sinovels Chapter 42 You are an elder of the Shangguan family, then who am I?
Chapter 42 You are an elder of the Shangguan family, then who am I?
The white light was like lightning.
Under the cool moonlight, it quickly transformed from a hazy blur into a single point.
Dressed in black, Li Xiuyuan stood atop the high wall, able to see the vast darkness of the pavilion, courtyard, and rooms before him.
have to say.
The Shangguan family is far more prosperous and grand than the Li family of Yuanguang City. A rough estimate would put it at least as good as ten Li families of Yuanguang City, or even comparable to ten Yuanguang City Lord's mansions.
As expected of the Shangguan family of Yunzhou City!
The reason why he only arrived at the Shangguan family now is because Li Xiuyuan had been outwitting and outmaneuvering two birds all day long.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan looked at the two sparrow-sized birds in his hand that he had crushed to death.
I learned from the monk Suixin that this bird is called a shadowy bird.
It is a very rare bird that can track its target by its appearance, breath, and body shape.
Its characteristics include red eyes, black fur, a body as light as paper, and speed as fast as lightning.
The Shadow Pavilion, behind the Shadow Sparrow, is a mysterious and powerful assassin organization active in the Great Li Dynasty.
The exact number of members and assassins in the Shadow Pavilion, and the true person in charge behind it, remains unknown.
However, there is one thing: as long as you can offer the appropriate reward, the Shadow Pavilion can kill even a martial arts master who has reached the fourth rank!
Therefore, it's best to avoid provoking this Shadow Pavilion.
In the past few days, Li Xiuyuan's cultivation speed almost caused Sui Xin, who considered himself a Buddhist prodigy, to have his Dao heart collapse.
Even when he left early this morning, he was cursing and swearing, and he uttered all the swear words he had never said in all these years in the short few days he spent with Li Xiuyuan.
Of course, Li Xiuyuan also learned a lot about his mother, Shangguan Xiuhong, from the monk Suixin.
She also learned that her mother had arranged more than one marriage for her back then.
The monk Suixin also revealed to Li Xiuyuan that the beautiful young woman with red lips and white teeth in the restaurant that day was actually another of his betrothed women.
Upon hearing this news, the image of that girl immediately appeared in Li Xiuyuan's mind.
He was extremely surprised by the girl's reaction when she heard about his situation.
After following them outside, he became even more suspicious after hearing those words.
After learning the reason for all this from the monk Suixin, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but ponder. It seemed that his fiancée treated him much better than Lin Wanqing from the Lin family.
However, Li Xiuyuan did not dwell on this matter. During the few days he spent with Monk Suixin, besides trying to slow down his cultivation of the "Disguise and Incarnation Technique" and finding reasons to keep Monk Suixin around, he also tried his best to find out about his mother from Monk Suixin.
Unfortunately, Monk Suixin only touched on the subject briefly, which made Li Xiuyuan even more curious about his adoptive mother, Shangguan Xiuhong.
He couldn't help but have doubts. His mother, Shangguan Xiuhong, was not only a prodigy in Yunzhou more than ten years ago, but also mastered the heaven-defying skill of Absorbing Power.
Monk Suixin didn't say much, but he did mention some things.
Several of their friends studied and practiced this "Absorption Technique" together, but in the end, only Shangguan Xiuhong succeeded.
After Shangguan Xiuhong returned to Yunzhou, news spread that she had betrayed her family, and a bounty was placed on her head. She then disappeared.
When Monk Suixin and his companions arrived in Yunzhou after hearing the news, everything had already been settled.
As for the grudges and grievances between Shangguan Xiuhong and the Shangguan family, Monk Suixin naturally told Li Xiuyuan everything he knew, since it was not a secret.
What many outsiders may not know is that the current patriarch of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Fuyuan, also cultivated the "Absorption Technique," but unfortunately, the version he cultivated was a castrated one.
This is precisely why the Shangguan family relentlessly pursued Shangguan Xiuhong, because they wanted to obtain the complete version of the "Absorption Technique" that she possessed.
As for the origin of this "Absorption Technique," Monk Suixin didn't say much, but Li Xiuyuan knew from his hesitant tone that Monk Suixin must know something.
I just don't plan to tell myself right now.
This made Li Xiuyuan even more suspicious of his mother Shangguan Xiuhong's background, and even his biological father.
After all, if one were to say that their mother, Shangguan Xiuhong, was that powerful...
How could they possibly be interested in a small Li family in Yuanguang City?
I shook my head, suppressing all my thoughts for the time being.
Looking up at the panel in front of him, the progress of completing the most difficult part of the "Absorption Technique" to reach the maximum level, namely, "Showing its Potential" and "Having Reputation Value in a Small Area," has reached 95%.
Li Xiuyuan naturally knew this as well.
The Shangguan family has made a huge contribution to my own notorious reputation in this small area.
But Li Xiuyuan felt it wasn't enough.
Now Li Xiuyuan knows that in order to unravel all these mysteries and truly achieve clarity of thought, he must completely sever all the pain and despair he caused to his predecessor.
We must make both the Lin family and the Shangguan family pay a heavy price.
As for the secret behind his mother, Shangguan Xiuhong.
The original owner had no idea before his death, and his only obsession was revenge.
Taking a deep breath, Li Xiuyuan stood atop the high wall, looking at the Shangguan family, who had now quieted down.
Li Xiuyuan had already made plans in his mind while he was cultivating deep in Cangyun Mountain these past few days.
Ultimately, he decided to start with the Shangguan family!
Since it all started because of the "Absorption Technique," Li Xiuyuan naturally decided to make a scene to let the Shangguan family know that he not only possessed the "Absorption Technique," but was also already proficient in using it.
Although Li Xiuyuan did not know who Shangguan Fuyuan was, he had decided to investigate all his details at the Shangguan family in the near future.
With a flash, Li Xiuyuan disappeared into the nearest house.
An elderly man with white hair sat cross-legged on a futon in the room.
Suddenly, his aged eyes trembled violently.
"Who is it?"
Looking at the young and innocent face before him, the old man suddenly recognized the person in front of him.
"You are, Li..."
Before the old man could finish speaking, the cold tip of a sword was already pressed against his neck.
At this moment, the old man realized that he had no power to resist at all.
"What...what do you want to do?"
Li Xiuyuan didn't say anything, but stepped forward and grabbed the old man's neck with lightning speed, lifting him up.
During this process, the Absorption Technique was activated. The old man stared in astonishment at Li Xiuyuan in front of him, wanting to shout for help, but because Li Xiuyuan was holding his neck tightly, he could not make any sound.
Soon, Li Xiuyuan tossed the old man aside, then sat down on a chair and looked at the seventh-rank expert from the Shangguan family with a mocking gaze.
"Speak, your identity... and your status in the Shangguan family."
The old man's eyes first showed astonishment, but then turned cold.
However, when Li Xiuyuan swung his sword and severed the old man's arm, a powerful aura instantly enveloped the old man.
The old man trembled and quickly spoke:
"My name is Shangguan Honghe, and I am an elder of the Shangguan family..."
Soon the old man told him everything he knew.
Li Xiuyuan also learned about the current situation of the Shangguan family.
Among the Shangguan family, apart from Shangguan Fuyuan, who lives in the old house at the northernmost part of the mansion, whose specific cultivation level is unknown.
The remaining nineteen elders of the Shangguan family are now, with the first ten being martial artists who have reached the sixth rank and cultivated true qi.
The rest are all of the seventh rank.
Besides, there are many geniuses among the younger generation of the Shangguan family. The number one genius is the son of the family head, Shangguan Qingyun.
He is a prodigy like Lin Wanqing of the Lin family, and now holds an important position in the Great Li Dynasty.
Moreover, the Shangguan family has a considerable number of eighth and ninth-rank martial artists.
"I've told you everything you wanted to know, can you please let me go now?"
As Shangguan Honghe spoke, he slowly stood up, supporting himself on the shelf beside him.
With his internal energy completely drained, he knew in his heart that Li Xiuyuan had actually succeeded in cultivating that mysterious, heaven-defying technique that could absorb a person's internal energy.
This martial art originally belonged to the Shangguan family!
Thinking to himself, the first thing he would do after leaving this place was to immediately inform the head of the family and catch this arrogant little beast in a trap.
But just as Shangguan Honghe struggled to his feet and looked at the arrogant and ignorant young man before him...
His cloudy eyes suddenly widened, and his body trembled violently.
The withered fingers pointed at the body in front of him, and it began to change little by little.
Especially his face, which seemed to be being kneaded and shaped by forces at will.
Soon a face that he knew all too well appeared.
It's none other than someone else.
Looking at that face, Shangguan Honghe felt as if he were looking in a mirror.
"You, you...I..."
Li Xiuyuan slowly took control of his internal energy and began to quickly suppress his aura. His originally black hair visibly turned white.
"I am Shangguan Honghe, an elder of the Shangguan family. Who are you, daring to impersonate me and infiltrate the Shangguan family? What are your intentions?"
"you……"
"If you don't talk, you can die!"
Li Xiuyuan snorted coldly and slapped Shangguan Honghe's head with a palm, the sudden and fierce palm force penetrating through the entire skull.
The sounds of bones shattering and blood splattering rang out simultaneously.
As for that terrified old face, Li Xiuyuan didn't even glance at it.
He turned around, took a step, and disappeared into the courtyard!
The next day, just as dawn broke.
A series of screams and cries of agony came from many places in the Shangguan family compound.
"What's going on? Why is there such a commotion and crying so early in the morning?"
As soon as Shangguan Rulin opened the door, he immediately saw several elders and a number of angry clan experts standing in front of the door.
"Master, something has happened!"
With a solemn expression, Shangguan Hongtao immediately stepped forward and told Shangguan Rulin what had happened that morning.
What!
You said that last night someone silently drained the internal energy of more than forty members of the Shangguan family, and seven eighth-rank guards were killed, all by a single palm strike!
"This...come on, take me to see it..."
Shangguan Rulin's heart trembled immediately. He had absorbed the power of more than forty people, and they were all only eighth and ninth-rank guards.
This murderer...
It's almost certain that the only person who infiltrated the Shangguan family last night to kill and absorb their internal energy was Li Xiuyuan, who had cultivated the "Great Absorption Technique"!
Looking at the corpses before him, some with their heads smashed, others with their chests caved in, and still others with their dantian shattered.
They were all killed with a single blow.
"Li Xiuyuan! That little beast, you deserve to die, you really deserve to die!"
"Patriarch, we never expected that Li Xiuyuan would be able to infiltrate our Shangguan family so silently. It's clear that this young man is definitely inside the city!"
Shangguan Honghe, who was standing to the side, immediately stepped forward and spoke.
"That's right, Master... that little beast committed such a heinous crime just last night, he certainly hasn't left the city yet. We should immediately conduct a city-wide search and capture that little beast!"
A burly man immediately said angrily.
Looking at the man's appearance, Li Xiuyuan quickly matched him to Guan Honghe's account from the previous night.
Shangguan Shichuan, an elder of the Shangguan family whose cultivation level was similar to that of Shangguan Honghe.
The reason for his anger was that one of the eighth-rank guards who was killed last night was his brother-in-law.
"That's right... Patriarch, you must avenge us! That bastard Li Xiuyuan actually absorbed all our power! I... Pfft!"
An eighth-rank guard, whose entire power had been absorbed, coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot as he spoke.
"Master..."
Standing there, Li Xiuyuan made a note of everyone who spoke at that moment.
"Alright, Hong Tao, Hong He, inform Lord Luo about this immediately, and then send out men to conduct a thorough search."
That little bastard Li Xiuyuan, I must find him for me!
After saying that, Shangguan Rulin quickly left and headed towards the old house.
Li Xiuyuan had secretly infiltrated the Shangguan family, which shocked Shangguan Rulin greatly. He knew he had to inform the patriarch immediately.
This is blatant provocation!
That bastard who should have died more than a decade ago dares to so blatantly provoke the Shangguan family.
Damn it!
……
What happened at the Shangguan family last night could not be hidden at all.
Furthermore, this blatant infiltration of the Shangguan family and the killing of a man instantly enraged the Shangguan family.
The City Lord's Mansion, the Lin family, and many other forces in Yunzhou City were shocked upon learning this news.
They then had to take this kid named Li Xiuyuan seriously again.
After several days of investigation, countless people were searching for Li Xiuyuan, and there were even martial arts experts from all over the Cangyun Mountain.
With such an extensive and thorough search, countless people believed that Li Xiuyuan had already left Yunzhou City and gone to other states.
But who would have thought...
Soon the entire city of Yunzhou became lively, with inns, taverns and restaurants being searched at all times.
We strictly check anyone wearing a mask or whose identity information is unclear.
As a result, conflicts and contradictions continued to arise throughout Yunzhou City within just one day.
But the Shangguan family didn't care at all.
The City Lord's Mansion and the Lin family, along with other forces in Yunzhou, remained silent and observed the situation.
Night falls.
The Shangguan family's house, however, was brightly lit.
With such a commotion today, everyone in the Shangguan family knows that Li Xiuyuan has likely been frightened away.
But when he thought about how Li Xiuyuan had silently drained the internal energy of more than 30 members of the Shangguan family last night, and even killed several eighth-rank guards, he couldn't help but think of how Li Xiuyuan had quietly absorbed all the internal energy of the Shangguan family last night.
All of this was done silently, which inevitably made everyone a little worried.
Therefore, not only were more patrols increased, but all the family members who had been searching for Li Xiuyuan's whereabouts in the city were also recalled.
in the room.
Another glass of wine down the drain.
The burly Shangguan Shichuan looked at the white-haired Shangguan Honghe before him with slight worry and said:
"Elder Honghe, do you think Li Xiuyuan will dare to come tonight?"
Shangguan Honghe shook his head.
"But this little beast is truly arrogant, provoking both the Lin family and the Shangguan family. Instead of trying to escape as soon as possible, he dares to use such petty tricks to provoke the Shangguan family. He's simply courting death!"
"Huh? What if Li Xiuyuan sneaks in again tonight?"
As Shangguan Honghe spoke, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
"Hahaha... Elder Honghe, that little bastard has probably already run away. If he dares to show his face here again tonight, I, Shangguan Shichuan, will be the first to twist his head off!"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Honghe, sitting to the side with a full head of white hair, couldn't help but sneer:
"You say you're Shangguan Shichuan, then who am I?"
As soon as the words fell, Shangguan Honghe, whose hair was completely white, began to change visibly in Shangguan Shichuan's eyes.
"you……"
He reached out and grabbed, then swung his sword with lightning speed.
The sword energy was like a rainbow. In an instant, Shangguan Shichuan was so shocked that he only managed to utter the word "you" before his head flew far away.
Blood spurted out in an instant...
Shangguan Honghe, who was sitting to the side, slowly stood up. At the same moment he stood up, his white hair turned black and his withered body instantly became tall and strong!