Chapter 635: Already Found

"A-Yi, you cannot kill me!"

Facing Guo Yi as he approached step by step, Chen Xing remained as calm and composed as ever, without the slightest hint of panic on his face.

Even though Guo Yi had already drawn near, even though his blade was already raised, and even though that intense killing intent seemed to be enveloping him from all directions.

Yet Chen Xing remained as calm as still water, as if the person he was facing was not a supreme expert intent on killing him, but merely an ordinary person on the street.

"My Lord, this subordinate wants to resist, but I simply cannot control myself!"

While struggling desperately, Guo Yi walked toward Chen Xing, the blade in his hand already held high.

He wanted to make himself stop, but his hands and feet simply would not listen to him, and even his own thoughts began to gradually succumb.

Could it be that Lord Chen, whom he had always respected, was truly going to die by his own hand?

"Lord Chen, you had best go in peace!" Suddenly, Guo Yi's voice became deep, and his previously struggling face was now filled with nothing but endless smugness.

Clearly, another consciousness had completely taken control of Guo Yi at this moment; he was, from the inside out, essentially a complete stranger.

But just at this moment, it seemed as if some terrifying power suddenly covered the surroundings, and before Guo Yi could even react, a horrific surge of Mental Power had already submerged him.

Afterward, Guo Yi's consciousness returned, and he looked around in confusion. At this moment, a voice simultaneously entered his ears.

"I think you misunderstood. When Lord Chen said you couldn't kill him, he didn't mean for you to rely on your own efforts to break free from control and stop the assassination; he meant it quite literally."

"Because I am here, you cannot kill him!"

"Shen Yu? Lord Shen!" Following the direction of the voice, Guo Yi saw Shen Yu looking right at him, and a flash of joy involuntarily crossed his face.

With Lord Shen Yu here, no matter how much his "inner universe" might explode, he could never be an opponent; Lord Chen was absolutely safe.

Just now, when Lord Chen said he couldn't kill him, he had thought the Lord wanted him to find a way to break free from control and abandon the assassination; it turned out he had overthought it.

Shen Yu had never left, and those who controlled him had long since fallen into Lord Chen's trap. They would never understand just how terrifying Lord Chen truly was.

At this moment, Guo Yi also discovered that his consciousness had fully returned, and he seemed able to easily control his own body at any time.

Taking a deep breath, Guo Yi could not help but be shocked by the terrifying power of this Lord Shen beside him.

This power, which he could not shake off no matter how hard he tried, was so fragile and vulnerable in front of Lord Shen.

The reason he had been able to retain a sliver of consciousness before was, frankly, because the other party had intentionally left it for him, rather than it being the result of his own resistance.

In fact, it was more like a form of punishment. He was unwilling to raise a hand against Lord Chen and had tried his best to resist.

And those people had insisted on making him watch—watch as he killed the Lord Chen he respected most, while he could only wail in helpless agony.

It was precisely because of this that he had forcibly suppressed his sorrow, trying his best not to show the slightest hint of cowardly emotion.

He was not afraid to show his sorrow and regret in front of Lord Chen, but he did not want those people to see his helpless side.

"My Lord, when did you realize something was wrong?"

"From the moment Lao Yang risked his life to send me the message, I realized something was amiss. I have clashed with the leader of that organization several times; given his intelligence and information-gathering capabilities, it is impossible for him not to know who Shen Yu is."

"Therefore, he must have never thought that Shen Yu would actually kill me. But since the other party went to such great lengths to lure Lord Shen Yu here, it couldn't just be for him to meet me."

"With that in mind, I concluded that he intended to frame Lord Shen. And what better way to frame someone than by killing me?"

As he spoke, Chen Xing glanced at Guo Yi and smiled helplessly. "They must have had a way to easily kill me, and a way to make everyone believe that my death was the work of Lord Shen."

"Then the result is obvious: there must be one of their people by my side, and it must be a trusted aide. As long as this person claims to have seen Shen Yu kill me, I imagine everyone would believe it."

"Just now, I truly did not lie to you; I have thought of countless people around me, but I never once suspected you!"

Looking at Guo Yi, Chen Xing shook his head with a slight sigh. "You have been with me for over thirty years; I never expected their planted mole to have been buried for over thirty years."

"For over thirty years, if you had shown even the slightest anomaly, I would have noticed."

"But I never thought they could be so patient; you, this mole, were buried right by my side, and they were able to hold back and not use you all this time."

"To wait until such a critical moment to use you—a move meant to kill—is truly formidable."

"This subordinate has failed you, My Lord!" Raising the blade in his hand, Guo Yi closed his eyes.

Although his consciousness had returned, he had, after all, raised his hand against the Lord. At this very moment, regret filled his heart, and he had already resolved to die.

However, just as he raised his blade, the person beside him had already snatched it away.

"Lord Shen, this subordinate..."

"A-Yi, seeking death is the choice of a coward!" Seeing that Guo Yi seemed intent on dying, Chen Xing hurriedly tried to stand up, but his weakened body caused him to accidentally fall back down.

Seeing this, Guo Yi hurriedly rushed forward to support him. "My Lord, are you alright?"

"Rest assured, these old bones of mine can still hold up!" Grasping Guo Yi's hand tightly, Chen Xing comforted him, "I know you were also under the control of others; this is not your fault, and you need not blame yourself."

"I can tell that you were unwilling to act. As long as your own conscience is clear, that is enough!"

"Besides, if you hadn't exposed yourself, how could we have found their location!"

While speaking, Chen Xing nodded slightly toward Shen Yu. "Lord Shen, the rest is up to you!"

"No need, I have already found them!" Opening his eyes abruptly, Shen Yu followed the mental connection on Guo Yi and quickly locked onto the other party's location.

"So they are right here in the Capital; these people are quite bold!"

"Found them?" Chen Xing looked at Shen Yu with some surprise, and a look of shock could not help but appear on his face.

"Lord Shen has already found their location?"

"Yes, thanks to him!" Patting Guo Yi on the shoulder, Shen Yu's gaze looked into the distance, as if he had already pierced through space to see the Dahuzi who was watching them from afar.

At this moment, his Super Perception had already enveloped that place; that Dahuzi could not escape.

"Guo Yi was controlled remotely by them using Mental Power, but they didn't know that as long as a mental connection exists between them, I can follow that thread to find where they are!"

"So Lord Shen actually possesses this ability; in that case, I have been worrying for nothing!"

Stroking his beard, Chen Xing nodded in relief. The reason he had asked for Shen Yu's help earlier was that he himself possessed a secret technique that could use a person controlled by others as a medium to lock onto the location of the mastermind behind the scenes.

However, this technique had many limitations. It required an expert whose cultivation was absolutely overwhelming to be able to lock onto the other party.

It was like a flow of water; water flows to lower ground. Mental Power can only lock onto a location when it flows from a higher point to a lower point.

Therefore, the practitioner's strength must be greater than the opponent's.

But thinking it over, the only one with the absolute strength to overwhelm the opponent was Lord Shen Yu.

Yet, unexpectedly, they possessed such a secret technique themselves, making the methods he had meticulously prepared completely unnecessary.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Chen Xing could not help but look up at Shen Yu once more. This Lord Shen Yu was even more mysterious than he had imagined.

To have achieved his current strength in just a few short years could by no means be summarized by a simple word like luck; there must be secrets on him that others did not know.