White-Robed Chief-Chapter 1118: Root Cause

Chu Li narrowed his eyes and laughed humorlessly as he asked, "Did you disguise yourself as me to kill her?" 

"Who are you?" the middle-aged man asked coldly.

Chu Li replied calmly, "Chu Li."

The middle-aged man gave a scornful laugh. "I don't even know who you are. How could I have disguised myself as you?"

"Well then, who did you disguise yourself as?" Chu Li exhaled sharply.

The man replied, "Fine, there's no harm in telling you this anyway. I disguised myself as Du Feng."

"Why?" Chu Li asked coldly. "Snow Lunar Pavilion has no connections with Heavenly Demonic Sect, right? Although Du Feng is a Heavenly Demonic Sect disciple, Snow Lunar Pavilion has always been kind to him and has never done him any harm. Why would Heavenly Demonic Sect kill a Snow Lunar Pavilion disciple?"

The man frowned at Chu Li.

Li Hanyan felt like her brain was working too slowly. She could hear them loud and clear but could not seem to follow their conversation at all as nothing they said made sense to her.

Chu Li said, "I know Du Feng's true identity. He's a Heavenly Demonic Sect disciple and he has escaped back to Heavenly Demonic Sect after killing King An. Snow Lunar Pavilion has never harmed Du Feng in any way, so why would Heavenly Demonic Sect attack Snow Lunar Pavilion?"

The middle-aged man fell silent. 

Chu Li frowned and asked, "Why is Heavenly Demonic Sect repaying their kindness with ingratitude?"

"I didn't have a choice," the man replied grimly. "I was just obeying orders."

"Obeying whose orders?" Chu Li laughed coldly. "Who is this person who holds a grudge against Du Feng?"

"It was our sect leader who gave us these orders," the man replied in resignation. "I don't mind telling you this. I wasn't the only one who received these orders. Everyone in Heavenly Demonic Sect has been ordered to annihilate Snow Lunar Pavilion."

Chu Li became puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"To help Du Feng," the man replied. "Du Feng needs to sharpen and polish his inner state right now. If he found out that Snow Lunar Pavilion has been destroyed, he'll be strongly motivated to advance to the next level of his Heavenly Demonic Power!" 

Chu Li was dumbfounded but then an endless rage soon rose in his heart. "So, you're planning to kill disciples of Snow Lunar Pavilion just to help Du Feng improve his martial arts?"

"Yes, we've been ordered to eliminate Snow Lunar Pavilion," the middle-aged man replied calmly. "I initially planned to sneak into Snow Lunar Pavilion by disguising myself as Du Feng but I never expected that woman to see through my disguise, so I had no choice but to kill her!" 

The man thought that since Chu Li had found out about this, Chu Li would never allow him to get away with this so he would certainly die. Therefore, the man decided to be honest and tell Chu Li everything he knew to avoid getting tortured. Moreover, Chu Li would most likely go and seek revenge after knowing the truth. Thus, Chu Li would die at the hands of the sect leader. In a way, the man's death would still be avenged. 

"Very well… Very well…" Chu Li was so angry that he started laughing instead. "You guys wish to wipe out Snow Lunar Pavilion! Ha!"

Chu Li's body suddenly emitted a thick killing intent.

Li Hanyan felt a chill creeping through her body as though she had entered an ice cellar. 

The middle-aged man felt the same so he knew that Chu Li was filled with killing intent and was going to attack him soon.

The man held Chu Li's gaze and said gravely, "Chu Li, since you know about Heavenly Demonic Sect, you should also know that if you become our enemy, we'll fight you to the end and never rest until we destroy you!" 

"As if you're capable of fighting me to the end!" Chu Li laughed coldly.

The flash of a sword's blade could be seen fleetingly as the Modesty Sword slashed at the man's neck and then returned to its scabbard.

Chu Li pressed his palm to the man's chest and performed the Heavenly Demonic Spirit Devouring Technique.

"Bang!" The man collapsed to the ground but did not bleed at all despite having been beheaded.

Li Hanyan muttered resentfully, "We've let him off too lightly!"

Chu Li took a deep breath and said, "You should go back first and inform your pavilion leader about this."

"Big Brother Chu, what's this Heavenly Demonic Sect?" Li Hanyan asked in confusion while clutching at his hand. "I don't recall hearing about such a sect before."

"It's a sect from the Fu Dynasty," Chu Li replied with a frown. "The Heavenly Demonic Power can be used to change one's appearance, so you have to be more careful. Keep your eyes wide open in case anyone tries to deceive you!" 

"I'm a Grandmaster. I won't be assassinated that easily!" Li Hanyan said with a smile.

Chu Li huffed and replied, "Wasn't Miss Shu a Grandmaster as well? Even so, she still got killed!"

As Chu Li thought about this, a surge of killing intent filled his heart once again.

Although the murderer had been killed, the true murderer who had given the kill order was still unpunished, and this person was Fu Qingya! 

Chu Li had achieved the ninth level of his Heavenly Demonic Power, which placed him more or less on par with Fu Qingya. However, he might not necessarily be able to defeat Fu Qingya since he was still inferior to Fu Qingya in terms of the range of their Heavenly Demonic Field.

Nonetheless, Chu Li needed to get his revenge no matter the cost. After all, Heavenly Demonic Sect was much stronger than Snow Lunar Pavilion and it was almost impossible for Snow Lunar Pavilion to guard themselves effectively against the Heavenly Demonic Power, so this would surely be a one-sided battle. 

"Ugh… Senior Sister Shu has suffered a wrongful death!" Li Hanyan sighed.

Chu Li said, "You should go back first. I'll avenge Miss Shu's death!"

"You're going to the Fu Dynasty to confront Heavenly Demonic Sect?" Li Hanyan frowned.

Chu Li slowly nodded. "I can't let her die in vain!"

Li Hanyan asked, "Big Brother Chu, are you going to disguise yourself as Du Feng when you confront them?"

"I'm not going to disguise myself in any way!" Chu Li muttered with a huff.

Chu Li would not conceal his original identity. Snow Lunar Pavilion was facing immense pressure from not only Heavenly Demonic Sect but also from various other factions that had been watching and waiting for an opportunity to attack them. Thus, Chu Li wanted to reveal his identity and make it clear to everyone in the martial arts world that Snow Lunar Pavilion was under his protection to induce some amount of fear in them.

"I'll go with you!" Li Hanyan quickly said. "I heard that the Fu Dynasty's martial arts world is far more impressive than that of the Ji Dynasty. It's said that they have ten to a hundred times more martial arts masters than us, although I'm not sure whether that's true or not."

Chu Li replied, "The Fu Dynasty is ten times bigger than the Ji Dynasty, so it's not surprising that they have more martial arts masters than us."

"Big Brother Chu, you think that I'm going to be a burden, don't you?" Li Hanyan asked.

Chu Li replied frankly, "The Fu Dynasty isn't like the Ji Dynasty. Heavenly Demonic Sect is very powerful and I might not be able to allow myself to get distracted, so you shouldn't go." 

"Understood." Li Hanyan felt somewhat dissatisfied but could not do anything about this since she knew that her martial arts skills were indeed still too weak.

Chu Li was aware of what was going on in Li Hanyan's mind and patted her shoulder. "Don't be too impatient with your cultivation. You might put yourself in danger instead if you cultivate recklessly to gain quick success!" 

Li Hanyan was a genius at cultivation. Although her rate of improvement was not as fast as his, she could make rapid progress in her cultivation with the help of the Concentration Talisman, so she could still show astounding improvement.

"Understood." Li Hanyan seemed disgruntled.

Chu Li vanished instantly.

Li Hanyan sighed and sulkily turned around to leave.

After walking a few steps, Li Hanyan stopped in her tracks and then picked up the middle-aged man's corpse. She held his head in one hand and carried his body in her other hand before gliding away and entering swiftly into the forest.

Then, Li Hanyan suddenly stopped again and scanned her surroundings with a scoff. "What a bunch of sneaky and cowardly thugs!"

Everyone who had been hiding in the forest flew into a rage. 

They had already felt very upset when Chu Li had decided to scare them into submission earlier. Nonetheless, they could only swallow their anger and sigh in despair since they were not capable of defeating him. However, they simply could not hold back their anger when this young lady was being so rude to them as well! 

"How dare you!" A vile-looking middle-aged man glided down from a treetop and landed some distance away from her before asking, "Do you think that we don't dare to kill you?"

"Do you even have the nerve to do so?" Li Hanyan glanced at him sideways. "Aren't you afraid of getting beaten up by Big Brother Chu?"

"Indeed, Chu Li is strong but we're not to be trifled with either!" the vile-looking man replied arrogantly.

"Tell me your name then!" Li Hanyan said with a scoff.

"I'm Zhao Chuan from Azure Mountain!" the vile-looking man replied and gave a scornful laugh as he stared greedily at Li Hanyan's rounded chest.

Li Hanyan had a slim and graceful physique with wonderful curves in all the right places. Her chest was full while her waist was slender, so she had a very desirable and alluring figure. 

"Azure Mountain… I've never heard of such a sect before!" Li Hanyan pursed her small lips and asked nonchalantly, "Alright, what do you want?"

Zhao Chuan huffed and demanded, "Tell me where Du Feng is hiding right now!"

"Big Brother Chu has already said earlier that Du Feng has returned to the Fu Dynasty's Heavenly Demonic Sect. You can go to the Fu Dynasty and find him at Heavenly Demonic Sect if you dare," Li Hanyan replied with a scoff. "Stop bothering Snow Lunar Pavilion!"

"If I capture you and use you to exchange for Du Feng, do you think Du Feng will come back?" Zhao Chuan asked with a chuckle and licked his lips as his lustful gaze roamed over her body.