A trace of cold laughter appeared in his eyes.
"Hall Master, Ling Tianhe is provoking us."
Lei Mo looked at Ling Tianhe and couldn't help speaking up.
"They have the right to provoke us now. If you're unhappy about it, you can go have a word with them."
Lei Mu replied coldly.
His heart was still pounding.
Just now, all he had seen was a flash of blade light.
The blade flashed, and Mo Beiming was cleaved in two.
Mo Beiming was a Mid-stage Spirit Refining expert.
The strongest person in Lei Hall was only at the Innate Peak Stage. Against someone like that, they'd probably be cut down with a single strike.
"Hall Master, there's really no need to worry. Hiring an expert like this must have cost Ling Tianhe a fortune."
"If that expert were free to strike whenever he wanted, Ling Tianhe wouldn't have put up with Lei Ao's provocation earlier!"
Lei Gu spoke from the side.
At his words, the breathing of the people in the private room gradually steadied.
Bai Tianyu's strike had shaken them so badly that their hearts had turned cold with fear.
Thinking it over now, they realized Lei Gu was right, and their nerves began to settle.
Second Master, you should go see Young Master Qin and find out what he wants you to do. I'll retrieve Mo Beiming's body."
Lei Gu said.
Hearing him, Lei Mu nodded.
Lei Gu then left the tavern and quickly reached the two halves of Mo Beiming's body.
He reached toward the wound, but before his hand could touch it, a stinging sensation arose in his bone-white palm.
"What a fierce, domineering Blade Qi. But judging by this wound, the person who killed Lei Ao last night wasn't the same one."
His palm turned the color of iron, shielding him from the Blade Qi. He joined the two halves of the corpse and hurried away.
Although Mo Beiming's body was now in two pieces, they could still learn a great deal from it.
After his body was taken away, the rain washed the blood from the ground, gradually making it disappear.
Before long,
people began to return to the street, and things went back to how they had been.
Meanwhile,
on the top floor of a teahouse,
Qin Hao and Elder Xue stood upstairs.
Watching Bai Tianyu and Ling Tianhe enter Golden Wind Fine Rain Tower, Qin Hao asked, "Elder Xue, how strong is he?"
"He killed Mo Beiming with a single strike. He's very powerful, but he didn't reveal much of his ability. I can't determine his level."
Elder Xue spoke gravely.
Bai Tianyu had struck only once, and the strike had been incredibly fast, its Blade Qi razor-sharp.
Elder Xue couldn't make out Bai Tianyu's level.
"Could you have dodged that strike, Elder Xue?"
Qin Hao asked.
"I couldn't have dodged it, but his strike wouldn't have broken through my defenses."
"As long as I blocked it, I could counterattack. As for who would win after that, we'd have to fight to find out."
Elder Xue replied.
"But, Young Master, Ling Tianhe managed to find an expert like that. He's more difficult to deal with than we expected!"
"Taking the Kongming Mine will be hard now, especially with people from Zitan Palace arriving soon."
Elder Xue continued gravely.
"First, investigate that man. I want to know who he is."
"Also, arrange for me to meet Su Chen. I want to see him."
"With an expert like that helping Ling Tianhe, Su Chen must be feeling uneasy too. He should be eager to find someone to work with."
"I don't mind lending him a hand!"
"Mo Beiming was the last nourishment I'd prepared for the Blood Demon Flower. Now that he's dead, I'll use Bai Tianyu in his place."
A cold glint flashed in Qin Hao's eyes.
Killing intent spread through the air.
Golden Wind Fine Rain Tower, fifth floor
Su Chen calmly returned to his seat.
His expression was composed.
Before long,
Ling Tianhe and Bai Tianyu came from the hidden chamber into his room.
After entering, Bai Tianyu turned and went into the room next door.
"Tower Lord, now that Mo Beiming has been killed, the people from Lei Hall probably won't come after me for a while. I'll step up my preparations and investigate what's going on behind their backs!"
Ling Tianhe said.
"Handle it as you see fit. Get me information on the woman at Yuchun Courtyard."
Su Chen instructed him.
He was going to meet that woman tonight, so of course he wanted to know more about her.
Ling Tianhe accepted the order and quickly handed Su Chen the woman's file.
Su Chen carefully read the intelligence on the woman at Yuchun Courtyard.
There wasn't much.
The woman was named Liu Wumei, the third disciple of Gong Nanyan, the Left Protector of Changhen Palace. She had come to Qingcheng City three years ago. Her purpose was unknown, as was her exact level of strength. She was suspected of cultivating the Heavenly One Divine Water Art, the Yin Yang Bliss Technique, and the Profound Nether Yin Fiend Palm.
Looking over the file,
Su Chen felt that Liu Wumei might be even harder to deal with than Mo Beiming, the outsider demonic expert who had just died.
"Someone this formidable wants to meet me. She must have quite the motive."
Su Chen closed the file.
As the third disciple of Changhen Palace's Left Protector, she was certainly no ordinary person. And she had been in Qingcheng City for three years.
There were only two possibilities.
The first was that Liu Wumei had come here for a purpose.
The second was that she had been exiled to this remote borderland.
Setting that matter aside,
Su Chen leafed through some historical books about Great Zhou.
His memories of this world were incomplete, so he needed to learn about it through books.
As evening fell,
Su Chen left Golden Wind Fine Rain Tower and climbed into a carriage,
heading toward Ziyun Lake, where he had arranged to meet Liu Wumei.
Ziyun Lake.
It was a vast lake, with many pleasure boats moored upon it.
At night, every boat blazed with lights.
Boat number fifteen.
Liu Wumei, the Madam of Yuchun Courtyard, sat inside its cabin.
Two other people were in the room.
One was the Madam of Yuchun Courtyard; the other was a young woman dressed in black.
"How did your investigation into the swordsman Ling Tianhe hired go?"
Madam Liu Wumei asked.
"There's no information about him at all. It's as if he appeared out of thin air."
The Madam replied gravely.
"An expert like that, and there's no information?"
Hearing this, Liu Wumei furrowed her brows slightly.
"Then stop investigating him. It's a waste of effort."
"Look into Mo Beiming instead. He showed up at Lei Hall, and Lei Hall has been spending a lot of time with Qin Hao lately. They must be plotting something."
"I want to know what they're up to."
Liu Wumei said.
"Madam, do you think they might be after the Fifth-grade Lotus Platform?"
The young woman in black spoke up.
At her words, a glint flashed in Liu Wumei's eyes.
"Little Xiao Zi, you're quick on the uptake. Mo Beiming, Third Young Master Qin of the Qin Family, and this newly appeared Bai Tianyu are all no ordinary people."
"They wouldn't be interested in anything ordinary. But if it's the Fifth-grade Lotus Platform, that could certainly tempt them."
Liu Wumei said softly.
"Investigate everything. Find out where Mo Beiming went before, and look into the Lei Family and Qin Hao. As long as I get my hands on a treasure like the Fifth-grade Lotus Platform, I can leave this wretched city!"
A smile spread across Liu Wumei's face.
Just then,
a maid announced from outside the cabin, "Madam, Su Chen, the Tower Lord of Golden Wind Fine Rain Tower, has arrived."
Hearing the maid, Liu Wumei's smile faded.
"Invite Tower Lord Su aboard!"
She didn't rise to greet Su Chen.
Given Su Chen's current status, he wasn't worth welcoming in person.
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