Chapter 92: Huang Qingzhou's Request

Maple Forest Town Government Office.

The fighting at Hall of Far Aspirations naturally alerted Li Xingchao and the several people residing in the government office.

Inside the courtyard, Li Xun looked at his father with some doubt and said, "Father, why won't you let me go rescue Fang Xu?"

Not long after the battle began, Li Xun heard the commotion and prepared to go to Hall of Far Aspirations to check, but Li Xingchao called out to stop him.

"I received news that the Ascension Immortal Association people have come; as soon as they arrived in Maple Forest Town, they went straight to Hall of Far Aspirations."

"Furthermore..." Li Xingchao said, producing a sealed letter and handing it to Li Xun.

Having taken the letter, Li Xun opened it, glanced at it, and his brows immediately furrowed.

"Is Fang Xu preparing to participate in the Ascension Immortal Association's examination?"

Li Xingchao nodded, his expression solemn, and said, "When I first came to Maple Forest Town, Taibu saw the thousand-year-old maple in the town and once declared that Maple Forest Town would produce an extraordinary talent."

"The day before yesterday, when Fang Xu came to see you, Taibu also told Father that Fang Xu possesses strong fortune and may achieve something great in the future."

Upon hearing this, Li Xun suddenly understood: "No wonder Father would step forward to protect him."

After saying that, he again wondered, "Since Father is preparing to win him over and make him his own, why this time not let me go rescue him?"

Li Xingchao said nothing, pacing back and forth in the courtyard.

After a long while——

"This matter, Father has his own plans; I will tell you later." Li Xingchao finished speaking, turned to look at Li Xun, and said, "Remember, while the Ascension Immortal Association people are in Maple Forest Town this period, you must not go look for Fang Xu."

Li Xun blinked slightly, then still gave a slight bow and said, "I understand, my lord."

"Father, when will we go check the ruins again?"

After being ambushed on the way to Central Province last time, he returned to Maple Forest Town again, and Li Xingchao did not drive him away.

Li Xun felt he must enter the Tilan Mountain Ruins once.

This time, having come out of Central Province for training, it can be said he achieved nothing, moreover he stirred up a heap of trouble, leaving him heavily struck.

He also clearly knew that his talent in martial arts was outstanding, but in terms of strategy he might indeed be lacking.

In that case, he should play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, go to the Tilan Mountain Ruins for a stint; if he could bring out some priceless treasures and technique legacies from the ruins to add to the Imperial Family's foundation, the setbacks he suffered before could be disregarded.

"Wait a bit longer, Father has already had people gather the routes of all factions advancing before the ruins; when a safe road is found, I will let you go in."

The Imperial Family and the Yun Clan decided to open the Tilan Mountain Ruins; one requirement is that all factions, during exploration, must fully report their explored routes to the Imperial Family without reservation.

Such a thing cannot be faked.

After all, many forces enter the ruins; if any faction dares to play tricks in this matter, the Imperial Family and the Yun Clan have plenty of ways to verify.

"Alright, during this period you should try to keep a low profile. Taibu told the Sovereign that your deathly aura has not dissipated; if not for the Imperial Dynasty's fortune continually helping you resist, you would likely have already suffered calamity."

Hearing this, Li Xun's face turned somewhat unsightly.

He even felt that, since arriving in Maple Forest Town, everything going wrong was entirely due to being schemed against by those hateful witches.

Otherwise, how could he be so unlucky?

……

At dawn, inside Hall of Far Aspirations, Fang Xu slowly opened his eyes, feeling the thick scar on his back, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.

After being wounded last night, he then used his consciousness to direct the Divine Attendants to help heal his wound.

Although he had consumed a large amount of Blood Qi Pills to provide blood and energy to the Divine Attendants, this bunch of little fellows seemed still to be immature Palu; after a night of busyness, they merely stopped the bleeding of the wound, letting it scab over.

The internal injuries, however, healed very slowly.

Trying to move his body a little, with a slightly larger motion, sharp pains shot from the wound, and Fang Xu sighed helplessly.

He feared he would be unable to fight for several days.

Carefully getting off the bed, he tucked away the Divine Extension Canon and the Flame Spirit True Explanation, then Fang Xu came to the courtyard and saw Huang Qingzhou already up, dragging outside the corpses of the several Divine Extension Sect followers he had killed the previous night.

Seeing Fang Xu, he looked somewhat surprised and said, "Is the wound healed?"

Fang Xu shook his head and said, "The bleeding has stopped, but I cannot make any large movements."

"I estimate that for the next few days I won't be able to act."

Huang Qingzhou nodded, dragged the last corpse outside, then, looking at the somewhat messy courtyard, said, "I have already sent a letter to my master."

"Senior Brother, are you planning to expose Su Cheng?" Fang Xu frowned and said.

Su Cheng's actions yesterday, while already considered a violation of the Ascension Immortal Association's rules, they nevertheless lacked concrete evidence.

Choosing to expose him now is not the best time.

Huang Qingzhou shook his head: "No, my master and that fellow Su Cheng have interacted for decades; their feelings have long surpassed master-disciple, akin to father and son."

"Without solid evidence, I naturally would not tell him."

"Moreover, this counts as a sect disgrace; if I were to expose it, I would surely cause my master to lose face within the Ascension Immortal Association."

Saying this, Huang Qingzhou looked apologetically at Fang Xu and said, "Fang Xu, please forgive my selfishness; I hope you can help me keep this secret."

"Your strength is great; once you enter the Ascension Immortal Association, before long you will likely have hope of defeating him. At that time you can directly apply to the sect, and in the arena openly slay him, putting an end to this grudge."

Seeing Huang Qingzhou's pleading expression, Fang Xu gave a slight nod and said, "Senior Brother Huang, rest assured; I will avenge this grudge with my own hands, without borrowing the power of the sect's Law Enforcement Hall."

First, not mentioning his plan to have Chu Mu become a disciple of Xu Changqing.

Simply put, Huang Qingzhou's repeated assistance, in order to protect Chu Mu from injury, I myself could not refuse this request.

That Su Cheng is merely a Martial Lord First Rank alchemist; wanting to possess the strength to kill him will not take long.

"That being good." Huang Qingzhou exhaled slightly, looked at Fang Xu and smiled, saying, "The Yu State branch of the Ascension Immortal Association is overseen by my master and Elder Jiang Feng; Elder Jiang and my master are close friends,"

"I wrote to my master to have him ask Elder Jiang to send over some disciples skilled in combat."

Fang Xu heard this and gave a bitter smile, saying, "The ones sent over won't again be like Mu Xuan and his gang, blindly following Su Cheng, will they?"

Huang Qingzhou stared, astonished; he had overlooked this point.

Embarrassedly scratching his head, Huang Qingzhou said, "No problem! No problem! You must believe that I, as Senior Brother, still have some connections in the Ascension Immortal Association."

As an alchemist, Huang Qingzhou is currently only a third-rank peak, but his potential clearly surpasses Su Cheng; among the many disciples of the Ascension Immortal Association, he counts as a rising star.

Therefore, he indeed had decent connections within the sect.

"Don't worry, after last night's incident failed, Su Cheng is surely worried that we might report him, so he definitely won't dare act recklessly in the short term."

"Right now, the only thing we need to be careful about is that group of people wearing blood-red robes from last night." Huang Qingzhou said optimistically.

Blood robes…… Divine Extension Sect……

Upon mentioning this, Fang Xu couldn't help but feel a headache.

He even thought that, having cultivated the Divine Extension Canon, this lot would revere him as a deity or a holy son or something like that.

He never expected, even to his death, that what awaited him was the attention of these lunatics.

What a hassle!

He himself is now seriously injured, lacking any strength to fight again, his life and fortune essentially entirely entrusted to Huang Qingzhou.

(End of chapter)