You're Li Xiao?

Outside the Li Lineage's gates.

Several flying shuttles hovered high in the sky.

"Xiao, what would I go for? Your grandfather is getting on in years. Stop putting these old bones through so much trouble."

Li Kuangfeng pushed Li Xiao aside as he spoke.

He had been leisurely drinking tea in the courtyard today when this brat suddenly came running over, insisting on dragging him to that confounded investiture ceremony.

"Grandfather, weren't you the one who told me not to stay cooped up at home and to get out more? Now look at you. Come on, come on. Since the Four Symbols Sects invited us, we should at least go through the motions."

Li Xiao kept tugging at Li Kuangfeng, refusing to relent until he agreed to go along.

Left with no choice, Li Kuangfeng obediently let Li Xiao lead him away.

"Xiao, which sect are we going to?"

At his question, Li Xiao's eyes shifted, and he answered readily,

"The Azure Dragon Sect."

Hearing Li Xiao's answer, Li Kuangfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

Beside him, Li Xiao, who had been watching him all along, sneered inwardly.

Azure Dragon Sect, my ass. As if we'd actually go to the Azure Dragon Sect.

How could he fool this old fox without saying that? They were taking three routes on this trip.

Li Yaoyao and Liu Sanniang led a group of Li Lineage disciples to the Vermilion Bird Sect.

Meanwhile, Du Dehai and Gu Chungang led another group of Li Lineage disciples to the Azure Dragon Sect.

This arrangement took into account Du Dehai's position as the previous sect master of the Azure Dragon Sect. Besides making things easier there, they ought to give him some time off.

The last group was led by Li Xiao and headed for the White Tiger Sect.

As for the Undying Man, he had swallowed several poison pills a few days earlier while researching his Dao of life and death, damaging his foundation. He was still lying weakly in bed.

Everyone boarded the flying shuttles and set off.

Aboard the flying shuttle bound for the White Tiger Sect, Li Kuangfeng was still uneasy and asked again,

"Xiao, you really aren't lying to me? We're really going to the Azure Dragon Sect?"

Li Kuangfeng stared fixedly at Li Xiao, trying to spot something.

He kept feeling that his grandson knew something, but he had no proof.

Li Xiao thumped his chest and solemnly vowed,

"Grandfather, given how close we are, your grandson would never lie to you. Don't worry."

Li Kuangfeng fell silent. Indeed, the boy had no reason to lie to him.

Seeing this, Li Xiao continued coaxing him. "Don't worry, Grandfather. Go inside and rest. I'll call you when we arrive."

And so, through coaxing and trickery, Li Xiao lured Li Kuangfeng into his room.

Li Xiao smiled inwardly. He had finally coaxed him into coming.

The flames of gossip were now surging inside him. What exactly had happened between Nangong Meng and his grandfather? The answer would soon be revealed.

With that done, Li Xiao stood by the side of the flying shuttle with his hands behind his back, leisurely watching the passing scenery.

This flying shuttle was much like the airplanes of his previous life, though far faster.

The breeze was gentle and the sun was bright along the way. Before long, Li Xiao returned to his room and fell fast asleep.

An hour passed.

The speeding flying shuttle came to a halt. Ahead of the Li Lineage's shuttle, another flying shuttle lay across its path.

"Well? Are you certain the information is correct?"

Aboard the shuttle, an old man with a sinister gaze narrowed his eyes at the Li Lineage's shuttle ahead and asked,

"Absolutely. According to the information our scouts sent back, Li Xiao of the Li Lineage is currently on his way to the Azure Dragon Sect. He won't be here. This is clearly the route to the White Tiger Sect."

Beside the old man, a muscular man with short limbs spoke.

The old man nodded. "Excellent. Finish this quickly, and leave no loose ends."

The next moment, the two leaped onto the Li Lineage's shuttle.

Without another word, they struck the Li Lineage disciples guarding the surroundings with their palms. In an instant, swathes of disciples fell dead.

Neither stopped. They swiftly made their next move, charging toward the shuttle's rooms.

Boom!

The two flew backward along with a door and slammed hard onto the shuttle's deck.

Li Xiao slowly emerged from the doorway. At the sight of the many Li Lineage disciples lying on the ground, his expression instantly darkened.

"May I ask which faction you two belong to?"

Li Xiao stepped forward and asked coldly.

"May I ask who you are, sir, and why you are protecting the Li Lineage? This old man has a grudge against them. I hope you will accommodate us. We will reward you generously another day."

The old man struggled to his feet and spoke first.

Li Xiao narrowed his eyes, puzzled, and probed again.

"You don't know who I am?"

Confusion appeared on the old man's face as an absurd thought arose in his mind.

"You... you're Li Xiao?"

As the old man's words fell, the expression of the man beside him changed.

"Impossible! Isn't Li Xiao on his way to the Azure Dragon Sect? How could he be here?"

Hearing this, Li Xiao understood at once, and his presence turned ice-cold.

Who knew where these two had gotten their information? The joking lie he had used to fool Li Kuangfeng had not only deceived his grandfather, but unexpectedly hooked two big fish as well.

They had been ambushed shortly after setting out. Clearly, the attackers had come prepared; they simply hadn't known he was aboard this shuttle.

In other words, he had not been their original target. There was a mole in the Li Lineage.

At this thought, the killing intent in Li Xiao's eyes nearly took solid form.

Sensing the change in his presence, their pupils contracted and their expressions changed drastically. They immediately turned into streaks of light and shot toward the flying shuttle they had arrived on.

Without hesitation, Li Xiao struck his palm down toward them. An immense palm descended from the heavens, its powerful presence splitting the clouds and shattering space.

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, that obstructing shuttle was smashed apart by the palm strike. The two men lay covered in blood on a piece of shattered deck.

Li Xiao sensed them carefully. Both had already lost all signs of life.

"Li Dan, preserve these disciples' bodies. We'll bury them after returning to the Li Lineage."

Li Xiao glanced at the Li Lineage disciples' bodies strewn every which way and gave the order.

"Keep moving."

The next moment, the flying shuttle passed through the fragments of shattered deck and continued accelerating forward.

After Li Xiao and the others had gone far away, the two men on the shattered deck, who had lost all signs of life, miraculously came back to life.

They stood up, drenched in blood, and watched the departing Li Lineage shuttle with fear in their eyes.

In the distance, Li Xiao sensed something, and the corner of his mouth curled coldly. A wisp of dark-red Nine Nether Underworld Fire coiled around his fingertip, then flew toward the two men behind him as though it had eyes.

"You survived a palm strike from me and came back to life after all signs of life had vanished. I have to say, that turtle shell and Turtle Breath Technique are something. You almost fooled me."