Chapter 430 Countermeasure Four

Liu Mingyang looked excited and hurried closer, as if wanting to see more clearly.

"Long time no see." Li Cheng颐 smiled, his face still the same as it was eight years ago, unchanged at all.

"My lord, you're finally back! Ever since you disappeared, the Ouyang family has been suppressing the Wang family from different angles. Now, even Brother Wang Zhijun's clinic can't stay open anymore. Back then..." Liu Mingyang quickly began to pour out his grievances.

Li Cheng颐 then learned that after his disappearance, Liu Mingyang had followed a merchant caravan to Qu Ling Prefecture, taking his token and seeking refuge with Wang Zhijun, who had genuinely accepted him and even taught him the Qing Yuan Dan method passed down in his family.

But... the good times didn't last long.

Because of the complete disappearance of Ouyang Qing of the Ouyang family, they had also implicated Wang Yichen and the Wang Zhijun clan, and began to target and suppress them.

In these past few years, although there had been no open killing, the Wang family's industries and businesses in Qu Ling Prefecture had deteriorated, to the point where they were no longer making ends meet.

"Did the Shen Wu Si (Divine Martial Division) say anything?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"No... The Shen Wu Si came twice, just to send a message, saying that your position was suspended and replaced by a newcomer, and that because your disappearance wasn't due to official duties, all your previous salary and the like had been confiscated." Liu Mingyang's tone carried a hint of anger. Now that he recalled the faces of those two from the Shen Wu Si at the time, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

Li Cheng颐 didn't care about any of this.

"What other important things have happened?" He could get money anytime.

"There's also... the year before last, a shocking event happened in Yin Du." Liu Mingyang paused and swallowed. "After that major event, the previous policies are no longer in place. Yin Du has abolished a large number of the original national promotion systems. Your position was completely cleared out at that time."

"What major event?" Li Cheng颐's expression shifted.

"The current national preceptor, Song Yunhe, who topped the Shao Yin Feng Tian (Young Yin Sealing Heaven) rankings, suddenly disappeared. No one knows where the old man went. Now that the Emperor has lost his restraints, he has issued many outrageous decrees in recent years, only caring about collecting treasures and resources from all over the country to send up, and not caring about other national affairs or people's livelihoods." Liu Mingyang became emotional as he spoke.

"In order to gather the necessary resources, there are refugees and starving people everywhere outside Qu Ling Prefecture. Many families have been ruined..."

"Alright, take me to find Wang Zhijun." Li Cheng颐 patted his shoulder.

He had promised Wang Zhijun to return to the clan and strengthen it. Now, not only had he not strengthened it, but he had also implicated them a lot.

Now that he was back, it was time to clean up the mess.

Moreover, the Wang family's medicinal resources could also provide him with a great deal of assistance in cultivating his Zhen Qi (True Qi).

"Okay!"

As he turned to leave with Liu Mingyang, Li Cheng颐 casually confirmed the activation of the passive Flower Language trait.

Instantly, a large amount of blue light lit up from the Evil Flower mark and quickly covered his whole body.

But Liu Mingyang in front couldn't see it at all.

Under the continuous cover of blue light, Li Cheng颐 only felt that every inch of his muscles, blood, bones, and nerves were rapidly becoming thicker.

This was a very peculiar feeling.

Without any additional energy injection, it was as if someone was holding a pen and gently stroked his body, comprehensively improving the overall cell vitality, strength, lifespan, recovery, and so on, by many, many times.

Everything was like water without roots, inexplicably and rapidly strengthening.

Li Cheng颐 walked a few dozen meters with Liu Mingyang before the blue light on his body dimmed.

On the surface, he was still using Shadow Substitute to maintain Wang Yichen's appearance, but in reality, he could already feel that he was like a balloon that was so full it was about to explode.

His energy was indescribably vigorous, as if he could easily cultivate frantically for ten days and ten nights without sleep.

There was no sense of fatigue, even though he had just used Reverse Trace Transversal to come to Midraan, he didn't feel the slightest bit tired.

The two walked along the street towards the Wang family's clinic. Eight years later, Qu Ling Prefecture was noticeably much quieter than it had been before.

There weren't many pedestrians on the street, and there were fewer patrolling soldiers.

Before long, they arrived in front of the clinic.

The clinic's main door was tightly shut, with no one guarding it.

On the ground at the edges, on the doorposts, there were traces of damage everywhere.

Liu Mingyang led Li Cheng颐 to knock on the side door. A servant opened the door quietly and let the two in.

The two quickly saw the current Wang Zhijun in the inner room.

This former young clan leader was now sallow and emaciated, weighing no more than fifty pounds, weak and frail, and lying in bed, barely able to get up.

There was a bluish-black palm print on his chest, obviously caused by a serious injury.

"Brother Chen...!? You're alright!?" Seeing Wang Yichen enter from the outside, Wang Zhijun's dim eyes suddenly lit up.

Like a light being lit in the darkness.

"How did you get like this?" Li Cheng颐 frowned. "Was it the Ouyang family?"

"No, it wasn't them. Brother Chen, didn't you say before that you wanted to find other related items of the Phantasmal Colored Dragon? Later, I paid attention and kept an eye out. Five years ago, in an accident, I picked up a clue about the Phantasmal Colored Dragon's corpse from a batch of discarded antiques, but I was caught and interrogated by a mysterious person, and I was hit in the chest, almost dying..."

"..." Li Cheng颐 was speechless. In the end, if Wang Zhijun hadn't gotten involved with him, he could have honestly and dutifully run his own clinic business. But now, the clinic had lost business due to the Ouyang family's involvement, and he himself had been severely injured and nearly died because he was investigating the Phantasmal Colored Dragon's clues for him.

He estimated that if he had come a year later, Wang Zhijun might have turned into a grave mound.

"Let me take a look." He walked forward under the light and reached out to hold Wang Zhijun's pulse.

While pretending to take his pulse, he quickly and quietly covered his whole body with the Radiance Force Field.

Instantly, a continuous stream of healing force rapidly restored Wang Zhijun's overdrawn body.

His complexion clearly became rosy quickly, and the spirit in his eyes also began to recover rapidly.

"There's also..." Wang Zhijun perked up, but there was no joy on his face, but rather some hesitation and indecision.

"There's one more thing, the news only came last month... Brother Chen, you have to stay calm when you hear it!"

"What is it? Tell me." Li Cheng颐 suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"At the end of last year, New Alliance Town was attacked by Blood Yuan martial artists, your father... Wang Yifeng, the head constable, and the new town general and other experts suffered heavy casualties. Your sister, Wang Yiheng, is missing... Wang Constable..."

"...How is he!?" Li Cheng颐's voice didn't betray any emotion.

After all, he wasn't Wang Yichen, so Wang Yifeng wasn't his father.