Chapter 12: The Girl's Speculation

  At the same time that Lun Yu Guan was under attack by Hu Lan, in a luxurious mansion in Sheng Jing, an elegant and refined old lady was slowly savoring the strong tea in her hand. Below her sat a middle-aged man dressed in finery on one side, and a restless young girl who was fiddling with a cup in her hand, her eyes occasionally flashing with cleverness and calmness on the other.

  "How is Zhang?" asked the old lady.

  "I report to the aunt, after Geshu Hanwen saw a young man named Yelü Chuzhao, he suddenly led his troops towards Lianyu Pass." The middle-aged man replied.

  "What kind of person is this? What did they talk about?"

  "This Yelü Chuzhao is the nephew of the tribal chief of the Yelü tribe affiliated with Hulan. The Yelü tribe has always been brave and good at fighting, but later was forced to surrender by Hulan's strong military power and has been dissatisfied ever since. This time Yelü Chuzhao represented his tribe in the war against Shenglong, after capturing Lunyu Pass, he stayed there."

  After the wind and rain broke through Lianyu Pass, Ye Lü Chu Zhao disappeared. Two days ago, he suddenly appeared in Geshu Xingwen's army, and the two of them dismissed their attendants and talked for a whole night. Then Geshu Xingwen suddenly cancelled his order to march west and instead marched towards Lianyu Pass.

  "Is it related to the wind and rain again?" The old lady frowned, "How is this wind and rain investigation going? And what did you say for half a day, what does Geshu Xingwen want to do after all?"

  "Right, sorry! Neither of these two aspects has new information for the time being, and further investigation is needed." The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead.

  "Hmph, useless indeed! Li Chun, how can you revive our Li family with such incompetence?" The old lady was somewhat enraged, while the middle-aged man looked even more frightened.

  "Auntie, don't make things difficult for Father. At present, there's only this information!"

  The girl beside him intervened and said: "Although the current data cannot fully answer your question, I have some guesses that may not be far from the truth."

  "Tell me, your thoughts are always close to reality." The old man looked at the girl with affection.

  The girl paused and said, "Let's talk about Ge Shou Xing Wen first. I think it's very likely that Ye Lu Chu Zhao brought some information to make Ge Shou Xing Wen believe he could retake Lun Yu Guan or return from there, or made him think he couldn't not go to Lun Yu Guan."

  "Ge Shouxingwen is no fool, how could he easily believe it." Li Chun frowned and said.

  "I don't know about that, after all, Lianyu Pass has fallen twice in a year, so it's not hard for Geshu Hanwen to think of taking it; or maybe Feng Yu guaranteed him passage somehow." The girl shrugged indifferently.

  "Hum, nonsense! What's the point of letting Gao Shunwen go to Lunyu Pass in this wind and rain? Isn't that just asking for trouble?! Even if he wins, it won't bring much benefit to him, but if he loses, all the power they've built up will be ruined. And if they let Gao Shunwen pass, their newly gained reputation will be completely destroyed." Li Chun was clearly dissatisfied with his daughter's idea.

  "I've said it before, there's too little information, I'm not sure. Maybe he wants to weaken Hulan's power; maybe he wants to make a name for himself again; maybe he thinks selling it to Gesu Wenxian is a favor that will come in handy in the future! Of course, if Wind and Rain are really behind this, there must be more to it, I'm looking forward to seeing what other surprising moves they'll make! But on the other hand, it's also possible that Gesu Wenxian himself has some unavoidable reason for going to Leng Yuanguan."

  "I think you just like daydreaming all day."

  "Alright, Zhong Hui's words do make some sense. Ge Shu Xingwen is indeed a possibility for Lian Yu to consider. To achieve great things, one must be bold in assumptions and meticulous in seeking proof. Li Chun, your weakness is being too cautious. Sigh, if only Zhong Hui were a boy!"

  Can't girls do great things? Li Zhonghui thought to herself, her father was not an incompetent person, but his strengths lay in doing meticulous daily work, and he did not have the qualities of a leader. In fact, he himself had no such awareness. Can't the revival of the Li family be left to me to complete?

  "By the way, Zhong Hui, what else do you speculate about Feng Yu?" The old man continued to ask.

  "There is an immature hypothesis, because his surname is Feng, and the news from Ezhou, this person at a young age has a high-level five-element technique that generally only ancient aristocratic families have, and the most likely to meet these two conditions is - he is a descendant of the Fengyun family!"

  "What a legendary family! The one that was invited by the previous emperor to leave the Tianchi Sword Sect and, together with the four major families, joined forces to eliminate the Family Alliance?" One sentence shocked everyone present, not just Li Chun, but even the usually calm old lady couldn't control her emotions for a moment.

  "All these are just my guesses, and even Feng Yu herself may not be clear. To prove it, unless you can see the Feng family's ultimate skill "Feng Wu Jiu Tian", otherwise it will always be a guess."

  "Hmph, doesn't matter, even if it's not true we can make it true. This game is getting more and more interesting! Zhong Hui, do you think we should get in touch with this kid?"

  "There's no need to rush." The girl said lazily, "If he has the ability, he will come to Shengjing quickly; if he is just relying on luck, then he doesn't have the qualifications to discuss cooperation with us. Although it's said that an enemy of an enemy is a friend, after all, our Li family possesses the largest commercial network and the most efficient killer organization in Shendragon, so naturally, our collaborators should also possess corresponding abilities, don't you think, Auntie?"

  After finishing, the girl playfully blinked her eyes, but in her heart she was thinking: Feng Yu, what kind of person are you? Can the Li family get what they want from cooperating with you? I'm getting more and more excited.