Nevertheless, he had not attained a certain level for his Heavenly Demonic Power. Although it had arrived at the ninth level, it was still inferior to Fu Qingya’s but he could make up for that by devouring Heavenly Demonic Orbs. If he could devour the Heavenly Demonic Orb of the Four Grand Elders, he should be on par with Fu Qingya.

　　 That being said, he could only think but not act. It was too dangerous to engulf Heavenly Demonic Orbs in Heavenly Demonic Sect as Fu Qingya would be there anytime.

　　 While he pondered, he suddenly appeared in Adjacent Town.

　　 At that moment, the lanterns had just been lit in the town, and his courtyard was covered in bright light.

　　 Xiao Qi, who was dressed in a white gown, was sat by the stone table in the courtyard. She was furrowing her brows slightly as if she was in deep thought.

　　 Chu Li came out of his house.

　　 Upon seeing him, Xiao Qi looked at him and said, “You finally came back.”

　　 Upon noticing her unusual expression, Chu Li approached her. He was greeted with her faint fragrance. “What happened?”

　　 “Liu Xing is dead,” Xiao Qi replied.

　　 Chu Li’s face changed. “Liu Xing?”

　　 Xiao Qi explained, “He was killed by King An, and his corpse was chopped into pieces.”

　　 Chu Li gasped before he slowly expressed, “He’s crazy! Why did he kill Liu Xing?”

　　 “He was said to have a double-faced behavior, and disobeyed King An.” Xiao Qi continued, “Whatever it is, if King An wants to kill somebody, he’ll always have an excuse. He’s probably trying to put pressure on Second Eldest Sister and he’s forcing her to return to his imperial residence or he’ll kill more people.”

　　 “Didn’t I ask them to leave the residence?” Chu Li was concerned.

　　 Previously, considering the possibility that King An would take desperate measures, he had asked Liu Xing and the others to leave for the High Duke’s Public House. Lest they were troubled by King An, they would be trapped.

　　 Xiao Qi replied, “They couldn’t leave on time because there was a delay. But King An had probably realized that they were going to leave, so he struck first.”

　　 “What a despicable fella!” Chu Li slammed the stone table. He was raging with fire.

　　 He quickly cooled down. Then, he asked, “What about the others?”

　　 “They were heavily injured at first, but have now been crippled of their martial arts,” Xiao Qi answered.

　　 Chu Li sneered. “He’s taking revenge for the fact that I had negated his martial art back then!”

　　 “As a prince, how can one tolerate being bullied by another?” Xiao Qi added, “At least they don’t bully others. Now, he’s settling accounts with you because he has the chance to.”

　　 Chu Li took a deep breath and forced himself not to be overly furious.

　　 Xiao Qi comforted, “A dead man can’t be revived. Don’t be too upset, you can’t be blamed.”

　　 Chu Li shook his head. “I must avenge their misfortunes!”

　　 “You want to kill King An?” Xiao Qi frowned.

　　 Chu Li replied, “I want to kill him!”

　　 Xiao Qi stared at him before she sighed. “You know the consequences.”

　　 Chu Li looked at Xiao Qi.

　　 As Xiao Qi looked back at him, her eyes glimmered. It was as if they could read each other’s minds through their looks.

　　 Xiao Qi finally said, “Alright, kill him if you want to. I believe you have a solid plan already?’

　　 Chu Li rejoined, “I’ve been preparing for this. I wanted to be even better prepared, but it looks like I can’t wait any longer. King An is like a mad dog now. If I don’t kill him, he’ll only kill more people.”

　　 Earlier, he had wanted to devour two Level Nine Heavenly Demonic Power Masters. With the help of the Heavenly Demonic Stone, the Demon Hunting Technique, and some information, it would be possible for him to find them now. If he could perfect his ninth level, he would be more confident.

　　 However, time waited for no one. He could not afford to drag this any longer as King An had to be killed immediately. For all he knew, he had already begun to attack the High Duke’s Public House. Once provoked, the High Duke’s Public House might counterattack, and the Public House would be suspected for his death. Should that happen, the emperor would definitely attack the High Duke’s Public House.

　　 Xiao Qi asked, “What are you going to do?”

　　 Chu Li thought for a while before he replied, “I have one last step to take. I’ll have to enter the Inner Mausoleum.”

　　 “You can’t enter the Inner Mausoleum.” Xiao Qi said in a worried tone, “It’s guarded by a formation, and the protectors there are extremely strict.”

　　 Chu Li simply smiled at her.

　　 Now that his Heavenly Demonic Power had become more profound, he was confident that he could get into the Inner Mausoleum.

　　 …

　　 Lu Xuzhou was a handsome middle-aged man with a long body. On this evening, when he returned from his duty at the Outer Mausoleum, his beautiful wife had already prepared dinner and wine for him.

　　 After a few glasses of wine, he was tipsy.

　　 Only when he was tipsy, he could forget his dull life, and forget about his troubles and worries in life.

　　 Whenever he recalled his luxurious life in Fairy’s Capital, which was contrary to his current lifestyle, he felt awful.

　　 Although he was accompanied by his beautiful wife, he eventually became tired of her. This was different from his life at Fairy’s Capital where he could drink and fool around with different beauties every day as Fairy’s Capital was full of pretty ladies.

　　 As a secret guardian from Secret Guardians Hall, he was also the emperor’s lackey. Majestic and vicious, everyone was fearful of Lu Xuzhou wherever they were with him. He was always proud with his head held high, unlike now, where he would be yelled at by old fellas whenever he slacked. His life simply went from Heaven to Earth.

　　 Sometimes, the boring life had him thinking if he should just die or even escape from Adjacent Town to other countries. Even if he would be captured after attempting to escape for a few days, it was better than his present wearisome, stressful life.

　　 Nonetheless, he only had such thoughts whenever he drank. Once he became sober, he would uphold his duty at the Outer Mausoleum conscientiously and reported himself at the Inner Mausoleum once in every ten days.

　　 His duty at the Outer Mausoleum was more bearable as he could slack from time to time; the job was easy.

　　 On the contrary, whenever he was at the Inner Mausoleum, he always had this feeling as if the weight of a mountain was on his shoulders. At the end of the day, he would feel like he was squashed into pieces and he would require at least ten days to recover.

　　 The pain was simply indescribable. People often thought that being on duty in the Inner Mausoleum was an honorable thing, but they knew nothing about the suffering that came with it. Despite that, he could only keep everything to himself, because he could never speak a word about the Inner Mausoleum or the lunatics would shred him!

　　 When he thought about that, he downed another glass of wine. He wanted to make himself drunk because tomorrow would be another tormenting day. He had to report for duty at the Inner Mausoleum!

　　 The thought of the Inner Mausoleum made his body ache.

　　 Standing for a day at the Inner Mausoleum was equivalent to carrying a mountain on his back. For several times, he was close to fainting, but he forced himself to get through it or he would be removed from the Inner Mausoleum’s roster. Should that happen, he would definitely be laughed at.

　　 For those who failed to go on in the Inner Mausoleum, once eliminated, their martial art would decline very quickly. Consequently, those people would turn into disabled people.

　　 Compared to living under the disdainful looks from other people, he would have rather been dead. Therefore, however torturous it was, he could only hang on.

　　 “Uh…” He sighed before he drank another glass.

　　 His beautiful wife was aware of his troubles but she knew that it would only increase his frustrations if she commented on it. Hence, she filled his glass again and again as it was better to make him drunk.

　　 Before he realized, he was already drunk after consuming several glasses of wine. His wife then helped him to his bed where he slept soundly.

　　 After that, his wife went to sleep in another room.

　　 During midnight, Lu Xuzhou woke up only to realize that he was not on his bed. Instead, he was in a small boat on a river and everything around him was pitch black as if the entire Adjacent Town was asleep.

　　 Shocked, he turned around to look and he found a middle-aged man sitting at the other end of the small boat.

　　 “Who are you?” Lu Xuzhou quickly asked.

　　 The middle-aged man shook his head. “You’re Lu Xuzhou, am I right?”

　　 “Yes,” Lu Xuzhou replied.

　　 As he said that, he stirred up the inner energy in his body, and he was ready to attack if needed.