Chapter 32: Let’s End It

Li Yan sat on the chair, totally clueless for a while. He thought about how to escape, and then thought about his parents, brothers and sisters at home. After a while, Li Yan suddenly stood up, his face slightly grim, and said to himself, "Even if I escape, it is uncertain whether my family will be good or bad in the end. Maybe it's because of me that I will cause a big disaster at home. If so, why should I try so hard to find a way to escape? I'll just end it with him."

After a while, Li Yan's expression slowly calmed down, gradually returned to normal, and then sat down again, thinking carefully.

In a deep forest somewhere millions of miles away from Qingshan Pass, the mountain peaks reached the clouds, and the grand palace on the huge platform was immersed in the depths of the white clouds. In the palace, an old man in a silent green robe was reporting the situation to the blue-shirted scholar.

"Peak Master, today a law enforcement disciple sent back a message saying that they have obtained some clues after searching for a while."

"Oh? Tell me about it." The scholar in green was sitting in a huge armchair with a ferocious beast carved on it. He looked at the old man with the falcon and said calmly.

"They checked the area near the traitor's death. There was no mortal town within a radius of ten thousand miles, but there were some casual cultivators active in this area. After killing a few blind casual cultivators, someone reported that someone from the 'Xunxian Lineage' appeared there six or seven years ago. This person was looking for herbs for a while. After some investigation, it was found that this person was looking for some herbs in the introductory chapter of the body forging of our sect."

"In that case, this person might be the one who took the things from the traitor." The scholar in green said, his slender fingers tapping the armrest rhythmically.

Black air surged from the old man's body, and he replied in a fierce voice, "It is basically certain. The people of the 'Xunxian Lineage' have always been looking for opportunities everywhere. Once they get the immortal method, they will not care about anything and will generally practice on their own. But the message also said that no one has seen this person in that area in recent years. I think he must have gone to find a place to practice. If he is found, he will be made to suffer the pain of the soul-binding silkworm."

"Then what will you do next?"

"Peak Master, I have ordered them to disperse and expand the search range to several directions. I think there will be news back soon."

In the following days, Li Yan practiced hard behind closed doors every day. It seemed that after the last trip to the city, his mood seemed to be much more stable when he came back. The aura on his body has increased a little after practicing in the past few days. Although this increase is very small, it makes the divine sense that detects him once a day tremble.

But as Li Yan practiced hard every day, he became irritable again after more than ten days. He had to stop practicing after half a day, and sometimes soaked in the pond for half a day. Although this place is located in the southwest, the temperature will not be very low even in winter, but soaking in the pond with cold air in late autumn is not something that ordinary people can bear; and sometimes he closed the door and wrote wildly in the house, making the paper fly and the ink all over the house.

Chen An and Li Yin also hid far away at this time, not knowing when Li Yan would call them in front of him and scold them innocently.

But fortunately, every time Li Yan finished soaking in the cold pond or painted wildly in the house for half a day, his temperament would be much better, otherwise he would be called into the valley and scolded at any time during the twelve hours of the day.

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br>  The cultivation went on day by day, and more than a month had passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Li Yan went out to the city twice, and the military division did not come out either. Chen An and Li Yin accompanied him into the city. Every time he came back, Li Yan would buy some new clothes, belts, boots, etc. The military division would still detect them with his spiritual sense, but he found that they were all ordinary things, so he didn't care much.

Strangely enough, every time Li Yan came back from the city, he would be in a good mood, and in the following days of cultivation, his realm would always improve. This made the military division's spiritual sense scan him and he became more and more indifferent to him.

One day, Li Yan called Chen An and Li Yin again, saying that he wanted to go into the city. The two of them carefully agreed, and then led the horse to accompany him out.

The three of them soon arrived at the north gate. Today, the person on duty at the gate was not Liu Chengyong, but the captain of the first team of the Zhan Bing Battalion. The north gate was guarded by the squad sent by the Zhan Bing Battalion in turn, while the south gate was guarded by the squad of the Zhan Yi Battalion in turn, and the patrol on the city wall was patrolled by the squad of the Zhan Jia Battalion in turn. After coming to the city for the first two times, Li Yan had also found Liu Shouyong and invited him and his brothers to have a meal at the "Natural Wine House", which made their relationship much closer, which made the other squads of the Zhan Bing Battalion envious. Now Li Yan is a well-known face in the Zhan Bing Battalion, and many people in other squads still know or have heard of this "Mr. Li".

When they arrived at the gate, the captain on duty was the captain of the first team of the Zhan Bing Battalion. He was about 30 years old, of medium height, and strong. His name was Zeng Wen. He had also seen this "Mr. Li" from a distance, who was recently in the Zhan Bing Battalion and was used as a topic of conversation by Liu Chengyong and his men after dinner.

"Oh, Lord Li, you are going into the city to do some business today." Zeng Wen knew Chen An and Li Yin. He had heard more than once that Li Yan was always accompanied by these two people when he traveled. Moreover, he had also met Li Yan before.

"Oh, Captain Zeng is on duty, where is Captain Liu now?" Li Yan's memory is really good, especially after practicing the immortal method, it can be said that he has a photographic memory. Last time in the military camp, he saw this man from a distance, and Liu Chengyong casually greeted him at that time, so he remembered it. He didn't say much and asked directly.

Seeing that Li Yan could call him out, Zeng Wen was also happy. "Captain Liu is resting today, he should be in the military camp."

"Okay, I'll go find him now." Li Yan smiled at him, pulled the reins and walked into the city. Chen An and Li Yin also bowed to Zeng Wen and followed Li Yan.

"Captain, Liu Chengyong has been in the limelight recently. He often brags in front of the brothers that Lord Li invited their team to drink, and even his group of fools also talk about this one by one, and they are as excited as if they just slept with a prostitute." At this time, a soldier behind Zeng Wen said sourly.

"These bastards really don't know where their luck came from. Next time we meet Lord Li, we should be more respectful. Maybe it will be good for us. Besides, didn't Liu Chengyong ask us to inform Lord Li if we see him entering the city? He also said that he would give us some benefits. Besides, I won't tell you what benefits he can give us. He just wants to find an opportunity to get closer to others. I won't give him this opportunity, hehe." Zeng Wen said to the soldiers around him in a gloomy way, causing the followers to laugh mockingly.

Of course, Li Yan didn't know about this. After the three of them entered the city, they rode their horses straight to the military training ground. The military camp was located next to the military training ground. He went to the military camp to find Liu Chengyong last time, so he was familiar with the road. Although the horses could not hurry in the city, the three of them rode slowly. Li Yan sat on the horse with his eyes slightly narrowed, and seemed to be a little arrogant. Chen An and Li Yin retreated half a horse's length and followed on both sides, and did not dare to say much.

At this time, Li Yan was thinking about something. Since the first time he entered the city, he entered the city twice. Chen An and Li Yin followed him closely. Even when he asked Liu Chengyong to drink last time and deliberately asked him to bring all the soldiers with him, and opened a few more tables, the two of them sat beside him. Fortunately, he left for a while when he went to the toilet with Liu Chengyong under the influence of alcohol. The two of them wanted to follow him, but he kicked them drunk and they stood there and dared not move. Only then did they have time to ask Liu Chengyong about things in a roundabout way, which made him basically sure that Liu Chengyong should be Marshal Hong's man. Although he also admired the third military division, his loyal object should be Marshal Hong.

The purpose of his entry into the city this time was to see if Liu Chengyong had any intentions recently. According to Dong Fuyi's words, Marshal Hong really wanted to get the "martial arts secrets" of the third military division, which was very certain. The second time he started to contact Liu Chengyong, one is to determine who he is loyal to, whether he can be used as a medium; the second is to give Marshal Hong a signal that he has a chance to contact him.

But at this moment, he was still in a state of anxiety. These were all his plans and speculations. Whether it was true or not was still uncertain. If Liu Chengyong still had no reaction after this contact and the next time he entered the city, then he would have to find another way.

He had thought of other methods in recent days, but after thinking about it, he still felt that Dong Fuyi was right. Only by borrowing the power of Marshal Hong could he have the most likely chance to complete his plan.

In this way, Li Yan squinted his eyes on the horse, and his figure swayed with the horse, and came to the gate of the military camp.

At the gate of the military camp, dozens of armed soldiers had already seen the three people coming here. One of them stepped out of the crowd, raised his hand, and shouted, "The military camp is a restricted area. No one is allowed to enter." He was also a man with good eyesight. Although he did not recognize Li Yan, he felt that Chen An and Li Yin looked familiar, so he was still polite.

When Li Yan and the other two were about to reach this person, they had already dismounted. Li Yan raised his hand and a waist badge flew to the person. The soldier took it, looked at it carefully, walked forward, bowed deeply, and returned the waist badge to Li Yan with both hands.

"Sir, what are you doing here?" ????

"Oh, I'm here to see Liu Chengyong from the third team of the Bingying Camp," Li Yan took the waist badge and said softly. He now knew the general situation of his official position, and he was still an official in the military. It was okay to go to the military camp, as long as he did not go to the central army tent or military important places without orders.

"I understand.

I will tell Captain Liu right away." He turned and walked to the gate of the barracks, then stopped in front of a soldier and said a few words to him. The soldier then ran quickly into the barracks.

Li Yan was not in a hurry, so he stood outside and waited slowly.

Liu Chengyong has been a little angry recently. Ever since he had a drink with Li Yan that day, he was sent by Marshal Hong to find him as soon as he returned to the barracks. He was confused at the time. Although drinking is generally not allowed in the barracks, he is an old staff member and he was not on military duty at the time. In this case, the people above usually turn a blind eye.

Now that Marshal Hong sent him over, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He didn't know if he was being bullied because of this matter. He couldn't help but say in his heart, "It's that turtle bastard who is gossiping behind my back. Damn it, there are so many people who drink in the army. If I knew who was behind this, I would peel off his skin and break his bones."

When he arrived at Marshal Hong's residence drunk, he was called directly into the hall of the rear residence. When he arrived in the hall, he saw that only Marshal Hong was there, so he knelt down and kowtowed.

"I am here to see you, Marshal. I wonder what you want me to do?"

"Oh, what's the matter? I have something to do now. Can you do it in this state?" Marshal Hong said with a pair of round eyes staring at him with a green glow on his bald head.

"I met a good friend and had to accompany him. Hehe, I accidentally drank some horse urine." Liu Chengyong saw that the Marshal did not seem too angry, so he also said with a drooling face. He knew that their Marshal was kind to their brothers who had been through life and death together. As long as they did not delay military affairs, they would generally be fine.

Marshal Hong stared at Liu Chengyong without saying anything. Liu Chengyong didn't hear the Marshal speak for a long time. He looked up and saw that the Marshal was looking at him with his eyes. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. He said embarrassedly, "Marshal, if you have anything to say, just tell me. If I made a mistake, you can just take me out and beat me up."

Marshal Hong looked at him for a while and suddenly asked, "Who did you drink with today?"

"Well, I drank with Master Li, the disciple of the Third Army Division, today. However, this was all my idea. I dragged Master Li to go." It must be said that Liu Chengyong is a very loyal person. He was afraid that drinking would violate military regulations and implicate Li Yan, so he took charge of the matter.

"Oh, so you are quite familiar with Lord Li?"

"Yes, I am familiar with him. When Lord Li first entered the city, I met him. Later, we had contact. We got along well. However, Marshal, the drinking incident this time has nothing to do with Lord Li. It was because I was drunk that I dragged Lord Li along."

"Oh, that's it." He paused and said, "You stand up first."

Hearing the Marshal's tone soften, Liu Chengyong couldn't help but feel relieved. He had already planned to be beaten with a military stick, and planned to find out who had reported the secret after returning, and then teach him a lesson behind his back.

After standing up, he stood with his hands hanging down, waiting for the Marshal's next words.