Chapter 258: This excitement is deadly, I'm not watching anymore

The Grand Tutor was knocked unconscious and taken away; he wasn't killed on the spot, which is strange.

Guard Cui took several slashes, bleeding like a river, his anger exploding, risking his life to chase after them.

"Let's follow them, hurry, hurry, hurry." Chen Guanlou led the guards and rushed out of the Heavenly Prison.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Niu only saw rolling dust, ate a mouthful of dirt, and looked as if the sky had fallen. "What should be done, what should be done! My head is probably not safe. Hurry, hurry, go ask Vice Minister Sun for instructions, tell him the Grand Tutor has been kidnapped."

"Everyone, split up and search."

Chen Guanlou separated from the guards, changed his appearance, put on a new set of equipment, and followed the tracks all the way outside the city.

"Friend, please stay your step!"

Chen Guanlou stood on the treetop, looking down at the man in black ahead. The man in black was carrying the unconscious Grand Tutor on his shoulder.

"Who are you?" The man in black was as if facing a great enemy.

"Nothing to do, just joining in the fun. In broad daylight, dressed in black, and taking a hostage out of the city so easily—not simple at all!"

It's more than just "not simple"; it would be impossible without someone cooperating.

This is the capital, under the feet of the Son of Heaven; do they really think the city gate soldiers are just for show?

No matter how rotten the Great Ming Dynasty is, the capital still retains basic defensive forces.

The man in black's eyes darted around, looking very nervous. He couldn't see through Chen Guanlou's depth and didn't know if the other party was a "dragon crossing the river" or a "local snake." If it were a local snake, why had he never seen or heard of such a person? If it were a dragon crossing the river, where did he get the confidence to dare to track him, not afraid of death? Knowing the water here was deep, he still dared to get involved.

"Get lost! Otherwise, no mercy!" The man in black suddenly made a fierce threat.

Chen Guanlou sneered. He was now playing the role of a world-weary lone hero of the desert; since the other party had made a fierce threat, what was there to hesitate about?

He didn't use a knife; in his eyes, everything in heaven and earth could be a knife. He casually snapped off a tree branch, using the simplest blade technique to strike directly at the vital point.

The lethal strike suddenly curved in mid-air.

Chen Guanlou leaped up, retreating at high speed, barely landing on the treetop. The fragile branch supported his body, swaying in the air.

What a sharp sword technique. If he hadn't reacted fast enough, he would have been split in two. But the sword edge still grazed his temple, and a strand of hair fell to the ground.

An old man appeared vaguely in the shadows of the woods, blocked by leaves, his true face unclear.

Recalling that sword strike just now, it was definitely an Eighth-Rank or even Ninth-Rank warrior.

Chen Guanlou's heart suddenly jumped. He was just joining in the fun; how could he have provoked a supreme powerhouse? Can he stop playing this game? Can he just leave?

"To be able to escape with your life from my sword, you are quite remarkable."

"Senior is the truly remarkable one. Appearing without a sound; if not for that sword strike, this junior would never have discovered you until death."

High-Rank warriors can easily hide their own Qi. He really hadn't discovered another person in the woods before.

This is a profound lesson.

He couldn't even see through the other party's depth, only vaguely estimating that they were likely Ninth-Rank, but probably hadn't reached the later stage of perfection.

Thank goodness, the person who came wasn't a Grandmaster.

Otherwise, he would have to leave his life here today.

Look at their method of kidnapping: they knew the Heavenly Prison had no experts, only one Guard Cui, and only with Fifth-Rank strength. The men in black they sent had similar strength to Guard Cui, relying on numbers to kill the Eastern Palace guards without leaving a single piece of armor. Guard Cui was also on the verge of death right now.

If not for his obstruction halfway, the men in black would have successfully taken the Grand Tutor away.

The old man who appeared suddenly was there to guard against unexpected situations like him.

"You should have died just now. No one can escape from my sword."

At the old man's arrogance, Chen Guanlou only felt his blood rushing up.

"I'm quitting, not playing anymore!" He was very decisive; since he couldn't beat him, he wouldn't fight.

"You come when you want and leave when you want; do you think this is a child's game?"

Before the words fell, the sword edge arrived again.

Chen Guanlou cursed inwardly, "Blade, come!"

Let the other party see a real blade technique!

The blade edge and sword edge clashed, grazing the top of the man in black's head, but the target was the unconscious Grand Tutor.

Kill the Grand Tutor!

"You dare!" The old man roared. With the Grand Tutor in hand, how could he allow others to kill? The sword edge turned halfway, only to block and save a life.

Chen Guanlou made a prompt decision, turned around, and fled, escaping with unprecedented speed.

"Little thief!" The old man realized he had been played; that blade just now was clearly a feint, a false image created to escape.

The old man chased in anger.

Chen Guanlou's light-body technique, learned from a flower-picking thief and supplemented by the "Sheng Tian Lu," who could catch up to him in heaven or on earth?

Splash!

The Tongqu River was ahead, and he jumped into the rolling river water decisively.

The river water covered all traces and all Qi. Even a Ninth-Rank warrior, standing on the shore, would never find him.

Chen Guanlou held his breath, sank to the deep river bottom, and drifted downstream with the current.

The old man stood on the shore, so angry he slashed down with his sword, splitting the river. Fish and shrimp surged up, floating on the water surface with white bellies.

This sword strike, with ten percent of his power, had already alarmed the nearby capital garrison.

The old man didn't want to provoke the people in the military camp, so although unwilling, he chose to retreat decisively.

Chen Guanlou drifted for half an hour, slowly surfaced from the river bottom, and revealed his head.

In the middle of winter, the river water was bone-chilling, but he didn't feel cold.

He only felt lucky, lucky that he had a big life, and decisively chose to escape instead of hard-fighting a Ninth-Rank warrior.

He cursed himself for being a fool.

He knew the Grand Tutor's case was deep, but he didn't expect it to be so deep that a Ninth-Rank warrior would come halfway to support the men in black.

A Ninth Rank warrior acting as a hired thug—just think about it, how valuable must the identity of the person who planned this be? Guessing directly at the people at the very top is a guarantee that the mastermind is among them.

How rare are Ninth-Rank warriors? In the world, how many people can command a Ninth-Rank warrior as a thug?

This excitement is not something I can join in on, so I'll thank you and leave.

After getting ashore, he didn't return to the Heavenly Prison immediately. Instead, he ran to a brothel to mess around for a night, and early the next morning, he went to the Heavenly Prison to report for duty with the smell of powder and rouge all over him.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Niu saw him and smelled the scent on him. "You, you, you..."

Saying "you" three times, he was so angry he couldn't get his breath.

Chen Guanlou shouted with great grievance, "My lord, how much longer can we live? Before we die, we might as well live it up, so as not to have regrets."

That makes so much sense!

It perfectly explains his reason for being absent from work for a day and a night. The man thought he was going to die and wanted to live it up—is there a problem with that?

Definitely not!

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Niu couldn't even spit out a single word of refutation.

"Not necessarily going to die."

Finally, he spat out this sentence.

Chen Guanlou's eyes lit up. "Is it Vice Minister Sun who is protecting us?"

"The water here is deep, and I don't know the specific situation either. Yesterday, Guard Cui chased out, and you followed closely. What happened afterward?"

"I lost them afterward. My lord also knows that we prison guards are all ordinary people and simply couldn't catch up to those warriors. I don't know how Guard Cui is; I saw him injured yesterday, bleeding all over the ground, and he was still chasing so desperately."

"Rest assured, he won't die. But his future is probably at an end." ===== CHAPTER 259 =====