#387 - Chapter 387 Li Xun

The night in Qingxi County seemed to be shrouded in an invisible veil.

Although the moonlight was bright, it carried an unspeakable sense of oppression.

"Hurry, hurry, quickly find out where those elites disappeared to. The Master wants to know the first-hand information."

On the streets, those figures moved like ghosts between the eaves and alleys,

sometimes disappearing into the darkness, and sometimes suddenly appearing elsewhere, bringing with them a series of subtle but rapid gusts of wind.

In the sounds carried away by the wind, one could vaguely hear words like 'Lin family' and 'Master'.

The unusual atmosphere caused the people who were still awake in the middle of the night to quickly close their windows and doors, lest they be implicated.

And Li Xun, the patrolling envoy who was still preparing for tomorrow's arrangements in the inn, also smelled an unusual atmosphere.

Inside the inn, the candlelight flickered, reflecting the tightly furrowed brows of the patrolling envoy Li Xun.

Li Xun stood at the window of the inn, his eyes like torches, trying to penetrate the night and capture the traces of those figures in the darkness.

However, the night was too dark, and the men in black moved like ghosts between the eaves and alleys, appearing and disappearing, making it difficult for Li Xun to figure them out.

A sudden knock on the door broke the silence of the room, and Li Xun quickly composed himself and opened the door.

A scout dressed in night clothes was standing outside the door with his head bowed, holding a secret letter tightly in his hand.

The scout's voice was low and urgent: "Sir, this is urgent information that has just been sent from home."

Li Xun took the secret letter and quickly read it. His heart felt as if it was weighed down by a huge stone, heavy and difficult to breathe.

The matter described in the secret letter caused his face to change drastically—the Red Lotus Sect was about to invade Qingxi County!

The Red Lotus Sect had a large force, with many followers, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts.

If they really attacked, Qingxi County would probably be difficult to resist.

Li Xun was now shocked to realize that he had been tricked into coming to the front line of the war.

This was undoubtedly the conspiracy of that old thing from the Gao family.

"Gao Qiu, you want me to die!" Li Xun was furious, but panicking at this time would only make the situation worse.

He had to make a quick decision in order to have a chance to salvage the situation.

Li Xun took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

He looked at Zhao Feng, his personal guard, and asked calmly, "What should we do?"

Zhao Feng's eyes were full of confidence, and he replied: "Sir, we must immediately gather all the manpower we can mobilize and send them all out. We need to know the first-hand information."

Zhao Feng's late-stage Viscera Training realm strength allowed him to be certain that he could protect Li Xun without worry.

Li Xun nodded upon hearing this, his voice firm and powerful: "Okay, go and do it immediately!"

Zhao Feng turned and left immediately to convey Li Xun's orders.

Li Xun returned to the table and began to formulate a retreat plan.

The rebels of the Red Lotus Sect would not give Qingxi County much time to prepare; they had to race against time.

However, Li Xun's heart was filled with worry.

The Red Lotus Sect's power was too great, and behind it were even well-known experts in the martial world and elders who had been famous for a long time.

Even, in the Li family's secret report, it was speculated that the legendary cultivators were also faintly attracted to the Red Lotus Sect.

This was like a huge powder keg that could explode at any time, dragging the Great Zhou Dynasty down with it.

And Li Xun was pushed to the forefront of this storm.

Li Xun's family had been officials for generations, and was one of the three great aristocratic families in the Wofeng Prefecture region.

However, because he had offended the young master of the Gao family, an equally powerful family that had climbed onto the thigh of the Prince of Zhennan, the Li family had to make some concessions.

But he never expected that the Gao family's killer move would be so vicious,

making him run to the only path for the Red Lotus Sect to march.

Li Xun understood in his heart that he was now in a desperate situation.

Those people from the Gao family would definitely not let him go back alive so easily.

But he was not willing to sit still and wait for death. He began to think about how to protect himself in this storm, and even look for opportunities to counterattack.

The night was still deep, but a dark seed was buried in Li Xun's heart.

Could the situation set up by those bastards from the Gao family really be that simple?

Under the cover of the night, in a corner that Li Xun had not noticed,

two groups of people faced each other with swords, the atmosphere was extremely tense, like a string about to break.

"Who are you?" Li Hu, the leader of the Li family, shouted sharply,

his eyes like those of a hawk in the night sky, sharp and cold, trying to find flaws in the other party's eyes.

"Who are you?" Zhang Long, the leader of the Zhang family, also did not back down. He also looked at the other party with scrutiny, trying to judge their identity from their attire and temperament.

In the eyes of the two leaders meeting in the air, it seemed that sparks were colliding, and the tense atmosphere reached its peak.

The current situation allowed for no carelessness,

because they represented not only themselves,

but also the honor and interests of the entire family.

Those who could be sent out to act in the middle of the night must be strong in martial arts.

Li Hu thought to himself, before setting off, the patriarch had told him about the current sudden changes in the situation,

and told him that there were no friends at this time, only enemies.

He even suspected that the other two families might have joined forces, intending to harm the Li family.

A little carelessness could lead to a bloody battle, the consequences of which would be unimaginable.

However, when he looked at the other party carefully, he felt that the other party's figure was a little familiar.

He tentatively asked: "I know you, Zhang Long of the Zhang family,

I am Li Hu of the Li family, and I am ordered to come and find the lost servants of the Li family."

Zhang Long's voice was firm and powerful: "Li Hu of the Li family? I have long admired your name. However, I was also sent to find the missing servants of the Zhang family."

Li Hu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and a surge of shock rose in his heart: "You too?"

The two looked at each other and realized the seriousness of the problem.

Who would dare to provoke the people of the two major families in Qingxi County at the same time?

Was it a passing tiger?

Or a stray rat?

After discussing a few words with each other, they knew that everyone's situation was similar.

It turned out that they had all buried chess pieces in the Lin family.

Exchanged a look of 'So that's how your family is'.

"It seems that our goals are the same." Li Hu said in a deep voice,

"We must unite and find out the truth, otherwise our two major families will face destruction."

Zhang Long nodded in agreement: "Yes, we cannot be defeated by the Lin family one by one. We must join hands to fight this crisis together."

The two leaders reached a consensus in the dark and decided to temporarily put aside their grievances and jointly search for the missing servants,

and the first to bear the brunt was the Lin family.

The root of everything started with the Lin family.