An Uninvited Guest
Everyone discussed for a while and made a plan. Only then did they leave.
"Patriarch Qin, please wait. I have something to discuss with you in private." Chu Xingyun called out to Qin Tianyu. Qin Tianyu was stunned for a moment before he nodded and stayed.
Not long after, everyone left. Only Chu Xingyun and Qin Tianyu were left in the hall.
At this moment, it was already late at night. Bright moonlight sprinkled down and illuminated the ground to the point it was covered in frost, and it revealed a slight feeling of coldness.
"What does young master Chu want to discuss with me?" Qin Tianyu took the initiative to ask.
"Has Patriarch Qin ever heard of the radical faction?" Chu Xingyun asked. He sat upright and his expression became serious.
Qin Tianyu frowned as if he was thinking. He replied, "The radical faction is one of the major factions of the Liuyun Dynasty. Their methods are fierce and domineering. They don't even put the royal family in their eyes. I have some understanding of this."
"Then does Patriarch Qin know if something big happened in the Liuyun Dynasty sixteen years ago?" Chu Xingyun asked again. His words shocked Qin Tianyu so much that he stood up. His face turned pale, and his voice trembled as he said, "Why are you asking this?"
There was indeed an inside story!
Chu Xingyun saw Qin Tianyu's expression and frankly said, "To be honest, sixteen years ago, my family was massacred by bandits. Not only were there countless casualties, even my parents were kidnapped. After a series of investigations, I found out that the culprit was closely related to the Dreamy Cloud Martial House."
"Since this matter is related to the Dreamy Cloud Martial House, why did you suspect the radical faction?" Qin Tianyu was full of doubts.
"At first, I thought the mastermind was the Dreamy Cloud Martial House, until I found this in the Fog Forest." Chu Xingyun took out a square seal and handed it to Qin Tianyu.
"Lei Family Seal!" Qin Tianyu recognized that this square seal came from the Lei Family at a glance and said in shock, "The Lei Family has long retired to the mountains and forests. How can you possibly obtain this clan seal?"
Chu Xingyun shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The Lei Clan didn't live in seclusion in the forest. Their mansion is located in the center of the Dense Fog Forest. However, the Lei Clan no longer exists. They were completely exterminated sixteen years ago."
"Exterminate … Exterminate the clan?" Qin Tianyu took a few steps back, disbelief surging on his face.
Chu Xingyun continued, "I heard from Xue Qingwu that 16 years ago, a major event happened in the Liuyun Dynasty. This event not only changed the entire structure of the Liuyun Dynasty, but also caused the Radical Party to rise."
"Also 16 years ago, the Yunmeng Martial House came to the remote West Wind City and secretly bribed the Shui Clan. They even disguised themselves as enemies, massacred my Chu Clan's people and kidnapped my biological parents. These two events happened so suddenly that I can't help but suspect that there is a connection between them."
Speaking until here, Chu Xingyun stared at Qin Tianyu with a burning gaze and said seriously, "It is because of this that I came to the Imperial City. If Patriarch Qin knows any inside information, I hope you can tell me frankly."
Qin Tianyu looked at the Lei Family Seal in a daze. After a while, he finally sighed and said, "Actually, I am also not very clear about what happened 16 years ago. I only know that at that time, a group of uninvited guests came to the Imperial Palace."
Chu Xingyun's eyes narrowed. He held his breath and carefully listened to Qin Tianyu's story.
"At that time, I happened to be in the Imperial Palace. This group of people suddenly appeared, and with lightning speed, they easily massacred the Imperial Guards of the Imperial Palace and imprisoned many of the upper echelons of the Imperial Family. This event shocked the Imperial City, and the five Martial Houses sent all their experts to the Imperial Palace to rescue them. However, in the end, no one knew what happened."
"Three days later, that group of people left the Imperial Palace, and all the experts who entered the Imperial Palace returned safely. However, the difference was that from that moment onwards, many families and forces joined the Radical Party. The Radical Party rose, and the Imperial Family's power declined. The power structure of the Imperial City also changed dramatically."
Qin Tianyu sighed. It was because of this event that the Liuyun Dynasty became like this. There were endless disputes and suppression, and there was no harmony at all.
"In the Northern Wilderness, the Liuyun Dynasty's strength wasn't strong, but it was still an Imperial Dynasty. Just a group of people from the Radical Party was able to cause the Imperial City to fall. This shows how powerful they were."
"The Ten Thousand Beast Flame is an outstanding man-made flame. It is extremely complicated to refine, and it requires a huge amount of manpower and wealth. I'm afraid that no one in the entire Liuyun Dynasty has the qualifications to refine it. Could it be that this Ten Thousand Beast Flame was left behind by that group of people?"
Chu Xingyun put everything together. The more he thought about it, the more mysterious he felt. In his previous life, he had never heard of this secret. Someone must have deliberately concealed it.
"After this event, I have never seen that group of people again, and I haven't heard any news about them. As for whether this matter has anything to do with your parents, I don't know. However, you must be careful. The impact of this matter is too great, and it has already involved the interests of the Radical Party. It is definitely not something that you and I can bear." Qin Tianyu felt a wave of fear when he thought about it.
That group of people was too strong. They could easily kill the Imperial Guards with a snap of their fingers. Even Earth Spirit experts would find it difficult to survive. It was very likely that they were in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, or even higher.
Such an existence, even if it was just one person, was enough to turn the Imperial Family upside down. Not to mention that the other party was a group of people. They must represent some kind of huge power.
"I know what I'm doing. Patriarch Qin, you don't have to worry." Chu Xingyun gave Qin Tianyu a serious look. Then, his eyes darkened as he began to digest what Qin Tianyu had just said.
Seeing this, Qin Tianyu didn't want to disturb him. He sighed and left, leaving Chu Xingyun alone in the main seat, as if he had sunk into endless thoughts.
The next morning, the blazing sun had just peeked out from the clouds when the courtyard became lively.
Under Chu Hu's arrangement, everyone began to rush to the various areas of the Imperial City.
It had to be said that Chu Hu was very talented in management. More than fifty people were arranged in a very reasonable manner, greatly increasing the efficiency. Even Qin Tianyu couldn't stop praising him.
As for Qin Yuyan and Qin Shan, the two of them had previously managed the Hundred Treasures Building and had rich experience. They were responsible for imparting pill recipes and guiding the alchemists on how to refine pills.
Of these two parties, one was in charge of external affairs, and the other was in charge of internal affairs. Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and everything was going according to plan.
At dusk, the fiery atmosphere gradually calmed down.
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