It was night. Xiang Yun had not fallen asleep yet. Instead, he had first circulated the Art of Creation to cultivate for half the night, then used the Turtle Resting Art to rest his mind until dawn!

"Hu!"

As he exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, Xiang Yun opened his eyes. His originally dispirited gaze was now filled with a tinge of vigor.

"This Karmic Creation Art is indeed mysterious!" Xiang Yun could not help but sigh in admiration.

Last night, Housekeeper Zhang even said that with his current injuries, even if he consumed the spiritual medicine brought by the Prince's Mansion, it would still be impossible to heal the internal injuries in his body without seven or eight days.

However, after half a night of cultivating the Art of Creation, Xiang Yun's internal injury had almost completely healed!

Furthermore, Xiang Yun had relied on the circulation of the Art of Creation and had dissipated most of the force from the attack he had received last night. This was why he had not been seriously injured or killed in a single strike!

From this, it could be seen that this Karmic Creation Art was not an ordinary cultivation technique.

The first thing Xiang Yun did when he walked out of his room was to send someone to the medicine shop opened by someone from a foreign country in the north of the city. Last night's speculation had made him a little worried; he wanted to find out from the shop owner who had secretly murdered him.

However, the servants of the manor quickly came back to report something that Xiang Yun had expected.

The pharmacy that had bought Xiang Yun's medicine had sold all of them, from the shop owner to the shop a.s.sistant, and even the neighbors on both sides of the shop, had disappeared as if they had vanished from the world. The morning after Xiang Yun had bought medicine, they had disappeared!

"There is indeed a problem!"

Returning to the room, Xiang Yun's expression darkened slightly. After all, no one would feel good if they knew that they were trapped in a dangerous situation. Xiang Yun felt the same way.

"Looks like I need to be more careful in the future!"

Xiang Yun secretly made up his mind that from now on he must not travel alone. Otherwise, if he encountered this sort of a.s.sa.s.sination again, he might not be able to escape.

As long as he didn't give those who tried to a.s.sa.s.sinate him a chance, they wouldn't do anything to him!

However, Xiang Yun was still worried about one thing, and that was that Housekeeper Zhang and Mister Liu were the only two experts in the house. When these two had entered the Crown Prince's residence, they seemed to have claimed to be of the Yellow Cloud Realm.

Xiang Yun had never seen the two of them fight before, so it was likely that their strength wasn't too high. It was possible that they were only at the early Huang Yun realm!

For a moment, Xiang Yun thought to himself, I probably have to plan something else.

Ever since the soul-stirring battle with the black clothed man that night, Xiang Yun had always felt as though the Qi within his body was boiling, like a pot of boiling hot water on a coal fire, the steam churning incessantly.

In just a short one month, he had advanced from the One Cloud Realm all the way to the Four Cloud Realm. His cultivation speed was this fast? Was this really the speed at which he was cultivating spiritual roots? Xiang Yun almost doubted his own judgement.

As long as he could improve his strength, the traps and traps set against him would naturally be breached. After all, his own strength was the foundation of everything!

Breaking through to the Fourth Cloud Realm, Xiang Yun had then closed up for a few days. Firstly, to stabilize his cultivation, to feel the power of the Four Cloud Realm and perfectly control his own body. At the same time, he had also trained in the Hundred Transformations Steps of the G.o.d, as well as the Turtle Resting Art.

Moreover, there were also three stages of the Divine Path of Hundred Transformations. Xiang Yun was currently only at the first stage of the 'underfoot' level. If he could advance to the second stage, his profundity would definitely be more perfectly demonstrated!

There was no need to even mention the Turtle-Breathing Technique. Xiang Yun had looked down on this inner force skill that only knew how to feign death.

However, once he started cultivating, he would know the wonders of the latter. Not only could it regulate one's inner breathing and strengthen one's mind, it could also increase one's perception.

The most miraculous thing was that it was able to allow the Art of Creation to slowly circulate while in the midst of cultivation. Furthermore, Xiang Yun discovered that as he continued to become more proficient in Turtle Rest Technique, the circulation speed gradually increased as well.

Other than these two martial arts, Xiang Yun had also taken the time to practice the Tiger Claws. This martial arts was originally something that Xiang Yun had loathed. However, after that night's battle, Xiang Yun's view of these martial arts had greatly improved.

This Tiger Claws Jue Hu's hand could be considered to be his only offensive skill, and it was indeed extremely powerful. This could be seen from the night when he used his claw to break the cloud s.h.i.+eld.

These past few days, Xiang Yun had been trying to use his Tiger Claws to attack things like tree stumps and wooden fences. The might of his attacks had not disappointed Xiang Yun at all.

Once Yun Li used his cloud energy to strike out with the Tiger Claw Jue Hu's hand, it would create a fierce wind. The force of the strike was so strong that it could crush a tree trunk as thick as a human leg; its power was astonis.h.i.+ng.

Of course, other than cultivating, Xiang Yun had not forgotten about that ring. That day, the black clothed man had held the ring in his hand, and Xiang Yun had not forgotten that excited look on his face.

Ever since he had brought this item back from Silver City, Xiang Yun had not used it. Although this item had been gifted to him by that person, it was something he had won through his own abilities. Naturally, Xiang Yun could use it without worry.

He only needed to inject a bit of Yun Li's Yun Li's power into the storage ring and control it to cover the thing he wanted to store. Then, he could store it into his storage ring and release it with his will.

Xiang Yun currently did not have many valuable things, but the Ice Soul Rose that his second brother had gifted him was exceptionally precious, placing it into his storage ring. There was also the Mysterious Iron Token of the Hall of a.s.sa.s.sins, and Xiang Yun had placed it into the Black Ember Ring as well.

During the interval of his cultivation, Xiang Yun was also contemplating how to turn pa.s.sivity into initiative. Against those people who were secretly targeting him, he couldn't possibly remain holed up in the Crown Prince's residence forever, right?

Xiang Yun had already been in the mansion for close to ten days. On the eleventh day, Fatty Niu was invited by Xiang Yun to be carried to the crown prince's mansion by more than ten servants early in the morning.

It was not because Young Master Niu wanted to be ostentatious and had more than a dozen people carrying palanquins, but because this guy was way too fat.

There were only a dozen or so people who could not lift him.

Arriving at the crown prince's residence, the fatty was surprised to find that Xiang Yun was already waiting for him at the main entrance. This caused Fatty Niu to be extremely shocked, hurriedly ordering people to stop the sedan and walk over himself!

"Boss, why are you waiting here?" Fatty Niu asked doubtfully.

"Don't say too much, follow me to the City Lord's Mansion." Xiang Yun did not answer Fatty Niu's question. Instead, he climbed onto Fatty Niu's palanquin and had the servants hurry towards the City Lord's Mansion.

"Boss, what are we going to do with that old guy Lu Yongchang so early in the morning?" Fatty Niu asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hehe, that's true. This fellow has quite a lot of good things in his mansion. The Golden Crystal Jade Bottle that I took away from him last time was worth a few hundred thousand silver. This fellow is in so much pain that he's about to cry." The fat cow laughed with glee.

This' Lu Yongchang 'was none other than the City Lord of Qinfeng City, who had held the position of City Lord for twenty years.

Rumor has it that City Lord Lu was not from the north. He was originally a very important official in the south. Because he offended a big shot, he was sent to the most remote small city, Qin Feng City, at the northwest border.

Even in the tiny Qin Feng City, as the mayor, he did not put on any airs towards the citizens of the city. His opponents did not even scold him, and they even listened to their wives' words.

Ever since the two of them arrived at the Qin Feng City on the first day, the City Lord of Qin Feng didn't have many days of peace and stability. What he was worried about the most was the arrival of these two esteemed guests.

Once Xiang Yun and Fatty Niu came to his house, it would truly be like having a guest at home. It would be like having a guest at home, overturning all the antiques and calligraphy in his house.

On the other hand, the two of them had not been to the City Lord's Mansion for quite some time. When Fatty Niu heard that they were going to the City Lord's Mansion, his hands immediately began to itch.

"By the way, Fatty Niu, how did you interrogate the three Qin siblings?" Xiang Yun suddenly thought of a question as he hurriedly asked.

However, Fatty Ox had definitely come to Xiang Yun and brought up this matter with an embarra.s.sed look on his face as he spoke in a fl.u.s.tered manner.

Boss, let me tell you, that guy, Lu Yongchang, made another concubine, and I heard his wife forced him to do it. Aiyo, don't say it, that concubine of his is as thin as a willow branch, and the thing on her chest is as big as a water tank!

"Fatty Niu, stop talking so much nonsense. I'm asking you for proper business!" Seeing Fatty Ox's guilty appearance, Xiang Yun immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Boss, that …"

The fat cow knew that he could no longer hide it, so he could only droop his head and speak in a somewhat dejected manner.

"What!?" All dead? "

"What's going on? Did you torture them to death?" Xiang Yun asked doubtfully.

"How could that be? This young master was still lying on his bed that night and tortured those girls. How could he have the time to care about them? These guys all committed suicide by taking poison!"

"Yeah, so these guys all had poison on them. While the guards were changing s.h.i.+fts at night, these guys took the poison and committed suicide. By the time I got back, not a single one was left alive, all of them dead!" The fat cow said with a sigh.

Those people had all died at that time, and he felt that Xiang Yun would definitely blame him. He felt rather guilty, which was why he did not report to Xiang Yun immediately. He did not know that Xiang Yun had nearly been killed by someone that night!

"d.a.m.n it!"

The scheme of the person behind the scenes was truly brilliant. He was actually able to make dozens of people willingly take poison and kill themselves, yet he didn't dare to reveal even half a word. He was truly powerful, and it seemed like his trip to the City Lord's Mansion was even more necessary.