Chapter 759: Chapter 759: The Source of Chaos

Zhe Feng looked at the delicate young woman in front of him.

This is someone who will strike while the iron is hot! 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Zhe Feng labeled Long Yue in his mind, then led them onward.

"Coo coo!"

The three walked along the cobblestone path, greeted by the calls of cuckoo birds along the way, and from a mountain rock beside them, a streamlet trickled out.

The environment here was beautiful. Earlier, Li Qingmu wondered what kind of place Tianxing Pavilion might be. Could it be located in some vast underground palace?

Or perhaps atop a lofty mountain peak?

Now it seemed Tianxing Pavilion’s location was quite decent.

"Hey, Brother Ze, we’ve been walking for so long. Why haven’t we seen anyone else?"

Long Yue, truly a naturally sociable person, began chatting directly with Zhe Feng.

Perhaps attractive women always have an advantage in conversations with men. Zhe Feng said, "Everyone’s busy practicing martial arts and working, no time to wander around."

Uh, okay!

Even so, they still caught glimpses of a few scattered figures along the way. These people hurried by, seemingly on urgent business.

Finally, they arrived in front of a cluster of houses built into the mountainside.

These houses were exquisite, like palaces but not quite, and calling them ordinary houses seemed to underestimate them.

"Here we are," Zhe Feng led them to one of the houses, went inside to announce their arrival, and soon returned, saying, "You two, the Hall Master is inside. Please, go ahead!"

Long Yue and Li Qingmu exchanged a glance, then followed Zhe Feng inside.

As they entered the house, it felt as though a flash of light swept through, then everything returned to silence. Long Yue looked up and saw a middle-aged man sitting behind a desk in the center of the room.

He sat cross-legged, eyes closed, resting.

Suddenly, he slowly opened his eyes.

In that instant, Long Yue felt a sharp pain in her eyes.

"Don’t look!"

Li Qingmu’s voice came from beside her as he covered her eyes.

Then Zhe Feng’s voice was heard: "Hall Master, these are the ones requesting to see you!"

"Mm."

The middle-aged man responded faintly, and Zhe Feng stepped aside, allowing Li Qingmu to remove his hand.

Long Yue looked again, and the middle-aged man was still sitting behind the desk, but that painful sensation had vanished.

What on earth was going on?

While Long Yue pondered, the man began to speak: "You are Rong Si’s son?"

Both Li Qingmu and Long Yue were slightly taken aback. This man actually knew Rong Si?

Noticing the couple’s puzzlement, the middle-aged man stroked his beard and said, "Your Rong Imperial Family meddles in so many affairs that it’d be hard not to know."

Uh, this...

This answer left them somewhat speechless.

"I don’t know what the Rong Imperial Family is meddling in, but at least, I’m not involved!"

Li Qingmu replied coldly, his words not lacking in pride.

During his more than half a year as prince, he indeed hadn’t done anything but try to wrest power from Rong Si.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, "You haven’t done much, but the Grand Ancestor Emperor and your mother have done quite a bit."

"Ha, what they do, what does it matter to me? Why keep pursuing me?"

Speaking of this matter, Li Qingmu was also full of pent-up anger!

Ever since he was in Dazhou, he had been targeted for assassination by people sent from Tianxing Pavilion. First by Tianshu Ghost Child, then by Tianquan, and now even in Liang Country, they still pursued him.

No matter how lucky he was, if he was unlucky during one of these attempts, he could truly meet his end.

Therefore, he had to get to the bottom of this!

"To kill you is because you and your mother are the source of chaos!"

Source of chaos?

Hearing this, Long Yue immediately flared up, laughing coldly: "This Hall Master of Tianxing Pavilion, are you claiming my husband is the source of chaos? Isn’t that laughable?

My husband used to be a mere bookish scholar, and later at most a well-behaved minister, maybe a leisure-seeking prince, who is he causing chaos for?"

Zhe Feng wanted to stop Long Yue from speaking further; his hall master’s temperament isn’t great, and if angered, he might act out harshly.

But Long Yue spoke too quickly; he wasn’t in time to stop her.

The Tianxing Pavilion’s Heavenly Power Hall Master glanced at Long Yue, his eyes narrowing slightly. Despite her somewhat offensive behavior, he didn’t get angry, only said, "He isn’t, but his mother is."

Li Qingmu: "What about my mother?"

Though Rong Si forcibly took Li Qingmu from Dazhou to Daliang, separating the couple and father from son, Rong Si was Li Qingmu’s birth mother after all, and he naturally didn’t want others speaking ill of her.

The Hall Master said, "You should know You Su? He is a traitor of our Tianxing Pavilion! This man aims high, and your mother is ambitious as well. The two perfectly match in ambitions. If we don’t step in to stop them, the world will soon fall into chaos."

"Then what’s with hunting my husband? He has nothing to do with this matter!"

Long Yue exclaimed eagerly, her husband was truly innocent!

The Hall Master said, "Because you are a variable. Without you, even if Rong Si is ambitious, she can’t cause much trouble, nor can You Su’s plot succeed. But with you, You Su’s plans find room to manifest. So, to cut the problem at its root, we can only target you."

"Pfft!" Long Yue couldn’t help but laugh at the Hall Master’s serious nonsense, "I say, Heavenly Power Hall Master, are you joking with me? If you want to solve the source of chaos, go kill You Su?

Once You Su is dead, the Princess’s ambition can’t unfold, and my husband and I can return to Dazhou and lead peaceful lives. Isn’t that a win-win, peace for the world?"

Upon Long Yue’s words, the room suddenly fell into silence for a while, before the Hall Master slowly replied, "You Su is the most outstanding disciple of our Tianxing Pavilion. His martial arts are unmatched, and no one but the Pavilion Master can contend with him."

Li Qingmu, "..."

Long Yue, "..."

So, unable to deal with You Su, they came to pick on Li Qingmu as an easy target?

"Ha, so even Tianxing Pavilion bullies the weak and fears the strong!"

Mocked, the Hall Master didn’t deny it, only smiled bitterly, "If we could deal with You Su, why would we go through so much trouble?

The Pavilion Master is old, his health declining, possibly passing away any day; hence, he’s in seclusion without the energy to deal with You Su.

As for the rest... even if we, the Hall Masters, join forces, though we can match You Su, we can’t kill him! Do you know why?"

Li Qingmu thought for a moment and said, "Because of his qinggong?"

"Correct, his qinggong is unrivaled in the world; no one can compete. So, when he attacks us, we can collectively defend, but to hunt him down, it requires careful planning and lots of resources. But we’re just a secret society, and he’s wielded mundane power; we can’t disregard ordinary people’s lives, can we?"

The Hall Master sighed, "An individual’s strength is always limited. One could contend against ten, a hundred, but against thousands, tens of thousands?

We can’t pay such a high price and sacrifice to kill him, so... we have no choice but to target you."