Chapter 21 - Calm Before The Storm

Exiting the cold palace, Li Yu saw the guard that had lost consciousness and was sleeping peacefully on the cold floor.

He couldn't help but shake his head pitifully for the guy.

"What are we going to do with him?" Little Liu who seemed to have understood Li Yu's expression asked in embarrassment.

She has worn back her always expressionless face mask to her face.

"Hmm…"

Li Yu thought for a while before making up his mind.

"Why not let tie him up till we are done with our business?"

"Pft..."

Little Liu couldn't but be stunned when she heard Li Yu's suggestion.

She had thought her young master was not happy with the way she had treated the guard, but with his wicked suggestion, she knew he definitely was.

With a straight face, as if he could not notice Little Liu, Li Yu picked one of the guard's feet, then began to drag him on the cold floor.

Little Liu does not know how to react anymore when she saw this.

She thought her cute young master was a handsome devil.

Li Yu dragged the unlucky guard into his sentry posy, then he searched for a strong rope that he used to tie him together.

"Sorry man, I've got no other option. If you're lucky, someone might walk by and release you," Li Yu said pitifully to the unconscious guard.

'_'

'I love this side of young master..... Oh, what was I even thinking, why would I think I love him? Ji!!' Little Liu began to blush like crazy under her mask as her mind began to fill up with different thoughts.

"Let's get going," Li Yu said with his still pitiful voice.

….

"This is the last of the workload I've got, Plum Blossom Inn, wait for me!" Li Zhiqiang thought coldly as he stared at a large book on his desk.

Li Zhiqiang's mind had become unstable since the day he had locked his son up, he felt that he would not be able to take it anymore.

He would have stormed the Inn since the day he had locked his son up, but the workload on him was just too much that he does not dare to leave it, as they were extremely important for the clan.

'Wait for me son, I would be able to free you in three days, highest," Li Zhiqiang promised himself emotionally.

Thinking till here, he couldn't help but suddenly become angry.

'That bastard fist elder, I don't know what my offense to him was, he just needs digging up tasks for me to complete every time,' He thought unhappily.

Li Zhiqiang never knew he had entered into the middle of a huge storm as he is now.

…..

"Hehehe, with everything we've prepared and planned so far, Li Zhiqiang would surely be taken off the way tonight," An elderly old man was currently laughing maniacally.

While Li Yu and Little Liu were busy making preparation, and Li Zhiqiang also made his preparation, which was to storm plum blossom Inn, his son's property, First elder and his gang had already finished making their preparations by now.

The remaining elder who had deeply entered this cold river and could no longer shout of coldness couldn't help but shook their heads in regret when they saw how crazy the first elder had become.

"With all the foundation's establishment realm and the golden core realm cultivators I've been able to get, there is no way that bastard is avoiding his fate tonight, not even when grand elder get himself involved," The first elder continued maniacally.

"Ma- master, I hope we would not do much damage to the clan when we carry out the operations," One of the elders who had been trying to voice their only concerns all these days finally voiced it out.

Hearing what this elder said, the First elder suddenly turned to look at him coldly.

"What do you mean by damaging the clan, have you seen me a destroyer?" He asked angrily, with a dark face.

"No- no my future patriarch, I dared not mean things like that," The elder that angered the first elder immediately apologized.

Still looking coldly for a while, the first elder who had gone completely insane finally looked away.

"Make sure everyone one of you ties all the loose ends on your part, we can't afford to make any mistake tonight." he continued after a while, not looking at anyone in particular.

"Yes, my future patriarch," The five elders said with mixed feelings.

'may the ancestors forgive me,' they all thought at the same time as if they were sharing minds.

They had begun to be filled with mixed feelings since the day the first elder had decided to follow a path that might destroy the clan's foundation, but since they knew they could no longer go back, they all decided to follow the flow.

…..

After Li Yu and Little left the cold palace, they both secretly leave the Li Clan's estate, while Li Yu hid his appearance under a hood.

The guards at the estate gate had wanted to stop him. They felt he looked suspicious with how he dressed in the early morning until they saw the figure with an expressionless face mask on.

They immediately changed their minds as they knew how unreasonable her master could be if they were to offend him.

Not thinking too much into it, the guards allowed them free exit.

"Master, the shadow guards would be meeting their real master today." Little Liu who was filled with excitement by who knows what sang softly beside Li Yu.

Li Yu couldn't help but give her a silent look as he could not understand her source of excitement.

The two began their trip, passing through different streets and corners.

Most of the people they passed by acted very naturally like it's a natural occurrence seeing two people hide their identities.

Li Yu and Little Liu both walked for several hours before they finally stopped in a slum filled with dilapidated buildings and beggars.

"Is this where the headquarter located?" Li Yu asked quietly beside Little Liu as he looked around the dirty street.

He felt a ripple in his mind when he saw the scene of people suffering like this.

Li Yu had never seen any scene like this both in his last or in his newfound memories.

"Yes," Little Liu answered lightly as if she could not notice her master.

She looked around the dilapidated buildings that housed people pitifully.

'I would certainly have become one of these guys if I had not met the young master." Little Liu thought emotionally as she felt a sting in her eyes.

Li Yu who suddenly saw this from the back of his eyes immediately understood what she was feeling, he gave her a small and gentle pat on her head.

"As long as I'm alive, you would never experience a life like this," Li Yu promised.

"Young master…." Little Liu who had become deeply emotional called out gently.

"Hahaha, look at you getting emotional, what would your trainee think if they were to see their boss like this?" Li Yu suddenly busted into a load of laughter, destroying the emotional moment.

Little Liu couldn't help but become angry when she heard that, but a small part of her heart felt sweet as she understood why her master had talked like that.

"So where are we to," Li Yu asked curiously as he looked around the slum, thinking of where the headquarter could be in particular.

Little Liu took the lead and told Li Yu to follow behind.