Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Assassination Attempt? Wu Qianhuan still returned to the City Lord’s Mansion.
Chu Qing was right; the matters of Luoyu Hall and potential changes in the Chu Family left her no time to continue entangling with Chu Qing here.
Especially with Luoyu Hall, the opportunity must not be missed.
Just before leaving, she gave Chu Qing a deep, meaningful look.
After she left, Chu Qing did not return to the inn either.
Wandering around, he arrived outside the Chu Family estate.
Under the night sky, the Chu Family was in chaos, with people inside moving back and forth, and occasionally a person wearing a cyan robe would enter and exit through the main gate.
Everyone had a heavy expression...and perhaps even sorrow?
Chu Qing had a bad feeling, but it wasn’t until he heard words like ’the lord was assassinated’ from a group of people in cyan robes, that something from his memory suddenly hit him, causing a dizzying sense of bewilderment.
"Assassinated...Chu Yunfei was assassinated?"
He suddenly looked towards the Chu Family, instinctively wanting to go in and take a look.
But after just two steps, he stopped.
"Something’s not right!"
Chu Qing took a deep breath:
"This whole thing is a ruse!
"I know Bai Qi’s methods; the continuous scheme during the day was everything he had.
"Both assassins have been dealt with; how could Chu Yunfei possibly still die?
"Moreover, since Bai Qi has already withdrawn from Celestial Dance City...it means this assassination attempt is a complete failure.
"In this situation...could the so-called assassination be fake?"
Thinking of this, he gently patted his cheek:
"The Valley of Myriad Nights hired the Mirror of Sin to assassinate Chu Yunfei, but ended up failing.
"Chu Yunfei is trying to feign death...to trap the Valley of Myriad Nights."
This was the most reasonable explanation Chu Qing could think of at the moment.
However, though reasonable, this explanation was still all speculation...whether things were truly as he thought, that remained to be verified.
And the method of verification...
Chu Qing suddenly turned around, and saw not far away, a black-clothed figure standing in the rainy night.
As their eyes met, the black-clothed figure turned and ran.
Chu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, gathered his energy, and followed him from behind.
The person ahead had an exceptionally fast body technique, soaring through the rainy night, surrounded as if covered by a layer of cyan energy, traversing the rain curtain like chasing stars and moon.
Chu Qing’s eyes narrowed slightly, a purple gleam flowing within.
The speed that was initially slow instantly surged, and in almost a blink of an eye, he was already behind the black-clothed figure.
The black-clothed figure glanced back, seemed momentarily stunned, and then a hint of joy flickered in his eyes:
"What great lightweight technique!"
At this time, they had reached the city wall of Celestial Dance City. The black-clothed figure spread his arms like a snow goose soaring into the sky, leaping two to three meters up, then tapped quickly with his toes, seemingly walking on air along the city wall, and in no time, he was atop the city wall.
Looking back, he saw Chu Qing had already leaped to the top of the city wall.
He was executing the Soaring in the Void technique, rushing toward him.
The black-clothed figure was startled again, turned around, and without thinking, soared into the air, running towards the outskirts.
Chu Qing made continuous strides, walking thirty steps in the air, closely pursuing the black-clothed figure from behind.
The Celestial Dance Guards atop Celestial Dance City only just now snapped out of their daze.
Watching these two vault over the wall, they shouted loudly:
"Who goes there?"
But wanting to give chase, they couldn’t possibly catch up, could they?
With one in front and one behind, the two exited the city and traveled scarcely three to five miles, reaching a dense forest ahead.
The black-clothed figure suddenly turned back:
"With such remarkable lightweight technique, let’s see how good your hand-to-hand combat is?"
As he said this, he thrust out a single palm abruptly.
With this palm strike, it was as if a wall of air was summoned around them.
The shadows of trees swayed, rain converged, and an enormous palm appeared amidst it.
Seeing this, Chu Qing also flipped a single palm, covering his hand with a layer of purple aura.
The same swaying tree shadows, the same converging rain, and a similarly enormous palm appeared amongst them.