108: Guard

Li Changfeng's expression was grim; his face looked terrible.

Just now, he hadn't heard Nan Qingyue's shouts; he was deep in thought with his head bowed.

After a long time.

Nan Qingyue stepped forward quickly and stood beside Li Changfeng.

"Master, what's wrong?" Nan Qingyue asked, a bit worried.

"Ah?" Li Changfeng suddenly snapped out of it and looked back at Nan Qingyue.

Li Changfeng sighed first. "This monk doesn't have an Invitation on him. It seems we chose the wrong target."

After receiving this news.

Nan Qingyue gasped, feeling quite surprised.

This was the only path to the Auction House.

This monk was walking this way, yet he actually didn't have an Invitation on him. What exactly was he planning to do?

It was simply too strange.

At this moment, Nan Qingyue couldn't figure it out.

"How is that possible? If this monk doesn't have an Invitation, then why would he appear here?" Nan Qingyue was puzzled.

The monk must have an Invitation on him; it just hadn't been found yet.

Nan Qingyue believed that the monk would definitely have an Invitation on him!

"Master, let me look! I feel like the Invitation must be on the monk!" Nan Qingyue clenched her fists tightly.

Immediately.

Nan Qingyue stepped forward and stood before the monk's remains.

Looking at the monk lying in a pool of blood.

Nan Qingyue gasped, trying her best to calm herself down.

At this time, Nan Qingyue absolutely could not panic or lose focus; otherwise, all their previous efforts would be in vain.

"Qingyue, step back!" Li Changfeng said with a gloomy face and a serious expression.

"But Master!" Nan Qingyue was unwilling, her brow furrowed.

Actually, Nan Qingyue wanted to keep arguing, but she didn't get the chance.

Li Changfeng turned his head and glanced at Nan Qingyue.

That glance made Nan Qingyue immediately back down; she couldn't possibly defy her Master's orders.

Li Changfeng's words were like an imperial decree.

"Yes, Master, I understand." Nan Qingyue hurriedly backed away several steps and stood quietly to the side, not daring to say another word.

And just at this moment.

Li Changfeng placed a large hand gently on Qingyue's head and smiled. "Qingyue, be good. There are some things you shouldn't do."

"Searching for things should be done by your Master."

"Do you understand?"

Li Changfeng smiled slightly as he looked at Nan Qingyue.

At this moment, Nan Qingyue slowly raised her head and nodded vigorously.

As long as it was something her Master said, it was right.

Nan Qingyue was willing to listen to her Master.

"Good girl!" Li Changfeng turned around, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, Li Changfeng's gaze focused on the monk's remains.

The monk lay in a pool of blood, his face already pale; it seemed he was completely dead.

Moreover, the surrounding air was filled with a thick scent of blood.

This smell was disgusting, even somewhat nauseating!

"Something's not right. If the Invitation isn't on the monk, where could it be?" Li Changfeng bowed his head and pondered for a long time.

"But if that monk wasn't going to the Auction House, what was he doing here?"

"Or could it be that this monk had other intentions?"

Li Changfeng continued to search the monk's body.

However, he found nothing.

Li Changfeng found nothing at all.

"Strange, so strange!" Li Changfeng sighed. "What was this monk thinking? He actually didn't keep the Invitation on him?"

After a long time.

Li Changfeng's eyes lit up as a flash of insight crossed his mind.

Following that, a flood of memories surged within Li Changfeng.

A sudden flash of inspiration.

Li Changfeng hurriedly reached out, cautiously feeling around the monk's body.

And just then.

The monk's remains suddenly burst with a golden light.

"Not good! Qingyue, get back!" Seeing this, Li Changfeng quickly turned his head and shouted.

However, Nan Qingyue still hadn't realized what was happening.

"Ah? What's wrong, Master?" Nan Qingyue was puzzled.

At this moment, Nan Qingyue was still standing blankly in place, not even noticing the approaching danger.

Li Changfeng's pupils constricted sharply; he secretly thought things were looking bad.

Boom!

Spiritual Qi exploded from the monk's remains.

A shockwave struck instantly.

Li Changfeng tapped his toes lightly. His first reaction wasn't to flee; instead, he headed straight for Nan Qingyue.

"Qingyue!" Li Changfeng clenched his fists tightly.

In such a critical moment.

Li Changfeng also hoped that he would make it in time!

Following a loud explosion.

The bluestone slabs on the ground were flipped up by the airwave.

At the same time, cracks appeared like a spider web.

And just at this moment.

Li Changfeng had already appeared behind Nan Qingyue; he reached out and snatched her up.

"Let's go!" Li Changfeng bellowed. At this time, he didn't dare to delay.

"Master, how can this be!" Nan Qingyue exclaimed in surprise.

After a long time.

Li Changfeng took Nan Qingyue to a rooftop and looked around; it was relatively safe here.

After that, Li Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

"I felt something was wrong from the start. That monk said only he could find the Invitation," Li Changfeng pondered.

"Then there's only one possibility: he swallowed the Invitation."

"Furthermore, the monk must have had some secret technique to keep the Invitation intact."

"And after the monk died, his technique would activate—that Body Explosion." Li Changfeng reviewed the events and reached a conclusion.

But a technique that only activates after death was truly too strange.

Nan Qingyue couldn't understand how such a method could exist!

"Master, this monk is way too strange. Which sect or faction does he belong to?" Nan Qingyue asked curiously.

Li Changfeng shook his head. The monk's origin was unknown, and the Moves he used were so bizarre.

Li Changfeng didn't have any clues either.

"I don't know either. Perhaps this monk was someone from a Crooked Dao," Li Changfeng speculated.

"True. After all, no one among the Immortal Gate Hundred Families would use such a method." Nan Qingyue nodded vigorously.

"Alright, Qingyue, let's leave too. It's not safe here; people will be coming soon." Li Changfeng raised his head and looked toward the alley's entrance.

The commotion from the monk's body exploding just now was too loud; it would definitely attract many people.

For Li Changfeng and Nan Qingyue to stay here any longer would not be a good plan.

"I'll do as you say, Master." Nan Qingyue smiled slightly, her little tiger teeth looking very cute.

"Mm, let's go." Li Changfeng didn't say much more.

Just a moment ago, this Little Girl was doing things her own way.

Yet she suddenly changed.

As expected, women are truly fickle.

"Let's find a place to rest first, then we'll decide. At the very least, we need to gather some information to see if there's any other way to get into the Auction House besides an Invitation." Li Changfeng's eyes lit up.