Chapter 59: Borrowing the Momentum!

Leaving the Wu Clan residence, Fang Xu watched as Mu Xuan and the other two rode off on their Cloud-Steeds, then glanced back at the Wu Clan residence.

Lu Qingluo had already taken the jade pendant and rushed to Huangzhou Prefecture, but the journey to Huangzhou Prefecture was far; even if she traveled at full speed, news from the Yun Clan would reach Qinghe County only in three to five days.

These three to five days are when I am most in danger; not only must I guard against Wu Huan that old bastard sending people from outside to kill me, I must also guard against him throwing caution to the wind and attacking me at any cost.

Lu Zhiyuan had already been sent ahead by Tao Ziheng to the Ascendant Immortal Society's outpost in Qinghe County; in all of Fenglin Town, only one person can currently stand against Wu Huan.

Prince Li Xun.

Should I make use of this influence?

With Prince Li Xun's protection, Wu Huan perhaps would not dare act rashly.

But Lu Zhiyuan had said that Li Xun is a disciple of the Slaughterer Zhao Wuji, constantly facing assassination attempts from the Wu; even if I grow close to him, I might not be much safer.

My head hurts!

Fang Xu rubbed his head.

He just couldn't understand how, intending only to lie low and cultivate in Fenglin Town, he had gotten dragged into all this trouble.

Weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Fang Xu eventually went to the Fenglin Town Office.

Although Prince Li Xun constantly faces assassination attempts from the Wu, Fang Xu felt that, probabilistically, Wu Huan's desperate attempt to attack him personally was more likely.

After all, that old bastard has only a few years left to live, and his son and daughter are both dead.

With no heir and the despair of an elder sending off the young, there is a good chance he will choose to take a desperate gamble, kill me, and flee Fenglin Town.

"Is the Prince in?"

Arriving at the office, Fang Xu gave a slight bow to the Jinlin Guard stationed at the gate.

Seeing Fang Xu's face and body covered in blood, the two Jinlin Guards frowned and said, "Kid, what trouble have you run into again?"

Fang Xu gave a bitter smile and bowed: "On my way to see the Prince, I was ambushed but managed to escape with my life."

The Jinlin Guard eyed him suspiciously, then stepped aside and said, "The Prince is inside; go in."

Entering the office, Fang Xu immediately saw Li Xun standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, head raised to gaze at the moon.

Though under 1.4 meters tall, he affected an air of ancient grandeur, looking rather comical.

"Greetings, Prince." Fang Xu gave a slight bow.

Li Xun turned, scrutinized him, and frowned, asking, "Why are you covered in blood?"

Repeating his earlier explanation, Fang Xu bowed and said, "Prince, rest assured; I am unharmed this time and will not delay your affairs."

"Do you know who wants to kill you?" Li Xun frowned.

After the Ascendant Immortal Society's people arrived in Fenglin Town, he had ordered everyone under him not to leave the office, in order to avoid conflict with the Ascendant Immortal Society.

Thus, he was unaware of what happened during the day.

Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "The Wu Clan summoned the Ascendant Immortal Society, which captured my master."

"I suspect it is because the Wu Clan Ancestor is ruthless, seeking to eradicate the roots, and secretly sent people to surround and kill me."

His wording was vague; even if Li Xun later learned the truth, he would not consider it deception on my part.

"The Wu Clan? He doesn't know you're working for this Prince?" Li Xun said with a grim expression.

As a genius of the imperial family, he has his own pride, but since coming to Fenglin Town he has repeatedly hit walls; not to mention that the Wu affair has yielded no clues so far, and the Yun Clan princess entrusted to him by his father and Yun Jinlin when they departed is still of unknown fate.

After facing the Ascendant Immortal Society, he was forced to hide in the office with his tail between his legs for a day; now even a petty native of Fenglin Town dares to act so arrogantly.

"Perhaps he feels backed by the Ascendant Immortal Society and therefore does not… does not place the Prince in his eyes," Fang Xu said cautiously.

I had hoped to provoke Li Xun with this, so he would directly lead people to exterminate the Wu Clan.

But Li Xun unexpectedly did not get angry; after his expression shifted slightly, he said calmly, "Continue working for this Prince; leave the Wu Clan be, for they dare not act against you in my presence."

"Stay tonight at the office."

Fang Xu heard this, his face showing difficulty, and said, "Prince, I appreciate your kindness, but I still have a bedridden younger sister at home who needs care; I must return."

Li Xun frowned, slightly irritated, and waved his hand: "Then go back; come to the office early tomorrow to wait for this Prince."

"Jin Xiao, have two people accompany him on the way, and don't let him die."

The investigation into the Wu must continue; Yun Wan has left, and he knows little about what happened in Fenglin Town before.

Fang Xu is a party to the incident, has some wit, is quite clever, and would still be of use to him; moreover, he does not want Fang Xu to meet with misfortune at this time.

"Yes!"

One Jinlin Guard bowed in acknowledgment, then personally selected two Jinlin Guards whose cultivation had reached Martial Disciple Perfection to follow Fang Xu back.

The two Martial Disciple Perfection Jinlin Guards may not be a match for Wu Huan, but this is sufficient.

Because the Jinlin Guard represents the imperial family, even if Wu Huan were utterly mad, he would not dare to kill imperial Jinlin Guards at this time.

After returning home with the two Jinlin Guards, Fang Xu bowed to them and said, "Sorry to trouble you two to rest inside; I and my sister can make do."

The two Jinlin Guards coldly replied, "No need; we will just cultivate in the courtyard."

Seeing this, Fang Xu said nothing more, directly fetched a basin of well water to wash off the blood and grime, changed his clothes, heated a basin of water, and went to Chu Mu's room.

"Brother Fang Xu, who are you talking to?" Chu Mu asked softly.

Fang Xu made a silencing gesture, and through the crack in the window saw the two Jinlin Guards standing in the courtyard like statues.

He then lowered his voice and said, "From today on, you must not leave the room at any moment."

Chu Mu looked outside with a somewhat nervous expression, then nodded and said, "I understand."

Fang Xu bent down, removed her shoes and socks, and while washing her feet sighed, "Mu, circumstances force this; I'm sorry to impose on you."

"Once this matter is over, everything will be all right."

Chu Mu is a sensible girl; hearing the deep regret in Fang Xu's words, she quickly comforted, "Brother, what are you saying? If you hadn't taken me in, I might already have starved to death."

"Mu now only wishes to recover quickly, then become an alchemist to help her brother."

After drying the moisture on her jade feet, Fang Xu sat on the bed, gently pinching her small feet and said, "It will be fine; when the time comes, I'll find you a good teacher."

"Our Mu will surely become a renowned alchemist throughout the Great Yu, even the world."

"That older brother is the older brother of the world-renowned Pill Master Chu Mu!" Chu Mu tilted her head and laughed.

"Older brother, itchy~~" Feeling the faint itch coming from the soles of her feet, Chu Mu let out a shy shout.

Fang Xu was somewhat taken aback: "Do you feel it?"

Chu Mu nodded: "I stood up twice today, each time I could hold for ten breaths."

"Fang Xu older brother, I think in another month I should be able to ditch the wheelchair."

"……" The little girl stared for a moment then said: "It's just that the blood food at home seems insufficient."

The blood food stored at home was never much—five hundred catties of high-grade blood food, and after raising, several hundred catties of low-grade blood food; over this period, after the two consumed it, it has run out.

Whether it's Fang Xu's cultivation or Chu Mu's recovery, both depend on blood food.

"It's fine, I'll think of a way." Fang Xu comforted.

Last time when I went into the mountains with Li Xun, the Golden Scale Guard slaughtered some fierce beasts; those beasts' corpses were all hidden by Fang Xu in the mountains, and I haven't had a chance to retrieve them yet.

It's been two or three days since then; I don't know if other fierce beasts have discovered them. It seems I should find time to go back and check, and figure out how to transport that blood food back.

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