Chapter 121: Sect Document

Xu Ru stood before Fan Yuanhai's door, pounding on it and calling for Fan Yuanhai, but only the sound of Fan Yuanhai's snoring echoed from inside the room!

"Move aside!"

That person's voice rang out behind Xu Ru. Xu Ru's heart gave a start; thinking this person intended to call for the door themselves, she stepped aside!

Who would have thought, the moment she stepped aside, she heard a *swish*—a flash of cold light—and that person had actually drawn a blade and slashed at the door!

True Qi surged!

The door, made of wooden lattice covered in thin cloth, shattered instantly, scattering and collapsing!

The shockwave of True Qi reverberated through the space!

Fan Yuanhai had originally been fast asleep on the bed, but at this moment, he suddenly sprang up like a rubber ball, half-kneeling at the bedside, his right hand gripping a blade, his eyes fierce!

But once the wood shavings had settled, the moment Fan Yuanhai saw the seahorse rank badge on the person's chest, an embarrassed expression immediately appeared on his face.

That person stared fixedly at Fan Yuanhai and asked, "Are you Fan Yuanhai?"

Fan Yuanhai got up, stepped off the bed, cupped his fists, and said, "That is I!"

"Where is your token?"

Fan Yuanhai produced the Taiyi Order. The person's expression softened slightly and he said, "Your own Sect Document!"

Fan Yuanhai took the document from his bosom and handed it to the person, who opened it and took a look.

On that document were Fan Yuanhai's basic information and a brief portrait!

The person closed the document, handed it back to Fan Yuanhai, and only then handed him a sealed letter.

Fan Yuanhai took the letter, and the person left without even looking back!

Fan Yuanhai looked at the letter in his hand; the seal of the letter was stamped with red wax!

Xiangu County was located in a remote area; he had not expected the Sect's reply to arrive so quickly!

Fan Yuanhai sat at the desk with the letter. Just as he prepared to break the seal, he suddenly saw that Xu Ru had walked in at some point and was standing at the doorway.

Fan Yuanhai felt a surge of anger and said coldly, "What are you still standing there for?"

Xu Ru gave an awkward smile, looked at the wood shavings all over the floor, and said, "Sir, this door..."

Fan Yuanhai touched a banknote and slapped it onto the desk. Xu Ru snatched it up, and upon seeing the denomination, she beamed with joy and was about to leave!

Fan Yuanhai said, "Wait, get me a superior room!"

Xu Ru turned back, curtsied, and said, "Sir, please wait a moment, I will have someone clear one out for you right away!"

After Xu Ru left, Fan Yuanhai tore open the letter and read it carefully!

Sure enough, as expected, this was not a routine reply letter ordering him to leave Xiangu County, but an order commanding him to thoroughly investigate the Xu Ruhu Case! If it were a routine reply, it would never have arrived so quickly!

Attached to the back of the letter were four portraits and the name of a medicinal ingredient!

Fan Yuanhai looked at the four ferocious-looking portraits, quite puzzled, not knowing what they were.

If Duan Rong were here, he would certainly be able to recognize these four portraits at a glance!

These four portraits were none other than the divine images of the Four Great Wisdom Kings from the Womb Treasury Sutra!

Although drawn briefly, several prominent features were highlighted, making them very easy to identify!

And the name of that medicinal ingredient was Dragon Flame Fat.

The fact that Xu Ruhu had been suddenly abducted from the Dungeon and then died mysteriously had clearly caused the high-level members of the Taiyi Sect to re-evaluate this case!

Xu Ruhu was a cripple locked in a major prison; what could he have used to lure Xie Lei into breaking him out of the prison?

They suspected that the Womb Treasury Sutra had already leaked from Xu Ruhu, which was why they had sent an urgent letter for Fan Yuanhai to pursue and recover it on the spot!

For the past few days, Duan Rong had been practicing in the Yuanshun Escort Agency; let alone leaving the Escort Agency, he hadn't even stepped out of the Middle Courtyard!

During the day, he would stand in the Martial Arts Arena practicing his stance, standing until the Hour of the Dog before stopping his training!

He would leave two hours to return to his dormitory to practice the Bone-Locking Technique!

He would not sleep until the Hour of the Rat!

Before sleeping at night, he would also have to pick a Second-tier Spirit Tool from the weapon rack in the Martial Arts Arena to swallow!

Duan Rong could be said to be racing against time, arranging his twelve hours of the day so fully that it was nearly suffocating!

At dusk this day, Duan Rong was in the Martial Arts Arena, practicing the Hunyuan Stance.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on him; one could see heat steaming from Duan Rong's entire body, the medicinal power and Internal Breath surging within his meridians, the resulting heat currents evaporating outward through the pores of his skin...

"Master Duan Rong!"

Duan Rong was just at a critical point in his practice when he suddenly heard a somewhat lewd and ambiguous voice calling him by his ear. He frowned and opened his eyes to look!

He saw Ximen Kankan's chubby, round face stuck right in front of him. Duan Rong was so startled he nearly choked on his own saliva. He couldn't care about stopping his training and said angrily, "How did you get in? The Yuanshun Escort Agency does not allow idlers to enter the Middle Courtyard at will! If you sneak in like this and get caught, there will be trouble!"

As Duan Rong spoke, he stopped his training, grabbed Ximen Kankan's hand, and was about to pull him out!

But Ximen Kankan just gave a fawning smile, his arm twisted and turned, and before Duan Rong could even perceive how he moved, Ximen Kankan had already slipped out of his grasp!

Duan Rong was slightly stunned, his heart secretly shocked: What technique is this? It seems to be some kind of unorthodox martial art as well!

Having escaped Duan Rong's Capture, Ximen Kankan smiled and held up a waist token, saying, "What do you mean 'sneak in'? You make me sound too low-class! My father is, after all, a person of status in this Xiangu County! Can't I even get a waist token for your Yuanshun Escort Agency?"

"Look! This is a VIP waist token! Never mind the Middle Courtyard, before the Hour of the Dog, I can even enter the Inner Courtyard!"

Ximen Kankan revealed a smug expression; his show-off nature had emerged again!

Duan Rong looked at the waist token and rubbed his nose. The token indeed had the words 'VIP' on it, along with the seal of the Yuanshun Escort Agency.

Forgive his ignorance, he really hadn't known such a waist token existed. It seemed he had still underestimated the influence of power!

"You don't have to be surprised! There aren't many of these waist tokens in all of Xiangu County! This is my father's; in order to find you, I specifically went to borrow it from him! Isn't that very sincere?" Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong and said.

"What do you want with me?" Duan Rong didn't believe Ximen Kankan would have nothing better to do than to specifically borrow a waist token from Ximen Yong to come to the Escort Agency to find him; he probably wouldn't visit without a reason.

Ximen Kankan, however, suddenly looked slightly embarrassed, smiled, and said, "Nothing much, I just want to invite you to a meal!"

Duan Rong's eyes flickered. He saw something rather ill-intentioned in Ximen Kankan's awkward smile, though he himself also had matters that required Ximen Kankan's help, so this could be considered a case of birds of a feather...

If he wanted to cultivate the second layer of the Womb Treasury Sutra, he had to get his hands on the medicinal ingredient Dragon Flame Fat; he had originally intended to get this matter settled through Ximen Kankan's connections.

Now, even if Ximen Kankan really had some matter to find him for, Duan Rong would try his best to agree to it, so as to use this to unfold his next plans!

"As the saying goes, 'eating someone's food makes your mouth soft, taking someone's things makes your hands soft!' How could I eat Young Master Ximen's food for no reason?"

These words of Duan Rong also carried the implication of testing the waters.

Hearing this, Ximen Kankan couldn't help but be amused, saying, "Why so many formalities? I purely admire you, Master!"

Duan Rong gave a mocking laugh, and before he could speak, Ximen Kankan had already grabbed his arm with both hands and pulled him outward. "Let's go, the carriage is waiting right outside!"

"Don't pull, I can walk myself! What kind of look is this, tugging and pulling!"

Duan Rong wanted to pull his arm out of Ximen Kankan's hands, but for a moment he couldn't pull it out; Ximen Kankan's hands looked loose, but in reality, they were like iron hoops.

Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: This shorty's martial arts are actually not weak!

In fact, they were more than just not weak!

Ximen Kankan was already at the Great Success Realm of the Inner Breath Realm, and among the aristocratic youths of Xiangu County, he could be called the number one person!

The Great Success Realm is the realm with the largest span among martial arts realms, and therefore, it is also a realm that is quite difficult to achieve!

Therefore, the aristocratic youths, whether it be Xia Shuangshuang, Jiang Qingyu, or Shen Mizhi, all remained at the Small Success Realm of the Inner Breath Realm Third Layer, finding it difficult to cross over to Great Success; even Xiao Yu was no exception to this!

But Ximen Kankan alone had already achieved the Great Success Realm of the Internal Breath Fourth Layer half a year ago!

One can see the martial arts talent of this shorty!

(End of this chapter)