317: I really am not at peace!

Great Wu, Bucheng, was the city where Mao Tonghe possessed Yu Xin'an.

At the gate of Bucheng.

Mao Tonghe, carrying his travel bag, rode his horse slowly out of the city gate. In the distance, a middle-aged couple stood still for a long time, reluctantly watching their son.

"Yu Xin'an, if you can't make it, come back. There's food for you at home!"

"Yu Xin'an, write home!"

The woman looked at her departing son with great reluctance, her eyes moist.

But since her son said he wanted to go out and make a name for himself, striving for his future, as a mother, she had no reason to stop him. She could only secretly blame herself for being incapable and unable to give her son a brilliant future.

Yu Xin'an's father, Yu Lu, hugged his wife, his eyes also a little red, and comforted her.

"Alright, since our son has this ambition, we can't stop him. Let's go back."

The woman still stood in place, tightly watching her departing son, but all along the way, her son didn't turn back, not even once.

It wasn't until her son's figure disappeared that the woman burst into tears and collapsed to the ground.

"Yu Xin'an, take good care of yourself."

Mao Tonghe, who had left the city gate, felt nothing about this. Instead, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, extremely happy.

Mao Tonghe had no intention of returning once he left. Staying together for a long time, it would be difficult to avoid being noticed by that couple, leading to trouble.

Not eliminating the couple's mouths, Mao Tonghe had already been soft-hearted.

Mao Tonghe rode his galloping horse, running across the wilderness.

The vastness of the world, freedom, assaulted him, allowing Mao Tonghe to gallop freely.

There had been too many things these past few days, and Mao Tonghe had only focused on escaping, not having had time to cultivate. Now, he didn't have a single trace of Qi in his body and was just an ordinary person.

Mao Tonghe planned to find a place where no one knew him, live anonymously, and cultivate in peace. The day he broke through to Golden Core would be the day he, Mao Tonghe, became invincible under heaven.

Unexpectedly, behind Mao Tonghe, three figures suddenly flew out from the sky, rapidly approaching Mao Tonghe. The person in the lead shouted.

"Yu Xin'an, stop at once! I am Yu Xin'an, a Patrol Guard of the Xuan Tian Monitoring, ordered by Your Majesty to bring you back to the Royal Capital."

Mao Tonghe was greatly alarmed, not knowing where he had given himself away, actually alarming the Great Wu Emperor.

"Giddy up! Giddy up!"

Mao Tonghe didn't know what he was about to face. It was impossible to surrender, as that would be tantamount to seeking death.

Mao Tonghe swung his whip, hitting the horse's back hard to make the horse go faster and shake off the people behind him.

Although two legs couldn't outrun four legs, the Sky Patrol Guards behind him didn't use legs at all; they were flying in the sky. How could they be shaken off by a mere horse?

The three Sky Patrol Guards were extremely fast. In just over ten breaths, they were flying directly above Mao Tonghe's head.

"Yu Xin'an, stop at once! This is the first warning, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite!"

Mao Tonghe swung his whip again, shouting loudly.

"Giddy up! Giddy up!"

Yu Xin'an saw that Yu Xin'an below had no reaction and snorted coldly. To dare to disregard the Xuan Tian Monitoring was truly audacious. He would have to teach him a lesson to make him remember.

When the Xuan Tian Monitoring dispatched, no one ever dared to stop them.

Yu Xin'an casually grabbed, and Qi surged out.

Mao Tonghe below felt a great force strike him. He was directly lifted from the horse's back, his clothes firmly gripped by Yu Xin'an, unable to move an inch.

Yu Xin'an lowered his altitude, and after ensuring Mao Tonghe wouldn't be killed by the fall, he casually tossed him. Mao Tonghe fell from a height of several zhang, rolling over a dozen times on the ground before stopping.

Mao Tonghe was in a sorry state, his clothes torn with several large holes, covered in dust, and he had several scrapes.

Yu Xin'an and the other two slowly landed on the ground. Yu Xin'an stared at the lying Yu Xin'an, saying sternly.

"This is punishment for your resistance to arrest. Now listen carefully.

Your Majesty has decreed that although your examination paper for the imperial examination was very proper, and your desire to serve the country and its people was evident on paper, there is a suspicion of using clever tricks.

By Your Majesty's grace, I am ordered to bring you back to the Royal Capital for another examination."

Mao Tonghe finally understood the reason for the three's arrival, but he couldn't be happy. Instead, there was a heavy despair.

Mao Tonghe's expression was stiff, he couldn't even feel the pain in his body, and he let out a shocked cry, disbelievingly saying.

"I have to take another exam?"

Mao Tonghe had never liked answering questions since he was a child, and even had a psychological shadow regarding them. The fear of being dominated by questions resurfaced in his mind.

At this moment, Mao Tonghe was filled with immense regret.

If only he had just written something casually back then, why did he go crazy and fill it out so properly?

Yu Xin'an continued.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all acts of heavenly grace.

If you perform well, showing great scholarship, along with your previous exam paper, Your Majesty will bestow great rewards.

If you perform too poorly, you will be immediately imprisoned until you perform well enough to be released."

Mao Tonghe screamed in shock mixed with fear.

"What? I'm not going! I'm not going!"

Yu Xin'an looked at Mao Tonghe's appearance and knew that he didn't have much knowledge, probably a deceitful person. He said indifferently.

"Come, send Yu Xin'an to the Royal Capital."

"What Yu Xin'an? I'm not Yu Xin'an! I'm not!"

Mao Tonghe shouted anxiously, even revealing his identity.

Mao Tonghe knew clearly that relying on himself, the examination would definitely be a mess, and he would surely be thrown into prison.

If he could only get out by performing well, Mao Tonghe feared he would spend the rest of his life in prison.

At the thought of the dark, damp prison, without sunlight, spending all day just doing questions, without freedom, Mao Tonghe's voice grew louder.

"I'm really not Yu Xin'an!"

Yu Xin'an was unconcerned, instead, he laughed and said to his two colleagues beside him.

"Look, he's actually saying he's not Yu Xin'an. Who would believe that? Do you believe it?"

The two Sky Patrol Guards both shook their heads with a smile.

Yu Xin'an's portrait clearly showed the person in front of them.

Moreover, they had clearly seen Yu Xin'an bidding farewell to his parents from the sky just now. If they weren't afraid of the old couple worrying, they would have taken Yu Xin'an away right at the city gate.

If this person wasn't Yu Xin'an, then who else could be Yu Xin'an?

Mao Tonghe stood up and ran into the distance, snot and tears streaming down his face, crying miserably and shouting in collapse.

"I'm really not Yu Xin'an! Don't take me back to do questions!"

But it was useless. Mao Tonghe couldn't escape the grasp of the Sky Patrol Guards. His hands and feet were tightly bound.

One of the Sky Patrol Guards pulled Mao Tonghe's rope and flew into the sky. The three of them flew towards the Royal Capital.

Faint cries of Mao Tonghe could be heard from the sky.

"You've got the wrong person! I'm really not Yu Xin'an!"

Yu Xin'an found Yu Xin'an too noisy and directly cast a spell to seal Yu Xin'an's mouth, which made it much quieter.

"Don't worry, Yu Xin'an, we'll be there soon."

Tears of regret flowed from Mao Tonghe's eyes, filled with utter despair.

Why did he encounter so many troublesome things as soon as he woke up? Why was he so unlucky? He wondered how his eldest and third brothers were doing.