Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 191 - 178 Wife, When will you Arrive_1

Chapter 191: Chapter 178 Wife, When will you Arrive_1

Just over an hour ago, in Hanyuan Pavilion, located within Dantu County, the administrative center of Zhenjiang.

Li Yan was holding a wine cup, smiling yet not smiling, looking at his dear friend and colleague who was sitting across from him — Shen Yuanhui, the naval Qianzong from Zhenjiang.

"Shouldn’t you give me an explanation, Qianzong Shen? My family’s weapons and armor have fallen into your hands, haven’t they? Do you need me to call my family’s Guanshi Xing to confront you?"

Shen Yuanhui, a middle-aged, medium-built, square-faced and large-eared military minister responded with a pallid expression, "There’s nothing to explain. As you said, I colluded with your family’s Guanshi Xing to take away the weapons and armor from your family’s domain. That bastard is so greedy. For a few dozen blades and seventeen sets of armor, he charged me three thousand teals of patterned silver."

"Has Li Yan ever mistreated you?" Li Yan continued, "Even before I left this time, I entrusted you to look after my properties and also gave you some benefits, didn’t I?"

"I have wronged you!" Shen Yuanhui downed his drink, "Not only have you never mistreated me, but you have also been graciously kind to me. Not to mention your favor of favoring me, you also helped me with a few business deals when you heard about my family’s poverty. It really helped me a lot. I, Shen Yuanhui, am not heartless. I know you consider me a true friend."

"Then what exactly is the reason for all this?" Li Yan poured more wine for Shen Yuanhui, "Are you planning a rebellion?"

Shen Yuanhui’s hand, holding the wine cup, wavered slightly, and half of the wine spilled onto his hand.

Li Yan laughed, "I am not blind! There are twenty more barges in the naval base, fifteen more battleships, and two thousand more men are training day and night. Han Rou and his fellows, who were disobedient, were all sent by you to guard the water gate on the canal. Is Zongbing Lin Ziyang, your leader? What are his intentions for gathering so many refugees outside the city in his domain?"

"Master, your insight is like a torch!"

Shen Yuanhui, with a slight smile and putting down his wine cup, said, "Since the cat is out of the bag, I won’t hid it from you, we are indeed planning a rebellion! The True Emperor is without virtue, which led to the defeat at Tumu Fort and the humiliation of our country. And the current sovereign is ruling incompetently, failing to secure the people’s hearts. Now is the time for us heroes to rise, to achieve and establish ourselves! Now that the son of Maitreya Buddha has been born and the Vidya-raja has come into the world, who is about to cleanse the universe and establish a pure world, it is time that we follow him to help him achieve world domination and unprecedented great accomplishments——"

Seeing him blushing and becoming more agitated as he spoke, Li Yan was taken aback, "Shen Yuanhui, have you gone mad? When did you join the Maitreya Teaching?"

"I have not joined the Maitreya Teaching, but I have seen the son of Maitreya Buddha in person, and his magnanimity and demeanor are truly impressive, making people willingly die for him."

Shen Yuanhui laughed mysteriously, then his face turned serious again, "To be honest, I bought those weapons with a contingency plan in mind, intending to pressurise you and your father a bit. Zongbing Lin’s intention was to pull both of you in. But the two of you hold high positions and are protected by the wealth and powers of the Court, and will not participate in conspiracies unless it’s an absolute necessity."

"So you planned to frame my family by putting our weapons on your smuggled arms ship?" Li Yan sneered coldly, "I should really thank you for your kind intentions."

But Shen Yuanhui was completely undeterred, "Indeed, this was a bit dirty, but those aiming to achieve great things should not be bothered by trivial matters. Doing it the normal way will not get the Earl Chengyi to join our rebellion."

His eyes widened, looking at Li Yan, "Why don’t you think it over? I understand your predicament, Earl Chengyi. Being so rich and noble, you don’t need to risk your neck and join our rebellion. But you don’t know how long we have been preparing for this. At this point, all the Maitreya Buddha’s son needs to do is make a call, and the three hundred thousand land army and thirty thousand naval force along the banks of the Yangtze River will follow suit. If things go south, it will be a game of control across the river anyway."

"In such a situation, where can your Chengyi earl’s mansion keep its wealth and honor? But if your Chengyi Li family is willing to assist us, help our Buddha’s son to block the Yangtze River, cut off the grain transportation, then the world will surely see a change. By then, not only will you have a chance to become a duke, but it’s also not impossible for you to become a knight holding territories."

Li Yan’s eyes wavered as he seemed to be listening intently. He waited until the words of Shen Yuanhui fell, then he asked with a smile, "How many people have you used? If I don’t agree today, won’t I be able to return?"

Shen Yuanhui became startled and took hold of his waist blade, "I won’t hide it from you. There are six members of The Third Door here! Even Zongbing Lin is nearby waiting. Seeing you wandering around Dantu city today, you must have heard a lot of news and even have a clear grasp of the real situation inside the city. Zongbing Lin and I really dare not let you return to Nanjing."

He then paused slightly, "Besides, we would like to use your life, Sir, to negotiate some big affairs with Earl Chengyi."

"Six members of The Third Door, plus you and Lin Ziyang, you really think highly of me, Li Yan."

Li Yan clicked his tongue and then asked with a smile, "Qianzong Shen, you must think that I, Li Yan, am stupid, right? I should be running away as fast as I could at this moment, but instead, I foolishly invited you out for a drink. But do you know, Qianzong Shen, why I chose this absurdly expensive Hanyuan Pavilion?"

Shen Yuanhui was stunned and also found it odd. This superior of his was generous to his subordinates, yet he was notoriously stingy when it came to his own food, clothing, and living expenses.

Just then, his expression slightly changed, and he looked towards the direction outside the city. He saw two red flames suddenly soaring up in the east.

As if realizing something, he looked at Li Yan furiously.

"It was done by your people?"

"If it was not my Chengyi Li family, then who else could it be?"

Li Yan slowly finished his wine, "That’s why I chose the Hanyuan Pavilion. It’s high enough here to enjoy the two fireworks displays outside the city. One is at the naval base and the other at the warehouse under the name of Zongbing Lin. Thanks to you guys for diverting all capable men, giving me the opportunity. Also, you guys made so much Menghuo Oil. That should be for defending the city, right? It would be so convenient to start a fire with it——"

Before his voice fell, an intense white light appeared in front of him. A razor-sharp Goose Feather Knife cut the table between them and the floor and window railings behind Li Yan into two halves silently.

"So you’re losing your temper out of humiliation?"

After evading the knife’s glow, Li Yan responded with a chilling smile, "Since that Lin Ziyang dared to frame my family, how could I, Li Yan, not repay the favor?"

His body transformed into a flame, directly ignoring the strong knife glow from the opponent and lunging at Shen Yuanhui’s side. With a palm strike, he hit right on the Goose Feather Knife Shen Yuanhui held horizontally across his chest.

With a ’thud’, Shen Yuanhui’s body was suddenly covered with frost. He looked at his opponent in disbelief, "The eighth house level!"

"Correct."

At this time, Li Yan’s waist knife was already unsheathed, roaring like a flame dragon, filling the building.

Shen Yuanhui fell back frantically, his Goose Feather Knife slashing continuously seven times, its razor-sharp, boundless sword aura shredding an entire building into disarray.

Including the colossal flame dragon summoned by Li Yan.

However, Li Yan laughed, saying, "Fire is formless and insubstantial. Can you shatter it?"

As soon as the crimson flames reached Shen Yuanhui, they formed a dragon again, completely penetrating and crashing into his body.

"Sword spirit?" Shen Yuanhui coughed blood and, struggling to keep his body up, painfully muttered, "Genius indeed! When did your sword enter my spirit?"

Boom——

By the time he spoke the last word, Shen Yuanhui had turned into a flaming torch, burning fiercely.

"It entered your spirit half a year ago. Do I have to tell you everything?"

Feeling the rapidly closing auras around him, Li Yan, not only showed no fear, but he burst into laughter, "Feels good! I really don’t like people like you who think you are cleverer than me. Killing you is how I satisfy my will."

As he was talking, Shen Yuanhui’s body had already burned to ashes.

At this point, Li Yan, like a flaming Roc, flew towards the distant river. However, not even thirty feet from where he took off, a towering figure pursued him.

"Get down!"

It was an overwhelming wind blade, which compressed the flames on Li Yan’s body into a sphere as it struck.

Li Yan was forced to turn his flame into ice, and, under the assault of the wind blade, dive into the river. He glanced towards the source of the wind blade and let out a sneer.

"Bidding me to go down? Are you sure, Zongbing Lin? This is exactly what I wanted."

At the moment Li Yan plunged into the water, countless ice shards scattered in all directions. The chilling sword light in each shard forced everybody chasing him to halt and retreat hundreds of feet.

Even so, they suffered greatly, their bodies covered with a layer of frost.

However, the violent tornado in the sky had already penetrated downwards.

"Are you not aware that the whole Yangtze River system is as good as a fish in the water to the Li Family of Earl Chengyi?"

The speaker was an old man with white eyebrows and hair, square facial features, and an iron-like face. He also wielded a Goose Feather Knife, and he shattered Li Yan’s body seven times while swinging and slashing. Li Yan was constantly teleporting his location through the surrounding ice.

However, the river water and the ice that Li Yan could utilize became less and less, for the violent tornado was sucking up all the water from the river surface.

If Li Xuan were here at this moment, he would find that the air here had become unusually dry. All the water molecules had been forcefully drained away by the powerful wind.

At this time, the sky was filled with massive water vapors, like a giant black cloud.

"The Yangtze River is the foundation of your Li Family, so I will drain all the water from this river."

At this moment, Lin Ziyang’s body exploded with hundreds or thousands of wind blades wrapped in thunderbolts, striking Li Yan from all directions. All his hair stood on end, and the flame in his eyes almost solidified, "If I let you escape today, I am unworthy of the title ’Master Feng’!"

Li Yan was forced to wield his knife, countered his attack seven times, gradually bleeding from the mouth. But Li Yan was not concerned at all. He turned his body from ice to fire, his long knife was overflowed with cold energy. Incredibly, he attracted a thunderbolt from the mysterious cloud in the sky and poured it into his ice sword.

In their contest, hundreds of intersecting sword marks were made on the riverbed within a fleeting moment.

"Interesting! Since I took office in Zhenjiang, this is the first time I’ve seen General Lin so flustered and impetuous. But have you ever considered the consequences of attacking me on this river?"

Lin Ziyang sneered disdainfully, his voice cold, "Li Yan, you have no reason to kill the court generals and set fire to the warships. What’s wrong with me arresting you for your crimes?"

"I’m not talking about that? Lin Ziyang, do you need a reason to start with me?" Li Yan let out a ’tch’ of laughter, "This is Zhenjiang! Yangzhou is just across the river——"

At this time, Lin Ziyang had just chased to Li Yan. His Goose Feather Knife gained the opportunity to strike Li Yan’s chest directly for the first time.

Although the latter blocked with his knife, his body was hit like by a meteorite, and he was thrown back hundreds of feet, sliding out a huge deep mark on the riverbed.

"Don’t I know that your Earl Chengyi’s mansion has many allies in Yangzhou, such as Peng Babai? And don’t I know that many Dragon Kings on this Yangtze River will assist you?"

At this time, Lin Ziyang’s momentum was as violent as a dragon, "But you won’t wait for them. Within a quarter, you, Li Yan, will either be captured by me or die here!"

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn’t help but secretly complain. He took a moment to look toward the west while desperately defending.

He was thinking, when are you going to show up, my wife? Your man is waiting for you to save him!