Chapter 14: Counterfeiting

"Xia Bufan!"

Elder Zhou's back hair stood upside down, and cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead.

Xia Bufan, the young master of the Xia family, has a great reputation in Qingzhou.

He had been cultivating in the Xia family until he was fifteen years old, joined the Demon Suppression Army at the age of fifteen, became a captain at the age of sixteen, and became a general of the Demon Suppression Army at the age of twenty.

At the age of twenty-one, when Xia Bufan withdrew from the Demon Suppression Army, he was already a powerhouse in the Martial Spirit Realm.

It is said that half a year ago he had become a martial king!

What's more, Xia Bufan is Xia Wan's brother and loves Xia Wan the most.

Seeing that Elder Zhou and the other three were bluffed by himself, Liu Ao gradually felt relieved.

Liu Ao's eyes were cold, "I wanted to give you a chance to atone for your sins, since you are looking for death, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As he spoke, the spiritual power in Liu Ao's vein seed spread along the countless meridians to the palm of his hand, injecting the sword of Ao.

I saw that the red light on the proud sword was bright, and the mysterious runes kept flickering.

The heat wave was steaming, and the sword light was swaying, as if the sword was burning with blood-colored flames.

The temperature in the chamber rose dramatically.

Elder Zhou already had seven points in his heart and believed that Liu Ao was Xia Bufan.

After all, evil soldiers are scarce, few people can use them, and few people dare to use them!

Coupled with the terrifying momentum emanating from the Proud Sword at this moment, it made Elder Zhou tremble, "Since you are Xia Bufan, why do you want to hide your cultivation?"

Liu Ao's face revealed a touch of impatience, "It's your business!"

Qingshi forcibly suppressed his urge to burst into laughter, and echoed:

"The young master of my family is doing things, how can you question it!"

"Young master, just kill them directly. โ€

"Pig brains!"

Liu Ao scolded, "Don't forget my true purpose!"

Qingshi's body trembled, "Young master, it's me who talks too much." โ€

Elder Zhou's eyes flickered, and for a while, he couldn't make up his mind.

Liu Ao knew that he needed to add another fire.

"I wanted to kill you, but I can't reveal my whereabouts, and I can spare your lives if you do something for me. โ€

Liu Ao suddenly smiled, "You are Li Tianba's cronies, go and tell him, just say that you found out that the team of Jiuding Academy came to select disciples this time, but in fact, it was to rescue my sister and destroy his Li family." โ€

Elder Zhou immediately understood what Liu Ao meant, this was to use the hands of the Jiuding Academy team to destroy the Li family!

After all, being locked by Jiuding Academy is equivalent to certain death, Li Tianba must jump over the wall in a hurry because he is afraid, and he may attack the people of Jiuding Academy.

That's also looking for death!

"Extraordinary son, I..." Elder Zhou suddenly gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and said:

"Everything is Li Tianba's conspiracy, that day he happened to meet the seriously injured Miss Xia Wan outside, and found that Ling Mei was a rare double vein, so he wanted to transplant Miss Xia Wan's vein to his son Li Ma. โ€

"I know it's wrong, please spare my life!"

Hearing that Elder Zhou was soft, the other three were even weaker, and knelt directly on the ground, and said in horror:

"Extraordinary son, spare your life, we are willing to do things for you, so let's go to Li Tianba to spread the word. โ€

Liu Ao snorted coldly, "I only need two people." โ€

As soon as the words fell, I saw two middle-aged men with swords shoot at the same time, rushing towards the middle-aged man with swords.

A moment later, the middle-aged man with the sword died and had been cut so that he couldn't see the human appearance.

Elder Zhou's eyes were fierce and he looked at the two of them:

"You two brothers choose one of you to die!"

"You're dreaming!" a knife-wielding man burst out, "Our two brothers combined, it may not be yours..."

With a "poof", the knife-wielding man looked at the long knife that passed through his chest in horror, his eyes full of disbelief, "Brother, you!"

"Good brother, brother will live well for you!" Another knife-wielder drew his knife sharply and hugged his fist at Liu Ao, showing his loyalty.

Before Liu Ao could speak, he saw that Elder Zhou had already burst into the knife-wielding middle-aged man.

In his frightened gaze, Elder Zhou punched out hard, and there was a spiritual light wrapping on his fist, and he actually directly flew his long knife and pierced his chest.

Elder Zhou knew very well that it was just a message, and only one person was needed!

Liu Ao applauded, and secretly sighed in his heart, "I, Xia Bufan, have a word, go and pass the message, and then you can leave Lanbo City, and don't let me meet again in the future." โ€

Elder Zhou's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly thanked him, turned around and ran away.

When the footsteps disappeared, Liu Aocai seemed to be paralyzed by a deflated ball, and his face was full of the rest of his life.

Qingshi gave Liu Ao a thumbs up, and dense cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

"What's next?"

Liu Ao looked at Xia Wan, who was lying unconscious on the stone bed, and said in a deep voice:

"Take her with you, let's leave the City Lord's Mansion now. โ€

Qingshi frowned, "There is about to be chaos in the city, and we can't get out of the city now!"

"Then go..." A touch of bitterness flashed on Liu Ao's face, "Go to Jiuding Pavilion." โ€

In the front yard of the City Lord's Mansion, Elder Zhou was in a hurry, and he had just walked through a garden when he suddenly stopped.

Thinking back to what had just happened, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

It is rumored that Xia Bufan was decisive in killing, and when he saw his favorite sister being used as an experiment, he would actually let himself go?

Also, Xia Bufan has a lot of masters, if he really doesn't want to reveal his whereabouts, he just sends his masters, why do you want to go by yourself?

Wrong!

Fooled!

Elder Zhou's face was furious, and he hurriedly turned around and ran back to the backyard and got into the secret passage.

Unfortunately, the chamber was empty except for three corpses.

"Bastard!"

Elder Zhou let out a low roar, but he immediately turned around, intending to leave overnight.

lost Xia Wan, Li Tianba would definitely not let him go.

The stars fade, the moon is high in the sky, and the darkest hour before dawn arrives.

Liu Ao carried Xia Wan on his back, and followed Qingshi to the outside of the courtyard wall of Jiuding Pavilion again, hiding in the silent shade.

When dawn appeared, they saw Murong Yue leaving Jiuding Pavilion with a group of junior sisters, Liu Ao and Qingshi took the opportunity to take Xia Wan into the courtyard and found an empty room to hide temporarily.

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Li Tianba, who did not receive Elder Zhou's report on time, hurriedly came to the secret room, and when he saw the three corpses in the secret room, his face immediately changed greatly.

He hurried back to the front yard, ready to take Li Mad and his wife to escape.

But at this time, a city lord's palace guard ran over excitedly, "City Lord, the people from Jiuding Academy have arrived." โ€

Li Tianba's eyes were gloomy, "Why did it come so quickly, where did the people go?"

"It's at the door. โ€

"Bang!"

Li Tianba kicked out, directly kicked the person upside down and flew out, and as soon as he landed, he rolled his eyes and was dizzy.

Li Tianba regained a warm smile on his face and walked quickly towards the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

Halfway through, I saw Murong Yue walking briskly with someone.

"You are the geniuses of Jiuding Academy," Li Tianba hurriedly greeted him, laughing, "Welcome, please follow me to the main hall to rest." โ€

After a while, the patriarchs of several major families in Lanbo City rushed over with the genius children of each family and sat down in the main hall.

Listening to everyone's flattering and polite words, Murong Yue was a little absent-minded, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes from time to time.

"Senior Sister Murong?"

A junior sister shouted softly, "Shall we discuss the details of the selection meeting?"

Only then did Murong Yue come back to his senses, looked at Li Tianba and the others, and smiled lightly:

"The matter of selection, according to the process, a total of thirty disciples will be selected, except for the three places in each of your families, the other candidates will be selected in the ring in the city, and the time limit is three days. โ€

Li Tianba got up with a smile, "Okay, just do what Miss Murong said, and I'll let someone announce the news." โ€

But Murong Yue suddenly said solemnly, "There is another matter, our Senior Sister Xia Wan of Jiuding Academy has been missing for half a year, I don't know if you have heard of this?"

"I've heard a little," Li Tianba nodded slightly, his face full of suspicion and worry, "What's the situation, has anyone found it?"

Murong Yue sighed, she and Xia Wan had the best relationship in the academy, and they were called sisters, but she didn't expect Xia Wan to disappear suddenly.

"I haven't found it yet, if you have any clues, please tell me. โ€

Li Tianba's eyes flashed slightly, it seemed that the people of Jiuding Academy didn't know that Xia Wan was arrested by themselves, so who was the one who broke into the secret room and took Xia Wan away?

"Then let's do it first," a trace of sadness flashed in Murong Yue's eyes, "The matter of selecting disciples will start in the afternoon, and I will bother you to speed up the progress. โ€

After Murong Yue took the people away, Li Tianba looked at the patriarchs of the other families and said with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to what we have agreed, in addition to the established three places, each family will arrange five more people to participate in the selection. โ€

"Hehe," the group of patriarchs laughed.

"By the way, did Qingshi and that troublesome kid find it?"

Li Tianba frowned and looked at the head of the Wu family, that is, the bald head of the family, "Old Wu, haven't you caught it yet?"

"No," the head of the Wu family snorted coldly, "They can't get out of the city, don't worry, after I catch someone, I will hand over another kid to you to deal with." โ€

After speaking, a group of family heads left the City Lord's Mansion.

Li Tianba's face changed instantly, and he hurriedly ran to the garden, pulled his wife into the house.

"Go and call the madman, pack up your things, and we'll leave at once. โ€

This beautiful woman looked at Li Tianba with all kinds of amorous eyes, and said with a smile:

"It's the selection meeting in the afternoon, where are you going?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Tianba's eyes widened angrily and he roared:

"If you don't want our family to die without a place to be buried, just listen to me quickly!"

Realizing that something was wrong, the woman's face was not good, "What did you do?"

"Now is not the time to speak!" Li Tianba said in a deep voice: "You pack up your things, only take the silver ticket and a few clothes, I will go to find the madman, what about the others?"

The woman's face turned pale and her eyes were frightened, "I went to Jiuding Pavilion before dawn, saying that I was going to arrange the decoration and give the senior brothers of Jiuding Academy a meeting gift." โ€

Li Tianba trembled with anger, "You pack up and go to the East City Gate to wait for me, and I'll take the madman to find you." โ€

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Jiuding Pavilion.

Bursts of music resounded in the otherwise quiet and peaceful shade of the surrounding trees.

Several musicians were plucking the strings, a dozen slender girls were dancing in the woods, and Li was sitting on the edge of the stone table that the next person had just moved, laughing and talking to himself.

"These are the famous girls of the Cui Red Mansion, and the senior brothers will definitely like them. โ€

Li Yan's eyes lit up, "When the time comes, when I go to Jiuding Academy, the senior brothers will definitely take more care of me." โ€

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a conversation from far and near.

Li Mad looked back and saw several beautiful women with swords in long skirts walking slowly talking and laughing.

Each of them looks several times better than the girls in Cuihong Mansion, and the temperament on their bodies is even more different.

Li Mad's eyes were shining, he straightened the broken hair at the corners of his forehead, coughed, and hugged his fists:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is fate to meet each other, in Xia Li Mad, my father is the city lord Li Tianba, I wonder if you will enjoy the light and have a drink together?"

Murong Yuexiu frowned slightly, displeased, "Hurry up and leave, don't disturb the purity." โ€

Li Mad raised his eyebrows, showing a bit of 'graceful demeanor', "In a while, the senior brothers of Jiuding Academy are coming, you see, these girls are all gifts I have prepared for the senior brothers, if you join, maybe which senior brother will take a fancy to you, you will be able to get the opportunity to go to Jiuding Academy, are you sure you don't consider it?"

Quiescence!

There was absolute silence, as if the air had frozen.

Murong Yue looked at the smile on Li Tianba's face, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.

"Get out!"

Li was stunned, "What?"

"I said let you go!" Murong Yue flicked his wrist, and saw the long sword unsheathed and shot straight towards Li.

Before Li Mad could react, he felt a tearing pain in his thigh.

Looking at it again, a blood hole had appeared in his thigh, and the stone table behind him was stabbed by a long sword and exploded.