Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 31: The person behind Xu Yueru makes a move!

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: The person behind Xu Yueru makes a move!

Lu Chen wasn’t afraid of taking action; he simply preferred to avoid the hassle.

Warriors at the Flesh Refinement Realm posed no threat to him, and with the deep of the night providing cover, armed with his pupils, he could take them all out even without using spear techniques, relying solely on the advantage of the Heavenly Inquiry Spear.

But Lu Chen had his concerns.

With a crowd, the scent of blood would be stronger, carrying far into the distance and attracting hordes of fierce beasts, which he was not capable of dealing with.

"Could it be that they’re heading back?"

After a while, the warriors returned to the vicinity. Judging by the sounds, they seemed to have sat down right by the cliff.

"We didn’t encounter anyone; they probably headed back. There’s only this mountain path, and we didn’t see any forks in the road either."

"Let’s start a fire, I always feel like this valley is eerie."

Hearing this, Lu Chen frowned.

If they started a fire outside, the light would illuminate the rock face. With so many people and their watchful eyes, it was very likely that his disguise here would be discovered.

Even with his capabilities, he would be trapped like a turtle in a jar!

But currently, there seemed to be no solution.

Lu Chen could only watch helplessly and listen as they gathered firewood outside and used a fire-starter to ignite it.

Qin Yaotiao had no desire to sleep; under these circumstances, of course she couldn’t sleep.

After thinking it over, Lu Chen decided that if they didn’t discover the disguised wall, he would move against them a little later!

By then, as they became drowsy, he would burst out of the cave and flee into the night.

As for Wu Er...

He was not even considering him at this moment.

The two sat in the cave, eyeing each other, not daring to make the slightest noise, listening to the idle chatter of the world outside.

They even touched upon the affairs of the Lu Family, and many things that Lu Chen and Qin Yaotiao had not heard before came up.

Yet these people had no idea that danger was closing in on them.

Not far from them, three warriors from the Polar Treasure Meeting at the Marrow Refinement Realm were stealthily approaching their location.

As their topic of conversation veered towards the Lu Family, they also hushed and hid in a spot where the firelight couldn’t reach, their faces stern with concentration.

Finally, after the topic of the Lu Family was exhausted, they started discussing what they had seen and heard in the small forest.

"Hey, why do you think Xu Yueru ended up dead alongside Lu Tianming? Were they really fooling around in the small forest?"

"Who knows? I heard Xu Yueru had relations with several of the Lu Family’s elders!"

"Ugh, why didn’t you say so sooner? With that, maybe I could have had a taste of her too!"

"It’s all because Lu Changkong deceived us! Now that I think about it, they must have been framing Lu Chen at that time!"

"Yeah, Lu Chen was a swordsmanship genius, and Xu Yueru was his step-mom, but look at him risking danger and still not giving up on Qin Yaotiao! Xu Yueru may have been young and pretty, but she’s nothing compared to the tender Qin Yaotiao!"

"But don’t say that, women Xu Yueru’s age are quite juicy, and they understand men better, being properly saucy!"

"However, speaking of which, why would Xu Yueru frame Lu Chen? Could it be that Lu Tianren left behind some invaluable treasure for her?"

"Now that you mention it, I remember, when Lu Chen went to the Life-Death Stage, Xu Yueru seemed to be searching for something!"

The crowd gradually started sharing what they knew, and while Lu Chen remained indifferent, sparkling interest appeared in the eyes of the three Marrow Refinement Realm warriors!

Since Xu Yueru was dead, with the Vice-President of the Polar Treasure Meeting holding significant power.

Thus, the duty of treasure hunting fell upon them!

But their information wasn’t as detailed as Xu Yueru’s, knowing only that it involved something personal to Lu Chen!

What they most needed to confirm was whether the significant treasure had been obtained by Xu Yueru, then hidden away somewhere.

Now it was obvious that Xu Yueru had not obtained it, so it must still be with Lu Chen!

The three exchanged glances, concluding that the ten or so warriors at the Flesh Refinement Realm were no longer necessary to keep alive.

But first, they needed to silence those witnesses to eliminate any likelihood of leaking Xu Yueru’s identity!

To the three Marrow Refinement Realm fighters, slaughtering these ten Bone Refinement Realm warriors required no subterfuge.

They simply stood up!

One of the warriors on the opposite side was startled by the sudden movement of the three figures, thinking it was a wild beast approaching. Drawing the long sword from his waist, he rushed them with the steps of fencing!

However, in the next moment, the crisp sound of breaking bones filled everyone’s ears!

It was only then that the other warriors realized there were people there—three Marrow Refinement Realm warriors!

"Hehehe, we followed you for so many days and finally heard some useful information!"

"Too bad, you’re no longer necessary!"

This voice reached everyone’s ears, including those of Lu Chen and Qin Yaotiao hiding in the cave!

"Senior, senior, please spare us, we haven’t offended you!"

"Senior, if there’s anything you wish to know, we dare not hide anything from you!"

"Senior, please let me go, I’ll be your ox, your horse!"

"..."

Pleas for mercy, screams of pain, all penetrated their hearing.

Unfortunately, not a single one would survive!

It took just a moment for the ten warriors to become corpses!

"Head back to Yuzhou City?"

One of the warriors wiped the blood off his hands and asked calmly.

"No rush, let’s wait till dawn!"

Immediately after, Lu Chen heard three sets of footsteps approaching the cave.

He tensed up, not even daring to breathe out!

Clearly, the information revealed in those people’s conversation pointed to them being Xu Yueru’s backers!

If they realized he was here, he feared...