Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 130 - 127: Trusting My Gut (Request for Subscription and Monthly Pass) _1

Chapter 130: Chapter 127: Trusting My Gut (Request for Subscription and Monthly Pass) _1

Upon hearing Li Xuan’s words, Sima Tianyuan couldn’t help but laugh inwardly. He thought, has this little guy lost his mind? Pointing at anyone and claiming they are the Demoness Zidie? That’s ludicrous!

But in the next instant, he saw the bearded man’s agitation, his aura changed abruptly, and his voice became feminine, "How did you spot me——"

The rest of her sentence was left unspoken. Demoness Zidie had sensed something wrong, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on Li Xuan, "Is this the Great Rectitude? Shen Kui Lei Yin?"

Sima Tianyuan and Jiang Hanyun were surprised, thinking to themselves, it really is her!

Jiang Hanyun was the first to react, pulling her waist sword from her Qiankun bag with an angry slash, causing a massive explosion of lightning, enclosing them like a prison, yet leaving the surrounding guests unharmed.

Sima Tianyuan also moved with resentment, swinging his heavy sword, it crashed down like a sledgehammer.

"Finally caught you."

The ground where Demoness Zidie was standing collapsed instantly. But her figure had already turned into countless purple fire butterflies, scattering and dancing to all sides. Even the electric prison from Jiang Hanyun couldn’t stop her.

"What do you gain from finding me? Think it’s easy to catch me?"

"Audacious!"

With a roar from Sima Tianyuan, his substantial Zhenyuan swept the area, extinguishing a good part of the purple fire butterflies in an instant. Then, his shadow pursued the fleeing flames.

The intense battle between them made it extremely difficult for Li Xuan, who was close by. While Zidie appeared to be constantly fleeing in despair, she was actually adopting a defensive strategy, with those purple fire butterflies flying in the air, scattering countless sparks. Even powerful individuals like Jiang Hanyun and Sima Tianyuan couldn’t ignore them and had to dodge them.

If that’s the case for the two of them, let alone Li Xuan, he had to dodge them awkwardly, using his ice palm to resolve them, barely managing to retreat a distance of seven feet away after exerting all his strength.

"Qianzhi, you’re remarkable, you’ve actually found Zidie."

Peng Fulai finally stood beside Li Xuan, his voice filled with amazement and admiration, "Qianzhi, how did you figure it out?"

Due to the fact that the ’bearded man’ was sitting with Li Xuan, he had glanced at her several times, but didn’t find anything unusual.

"It’s just intuition."

Li Xuan didn’t want to mention that he had an almost telepathic synchrony with this woman. He darted off, sprinting towards the direction of the western courtyard wall.

It was foreseeable that there would be a severe battle between high-level Wu cultivators here soon. Staying here would only get one caught in the crossfire.

"Let’s go, that Demoness Zidie——"

Li Xuan said while climbing over the courtyard wall. Then he seemed a bit surprised, he saw a purple fire butterfly rushing up from the grass and transforming into a flame in mid-air. A young girl with a masked face and an ethereal figure appeared before Li Xuan’s eyes.

The two of them looked at each other, both appearing somewhat startled. Not far away, people like Peng Fulai and Zhang Yue also stopped abruptly, gazing at Li Xuan with tremendous admiration. Had Li Xuan already figured out Zidie’s real escape route?

Yue Qianqian secretly sighed, although her boss was a bit scoundrel when it came to matters between men and women, he was very reliable when working on a case, and even risked his life.

In just a split second, both people who had been looking at each other had reactions. Zidie’s tender body transformed again into a ball of purple fire. Li Xuan had no hesitation, simultaneously cursing in his heart, he immediately launched the "Unsettling Divine Thunder".

Due to the prohibition of weapons inside the Duke of Zhengdong’s mansion and the absence of space artifacts like Qiankun bags, Li Xuan’s waist sword was not with him. But the ’Red-Thunder Glove’ he wore could ensure the power of his thunder finger strike, even surpassing his sword skills.

"Boom!"

The crimson thunderbolt unleashed by Li Xuan pulverized the grass and trees on the ground. However, the figure of the Demoness Zidie broke into numerous sparks, scattering to both sides.

At the same time, the demoness laughed coldly: "Don’t think that by showing mercy at this time and letting me get away, I would be grateful. I will remember this enmity. I will settle the new and old grudges with Lord Youjiao."

Only then did Jiang Hanyun, Sima Tianyuan, and others arrive too late. Together with a few guests from the Duke of Zhengdong’s mansion, they continued to pursue the fading purple fire.

About half a moment later, Jiang Hanyun flew back in frustration.

"My Lord, did you not catch her?"

Li Xuan wasn’t surprised at all. Not only was Demoness Zidie proficient in illusion and disguise, but also her ground running technique and flying skills were top-notch, almost reaching the heavenly level.

Just as Xiaowei Sima had said, if Demoness Zidie were so easy to catch, the many men in the Liudao Division wouldn’t be at a loss.

"No." Jiang Hanyun shook her head regretfully. "A real pity, we were so close. Even though the person was right in front of us, we still couldn’t catch her."

"Xiaowei Jiang, there’s no need to feel discouraged, I have made gains, big gains," Li Xuan said.

Sima Tianyuan was evidently elated, pulling out an object from his sleeve - a small tuft of a woman’s hair. "This is the first time we have obtained a part of the body’s skin and hair from Demoness Zidie. With this, we can invite a proficient spellcaster to trace her. To be honest, unless people like the Chief Supervisor or Deputy Hall Master intervene, it would be impossible to capture her. Honestly, I didn’t have high hopes this time."

Then he heavily patted Li Xuan: "I really underestimated you, Tiger of Mingyou! You truly live up to your reputation. If we can capture Demoness Zidie in the future, your roar will at least guarantee you two successes."

Li Xuan blinked, wondering what this ’Tiger of Mingyou’ was, a nickname given to him? It sounds terrible! He felt that the words ’Divine Blade’ were more in line with his temperament.

"Everyone!" As the men were discussing, a middle-aged man dressed in a brand-new brocade robe came striding over: "Gentlemen of the Liudao Division, Lord Duan needs an explanation from you!"

Li Xuan immediately backed away. He recognized the newcomer as the current Marquis of Zhendong, Duan Dong.

It was clear that Marquis Duan had come to reprimand them.

Sima Tianyuan and Jiang Hanyun exchanged a glance, both showing expressions of embarrassment and headache.

Although the Liudao Division had come to arrest someone, they had indeed disrupted the supposedly harmonious birthday banquet.

Demoness Zidie had indeed targeted the Marquis of Zhendong’s Mansion, but they had already clearly stated that they did not care about their property being stolen, as long as the birthday feast went smoothly. So, what could they do?

Moreover, it was fortunate that the magic array inside the mansion was powerful; otherwise, guests may have been injured or killed.

Li Xuan hid behind Jiang Hanyun, thinking he could stay out of the matter, but then he saw Marquis of Zhendong glaring at him: "And Li, you need to explain to me, too. Just now, Cui Hongan, Zhang Jin and others were seriously injured in the west courtyard. They said it was you who plotted against them. Is this true?"

Li Xuan immediately raised his eyebrows, showing no fear: "I plotted against more than twenty of them all by myself? I’m more interested in asking Uncle Duan why the discipline of your servants is so lax? They actually dared to conspire with outsiders and lure me into your Cuiwei Garden. And that person Sword Rain Hua Shenxiao, isn’t he one of your people? He was the one who hurt others, not me. If uncle wishes to punish someone, please make sure you understand the cause and effect. Am I stupid to provoke Sword Rain Hua Shenxiao just to deal with those young masters?"

Duan Dong choked for a while; he obviously did not expect Li Xuan to be so tough and fierce, and his words were so sharp. The key was that his argument was reasonable and irrefutable.

Just then, they heard a few cries and screams from the backyard.

"It’s bad, the old lady has committed suicide!"

"Help! Hurry up, someone, please ask the Marquis!"

All the people present changed their faces and rushed towards the backyard. Like Marquis of Zhendong, Sima Tianyuan, and Jiang Hanyun, they moved through the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Li Xuan also hurriedly followed, his feet flashing with thunder and lightning, chasing after the few figures. He pushed his Unsettling Divine Thunder to the limit, but he was still left far behind by them.

By the time he entered the inner courtyard, a few martial masters of Marquis of Zhendong’s Mansion tried to stop him. At this moment, the advantage of the unpredictable maneuvering technique of ’Unsettling Divine Thunder’ began to take effect. These martial masters, even though their cultivation was two or three layers higher than his, were unable to stop him.

Li Xuan only needed to transform into a ray of thunder; with a flash, he would appear in a direction beyond their expectations.

When he arrived at the rear courtyard where the incident occurred, he saw a crowd of people had already gathered outside the door, but they were all blocked by a sword mark drawn on the ground ten meters away and did not dare to approach any closer.

Li Xuan hesitated slightly, but still stepped over it. As he stepped over the sword mark, a majestic and profound Sword Qi suddenly condensed.

"Who’s there? All irrelevant people, retreat——"

That was Sima Tianyuan’s voice; noticing that it was Li Xuan, his tone changed: "It’s you, Qianzhi, come in."

Li Xuan quickly entered the courtyard, only to find several women dressed as maids, all pale, standing at the doorway. There was also a middle-aged woman in decree attire, who appeared to be the Marquis’s wife.

Apart from them, Xue Yunrou was also present. After Li Xuan entered, she made eye contact with Li Xuan, her face white.

There was also an extremely beautiful and charming young girl, whose appearance and demeanor were equally matched with Xue Yunrou, standing solemnly to one side, protected by two maids. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes seemed to contain worry.

What attracted Li Xuan’s attention was that the young girl was also dressed in phoenix coronet and robes of rank, but her appearance and patterns were slightly different from his red-clothed female ghost.

Moreover, for some reason, Li Xuan felt that the young lady’s face seemed familiar. But when he looked closely, it seemed not to be the case.

Knowing that the girl was of high status, Li Xuan didn’t dare to look closely, and only glanced at her. He respectfully saluted her from a distance and then entered the main room.

As soon as he entered, he saw the body of an elderly woman seated in a grandmaster chair by the east window.

The fatal wound should be a mark on her neck, from which a large amount of blood sprayed out, splattering several feet away. Not only did it stain her clothes, but it also formed a not-so-small pool of blood on the ground.

Marquis of Zhendong was kneeling beside the body, his face was green and he looked dazed.

Sima Tianyuan and Jiang Hanyun were frowning, gaze firmly fixed, looking around.