Chapter 105: Arrival at the Capital

"General, it's bad, that woman has gone missing!"

"What? How on earth did this happen!"

Chu Feng was greatly shocked and turned his head to look at Guangling.

He had entrusted everything here to him with full authority, yet he had actually managed to cause such a huge oversight.

"Gen... General!"

Guangling fell into a panic, "It is my dereliction of duty; I will go investigate at once!"

"I will only give you half an hour!"

"Many thanks, General!"

Guangling immediately set out to investigate.

He had sent two personal guards to keep watch, yet who would have thought they would cause such an incident for him.

When he arrived at the two personal guards' living quarters, he discovered two naked corpses in the shadows.

"What!"

Guangling immediately stepped forward to examine them.

Both personal guards had suffered heavy blows to their vital points, resulting in death from a single strike.

Although the two personal guards he had dispatched were of Martial Master cultivation, both had died while completely off guard.

Guangling continued to search, and later discovered traces of some unknown liquid on the bed.

"Damn it!"

Guangling turned around in a rage and left the scene.

"General, the matter has been investigated clearly."

Guangling came before Chu Feng to plead guilty, "Both personal guards died unnatural deaths because they could not control their lower bodies. It is my failure in supervision; I ask the General to punish me!"

Oh my!

This woman is really something, huh!

To save her life, she actually paid such a high price.

A dignified expert of the Grandmaster Consummation Realm, she did not hesitate to serve with her body in order to escape.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Chu Feng teased inwardly.

But upon second thought, the other party's identity was that of an assassin; it was within reason that she would adopt such a method to escape.

"Forget it, she is already crippled anyway and won't be able to stir up any trouble, so you don't need to blame yourself!"

"Many thanks, General!"

"However, because this matter was due to your dereliction of duty, I will fine you three months' salary and give you fifty strokes of the cane. You have no objections, right?"

"No objections!"

Guangling responded.

After such a major incident, it was already an act of leniency beyond the law that Chu Feng hadn't cut him down with a blade.

Fifty strokes of the cane and a fine of three months' salary was already the lightest of punishments.

On the other side.

After leaving Chu Feng's military camp, Hu Sha ran wildly all the way, only stopping once she had completely left the area of Anwu County.

"Damn it, I have noted this debt; when I have the chance, I will surely make you pay it back double!"

Hu Sha stared in the direction of Chu Feng's camp and cursed viciously.

In order to escape the other party's camp, she had not hesitated to sacrifice her charms to sleep with those two soldiers.

Finally, she had taken advantage of the moment they let down their guard to finish them off and escape that place of trouble.

"Sigh, where should I go from here?"

Having calmed down, Hu Sha began to fall into thought.

Now that she had no cultivation at all, she would be a person discarded if she went back.

At most, she could only rely on her looks to please some figure; wanting to take revenge with her own hands was basically a distant prospect.

"Do you want revenge?"

"Who?"

Hu Sha became vigilant in an instant.

Although her cultivation was gone, her vigilance as an assassin remained.

Very quickly.

A ragged old man appeared right in front of Hu Sha.

"Who are you?" Hu Sha said, gripping the dagger in her hand tightly.

"Who I am is not important; what is important is that I can give you a chance for revenge. How about it?"

Facing the old man's coaxing, Hu Sha did not take it to heart.

Where did this wretched old man pop out from, actually wanting to use such low-level tricks to fool her? Did he really think she was a three-year-old child?

Hu Sha spotted an opportunity.

With a sudden burst of movement, she struck directly at the old man's vital point with her blade.

"Hmph, overestimating your..."

Hu Sha did not continue speaking.

Because the scene that followed was too bizarre.

Her blade had indeed hit the old man's vital point, but the vital point did not bleed, and her blade had actually sunk deeply into it.

"Hehe, how about it, do you want to consider it?"

The blade in Hu Sha's hand instantly turned into fly ash; this was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

"This junior has been rude, I ask that the senior please do not take offense!"

"It is of no consequence!"

The old man did not take the situation that had just occurred to heart at all; he stepped forward and scrutinized Hu Sha carefully.

"Not bad, you are a good seedling for practicing our sect's secret arts, it is just a pity that you took the wrong path, but fortunately, since you have completely lost your cultivation, it can be considered a blessing in disguise!"

What?

Hu Sha did not quite understand what the other party meant; what did it mean that she had taken the wrong path?

"What does the senior mean by this?"

"Nothing, you can come with me now; you only need to know that I can give you a chance for revenge, and I can also make you even stronger!"

"Senior, can I consider it?"

"Hehe, what do you think?"

The old man sneered.

Immediately, the surrounding temperature began to drop rapidly.

It was clearly the height of summer, yet under the influence of the old man, the surroundings became like the dead of winter.

Hu Sha felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her whole body trembling with cold.

"Se... Senior, I... I will go with you!"

Only then did the old man withdraw his pressure: "In the future, I do not wish to hear any disobedience to my will."

"Yes, Senior!"

Hu Sha hurriedly agreed.

She did not know whether this encounter was a blessing or a curse.

However, one thing was certain: if she did not agree, she would die a miserable death.

Before long.

The two disappeared into the dark night.

The next day.

After Chu Feng had explained all the circumstances clearly, he set off for the Capital together with Guo Xueping, Lu Shuwan, Lu Bingyu, Hong Ji, and Guang Ling.

Because Guang Ling had received fifty military floggings the previous night, his body had not yet fully recovered.

Chu Feng had originally wanted to let him stay behind to recuperate, but Guang Ling insisted on going, hoping to make amends for his faults.

Along the way.

Lu Bingyu was very curious about everything around her.

There were many items that were things she had never seen on the mountain.

All of this was seen by Chu Feng.

To him, Lu Bingyu was just a little girl who had lived for a few extra years.

After a period of travel fatigue.

The group finally arrived at the Capital.

After arriving at the Capital.

Lu Bingyu was immediately attracted by the magnificent and tall architecture.

"Is this the Capital of Great Wei? How beautiful!"

A glimmer of longing was revealed in her eyes.

Now she felt that it was simply wonderful that her master had let her come down the mountain to gain experience.

All of her previous dissatisfaction with her master was now swept away.

"Chu Feng, I want to go over there and look around!"

"My dear young lady, we have serious business to attend to right now!"

"I don't care, I just want to go!"

Lu Bingyu had also learned to be clever.

She knew she was no match for Chu Feng, so she adopted this tactic of acting shamelessly and coquettishly.

And it must be said, the effect was surprisingly good.

Coupled with her loli-like figure, many people who saw them mistakenly thought the two were siblings.

Even the few people accompanying them believed that these two were undoubtedly a pair of siblings.

"I'm telling you, there's nothing fun here during the day; it's only truly fun and lively here at night!"

"Really?" Lu Bingyu's eyes lit up.

"I'm a puppy if I'm lying to you, but the prerequisite is that you must be obedient!"

"Mm-hmm, don't worry, I will definitely be obedient!"

"......"

Big sister, have you forgotten that your current age already classifies you as a middle-aged woman?

A large cluster of black lines immediately appeared on Chu Feng's forehead.

But there was no help for it.

Who let the other party be someone completely out of touch with society.

After traveling a further distance, a welcoming party appeared ahead.

"The person ahead is the Minister of Rites, Lord Chang He," Guo Xueping introduced.

Walking up close, Chu Feng and the others immediately dismounted.

"This humble official, Minister of Rites Chang He, acting on His Majesty's orders, has come to welcome the Expeditionary General of the Middle Rank, General Chu!"

"Lord Chang, a pleasure to meet you!"

Chu Feng returned the salute, "I have troubled you to come here in person to welcome us."

"Hahaha, General Chu is too kind."

Chang He looked Chu Feng up and down, feeling very satisfied in his heart.

He was truly a man of outstanding talent; not only was his poetry peerless, but his military achievements were also extraordinary.

Compared to him, those good-for-nothing noble scions were like clouds and mud.

"The General and his men must be exhausted from the long journey; please follow this humble official to Xianliang Temple to rest, and we shall see His Majesty tomorrow."

"Then I shall trouble you, Lord."

The group immediately headed to Xianliang Temple to stay temporarily.

At the same time.

Many forces also quietly gathered in the Capital at this moment.