Yi Wenjun (End)

Yi Wenjun naturally rejected Xiao Yu's fanciful idea. Would she have to be out of her mind to trust their Xiao imperial family? Even when Xiao Chuhe himself had come to see her back then, she had ignored him completely.

The Red Prince left with a dark expression, but Yi Wenjun had developed some interest in him. He was ambitious enough, but all his paths led down the Evil Dao. Even Yi Wenjun, ruthless as her own methods were, looked down somewhat on his.

Yi Wenjun gave a few quiet instructions, and someone made arrangements to recruit informants among the Red Prince's entourage.

What followed was even more eventful. Before his death, Master Wangyou had destroyed Rakshasa Hall's Thirty-Six Secret Techniques, and the only person who now possessed them was his lay disciple, Wuxin.

If he were only a lay disciple, it would have been no great matter. Unfortunately, this disciple had an extraordinary identity: he was Ye Anshi, the young sect master of Beyond the Heavens.

Thus, after Master Wangyou's death, although the various outside factions were eager to get their hands on the supreme art, none dared act rashly for fear of Ye Dingzhi's might.

Wuxin, however, did not return to Beyond the Heavens. Instead, he set out alone for Yushi.

According to reports from Yi Wenjun's subordinates, Wuxin had also met Baili Dongjun's senior disciple Tang Lian, who had been sent to protect him, along with Lei Wujie, a disciple of Lei Clan Fort, and Xiao Se, the innkeeper traveling with him. He had also met Sikong Qianluo, Sikong Changfeng's daughter, who had sneaked out.

Among this younger generation of the martial world, Yi Wenjun was interested only in Xiao Se, the obscure innkeeper. Looking at the portrait her subordinate had sent, she let out a mocking laugh. Had the once overbearing Xiao Chuhe really fallen to such a state?

Still, Xiao Chuhe was Xiao Chuhe. Judging by his return to the martial world, was he preparing to go back to Heavenly Revelations and clear Xiao Ruofeng's name?

Whether by coincidence or design, those traveling together included people from major powers such as Beyond the Heavens, Snow Moon City, and Lei Clan Fort. Moreover, Lei Wujie's parents were Lei Mengsha and Li Xinyue. Although the two had retreated to the Sword Heart Tomb after Xiao Ruofeng's death and kept out of worldly affairs, they would also be a great help if Xiao Chuhe needed them.

Yi Wenjun studied the information in her hands with interest. "Tianqi City is going to get lively again."

It did indeed become lively. With Xiao Chuhe's reappearance, the other princes in Heavenly Revelations grew restless as well. Besides the Red Prince, who had visited her in person, the White Prince had sent a subordinate with gifts, apparently hoping to determine Yi Wenjun's position.

The powers of the martial world were also itching to make a move.

But none of this had anything to do with Yi Wenjun. She was not far from reaching consummation in the third level of the Heavenly Devil Instruction. Once she cultivated to consummation, it would be roughly equivalent to the Great Free and Unfettered Realm in this world.

Meanwhile, the upheaval in the martial world caused by Master Wangyou's death gradually drew to a close after Wuxin returned Master Wangyou's relics to his hometown and crippled his own martial arts.

But this was only the beginning. Afterward, the major powers of the martial world fell into chaos once more as several princes fought for power and profit.

Yi Wenjun also thoroughly investigated the Red Prince, who had approached her first.

The Red Prince Xiao Yu's mother had some ties to the Shadow Sect as well. She was the daughter of a distant relative of Yi Bu's, and had entered Prince Jingyu's residence while Yi Wenjun was observing mourning for Yi Bu.

Before long, she gave birth to Prince Jingyu's seventh son, Xiao Yu.

Later, because Yi Wenjun had schemed against Xiao Ruofeng, Xiao Ruojin had suffered a great loss of face and taken his anger out on Xiao Yu's mother. Mother and son gradually fell out of favor.

Not long after Prince Jingyu ascended the throne, Xiao Yu's mother died. Because of Xiao Ruojin's coldness, Xiao Yu had a miserable childhood in the imperial palace.

Only after Jinxuan chose Xiao Yu and prepared to support his bid for the throne did he gradually begin building his own power.

Besides receiving Jinxuan's help in the palace, he had colluded with underground forces despised by the martial world, such as the Dark River and horse bandits, and had taken in Yeya, a traitor from Medicine King Valley.

He had even colluded with Nanjue.

Yi Wenjun's judgment had been right as well: Xiao Yu truly had ill intentions toward her. He blamed her for the cold treatment he and his mother had received, and planned to trick her into cooperating with him, then find a chance to refine her into a medicine person and take over all the forces under her command.

He had even planned to use Yi Wenjun to threaten Luo Qingyang and Ye Dingzhi into serving him. What a beautiful dream.

Unfortunately for him, the first step of his plan had failed. Yi Wenjun would never trust a man surnamed Xiao, and she had no such grand ambitions.

Thus, after Xiao Chuhe endured untold hardships to recover from the injury to his hidden meridians and returned to Heavenly Revelations with his close friends, he was greeted by news of his seventh brother's death. Without alerting anyone, someone had killed him with a single palm strike.

Also found at his residence were a large number of martial artists who had been refined into medicine people, as well as Yeya's corpse.

Xiao Chuhe looked thoughtful and asked his steward, "Did Xiao Yu ever have any dealings with Princess Langya?"

The old steward, who had been responsible for gathering information in Heavenly Revelations after Xiao Chuhe left, nodded. "The seventh prince visited the princess once, but he soon left in a rage."

Lei Wujie asked Xiao Se curiously, "Xiao Se, who is Princess Langya? Wasn't Prince Langya convicted of treason? Even his son left, yet the princess is still safe and sound?"

Tang Lian and Sikong Qianluo also looked at Xiao Se curiously, wanting to know what was so special about her.

But it was Wuxin who answered them before Xiao Se could. "She's a free-spirited, strange, very self-centered person, and very, very difficult to provoke."

Xiao Se nodded. "If Xiao Yu provoked her, then I'm not surprised at how he ended up. She's cold and heartless, and she'll repay the smallest slight. Even the emperor doesn't dare provoke her."

He then looked at Tang Lian. "The first city lord is friends with her too. Haven't you heard of her? Princess Langya, Yi Wenjun."

At the mention of Yi Wenjun's name, understanding dawned on Tang Lian and Sikong Qianluo. They had heard gossip about her from Sikong Changfeng.

Leaving aside their curiosity about Yi Wenjun, and how her son later brought the Langya Army to force the emperor to clear Prince Langya's name.

After dealing with Xiao Yu and warning those who were itching to make a move, Yi Wenjun paid no further attention to the turmoil in Heavenly Revelations. For her as she was now, all that remained was to continue cultivating and enjoy this rare, leisurely life.