Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 676 - 426: Flames and Madness_4

Chapter 676: Chapter 426: Flames and Madness_4

Qian Xi’s beautiful eyes showed a trace of contemplation:

"Just now, Chief Lou used the Energy Mechanism to protect you, my lord. Before you fell into the courtyard, I hadn’t sensed your presence at all; it seems that those assassins should also be unaware of it."

As she spoke,

Qian Xi’s beautiful face didn’t show any hint of shyness, as if the person caught in the act just now wasn’t her.

Xu Yuan slightly nodded when he heard this.

Li Junqing probably didn’t have the weird fetish of being watched; if he had known of his arrival, he would have stopped what he was doing beneath him.

While saying this, Qian Xi’s tone suddenly shifted, whispering:

"It’s just that your cultivation is too weak, my lord. Those assassins could find your whereabouts with one probe of Will-spirit..."

Xu Yuan chuckled confidently in response:

"Those people have not found me yet."

His opened spiritual sight hadn’t detected any peering Energy Mechanisms.

While speaking, Xu Yuan took out the Willow Ghost Blade given to him by Tianyan from the Sumeru Ring.

As soon as the Ghost Blade appeared, an ominous aura instantly permeated the entire courtyard, and mad emotions spread wildly in Qian Xi’s heart.

Qian Xi’s eyes slightly hardened, immediately suppressing the negative emotions in her heart, but her eyes now held a trace of apprehension.

With her cultivation and vision, she unexpectedly couldn’t see through this blade, and was even affected by it.

The Prime Minister’s Mansion, to actually entrust such a precious weapon to a mere Soul Condensation?

In her surprise, Qian Xi saw the Third Young Master from the Prime Minister’s Mansion swirling a pattern of blade flowers in the air.

Then,

"Puff."

He reversed his grip and directly stabbed the Ghost Blade into his own side.

Qian Xi was stunned.

Why would the Third Young Master of the Prime Minister’s Mansion suddenly engage in self-harm out of nowhere?

And,

with the sinister nature of such a blade, a mere touch could lead to an irrecoverable disaster if it sliced the flesh of someone at the Soul Condensation cultivation level...

"Buzz—"

An invisible Energy Mechanism spread from atop the Ghost Blade, Xu Yuan’s face turned slightly pale, and a surging chill ran down the blade into his body.

Even though they were of the same origin, he could hardly bear the Energy Mechanism of the Willow Ghost Blade at this moment.

However, for the sake of concealment, he had no other choice.

Under Qian Xi’s astonished gaze, the Energy Mechanism on Xu Yuan’s body gradually disappeared until it was completely gone.

Qian Xi’s beautiful eyes blinked, her sexy red lips parted slightly:

"This is....."

With a pale face, Xu Yuan put the Willow Ghost Blade back into the Sumeru Ring, while simultaneously stopping the bleeding and whispering:

"In conjunction with a Secret Technique, this Ghost Blade can suppress the vitality of the living, making them like dry bones, and making it impossible for the external Energy Mechanism to sense."

"Secret Technique?"

Qian Xi glanced sideways.

She didn’t understand how someone at the Soul Condensation Realm could use such a high-level method?

Xu Yuan had no intention of explaining to this woman and casually replied, "It’s a secret of the Prime Minister’s Mansion."

This Secret Technique was self-created in the Illusionary Realm to evade pursuit by Tian Ye and Jiatiange.

That he was able to use it with his current level of cultivation was thanks to the Blood Essence Meteoring Art, which had devoured a part of the Saint Level Yin Source; otherwise, at the moment the Ghost Blade entered his body, he would have died instantly.

Seeing his reaction, Qian Xi did not press further:

"I was presumptuous."

Xu Yuan waved his hand indifferently, and while heading towards the gate of the courtyard, he asked aloud:

"You were able to follow us here to Huizhou County without Lou Ji noticing, so you must be skilled in the art of concealment—I needn’t worry about that for you, right?"

Qian Xi smiled slightly and followed behind Xu Yuan at a leisurely pace:

"The Third Young Master can rest assured about this matter. I am quite confident in my skills of concealing, it’s just that....."

As she spoke, her voice paused slightly, and a look of confusion crossed her face:

"My lord, with such abilities, why not hide in a secret room? Those assassins would surely not be able to find you."

Xu Yuan chuckled softly, glancing at the sky now enveloped by the Protective City Formation:

"They indeed might not be able to find me."

"Then why..."

"But they can massacre the city."

...

...

...

Qian Xi silently commandeered a carriage after leaving the courtyard and heading out of the alley; she knocked the victim unconscious, left more than a dozen taels of broken silver for them, and then whisked Xu Yuan towards the direction of the Strange Beast Bureau.

The carriage was the cheapest kind of civilian vehicle.

It was pulled by an average pony and constructed with ordinary apricot wood. Its wheels were quite old, and they jostled about even on the smooth imperial roads.

But at times like these, Xu Yuan had no luxury to fuss over comfort; a simple and common carriage like this attracted the least attention on the streets.

As they traveled, the chaos and bustle on the streets persisted, yet compared to the initial outbreak, some low-ranking martial practitioners had begun to maintain order.

They weren’t official constables, but rather those martial practitioners dressed as the retainers of scholars and gentlemen.

It seemed that Xiao Bai was exerting her influence.

For Xiao Bai, this wealthy city of Huizhou County would be her territory in the future; both its people and resources were precious and had to be carefully preserved.

Apart from the mortal pandemonium below, the supernatural fight between Lou Ji and the woman in the black dress continued unabated.

However, except for a few assassins and Qian Xi, everyone else in Huizhou, including Xu Yuan, couldn’t see the two combatants.

They could only hear the unsettling booms above, reverberating through the sky and the ripples spreading on the greenish canopy of the Protective City Formation...

Without the Protective City Formation, the mere fallout from the magical duel between Lou Ji and the woman in the black dress would have been enough to flatten Huizhou County about a dozen times over.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan glanced up at the sky and then down at his palms, letting out a low sigh.

If he still had his cultivation from the Illusionary Realm, if he were still the strange ghost he used to be, this situation wouldn’t have been so dire...

"Kid, what are you doing at the Xuanying Attic?"

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice that arose in the depths of his mind, "That place should be quite unsafe."

"Of course, I know it’s unsafe."

Regaining his composure, Xu Yuan glanced at the Blood Divine Stone Jade Pendant on his chest and transmitted his voice back with a smile, "But the most dangerous places are often the safest, aren’t they?"

Luo Xiran hummed lightly, her tone somewhat helpless:

"Humph, don’t speak such nonsense to me again."

Xu Yuan fell silent for a moment, the image of the black-dressed woman surfacing in his mind:

"Well, actually, that woman in black dress seemed somewhat familiar to me."

"Familiar?"

Luo Xiran expressed her doubt with a light tone, "You recognize her even with a mask on?"

"No, it’s her charged light spellcraft that reminded me of someone from my past."

"Someone from your past?"

"Yes."

Xu Yuan affirmed, thinking of an acquaintance from the "Cangyuan Chronicles" in his former life.

Luo Xiran’s voice had an odd tone: "You’re so young and already have ’people from the past’... You know the risks involved in going there. If you run into the assassins head-on, neither that girl nor I can guarantee your safety."

Xu Yuan exhaled deeply, transmitting back with a light laugh:

"If they can’t find me, they will just as likely start slaughtering indiscriminately anyway. Better to do something now while we have the chance."

After his words, Luo Xiran felt silent for a bit, then sighed:

"I hope you know what you’re doing."

Xu Yuan chuckled softly:

"Don’t worry, I..."

"Third Young Master, something’s happened at the Strange Beast Bureau!"

Before he could finish, Qian Xi’s puzzled and clear voice suddenly resounded in the carriage.

Xu Yuan furrowed his brow, instinctively drawing back the curtain to look in the direction of the Strange Beast Bureau.

And as if to confirm Qian Xi’s warning, a white light suddenly burst in the sky where Xu Yuan was looking.

Then,

A mushroom cloud composed of flames slowly rose, the resulting shockwave flattening several blocks in the vicinity!

The rolling heat waves surged forth, dimming the greenish screen of the Protective City Formation with the impact. Even Xu Yuan, several miles away, could faintly feel its intense heat.

Seeing the sudden release of spellcraft in that direction, Xu Yuan subconsciously thought people from Jiatiange had gone mad.

Logically speaking, mass destruction of a city was a last resort, so why were they beginning to slaughter without even searching first...

As Xu Yuan was still shocked and puzzled,

A crazed and withered voice echoed throughout Huizhou County:

"Kill! All of you must die!! Hehehahahahaha!!!!!"