Chapter 637 - 264: Three Hundred Years, Summit of the Snowy Mountain
He saw a falcon that had just flown out of the city of West Warehouse.
People who could use falcons for communication held special status in Great Yuan. Since Guo Wei had become a Martial Arts Grandmaster, he too could use Great Yuan’s messaging system to communicate with his disciples abroad.
He tore open the envelope.
Chu Lingguang didn’t see a letter. Instead, he found a stack of silver notes totaling over two hundred thousand silver taels. They looked somewhat familiar.
’This is the same amount of silver notes I gave to Ma Zhong. Could it be...’
’Did the Court snatch back the silver I gave the soldiers?’
The anger that had just subsided erupted in Chu Lingguang’s heart like a volcano.
He clutched the silver notes tightly, unable to stop picturing the soldiers receiving their silver taels, only to have them taken away again.
’They had their regrets, but at least they could have gone home with a smile.’
’To think that just after they got their hands on the silver, it was all taken away. The feeling of such fleeting joy, especially when they’re at their lowest, must be devastating.’
"Sir, another letter has arrived for you."
A moment after Zhaxi left, he returned and placed another letter before Chu Lingguang.
Chu Lingguang numbly tore open the envelope.
The letter contained only a single sentence.
"In three days, we shall meet at Midnight on the peak of the snow mountain."
Chu Lingguang frowned.
He didn’t recognize the handwriting.
His first thought was of Qin Yu.
’Qin Yu must know I’ve been demoted to West Warehouse. He might be monitoring my movements.’
Chu Lingguang couldn’t help but glance around.
Yuanchu Mountain’s power was terrifying, and he worried that one of its experts was watching him.
Time passed quickly.
「Three days later, at Midnight.」
West Warehouse was deathly still.
Only the cold wind howled.
The local residents had long since gone to bed, and only a few candles still flickered within the small city. The city guards had also returned to their barracks to rest. Chu Lingguang stood atop the city wall, gazing toward the peak of the snow mountain.
SWOOSH!
His body blurred into motion. He could no longer restrain himself and shot upward to investigate.
’If it’s Qin Yu, I’ll have to warn him to stay hidden and not let anyone find out. It would be best for him to leave Great Yuan. Even fleeing overseas would be far better than staying here.’
WHOOSH!
Chu Lingguang sped across the snow mountain.
With his Qi Refining realm cultivation, his Spiritual Sense was exceptionally powerful. He extended it to the summit in an instant and detected three people there.
BOOM!
Chu Lingguang shot up.
He landed behind the three of them.
The trio sensed a fluctuation in the surrounding aura. But before they could get a clear look, Chu Lingguang appeared behind them, startling them all.
The two True Martial Realm experts, who had been standing on either side, immediately moved to block the young gentleman sitting in the chair.
"Stand down,"
the young gentleman said.
The two bowed and withdrew to the mountainside, setting up a tight perimeter to prevent anyone else from reaching the summit.
Chu Lingguang frowned.
He felt he had seen this young gentleman somewhere before.
He especially recognized one of the two men who had been guarding him. It was Grand Protector Yan, the Seventh Prince’s tutor, who had personally tried to recruit him at Eunuch Liu’s residence.
He racked his brain and finally placed him. This was the same young man from the Imperial City Trial Ground. He had been standing in the Canopy Attic, surrounded by powerful experts, and had sent a subordinate to ask who Chu Lingguang was.
The Imperial City Hunting Ground, as the name implies, belongs to the Great Yuan Royal Family.
The fact that he could be in the Canopy Attic during the Martial Arts Examination, watching everything unfold in the Hunting Ground, meant he had to be a Royal Disciple.
’He’s the Seventh Prince.’
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Yun Shu. I am Yun Hong’s younger brother and a son of the Holy Emperor—the seventh, to be exact!"
the Seventh Prince said.