jianghu.
However, Li Hanzhou, thousands of miles away, didn’t know about this. These past two days, Li Hanzhou had been reading as usual, researching alchemy, figuring out how to help Liu Dongyue improve his strength.
But Liu Dongyue had been gloomy these past few days, unable to sleep properly, always feeling that Li Hanzhou’s gaze was off, as if he were looking at a laboratory rat.
Liu Dongyue even wanted to run away from home.
White Cloud City Lord’s Mansion.
Ye Qingbei sat in the hall with a grim expression, lost in thought.
“Father.”
At this moment, Ye Ziying came in: “Father, did you call for me?”
“Yes.” Ye Qingbei said in a deep voice, “The day has arrived. According to Li Hanzhou, he should be sending the Ninth Prince out of the city today.”
“Father, sending the Ninth Prince out must wait until evening; there are too many eyes during the day,” Ye Ziying said.
“I’ve had people watching Longevity Temple for several days,” Ye Qingbei said. “For the past three days, Li Hanzhou hasn’t left Longevity Temple, nor has he prepared anything. He’s just been reading in his room. I now suspect that Li Hanzhou is playing me. He said he needed three days to prepare, but he’s done nothing in those three days. Sending the Ninth Prince out of the city is a major event. Now that I think about it, I was too hasty.”
“Father, there’s nothing we can do about it.” Ye Ziying pondered for a moment and said, “I’ll go to Longevity Temple now and see what Li Hanzhou is up to.”
“Go. If Li Hanzhou wants to cause trouble, then deal with him accordingly.” Ye Qingbei also harbored murderous intent.
“Don’t worry.”
Ye Ziying finished speaking, turned, and left the City Lord’s Mansion.
She headed towards Longevity Temple.
A swift horse took only two quarters of an hour to reach the outskirts of Longevity Temple.
“This is Longevity Temple?” Ye Ziying looked at the mountain gate; the three characters “Longevity Temple” were almost illegible. She couldn’t believe that such a place was actually a sect.
“Who are you looking for?”
At that moment, a voice came.
Ye Ziying looked up and found a young lady near the mountain gate.
The young lady was wearing a Daoist robe and had a particularly cute appearance.
“Hello, I’m looking for Senior Li, Li Hanzhou.” Ye Ziying said as she approached.
“Oh, you’re looking for Martial Uncle. I’ll take you there.” Yun Qianzhu said with a smile.
“Thank you.” Ye Ziying smiled and asked, “Are you also a disciple of Longevity Temple? What’s your name?”
“My name is Yun Qianzhu.” Yun Qianzhu looked Ye Ziying up and down and said, “Older Sister, you’re so beautiful.”
No woman dislikes compliments, and Ye Ziying was naturally happy. After thinking for a moment, she took out a long sword from her storage bag.
“This sword is a gift for you.” Ye Ziying handed over the sword.
“Wow, what a beautiful sword.” Yun Qianzhu’s eyes were glued to the sword.
“This sword is forged from Yunjian iron; it can cut iron like mud.” Ye Ziying handed over the sword. This was a sword her family had specially made for her when she first started cultivating, but she no longer needed it.
“Thank you, Older Sister.” Yun Qianzhu thanked her profusely.
Seeing Yun Qianzhu’s appearance, Ye Ziying thought to herself, Longevity Temple is so poor; this young lady probably hasn’t seen any good weapons before.
A Yunjian iron sword should be considered a divine weapon for Longevity Temple.
“Third Senior Brother, look at my sword; this Older Sister gave it to me.” At this moment, Yun Qianzhu saw Shi Ming walking towards them and quickly showed off her new sword.
“Oh, quite pretty.” Shi Ming looked at Ye Ziying in surprise, then bowed and said, “Thank you, Young Lady, for gifting my Junior Sister a divine weapon.”
“You’re welcome.” Ye Ziying said.
“Third Senior Brother, where are you going?” Yun Qianzhu asked.
“We’re out of firewood; I’m going to chop some. You go back first.” Shi Ming finished speaking and left, carrying an axe.
“Okay, Senior Brother.” Yun Qianzhu said to Ye Ziying, “Older Sister, let’s go. Martial Uncle’s place is up ahead.”
However, Ye Ziying was completely dumbfounded. Her gaze was completely fixed on the axe Shi Ming was carrying.
Ye Ziying even rubbed her eyes involuntarily.
“Prajna Axe?”
“No way!”
Ye Ziying couldn’t believe her eyes. Wasn’t this the Prajna Axe, ranked forty-seventh on the Divine Weapon Ranking?
Wasn’t it rumored that the Prajna Axe was previously in the possession of the Demon Race, and that recently, the Grand Profound Sacred Lord personally stormed the Demon Race and seized the Prajna Axe?
How could it be in Longevity Temple?
“Qianzhu, where did that axe come from?” Ye Ziying suspected she had seen wrong and quickly asked Yun Qianzhu.
“The axe?”
Yun Qianzhu blinked, wondering why Ye Ziying was asking about a broken axe, but still said, “We got it back from the Grand Profound Sacred Land.”
Sure enough!
Ye Ziying exclaimed, “I heard that the Grand Profound Sacred Land held a Grand Competition for disciples recently. Did Longevity Temple participate?”
“Yeah.”
Yun Qianzhu said, “Second Senior Brother went, Martial Uncle sent him.”
Ye Ziying was deeply shocked.
The Grand Profound Sacred Land’s disciple Grand Competition wasn’t a joke. Ye Ziying had heard from the high-level personnel that it was meant to pave the way for Lu Tianxing and other strong individuals like Shen Zong’ao, the best of the younger generation. Unexpectedly, it ended up in the hands of a Longevity Temple disciple.
Was Li Hanzhou behind this?
Why would Li Hanzhou want the Prajna Axe?
Knowing that the Grand Profound Sacred Lord was paving the way for his disciples, Li Hanzhou still interfered. Could Li Hanzhou have some secret scheme?
Did he have a grudge against the Grand Profound Sacred Land?
At this moment, Ye Ziying was even more certain that Li Hanzhou was not simple. So many talented disciples participated in the assessment, even Lu Tianxing was defeated by a Longevity Temple disciple!
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