Si Lei Zhenjun

Marquis Yongning took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the turmoil in his heart, and asked:

"Are those two still alive?"

Qian didn't say anything, just shook her head slightly.

"Dead?" Marquis Yongning was horrified and asked:

"How did you deal with the body?"

Qian hesitated, her eyes flickering:

"I... I mean, I don't know now..."

"You captured them yourself, how come you don't know their whereabouts?"

"Not long after we caught them, they... they escaped." Qian answered tremblingly.

Yongning Hou said angrily:

"The entire mansion is tightly encircled by a massive formation, and the gates are guarded day and night by experts. How could two Jindan cultivators escape without being noticed?!"

"They may be hiding somewhere in the mansion, but I brought people to search our mansion inside and out, but we couldn't find any trace of them." Qian's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

Marquis Yongning was filled with rage. "Fool! Why don't you hurry and find him? That Yunxiao Sect elder didn't force his way in today because he was hesitant. He'll definitely come back again someday."

Qian Yingying stepped forward, gently took the arm of Yongning Hou, and said softly:

"My dear husband, you are the only Hedao cultivator in our mansion. Why don't you help look for them? You have great magical powers, and you will definitely be able to find those two immortal disciples quickly."

"I have to go outside the city to meet the Red Scale Demon. How can I find the time to help you find it?"

Marquis Yongning suddenly swung his hand and fiercely shook off Qian's hand.

His face was filled with anger, and he slapped Qian in the face, scolding her:

"I've always spoiled you in every way for your father's sake, and that's why you've become even more outrageous. If you can't find the person quickly this time, you'll see if your father can still protect you!"

Qian's face felt burning with pain from the slap.

She covered her face, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief, and she sobbed softly.

At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the house.

Then someone knocked on the door and said respectfully:

"My Lord, there is a man wearing a black robe and a hood outside the palace who wants to see you. He claims to be your friend from the west."

Yongning Hou frowned and said, "Please bring him in."

After saying this, he glared at Qian, who was crying and covering her face, and shouted:

"What are you still standing there for? Go find it for me!"

Qian was so frightened that she trembled and didn't dare to delay any longer. She pulled Liu Hong, who was also pale with fear, and hurried out of the room.

……

"Great Scarlet Scale Demon, didn't I tell you that it's best if we don't meet in the city?"

Marquis Yongning looked at the black-robed man in front of him with displeasure.

The red-scaled demon gently lifted the hood on his head, revealing a pale and strange face.

A pair of deep vertical pupils flashed in his narrow eyes, and his forehead was covered with fine red scales.

He opened the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a nonchalant smile:

"There are no cultivators who are transcending tribulation in this city, so who could possibly discover that I am a demon?"

Yongning Hou frowned and spoke in a harsher tone:

"It's always better to be careful. Besides, I always order people to deliver the goods outside the city, so why bother running into the city again? If we are discovered, you and I will be doomed!"

The Red-Scaled Demon smiled lightly, seemingly not caring about the warning from Marquis Yongning.

"Now that I'm here, won't the Marquis of Yongning treat me to a good meal first?"

A hint of lust flashed in the Red Scale Demon's vertical pupils, and he stretched out his slender tongue and licked the corner of his mouth:

"I have always been obsessed with the wonderful taste of your human women. They are just a little weak and can't stand being played with. Marquis Yongning, please prepare a few more for me."

Yongning Hou said coldly:

"Don't worry, it's just a few women. Yours won't be missing. Before that, let's finish the business first."

……

In a cesspool in a toilet in the Yongning Marquis Mansion, Li Qinghe and Pushe lay motionless at the bottom of the pit like two corpses.

Li Qinghe sent a message to Pushe's consciousness:

"Pushe, when do you think my master will come to find me? Even though I've learned the tortoise breathing technique you taught me, which blocks out the stench, and I've also used my magic power to isolate the yellow and white things around me, I still feel nauseous."

Pushe replied through voice transmission:

"Amitabha, don't worry, Mr. Li. When we clashed with that man at Zuihuan Tower, there were quite a few people present. Your master will be able to follow the clues and find the Yongning Marquis Mansion."

Li Qinghe transmitted the message:

"Alas, if I had known that boy would hold such a grudge, I would have given him some strong medicine when I was at Yuhuang Tower, which would have at least paralyzed him on one side of his body and made him impotent for life. Then we wouldn't have run into him again at Zuihuan Tower and ended up in this situation."

Pushe's voice said:

"I think it's okay. At least we are not in danger of losing our lives for now. If it weren't for the small storage bag hidden in the lining of Mr. Li's clothes, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to escape after being caught."

Li Qinghe transmitted the message:

"This is just basic operation. Almost everyone in our Yunxiao Sect does this. It's to prevent being caught and having their storage bag searched and taken away, and then being tied up and unable to escape."

……

"Wait a minute, everyone. This is the Yongning Marquis's Mansion. Outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission!"

In front of the towering gate of Yongning Marquis Mansion, several guards stopped Chu Xing, Jiang Lihuo, Wan Shankong and Wang Huntian.

Wang Huntian was about to open his mouth to scold, but Chu Xing raised his hand to stop him.

Chu Xing took out a blood-red jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to the head guard, looking up at the sky and saying:

"do you know it?"

The head guard glanced at him suspiciously, then looked at the jade pendant in his hand, and soon understood what he meant - he was trying to bribe him to let him in!

Although the jade pendant in the other party's hand was obviously valuable, the head guard flatly refused the other party's bribe when he thought of the punishment he would face for letting outsiders into the palace without permission:

"Sir, even if you gave it to me, I would not let you in privately. Rules are rules."

Chu Xing's face suddenly darkened. He turned around and looked at Jiang Lihuo, holding up the Flame Phoenix Blood Jade and said:

"Princess, this token of yours is useless! I can't even get into a small mansion with it!"

Seeing this, Jiang Lihuo couldn't help but chuckle and rolled his eyes at him, "How could a janitor like him know him?"

"Princess, how could you give him this jade pendant?"

Wang Huntian's face was filled with sorrow and he advised earnestly:

"He is Qi Shunan's apprentice, and his ability to cause trouble is no less than Qi Shunan's. A while ago, it was he who attracted the thunder that destroyed half of my City Lord's Mansion."

Jiang Lihuo put away his smile, his eyes full of disbelief as he glared at Wang Huntian:

"How could a mere golden elixir of his attract heavenly thunder? And why did you only tell me about this now?"

Wang Huntian thought to himself, I was about to say this, that day you called me over and scolded me without giving me any explanation, and then told me to go back and reflect on myself.