The father and son looked at the corpses scattered across the ground and the crippled man surnad Zhang before them.
"Wen’an, who are they?"
"Disciples from the Cliff Mountain Courtyard of Qiyun Valley."
Shen Wen’an shook off the blood on the Dragon-Slaying Magical Sword and spoke.
Upon hearing this, the expressions on Shen Yuan and Shen Wenxing’s faces instantly turned grim.
They couldn’t fathom why disciples from Qiyun Valley would appear at their ho in the middle of the night.
"They ca for Liu Hong."
Shen Wen’an spoke again.
"Liu Hong?"
"The disciple from Cliff Mountain Courtyard you killed at Qiyun Valley’s mountain gate?" Shen Wenxing asked.
Shen Wen’an nodded slightly.
Shen Yuan glanced at the injured man surnad Zhang, and Shen Wen’an beside him said, "Ah Die, let kill him."
"Not appropriate!"
Shen Yuan quickly stopped him.
Last ti, due to the incident of killing Liu Hong, a major disaster was almost caused. Although they were eventually proven innocent, it still created a significant rift between the Shen Family and Qiyun Valley.
This ti, they must leave a living witness so that if Qiyun Valley investigates in the future, they have a chance to prove their innocence.
"Eldest, take him away and imprison him."
Shen Yuan instructed, and Shen Wenxing nodded, dragging the crippled man surnad Zhang toward the backyard.
"Let’s deal with these corpses."
Shen Yuan spoke again, and the father and son each carried two corpses out of the courtyard.
...
Deep within Hidden Dragon Mountain.
Li Heshan looked grimly at the two Qiyun Valley disciples in front of him and said, "You two were on duty, and you didn’t even notice five people went missing?"
The two looked a bit flustered, stamring and not daring to speak.
"Speak!"
"Where on earth did Zhang Yuan and the others go!?"
Li Heshan, unusually angry, displayed the dignity of a senior brother!
The two disciples in front shivered slightly, and one of them eventually chose to speak.
"Senior Brother, Zhang... Senior Brother Zhang said they had so personal matters to attend to."
"Senior Brother Zhang said they would definitely return before dawn, and asked us not to tell you, Senior Brother." The other added.
Personal matters?
Li Heshan looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "Where did they go?"
The two looked at each other and timidly pointed toward the foot of the mountain.
Li Heshan looked in that direction, sighed heavily, and headed to the camp of Luoxia Mountain’s disciples.
"Junior Sister Wei, I’ll go down the mountain for a bit and return promptly."
"Please take care of the other disciples from Qiyun Valley."
Wei Qiuling nodded slightly, agreeing to the request.
Li Heshan returned to the midst of the Qiyun Valley disciples, looking at the two disciples on duty, and said, "You two follow down the mountain to search."
"If Zhang Yuan and his group made any mistakes, you two will be equally culpable!"
He now felt a vague sense of foreboding.
On this exploration of the ruins, he was assigned to bring a total of twenty disciples from the four courtyards, and the five who were currently missing were all from Cliff Mountain Courtyard.
The direction at the foot of the mountain was where the Shen Family’s Black Water Pool was located, and Li Heshan vaguely guessed that Zhang Yuan and the others had gone down the mountain to cause trouble for the Shen Family to vent their anger on behalf of Cliff Mountain Courtyard.
The three senior and junior brothers dared not delay and imdiately used Divine Movent Skill on their legs to fly swiftly down the mountain.
By the ti they reached Black Water Pool, it was already nearly the hour of Yin (early morning).
Seeing the peaceful manor in the distance, Li Heshan breathed a sigh of relief.
No fighting, perhaps he guessed wrong.
But since they were already there, it was best to check it out.
The three ca to the gate of the courtyard, and Li Heshan knocked on the door.
The two guards at the door opened it, nervously looking at the visitors.
"Li Heshan from Qiyun Valley is here to visit, may I trouble you to inform the patriarch?"
Li Heshan spoke, and the two guards exchanged a glance, with one of them cupping his hands, "Immortal, please wait, I’ll go inform the patriarch."
Monts later, Shen Yuan, Shen Wenxing, and Shen Wen’an ca out from inside the courtyard.
"Immortal Li."
"Senior Brother."
The three saluted.
After cupping his hands in return, Li Heshan, with a look of apology, said, "I ca uninvited, sorry for the intrusion."
"Junior Brother Wen’an’s injuries have improved?"
Shen Wen’an nodded slightly.
Shen Yuan and Shen Wenxing secretly exchanged a glance.
After inviting Li Heshan and the other two into the courtyard’s guest room, Shen Yuan spoke, "Immortal Li, your sudden visit, is there an urgent matter?"
Li Heshan hesitated for a mont and said, "To be honest, I brought a group of junior brothers and sisters here to explore that ruin."
"Unexpectedly, before reaching the ruins, five went missing without notice."
"Those five are disciples from Cliff Mountain Courtyard, and I worry..."
"They ca here." Shen Wen’an said calmly.
Hearing this, Li Heshan was stunned, then suddenly rose to his feet, saying:
"They ca to trouble Junior Brother Shen!?"
Shen Wen’an nodded, "I killed four and crippled one."
Upon hearing this, the two other Qiyun Valley disciples who ca with Li Heshan were dumbfounded.
Li Heshan’s expression also turned serious.
He didn’t expect things to escalate to this point.
The matter of Liu Hong being killed had long passed, and within Cliff Mountain Courtyard, Liu Hong’s connections weren’t so strong that Zhang Yuan, the Chief Disciple, would risk so much for him.
Everyone had been in Yangnao Land for over a month, and at first, he worried that the Cliff Mountain Courtyard disciples might act against the Shen Family, specifically paying close attention to several people’s movents.
Over the month, the group didn’t make any significant moves.
Who would have thought that at the last mont, sothing like this would happen?
"Junior Brother Shen, where is the crippled one?"
Pushing down his thoughts, Li Heshan asked in a serious voice.
Shen Yuan glanced at the side at Shen Wenxing, who slightly cupped his hands and then turned to head to the backyard.
Monts later, Zhang Yuan was dragged over.
Upon seeing Li Heshan, Zhang Yuan’s expression changed slightly, and his eyes avoided looking directly.
Staring at his pitiful state, Li Heshan sighed heavily, a flash of light in his hand, he took out a pill and placed it in Zhang Yuan’s mouth.
It was a healing elixir.
After swallowing it, Li Heshan finally spoke, "Speak, whose idea was it?"
"From what I know, you hardly had any connection with Liu Hong in Cliff Mountain Courtyard."
Zhang Yuan raised his head, casting a venomous glance at Shen Wen’an, then turned and looked at Li Heshan, saying, "It’s co to this, according to the sect rules, give it to straight, Senior Brother, whether it’s to be killed or flayed."
"You!"
Li Heshan, fuming with rage, pointed at him!
The more Zhang Yuan acted this way, the more concerned Li Heshan was that Yao Lin from Cliff Mountain Courtyard might be secretly orchestrating this.
Facing five alone, killing four, and crippling one, Shen Wen’an’s terrifying potential and growth speed were evident.
He still hoped that when he took over as sect leader in the future, he could nurture Shen Wen’an into the sect’s guardian.
If Yao Lin from Cliff Mountain Courtyard continued to target Shen Wen’an relentlessly as the head of the courtyard, eventually, Shen Wen’an would be driven away.
"Junior Brother Shen, Patriarch Shen."
"All this is due to my inadequate supervision, rest assured, Junior Brother, Senior Brother will give you a satisfactory explanation!"
Li Heshan cupped his hands, looked at the two junior brothers behind him, and said, "You two take Zhang Yuan back to Fengxian County and guard him well. Once we return, hand him over to the Law Enforcent Hall."
The two exchanged a glance and imdiately cupped their hands in agreent.
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