Master's Chief Disciple

Chapter 319 A knife will become dull if it is not sharpened for a long time

Han Qixi told her that there was still no news about Zhong Siyao recently, but the little fox did send a message saying that the people from the secret Blood Demon Sect had revealed some clues.

A few days later,

Xia Changqing's heavy eyelids moved slightly. A wisp of autumn wind blew in from the end of the bed. Han Qixi, who was feeding him water, noticed that he had moved.

"W-where is this?"

"This is Tiannan Marquis's Mansion. You have been in a coma for almost half a month since you were poisoned by the insect."

He tried to stand up on the bed with one hand, and recalled the situation half a month ago. His face immediately turned panicked and he grabbed Han Qixi's arm, "Where is Princess Yuehua?"

Han Qixi explained the whole story to him, but he was still very worried and insisted on returning to the palace. At this time, Mu Huayan and others came in.

"Xia Jinwei, you finally woke up." Tang Qian looked anxious, but he still had a smile on his face.

"My Lord, I have to go find..." As he spoke, he had already thrown back the quilt and prepared to get out of bed.

Tang Qian quickly stepped forward and held him down. Then Han Qixi and the others left the room and waited in the hall, which was the main hall. After about a few minutes, the two of them ended their conversation.

Xia Changqing was no longer in good health. After learning that Mu Huayan and the others were trustworthy, he was no longer reserved and told Princess Yuehua what he had wanted to tell her.

"I left the Emperor because the people of the Blood Demon Sect have taken over the palace and gradually replaced the ministers in the palace."

"!!!"

After hearing these words, Mu Huayan and the others were suddenly shocked, but after a moment, Tang Qian's expression turned serious.

Tang Xuanze showed a panic expression and stepped back unsteadily, because his elder brother Tang Linfeng had entered the palace to meet the emperor a few days ago.

This news was told to him by Sang Qiu that day, "Dad, could it be that my elder brother has already..."

Han Qixi guessed something from his expression. Didn't he tell them that they were not allowed to enter the palace to see the emperor no matter what?

"When did he go? Why didn't you listen to my advice and jumped into the fire pit?"

Tang Qian avoided Han Qixi's gaze, his expression turned panicked, and he didn't know how to explain for a moment, "I, I, I'm confused."

It turned out that after the death of Eunuch Qu Shi, he wrote a memorial to the emperor. Soon, the palace received a message asking people from the Tiannan Marquis's mansion to come to the palace to see the emperor.

Tang Qian didn't know what was going on at the time, so he asked Tang Linfeng to go with him. Six days had passed since he set out.

"I don't want to miss your people in the palace, and Princess Yuehua has also returned to the palace..."

Tang Xuanze paced back and forth anxiously at this moment, "Dad! Even if Wen Qi went to the palace, he wouldn't be able to take care of him. How could you do this..."

Tang Qian's eyes were dodging and his whole body was shaking. In fact, the fingers in his sleeves were tapping a magic weapon.

"Even if he was alone in the palace, he would..."

"!!!" Mu Huayan and others suddenly felt something was wrong. The person who went to the palace was not Wen Qi at all.

At this time, Wu Mo walked out from the side hall, and he seemed to sense a familiar breath.

He thought he had made a mistake, but when he saw Mu Huayan and others sitting in the hall discussing something, he walked in.

When he got closer, he realized that he was right, there was indeed demonic energy here!

Tang Qian had noticed the subtle expressions and movements of Mu Huayan and the others. He didn't understand why he was still noticed even though he was pretending to be presentable.

"He is not Tang Qian, he is a demon!" Wu Mo said and released his own aura.

After being exposed, "Tang Qian" stopped pretending and started laughing, with the devilish energy emanating from his body.

"Demon Lord Wu Mo! It's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect you to have a relationship with the stupid human race."

Mu Huayan and the others had already taken a defensive stance, but Mu Huayan could not figure out when he came in, and where the real Tang Qian was.

Wu Mo didn't waste any words with him but rushed forward to fight him. He spread his arms without any defense but showed a sly smile.

Then a curved blade pierced through his shadow without causing any damage. After a moment, he laughed and gradually disappeared from the spot.

"Guess where the real Tang Qian is?"

Tang Xuanze angrily stepped forward and asked loudly: "Where is my father?"

Wu Mo was about to chase him out, but Tang Xuanze grabbed his clothes and disappeared from the spot. Mu Huayan ran out of the door and found many people lying in a pool of blood.

Almost all of them were servants in the mansion, but there was no trace of Tang Qian. How could he kill so many people in broad daylight without making a sound?

If Tang Qian was a demon, why didn't she notice it? She thought about it carefully and realized that apart from the one time she saw him when she came back to the mansion that day,

That was when Tang Qian came in from outside the mansion just now. According to what Tang Xuanze said, Tang Linfeng had been away for six days. According to the time calculation, it happened two days before she returned to the mansion.

The body of the fallen servant was still warm, which made sense. Tang Qian might have been missing for six days.

When she came to her senses, she found that Han Qixi had also caught up with them. She hoped that they could capture the demon and interrogate him.

About an hour later, Han Qixi and the other two returned to the mansion. Wu Mo was holding a demon in his hand.

He has a handsome appearance and is quite tall. Judging from the devilish aura emanating from him, he is a devil with strength comparable to that of a human being in the middle Dao realm.

The reason why Mu Huayan and especially Wu Mo did not find out that he was a demon was because he used the poisonous insect to cover up his own aura.

Wu Mo had sensed the aura of the demons just now because he had used his magic power, but Mu Huayan and the others had been focusing on the palace and Tang Linfeng the whole time, so they did not notice the slightest abnormality.

Wu Mo handed over a small transparent insect and said, "This insect has Tang Qian's spiritual energy."

Mu Huayan understood what was going on and took the dead insect, forced out the spiritual energy from it and put it into a small green bead.

He also said that he was just collecting things and doing things, and his job was to ask him to find a way to lure Tang Qian out, and then pretend to be him to pass the message to Tang Linfeng.

But suddenly this person started laughing crazily. Wu Mo realized something was wrong and asked them to step back. The fake "Tang Qian"'s laughter stopped abruptly. When he raised his eyes, his sharp eyes were full of provocation.

"My Lord, your reaction is too slow."

"A knife will become dull if it is not sharpened for a long time."

After saying a few words, he opened his arms and laughed loudly. Then his body turned into black and white ashes that floated in the wind. Then a red insect with eight tentacles could be seen making bursts of shrill buzzing sounds.

"You are really a bunch of idiots. You believe everything I say. Hahaha..."

Except for those below the Peak Ancestor Realm, all of them vomited blood and fainted. Upon seeing this, Wu Mo immediately strangled the insect floating in the air.

"Quick! Kill it with thunder!"

As a bolt of lightning struck the bug, it turned into ash and dissipated;

"Wu Mo, what's going on?" Mu Huayan asked puzzled.

He lowered his head and coughed awkwardly, then said weakly, "I was careless. He is not a human. He is a substitute created by someone from my tribe using the Shadow Spider Gu."

As for how to create a substitute, he did not describe it in detail, so Mu Huayan did not pursue it any further. The most important thing now was to find out Tang Qian's whereabouts as soon as possible.

Han Qixi was responsible for contacting the little fox and asking her to help check Tang Linfeng's location.

Mu Huayan and Tang Xuanze searched for Tang Qian's whereabouts based on the spiritual energy left by the bead.

They tracked all the way to Tianxiao City, and Tang Qian's breath was cut off here, but they found that there was a strong evil spirit in the city.

It seems that the fake Tang Qian was not lying. The Tianxiao City where His Majesty was located had become the territory of the Blood Demon Sect.

"Let's go back and discuss it before making a decision."

But Tang Xuanze still stayed where he was, staring straight at the tall building in the distance, which was the imperial palace. He was sure that his father must be inside.

"Senior Sister, my father has been missing for six days. If it goes on any longer, I'm afraid his life will be in danger."

Mu Huayan said that they couldn't go there rashly now. Not only was the timing not right, but they were also not familiar with the environment and structure of the palace.

Moreover, the demon from the previous scene was probably somewhere in the city, and he might have set a trap and was waiting for Mu Huayan and the others to fall into it.

They were now drinking tea in a teahouse and looking at the imperial palace in the distance. No matter how much Mu Huayan persuaded him, he didn't want to leave.

"Senior Sister, can you let me stay here alone to keep watch?"

"I promise I won't do anything reckless. I'll let you know if anything happens."

"Didn't we agree that after you join the sect, you have to obey me in everything."

He was stunned for a long time after hearing this and almost forgot his current identity. He tried hard to force a smile and said, "Okay."

When the two returned to the mansion, they learned that they could not contact the little fox for the time being. Just as Mu Huayan was lost in thought, a guard came to report.

"Second Master, the maid has come out of the palace to select a concubine. She said she has taken a fancy to..."

As he spoke, his eyes were somewhat evasive and he dared not continue. Tang Xuanze put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we are all family here."

"Mammy is at the door. She wants to ask you where Miss Sang Qiu is who came back with you that day."

He was a little confused as to why his friend was chosen in the selection of beauties, and suddenly felt that this emperor was too annoying: Surprised, the nanny walked in directly,

"Hey, Mr. Tang, Madam, I have something to tell you."

She pulled him aside and talked to him without saying anything. He smiled and didn't reply or agree, but just asked Sang Qiu's opinion.

"Okay, then could you please call her over now, Mr. Tang?" The nanny smiled so well that the wrinkles on her face were clearly visible.

But he didn't know where Sang Qiu was. The guard just said that he saw her in a clothing store and he could go and find her.