Silencing?

After that, the disciples of Yunxi Sect who were guarding the formation found them and sent them back to Ji Lianyi’s residence.

Walking to the front of the courtyard, Shen Leyan stopped and said goodbye to Ji Lianyi.

“Okay, I’ve sent you off. Go and tell your subordinates what happened today.”

[I’m so sleepy, I have to go back to my room to catch up on some sleep. ]

After a day of tension, he finally relaxed. He felt extremely tired and wanted to close his eyelids and go to sleep immediately.

After Ji Lianyi took the bottle of medicine, his face was not so pale and scary, and he did not faint along the way.

The other party stared at him for a while and nodded: “…Okay.”

After a moment, he continued in a low voice.

 “I’ll send someone to find you when I’m better.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

“If you want to have fun with me, that’s fine, but if you want to talk to me about business, that’s not necessary.”

[There are too many big names involved in this assassination, and I don’t want to get involved. ]

Ji Lianyi smiled softly. The other person was so beautiful. With wounds all over his body and blood on the corners of his lips, he looked even more fragile.

Shen Leyan was stunned for a moment and heard what the other person said.

“Don’t worry, no one will disturb your peace because of this.”

“Thank you, Your Highness!”

He turned and left. The imperial guards who stayed in the courtyard behind him hurried out to pick him up, repeatedly concerned about the injury of His Highness.

He felt that Ji Lianyi’s eyes seemed to have never moved away, and he couldn’t help but look back.

The other person’s face was covered with the mask of “tyranny and unpredictable mood”, and he scolded several imperial guards while coughing.

“You useless bastards! You hid your spies among the imperial guards and no one noticed! If you do it again, I will chop off your hands and feet and turn you all into human pigs!”

Several imperial guards knelt down and apologized with sweat dripping down their backs.

Amid the noise, the disciples of Yunxi Sect who got up early to go to class passed by the courtyard and looked over curiously.

Among them, some were just watching the fun, and some had their own thoughts…

Shen Leyan slept like a fool.

When he woke up, the sky was dark again, as if he had slept for a whole day.

For some reason, his body was covered with black mud, as if it was impurities refined from his meridians. In the past, this only happened when he was practicing martial arts to cultivate spiritual power.

Shen Leyan couldn’t stand the stench all over his body, so he hurriedly took a set of clean clothes and prepared to take a bath.

As soon as he walked out of the room with the wooden bucket, he saw several people sitting – lying in the yard.

 Lu Yuanyi, Qingli, Senior Brother Chen Jing…

Senior Brother Chen Jing was lying on a stretcher, gasping and shouting “It hurts so much”, while looking up towards his room, “Le Yan hasn’t woken up yet? Why hasn’t he woken up yet? When will he wake up?”

Seeing his figure, the other party’s eyes lit up: “Le Yan!”

Lu Yuanyi sat on a stone chair, looking at him indifferently with his cold phoenix eyes.

Qingli sat a thousand miles away from Lu Yuanyi, frowned and said: “Shen Le Yan, although I am a stone, I have at least turned into a human form… Don’t you think that your clothes are not appropriate?”

Shen Le Yan looked down.

Of course, he only wore a set of underwear when he slept.

His body was covered with smelly black mud so he opened the collar of his underwear a little.

The boy was tall and a little thin, with clear lines of the radiant clavicle under the collar.

 He turned around quickly, pulled up his collar, and said guiltily: “… I’ll take a bath first, and we’ll talk later if there’s anything!”

After taking a hot bath, the fatigue and sleepiness on his body were swept away.

Shen Leyan changed into clean clothes, walked into the yard, and said thoughtfully: “You don’t… know about the prince of Daxia, do you?”

He looked at Lu Yuanyi first. The Haoran Bell made such a big noise, and it involved the prince. It would be strange if the other party didn’t know about it.

Lu Yuanyi’s golden eyes were deep: “It’s curfew at night, why don’t you rest in your room and run to the mountains in your night clothes?”

“…It’s because of those people who squatted outside Mingchan Pavilion yesterday!”

Shen Leyan’s voice contained some grievances that he himself didn’t realize.

 “I went out at night to go to the Law Enforcement Hall to talk to the senior brothers and sisters there, and asked them to put up a sign saying ‘No Entry’ on the road leading to Mingchan Pavilion. I wore night clothes because I was afraid of being recognized on the way to the Law Enforcement Hall… As for why I went to the mountains, it was indeed because I got lost.”

“… How could you get lost on such a short road?” Qingli was surprised.

 Shen Leyan blinked innocently and pulled Lu Yuanyi into the water with confidence: “Master Lu got lost too, why can’t I get lost?!”

Chen Jing whispered: “Okay, okay, don’t worry about why Leyan went to the mountains… It hurts. I heard that the prince of Daxia was assassinated and seriously injured. Leyan, are you okay?! It hurts, it hurts–“

Shen Leyan turned around a few times and moved his hands and feet: “Don’t worry, senior brother, I can run and jump, I’m fine.”

He told how he met Ji Lianyi in the mountains, how he was mistaken for one of the assassins of the Peacock Gate, and how he created the illusion that the prince was dead… one by one.

Chen Jing and Qingli clenched their hands nervously and smiled as he narrated. The expressions on their faces were as exciting as listening to a storyteller.

 “Good fellow…” Chen Jing said with emotion, “Le Yan, then you can be regarded as saving the prince’s life, right? Can you be made a marquis?”

Shen Le Yan smiled bitterly: “No need to be made a marquis. I will be thankful if the people who want to kill the prince and the Peacock Gate don’t find out my identity and put me on the death list!”

The smiles on Chen Jing and Qing Li’s faces disappeared immediately.

“It seems that…”

“Besides you, do others know that I saved the prince?”

He never took off the black cloth covering his face when he accompanied Ji Lianyi back to Yunxi Sect. On the way back to the room, he deliberately found a small road with no one to walk on. He also took off his nightgown clothes and burned it halfway.

No one should have seen his face.

 The two shook their heads: “It was Master Lu who told us that you almost died in the mountains with the prince.”

Shen Leyan responded and sat on the stone chair next to Lu Yuanyi. He held his chin with one hand: “Why did Master Lu come here?”

[Shouldn’t you discuss the assassination of the Great Xia prince in Yunxi Sect with the elders in the sect… and the Confucian and Taoist master who is said to be from the palace? ]

“I heard that a lost disciple in the sect almost died, so I came to see him.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

Lu Yuanyi suddenly reached out and adjusted the position of the white jade hairpin he wore crookedly.

 “No one in Yunxi Sect will know that you are involved in this matter. I have erased the memories of the disciples who sent you and Ji Lianyi back – has anyone seen your appearance in the deep mountains?”

The assassins of the Peacock Gate never saw his face from beginning to end. He was afraid that they are still deeply moved by his “generous death” and will never know who he is.

But –

“That Confucian and Taoist master Ning Weimo who holds the Haoran Bell may know my identity.”

Based on Ji Lianyi’s tone at the time, this Ning Weimo is definitely not a member of the East Palace Party, and he may still support the prince’s opponent.

At that time, Ji Lianyi suddenly said that “He has the token of Mingchan Pavilion in his hand, and Lord Ning should know the temperament of Sect Master Lu.” Now thinking about it, it may be a deterrent and warning to Ning Weimo.

What did Ning Weimo want to do at that time?

Thinking that he knew too much about the assassination, did he want to silence him?

Or did she want to just kill Ji Lianyi and put the blame on the Peacock Sect?

Thinking deeply about this, Shen Leyan almost broke out in a cold sweat again. The shower he just took was wasted.

If Ning Weimo knew his identity, wouldn’t that mean Ji Lianyi’s rival knew it? Wouldn’t that mean the Peacock Sect knew it?

[◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞]

[…Can I leave Yunxi Sect safely in this life? ]

He’s afraid that as soon as he stepped out of the sect, he’ll be hacked to pieces by a bunch of assassins who were lying in ambush.

When he mentioned the name “Ning Weimo”, Lu Yuanyi’s face seemed to be a little colder.

Qingli and Chen Jing also had heavy expressions, looking at him with sympathy and helplessness.

 Shen Leyan scratched his head in distress: “Master Lu… Should I find a way to get some spiritual medicine that can change my appearance, and then change my name?”

“… It’s a bit troublesome to silence Ning Weimo.”

Shen Leyan: “Of course it’s troublesome.”

He paused for a moment, and suddenly realized what Lu Yuanyi was saying.

“Ah?”

Lu Yuanyi explained in detail: “Ning Weimo is the master of the Third Prince of Daxia, and naturally supports the Third Prince’s bid for the throne. The assassination of the prince was not the work of the Third Prince. Ning Weimo will not do it personally, but she will not mind doing a favor for the mastermind behind the scenes.”

“… So I am that ‘favor’?” Shen Leyan pointed at himself.

“Mm.”

Lu Yuanyi suddenly grabbed his wrist and pressed his helpless hand on the table. Then he felt a slightly cool and refreshing spiritual power infused into him, as if his uneasy mind was calmed down in an instant.

 “Don’t be afraid.” The other party’s voice was still cold, but the tone was gentle.

The deep dark golden eyes showed a subtle killing intent.

“Killing a Confucian master… is not particularly troublesome.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

Chen Jing & Qingli: ” (⊙o⊙)”

[Compared with the sect culture of Yunxi Sect. The Peacock Sect is not good enough! ]

[Crazy support for Sect Master Lu! *:ஐ٩(๑´ᵕ`)۶ஐ:*]

Shen Leyan was moved, and was afraid that Lu Yuanyi would rush to the mountains with the Jiang Xue Sword to fight Ning Weimo in the next second, so he quickly calmed down.

“Sect Master Lu, I don’t think it is necessary to be so direct as to “kill the witnesses.”

Lu Yuanyi raised his eyebrows.

 He analyzed: “Ning Weimo now knows that I have Mingchan Pavilion’s token, she must think that there is something between us.

She dare not offend Yunxi Sect, but she does not want to come here in vain, so she will sell me as a favor to the mastermind behind this assassination.

But I am just a little disciple in the Qi Refining Stage, which is insignificant to the succession of the Daxia royal family. It is not worthwhile to kill me and make enemies with Yunxi Sect.

The mastermind behind the scenes is not a fool, and he may not want to owe this favor!”

Qingli suddenly realized: “So you just need to threaten Ning Weimo not to speak of the matter!”

“Yes!”

Compared with Master Lu’s attitude and even the position of Yunxi Sect, a favor that others do not need, even a fool knows which one is more important!

After Shen Leyan figured it out, his tense eyebrows gradually relaxed, and his dark peach blossom eyes looked at Lu Yuanyi brightly, like a cat waiting for praise.

Lu Yuanyi curled his lips.

 “Pretty smart.”

If the boy had a tail behind him, it would have wagged proudly.

“But… all this is based on the premise that Yunxi Sect is safe and I am not dead.” Lu Yuanyi said lightly, his voice slightly deep, “If the immortal sect and the demons go to war, nothing is certain – who will protect you then?”

Shen Leyan was stunned.

He was in turmoil.

Lu Yuanyi mentioned the “Great War between Immortals and Demons”? ! Did the other party also foresee that the current peaceful days could not last for a few years?

He took a deep breath.

Suddenly, he realized that he seemed to have gotten used to the peaceful life in Yunxi Sect these days. He subconsciously felt that the “Great War between Immortals and Demons” was still far away, and it would not be too late to discuss it later.

But – nothing is certain!

Now that something happened, someone protected him, but who could protect him forever?

 Can he live a carefree life with peace of mind, watching the people around him take risks for him? !

If so, what is the point of his cultivation?

What happened to Senior Brother Chen Jing will happen again one day! ! !

Lu Yuanyi’s voice was still calm: “So, it will be the safest only if Ning Weimo dies and no one knows that you are related to Ji Lianyi’s assassination.”

The Jiang Xue Sword seemed to be able to sense the owner’s thoughts, and it was unsheathed with a clang. The sword light was fierce as the cold air surged.

Qingli and Chen Jing were already dumbfounded. They knew that this matter was not something they could participate in, so they just frowned and kept silent.

Thousands of thoughts churned in Shen Leyan’s eyes, and finally countless complex emotions suddenly disappeared.

There was only a clear and firm look in the boy’s eyes.

 “…Even if there will be a war between demons and monsters, there is enough time.”

He stepped forward and grasped the hilt of the Jiang Xue Sword. The Jiang Xue Sword was stunned for a while, but still stayed in his hand obediently.

“Master Lu, have you ever thought… maybe by then I won’t need anyone to protect me, and I can protect myself?”

Lu Yuanyi stared at him.

“I think with my luck, I will encounter a lot of things in the future. If Master Lu wants to kill them all, the Jiang Xue Sword will probably be cut and bent.”

The Jiang Xue Sword was innocent and it hummed in protest for a while, but found that the master did not intend to help it prove that it would not be so easy to bend, and it became quiet again with grievance.

As Shen Leyan spoke, his voice became a little embarrassed.

“…Besides, I won’t let Yunxi Sect get into trouble. Whether it’s a war between immortals and demons or anything else, no one is allowed to touch Yunxi Sect.

Sect Master Lu… you have lived for so long, don’t keep thinking about your death.”

Since he knew why Lu Yuanyi died in the original novel, he would not repeat the same mistake.