Chapter 69: The inheritance was taken?

Someone has entered the alchemy room!

He flashed inside, saw the room in utter disarray, and Fang Xu's heart sank again.

This situation was surely done by those servants of the Wu family villa after Wu Huan was killed.

The system notified that the Dao of Alchemy manual was in the alchemy room, but now the alchemy room only had some dregs, coal, and a lone alchemy furnace— not even a scrap of paper remained.

My inheritance has been snatched away!?

Amused by the situation before him, Fang Xu coldly smiled as he gazed at the light curtain deep in his sea of consciousness.

Since he hadn't successfully obtained this inheritance, the light curtain indeed showed an arrow pointing to the inheritance's location.

Following the arrow's indication, he immediately chased after it.

But even after he had completely left the bounds of Maple Forest Town, the arrow showed no change.

Obviously, the person who took the Dao of Alchemy manual had already fled far away.

"That direction... leads to Qinghe County, right?" Comparing the arrow's direction with the official road ahead, Fang Xu muttered.

It seems the Wu family servant who obtained the Dao of Alchemy manual is preparing to take it to Qinghe County to sell.

Gazing at the dark official road, Fang Xu hesitated a moment, then decided to temporarily return, planning to personally go to Qinghe County tomorrow or the day after.

After returning home from outside the town, he immediately resumed his cultivation.

The next morning, Fang Xu had just risen when Lu Qingluo walked in carrying a heavy bundle.

"Father has saved up quite a bit of wealth over the years; here are three thousand taels of silver— take it first to buy elixirs and blood food."

Fang Xu nodded.

He currently has over two hundred taels of gold, but that's ill-gotten gains.

The three thousand taels of silver Lu Qingluo sent can be used for now.

After taking the bundle, Fang Xu had just entered the room when he heard Lu Qingluo behind him say, "Young Master Yun has arrived."

Yun Qing yawned, gave a faint nod, then directly looked toward Chu Mu's room: "Miss Chu, aren't you up yet?"

Lu Qingluo's brows slightly furrowed.

This guy seems quite attentive to Chu Mu— could it be that he's looking at her?

"Young Master Yun." Fang Xu stepped out of the room and gave Yun Qing a slight fist salute.

"Did Miss Lu tell you last night? I killed that old Wu family fogey." Yun Qing said, though his gaze still flicked toward Chu Mu's room.

"Thank you, Young Master Yun, but might this act of yours incur the Heir Apparent's blame?" Fang Xu said cautiously.

"Tch!" Yun Qing dismissed it: "Li Xun is just overly cautious."

"Would the Ascension Immortal Association really cause trouble for the Yun family over such a scumbag?"

"For this mess, last night he kept pulling me, the young master, to talk for ages— so annoying!"

Hearing his words, Fang Xu couldn't help but want to laugh.

This Yun Qing gives the first impression of being a rough, rash fellow who doesn't seem very bright.

But in fact he's also meticulous beneath the roughness, a quick-witted sort.

Li Xun's excessive wariness is entirely due to his father Li Xingchao's influence— he's good at scheming, making simple things overly complicated.

"How's your body?" After a round of complaints, Yun Qing sized up Fang Xu and asked.

Fang Xu gave a slight fist salute: "I've recovered a bit."

Over these two days of cultivation, though he constantly tried to prevent his body from recovering, his cells' instinct still absorbed a considerable amount of Blood Qi Power.

He now looks about the same as those slender normal people.

"Recovered is fine; I plan to go into the mountains these two days— want to come along?" Yun Qing said.

Again into the mountains?

Fang Xu frowned slightly: "Young Master Yun, are you thinking of going to the Ti Lan Mountain ruins?"

Yun Qing nodded: "Don't worry, I won't go in; I just want to look around the outskirts to see if I can find my aunt and relatives, and also check whether my older sister left anything behind."

"I'm not familiar with Ti Lan Mountain; you show me the way, and I guarantee your safety."

Seeing his confident appearance, Fang Xu inwardly smiled bitterly.

"Your second uncle, a Martial Venerable warrior, died in the mountains— what can you use to guarantee my safety?"

"Young Master Yun, Ti Lan Mountain is far more dangerous than you imagine; the mountains aren't just full of high-level ferocious beasts, but also have Wu lurking."

Fang Xu, not wanting to go into the mountains for the time being, could only advise earnestly.

"Wu?" Yun Qing's eyes lit up; he immediately grew excited: "I've never seen a Wu before— perfect chance to learn from them!"

This...

Fang Xu reconsidered, then asked again: "Young Master Yun, how does your cultivation compare to the Heir Apparent's?"

Yun Qing's expression stiffened slightly, somewhat displeased: "Why are you asking that?"

Fang Xu gave a fist salute: "Young Master Yun, are you curious what the young man previously encountered?"

"To be frank, the young man was just three days ago following the Heir Apparent into the mountains, where he encountered a Wu; the Heir Apparent's retinue of several dozen Golden Scale Guards were all slain, and he himself only escaped thanks to the protection of that Martial Venerable elder."

"The young man was then seized by the Wu, who planted a Gu worm in his body, nearly draining him dry."

Hearing Fang Xu's words, Lu Qingluo beside him frowned slightly.

She knows the Southern Wu; Fang Xu bears the aura of a Divine Attendant, so logically the Southern Wu shouldn't act against him.

"Wu is that powerful!?" Yun Qing expressed some surprise.

In terms of cultivation, he is only a Martial Master Seventh Level, while Li Xun is already a Martial Master Perfection, and beside him is a Martial Venerable Third Level Tai Bu Xu Liang.

The two of them, plus several dozen Golden Scale Guards, almost got killed— if he rashly ran over...

"Well... alright then, when your body fully recovers we'll go into the mountains again." Yun Qing felt a bit cowed, only able to find a way out for himself.

"What are your plans next?" Setting aside the topic of going into the mountains, he casually asked.

Fang Xu pondered for a moment.

With Yun Qing present, it would obviously be inconvenient for me to do other things; since I was planning to go to Qinghe County town anyway, I might as well bring him along, treating him as a free bodyguard.

"Young man, I'm planning to go to Qinghe County town to buy some blood food and medicinal pills; if you have nothing else to do, Young Master Yun, would you like to come along?"

"To Qinghe County town?"

"To Qinghe County town?" Yun Qing glanced at Chu Mu's tightly closed door, about to refuse, when Fang Xu added: "Mu wishes to stand up; she needs a large amount of blood food to recover her body..."

"The blood food is for Miss Chu?" Yun Qing blinked, then immediately said solemnly: "Then I, the young master, must personally make the trip."

"When do we depart?"

Fang Xu glanced at Lu Qingluo and said: "Senior Sister, Mu's side..."

"I'll take care of it; you guys go ahead." Lu Qingluo said.

Seeing that Yun Qing had feelings for Chu Mu, she also didn't want this guy to keep pestering her.

"Alright, Young Master Yun, let's set off now."

Yun Qing nodded, then shouted toward Chu Mu's room: "Miss Chu, I'll be right back!"

Seeing this, Fang Xu felt a bit headache.

How did I momentarily become muddle-headed, letting this guy see Chu Mu?

"Young Master Yun, please wait a moment while I tidy up." After clasping his hands toward Yun Qing, Fang Xu went to the room, taking the deposit contract for one hundred taels of gold gifted by Yun Wan and the one hundred thirty-four golden beans, and also took the three thousand taels of silver that Lu Qingluo had brought.

On this trip to Qinghe County town, besides purchasing blood food and medicinal pills, I also need to seek out that hand-copied manuscript of the Dan Dao inheritance.

Moreover, the second aperture's hidden cache is nearly fully refined, yet so far no life vessel has been nurtured.

He also wants to take this opportunity to try his luck, see if he can find a suitable item to serve as a life vessel for nurturing.

After everything was ready, he and Yun Qing left the small courtyard together, heading for Qinghe County town.

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