Chapter 201
The old man was sitting on the ground, and the old man was sitting on the ground.
The base of the Muyang Sect in the county city was no secret to the Demon Suppression Division. Both sides knew it tacitly.
Lu Ren hid his breath all the way and came to a luxurious courtyard.
The lights were bright and people were moving inside, but it didn't look special.
Lu Ren almost blended into the night, walking silently on the roof of the green tiles.
After entering the inner courtyard, his eyes were fixed on a hall diagonally opposite.
At this moment, there were more than a dozen figures gathered inside.
These people stood at the door tremblingly, and in front of them sat a young man with an angry face.
This man looked handsome and resolute, and his facial features became somewhat hideous and distorted in the burning anger, which frightened all the disciples in front of him into silence.
Lu Ren stared at the face of the young man, thinking to himself: "It seems that he is Li Yan."
"But... that person doesn't seem to be here during the day."
After confirming Li Yan's identity, Lu Ren did not rush to act.
He looked around carefully with deep eyes, and calmly felt any possible threats.
The identity of the mysterious strong man is unknown, and perhaps he is hiding in the dark at this moment.
He must remain vigilant and be careful.
Lu Ren's five senses are very sharp. Even at a distance of dozens of meters, he can still clearly hear the conversation between Li Yan and the disciples of Muyang Sect.
"You are all a bunch of useless trash! If you can't even keep an eye on one person, what's the point of the sect spending resources to train you?"
Everyone lowered their heads and dared not answer.
Li Yan became more and more angry when he saw this. He pointed at the disciple in front and shouted angrily: "It's been a day, and you haven't found it yet?"
The disciple stepped forward tremblingly: "Brother Li, there is no news for the time being."
"What are you doing with so many people?"
Li Yan became more and more angry as he thought about it. He stood up and kicked the man in front several meters away.
The man's ribs were broken on the spot, but he didn't say a word, let alone complain, and he didn't even dare to cry out in pain.
He endured the severe pain, a layer of fine cold sweat oozing from his forehead, his two rows of teeth clenched together desperately, and slowly walked back to Yuanyuan and stood still.
"Brother Li, we have sent out all the people we can, and the county governor has also notified us. He asked the officers and soldiers of the government office to issue a reward order. They are searching door to door. I believe there will be results soon."
Li Yan's face eased a little when he heard it.
After he entered the city, he heard that Wei Chen was kidnapped by a mysterious man in a black robe and mask yesterday.
His first reaction was that Wei Chen's master Ge Hong did it.
But this speculation is actually untenable.
With Ge Hong's identity, he has no need to hide his identity, and he can take Wei Chen away openly.
In any case, Ge Hong is also one of the meritorious elders of Muyang Sect, and it is unlikely that the master will be too harsh after knowing it.
Moreover, according to multiple evidences, Ge Hong entered the city from the east gate at noon today.
He did come to save Wei Chen, but unfortunately he was a step late.
After learning about Wei Chen's disappearance, Ge Hong came to question him.
Seeing how anxious and angry he was at the time, he would never pretend to be so.
Ge Hong has nothing to do with Wei Chen's kidnapping.
Facing Ge Hong's accountability, Li Yan was also very depressed. He pretended to comfort him and said that he would do his best to help find Wei Chen. Only then did Ge Hong calm down his anger temporarily and went to look for clues alone.
"Are you sure Wei Chen is still in the city?"
"Absolutely true." A disciple replied: "Not only was Wei Chen kidnapped yesterday, but two senior brothers were also killed. This matter concerns the dignity of Muyang Sect, so we contacted the city defense army as soon as possible and asked them to increase the intensity of the investigation. All people leaving the city must be strictly questioned and searched.
Wei Chen is a living person. It is impossible to disappear out of thin air. He must be hiding in a place in the city that we haven't found."
Li Yan raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of something: "Bring the two bodies here for me to see."
"Yes, Senior Brother Li."
Soon, the bodies of the two disciples who were killed yesterday were carried to the door of the main hall.
Li Yan walked through the crowd and glanced at the bodies with a solemn expression.
Then, he was startled and nodded slightly in surprise: "Yes, the person who did it is indeed in the state of perfect Qi Condensation."
This discovery made a matter that should have been simple become confusing.
Who saved Wei Chen?
Left?
What is the purpose?
What is the relationship between them?
A series of questions troubled Li Yan, giving him a headache.
For ten years, he never gave up hunting down Wei Chen, because he was worried that if the other party made a comeback, he might pose a fatal threat to him one day in the future.
As the saying goes, cut the grass and root it out, and never have trouble again!
Now it seems that his decision is correct.
Even if Wei Chen himself is not capable of revenge.
But his encounters over the years and the various connections he has made are an uncertain hidden danger for Li Yan.
The captain surnamed Lu in the Demon Suppression Division is a living example!
Now there is another mysterious strong man who has perfected the condensed qi.
Tsk tsk... Wei Chen is so lucky!
Li Yan waved his hand to blow away the stench of corpses in the air, and then said with disgust: "Hurry up and bury it."
Then, he returned to his seat, holding his chin with one hand, and asked thoughtfully:
"It's been a month, is there still no news about Lu Ren?"
"To reply to Senior Brother Li, there is no news yet, but we have heard through indirect inquiries that Lu Ren seems to have gone to the miasma forest to hunt."
"Miasma forest?" Li Yan narrowed his eyes and raised a trace of disdain at the corner of his mouth.
The miasma forest covers three counties, and there are many monsters in it, and they are particularly ferocious, which makes countless martial artists turn pale and dare not approach.
Li Yan went in and ventured into it when he broke through the Condensation Realm ten years ago.
It is indeed extremely dangerous inside. He was almost targeted by a tiger monster in the Perfect Magic Realm and lost his life.
Fortunately, he was lucky enough to save his life with the life-saving magic weapon given by his master, and became one of the few people who could escape unscathed after going deep into the heart of the miasma forest.
"What an ignorant fool!"
Li Yan made a ruthless mockery.
He almost died that year. Lu Ren was only at the perfect stage of opening meridians. It was most likely that he would not survive if he entered the depths of the miasma forest.
He was still struggling with how to quietly eliminate the threat of Lu Ren without touching the bottom line of the Demon Suppression Division.
Unexpectedly, the boy wanted to die, which saved him trouble.
"Keep paying attention to his news. If he doesn't show up in another month, he should have died."
"Understood."
At this time, a disciple from the outer courtyard rushed in.
"Brother Li, I just found a suspicious point in an empty yard on West Street."
Li Yan immediately became interested and motioned for him to continue.
The disciple swallowed his saliva and continued, "There is an old doctor nearby who was invited to treat a disease yesterday. He has not returned home yet. Some neighbors saw him enter the courtyard that is usually uninhabited.
I felt suspicious at the time, so I secretly investigated, but was stopped by someone."
"Interesting, someone in the county city dared to stop the people of Muyang Sect, could it be the Demon Suppression Division?"
"It's not the Demon Suppression Division, it seems to be someone from the Lin family."
"The Lin family, one of the four major families in Huashui County?"
"That's right."
Li Yan thought for a while: "I remember that the daughter of the Lin family seemed to be with the governor. "Is your son engaged?"
"It is true. It is rumored that the Governor's Office is preparing to hold a grand wedding after the Tianjiao Hunt. With the Governor's support, the Lin family will soon be able to rise to prominence."
"Oh, no wonder they are so arrogant." Li Yan sneered, "But the marriage has not yet been completed. Now they dare to go against our Muyang Sect. It's a bit arrogant."
Li Yan stood up and called to all the disciples, "Come with me. I want to see what shameful things the Lin family is doing."
From the news just sent back, he has basically confirmed that the courtyard is Wei Chen's hiding place.
But there is still a question that has not been solved.
Why did the Lin family save Wei Chen?
He has never heard of any connection between the two.
And... Although the Lin family is one of the four major families, it is just a local snake that can't make any waves.
Families in this kind of place generally do not have high-end combat power. The strongest person in the family is at most at the stage of perfect opening of meridians or the early stage of Qi Condensation.
No matter how you look at it, it cannot be connected with the mysterious person who took action yesterday.
Li Yan shook his head, too lazy to continue to bother, just go and see for yourself and you will know.
However, as soon as he led the disciples outside, an extremely abrupt and terrifying killing intent instantly attacked him.
"Who is it?"
Li Yan suddenly raised his head and looked above the roof.
In the dark night, a pair of dark and deep eyes were staring at him.
An unprecedented sense of crisis surged into Li Yan's heart.
"It's him!"
This breath... is definitely perfect Qi Condensation!
Yesterday, that
The mysterious man who kidnapped Wei Chen appeared!
Lu Ren hid his true face under the black robe, and released a surging murderous aura from his body.
After observing for so long, he was basically sure that the Takumi Realm expert was not here.
Moreover, from the words of Li Yan and others, he heard the words of Wei Chen's master.
Presumably, the other party also came to rescue Wei Chen. Since he was a friend and not an enemy, he naturally didn't need to worry about anything else.
"Treading on the snow without leaving a trace!"
Lu Ren turned into a ball of black lightning and came to Li Yan and others in an instant.
He moved around in the crowd, and every time his fingertips touched the center of a person's eyebrows, that person died on the spot.
All this happened very quickly, not to mention the group of disciples around him who were only in the Kaimai Realm, even Li Yan himself didn't have much defense.
When he had the urge to resist, he was shocked to find that all the disciples who were still alive two or three breaths ago had fallen in front of him.
Their life breath was completely extinguished, and they were completely wiped out in an instant. There was almost no fear on their faces.
Perhaps, they didn't know what happened until they died.
After dealing with the extra people, Lu Ren slowly stepped over the corpses on the ground and came to Li Yan. After looking at him, he took off the hat of his black robe and revealed his true face.
"I heard that you were looking for me?"
Lu Ren asked with a smile.
However, his smile made Li Yan's scalp numb, and he was shocked and scared in his heart, and he didn't dare to look Lu Ren in the eye.
"I..." His legs went weak, and he spoke tremblingly: "I'm looking for Wei Chen, not... not you."
"Why are you looking for Wei Chen?"
"He is my junior brother, I took him back to the sect to reminisce about the past." Li Yan said nonsense.
"Aren't you using him to threaten Lu Ren to show up?"
"I..." Li Yan was speechless, his face was pale with fear.
"The person you are looking for is me." Lu Ren said lightly.
"What???" Li Yan was struck by lightning, his eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the black-robed young man in front of him with an incredible face: "You... You are Lu Ren?"
"Are you surprised?"
"How is this possible?" Li Yan shook his head frantically: "Didn't you just open your meridians a month ago? How come so soon..."
Li Yan didn't dare to continue.
The other party's playful expression had already explained everything, but he didn't dare to face the truth.
He looked at Lu Ren with horror and confusion.
Is there really someone in this world who is so talented that he can break through a whole realm in a month?
Not to mention the son of the governor, even the prince of the current dynasty who is far away in the imperial capital and has the destiny of a true dragon has never heard such a sensational rumor...
Compared to this terrifying talent that can be said to be against the sky, Li Yan would rather believe that Lu Ren has been hiding his strength before.
Or, he accidentally gained the inheritance of a great man in the miasma forest, so his cultivation has made such a rapid progress?
Of course, no matter which possibility it is, Li Yan is sure that he has no strength to fight.
It seems that there is only a small realm difference, but once he starts, he may not be able to withstand even one move from the other party.
"I won't look for Wei Chen anymore, and the past grievances are also written off. Can you let me go?"
Lu Ren sneered: "You don't look like you are begging for help."
Li Yan's expression stagnated, and he struggled in his heart.
Since he became the direct disciple of his master, he has enjoyed countless honors and flattery from others.
He has never asked others for anything.
But for the sake of survival, what does dignity matter?
He knelt directly at Lu Ren's feet and kowtowed humbly: "Please, let me live..."
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."
Hearing this, Li Yan was very excited.
Sure enough, Lu Ren must still be afraid of his identity.
Killing him is a small matter, but his master is the leader of Muyang Sect.
Even though he is not as favored as his junior brother Qiao Xuefeng now, he is Tian Kang's disciple after all, and he is also quite prestigious among the younger generation of Muyang Sect.
If he is killed, his master will definitely seek justice for him.
However, Li Yan was not excited for too long before he was awakened by a basin of cold water from Lu Ren.
"I won't kill you because your life will be left to Wei Chen to deal with."
After saying that, Lu Ren knocked Li Yan unconscious with a palm, picked up the other's body, which was as stiff as a dead fish, and disappeared into the night again.