Chapter 349: I'll Carry This Matter

Thud, thud, thud.

"Master, someone is looking for you."

Wang Zhao heard the knocking and ran over hurriedly.

Opening the door.

It was a martial hall disciple.

To be precise, a true disciple under the seat of Thousand Cranes Martial Hall Master He Qiannian.

He hurriedly told Li Rui.

Li Rui was opening the files in the room; these days, he had spent no small amount of effort for Song Shi's matter.

Not only him, but several other main officials in Qinghe, and even Nie Siming, hadn't fared much better.

Hearing Wang Zhao's words.

Li Rui then put down the file in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, and stood up.

When he walked to the door.

He discovered it was actually He Qiannian's third disciple.

"Younger Brother Wu, something up?"

"Eldest Senior Brother, Master asked me to invite you to the martial hall; he has words to tell you."

Li Rui had often gone to He Qiannian for pointers on the Great Henglian some time ago.

He was very familiar with all of He Qiannian's disciples.

And so, the title of "Eldest Senior Brother" was added.

He Qiannian hadn't taken him as a disciple, but he had learned He Qiannian's true box-bottom skills.

From Xiao Yu to the other junior brothers, they all felt that Li Rui was the most suitable to be their Eldest Senior Brother.

But unfortunately, there was no name or status.

So the position of Eldest Senior Brother could only be Xiao Yu's, hence the saying of "Eldest Senior Brother."

At first, Li Rui felt it wasn't appropriate and wanted to dispel this title.

But after going back and forth, even Xiao Yu called him that, so he simply didn't say anything anymore.

Li Rui heard it, although somewhat surprised.

But still nodded.

After all, it had always been him unilaterally going to find He Qiannian, and the number of times He Qiannian took the initiative to find him was zero.

Immediately, he followed Wu Qing and went to the Thousand Cranes Martial Hall.

The Anning Guard was about three or four miles away from the Thousand Cranes Martial Hall.

The two didn't take a carriage.

But both were martial artists, their footwork was extremely fast, and they arrived at the Thousand Cranes Martial Hall in just a quarter of an hour.

Li Rui walked familiarly to He Qiannian's small courtyard; the courtyard gate was open, obviously left specifically for him.

Just walking to the door.

He saw He Qiannian already beckoning to him.

He walked in and bowed:

"Senior He."

Just about to sit down, he heard He Qiannian say something shocking: "Seeking Mountain Envoy Li, we have things to do."

Hearing the words "Seeking Mountain Envoy," Li Rui stopped his butt, which was about to touch the stone stool.

Looking at He Qiannian with some surprise.

Only to see He Qiannian take out a jade plaque similar to the one on his body from his sleeve and place it slowly on the stone table.

Li Rui saw it clearly; the jade plaque was almost exactly the same as the Secret Guard jade plaque on his body.

Only another word was written on it.

Suppress!

Li Rui's pupils contracted slightly.

He Qiannian was actually a Suppressing Mountain Envoy?!

'This old guy hides truly deep!'

He Qiannian, as a Suppressing Mountain Envoy, had higher authority and must have long known that he had become a Seeking Mountain Envoy.

But he had been pretending all along, and only now did he reveal it.

Hid it from me so painfully.

'Good, good, good.'

Li Rui's expression quickly returned to normal, and he bowed to He Qiannian with a smile: "This subordinate greets Suppressing Mountain Envoy He."

He Qiannian looked at Li Rui with a smile:

"You kid, don't think I was deliberately hiding it from you."

"This matter was only decided not long ago."

"I didn't intend to hide it from you, it's just that you yourself don't run around diligently, so don't blame me."

Hearing He Qiannian's words, Li Rui immediately became interested:

"Senior hasn't been to the capital recently either, how did you join the Secret Guard?"

He Qiannian rolled his eyes:

"When you went to the capital that time, did you think only you kid entered the imperial palace?"

Upon hearing this, Li Rui made a "tsk-tsk-tsk" sound in his mouth.

During those few days in the capital.

He hadn't been idle, but He Qiannian was also often not at the Guest Reception Office, running out every day. Now it seemed He Qiannian was even busier than him, and even like him, he had taken the time to enter the imperial palace and become a Secret Guard.

He Qiannian continued: "Unlike you kid, I didn't agree at that time; I only agreed recently. I am responsible for the south together with Jiang Linxian."

Then the conversation turned:

"Alright, let's talk about the main business."

"Tell me, what is the situation with that Song Shi kid? Is he dead or alive, and how did he die?"

"You young people, you like to hide things when something happens."

He was an Earth Immortal powerhouse, not a real immortal.

Nie Siming and the others covered up the matter very tightly, and very few people knew Song Shi was dead.

In the whole of Qinghe, there were no more than five people.

Li Rui blinked: "Senior, how did you know about Song Shi's matter?"

He Qiannian: "He sent the news himself."

"Seven days ago, Yang Bing received news from Song Shi, indicating that there was a Fallen Immortal near our Qinghe, accurately speaking, it was in the Ten Thousand Mountains."

"Yang Bing asked me to come and explore the situation first."

"But before I could find Song Shi, Song Shi went missing, along with his subordinates, and the Huacai Residence where he stayed caused a big commotion."

"I haven't reached the point of being old and dim-sighted; some things aren't hard to guess."

Li Rui was enlightened.

He Qiannian's words confirmed some guesses in his heart.

He then opened his mouth: "Senior He, that's right, Song Shi is dead, his corpse was found in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and it was only three miles away from the Purple Chai Jingong." He Qiannian: "Tell me carefully about this Purple Chai Jingong."

He, an Earth Immortal powerhouse, was busy practicing martial arts every day and knew enough about big events.

Although the Purple Chai Jingong was chaotic, it was all small trouble.

Naturally, he wouldn't pay attention.

Li Rui immediately told everything about the Purple Chai Jingong one by one.

For such a long time, Qinghe had been helpless against the Purple Chai Jingong.

It wasn't just because the location of the Purple Chai Jingong was remote, but because the strength of the Purple Chai Jingong was far stronger than most people in Qinghe thought.

Nie Siming was what kind of person?

After receiving the news from Marquis Yuan, he had been investigating the Purple Chai Jingong.

If the strength of the Purple Chai Jingong was weaker, he would probably have launched a surprise attack with the Anning Guard long ago, so how could there be no movement at all.

Hearing what Li Rui said.

He Qiannian's face became solemn.

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The Purple Chai Jingong was tainted with the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao, and even the sect's expert Blood Shadow Old Ancestor was sitting in the town there.

This was somewhat difficult to handle.

He Qiannian nodded: "Alright, I know. I have my own plans for this matter. You don't need to intervene in the Purple Chai Jingong matter. If Nie Siming forces you, you just say I told you not to go."

Li Rui was shocked.

What a good elder!

He Qiannian's image in his eyes suddenly became much more majestic.

Having such an elder was truly a blessing for a junior.

He Qiannian: "With your little bit of skill, kid, going there is just being refined into a blood corpse by that old guy Blood Shadow. I'm counting on you to practice until you become a Primordial Dao-Fetus; if you die just like that, my fist technique would have been taught in vain."

Although the words were rough, the affection was there.

Li Rui: "Senior, don't worry, before achieving the Dao-Fetus, I won't die."

He Qiannian laughed: "That's good."

Then waved his hand:

"Go, you don't need to worry about the following matters."

Li Rui stood up, bowed respectfully to He Qiannian again, and then left.

'The feeling of having a backer is truly good!'

In the Secret Guard.

Regional Commander Gu Changsheng was a friend, and two Suppressing Mountain Envoys were both close friends of his.

This relationship couldn't be harder.

Walking out of the Thousand Cranes Martial Hall.

He felt much more relaxed.

Not only because He Qiannian helped him block the trouble, but also because since this matter had been known by the Secret Guard.

It wouldn't cause too much impact on the officials of Qinghe.

The Secret Guard were the Emperor's people; if the Secret Guard knew, it meant the Emperor already knew.

Since it involved a Fallen Immortal, it wasn't something a small Qinghe could handle.

Song Shi's death could be counted as a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster.

The imperial court wouldn't punish them for this.

Li Rui strolled back to the Li Canjun's Prefecture. 【

The imperial court would not punish him for this.

Li Rui strolled back to the Li Canjun's Prefecture.

Just as he returned to his room.

He heard a voice ring out from the corner of the room.

"Big Brother, I'm back."

He turned his head.

He saw the Little Bai Jiao, looking like a small white snake, lying on the table with a lazy expression.

Li Rui smiled:

"Little White, when did you get back?"

The Little Bai Jiao was quite successful now; as the River God of Qinghe, its status was even higher than his own as a Commandant of the Anning Guard.

Most of the time, it was out patrolling the river.

Patrolling the river was not just for guarding the Yu Kingdom; it was also of great benefit to the Little Bai Jiao's future transformation into a dragon.

Otherwise, with the Little Bai Jiao's lazy nature, how could it possibly do such hard work?

The Little Bai Jiao: "A few days ago."

"Big Brother, do you know about that Purple Chai Jingong?"

Hearing the Little Bai Jiao suddenly ask this, Li Rui immediately became interested: "What, Little White, you know about that evil sect too?"

The Little Bai Jiao: "I went back to the Ten Thousand Mountains, only to find that my old man had moved house."

"I was still wondering why he would move after living there for hundreds of years."

"Only after asking around did I learn that our old home had been occupied by something called the Purple Chai Jingong."

Speaking of this.

The Little Bai Jiao felt somewhat depressed.

Yet, the old dragon was tight-lipped about the matter, fearing the little dragon would go looking for trouble with the Purple Chai Jingong.

In fact, the Purple Chai Jingong was still a full ten miles away from the old dragon's cave.

But even so, the old dragon had resolutely moved its home to a place further south.

It had given the Little Bai Jiao quite a search.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Little Bai Jiao's father, the old dragon, was the overlord north of the Ten Thousand Mountains; even it was so wary of the Purple Chai Jingong.

However, looking at it now, the old dragon's approach was quite wise.

The Purple Chai Jingong had a Transcendent Immortal.

According to He Qiannian, those beings had unfathomable strength; even if the old dragon was a Third-Rank Great Demon, it might not be a match for those Transcendent Immortals. One careless move, and it might end up as someone's mount.

Moving house was undoubtedly the wisest decision.

Li Rui: "Moved well. Little White, in the future, you must never provoke that Purple Chai Jingong."

Hearing Li Rui's words, the Little Bai Jiao swallowed the words that had reached its lips, feeling somewhat awkward.

Seeing the Little Bai Jiao's expression, Li Rui sighed helplessly: "So you've already been there?"

The Little Bai Jiao nodded obediently.

Then it raised its head, its eyes flashing with excitement:

"Big Brother, do you know what I felt in the Purple Chai Jingong?"

"Tell me."

"Withered Wood Meets Spring Qi."

"A lot, a lot of Withered Wood Meets Spring Qi!"

(End of chapter)