Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 133 - 124: Cutting through the Gordian Knot, City Guards Returning Loyalty (Seeking Subscriptions)

Chapter 133: Chapter 124: Cutting through the Gordian Knot, City Guards Returning Loyalty (Seeking Subscriptions)

"This is the place."

Following Qian Sanliang into the small courtyard with green walls, I hadn’t even entered the house when I saw two bodies neatly placed in front of the Central Hall.

A middle-aged woman, and an honest-looking young man.

Looking at their hands and feet, they were all covered in calluses, with signs of chilblains split open, clearly from poor households.

"I’ve asked the neighbors, the owner of this place is named Wu Dayou, not very old, with only a cleaning maid and a servant at home..."

Tang Lin’er walked out with a frown, a hint of confusion on her face, "From the looks of it, Li Yuankang hasn’t been gone long, there’s still a bit of warmth in the bed."

"Is there anything special?"

The information reported was lackluster.

In fact, the whereabouts of the maid and servant were also clear, their bodies shrouded in black aura, their skulls cracked open, obviously killed with heavy demonic cultivation techniques.

"Here."

Tang Lin’er led everyone inside the house, pointing to several deep red strips of flesh on the floor... and upon lifting the quilt, the blood stains inside the cotton blanket were distinct.

"From my observations, Li Yuankang must have been tortured, these strips of flesh did not come from the two servants outside, the only possibility is that they came from his own body."

This was easy to understand.

I thought back to the deep night, when Elder Guangming rushed to the Bamboo Garden at the back of the County Yamen, as if he knew exactly where to go, heading straight for the pen holder.

He must have extracted the information from Li Yuankang.

This "master and disciple" finally turned against each other.

Elder Guangming also revealed his ferocious nature.

Thinking of Li Yuankang in this house, being severely tormented by the old monk using various methods, Zhou Ping’an felt no pity in his heart, but rather a sense of satisfaction.

However, this guy sure is tough.

Even with an arm and a leg broken, missing flesh from his thighs, and one eye blinded, he was still able to endure Elder Guangming’s torment, maintain his vigorous life force, and even violently kill the servants and flee.

"In such a situation, not losing the will to survive, it’s very likely he still has an ace up his sleeve, or rather, a sliver of hope."

Zhou Ping’an put himself in Li Yuankang’s shoes and understood what he might be thinking.

First, reveal a bit of truth to survive the ordeal of life and death.

Then, find an opportunity to escape, as long as he lives, he can seek revenge once the Five Desires Evil Art is cultivated.

"Looking at it now, my previous guess that after reaching Great Achievement in the Five Desires Evil Art one would sense the location of the Suppression Prison Subduing Demon Scripture might be off. Li Yuankang probably already knew where that supreme Body Refining Demonic Scripture was, just that he lacked the strength to cultivate it or to take possession of it."

"Clearly, the old monk thought of this too, and that’s why even after getting the information out of him, he didn’t directly execute Li Yuankang but left him alive instead.

But wouldn’t he set some kind of restriction? Among the teachings of King of Light’s Temple, no matter how focused on Body Refinement defense, as an old Jianghu practitioner, he must know some techniques for blocking or redirecting blood flow."

"Hidden quite deep." Lin Huaiyu turned his head to look, his complexion also not looking good.

He spoke softly, "This man is somewhat dangerous, we cannot let our guard down until we find him, it seems we have to not only send out people to look for the Seven-leaf Tithonia but also take care of one more thing."

The available manpower was stretched thin and not quite sufficient.

"No worries, after tomorrow, we won’t be lacking manpower."

Zhou Ping’an took one last deep look at the strips of flesh on the ground, ordered two people to handle the aftermath, and the rest to search the houses in the Eastern City once day broke and to inquire outside the city in the various towns and villages.

...

Dawn was gradually breaking.

Now that Li Yuankang had escaped, with his cultivation, even as a cripple, if he really wanted to hide, it wouldn’t be easy for ordinary Protectors to find him.

Because, that fellow’s Five Desires Demon cultivation had already reached the Lust Gate, the second stage, on the verge of Great Achievement, and his spiritual cultivation, although somewhat inferior to mine, wasn’t far off.

When I used Greed as an attack, I managed to affect the True Qi Realm’s Monk Guangming for a moment.

Even if Li Yuankang’s spiritual attack isn’t at this level, Lin Huaiyu and Green Lady of the Five Viscera Realm have both confirmed that they couldn’t immune themselves from such influence.

As for ordinary Protectors, they wouldn’t even need to lift a finger; just a single thought attack thrown in their direction would leave them oblivious to someone passing right before their eyes.

They could pass under their noses in complete ignorance.

In sending out manpower and spreading the word to look out for an odd-looking cripple, Zhou Ping’an truly didn’t expect his subordinates to be able to capture him.

Just knowing a rough location would suffice.

"I’ll let you jump around a little longer."

Thinking of the possibility that Li Yuankang still had a legacy hidden on him, or the chance to follow the vine to find the Suppression Prison Subduing Demon Scripture, Zhou Ping’an felt a slight thrill in his heart.

But in the next moment, he regained his tranquil state of mind.

Having stepped past the gate of Greed, I discovered a benefit: all varieties of greedy desires virtually ceased to exist in my heart.

It’s not that they didn’t exist, but rather that I could control them freely.

I wouldn’t let the prospect of imminent huge benefits cloud my judgment.

My mind would remain exceedingly clear at all times.

In this regard, Elder Guangming clearly couldn’t do the same back then; he was controlled by greed, despite holding a trump card, he ended up misplaying his hand.

It must be said, it was an absolute tragedy.