All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 239 - 100 Invisible Chains

Chapter 239: Chapter 100 Invisible Chains

Indeed, it was Little Gu’s family.

An Jing realized... Could it be that Little Gu’s family had a certain relationship with King Jing as well?

By using the return of Gu Yeqi as the most reasonable reason, they hired True Master Mysterious Mirror to come and also conveniently look for You Ruhui.

And a lineage like Little Gu’s, drifting outside, being so urgently sought after by the Gu Family, perhaps it was also because of the incident behind King Jing?

But that wasn’t all.

An Jing also had some thoughts.

Considering King Jing’s garrison included Hanhai, An Jing cautiously suspected that the Demon Calamity in Hanhai... could it also be a conspiracy against King Jing, or against the forces behind King Jing?

Thus, the few acquaintances around him, Bai Qinghan, Gu Yeqi, and You Ruhui, seemed to be strung together by an invisible chain.

However, the question arose.

Exactly what kind of force was behind King Jing? To what extent did the Demon Calamity in Hanhai affect things? What kind of family was the Gu Family in Hanhai after all?

At this moment, An Jing somewhat despised himself for not liking to discuss politics! During his childhood, he had always been focused on his studies and martial arts, dedicating himself to the knowledge needed for his future civil and military examinations, and he hadn’t cared at all about these topics, making it seem like he understood nothing now!

Indeed, men should know a bit about politics!

Just as An Jing was lamenting his ignorance of the political landscape of Da Chen.

You Ruhui stepped out from the procession.

She was already hesitating whether she should come forward when Mingguang Dust produced the token.

But seeing the smooth interaction between Mingguang Dust and An Jing, she felt that stepping forward might interfere with the two... It wasn’t until An Jing and Mingguang Dust had a somewhat unfriendly ’probing’ that she hurried out and rushed to where they were.

"Mingjing..."

Mingguang Dust looked at Xuan Mingjing with a worried expression, his face revealing some complicated emotions, "When you were born, I held you in my arms, and in the blink of an eye, over a decade has passed, and you’ve grown so much."

"I’m sorry."

Taking out a mirror infused with the essence of Dragon Jade from his bosom, Mingguang Dust closed his Dharma Eye and said with a heavy tone, "I didn’t fulfill my responsibilities as a teammate, didn’t save Guangyun... It’s all our fault."

"No..."

Xuan Mingjing, who originally didn’t know what to say, bit her lower lip. She didn’t know how to face this ’close friend of her father’ who seemed familiar with her father but whom she didn’t recognize at all.

"It’s not your fault..."

But quickly, she adjusted her mindset, speaking softly, "Regarding my father’s plans, even my mother knows very little, and I know even less... If such a secretive plan exists, it was never meant to be discovered. And if it was discovered, it can only be because there was a mistake on my father’s side."

"That day, when Uncle Six surrounded the palace with the True Martial Guard, I had never seen my father so astonished. It was an accident beyond everyone’s expectations; you can’t blame anyone."

Taking a deep breath, Xuan Mingjing spoke earnestly, "What I want to say is, Uncle Ming... if I may call you that, I can trust your words, please also trust An Jing."

"Without An Jing, I might have been captured by the True Demon Sect, or taken away by the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect, or even... the Mystery Armor Guard might have had a chance to find me."

"If it weren’t for An Jing, the whole Kanming City might have been swallowed by the Demon Calamity."

"You should not doubt him,"

"Just call me Uncle Ming," Mingguang Dust said, somewhat surprised as he turned his head to look at An Jing, but soon he laughed, "Is that so..."

Although he had observed An Jing before, he did not know what An Jing had done with You Ruhui—he could not see through the Divine Skill of Earth Escape, and after An Jing’s sudden attack on Chongyi Building, he quickly fell within the Law Domain, so Mingguang Dust wasn’t actually too clear on how the Demon Sect within the city had been destroyed.

However, now, through You Ruhui’s words, this master of the Divine Repository started to get a sense of it: "Hanging Fate Manor, Chongyi Building... Haha, I never expected that you truly are a killer of the Demon Sect."

Mingguang Dust looked at An Jing, "Although I have apologized before, the sincerity was not enough."

"Thus, I’ll grant you a request, to serve as compensation for the doubt and probing."

"...Then it would be disrespectful to decline," An Jing sighed inwardly, sincerely accepting this ’promise’.

It must be said that Mingguang Dust was definitely a close friend of King Jing; he felt a great sense of guilt and a responsibility to compensate, and he really was a genuinely good person.

Otherwise, with his status in the Divine Repository, let alone testing An Jing, even if he simply crushed him to death, it would be no different from crushing a little bug to death.

An Jing himself did not care about this; his thoughts had been occupied by what Mingguang Dust had meant by ’teammate.’

Could it be that King Jing had teamed up with Mingguang Dust before to carry out some great deed or mission?

Xuan Mingjing, he must have sent a signal to trust the care of his group to his teammates. He didn’t know who would come, but whoever came would clearly know him and be his close friends.

No wonder King Jing dared to entrust his daughter to another.

But before he could figure out the connections, An Jing was shocked by Xuan Mingjing’s protection of him: Sister, you protect me this much, it’s fortunate that Master Renming is good-tempered. If he was even a bit more hot-headed, he’d probably already be thinking about how to reduce me to ashes, right?

"—It’s absolutely unacceptable for this unknown youngster to have such a great influence over my brother’s daughter!"

"Let’s head back to Kanming City first," Thankfully, Mingguang Dust was indeed in good spirits, he nonchalantly said, "With Inspector Cao gone, the edge of the Northern Border is safe, the Heavenly Demon is rampant over in Dust Li’s area, and there are many eyes watching. We are in no rush to leave at once."

The caravan once again set off, but this time, it was not heading towards Dust Li, but returning towards Kanming City.

Nobody in the caravan had any objections. If the master of the Divine Repository wished it, even if he told them to jump off a cliff, did they have any right to refuse?

"Inspector Cao... will he really not return?"

Only Xuan Mingjing was somewhat worried about this, "If he sneaks back and sees An Jing’s caravan and you returning to Kanming City, won’t he get suspicious?"

"Not to mention that he couldn’t possibly sneak back under my Divine Skill, Xuan Mingjing, you’re really underestimating him," Mingguang Dust replied.

And with his Dharma Eye open, Mingguang Dust looked towards the clouds in the sky and shook his head slightly, "Cao’s character may be flawed, but his abilities and intellect are genuinely outstanding."

"Do you think he didn’t realize that you were near Kanming City and found my actions suspicious? If he truly wanted to at all costs, pin all the disgrace on the Instructor of the True Demon Sect and personally perform a Blood Sacrifice on the entire city to find your whereabouts, could you escape?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Mingjing obviously froze, while Mingguang Dust calmly continued, "See? He actually doesn’t want to find you at all unless he can find you cleanly, without any blemishes."

"He almost managed it with the True Demon Sect, but since he missed this opportunity, he definitely won’t risk being conveniently dismissed and frozen out by the Imperial Court later on, all to bother with the big trouble that you represent."

"Furthermore... within the Imperial Court, there are two attitudes towards you. But that’s a very complicated topic, I’m not even clear about it myself," Mingguang Dust added.

Hearing this, An Jing’s expression shifted slightly, he interjected, "Forgive my presumption, but may I ask True Person, which faction did King Jing support in the court back then?"