A son repays his father's debts

  Looking at the rolling fire basin and the exposed Earth Treasure Scripture, Zhu Yi felt a surge of despair in his heart: "Is this my fate? Why did it just give me hope and then immediately plunge me into despair?"

  "No way, a gentleman strives unremittingly, I absolutely cannot give up."

  Zhu Baozi picked up the golden paper that recorded the true scripture of the earth treasure, and looked at Zhu Yi with a playful face: "Young Master Yi, what is this thing?"

  Zhu Yi pursed her lips, and her expression had already calmed down: "There's actually something like this in the fire basin? I didn't notice it before."

  Zhu Pangzi and the others exchanged a glance, all bursting into laughter: "In that case, we'll take these things for now and hand them over to Master Hou later, asking him to deal with it."

  "It's just Young Master Yi, since you discovered something with us, you can't help but follow us to see it through. It'll also be good to have a witness when we meet Master Hou." Zhu Baozi squeezed his small eyes and looked pleased with himself.

  Zhu Yi nodded calmly, losing the true scripture of the Earthly Concealment was indeed a loss for him, but the top priority at the moment was to deal with his old man, Zhu Hongwu.

  Zhu Hongwu was extremely strict, and not only Zhu Yi, who was an illegitimate son of no great importance, but even the eldest legitimate son with succession rights would be disciplined by Zhu Hongwu's family rules for even a small mistake.

  If Zhu Hongwu finds out that he secretly practices Taoist magic, he might lose half his life.

  Lin Feng smiled slightly outside the door, it was his turn to take the stage. If he waited until Zhu Yi was taken back to Hou Mansion, he might be confined by Hou Mansion's master and would never be able to leave again. It would be too difficult for him to secretly accept Zhu Yi as his apprentice under Hou Mansion's master's nose.

  "Huh? No! This is..."

  Lin Feng was deep in thought when he suddenly sensed a group of people rushing out of the forest and heading straight for the old temple.

  Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat: "What are they trying to do? Are they also targeting Zhu Yi?"

  This group of people is far from comparable to Zhu Baozi and others, acting swiftly in the mountains and forests, with strict discipline, and even having a bit of a military demeanor.

  What's even more deadly is that among this group of people, there are actually Foundation Establishment cultivators!

  As he thought about it, Lin Feng hid himself one step ahead, and then saw this group of people rushing straight into the side hall where Zhu Yi was.

  In the side hall, Zhu Yi and Zhu Pangzi were staring blankly like wooden chickens as this group of people rushed in. As soon as they entered the house, their eyes all fell on Zhu Yi.

  Leading was a big man in black with a scar on his cheek, the big man turned around to look at two companions behind him, and the two nodded together: "It's this scholar."

  Lin Feng outside the palace suddenly felt a headache and roared in his heart: "That's why I hate unexpected events the most!"

  Although he came suddenly, Zhu Yi was still calm: "You're looking for me? I don't know you, who are you?"

  Zhu Baozi also reacted at this time, and laughed with schadenfreude: "Young Master Yi, where did you get into trouble? Did you owe someone a gambling debt? Haha..."

  A tall man in black frowned: "Noise."

  Zhu Pangzi's smile froze on his face, his complexion turned bright red: "You, do you know..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man in black waved his hand as if shooing away flies: "Kill all the other dogs except this scholar."

  The big man's tone was extremely calm, with only a hint of disgust, as if he had truly ordered the execution of an extremely annoying fly.

  Zhu Pangzi's face suddenly changed, and he shouted angrily: "You dare to move us? We are people of the Xuanji Marquis' mansion. You dare to touch my finger, I'll destroy your whole family!"

  The tall and imposing Xue Zong smiled: "Exterminate my entire family? My entire family, young and old, had long been killed by you Zhou dogs."

  He stroked the scars on his face with a cold expression: "Xuanji Hou... Hmph, Xuanji Hou, it's because we knew this kid was Zhu Hongwu's son that we came. That old thief has our people's blood on his hands, today he'll have to pay some interest!"

  A tall man in black clothes flicked his sleeve, revealing a hexagonal snowflake pattern.

  Lin Feng outside the hall and Zhu Yi Quan inside the hall both looked bewildered, while Zhu Bao Zi's face turned deathly pale upon seeing the Snowflake Diagram, his arrogant demeanor completely gone.

  "Snowflakes... you are the remnants of Snow Wind Country, you are people of 'Fierce Wind Association'!" Zhu Baozi swallowed his saliva and revealed a smile that was even uglier than crying.

  Lin Feng slightly furrowed his brow. What organization was Lie Feng? He wasn't clear and hadn't heard of it before, but he had some knowledge of Xue Feng Country.

  Xuefeng Country is a small country located in the northern snowfield, bordering the Beizhao Empire to the north. It was conquered and annexed by the Beizhao Empire over a decade ago during its period of strong expansion. The person who led the army to conquer Xuefeng Country at that time was precisely Marquis Xuanyuan.

  The people of the northern land are strong and unyielding, although their country has been destroyed, the citizens of Xuefeng have never surrendered. Various uprisings have emerged one after another, making it one of the few regions that have not stabilized since the Great Zhou conquered the four directions.

  It seems that this so-called Lie Feng Hui organization is also a rebel group composed of the remnants of the Snow Wind nation, specifically opposing the Great Zhou Imperial Court.

  I didn't expect them to have the guts to penetrate deep into the heart of Zhou, and even set their sights on the head of the mysterious marquis.

  Zhu Yi apparently also understood the relationship and opened his mouth to say: "I am just an insignificant son, if you want to take me as a hostage to threaten my father, it is not necessary at all, because it will not work at all. My father will not make any concessions."

  "Kill me, and my father won't feel much pain. You've come for me, but you're targeting the wrong person."

  The big man in black smiled and said: "I certainly know that you are not favored by the old thief, otherwise you would not have fallen into our hands today."

  He gazed at Zhu Yi with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression: "You don't have to belittle yourself, you still have some use for us. For example, having grown up in the old thief's mansion since childhood, you must be very familiar with the layout of the mansion, the daily routines and habits of the people, as well as the shifts and rotations of the guards."

  Zhu Yi pursed his lips, not saying a word. Suddenly, the wind rustled in his ear, and he was startled to find that the black-clad middle-aged man had appeared before him, the two of them mere inches apart.

  The tall, dark-clad man revealed a cold smile on his face, with long scars twisting, and said word by word: "You will tell me." After finishing speaking, he turned around to look at Zhu Dazhong and others, his gaze as if looking at a group of dead men. He waved his hand: "Take action."

  At the sound of the order, a group of fierce winds will repair monks who rushed to take action, and the cold and stern law fluctuations instantly swept the entire temple.

  These monks are all wanted felons in the Great Zhou Empire, each and every one of them is a fugitive who has tasted blood on their blades, with extremely rich combat experience, highly coordinated, and highly efficient in releasing magic spells, without wasting any bit of magical power, killing enemies in the most efficient way.

  Zhu Pangzi and others had never seen such a formation, a group of people were powerless to fight back, and were knocked down in batches like wheat being cut.

  Only Zhū Pàngzi who has practiced the Eight Layers of Qi Refining, has achieved the highest level and reacts the fastest. His large body bursts out with a speed that is completely inconsistent, flying away from the temple like a bird.

  The man in black frowned: "Don't leave any survivors, our whereabouts can't be leaked." The two Liefeng Hui cultivators nodded and silently chased out of the side hall.

  Lin Feng outside the temple secretly cursed in his heart, the development of the situation had already deviated far from his initial expectations.

  Fortunately, the other side did not intend to kill Zhu Yi immediately, which gave him time to plan.

  In a flash of inspiration, Lin Feng had a rough plan and hastily chased after Zhu Bajie.

  This fat guy is still useful, can't die.

  (PS: There's still one more chapter update tonight at 12 o'clock! A new week is coming soon, and I also want to rush into the new book chart. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier, right?)

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