Chapter 107: Li Longling suspects that someone in the family is a collaborator!
After listening to the statements of the two guards, Li Longling instructed the Chilong Mansion guards to find some bystanders who had witnessed the incident. Upon hearing their accounts, it was almost sure that when the guards arrived to kill the demonic cultivator, he had already been severely injured by two disciples from the Xuanxing Sect. However, instead of reducing her doubts, the revelation of Xuanxing Sect’s disciple’s involvement only heightened Li Longling’s perplexity.
Why didn’t those two Xuanxing Sect disciples notify the Chilong Mansion guards and bring them along to apprehend the demonic cultivator? Why did they choose to take matters into their own hands?
Furthermore, now that the demonic cultivator was dead, why hadn’t they returned to the scene to inform her, the young lady of Chilong Mansion, about the events and their implications?
Li Longling continued contemplating the possibilities in her mind, but she couldn’t find answers to these two questions.
After a moment of hesitation, she thought of Xiao Yunluo being the young lady of Xuanxing Sect and immediately asked her, “Senior Sister Xiao, do you know about this?”
Xiao Yunluo, looking puzzled, shook her head and replied, “I don’t know, I haven’t heard of it…”
At this point, Feng Yudie, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up and asked, “Junior sister Li, I have a question!”
Li Longling responded, “Ah… Senior Sister Feng, please go ahead.”
“I heard that this year there seems to be more extreme flame spiritual energy than usual. Have you checked the suppression formation here?” Feng Yudie inquired.
After hesitating, Li Longling answered, “The suppression formation is inspected monthly. The people who checked it before said there was no problem. As for the extreme flame aura, my father mentioned it’s due to stronger earth veins this year.”
“Is that so? Since Master Li said that…” Feng Yudie trailed off.
Feng Yudie then leaned in and whispered to Li Longling, “Junior sister Li, I always feel there might be some connection between the suppression formation and this demonic cultivator. Perhaps someone in Chilong Mansion is collaborating with the demonic cultivator?”
Upon hearing this, Li Longling’s furrowed brows deepened.
Xiao Yunluo, having overheard, quickly intervened, “Hey! You two…!”
Feng Yudie protected her waist, stepped back, and defended herself, “Senior Sister Xiao, honest advice may be hard to hear but beneficial. The matter of the demonic cultivator is significant, and I’m just suggesting a possibility.”
“But you don’t have to say it so…” Xiao Yunluo started.
Feng Yudie rubbed her nose, grinned, and said, “Well, it’s because I trust Junior Sister Li, isn’t it? Anyway, I think anyone in Chilong Mansion, except Junior Sister Li, could potentially have an affair with the demonic cultivator.”
Li Longling remained silent momentarily and then asked, “Senior Sister Feng, why do you think I wouldn’t have an affair with a demonic cultivator?”
“Junior Sister Li, such a beautiful and righteous girl. How could she be involved with a demonic cultivator?” Feng Yudie praised her, giving a thumbs up. “My instincts are usually spot on.”
Xiao Tian, floating beside her, had lines of frustration on his face. He shook his head with resentment. “Yudie, are you starting again?”
Li Longling couldn’t help but smile and shake her head. This was the first time she had been called “beautiful” by another girl.
“Senior Sister Feng was just joking, but…” Li Longling began, and Feng Yudie’s words triggered a realization.
Numerous formations surrounded Chilong Mountain, and the city housed spiritual beasts with the ability to sense spiritual energy. The palace guards also conducted searches on entering cultivators.
It was almost sure there was a spy within Chilong Mansion, and their status might be significant.
After some contemplation, Li Longling informed her father about the situation and Feng Yudie’s thoughts. She said, “It’s getting late. Senior Sister Xiao and Senior Sister Feng, you should return to the inner palace to rest first. I will handle it here.”
“Do you need my help?” Feng Yudie asked with a smile. “I’m quite good at discerning clues and can protect you too.”
Li Longling politely declined, “Thank you for your kindness, but it’s really not necessary. Please rest in peace, Senior Sister Feng.”
Xiao Yunluo quickly intervened, grabbing Feng Yudie’s shoulders. “Junior Sister Li, we will return to the inner palace first.”
With that, they flew towards the inner palace of Chilong Mansion on their swords. As midnight approached, most of the servants in Jiang Mansion had already retired to their rooms.
Ye Anping, carrying Liang Zhu’s shoulders, returned to Jiang Mansion through the back door.
“Madam, you return to the house and change your clothes first. I’ll help Brother Liang return to the house and be here soon.”
“Um!”
Pei Lianxue nodded, turned around, and returned to the hut where she and Ye Anping had been staying. She eagerly awaited another intimate moment with her husband and was quite happy.
After Pei Lianxue left, Liang Zhu, with a severe expression, looked at Ye Anping, who was supporting him, and asked, “Lao Liu, to be honest, I really didn’t expect you to come over at that time.”
“Huh!” Ye Anping raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Do you think I’m that heartless in Brother Liang’s eyes? Would I watch my brother almost dying without any reaction?”
Liang Zhu had no expression and promptly replied, “Yes.”
“…”
Ye Anping blinked, then forced a stiff smile in response.
If Liang Zhu were to die, not only would it jeopardize his plans, but he would also have to return to face Ahting’s questioning—”Uncle, I haven’t seen my adoptive father for many days. Do you know where he went?”
He didn’t want to deal with such questions. They were genuinely bothersome.
“Just consider it as Ahting saving your life.”
“Huh!” Liang Zhu didn’t understand at first.
At this moment, Ye Anping, with Liang Zhu, arrived at the courtyard where he and Liang Ahting lived. Ahting seemed to have been waiting there for a while. As soon as the two entered, Ahting ran up to them.
“Foster father! Uncle! Where have you been?”
“Your foster father went out and got injured in a fight. Your uncle and I saved him,” Ye Anping truthfully explained.
Liang Zhu’s eyes twitched at the side, glancing at him, but he felt nothing was wrong with what was said.
Liang Ahting quickly asked, “Ah! Foster father… Are you seriously injured?”
“It’s nothing.” Liang Zhu quickly withdrew his hand from Ye Anping’s shoulder, pretending everything was fine. He went forward, picked up Liang Ahting from the ground, and let her sit on his arm. “Foster father just got a few scratches.”
Seeing his actions, Ye Anping couldn’t help but admire him for managing such a move with both arms broken.
“Forget it…”
Ye Anping shook his head and sighed. Then he took a medicine bottle from his storage bag and handed it to Ahting.
“Ahting, use this medicine to apply your foster father later. I’ll go back now.”
“Sure, uncle, take care!!”
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