Chapter 549 - 306: Assassination
Chapter 549: Chapter 306: Assassination
A twenty-year-old young man, traveling the Martial World with two women disguised as men?
And a little girl as a disciple...
If this person were really an old hand in the Martial World in his seventies or eighties, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
But he isn’t... What kind of situation is this?
Liu Qingyan instinctively shrank back, suddenly feeling that the compensation she had suggested earlier seemed somewhat rash.
At the time, she hadn’t specified what kind of compensation to give, and this boy wouldn’t make an issue out of this, would he?
What kind of person is Chu Qing, almost becoming a spirit himself, just one look at Liu Qingyan’s expression, and he knew what she was thinking.
For a moment, he was speechless.
He considered revealing his identity, but felt it wasn’t quite suitable.
It’s hard to expect people to believe you without evidence.
As for the letter from Chu Yunfei, it was meant to be handed to Liu Zhaonian.
He couldn’t just give it to anyone he met, could he?
If he used this to get closer, wouldn’t people feel even more that he harbored bad intentions towards her?
Shaking his head, Chu Qing coughed and said:
"Miss, do you know what Su Ningzhen finally found out in the investigation?"
Liu Qingyan snapped back to reality, realizing her earlier thoughts were somewhat offensive.
She didn’t even know what kind of relationship they had, and yet she was here daydreaming, so she lightly shook her head, partly to shake off the jumbled thoughts in her head, and partly to answer Chu Qing’s question:
"I don’t know; she doesn’t say anything to me now.
If not for the old times, I wouldn’t even want to deal with her."
Chu Qing nodded upon hearing this:
"In that case, let’s let this matter go for Miss Liu’s sake.
I just hope there won’t be a next time."
"Naturally."
Liu Qingyan said this, suddenly bit her lip, and took out a bamboo tube from her pocket and handed it to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing took it with some doubt, opened it, and inside was a Brocade Handkerchief, embroidered with gold-thread writing.
The first four large characters that caught his eye were "Mystical Sound".
Glancing further down, he knew this was a method of Sound Skill cultivation, but he didn’t delve deeply into it, instead, he looked up at Liu Qingyan:
"Miss Liu, what is this?"
"Compensation."
Liu Qingyan said:
"This is Celestial Sound Mansion’s secret transmission. I am willing to use this to compensate for Su Ningzhen’s actions."
Chu Qing smiled, put away the Brocade Handkerchief, stuffed it back into the bamboo tube, and tossed the tube to Liu Qingyan.
Liu Qingyan was stunned:
"What are you doing..."
Not knowing what she thought, her expression turned somewhat strange and wary.
Chu Qing frowned slightly, feeling that the girl was at an age where she tended to think off-track at every disagreement.
So he softly said:
"Actually, I originally planned to visit Celestial Sound Mansion this time.
I didn’t expect to encounter you on the way... but since we’ve met, and Miss Liu wants to offer compensation.
Then there is indeed something I would like to request Miss Liu’s help with."
Liu Qingyan’s heart sank a little, but she maintained her composure:
"Brother, feel free to speak."
"I would like to ask your mansion’s expert to use the ’Heavenly Heart Peaceful Song’ to heal my fiancée’s injuries."
Chu Qing quickly said this, otherwise, who knows what wild thoughts Liu Qingyan might have.
Liu Qingyan was truly taken aback upon hearing this, looking in surprise at the two rustic faces.
Although she knew these two were women disguised as men, she couldn’t tell what their real appearances were, and she couldn’t decipher which one was his fiancée.
Chu Qing glanced at Wu Qianhuan, and only then did Liu Qingyan say:
"Please, miss, extend your hand."
Wu Qianhuan nodded and extended her wrist.
The inner power cultivation of the ’Celestial Bright Swordsmanship’ indeed had some effect on her injuries.
But the effect wasn’t immediate, and the two of them had to avoid people while cultivating this Martial Arts.
But as they traveled, they were surrounded by people everywhere.
Occasionally, they had the chance to rest at an inn at night, but it wasn’t easy to arrange for one room.
Even if Wu Qianhuan could secretly slip into Chu Qing’s room in the middle of the night... such opportunities were rare indeed.
As a result, the cultivation of ’Celestial Bright Swordsmanship’ was often delayed.
Therefore, her injuries haven’t improved significantly now.
Liu Qingyan held Qianhuan’s wrist, after a moment, her brow furrowed:
"These meridian injuries are quite severe, indeed not something that ordinary methods can resolve.
The cold has invaded the meridians, if one forcibly resolves it with Pure Yang Inner Power, the meridians might even break..."
"Why is that?"
Gentle couldn’t help but ask.
Liu Qingyan thought for a bit and said:
"It’s like the winter when we have no inner power to protect us, our hands and feet are frozen red, and then we immediately thrust our hands into warm water.
The result is frostbite all over the hands.
In this situation, it needs to be handled gradually as the best strategy.
Actually, if this injury is left untreated, it would naturally heal over a few years."
Wu Qianhuan silently looked at Liu Qingyan, then at Chu Qing:
"I don’t want to wait."
Liu Qingyan suddenly realized, enlightened:
"Alright, then we won’t wait. However, I don’t know the ’Heavenly Heart Peaceful Song’, with my cultivation not high enough, the elders at home haven’t taught me.
Why don’t you all come back to Celestial Sound Mansion with me, and I’ll ask Grandma to heal the lady?"
Grandma... Liu Qingyan’s grandma, wouldn’t that be his own grandmother?
Chu Qing blinked, suddenly feeling curious.
The Celestial Sound Mansion is an influential family, back then, Liu Zhaohua, the eldest lady of the Liu family, what did she see in Chu Yunfei?
Could it be his looks?
Anyway, Chu Qing speculated that with Chu Yunfei’s Martial Arts skills and influence back then, it was unlikely that the Liu family would have taken him seriously.