82: Chapter 82 Xia Jin, who was rescued, and the Luo sisters

Xia Jin, who was severely injured and unconscious, had a breath so weak it was almost non-existent. However, the Nine Turns Creation Sutra began to circulate unconsciously.

Wisps of pale green light faintly seeped out from beneath his skin, continuously repairing his internal organs, which had been nearly shattered by the terrifying fist energy of Lu Tiancheng.

I do not know how much time had passed.

The sound of carriage wheels, accompanied by the rhythm of orderly footsteps, came from the official road beside the valley.

A group of about a dozen guards, dressed in black tight-fitting attire and wearing standard-issue long sabers at their waists, slowly approached, escorting a carriage. From the patterns on the carriage, one could vaguely tell that this group belonged to the Great Qian Imperial Palace.

The carriage suddenly came to a halt.

The sudden braking had clearly startled the people inside the carriage.

As the carriage curtain was lifted, a woman with a pair of phoenix eyes poked her head out, looked toward the official road ahead, and could not help but frown.

It turned out that shortly before, due to the fierce battle between Xia Jin and Lu Tiancheng, a large amount of rubble had rolled down from the mountain, blocking part of the road and obstructing their carriage.

"Sister, what happened?" Inside the carriage, another slightly softer voice sounded, and another woman with a slimmer build poked her head out. She was slightly younger than the woman just now, but she looked seven or eight parts similar.

The woman with the phoenix eyes did not immediately answer her younger sister. After scanning the surroundings, she waved her hand at the guards nearby, "Clear this place immediately; we must return to Tianyu City tonight."

"As you command, Consort Shu!" One of the guards nodded flatteringly and immediately directed seven or eight men to step forward and clear the rubble.

Although there was a lot of rubble, these guards were not weak in cultivation, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, they had pushed all the stones to the side of the road.

"Boss, look down there!" A young guard clapped his hands, and just as he was about to return to the back of the carriage, he inadvertently caught sight of what seemed to be a huge crater in the valley below, and there seemed to be a figure lying next to it.

"Why is there suddenly such a large crater there? I remember when we passed by here last month, this thing wasn't here. And there seems to be a... person next to it!"

The older guard beside him glanced quickly in the direction the other was pointing, then glared at him fiercely: "Why do you care so much? In this desolate wilderness, what is there to be surprised about if someone dies? It's better to avoid trouble; hurry up and get ready to hit the road!"

"Understood, Boss." The young guard shrank his neck, not daring to say more.

Inside the carriage, the woman with the pair of phoenix eyes was looking at the letter in front of her, but suddenly she lifted her head.

For some reason, it seemed as if a voice in the dark was telling her: Save the person below; perhaps... it will be useful to her in the future.

"Send two people down to take a look. If there is still breath, bring him up." She suddenly spoke, calling out to the outside of the carriage.

"Sister?" The slim woman inside the carriage could not help but frown upon hearing this. "Now is a time of trouble; just two days ago, news came from the palace that Emperor Lu Hao has gone missing. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince will certainly take action. There is no need for us to provoke someone of unknown origin at this time; it will only add trouble."

"I have my own judgment. This person... may be useful." The woman with the phoenix eyes glanced at her younger sister without further explanation.

Soon, two guards carried up the scorched, yet still unconscious Xia Jin and placed him on a carriage piled with miscellaneous items.

At this moment, Xia Jin had regained a portion of his consciousness, but his severe injuries made it impossible for him to open his eyes.

After this group arrived at another mansion next to the Third Prince's mansion, Xia Jin was casually sent into a side room by the two guards and thrown onto a hard wooden bed.

After the two guards left, an old servant brought a basin of clean water and placed it by the bedside. Looking at Xia Jin, who was somewhat scorched all over, he could not help but shake his head.

"You young man seem to have a tough life. You're almost charred black, yet you can still survive."

Meanwhile, in the main hall of this mansion.

The woman with the phoenix eyes looked at the messages that had just been sent out from the Great Qian Imperial Palace, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Emperor Lu Hao visited the Duke Zhen Mansion at night and then suddenly disappeared; that was already very strange. Even that Earthly Immortal from the palace didn't return after leaving the palace! What on earth happened here?"

"Could it be that, apart from the Earthly Immortal in the imperial palace, there is someone else in this Great Qian?" She narrowed her eyes slightly, "If I can win over this person, I will have a full chance of seizing control of the Great Qian government."

But soon she shook her head.

Which expert in the Land Immortal Realm is not famous? With the intelligence network that she, Luo Qinghe, had operated in Great Qian for over a decade, if such an existence really existed, she would have received news long ago.

Suddenly, the candle flame in the hall flickered slightly.

A black figure suddenly appeared in front of Luo Qinghe.

"Jun Wuxie pays respects to the Young Miss and the Second Young Miss!" The person who arrived bowed respectfully to Luo Qinghe and her sister.

Luo Qinghe looked at the middle-aged man with slightly graying temples, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness: "Alright, Uncle Jun, haven't I told you long ago that you don't need to bow when you see the two of us?"

"That's right, Uncle Jun." Luo Qingyao, who was beside her, also stood up, affectionately wrapping her arms around the middle-aged man's arm and pressing him to sit on the chair nearby. "This isn't outside, and besides, my sister and I were watched by you as we grew up. If you are like this, it makes us sisters feel bad."

Hearing Luo Qingyao's words, a hint of a smile appeared on Jun Wuxie's cold face.

"By the way, Uncle Jun!" Luo Qinghe's phoenix eyes suddenly became serious, "You went to investigate personally. That Emperor Lu Hao... what exactly happened? With his strength at the Peak of the Spirit Wandering Realm, how could he disappear from the Duke Zhen Mansion without reason, and still be missing without a trace?"

Jun Wuxie shook his head slowly, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes as well: "After receiving the news of Emperor Lu Hao's disappearance, I went to the Duke Zhen Mansion at the first opportunity, but the scene had long since become ruins."

"However, I heard... Emperor Lu Hao seemed to be engaged in illicit affairs with several of Duke Zhen's concubines when he was suddenly attacked by an outsider, and then he went missing. And a certain Earthly Immortal in the imperial palace left the palace to investigate personally, but... he also never returned to the imperial palace."

"Both are missing?" Luo Qinghe's face sank, "Such a coincidence? Uncle Jun, in your opinion, could it be that Emperor Lu Hao did it on purpose, wanting to sit back and watch the several princes fight for the throne?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out! But in my opinion, it is best for us to remain still for now and wait and see what happens. Let the other princes fight it out!" After pondering for a moment, Jun Wuxie expressed his opinion.

"Remain still? Very well, let the Crown Prince and the Second Prince fight to the death! If Emperor Lu Hao really meets with a mishap by then, it will be exactly what we want!"