Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 43 - : Arrival

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Arrival

“You! Was it you who killed my brother?” Murong Qing, with no understanding of subtlety, pointed her whip directly at Lin Yuyue and strode over.

Lin Yuyue shook her head, “No.”

“Nonsense, you must have held a grudge and waited for an opportunity to kill my brother!” Murong Qing didn’t believe her.

Her confident and righteous assertion indicated that she must have come from a powerful family to be so irrational and yet consider it natural.

But Lin Yuyue ignored her, turning to her maid, “Chun Tao, let’s go.”

“Yes, Miss!” the maid nodded, then stole a glance at Shi Hao, thinking, what a handsome man.

Murong Qing wouldn’t agree to let them go, raising her whip to strike, but her wrist was grabbed just as she lifted her arm.

This time, it wasn’t Shi Hao, but a middle-aged man who looked rather ordinary, but surprisingly, he was a senior martial disciple.

This was Lin Yuyue’s coachman.

No wonder the woman was so confident. Having a senior martial disciple as her escort certainly meant a worry-free journey.

The coachman shook off her hand, repelling Murong Qing, and said sternly, “Stop your senseless pestering!”

Murong Qing rubbed her wrist, hatred flickering in her eyes, but she did not take action again.

She wasn’t foolish; she knew the other party was stronger than herself.

She sneered. The direction Lin Yuyue was heading was also to the County Town, and once they entered the County Town, they would be like fish on the chopping block, at her mercy. Didn’t they know that the Murong Family was a top power there?

If it hadn’t been for their return to their mother’s home to pay respects, and for convenience’s sake they hadn’t brought along guards, they wouldn’t find themselves in such a helpless situation now.

Shi Hao and his group didn’t linger either, they called on their coachman and set off.

For Murong Qing, it wasn’t that simple. She still needed to hire a carriage to load her brother’s body onto; it couldn’t just be left there, after all, could it?

Luckily, it was still early spring, and the chilling coldness held strong, so at least there was no worry of the body decaying if the journey back took too long.

…

In the carriage, Liu Mang and Guo Xing were discussing.

“If Stone says he didn’t do it, then he definitely didn’t do it!” Liu Mang’s trust in Shi Hao was unwavering, “The only ones who had a conflict with Murong Hai were Stone and Lin Yuyue, so, my guess is that it must have been Lin Yuyue’s coachman who did it!”

“It absolutely couldn’t have been done by Senior Sister Lin!” Guo Xing insisted fervently, the conviction clear on his face, “Senior Sister Lin is so beautiful, like a fairy, how could she possibly kill someone?”

Liu Mang scoffed, “Then tell me, does your fairy eat food? Does she take shits? Since she eats and shits, then what’s the big deal about killing someone?”

This… such twisted logic left him at a loss for words.

Guo Xing’s face turned red with anger, but lacking quick-wittedness and a shameless spirit, he naturally fell short in a verbal clash with a rogue.

“Regardless, it definitely wasn’t Senior Sister Lin who did it!” In the end, he could only emphasize this point. For a young man encountering a woman as heavenly as Lin Yuyue for the first time, it was indeed stirring.

Shi Hao couldn’t help but wonder who the real perpetrator was.

Lin Yuyue?

Impossible!

Even though Lin Yuyue had a senior martial disciple as a subordinate, Murong Hai was also a senior martial disciple. Even in his sleep, a martial artist has an innate instinct for danger.

So, even if that coachman somehow landed a sneak attack, there should have at least been sounds of struggle and combat.

But Shi Hao could guarantee that if there had been such commotion, he would definitely have been woken up.

There were only two possibilities, then.

One, the murderer was someone close to Murong Hai, someone who could catch him completely off guard and kill him with a single strike.

In this case, Murong Qing herself had the biggest suspicion.

Who knows whether their fraternal affection was genuine? In noble families, it’s not uncommon for siblings to vie for power, even resorting to fratricide.

Two, the murderer’s strength was far superior to that of Murong Hai, leaving no chance for him to defend himself.

But in this small town, could there be such a master?

Shi Hao might be the only one if there were any.

Uh, he didn’t sleepwalk, so it wasn’t possible that he would kill someone in the middle of the night without realizing it.

So, was it Murong Qing playing a thief shouting ‘catch the thief’?

Forget it, a lecher like that dying, who cares who did it.

Shi Hao didn’t want to waste any more thought on it and tried to find a comfortable position in the carriage, half-closing his eyes to doze off.

For the next three days, they could only sleep in the wild, and by the afternoon of the fourth day, they arrived at the second small town, where they could replenish supplies.

After another night, they set off again.

Another three days passed, and the County Town was finally in sight.

Compared to Mengyang City, the County Town was much larger, and the city walls were higher. From a distance, it looked like a mighty tiger lying on the ground, exuding an air of majesty.

Shi Hao had already been here once and had his eyes opened, while Guo Xing and Liu Mang were visiting for the first time, both exclaiming and showing their excitement.

The carriage continued its leisurely journey until it arrived at the city gate, where Zhao Kuo presented his identity plaque, and they entered without trouble.

They first went to find accommodation, heading straight for Seven Seas Academy.

As before, once Zhao Kuo made his identity clear, the academy arranged accommodations for them. However, Liu Mang, being an uninvited guest, had to share with Shi Hao for now.

Shi Hao didn’t mind, as he certainly needed to find another place to stay for cultivation.

He immediately went out with the fatty and after a tour around town, found a good place suitable for setting up a Formation.

This time, he chose to rent instead of buying.

Since it was only for a month, the landlord was initially reluctant, but after Shi Hao tripled the rent, the landlord happily gave up the house, leading the fatty to exclaim that Shi Hao would definitely go broke if he ever went into business.

However, even after tripling the rent, it was only two Silver, which Shi Hao didn’t mind at all.

He set up a new Formation, and afterward, he told Zhao Kuo, so that Zhao Kuo wouldn’t be unable to reach him if needed.

The next day, when Shi Hao continued his training, the amplification of his strength finally returned to four thousand jin, making him relieve a breath of satisfaction.

Seventy-one thousand jin, not far from becoming a high-level martial master.

“Hey, Stone, what’s this contraption you’ve made? I used to increase only by about five hundred jin, but now it’s gone up to a thousand jin!” The fatty was also overjoyed.

Hey, the dense energy of heaven and earth also benefits Body Cultivation?

Shi Hao nodded and said, “I’ve set up a Formation that gathers the surrounding energy of heaven and earth.”

“No wonder you insisted on renting this place. I thought, the furniture isn’t new, and the rent is so expensive,” the fatty grumbled.

Don’t worry about the rent; we’re still good brothers!

As they had just finished eating, someone came to knock on the door.

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Shi Hao thought it was someone looking for the landlord but upon opening the door, he saw a young servant dressed in Qing Yi.

“Is this Young Master Shi?” the Qing Yi servant inquired.

“That’s right,” Shi Hao nodded.

“My Young Prince is hosting a banquet tonight, and we would be honored if Young Master Shi could grace us with his presence,” the Qing Yi servant said respectfully, presenting an invitation.

Shi Hao took the invitation and asked another question, “May I bring someone with me?”

Hey, you’re here for a martial contest, and you want to bring your family?

The Qing Yi servant was somewhat baffled, never having encountered such a request.

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