Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 84 Secret Meeting_1

Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Secret Meeting_1

Chu Liang couldn’t help but lament as he looked at the suddenly softened Young Marquis. The Remove Evil Curse, although tricky, was indeed effective.

However, the effect of this curse could only last for a while. He surmised that the Young Marquis would come to his senses by tonight. When that happened, who knew how much he might resent him. But what was done was done, and he could not retaliate.

To conceal his secret, he could only wrong the Young Maricus this once.

Xue Lingxue watched the silently resigned Young Marquis and did not speak out. As a musician, she clearly knew that the Ancient Tian Yuan Guqin could never be counterfeit and was heartbroken at the broken strings.

But, the root cause of the broken strings was her attempt at testing Chu Liang. The results seemed to have triggered something inside Chu Liang, leading to the catastrophe.

The test allowed her to realize that Chu Liang’s cultivation was not high, but he seemed to possess some kind of hidden secret in his body which allowed him to unleash a powerful sword technique.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, it is not uncommon for secrets to be hidden, including those of Xue Lingxue herself. It was already slightly presumptuous for her to accidentally discover Chu Liang’s secret, and to reveal it in public would be excessive.

Therefore, she could only keep silent and let everyone speculate, ultimately leading the situation towards a direction unfavorable to the Young Marquis.

To protect Chu Liang, she could only wrong the Young Marquis this once.

With that, the Young Marquis returned to his seat.

He felt wronged.

After all, he had presented a fine guqin and was now viewed by everyone as a fraud, which was understandably upsetting. However, he had no outlet for his anger and all his emotions turned into a sense of grievance.

Xue Lingxue had injured her finger and performed a formal bow to the guests before leaving the stage to treat her wound. In reality, such a minor injury would not pose any problem to cultivators and would heal on its own after a while.

It was just an excuse for her to exit the stage.

Everyone knew that the disciples of Nanyin Square, although here to provide entertainment to the guests, couldn’t be expected to mingle like common musicians or actors, making rounds of toast and greetings, especially to those of high status.

After her performance, even if she didn’t get injured, she would simply join in for a simple meal and then would find an excuse to leave.

It was only after Xue Lingxue’s departure that the banquet truly began, with the nobles of Southern Border City mingling about in lively conversations.

Seeing Lin Bei, who had inserted himself in the core circle of Southern Border City and was rubbing shoulders with the powerful, Chu Liang pulled him away helplessly.

"What’s the matter?" Lin Bei laughed. "I have some socializing to do over there."

"...Don’t forget why we’re here," Chu Liang whispered, "You should take the opportunity to ask the Young Marquis about the matter of Little Yi’s sister,"

"Why don’t you ask?" Lin Bei was puzzled.

"I can’t." Chu Liang shook his head, watching as the Young Marquis left the main hall, and said, "He might resent me because of what happened during the performance."

"Didn’t he seem quite calm when he was talking to you just now? I think the Young Marquis is quite good-tempered," Lin Bei said.

"Good temper doesn’t mean he’ll always be..." Chu Liang wasn’t sure about the specific duration of the Remove Evil Curse, it would be better not to risk it.

"Alright, I will go and ask." Waving his hand, Lin Bei hurried off after Xia An.

...

Young Marquis Xia An exited the banquet hall, with the black-robed Master Lu following closely behind.

Outside the hall, a servant from the Marquis manor rushed over and immediately reported to Xia An upon seeing him, "Young Marquis, there has been an incident at the cabin!"

"What happened?" Xia An asked.

"The woman you had Master Lu send over yesterday has escaped!" The servant replied in a hushed voice.

"Escaped?" The Young Marquis furrowed his brows, "How could a frail woman escape from such a tightly guarded cabin?"

"She is no ordinary woman, she... she is a monster!" The servant hastily said, "She managed to free all the women in the cabin. Thanks to the number of guards we had on hand, we managed to round them up again. However, we have yet to capture that female monster. Right now, a team of martial artists is tracking her down along the Qin Nan River."

"We absolutely cannot let news of the cabin leak out. She must be captured, alive or dead!" the Young Marquis gritted his teeth.

"Yes..." The servant could only nod in agreement.

The Young Marquis then turned his attention back to Master Lu, "I will need to have another discussion with the people from the East Whale Guild. Master Lu, you should go back once. I don’t trust the others to handle this."

"Understood."

Without uttering another word, Master Lu disappeared into the vast night.

After he left, the Young Marquis continued on his way, passing through a courtyard and arriving at a pavilion surrounded by vegetation. He sat down in the pavilion.

After a short while, a burly man appeared in the courtyard. This man was Xue Hu from the East Whale Guild, who had met with the Marquis a few days ago.

He also attended the banquet, taking the opportunity of the feast to rendezvous. This was his idea. The Whale Guild has been attracting a lot of attention lately, and having frequent private meetings would raise suspicions.

"Young Marquis." Xue Hu arrived and gave a nod.

Their last meeting hadn’t been pleasant, as they hadn’t reached an agreement and Xia An had left in a huff, leaving Xue Hu alone. But at least he hadn’t flipped the table, so Xue Hu could still be polite at their next meeting.

"Brother Xue, long time no see." The Young Marquis, acting as though their previous unpleasantness hadn’t happened, greeted him with a smile. "Have you thought about what I said last time?"

"I passed on your message to Hall Master Cheng without altering a word. He feels that, even if we stop doing business temporarily, we should take a break for a month or two after this shipment to regroup. Xu Baishan’s daughter is currently investigating our East Whale Guild. We cannot afford to give her any evidence."

"If it’s a short-term halt, we certainly have no objection." The Young Marquis nodded in agreement, "In any case, it will take us some time to prepare the goods too, we can just gather more."

"Thank you for your understanding, Young Marquis," Xue Hu said, then asked, "When should we make the next shipment?"

"Let’s do it on the night of Xue Lingxue’s tour," the Young Marquis said, "At that time, the focus of the entire city will be on this villa, and our boats on the river will be the most concealed."

"That’s excellent." Xue Hu nodded approvingly and without further ado, turned to leave.

Suddenly, he heard a rustle in the bushes nearby. His eyes narrowed, and his face hardened as he called out, "Who’s there?"

Whoosh--

Almost as soon as he spoke, he pounced like a leopard, reaching the source of the sound in an instant.

As a core member of the East Whale Guild, he was also a seasoned martial artist. When his killing intent surfaced, the surrounding grass and trees seemed deadly still.

Then, he saw a youth with thick brows and big eyes under the trees, seemingly drunk, with his pants down, looking terrified.

The youth shook his head to sober up, then yelled at Xue Hu, "What the hell? Haven’t you ever seen someone take a piss before?!"