Chapter 281: The Unruly Tang Dynasty?

"Wuqing? Why are you here?"

Ye Xiu asked with a smile upon seeing Wuqing.

"I, I—I'm sorry, my uncle—" Wuqing apologized with a look of regret.

"No need to apologize. I actually quite understand his actions. If I were in his position, I'd have stopped a strange Grandmaster from appearing in the capital, potentially doing something bad." Ye Xiu waved his hand, saying generously.

"Thank you." Hearing Ye Xiu's words, Wuqing breathed a sigh of relief. "My uncle is currently under arrest for destroying the An Mansion and even killing An Shigeng. Ye Xiu, can you—"

"No!" Ye Xiu said decisively, before Wuqing could even finish his sentence.

"Huh?" Wuqing stared at Ye Xiu, a little stunned.

"I understand his actions, but that doesn't mean I forgive them. I'm saying that if I were in his shoes, I could understand him. But I'm standing in my own shoes now. I was the one driven out by Zhuge Xiaohua, so I absolutely wouldn't choose to help him."

"…" Wuqing listened to Ye Xiu's words, unsure what to say. She also felt that while Ye Xiu's words were a bit hypocritical, they weren't flawed.

Wuqing sighed. She knew it was perfectly normal for Ye Xiu not to help Zhuge Zhengwo, and she couldn't expect him to help. After all, he wasn't wrong; they just had different perspectives. Wuqing

had come to Ye Xiu's place primarily to try and see if she could get him to help. Since Ye Xiu didn't want to help, she could only go back and find another way.

But Wuqing still considered Zhuge Zhengwo a family member, so when she returned, she would do everything she could to save him.

Watching Wuqing leave, Lian Nishang looked at Ye Xiu with a half-smile: "Wuqing came to you for help, and you really won't help her?"

"That depends on what kind of favor it is! I'm a little bit fond of beautiful women, and when they ask me for help, I can help with some things, but there are others I won't. Just like Zhuge Zhengwo, he came to me for trouble, and I went back to save him? How cheap would I be!" Ye Xiu said, rolling his eyes.

Lian Nishang wasn't surprised to hear Ye Xiu say this, as Ye Xiu had never been a selfless bootlicker.

But it was also true. If Ye Xiu were a bootlicker, he wouldn't have so many women. As a bootlicker, he should have been loyal to one woman, forever.

And everything went just as Ye Xiu had anticipated. After Ye Xiu was forced to withdraw from the capital because of Zhuge Zhengwo, without Ye Xiu's protection, An Yunshan quickly sensed something was amiss. He then channeled other sources of information and eventually learned that the An Mansion had been burned down by Zhuge Zhengwo and that An Yunshan had died at his hands.

Upon hearing this news, An Yunshan nearly went insane.

An Yunshan only had one son, An Shigeng.

An Yunshan's plot to overthrow the Song Dynasty wasn't just about personal gain, it was also about his son, An Shigeng. Now that An Shigeng was dead, it was strange for An Yunshan to remain calm.

So, An Yunshan traveled day and night, galloping back to the capital.

An

Yunshan sat on a high chair, his face gloomy as he gazed at the two women below.

"Ji Yaohua, Ruyan, is this how you two are helping my son?" An Yunshan's voice was cold, tinged with murderous intent.

"My apologies, sir. I was at the Six Gates when Zhuge Zheng and I broke into the An residence—" Ji Yaohua lowered her head.

"I was gathering information outside on the Master's orders. By the time I became aware of the situation at the An residence and rushed back with all my might, Zhuge Zheng had already killed the Master—" Ruyan and Ji Yaohua were in a similar state.

Hearing Ji Yaohua and Ruyan's words, An Shigeng's face grew even colder, practically freezing. The zhenqi within An Yunshan's body grew volatile, reaching a peak, threatening to erupt at any moment.

An Yunshan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Ji Yaohua and Ruyan, sensing something was amiss with them. "Are you two already virgins?" "

Yes, the Master took our bodies not long ago, and Junior Sister is already pregnant," Ruyan replied.

"Hmm?" An Yunshan's face changed, and before Ruyan and Ji Yaohua could react, he appeared in front of Ji Yaohua and grabbed her arm.

An Yunshan felt Ji Yaohua's pulse, his face changing constantly. He seemed to have not expected that his son An Shigeng had died, but still left him a grandson, finally not letting his family line be cut off.

An Yunshan's expression calmed down a little, and the murderous aura on his body subsided: "Ji Yaohua, since you have the blood of the An family, then withdraw from the Six Gates and take care of your baby."

"Yes! My lord!" Ji Yaohua responded.

An Yunshan returned to his seat and looked down at Ji Yaohua and Ruyan. Although he no longer planned to kill the two for the time being, he had already made up his mind. After he dealt with the affairs of the Song Dynasty court and Ji Yaohua gave birth to the child, he would send the two to the underground to be buried with An Shigeng.

Since An Shigeng had claimed their bodies, they were his, and naturally needed to accompany him underground. He couldn't be left alone there.

Ji Yaohua and Ruyan exchanged a sigh of relief, their hurdle now over.

Ji Yaohua's pregnancy was, in fact, a lie.

They were no longer virgins, but they had given their bodies to Ye Xiu, not An Shigeng.

Ji Yaohua's pregnancy was a deliberate fabrication to temporarily reassure An Yunshan. Her pulse reading was the product of a special technique from the Penglai Sect, allowing her to temporarily create the illusion of pregnancy.

Their plan proved successful, convincing An Yunshan, who had originally intended to kill her, that Ji Yaohua was pregnant with An Shigeng's child, and thus refrained from killing her.

As for Ruyan, An Yunshan needed Ruhua's disguise, so he allowed her to survive for now.

Since An Yunshan couldn't kill Ji Yaohua and Ruyan, he could only target Zhuge Zhengwo.

Honestly, An Yunshan didn't quite believe Zhuge Zhengwo would kill An Shigeng. After all,

he knew him well enough to know him well enough to avoid drastic actions. However

, An Yunshan's sources, along with the evidence presented by Ji Yaohua and Ruyan, all pointed to Zhuge Zhengwo as the murderer of An Shigeng.

Naturally, An Yunshan assumed Zhuge Zhengwo was the killer of his son, An Shigeng.

...

In the prison, Zhuge Zhengwo sat cross-legged on the ground, his expression calm and serene, seemingly unfazed. He possessed a calm demeanor.

Footsteps sounded outside the prison, approaching closer.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhuge Zhengwo finally opened his eyes.

"Zhuge Zhengwo!" An Yunshan's deep voice rang out.

"It's Brother An. You're finally back." Zhuge Zhengwo wasn't surprised to see An Yunshan. He continued to look at An Yunshan calmly, even greeting him in a calm tone.

"Of course I had to come back. After all, my son is dead." An Yunshan sneered.

"Brother An, regarding your son An Shigeng, I didn't kill him. He didn't die at my hands." Zhuge Zhengwo explained.

"Oh? Not at your hands? Then who killed him?" An Yunshan sneered at Zhuge Zhengwo.

"I don't know. However, he might have died at the hands of a handsome Grandmaster of the Profound Finger Realm." Zhuge Zhengwo was naturally referring to Ye Xiu.

"A handsome Grandmaster of the Profound Finger Realm? Hahaha, Zhuge Zhengwo, I just realized you're such a narcissist—but do you really think I'm incorrigible, or do you think I can't do anything to you? Zhuge Zhengwo! How dare you tease me at this hour?" An Yunshan laughed heartily, then his face etched with undisguised anger.

"Uh, Brother An, the Grandmaster of the Profound Finger Realm I'm talking about isn't me. Actually, I went to the An Mansion because an unknown Grandmaster had arrived. I was only there to investigate, but he was incredibly powerful. After we fought, he fled with his men, and I never saw your son, An Shigeng, from beginning to end." Zhuge Zhengwo explained again.

"Do you think I believe that?" An Yunshan's expression seemed to calm down. He looked at Zhuge Zhengwo coldly, but he pondered his words over and over again.

'A handsome Grandmaster of the Profound Finger Realm? Came to the An Mansion? Could he be a member of the Xuanming Cult? Or one of the Unruly?' An Yunshan thought to himself.

"Brother An, I, Zhuge Zhengwo, disdain to lie about such matters." Zhuge Zhengwo shook his head.

"Hmph, but the information my men have gathered indicates that you are the murderer. As for the Grand Master of the Finger Profound Realm you mentioned, I haven't found any information." An Yunshan stared intently at Zhuge Zhengwo.

"This—perhaps because Brother An was not in the capital at the time—" Zhuge Zhengwo could only say this.

"Okay, then tell me, who is the other party? What kind of martial arts did he use?" An Yunshan asked carefully.

"Who that person is, I don't know. I originally thought he was Li Ruohai, the evil spirit of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. He was incredibly handsome, after all. But then, after witnessing his martial arts, I could confirm it wasn't Li Ruohai. As for that person's martial arts, even at the Profound Finger Realm, he could connect with the forces of heaven and earth like a Grandmaster of Celestial Phenomena, yet his martial arts were wind-related, and his speed and agility were incredibly fast. Oh, and he

even used a technique that could dissipate force." "Handsome, yet at the Profound Finger Realm, he could connect with the forces of heaven and earth? And wind-related? And incredibly fast?" An Yunshan frowned in thought, trying to compare the person Zhuge Zhengwo described with the people he knew.

However, An Yunshan found that if it was just one or two things, he could barely match one or two based on his memory, but when all the conditions were combined, he couldn't find a corresponding person.

"Brother An, do you have any candidates? I suspect he might be from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, but I've looked up all the Grandmasters there and can't find anyone who matches. At first, I thought it was Li Ruohai because he's incredibly handsome. He's probably not inferior to Li Ruohai, the most handsome man in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty." Zhuge Zhengwo, hoping to help An Yunshan find a suitable candidate, had emphasized Ye Xiu's appearance.

An Yunshan's frown deepened.

A strikingly handsome Grandmaster of the Profound Finger Realm? He knew plenty about simply being handsome, even rivaling the evil spirit Li Ruohai. However, Grandmasters of the Profound Finger Realm were also adept at wind-based martial arts and light-weight body movements.

"That man was accompanied by a woman, a Grandmaster who had just entered the Vajra Realm. She called herself Lian Nishang. According to Lian Nishang, there was a woman named Lian Nishang in the Ming Dynasty, known as the Jade Rakshasa." "

The Ming Dynasty? Lian Nishang? Jade Rakshasa?" An Yunshan looked at Zhuge Zhengwo again, even beginning to suspect Zhuge Zhengwo was deceiving him.

An Yunshan suspected that if the Grandmaster Zhuge Zhengwo mentioned about the Profound Finger Realm existed, he suspected she might be from the Tang Dynasty. Zhuge Zhengwo, however, claimed she was from the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and now he was claiming a woman was from the Ming Dynasty.

In a matter of moments, that was three countries. While the Tang Dynasty was An Yunshan's initial guess, he suspected Zhuge Zhengwo might bring in more if he continued.

"Brother An, we can start our investigation with Lian Nishang first—" Zhuge Zhengwo said.

"Zhuge Zhengwo, I'll investigate this myself. But right now, I need your cooperation on something else," An Yunshan said to Zhuge Zhengwo.

"I wonder what Brother An wants me to cooperate with?" Zhuge Zhengwo looked at An Yunshan curiously.

"In case there are ears on the other side of the wall, please come forward." An Yunshan said to Zhuge Zhengwo.

Zhuge Zhengwo was a little curious and didn't understand what An Yunshan wanted to say, but he still stood up and walked in front of An Yunshan. The two were only separated by a layer of fence.

"Brother An--"

At this moment, An Yunshan suddenly grabbed Zhuge Zhengwo's arm.

"Brother An, what are you going to do--?" Zhuge Zhengwo originally wanted to ask An Yunshan why he wanted to grab his hand, but the next moment Zhuge Zhengwo realized that the true energy in his body was rapidly dissipating, or to be more precise, it was being quickly absorbed by An Yunshan.

"Zhuge Zhengwo, you killed my son, but you still want to quibble. Take your skills as the price of lying." An Yunshan looked at Zhuge Zhengwo coldly.

"An Yunshan, you, you actually practice this evil technique?" Zhuge Zhengwo glared at An Yunshan. He tried to break free from An Yunshan's grip, but as his Qi rapidly drained away, a wave of weakness washed over him. He had no strength to break free, and could only watch helplessly as An Yunshan drained his Qi bit by bit.

Zhuge Zhengwo's cultivation, originally at the peak of the Profound Finger Realm, was rapidly declining. In the blink of an eye, his peak Profound Finger Realm cultivation level had dwindled to the late Profound Finger Realm, then to the middle Profound Finger Realm, then to the early Profound Finger Realm, and soon enough, he even fell out of the Profound Finger Realm, becoming a Grandmaster at the Vajra Realm.

Even so, his cultivation level continued to decline as rapidly as flowing water.

In contrast, An Yunshan's aura continued to grow stronger and stronger.

"An Yunshan—" Zhuge Zhengwo growled through gritted teeth. At that moment, he suddenly remembered what Ye Xiu had said to him before he transformed into a tornado and left the An Mansion: that he would be in trouble.

Zhuge Zhengwo was almost certain that this was the trouble Ye Xiu was referring to.

With a snap,

Zhuge Zhengwo's inner Qi was completely drained by An Yunshan. After being squeezed to the point of leaving not a drop, An Yunshan released his grip on Zhuge Zhengwo's arm, and Zhuge Zhengwo stumbled and fell to the ground.

An Yunshan looked down at Zhuge Zhengwo with a sneer on his face. "Zhuge Zhengwo, if you are not the murderer of my son, I urge you to tell me everything honestly, and I can spare your life. Otherwise, your fate will be extremely miserable." Without waiting for Zhuge Zhengwo to reply, An Yunshan turned and left.

An Yunshan had absorbed Zhuge Zhengwo's entire cultivation, but now he needed to refine it carefully so that it could be transformed into his own.

Watching An Yunshan leave, Zhuge Zhengwo couldn't help but let out a wry smile. His hair had become dry and gray, and his face even had a few more wrinkles. In just a few moments, he looked years older.

"An Yunshan actually practices such evil skills. I'm afraid he might have even greater plans. So, is he good or bad?" Zhuge Zhengwo couldn't help but start thinking about Ye Xiu again.

He wondered if Ye Xiu was good or bad. Was Ye Xiu An Yunshan's accomplice when he was in the An Mansion? Or was he An Yunshan's enemy? But when he mentioned Ye Xiu just now, An Yunshan didn't seem to know him. So, was he more likely to be An Yunshan's enemy?

Zhuge Zhengwo felt a little regretful, regretting his rashness. He felt that he should have given it more thought.

Zhuge Zhengwei now hopes Wuqing and Tieshou can visit him in the prison soon. That way, he can tell Wuqing about An Yunshan's situation and have him search for that person. Perhaps that person is the key to dealing with An Yunshan, who has cultivated his evil power.

And Zhuge Zhengwei, who thinks Ye Xiu might be the key to dealing with An Yunshan, has already learned of An Yunshan's return.

"An Yunshan's back," Ruyan said to Ye Xiu.

"An Yunshan's back. Well, he's back pretty quickly. I wonder how Zhuge Zhengwei is doing now." Ye Xiu thought of Zhuge Zhengwei, a hint of gloating on his face.

"Zhuge Zhengwei? He's been pretty well-behaved since he was imprisoned in the prison. He stays there quietly every day, doesn't cry or make a fuss, and seems quite peaceful," Ruyan said.

"He was quiet before, but that might not be the case after An Yunshan's return." Ye Xiu sneered, waiting to hear the news that Zhuge Zhengwei had been crippled by An Yunshan.

Because of Wuqing, Ye Xiu couldn't really attack Zhuge Zhengwo, but he felt good watching Zhuge Zhengwo being crippled by An Yunshan. It would also make him feel refreshed.

And now that Zhuge Zhengwo was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, perhaps the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would die at the hands of An Yunshan. In that case, Wuqing's revenge would be avenged.

Well, killing two birds with one stone!