Chapter 431 Tentative Inquiry

The black cavalrymen were silent, their horses backing away, their eyes under their helmets flashing with a mixture of fear and shock.

Their cold, hard exterior was completely different from their inner selves. Heavy, grim equipment on the outside didn't necessarily mean a cold, hard heart on the inside.

"Blood Body... he didn't even have time to activate it!? Just who... is this guy!?"

Ouyang Shenyan's deputy felt a chill run down his spine. Watching Li Cheng Yi slowly walk out of the clinic, he didn't even dare to stop him.

He knew Ouyang Shenyan's strength best. Ouyang Shenyan was one of the six deputy commanders of the Quling Prefecture City Guard, a formidable expert on the verge of entering the Guan Ling realm.

The Ouyang family's Scarlet Blaze Art was a high-level black-grade technique. Combined with their already high bloodline concentration, the Blood Essence they cultivated was naturally stronger than that of ordinary Blood Essence martial artists.

Ever since Ouyang Qing mysteriously disappeared eight years ago, the Ouyang family had been on a downward spiral.

The family head, Ouyang Tong, suspected that Ouyang Qing had been kidnapped by nearby Blood Essence savages, and led people to wipe them out, but was accidentally injured and his strength declined. Now, only Ouyang Yuanji was left to hold up the Ouyang family.

It was not easy for Ouyang Shenyan and others to rise through hard work. Although his bloodline concentration was not high enough, with only a lower-grade bloodline, his strength was several levels lower than the family head. However, he still tried his best to support half of the Ouyang family's current situation.

But now...

One finger!!??

What kind of monster was this!!?

None of the black cavalrymen dared to move.

On the other hand, Wang Zhijun and the others in the courtyard, suppressing their fear, called out to Li Cheng Yi.

"Brother Chen, where are you going!?"

Wang Zhijun shouted with all his might. Seeing Ouyang Shenyan killed in the courtyard, he guessed what was happening the first moment amidst the shock.

"This has nothing to do with you."

Li Cheng Yi didn't even turn his head, slowly leaving the clinic. His figure seemed slow but was actually fast, disappearing into the surrounding streets in the blink of an eye.

The nearby passers-by hadn't even figured out what was going on when they saw the black cavalrymen retreat from the clinic courtyard in a disheveled manner, scattering and fleeing in all directions.

A firework shot into the sky, the City Guard's signal for warning and seeking assistance.

In the courtyard, Wang Zhijun and the others carefully avoided the scattered flesh and blood, watching as the flesh and blood turned into black smoke, some merging into the ground, some evaporating and disappearing.

"Sir... what does he want to do!? What should we do next!?"

His mind was in a mess. In fact, he had already guessed what Li Cheng Yi wanted to do, what he was about to do, but...

"The only thing we need to do next is not to cause trouble for Brother Chen. Pack up your things and leave, get out of the city first!" Wang Zhijun made a decisive decision.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart. Even if such a thing was accomplished, what then? He felt relieved now, but what about later?

Why was Brother Chen so impulsive!?

He suppressed the surge of grief in his heart, knowing that Wang Yichen was afraid it would be difficult to escape safely.

"But after leaving the city..."

Liu Mingyang asked foolishly from the side.

"After leaving the city... return to the clan!" Wang Zhijun said decisively. "We can't persuade Brother Chen, we can only try not to be a burden to him."

"Brother Jun... could it be that Sir he..." Liu Mingyang heard the deep meaning in these words, his expression changing drastically.

"This is the only way. We are powerless to do anything else." Wang Zhijun had never hated his weakness as much as he did now.

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Ouyang Family, Pure Yang Pagoda.

In front of the nineteen-story Pure Yang Pagoda, many family members who had heard the news had already gathered.

The entire Ouyang family was divided into the main family and the branch family. All those who had awakened their bloodlines were from the main family.

The rest were all branch families, and the number of branch family members was almost dozens of times that of the main family. Most of them were ordinary martial artists, True Qi martial artists.

Including the missing Ouyang Qing, there were only a dozen people in the main family.

All the Blood Essence families in Shaoyin operated and were distributed in this way, without exception, in order to maintain the high concentration of the bloodline.

"Why would Shenyan send out a signal flare? Could it be that he encountered a strong person at the Guan Ling level?"

Among the few members of the main family who had arrived, a tall man with red flame patterns on his face looked towards the clinic with a puzzled expression.

He was Ouyang Can, the current number one in the Ouyang main family, the younger brother of Ouyang Lingzhu and Ouyang Qing, and ranked third in the family.

After the death and disappearance of the previous two, he became the leader of the younger generation of the Ouyang main family.

His bloodline concentration was medium, but his cultivation technique was slightly weaker than Ouyang Shenyan's. The two offset each other, making him roughly equal to Ouyang Shenyan.

"Ever since the incident with elder sister, the struggle between the two Yin Gods has become more and more obvious. The Qi family is targeting us everywhere. Maybe they forced Shenyan to ask for help." A middle-aged woman wearing a fitted martial suit, her hands constantly shifting between leopard claws and human hands, spoke from the side.

Yun Shan found an excuse to kill Ouyang Lingzhu, which was a slap in the face to Tiancan. The struggle between the two great Yin Gods has now become increasingly fierce.

"Has everyone arrived? Prepare to go and support them!" Seeing that the family members had gathered, Ouyang Can shouted loudly.

The family's retainers and branch family martial artists had gathered at least thirty, arranged neatly, each distributed armor and weapons, gathering in an open space in front of the Pure Yang Pagoda.

"Line up!" Ouyang Can shouted loudly, leaping onto his horse.

Shua!

Suddenly, at the edge of the formation of dozens of people, a tall man wearing a sky-blue robe leisurely approached.

"Who is it!? Stop! This is the Ouyang family's residence!"

"Is he crazy? Daring to break in so directly!?"

"That's... Wang Yichen!?"

Suddenly, someone recognized the approaching blue-robed man and exclaimed in surprise.

Wang Yichen!?

Immediately, the Ouyang family members fell silent.

Although this name was just the name of an ordinary True Qi martial artist, it had been deeply imprinted in the memories of all the family members over the years.

Because the eldest miss, Ouyang Lingzhu, was killed on the spot by the Yin God Yun Shan because of this person.

The second miss may have left home because of this person's inducement and has not returned to this day.

The Ouyang family has fallen into its current predicament, although the main reason is not because of this person, his shadow is everywhere.

'Wang Yichen?' Ouyang Can narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Li Cheng Yi.