Seven more days passed peacefully. Then, at noon, a tall figure appeared in the sky above the Dark Star Hall's stronghold.
"Madam, I'm back!" Yue Buqun exclaimed excitedly, for he had missed his wife dearly after being away for so many days.
"My Husband, you're back. You must be tired from your journey." Ning Zhongze said as she came out of the room with a normal expression, but in her heart she was thinking that it was a good thing that Cong Buqi left early, otherwise something terrible would have happened.
Yue Buqun landed in the courtyard, immediately pulled Ning Zhongze into his arms, and walked towards the room.
Ning Zhongze looked at Yue Buqun with a shy expression, and the two entered the room. Yue Buqun seemed to smell a strange odor and asked, "Madam, do you smell anything strange?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Zhongze's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, the smell from earlier hadn't dissipated yet. It was all Cong Buqi for asking so much, which had prevented her from cleaning up.
Ning Zhongze's eyes lit up, and she immediately had an idea. She casually slapped Yue Buqun and said, "You've traveled a long way back, and you must have some kind of sticky stuff on you. Why don't you go wash up quickly?"
Yue Buqun suddenly realized what was going on and put Ning Zhongze down, then headed towards the bathhouse.
Ning Zhongze quickly and carefully tidied the room from top to bottom, and then opened the windows to air out the smell.
When Yue Buqun returned to the room, he took another sniff and found that he could no longer smell the strange odor from before. He immediately believed it, even though he had some doubts before.
He simply believed that since he had been so good to his wife, she wouldn't betray him, so he never suspected anything.
Cong Buqi is currently in Jiang Liu's courtyard, reporting to Jiang Liu the news of Yue Buqun's return.
Jiang Liu nodded to indicate that he understood, and then said, "You all need to be careful not to arouse his suspicion. Tonight, lead him to the woods outside the west side of the city, and I will be waiting for you there."
Cong Buqi nodded in agreement. "Then I'll use the news that Cheng Buyou to lure him out." Cong Buqi thought for a moment and said, "Probably around 7 PM!"
"Alright! Then you go back first! Just don't give yourself away, and don't come back here later," Jiang Liu said.
Cong Buqi, said nothing, and left the courtyard, heading towards the Dark Star Hall stronghold.
Jiang Liu then spread his Divine Sense to cover his courtyard, fearing that Yue Buqun would notice something was wrong and come to investigate his courtyard.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. Perhaps Ning Zhongze and Cong Buqi had been deceiving Yue Buqun all along, and it had become a habit, which is why it didn't arouse Yue Buqun's suspicion.
As night fell, Jiang Liu flew out of Rou City. Once outside the Rou City, Jiang Liu summoned the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the two of them hid deep in the forest west of the city.
Meanwhile, Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, and Cong Buqi enjoyed a joyful dinner.
During the meal, Yue Buqun still asked about Cheng Buyou's absence.
Cong Buqi at first, but when Yue Buqun lost his temper, Cong Buqi finally told Yue Buqun that Cheng Buyou might be in Cheng Buyou.
Then Cong Buqi expressed his suspicions, Cheng Buyou might have had an accident in the grove outside the west side of the city.
Because Cheng Buyou's last known location was there, and since his strength was comparable to Cheng Buyou's, he dared not go to investigate alone.
He hoped that Yue Buqun would go with him to investigate, so that they could find out Cheng Buyou's whereabouts and whether he was alive or dead.
Upon hearing this, Ning Zhongze immediately understood what was going on. She looked up at Cong Buqi, then lowered her head again.
However, she still did not speak up to remind Yue Buqun.
Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun immediately Cheng Buyou. Cheng Buyou was his capable assistant, loyal to him. How could he allow something to happen to him?
Immediately afterwards, Yue Buqun led Cong Buqi and Ning Zhongze out of the Dark Star Hall stronghold and flew towards the west of the city.
Before long, the three of them flew to the dense forest west of the city.
Yue Buqun immediately took the lead and rushed in, while Ning Zhongze and Cong Buqi exchanged a glance and followed far behind.
As soon as Yue Buqun entered the dense forest, he spread his Divine Sense to explore forward. Before long, he discovered that there were indeed two fluctuations of Yuan Qi inside, but he could not sense the strength of the other party.
Jiang Liu sensed that three people had entered the dense forest, and knew that Yue Buqun and his group had arrived.
Immediately issue a command to the Fire-Winged Monkey via mental imprint, telling it not to let Yue Buqun escape.
After giving the order to the Fire-Winged Monkey, Jiang Liu immediately used the Nebula Shrunken Earth and flew towards Yue Buqun's direction.
Yue Buqun Divine Sense sensed something strange, because he felt that one of the two auras was heading straight for him, while the other aura was drifting away.
"Bang!" Jiang Liu's figure suddenly appeared behind Yue Buqun, the Cloudfall Strike and he punched Yue Buqun directly, sending him flying towards the Fire-Winged Monkey.
"Wow!" Yue Buqun was still in mid-air when he spat out a mouthful of blood. He was completely stunned by Jiang Liu's attack.
"Thump!" The Fire-Winged Monkey slapped Yue Buqun back towards Jiang Liu with a single blow, leaving Yue Buqun dizzy and disoriented.
Yue Buqun was now extremely frustrated. He wasn't even given time to draw his weapon to fight, let alone transform his inner energy. This made him so depressed that he felt like vomiting blood again.
Jiang Liu's figure flashed again, the Cloudfall Strike, and he kicked out directly at Yue Buqun flew towards the Fire-Winged Monkey once more.
"Ah!" Yue Buqun shouted. He finally erupted, enduring the pain in his body and the chaotic energy surging within him. He drew his sword and thrust it forward.
"Clang!" The energy staff in the Fire-Winged Monkey's hand collided directly with the longsword in Yue Buqun's hand.
The longsword in Yue Buqun's hand curved into a large arc. Under the impact of the powerful energy, Yue Buqun took advantage of the momentum and leaped into the air. "Cough! Cough!" Yue Buqun coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Who exactly are you? How dare you attack me?" Yue Buqun said, suppressing his surging anger.
Jiang Liu had no interest in answering Yue Buqun's question. He leaped into the air and silently continued to throw a punch at Yue Buqun.
This time, Yue Buqun saw Jiang Liu's Jiang Liu fist and quickly dodged it with a flash.
He then released his Divine Sense to envelop Jiang Liu, keeping a close watch on Jiang Liu's attacks.
As soon as Yue Buqun's Divine Sense approached Jiang Liu, he let out a miserable scream, feeling as if his head was splitting open, and then he fell to the ground.
It turned out that as soon as his Divine Sense approached Jiang Liu, it was bitten off by Jiang Liu's Divine Sense and swallowed.
With a loud thud, Yue Buqun fell to the ground, rolling around in his hands while clutching his head, before finally stopping after a long while.