Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 57: Both Arrive at Heavenly Book Academy

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Both Arrive at Heavenly Book Academy

Lu Chen seemed like a hunter who had caught a fat pig!

Yu Qingqing stared with wide eyes, her face filled with disbelief at the scene before her.

She knew Zhu Dazhuang all too well, having known him from before.

Leveraging the power of his family, he had been forcibly pushed to the Marrow Refinement Realm with the help of some Spirit Pills and, having attached himself to the Polar Treasure Meeting, he had even managed to cultivate faster than he would have on his own!

Yet, Lu Chen had killed Zhu Dazhuang with a single move!

"You’ve gotten yourself into trouble, and this time you’ve really provoked the Polar Treasure Meeting!"

Yu Qingqing, seeing Lu Chen looking at her, couldn’t help but tremble, her expression filled with worry.

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "Do I have a choice? Between trouble and death, I can only choose to be troubled."

"You..."

It was then that Yu Qingqing also remembered and asked, "So the fragrant mist had no effect on you?"

"I don’t know," Lu Chen spread his hands and said, "Maybe it’s because I was afraid of dying, which might have triggered some potential in my body to negate the effects of the medicine?"

"Martial Artists in the Marrow Refinement Realm from the Polar Treasure Meeting all have a Yuanli Soul Plaque; you better run now, if they come after you, you’ll be in real trouble."

Yu Qingqing said to Lu Chen weakly.

Lu Chen snickered and said, "You dare to kill even Zhu Dazhuang, aren’t you afraid the people from the Polar Treasure Meeting will come after you?"

"I can’t run now; what can I do? Could it be..."

Yu Qingqing spoke in a voice as fine as a mosquito’s buzz, her face flushed with shyness, "Could it be you expect me to let you carry me away?"

Yu Qingqing felt her chastity was more important than her life.

Had there been no one here, it might’ve been all right, but once they left the woods and were seen with Lu Chen carrying her, the gossip would surely spread, stirring many rumors!

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves came from beyond the trees, and Lu Chen had a thought and said, "Do you think they could have come by carriage?"

Gou Fugui wasn’t strong and had come with the higher realm Zhu Dazhuang; it was certain they couldn’t maintain the same pace.

Hearing this, Yu Qingqing immediately brightened up and said, "That’s right, Zhu Dazhuang dislikes walking. Even for a mile, he would use a carriage, that’s why he’s so fat! He must have come in a carriage!"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then I’ll go check, if there’s no carriage, we won’t be able to stay here any longer."

He still needed Yu Qingqing to get him into Heavenly Book Academy, and Zhao Chang’s introduction letter would be kept as a backup plan!

Following the sound, Lu Chen quickly found a carriage, its horses tied up to a tree.

After making sure no one was around, Lu Chen returned the same way, first rifling through the bodies to gather a good number of Yuan Stones.

After pocketing them, he walked over to Yu Qingqing and said, "Yu Qingqing, my apologies!"

With that, he lifted her in his arms by the waist.

Yu Qingqing’s face turned entirely red, utterly weak, she could only shrink into Lu Chen’s arms, not daring to look around.

It wasn’t until Lu Chen brought her into the carriage that her heart began to calm down slightly.

The carriage rattled, and after bypassing the grove, it headed east.

Both of them were silent, and Lu Chen was not in a hurry, skillfully driving the carriage.

He was thinking more of letting some time pass for the effects of the medicine on Yu Qingqing to wear off before doing anything else.

Meanwhile.

In the Imperial City, within a corner of the palace.

"Zhu Dazhuang is dead."

A martial artist said expressionlessly.

"How did he die out of the blue? Was it a mishap during cultivation?"

"Impossible," another martial artist holding a soul plaque pondered for a moment and said, "His cultivation technique was utterly ordinary, how could it go wrong? It must have been an accident with a demon pill."

"His family is wealthy; the demon pills he ingests surely would have been processed! Let’s investigate to give the Zhu Family an explanation."

"The Zhu Family doesn’t really matter, but... it should be done!"

Soon, the hidden sentries in the Imperial City sprang into action.

Various messages were relayed back to the palace.

"He left the city with Gou Fugui... investigate, find out, who would dare lay a hand on someone from the Polar Treasure Meeting?"

"Also, check out that tavern, find out the background of the foreigner who met with Gou Fugui!"

"Whoever dares touch our Polar Treasure Meeting men must die!"

A martial artist of the Marrow Refinement Realm was also considered a core force for the Polar Treasure Meeting.

His untimely death incited anger in the several Visceral Refinement Realm members sitting there.

...

As the sky gradually darkened, Lu Chen spotted a vast courtyard on the endless wilderness.

It looked more like a small town.

"This is Heavenly Book Academy," Yu Qingqing suddenly said, drawing open the carriage curtain.

Lu Chen glanced her way and noticed her complexion was normal, "The effects of the medicine are gone?"

"They’re gone. We don’t need the carriage anymore; let’s walk from here," she replied.

Lu Chen stopped the carriage and hopped down from the shaft, Yu Qingqing following closely behind.

"Your strength is not ordinary; you can kill Martial Artists in the Marrow Refinement Realm. I can introduce you to study under my teacher."

Lu Chen didn’t speak, merely nodded.

Zhao Chang had said the same thing.

In fact, he could kill even Visceral Refinement Realm martial artists.

"Follow me, don’t say anything, leave the rest to me."

Approaching Heavenly Book Academy, Yu Qingqing felt much more at ease.

Even if inside the Heavenly Book Academy there was discord, it would not escalate to murder.

Considering everything, Lu Chen had saved her more than once!

But unexpectedly, just as they entered Heavenly Book Academy, a figure stepped out and blocked their path.

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