Chapter 16
Su Qingyi hastily found a guard and had Su Jianfei investigate. Very quickly, it was confirmed that Grandma Liu had left the Su Clan through the back door alone and was probably heading straight for Dong Mountain.
Su Qingyi immediately went to see Su Diguo and begged him to send someone to Dong Mountain to bring Grandma Liu back.
Su Diguo ordered the Su Clan to be locked down and only sent a messenger eagle for the scouts hidden outside to investigate.
The sky grew darker and darker as black clouds rolled in the sky. It was as if a demon had rushed out of hell and wanted to devour all life on the continent. Thunder boomed, lightning broke through the sky, and the wind blew wildly. A storm was about to arrive.
“Grandma Liu, please don’t let anything happen to you!”
Sitting in the secret room, Su Qingyi anxiously waited for the scout’s report. She didn’t have any deep feelings for her personal servant girl. Rather, it was this Grandma Liu who had watched her grow up.
When she was young, when she went out to play, Grandma Liu always protected her. She didn’t have a mother since she was young, so Grandma Liu was like a loving mother to her. She always allowed her to do as she pleased and cared for her in every way possible.
“Boom!”
A clap of thunder rang out as the storm finally fell. Su Qingyi’s heart suddenly ached as she suddenly stood up and walked out of the secret room. When she saw a flying eagle land, Su Jianfei removed the secret letter from the eagle’s leg. His expression darkened as she closed her eyes in even more pain.
“The scouts in the city confirmed that Grandma Liu had left the east city gate. However, after searching all over the east city, they didn’t find any trace of Grandma Liu. The scouts are too weak to go up Dong Mountain …”
Su Jianfei reported in a low voice. He looked at Su Qingyi, who had her eyes closed in pain, and sighed heavily before walking into the secret room.
Su Jianfei knew that Su Diguo would never send anyone to rescue Grandma Liu at such a critical juncture. Perhaps in a few days, the Su Clan’s scouts would find her on Dong Mountain, but it would certainly be a corpse.
…
Boom!
Xiao Chen, who was cultivating in the room, was awakened by a clap of thunder. He opened his eyes and looked at the storm outside the window. He suddenly had a bad feeling.
“Grandfather?”
He thought of his grandfather who was hidden in the valley in the Great Wilderness. He thought of the traps outside the valley and his grandfather’s powerful abilities. He shook his head.
Although the valley was in the Great Wilderness, it was still in the periphery. There were no strong desolate beasts nearby that could break the mechanism at the entrance of the valley.
He anxiously paced back and forth in the room, not knowing where the problem lay.
He looked at the yellow dog that was sleeping soundly in the corner. Seeing that it was not alert at all, he confirmed that it was safe nearby. He pushed the door open in annoyance. Looking at the pouring rain and the sky that was alternating between bright and dark, his clear eyes were filled with worry.
Pu pu!
A black shadow broke through the air towards them. Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly. With the help of the lightning, he could see that it was an eagle.
His grandfather had said that this thing was specially used for communication. This eagle was very intelligent and would definitely not fly around randomly.
And now it was flying straight towards him?
“Xiu!”
He reached out a hand and easily grabbed the eagle’s neck. He saw that there was a cylinder tied to its claws. He took it off and casually threw the eagle into the air. The eagle spread its wings, circled once, and broke through the air.
“If you want Grandmother Liu to live, immediately go alone to the top of Dong Mountain ten li east of the city. If the Su family makes any strange movements, Grandmother Liu will die without a doubt.”
There was a letter in the cylinder. The contents of the letter were very simple. At this moment, Xiao Chen finally knew the source of the uneasiness in his heart. After he finished reading it, his expression did not change at all. On the contrary, he was unusually calm, terrifyingly calm.
Hiss! Hiss!
He circulated the Wasteland power in his hand and tore the letter into pieces. He then silently walked out of the courtyard and found a hidden Su family guard. With one hand, he grabbed his collar and asked in a low voice, “What happened to the Su family just now?”
Xiao Chen released his murderous aura. The guard felt as if he was being pressed down by a large mountain and felt a little suffocated. He did not dare to provoke this killing god. He quickly said in a low voice, “Last night, all the family tombs on Dong Mountain were robbed. The family leader has ordered the Su family to be locked down. No one is allowed to leave.”
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice, “No one is allowed to leave?
No one is going out? ”
The guard’s eyes turned and he seemed to have thought of something. He quickly said, “Grandmother Liu seems to have gone out. She left through the back door early and has not returned yet.”
“Alright, continue to stand guard. Remember, no one is allowed to enter my courtyard.”
As Xiao Chen said this, he let go of the guard’s collar and walked into the courtyard. Only then did the guard wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and hide in the canopy of trees.
Xiao Chen entered the loft and closed the door. Only then did he carry the wooden sword on his back. He faced the yellow dog, who had opened its eyes, and said in a low voice, “Da Huang, I need to go out for a while. There is some trouble this time. I might need your help.”
There was no emotion in the yellow dog’s eyes. It stood up, and its eyes became icy. In a human-like manner, it nodded at Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen gently opened the window. The yellow dog’s four limbs bent and its body shot out of the window like a shadow. Xiao Chen followed silently. One man and one beast, their movements were incomparably graceful. Using the cover of the rainy night, they easily avoided the secret guards the Su family had arranged to protect Xiao Chen and snuck out of the Su manor.
The yellow dog darted left and right. It seemed that it didn’t need to probe to clearly sense the position of the Su family’s secret guards hiding and patrolling guards. Xiao Chen followed it for only a short while before he flipped over the high walls of the Su manor.
One man and one dog didn’t stop. They charged quickly toward the east of the city against the heavy rain and quickly disappeared into the curtain of rain.
…
The rain was getting heavier, and it was accompanied by deafening thunder. The lightning that tore through the sky like a malevolent white snake made Su Qingyi’s heart sink even more when she returned to her courtyard.
Grandma Liu must have met with an accident, and she could only watch as Grandma Liu perished. She was only at the first stage of the White Tiger Realm, and she couldn’t rescue Grandma Liu by herself. Su Diguo definitely wouldn’t let her out, either.
She was the young lady of the Su Clan. She was extremely intelligent, and she was the goddess in the hearts of countless young masters in the Blood Sun City. However, she couldn’t do anything. She couldn’t do anything.
This feeling was driving her crazy. She was restless in her chamber, but she had nowhere to go. Ultimately, her mind couldn’t help but think of Xiao Chen’s face.
She let out a soft spit and wondered what was wrong with her.
Why did she keep thinking of that idiot recently?
What was so good about him?
He was just a country bumpkin, and he was extremely vulgar.
She forced herself to calm down and poured a cup of water before drinking it quietly.
As she drank, she realized that her tears had unknowingly flowed into the cup. The slightly sweet water had turned slightly salty, and there was a bitter taste in her mouth.
“Grandma, if you are really dead, Qingyi will think of all ways to eradicate the Yue Clan and take revenge for you.”
Su Qingyi murmured and wiped her tears before standing up. She propped up an umbrella and walked into the rainy night.
At this moment, she suddenly wanted to take a look at that youth that came from the Great Wilderness. Perhaps it was because apart from her, the only person that treated Grandma Liu well was Xiao Chen.
She arrived outside of Xiao Chen’s courtyard, but she didn’t enter. She simply propped up the umbrella and looked at the courtyard from afar.
The violent winds fluttered her palace dress while the rain had nearly drenched her entire body. Her face was flickering under the illumination of the lightning, and she could vaguely see two streaks of tears slowly flowing down her flower-like face, merging into the rain.
“En?
Something isn’t right! ”
Suddenly —!
She seemed to have thought of something and cried out in surprise.
It was still just nightfall. Logically speaking, Xiao Chen would still be practicing his swordplay. It wasn’t that it hadn’t rained before, but Grandma Liu had said that Xiao Chen practiced sooner or later, regardless of the weather.
She hastily walked into the courtyard and pushed open the door. Facing the dim candlelight, she saw the empty attic and the two windows swaying in the cold wind. Her beautiful eyes spun a few times, and her face immediately became snow-white.
She quickly walked outside and used her loudest voice to call out, “Someone, Xiao Chen has gone to Dong Mountain. Immediately inform father that all the White Tiger realm warriors of the Su Clan are to gather!”
Before long, the entire Su Clan was violently stirred.
Two elders of the Su Clan led 20 warriors of the White Tiger realm and above and charged out of the Su Clan in the rain, heading straight for Dong Mountain.
Xiao Chen couldn’t die!
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