Chapter 46
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Chapter 46: I Overlooked an Eagle
In the early morning, as dawn broke, Mu Qianyun put on a mask and donned Cheng Yuyan’s red palace outfit. She struck a few casual poses, perfectly resembling the Princess of Dalong, which left Li Hui in awe. He had previously worried she wouldn’t be able to capture that commanding presence.
“Good, good, good, let’s go,” Li Hui said. He had dressed Cheng Yuyan in Mu Qianyun’s attire, laying her down under the beam of the attic and calculated the angle to crash his arm into the beam, leaving a crack.
“Is this enough?” Mu Qianyun twirled around. To escape the palace, she hadn’t brought any of her favorite things. There was a sense of elopement in her heart—nervous yet thrillingly exciting.
“Close enough! When the Wooden Building collapses, the force will be great. If Cheng Yuyan survives this, it’s her lucky day. The best outcome is that a beam breaks and hits her on the head, leaving no other marks on her body. That way, people will mistake her for you.”
Li Hui was hunched over, dressed as a frail old lady in a flowered vest, her face painted with powder, his eyelids fluttering dust everywhere.
“Let’s go!” Mu Qianyun nodded, surprisingly resolute for the first time.
For Mu Qianyun, leaving the Wooden Building marked a new beginning. And for Li Hui, it was no different.
The Jade Symbol Sect and the Hidden Sky Sect were engaged in a battle, and their disciples were clashing their powers. This sect mission was full of twists and turns, and it was rumored other sects were involved.
The night the Jade Pavilion was raided, many experts from the Hidden Sky Sect arrived. In Fusu City, panic reigned. When Bilu returned to mention this, she particularly mentioned Zhang Tianhua, saying a little thief’s careless comment had ruined the once “famous” flower thief, leading fifteen Concentrating Spirit stage disciples from the Hidden Sky Sect to pursue him. How it all concluded remained a mystery.
At the same time, Li Hui’s name continued to spread. It was said that when he left the Jade Symbol Sect, he had cooked the books and absconded with funds. This person had previously used public money to purchase high-level spirit talismans and had even possessed powerful artifacts. He had robbed a senior brother in Frost Town, proving himself a significant rat of the Jade Symbol Sect.
There was no need to ask; the news must have been leaked by Jin Buduan and Zheng Tianxiang. Thus, even after leaving the sect, Li Hui couldn’t escape the blame.
Li Hui could even guess that Jin Buduan would blame all the recent missing funds on him. Furthermore, the incident involving the destruction of low-level artifacts in the Artifact Pavilion likely pointed fingers at him. In this case, cracking open the accounts room’s bronze bell artifact also became possible. If Jin Buduan didn’t understand this, then he had wasted years as the outer disciple supervisor.
The Hidden Sky Sect was also hunting for Li Hui. With a tuft of white hair on his forehead, did he need any further investigation?
What a disgrace! The Jade Pavilion was robbed by a little thief; that was equivalent to slapping the Hidden Sky Sect in the face. Moreover, it was rumored that the law enforcement elder had lost a high-level artifact. The true details of the incident were still the subject of speculation…
Inside the palace, Li Hui followed Mu Qianyun, his gaze lowered submissively.
“Who goes there?”
A patrol team rushed up, and upon seeing the masked figure in palace attire, they hurriedly bowed, not daring to approach.
Mu Qianyun scoffed coldly, putting on a show of aloofness, not even glancing at them, while inside, she felt extremely tense.
The two walked confidently, the path ahead clear, showcasing Cheng Yuyan’s authority in the palace. The order was absolute, even the cultivators left behind quickly averted their eyes upon seeing the mask, fearing to disturb the princess’s wrath.
Even if someone spotted the princess accompanied by a frail old lady, they wouldn’t dare to inquire further.
Mu Qianyun was delicate and seldom exercised, so when she finally spotted the palace gate from afar, her legs felt weak and shaky, her momentum clearly lacking.
Li Hui whispered, “There are two cultivators stationed here. It’s better to go slowly than to give ourselves away. We’re almost there! We’ll soon leave the palace.”
At the palace gate, two shadows dangled from the eaves—one male, Liu Feng, and one female, Junior Sister. Neither had guarded the Jade Pavilion well and had been punished to stand guard here, practicing upside down every night.
“Hey, Liu Senior Brother, wake up! Liu Senior Brother, look! It’s Cheng Senior Sister! She’s going out so early and even brought a gray-haired old lady!”
“Mind your own business.” Liu Feng remained meditative. Although he was of the same sect as Cheng Yuyan, he had never spoken to her, unlike Junior Sister, who was familiar with everyone.
“Haha, you’re such a dullard; you’ll probably search your whole life and never find a female cultivator,” Junior Sister teased, hanging upside down like a wind chime, her eyes sparkling at Cheng Yuyan.
Li Hui felt a bit annoyed; he hadn’t expected to run into them right at the palace gates. With Mu Qianyun, he steeled himself to pass by; surely, something had to happen.
The restless Junior Sister was overly excited as she greeted, “Good morning, Cheng Senior Sister! Who’s this old lady? Why aren’t you riding Xiao An today? Is it because Xiao An is sad? Her five babies were killed by the little thief! No, right—when the babies are born, they have to separate from their mother eagle to be trained. Xiao An probably doesn’t even know her babies are in danger, does she?”
“Riding Xiao An? Eagle?” Li Hui’s face changed, and a bad feeling surged in his heart.
As soon as the words left her mouth, a strange scream echoed from the sky, and a powerful wind rushed in, unleashing a torrent of energy aimed at Mu Qianyun, locking her as its target with endless hostility.
“Oh no, I overlooked that eagle,” Li Hui reacted swiftly. With a loud “bang,” he transformed into an afterimage, leaving two deep footprints on the ground as he grabbed Mu Qianyun and pulled her aside. He raised the Earth Yellow Dust Storm Blade, unleashing a fountain of yellow sand to collide with the descending white figure.
In a moment of crisis, Li Hui unfolded the Green Wood Eight Trigram Shield.
The roar instantly shattered the sand fountain, forcing him backward, causing a portion of the shield to ignite as numerous talismans were reduced to ashes.
“What a powerful creature.”
As Li Hui caught his breath, the sound of breaking air rang out, with a blue long sword darting forward, piercing through one talisman after another. The Green Wood Eight Trigram Shield burned fiercely as Liu Feng unleashed a terrifying attack.
“Get lost! If you attack again, I’ll annihilate Cheng Yuyan,” Li Hui grabbed Mu Qianyun. To the outsiders, she was Cheng Yuyan, and he had to act as if he was being forced.
“Ah! Little thief, it’s you!” Junior Sister exclaimed excitedly, realizing they had been searching for this scoundrel throughout the city. She was puzzled about how he had seemingly vanished. Little did she know he had dared to remain within the palace and take her senior sister hostage.
Liu Feng clenched his fists, feeling immensely frustrated, and yelled, “Damn it, can’t you just have a fair fight with me?”
“Sure, when I have the time,” Li Hui quickly stabbed the Earth Yellow Dust Storm Blade into the ground. The white giant eagle soared past, gaining altitude and preparing for a second strike.
“Dust Storm, explode! Explode! Explode!”
Li Hui swiftly formed hand seals and pointed at the main talisman on the Earth Yellow Dust Storm Blade. The ground erupted violently, cracks extending everywhere as the land turned to desert, cold winds whipping up dust.
“Boom! Boom! Boom…” Dust storms swept across five or six miles inside and outside the palace, and the white eagle lost its target to attack. Li Hui sacrificed one artifact as he rapidly escaped.
