Chapter 8: Alone (Part 1)

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  At this moment, outside the courtyard, footsteps sounded hastily, accompanied by a strong gust of wind. A blue-robed old man appeared in the courtyard with a team of horses, and upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, his face changed. Qin Yu slightly raised his head and coldly glanced at the blue-robed old man, who immediately knelt down and said: "Greetings to Your Highness, I have arrived late."

  "Late?" Qin Yu repeated in a low voice, but his heart was filled with anger.

  If it had been a little earlier, I'm afraid my own grandfather would not have died. However, these people came too late. Moreover, Qin Yu had also seen this blue-robed old man beside his father king before and knew that he was one of his father king's confidants.

  "Take these things back to the palace, as for Lian Yeye, I'll take him back myself." Qin Yu's voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion.

  Qin Yu put on the Xuan Iron arm guards and leg guards, then held Lian Yan in his arms. With a long whistle from Qin Yu, the black eagle transformed into a black light and dived down, Qin Yu's figure flashed, and he got onto the eagle's back.

  "Xiao Hei, return to the Wang Fu." Qin Yu said lightly.

  The black eagle seemed to have sensed Qin Yu's sadness and did not frolic as it had in the past, instead flapping its wings and flying at top speed towards the Flame City Imperial Palace.

  The old man in blue watched as Qin Yu sat on the Black Eagle and disappeared into the horizon, his brow furrowing slightly before he gave orders to his subordinates: "Quickly, lift up Sword Toothed Tiger and hurry to the Wang Fu." The old man in blue himself had taken back the second piece of the Heaven Connecting Diagram.

  "Lian Yan is dead, but that easy-going person is also gone, it's not too bad. However, Wang Ye and Lian Yan had a very deep relationship..." The old man in blue clothes furrowed his brow, apparently feeling that something was off.

  ……

  In the imperial palace of Enjou City.

  Under an ancient tree, Qin De and Xu Yuan sat facing each other, quietly playing a game of Go.

  "Prince Wang, you've lost again." Xu Yuan gently placed a white piece and said with a smile.

  Qin De looked for a long time, smiled and shook his head: "Xu Yuan, your chess skills are getting more and more exquisite, even I am no match for you." Xu Yuan looked at Qin De, shook his head: "It's not that Xu Yuan's chess skills have improved, but today the king's mind is not calm."

  Qin De let out a sigh and said, "Indeed, today I've been feeling anxious, my heart won't calm down. I'm worried about Lian Bo's matter this time. Logically speaking, with Lian Bo's current strength, plus the two Pre-Heavenly Masters, resolving this matter shouldn't be a problem."

  "Don't worry, Your Highness. Even if Lian Qianbei's strength is extremely powerful, there are only a few people on Xiang Guang's side who can hurt him." Xu Yuan said with a smile.

  Suddenly, Qin De stood up and looked up at the sky.

  The black eagle swooped down, flying at high speed towards Qin De's location. On the back of the black eagle was Qin Yu sitting cross-legged. Qin De couldn't help but smile as he had been waiting for Qin Yu to return. The many pieces of Stone Flame Iron that Qin Yu left behind were a huge fortune for him, and he naturally wanted to reward Qin Yu handsomely.

  However... Qin De's smile froze because he saw that there was another person in Qin Yu's arms.

  "Halt!" Qin Yu leaped down from the back of the Black Eagle and landed on the ground.

  Holding Lianyan, Qin Yu stared at Qin De motionlessly. Qin De's face turned pale as he looked at Lianyan in Qin Yu's arms, and he struggled to control himself as he walked step by step towards them, Lianyan's pale face with a faint smile appearing before his eyes.

  "Father, even Grandfather is dead." Qin Yu's calm voice was filled with extreme sorrow.

  "How could this be, even Lian has a spiritual artifact?" Qin De's eyes moistened for an instant, and after a moment, he suddenly asked Qin Yu, "Yu'er, I'm asking you, is there someone named Yi Qingyu on Xiang Guang's side?"

  Qin Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know what identities those people have."

  Qin De saw the holes on Lian Yan's body and sighed, "These are the wounds of an embroidery needle. The only one who can use an embroidery needle to hurt Lian Bo is Yi Qingyu. Lian Bo has finally been freed."

  Qin De had experienced many things in his life, so he could naturally see what was on Lian Yan's mind.

  "The person who killed Lian Ye was already beheaded by Lian Ye with one sword." Qin Yu said directly, he had felt the great battle atmosphere between Lian Yan and his opponent being absorbed when he was on the back of the Black Eagle, and when he came down, he just saw Lian Yan killing his opponent, and then laughed loudly towards the sky.

  Qin De took a deep breath and nodded slightly: "Lian Bo has been freed, Yu'er, you don't have to be too sad. On the contrary, you should be happy for your Grandfather Lian."

  Qin Yu, however, didn't say a word and only stared at Lian Yan's body in his arms. After a moment, the servants from the palace came to take over Lian Yan's body. Qin Yu watched as Lian Yan's body was carried away, but he remained silent for a long time before speaking softly: "Father, I'm not feeling well. Let me go rest first. Don't let anyone disturb me."

  Qin Yu finished speaking and directly turned around, walking towards his own exclusive courtyard.

  In a solitary courtyard.

  Qin Yu sat quietly on the stone bench, gazing at the willow tree in front of her. The branches swayed gently, and Qin Yu seemed to see herself and Lian Yan playing together in this scene when they were children.

  "Ah!"

  Qin Yu's body suddenly moved, and he began to dance in the courtyard, completely following the thirty-six movements on the first piece of the "Tongtian Map". Qin Yu didn't think much about it, he just kept doing those movements at an extremely fast speed.

  Thirty-six strands of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, thick as arms, formed a ring shape, entwining each other, just like armor wrapping around Qin Yu. Then these energies penetrated into Qin Yu's body.

  Qin Yu's tears fell silently.

  Qin Yu's speed was getting faster and faster, he wasn't practicing his skills, but rather venting, his natural movements were also getting faster and faster, the thirty-six moves were getting faster and faster, until his whole body turned into a gust of wind flashing in the solitary courtyard.

  The spiritual energy of heaven and earth grew thicker and thicker, Qin Yu's speed faster, this spiritual energy of heaven and earth was even thicker, finally when Qin Yu transformed into a gentle breeze drifting away, the thirty-six columns of spiritual energy of heaven and earth actually produced a faint silver light, when the columns of energy containing the silver light merged into his body, his entire muscles suddenly trembled violently.

  "Ah~~~~"

  A sharp, tearing pain shot through his body, and Qin Yu suddenly stopped, his facial muscles twitching, tears welling up in his eyes. Without any restraint, he let out a long, mournful howl towards the sky, unsure whether it was due to the physical agony or the emotional torment within him. Qin Yu continued to wail, his voice unbroken, until he was left breathless, only then did he stop, and afterwards, he began to breathe heavily.

  "Fei..." Qin De's voice sounded from outside.

  Qin Yu took a deep breath and tried to calm down, saying: "Your Majesty, let me have some peace for a while, don't let anyone disturb me during this time. Just give me this time, okay?" The outside of the solitary courtyard was quiet for a long time, and then the footsteps gradually faded away.

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