Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 1581 – Why am I Always the One Getting Hurt

Chapter 1581 – Why am I Always the One Getting Hurt

Yuan Yibo, the general of the city defense guards, got completely drunk after drinking too much alcohol last night. He had to be brought back to his own residence by his subordinates.

Halfway through the night, the door creaked open. A melancholic voice could be heard, before his blanket was lifted and a soft body slid under the sheets.

He was in the middle of a dream and started to mumble some incoherent words. General Yuan turned around and began to grope that soft body all over. Flipping that body around, he started to ride it, as if he was galloping tens of thousands of miles on a horse on the battlefield. He felt like his life was complete.

As he galloped on and on, the bed creaked all night. When the sun finally rose in the sky, the room was gradually lit up as well. Yuan Yibo looked at the woman in his arms, and his lips started to twitch, “Oh no, I was drunk, please don’t blame me for this!”

He got up, got dressed, and quickly left. No matter how that woman screamed behind him, he did not even turn his head to look at her once.

When he opened the courtyard doors, he had only walked a few steps before someone followed him from behind. It was one of his confidants. He had a big smile on his face as he commented, “General, you indeed have the energy of a tiger and a dragon. You went on for the whole night and I could not even get a good sleep, you’re truly impressive!”

Yuan Yibo felt embarrassed at first, but then he was suddenly furious at his subordinate’s comments. He turned around with a fake smile plastered on his face and said, “Wait for two days, I will give you a recipe for a concoction. When you drink it, you will be able to be as energetic as me.”

Still smiling, he was scolding his subordinate internally in his heart, ‘I thought you wanted to let me have a taste of that beautiful and charming wife of yours; who would expect that you would send your own sister to me in the middle of the night? Why don’t you take a good look at yourself in the mirror first? If I knew that that woman was your sister, I would not even have given her a second glance!’

After dismissing this bratty subordinate, Yuan Yibo walked quickly to leave while thinking about how he was going to deal with him in the future. His subordinate had tried to adapt to his taste, but had incurred his wrath instead.

As he turned the street corner, the light rays from the nine suns hit his face. Instinctively, he squinted his eyes, suddenly feeling light-headed. After a few moments, his body trembled and he regained his senses. He widened his eyes and started to look around in panic.

On the streets, people continued to walk past him peacefully. Some people, however, were alarmed by his movements and their eyes showed confusion.

Yuan Yibo started to walk normally again, lowering his head all the way. When he was far away enough, he then raised his hand to wipe the fine beads of cold sweat that had formed on his forehead.

Even though he was just a soldier who had stayed in the same place for many years, and a general of the city defense guards who had not received a promotion for many years, he had lived long enough to gain a considerable amount of knowledge and experience. Just now, everything seemed to be normal, but he knew that there was probably another reason why he felt like he had entered a trance a moment ago.

However, no matter how much he thought about it, his mind was blank.

Something has happened. Something has definitely happened, but I’m just an insignificant general of the city defense guards; why would anyone bother with me at all?

The more he thought about it, the more nervous he became. His face paled and cold sweat formed on his forehead again.

Right at this time, a light laugh rang beside his ears, “General Yuan, relax. I came to find you today just to confirm one matter. In the future, if there’s anything else that requires your cooperation, I advise you to be honest in your responses, otherwise there will be trouble coming for you.”

‘Pu-tong!’ Yuan Yibo kneeled directly on the ground. His eyes widened as he looked at the shadow at his feet.

That’s right, it was the shadow that spoke just now, but it was the voice of a woman. It was a sweet and delicate voice that was pleasant to the ears.

Gu-dong –

Yuan Yibo swallowed his saliva, and a rumbling noise could be heard before he started to black out!

……

Using Yuan Yibo, they finally made a breakthrough. Furthermore, that person back then did not bother to hide his tracks either. By tracing his steps, they were able to lock down the location as Marquis Chongwu’s residence.

Unsurprisingly, it was that place after all.

Li Ruhua narrowed her eyes as she waved her hand to dismiss Yuan Yibo. Even though the Central Desolate Divine Area was above all their counterparts, they still had to scheme against them, or at the very least, be aware of what they were up to.

As one of the most powerful and richest families, the Li Family from the Central Desolate naturally had already made some preparations. Putting some of these preparations to use to find out some information was well within their capabilities.

She heard that Li Cangzhou gained an inkling in his heart when he was killed. When she reached Seascape City, she had also seen the karma web behind Chen Sanglue. When she tried to infiltrate Marquis Chongwu’s residence in the Imperial Capital, she was forced to retreat with a warning.

Furthermore, after confirming that Li Cangzhou had died, someone else took his body and disguised themselves as Li Cangzhou to visit Marquis Chongwu’s residence.

Putting all the pieces together…everything pointed to Marquis Chongwu Ning Qin!

Li Ge was expressionless, but there was a heavy look in his eyes. He said slowly, “I can’t help but feel that things have been going too smoothly.” He paused and looked over, “I’m not doubting your judgment of the situation, but this is a fact.”

Li Ruhua nodded, “I know what you mean. You’re right, we have to be more careful so that we don’t fall into a trap.”

The Barbarian King had been reborn and for some unknown reason, had managed to isolate his aura. Even the thirteenth floor was unable to secure his aura. It was easy to imagine just how incredible his skills were.

The top cultivators within the Central Desolate Divine Area had been ordered to search for traces of the Barbarian King by the thirteenth floor. This was a rare event.

Therefore, having found such clues that were put in front of them so casually made them feel slightly uneasy.

“But we still have to try. What if he really is the Barbarian King?” Li Ruhua spoke slowly and her eyes were bright. “Even if he is not, since we have detected a few strands of the Barbarian King’s aura on him, it means that he is somehow related to the Barbarian King.”

Li Ge thought about it for a while before he nodded his head, “Alright, but we have to be careful about this.”

“Of course. After all, we are here to investigate the death of Parasol County’s Li Cangzhou. We also have Li Zicheng with us,” Li Ruhua smiled. Li Zicheng was merely part of a side branch of the Li Family. If he could be used as a shield, or a chess piece for times of emergency, she would not hesitate to do so.

Li Ge rose and said, “Then let’s send Li Zicheng to the Imperial Palace. General Jinwu Ning Qin is now the West Desolate King’s chess piece. This is the West Desolate Imperial Capital; we can’t be too impolite towards their ruler.”

……

Trouble was far from leaving.

There was no evidence, only intuition. However, Rourou’s intuition was far more accurate than hard evidence.

This was truly absurd and beyond any logic.

Of course, there were definitely some existences between the heavens and earth that defied logic. Otherwise, why would the world be unable to go one step further despite suppressing her?

Rourou no longer needed to monitor the phantom cauldron that was suspended in the space fluctuations. Since that person said he was willing to lend it to her, Rourou was not afraid that a problem would occur.

Otherwise, that person’s debt would not be cleared.

Pacing back and forth, Rourou looked at the house in which Qin Yu was undergoing closed-door meditation.

Hiss –

Little Qin Yu indeed has a high endurance. He managed to hold on until now and has not fainted yet.

Tsk tsk, this time, he has indeed suffered quite a bit.

However, as the saying goes, ‘Only those who have endured the most difficult hardships become the most outstanding people’. I’m only doing it for his own good.

Qin Yu would definitely understand her good intentions, right?

Cough, cough, why do I weirdly feel slightly guilty?

Rourou raised her hand and touched her nose, suddenly realizing that this movement was quite similar to what Qin Yu did. Suddenly, her face showed contempt.

It annoys me to even look at that brat, yet unknowingly, I am developing the same habits as him. How disgusting.

Let’s just leave this matter alone and let him suffer a bit. If everything goes too smoothly for him, he will start becoming complacent and full of himself.

“What?”

Rourou mumbled to herself as she took a step forward. Her figure disappeared and reappeared on the eaves of the house she was in. She raised her head and looked at a certain area of the Imperial Capital. Her eyes brightened slightly and looked slightly shocked.

“Impressive. I’m not in the best condition, but for someone to hide so much for so long right under my nose, it is truly impressive. If they did not take the initiative to reveal their aura, I would not have been able to detect it at all.”

“Oh, so there is a kind of formation that borrows the hustle and bustle of human life to hide one’s aura. This is an extraordinary method; no wonder they could settle in the West Desolate’s Imperial Capital for so many years.”

Rourou subconsciously raised her hand to rub her chin. However, she did not know that this action was also very similar to someone else’s.

Perhaps there was something to be learned from this.

If they handled this well, this trouble could not only be resolved, it could even clean up Qin Yu’s identity even more.

Otherwise, if his true identity was exposed, those idiots on the thirteenth floor would go crazy and then it would be really troublesome.

After pondering for a while, a faint smile appeared at the corners of Rourou’s lips. But quickly, this smile disappeared once again.

I am a mysterious, powerful and unpredictable being from space time. I have conducted deals with millions of creatures and beings, taking from them their lives and even their souls. All along, I have sat on the altars of gods, looking down at these pitiful, struggling worms from above.

When did I become like this? This…why do I do all of this? Rourou was disappointed and frustrated, and her whole body suddenly felt drained of energy.

She sat on the roof and leaned back. Under the warmth of the sunlight, she tapped her fingers lightly against the tiles. After a while, her fingers paused. She wrapped her hands around her head and with a miserable whimper, she rocked her body back and forth.

Far away, a chicken that was curled up in a female servant’s arms suddenly trembled. It lifted its head and looked to the roof. It saw that there was something wrong with that big demon Rourou, so with a flap of its wings, it flew out of the female servant’s arms and ran away.

But suddenly, its vision blurred. When chicken overlord regained his senses once again, he found that he had already been caught by someone again. Even though this person’s breasts were even fuller and softer than the female servant’s from before, he did not dare to move at all. He stayed extremely still and his eyes widened, full of misery.

He wanted to cry but had no tears!

Why am I always the one getting hurt?! I was just taking a walk but I was so unlucky to encounter that big demon going crazy. If you’re unhappy, you should take it up with Qin Yu; why are you always bullying such a cute and handsome chicken like me!

……

Borrowed items could not last long, as expected. After leaving the Imperial Capital and going through another two Teleportation Portals, he finally left the West Desolate’s core area. He then changed into another outfit.

His reputation could not be compared to the Li Family of Parasol County, but his background was rather clean and he had somewhat made a name for himself. He entered the border area smoothly.

Then, he changed his outfit again. Now, he looked like a West Desolate scout. He felt like a fish that had returned to the sea, and then he entered the Western Barbarian Land and all traces of him were gone.

A few days later, the corpse of an ordinary-looking scout turned up at the West Border Army’s main camp, but something like this happened almost every day, so it naturally would not arouse their suspicion.

Then, this brat hurried on his journey without stopping at all. A few times, he was so tired that he started to pant nonstop. He could not help but raise his head, and he wanted to ask, ‘Why does the Great Shaman not build some Teleportation Portals in the Western Barbarian Land? This journey is too tough’.

However, just as the thought passed through his mind, the space around his body started to contort. A powerful grasping power wrapped around him.

“Ah! Great Shaman, I was wrong, please spare me!”

The space continued to twist and turn, and by the time he had stabilized and made out his surroundings, he realized that he could hear the strong screams of the wind blowing against him and could feel the relentless snow slamming against him.