Chapter 32: The Worried Qi Yuan

    "Senior Brother!"

    A clear voice rang out.

    Qi Yuan put on his clothes and rubbed his sleepy eyes.

    Yawning, he glanced at the black fish in the fish tank and walked out of the courtyard.

    "What''s going on, this early in the morning?"

    Outside the courtyard, Jiang Lingsu and Jiang Ran, two beautiful women, stood side by side. One was innocent and cute, the other pure and elegant.

    Qi Yuan felt a wave of comfort.

    Indeed, beautiful things always lift the spirits.

    "Senior Brother Qi Yuan, I have some good news to share with you!" Jiang Ran''s pretty face was lit with a smile. "Yesterday, the disciples of the Black Mountain Sect were killed by a mysterious master while staying overnight in Rong City! Chu Tianxiong is dead, and Patriarch Bai Ji is also dead!"

    Hearing this, Jiang Ran''s face was full of excitement.

    Qi Yuan slapped his thigh. "I didn''t expect my divination skills to be this accurate!"

    However, thinking of something, he corrected himself, "I told you I was good at divination. I could see at a glance that that kid was destined for bloodshed. See? He didn''t listen to me and died. Serves him right!"

    Jiang Lingsu sighed helplessly. "I really wonder which high master did such a great deed!"

    "I heard that today, an Elder from the Black Mountain Sect, who happened to be nearby, arrived to investigate the scene. And last night, our Shenguanzong also had elders go to Rong City. Although the scene was burned, they have already gathered quite a few clues," Jiang Lingsu, who always kept up with the news in Shenguanzong, reported.

    Qi Yuan''s heart tightened. "What clues?"

    "The one who massacred the Black Mountain Sect disciples was a masked man. The elders said that the mysterious masked man should be a sword cultivator, but to avoid revealing any traces of sword techniques, he deliberately used a knife to slaughter the Black Mountain Sect disciples," Jiang Lingsu explained.

    "What kind of knife?"

    "I don''t know," Jiang Lingsu shook her head.

    "Could it be a kitchen knife?" Qi Yuan took out a knife and waved it.

    Jiang Lingsu covered her mouth and chuckled. "How could it be!"

    Jiang Ran''s innocent face also broke into a smile, a hint of charm naturally flowing through it. "If they were killed by a kitchen knife, that would be both frustrating and satisfying!"

    Jiang Lingsu added, "It is said that Bai Ji Laozu''s protective Dan light was shattered with a single blow, his golden Dan crushed to death. This indicates that the knife must be a powerful magic weapon, not comparable to an ordinary kitchen knife."

    Qi Yuan immediately retorted, "All things are equal. How can you look down on my knife! My knife can also chop off that guy''s head with one strike!"

    Jiang Ran smiled and said nothing.

    Jiang Lingsu continued to argue with Qi Yuan, "If all things are equal, why do you insult dogs?"

    Qi Yuan didn''t continue on this topic. Holding the knife, he said worriedly, "I have a kitchen knife, and the Black Mountain Sect disciples died by a knife. Do you think the Black Mountain Sect will suspect that I killed Chu Tianxiong?"

    The more Qi Yuan thought, the more worried he became, and the angrier he got.

    Even though he had done things almost flawlessly, what if there was a congenital sage in the Black Mountain Sect who figured out it was him?

    He had already imagined the elders of the Black Mountain Sect coming to Shenguanzong, laying siege to his peak.

    He, alone, weak and helpless.

    The more he thought, the more upset he became, his face turning red with anger.

    "By the long pavilion, by the ancient road, in the evening, the green grass sky."

    "The Black Mountain Sect really has no shame!"

    "I was just representing the moon to eliminate some evil, right?"

    "And now they team up to bully a 229-month-old kid?"

    "Is there no justice, no reason?"

    "Too much bullying!"

    "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west, don''t bully the poor!"

    "No, I need to take revenge!"

    Qi Yuan sharpened his knife, put on a hat to cover his head, and smeared soot on his face for disguise.

    Looking at himself in the mirror, Qi Yuan felt a bit more secure.

    He tucked the kitchen knife at his waist and sneaked out of the Seven-Color Peak.

    Not long after, Jiang Lingsu arrived outside Qi Yuan''s courtyard. "Senior Brother, are you there?"

    She called out, but there was no response.

    "Strange, Senior Brother was just here. When did he leave? How did I not notice?"

    She had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage last night, becoming an official Foundation Establishment cultivator. Her perception had significantly increased.

    If her Senior Brother had left, she should have sensed it.

    "Very strange."

    She looked at the glass water tank, noticing the swimming black fish.

    "Is this the fish Senior Brother caught last night? It doesn''t seem like a wild fish."

    She pondered for a moment but didn''t think much more of it and left the courtyard.

    At this moment, in the Shenguanzong library.

    Qi Yuan was on the third floor, hiding in a corner, secretly looking up information on the strength of the Black Mountain Sect.