"I'm not hiding anything. It's just that I previously argued with so people from the Vermillion Bird and White Tiger families, and also..." Shang Lingjian listed all the people he could think of—a total of five or six people. Obviously, Xiaoyao wouldn't be among them. How could such a minor figure catch Shang Lingjian's attention?
"These are all small matters—they probably wouldn't go this far to ss with you. There must be others." Xuanwu Wenxiu rejected all these people. Whether in terms of motive or capability, the probability of it being these people was really too small.
"There's no one else, unless it's Lingxiao—she's always hated ." Shang Lingjian said directly.
"Shut up! Do you think Lingxiao would bother with you? If she really wanted to, you would have been crippled long ago." Xuanwu Wenxiu angrily shouted. How could this boy bring up Lingxiao? Even if Lingxiao had problems, it wasn't good to say so in front of her big brother. Moreover, given Lingxiao's character, she would never target her own family.
"Then there really is no one else. You can't say it's those servants—I scold and beat them every day..." Shang Lingjian said unhappily, seemingly forgetting that saying this in front of Xuanwu Wenyuan would lower his standing even more.
"..."
"Daoist Xuanji, what do you think?" Shang Yulang looked at Daoist Xuanji and asked. He now wanted to discipline his useless son, but this wasn't the right ti—better to change the subject first.
"I want to say that the person who targeted your son is a master. I still don't know what thods he used—it doesn't seem like mystical arts!" Daoist Xuanji said gently.
...
"Not mystical arts? Then just now..." Shang Yulang was sowhat puzzled. Daoist Xuanji had just solved Shang Lingjian's problem, making them all think soone was using such thods. Now hearing this professional say it wasn't made them all feel strange.
"Just now I only used so mind-clearing and spirit-calming thods to stop your son's condition. This was effective because the opponent also targeted this aspect! As for finding those items, I did use so mystical arts, but this doesn't an this matter is related to mystical arts. However, the opponent might also be a mystical master, which only lets guess roughly. No matter how I calculate, I can't find the specific cause!" Daoist Xuanji said.
He could sense that level of mystical arts mastery in Xiaoyao, which avoided so thods that mystical arts could detect. For this, he had spent considerable effort calculating. This trip was much more exhausting than when he had solved major problems before.
This feeling made him understand that whoever set this up also knew so mystical arts, and at no ordinary level.
Who could this person be? When did such a person appear in the Azure Dragon Empire? Was it Qingfeng? Or Mingyue?
"The Daoist's aning is that this is a mystical master, but using thods unrelated to mystical arts—thods that even the Daoist can't discern, and which Imperial Doctor Sun also couldn't detect. What kind of... thing... could this be?" Xuanwu Wenyuan frowned. He discovered this matter wasn't as simple as he had initially thought. If it was such a person, why target Lingjian?
Could it be that this was just one step in targeting the Xuanwu Family? Or was it purely that Lingjian offended soone and was being punished?
"Yes, exactly! However, I think the opponent has no malicious intent. He should just want to give your nephew a small lesson. If he really wanted your nephew's life, he should have been dead long ago." Daoist Xuanji said.
"That's true!" Xuanwu Wenyuan nodded, then turned to Shang Lingjian to lecture him, "Lingjian, I've told you before—there are heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people. You must learn humility. Be more careful in the future, or you might not even know how you died."
"I understand, uncle. I know I was wrong now and will definitely change in the future." Listening to these words, Shang Lingjian also felt afraid. If the opponent really wanted his life, wouldn't he be finished? Everything would be gone—what power and status would there be to speak of?
"I hope you truly understand!" After Xuanwu Wenyuan finished, he continued speaking with Daoist Xuanji, "Daoist, do you have any other guidance?"
"I wish I did, but I'm truly powerless. If Family Head Xuanwu can find this person, I hope you'll let know. I'd like to et them." Daoist Xuanji replied.
Xuanwu Wenyuan nodded and said, "Certainly, certainly! But I think this person probably won't be so easily found."
"With the Xuanwu Family's capabilities, I believe there's nothing that can't be found. Sotis, mystical arts aren't better than ordinary thods! Well, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave." Daoist Xuanji said, then turned and left without waiting for Xuanwu Wenyuan's response.
Xuanwu Wenyuan was thinking about Daoist Xuanji's words and didn't react imdiately, because he seed to have caught a very important hint—sotis, so things, when done using the most ordinary thods, would be more effective than so high-tech approaches.
"Yulang, co with to see the Daoist off. Wenxiu, you continue talking with Lingjian." Xuanwu Wenyuan said, then followed Daoist Xuanji out. It seed that in his heart, mystical masters like Daoist Xuanji were still highly valued.
Xuanwu Wenyuan had his sister continue talking with Shang Lingjian to dig out who he had offended. Now they didn't want to target this person but wanted to make connections—their thinking had completely changed from before.
Previously, they thought anyone who dared target Xuanwu Family mbers was a mortal enemy who should be ground to dust. But now, discovering the opponent might be an extraordinary person with skills that even Daoist Xuanji admired, they wanted to make connections. Befriending such a person would benefit the Xuanwu Family.
Conversely, offending such a person might bring trouble to the Xuanwu Family—definitely not a result they wanted to see!
If the opponent harbored hostility and wanted to target the Xuanwu Family, they would still grind them to dust. Even if the opponent had profound mystical abilities, they would kill them to eliminate future troubles!
But if the opponent had no hostility, that was another matter. Obviously, the opponent was just giving Shang Lingjian a small lesson, making them feel the opponent had no malice toward the Xuanwu Family. Naturally, only the intention to make connections remained.
"Lingjian, think carefully about what exactly happened during those days. Tell mother everything—don't leave out any details!" Xuanwu Wenxiu said seriously. She could only determine who it was through this thod—there were no other clues.
"Ah, really? Can I not say..." Shang Lingjian imdiately wilted. He didn't want to talk about the details of those days because he had done many things that would get him scolded.
"I know what you're afraid of. This ti I won't scold you. No matter what you did wrong, I won't hold it against you. Is that good enough?" Xuanwu Wenxiu said. A mother knows her son best—when Shang Lingjian wiggled his tail, she knew what he wanted to do.
"Then I'll talk. You have to keep your word." Shang Lingjian confird one last ti.
"Alright, speak quickly!!"
"Those days..."
Shang Lingjian began recounting those days in detail, not leaving out anything. In this regard, he understood priorities and knew the severity of the situation.
So of what he said made Xuanwu Wenxiu want to hit him, but she held back—she had already promised not to hold it against him.
This troubleso boy didn't learn anything good but mastered all the bad habits of pampered young masters. He even went out carousing—how could he pursue Lingxiao like this? No wonder Lingxiao ignored him completely.
Shang Lingjian also ntioned Xiaoyao's incident in the middle, which made Xuanwu Wenxiu directly scold him. Previously, no matter how much of a pampered brat you were, I tolerated it. But to be jealous of a tiny servant—if this got out, where would we put our faces?
However, that servant had quite a personality, daring to confront Young Master Lingjian like that!
Although Shang Lingjian ntioned Xiaoyao and Xuanwu Wenxiu found him interesting, neither would think Xiaoyao could be the master who had tricked Shang Lingjian. They never even considered this possibility because it was impossible—at least they thought so.
A master might have eccentric temperant, but would never lower himself to be a servant unless he had ulterior motives. But Xiaoyao had been a servant here for over a year and perford quite well, which reduced suspicion considerably.
Although he might be here with ulterior motives, no one would think a master would act this way. This was as incredible as Xiaoyao being a master.
After Xiaoyao, Shang Lingjian had offended several more people. Simply put, Xiaoyao wasn't the last person he offended that day, nor the first. This made Xiaoyao even less conspicuous.
"Who could it be?" After listening, Xuanwu Wenxiu couldn't find any leads and could only have Shang Lingjian continue, continue recalling events, and extend the tifra by several more days.
Finally, Shang Lingjian was endlessly recounting events until Xuanwu Wenxiu found clues or identified truly suspicious targets. There were many suspected targets now, but all were not very significant. Although they couldn't be ruled out as suspects, the probability wasn't high.
In the end, Xuanwu Wenxiu also gave up and could only investigate those suspected targets. After she eliminated them one by one, it would probably be over a month later.
Those concerned about this matter were becoming more nurous and more concerned—besides the Shang Yulang couple, there was also Xuanwu Wenyuan, and even the mysterious Daoist Xuanji.
(End of Chapter)
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