Chapter 488 - 275: Luo Wushuang! (Part 2)
Chapter 488: Chapter 275: Luo Wushuang! (Part 2)
"The one who commissioned the assassination of Li Junmo via the Mirror of Sin was Guan Changying.
"He came to investigate, merely to see if the assassin succeeded.
"But in the end, he didn’t see the assassin; instead, he found Li Junmo severely injured...
"I am not clear about what transpired in between.
"At the time, from the words of Qiansun Jushi, I found out the whereabouts of a few other assassins, left Taiheng Sect, and headed to Chunlai Inn in Sword City to search for those assassins.
"That night, the Taiheng Sect disciples stationed at the city gate should have seen me and two assassins leap separately over the city walls to duel outside the city, where I ultimately succeeded in killing the assassin!"
Among the Taiheng Sect disciples, indeed, someone nodded.
The commotion that night was immense.
Martial experts departed from Sword City; they didn’t intercept them, but the aftershocks from the showdown were palpable—not only to martial practitioners like them but also to the common folk in the city.
This point couldn’t be faked.
Thus, Chu Qing was telling the truth!
He truly wasn’t the one who killed the Sect Leader!
Some people’s gazes at Guan Changying became exceptionally complex.
Then, they heard Chu Qing say:
"Who would have thought, after I eliminated the threat of the assassin for Sect Leader Li, upon returning to Taiheng Sect, I saw the nine Grand Elders of Taiheng Sect leading over two hundred disciples to attack my companion."
At this point, Chu Qing’s voice turned icy:
"The ruthless killing indeed was driven by my righteous indignation.
"These over two hundred lives were taken by me!
"However, as martial artists, when faced with injustice, if we don’t confront it with martial force, are we supposed to reason with them?
"If the people of Taiheng Sect were willing to reason, how could they have pursued and exterminated my companions in my absence? Had I arrived later, wouldn’t they have perished within Taiheng Sect?
"It’s laughable, after I was running all night for Sect Leader Li, only to come back and find my friends almost killed by Taiheng Sect disciples...
"Dare I ask everyone present, what’s wrong with being angry and killing for this reason?"
"Taiheng Sect is truly ungrateful, like a treacherous white-eyed wolf. The man first saved your Sect Leader, then helped to kill the assassin, and upon returning, his friends were nearly killed by you. If it were me and I had the martial arts like the Third Young Master, wouldn’t I have wiped out your Taiheng Sect to the last?"
"Just think about it; it’s indeed chilling, to harm without distinguishing right from wrong. Is this the style of Taiheng Sect?"
"Speaking of which, isn’t the Mirror of Sin supposed to act on behalf of heaven, using killing as its punishment? What fault did Sect Leader Li have that they dare to make such a heartless profit off him?"
"You are unaware, after all. The so-called acting on behalf of heaven is nothing but a fig leaf. During the two halls’ conflict, the Mirror of Sin also tried to assassinate Tie Lingyun. Their actions are no different from an ordinary assassin organization—killing for money. Because of this, Hall Master Tie is currently aggressively eradicating the branches of the Mirror of Sin with notable success!
"Moreover, many relatives and friends of those who died at the hands of the Mirror of Sin, slandered with wrongful accusations, are all gathering around Iron Blood Hall, seeking revenge for their loved ones."
"Is there still such a matter!? I have never heard of it!"
Amidst the multitude of voices, Chu Qing’s voice again reached the people’s ears:
"Before killing, I learned from their mouths that they thought I killed Li Junmo.
"But Li Junmo was alive and well when I left Calm Heart Cave.
"It was only after some speculation that I realized Guan Changying went to Calm Heart Cave, and some alterations took place meanwhile.
"Initially, I also thought Guan Changying killed Li Junmo and framed me for the crime.
"But who would have thought, when I pursued the last assassin on the Evil Extermination List of the Mirror of Sin up to Sword Enlightenment Cliff, only then did I learn that someone died there.
"This person was an old acquaintance of mine; therefore, after I completely eliminated the assassin, going to inspect the corpse, only then did I discover...
"The body was not that of my old acquaintance.
"Though Disguise Art is clever, luckily I had dabbled in it too. After a little discernment, only then did I find out that the corpse’s face indeed had a human skin mask!"
And whose face was beneath the mask... at this moment, it was clear without words.
The real Guan Changying had been disguised, killed, and the corpse thrown at Sword Enlightenment Cliff.
The fake Guan Changying was quietly awaiting today’s sword-granting ceremony.
Chu Qing looked up at ’Guan Changying’:
"Luo Wushuang, at this point, do you still intend to remain silent?"
Having killed Guan Changying and impersonated Luo Wushuang, where is the real Luo Wushuang?
He wasn’t dead... naturally, he had turned into Guan Changying.
That night Gentle had once said the last killer of the Mirror of Sin who practiced the Wood Corpse Technique had once interacted with Luo Wushuang.
At that time, Chu Qing was very surprised, but seeing the face under that corpse’s human skin mask, everything had an explanation.
There must have been an extremely deep connection between Luo Wushuang and Guan Changying.
The one searching for assassins to kill Li Junmo, from the beginning, might not have been Guan Changying, but Luo Wushuang.
Therefore, Luo Wushuang would have had a connection with the last assassin, having had a secret meeting in Taiheng Sect.
But the name Luo Wushuang was very unfamiliar; it could be said that no one in the Martial World had heard of it.
When these three words were spoken by Chu Qing, everyone present exchanged glances.
Then, they saw ’Guan Changying’ slowly exhale:
"So, that night, you switched the bodies?"
"There were still important matters at the time; the one who switched the bodies wasn’t me... it was Lan Shuyi."
Chu Qing glanced at Lan Shuyi.
Lan Shuyi nodded; that night, Chu Qing sought him out to do something quite inexplicable.
He made him find a body, change the clothes, and throw it in the woodshed.
Moreover, to put a human skin mask on the body.
Lan Shuyi didn’t understand the matter at all but complied.
So, the next day, he went to the woodshed to see what happened, only to see ’Guan Changying’ eagerly bringing people to burn the body.
’Guan Changying’ then said softly:
"I originally thought, after such an incident, you wouldn’t return to Taiheng Sect that night.
"A moment’s mistake led to such a flaw, being exposed by you in public today; it’s fate.
"Third Young Master... Are you, in fact, my nemesis?"
Chu Qing pondered for a moment and softly spoke:
"Are you referring to Cold Corpse Chu Huaifeng?"
"What else?"
’Guan Changying’ sighed:
"Many things were determined by human actions. If Cold Corpse Chu Huai Feng were not killed by you, Guan Changying wouldn’t have needed to kill Zhao Qipeng.
"The current outcome would have been entirely different.
"Unfortunately, Chu Huai Feng inexplicably died at your hands..."
"So, the one who saved Chu Huai Feng that year was you?"
More than ten years ago, as Chu Huai Feng fell off a cliff, Chu Qing had asked him who saved him.
He said... it was Luo.
But even with this word before him, how could Chu Qing relate this to the naive Luo Wushuang, who was new to the Martial World and easily deceived?
More than ten years ago, how old was he, after all?
What skills did he possess to save Chu Huai Feng?
"Though the one who saved him wasn’t me, indeed, I was the one who took him away. His Cold Corpse Record was not practiced well, and with injuries like that, surviving was practically impossible. It was only after I knelt in front of my master for three days and three nights that I managed to gain a sliver of hope for him.
"It’s just a shame he ended up being too useless after all."
Luo Wushuang reached out to wipe off the human skin mask, revealing his true face.
However, what was surprising to Chu Qing, though not exceedingly so, was that beneath the mask was not Luo Wushuang’s face either.
This face... bore a seventy-percent resemblance to Guan Changying.
"Guan Changying didn’t take action early or late, but precisely at this moment because you happened to arrive at Taiheng Sect under the guise of the sword-granting ceremony!?"
Chu Qing squinted his eyes at him:
"What is the relationship between you and Guan Changying?"
"I... am naturally his blood brother."
Luo Wushuang laughed:
"’Qi Luo’ are the two words I chose to bear the surname Luo, and ’Wushuang’ are the words bestowed by my master.
"Luo Wushuang greets the Third Young Master!"