Blind Spot
Chapter 470 - 430 strategies four

Chapter 470: 430 strategies four

Liu Mingyang’s expression was agitated as he quickly walked closer, seemingly wanting to take a more detailed look.

"Long time no see," Li Chengyi smiled, his features unchanged from eight years ago.

"Sir, you’ve finally returned! Ever since you disappeared, the Ouyang Family... has been suppressing the Wang Family Ancestral House from various angles. Now even Brother Wang Zhijun’s medical hall can’t be opened. Initially..." Liu Mingyang began to pour out his grievances in a rapid flow.

Only then did Li Chengyi learn that after his disappearance, Liu Mingyang had come to Quling Mansion with a merchant convoy, bringing his token to seek refuge with Wang Zhijun, who had genuinely accepted him and even passed on the family’s Qingyuan Dan Technique to him.

But... the good times didn’t last long.

Because of the complete disappearance of Ouyang Qing from the Ouyang Family, they directed their anger at Wang Yichen and the Wang Zhijun Ancestral House, beginning to target and suppress them.

Over the years, though they didn’t engage in open combat, the business and properties of the Wang Family in Quling Mansion deteriorated, to the point where they were now operating at a loss.

"Has there been any word from the Divine Martial Office?" asked Li Chengyi.

"No... The Divine Martial Office came twice, just to deliver messages saying that your position was suspended and that a newcomer would replace you. Also... because the disappearance wasn’t during official duties, all your previous salaries and emoluments... have been confiscated," Liu Mingyang said with a hint of anger. Recalling the faces of those two from the Divine Martial Office, his heart was unable to suppress the fury.

Li Chengyi didn’t care about any of this.

"Is there any other big news?" Money can always be arranged.

"There’s also... during the year before last, a shocking event happened in Yin Capital," Liu Mingyang paused, swallowing his saliva. "After that event, the policy has now changed. Yin Capital abolished many of its previous national promotion systems, and your position was completely wiped out at that time."

"What big event?" Li Chengyi’s expression shifted.

"The current number one on the Shaoyin Celestial Ranking, the State Preceptor Song Yunhe, suddenly disappeared. No one knows where he went. Now, with the Emperor unrestrained, he has issued quite a few... extravagant edicts over the past few years... focusing only on collecting rare treasures and resources from various places, ignoring all other state affairs and public welfare," Liu Mingyang said with rising emotion.

"To gather the required resources, the area outside Quling Mansion is filled with refugees and the starving. Many families have been ruined, with nothing left..."

"Alright, take me to Wang Zhijun," Li Chengyi patted his shoulder.

He had promised Wang Zhijun to return to the genetic house and strengthen it. Right now, instead of strengthening it, it seemed he had caused them even more trouble.

Now that he had returned, it was time to set things straight.

And the medical resources of the Wang Family could also provide him with considerable help in the cultivation of his True Qi.

"Okay!"

As Li Chengyi followed Liu Mingyang and turned to leave, he casually confirmed the activation of the passive Flower Language Technique.

Instantly, a large amount of blue halos lit up from the Mark of the Evil Flower, quickly enveloping his entire body.

Yet Liu Mingyang ahead had no way of seeing any of it.

Under the continuous coverage of the blue light, Li Chengyi felt every inch of his muscles, blood, bones, and nerves becoming rapidly more robust.

It was a wonderful feeling.

Without any extra energy infusion, it was as if someone was holding a pen, lightly tracing over his body, enhancing the vitality, strength, lifespan, healing abilities, and so on, of all his cells by a great deal.

Everything seemed like miraculous unrooted water, strengthening hastily and inexplicably.

Li Chengyi followed Liu Mingyang for a few dozen meters before the blue light faded from his body.

On the surface, he continued to maintain Wang Yichen’s appearance using Shadow Replacement, but in reality, he could feel as if he were a balloon filled so full that it was about to burst.

His energy was indescribably vigorous, almost as if he could continue to cultivate madly without sleep for ten days and nights with utmost ease.

There was no sensation of fatigue, even though he’d just used Reverse Mark Traversal to come to Midlane, he felt not a bit tired.

The two walked along the street towards the Wang Family medical hall. Eight years later, the Quling Mansion was noticeably quieter than before.

There weren’t many pedestrians on the streets, and fewer patrolling soldiers.

In no time, they arrived at the medical hall’s entrance.

The doors of the medical hall were tightly shut, unguarded.

All around, on the ground, on the doorpost, there were traces of damage.

Liu Mingyang led Li Chengyi through a side door to knock, and a servant quietly opened it to let them in.

Before long, in an inner room, they saw the present Wang Zhijun.

The once young clan leader was now gaunt, weighing less than fifty pounds, weak and barely able to sit up in bed.

There was a dark green palm print on his chest, clearly the result of a severe injury.

"Brother Chen! You’re alright!?" Seeing Wang Yichen enter from outside, Wang Zhijun’s eyes suddenly lit up amidst the dimness.

It was as if a light had been turned on in the darkness.

"How did you end up like this?" Li Chengyi frowned. "Was it the Ouyang Family?"

"No... not them. Brother Chen, remember you said you wanted to find other items related to the Illusory Color Dragon? Later on, I kept an eye out and, in an accident five years ago, I found a lead about the remains of the Illusory Color Dragon in some discarded antiques. But I was caught by a mysterious person who forced me under interrogation... I was struck with a palm in the chest, and nearly died..."

Li Chengyi was at a loss for words. After all, if it weren’t for his connection with Wang Zhijun, the latter could have honestly continued his proper business with the medical hall. Instead, because the medical hall was implicated due to the Ouyang Family, and he himself got seriously hurt nearly to death while investigating clues about the Illusory Color Dragon for him...