White-Robed Chief

Chu Li shook his head and explained, “Emperor, without your orders, I don’t want to regain my martial arts.”

“You’re quite strong-headed.” Leng Wufeng reached his hands inside his sleeves before he looked at Chu Li. “You’re just afraid that I’ll put you in the Inner Mausoleum again, aren’t you?”

“Yes.” Chu Li nodded. “I’d like to return to Fairy’s Capital.”

As Leng Wufeng shook his head, he could not help but laugh. He paced the hall with his arms folded and turned to look at Chu Li from time to time.

Chu Li looked at him calmly.

All of a sudden, Leng Wufeng stopped. Then he asked, “I heard that you and King An were like water and fire?”

Chu Li responded, “King An did make multiple attempts to get rid of me.”

“You must be furious, weren’t you?” Leng Wufeng added, “You think that he’s narrow-minded and intolerant toward others, am I right?”

Chu Li answered, “Yes.”

“And then?” Leng Wufeng asked, “How did you go against King An?”

“I secretly crippled him of his martial arts.” Chu Li rejoined honestly, “I wanted him to behave better so that he can no longer harm me.”

Leng Wufeng frowned before he scoffed, “How dare you!”

Chu Li questioned, “Your Majesty, should I have waited to die instead?”

“Hmm, you have a point. After all, you’re favored by God. You must’ve looked down on King An, didn’t you?” Leng Wufeng asked him back with a poker face.

Chu Li replied, “Yes, he really didn’t deserve to assist you. He’s incompetent and worthless!”

Leng Wufeng later popped the question, “Then why did you kill him?”

Stunned, Chu Li repeated the question, “Kill King An?”

Leng Wufeng nodded slowly. “Chu Li, I know that it was you who killed King An.”

Chu Li shook his head. “Emperor, you’ve accused me wrongly. Why do I need to kill him? If I don’t want to see him, I can just cripple him!”

“With your current state, you can’t cripple him,” Leng Wufeng stated.

Chu Li chuckled. “Emperor, that’s interesting. Since I can kill him, of course, I can cripple him. If I can’t cripple him, how can I kill him?”

“Hehe… Indeed, it’s interesting.” Leng Wufeng smirked as he reached his hand out.

At once, Chu Li could feel an enormous force sucking him in and he immediately flew towards Leng Wufeng’s hand.

Since Chu Li did not possess any martial art skills now, naturally, he could not resist the force. He could only allow the Emperor to grab his arm and checked his wrist.

Cold energy instantly gushed into his body, which went around his organs as if everything inside his body was thoroughly inspected.

While an Enlightened Master did not have a divine technique like the Omniscient Mirror, one could easily examine another’s body with one’s inner energy. As such, Leng Wufeng could see through Chu Li’s secrets effortlessly.

Chu Li tensed up as he was not sure if the Life and Death Scripture could hide his secrets.

Through the Life and Death Scripture, he had hidden all of his martial arts out of sight. With this, his body was as empty as a person with no martial art skills.

Leng Wufeng furrowed his brows as he looked at him. Then, he shook his head and grinned. “No wonder you’re so reputable, your qualities are truly out of the world. What a rare sight!”

Upon witnessing the qualities of Chu Li’s body, he realized that it was really profound.

His meridian was outspread yet rich and it was even more superior than Grandmasters. Furthermore, his muscles and joints were tight. Evidently, his body was filled with an inborn spiritual force.

Normally, one’s meridian would rely heavily on one’s inner energy. For an ordinary person, one’s meridian would not be outspread as vital essence flowed through it, not allowing one’s meridian to change.

On the other hand, inner energy could allow the expansion and growth of one’s meridian. However, once one’s inner energy disappeared, one’s outspread meridian would slowly decline back to when one did not possess any martial art skills.

Since Chu Li had been crippled of his martial arts for such a long time, theoretically, his meridian would have gone back to how it was before he acquired his martial arts.

Instead, his meridian was now richer than a Grandmaster’s, which meant that he was born with this gift. This would have allowed him to save his time and energy, for he could advance at a tremendous pace whenever he cultivated.

The Emperor came to a sudden realization that Chu Li was able to rise up so quickly due to his incredible gift.

Leng Wufeng continued to check him out as he shook his head.

He was very envious of his qualities given that he had put in a great deal of effort to become a Grandmaster back then.

“I was lucky, I ate a strange fruit. Even until today, I don’t know what that strange fruit was.” Chu Li sighed a breath of relief to himself. ‘Looks like the emperor did not notice my Life and Death Scripture. As expected, the Life and Death Scripture is wonderful. I must focus on it more and cultivate it. But it’s a pity that I’m still clueless about the cultivation methods of the Life and Death Scripture.’

“Oh…?” Leng Wufeng laughed and wondered, ‘No wonder he has such qualities.’ Afterward, he asked, “Do you know a man called Du Feng?”

While he asked, he let out an endless aura that seemed to be pressuring Chu Li.

Instantly, Chu Li’s face reddened.

As he dared not operate his inner energy and the void of his mind, he could only suffer in pain. It felt as if Leng Wufeng was going to kill him.

Although it was important to protect himself, a tiny bit of suspicion from Leng Wufeng would also cost his life. Leng Wufeng would not be bothered since he was unaffected by anyone’s identity or status.

For a figure like Leng Wufeng, he would only have scruples about someone with extraordinary martial arts, or an Enlightened Master.

Once again, Chu Li had a strong urge to become an Enlightened Master. He was determined to become one as soon as he could so he could teach the Emperor a lesson.

Leng Wufeng stared calmly at Chu Li’s eyes. It was as if Leng Wufeng was anticipating to see how Chu Li would react.

Even though Chu Li was secretly cursing at him and was dying to slap him, he could only take everything in for now because he dared not employ other methods. Gradually, everything before his eyes were turning dark.

Despite that, Leng Wufeng was not going to stop as he watched him quietly.

He had an intuitive feeling that there was something off about Chu Li. Even if he did not murder his son, he was full of secrets, and Leng Wufeng was eager to find out what he was hiding.

“Of course, I know Du Feng,” Chu Li gritted his teeth as he answered.

Leng Wufeng pressed on. “What do you think about him?”

Chu Li felt that the aura was becoming increasingly stronger, so much it was as if it was going to tear him into pieces. He asked, “Emperor, are you going to kill me?”

“You killed King An, didn’t you?” Leng Wufeng insisted.

Chu Li sneered, “I’d like to kill him, but he’s your son, so I can only cripple him. If I didn’t lack the strength, I would’ve crippled him again!”

“It wasn’t you?” Leng Wufeng kept asking.

He had never trusted anyone fully. Although he was usually doubtful, he did not notice that Chu Li was lying.

Chu Li humphed. “It wasn’t me!”

Leng Wufeng expressed, “It doesn’t matter if it was you or not, you will die anyway.”

Chu Li frowned. “Why are you killing me?”

“I’m trying to fulfill King An’s wish. You were about to become his inner demon, so he was going to kill you no matter what. Since he couldn’t accomplish his goal when he was alive, as his father, I’ll do it for him!” Leng Wufeng explained.

With Chu Li’s vision going black, it seemed as if he was about to faint.

Under these circumstances, his willpower was the weakest. Considering that his mental state was gone, he might reveal everything soon.

Struggling, Chu Li made a scornful remark, “Looks like King An is not narrow-minded without any reason!”

Upon hearing him, Leng Wufeng scowled, “Are you saying that I’m narrow-minded?”

“What was King An anyway? Even when he deliberately made things difficult for me multiple times, I still did my utmost for the Imperial Residence. If I were to ask my own conscience, I’m sure I’ve done my best as a subordinate, yet he still insisted on killing me!” Chu Li was slowly going blank, but he continued, “How dare a Royal Highness like him to want the throne? It’s the biggest joke in the world!”

“Everyone wants the throne,” Leng Wufeng mentioned.

Although Chu Li was dissolved in waves of laughter, he still had a blank expression on his face. It was as if he was talking in his dream. Followed by that, he mocked, “Ambitious but incompetent, narrow-minded, and intolerant. If someone like him can be the Emperor, Ji Dynasty is bound for disaster!”