Fairy, please let me explain.

Chapter 748: The Chess Player
The news of Ran Jianli's death was undoubtedly bad news for Xu Yuan.

After all, the big old man is an important person to Big Bingtuozi, even more important than his father, and he can be considered as his future half-father-in-law.

But for some reason,
The moment the news finally came to light, Xu Yuan's originally clenched heart began to calm down.

He digested the news almost instantly.
Almost in an instant, he digested the heart-wrenching pain that Ran Jianli's death had brought to Ran Qingmo.

The speed is so fast, almost cold-blooded.

The silence was so quiet that one could hear the heartbeat and breathing. Xu Yuan had been staring at his father and spoke:

"Who did it?"

Xu Yinhe slowly turned around and continued walking towards the study, his words echoing in the inner courtyard alley:
"It's good that you don't show it, but you're still a little confused."

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After that, there was silence for a moment.

Xu Yuan also realized that under normal circumstances he would not ask such a stupid question.

Who did it?
Who else could it be?

There are only a handful of people in the world who can accomplish this.

The rustling of footsteps,

Xu Yinhe's voice was as calm and solemn as an ancient well, with a warning:

"Changtian, the existing rules have been destroyed by your submission of the Immortal Law of Tax Equalization. The whole world has begun to fall apart. Before new rules are re-established, anyone may die before your eyes. Changge, Xinyao, Lou Ji, Hua Hong, and even your father may disappear forever before your eyes due to some force majeure."

"Long sky,
"This is not a joke, nor is it an opera story. Since you have chosen to start this path of chaos, you should be prepared to face everything."

silence,

Xu Yuan's voice was a little hoarse and weak:
".The child knows."

"."

Xu Yinhe lowered his eyes. He felt uncomfortable that his own responsibilities had to be handed over to the next generation.

Although the admonition just now was light, it placed the descendants behind him in the highest position.

This is a responsibility, but also a pressure.

But he has no other choice now.

Therefore, even if it means forcing things to grow faster, he needs to make Changtian grow up quickly.

In the end, it was Xu Yuan who broke the silence.

He took a deep breath and whispered:
"Father, where did you get this information?"

The old man in front of him would not do something without a purpose, but Ran Jianli was one of the most powerful saints in the world after all. It was strange that he was killed so quietly.

Xu Yinhe did not hide anything and turned the corner of the alley:

"Father is not the first one to know the news from the Sword Sect, or perhaps this news will spread throughout the world tomorrow."

Speaking of which,
Xu Yinhe glanced back slightly, his dark pupils staring directly into Xu Yuan's eyes:
"The Saintess of Jiantian Pavilion personally brought Ran Jianli's body to the Tianyuan Competition."

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Xu Yuan's heartbeat stopped for a moment.

Xu Yinhe half-squinted his eyes, his gaze was like an eagle, and tremendous pressure instantly surged towards Xu Yuan. His voice was still calm, but it was filled with the power of overwhelming power:

"According to the news sent back by Yuan Hao, the saint girl has already broken through to the level of Transcendental, and her temperament is very different from what you saw before. She has become divine and ruthless. It seems that she has entered a state that only the Lord of the Heavenly Guard Pavilion can reach because of her cultivation method."

"." Xu Yuan was silent.

When they were in the Western Desert, the enchantress Tian Ye had teased and joked, wanting to have fun. She wondered what choice Tian Yan would make when he saw him forcibly enter that state of nothingness.

At that time he didn't care much about it and just brushed it off, but he knew in his heart that this was indeed something that might happen in the future. He just didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

Although he did not ask Tian Yan for a promise like the one made by Big Ice, this contradiction still made him feel conflicted.

In the end, will we still have to fight?
As if seeing the determination in the heir's heart, Xu Yinhe gradually gathered his momentum and whispered:

"In this matter, I have finally broken my promise. After fighting with me, Ran Jianli was seriously injured and could not recover. He was isolated and helpless. It was probably at this time that those people had the opportunity to take advantage of him. Maybe I should have sent that guy off at that time."

Xu Yuan curled his lips, a little bitter:

"Father, it's not your fault. You have done your best."

Although I haven't personally experienced the situation at that time, I can imagine it. This father must do his best to hide it from the royal family, and with such a full effort, Ran Jianli's serious injury is almost inevitable.

As for escorting Ran Jianli, let alone doing so.

At that time, the father had already been targeted by God. If he had shouldered the pressure to escort Ran Jianli, the seriously injured and dying person might have become himself.

But the question is, how did the Hidden Sect know Ran Jianli’s exact location?

From the intelligence side,

The Hidden Sect should not even know that Ran Jianli is still alive.

Internal response?

Less likely.

Apart from the two parties involved, his father only told him about the whole incident. Even the high-ranking officials in the prime minister's mansion were kept in the dark about the truth.

Xu Yuan finally asked this question:

"How do they know Ran Jianli's location?"

Xu Yinhe was silent for a moment, and whispered:

"I am not a person who knows everything in the world, but I have two guesses about this matter. First, the Tianjian Pavilion deduced the secrets of heaven and figured out Ran Jianli."

"This is impossible."

"reason."

"The future has fallen into an unpredictable long night of catastrophe. Last time, in order to guess my location and assassinate me, he even paid the price of half of the Yantian Jue."

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When Xu Yinhe first heard about the opportunity of the third son, he was slightly surprised, but he did not ask any more questions. He accepted the reason and said:

"That leaves only the second guess."

As he spoke, Xu Yinhe calmly raised his eyes and glanced at the cloudless blue sky above.

"You mean providence?"

Xu Yuan asked subconsciously, but the answer was beyond his understanding.

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the study courtyard again. Without entering the room, the father and son sat down at the stone table under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard.

Xu Yinhe lowered his eyes and looked at his palm, and said slowly:
"I have been in this realm for twenty years. The position I am in and the things I am facing have prevented me from taking the risk of exploring deeper into this realm. However, I also know that every time God's will descends, a very special kind of Qi fluctuation will be generated."

Xu Yuan responded quickly:
"Are you saying that the woman surnamed Wen also sensed this?"

"maybe."

".The fluctuation of this Qi machine is very wide?"

"It's not small, nor is it large. It's about half the size of the capital."

"The woman surnamed Wen should be in Jiangnan now. The probability should be so small that it can be ignored."

Halfway through his speech, Xu Yuan suddenly stopped talking.

He thought of the strange magic of the woman named Wen, which was to clone herself and possess a spirit.

Xu Yuan's tone was a little hesitant: "Her clone can also sense this energy?"

Xu Yinhe said slowly: "An ordinary clone should not work, but perhaps there is a body of hers with the cultivation of a saint hidden in the capital."

Xu Yuan said firmly: "This kind of external magic definitely has a distance limit, otherwise it would violate the principles of cultivation."

Xu Yinhe's voice remained steady:

"Changtian, this Madam Wen may be the one who will compete with my Prime Minister's Mansion for the world in the future.

"In the absence of evidence, no matter how serious it is, it is not too serious, even if we consider the worst possible outcome."

"Perhaps she had been preparing since the moment my father and Ran Jianli fought, and then she successfully foiled my father's plan to let Ran Jianli secretly control the Hidden Sect."

“But it could also be that there are things that your father doesn’t know that made her aware of Ran Jianli’s movements.

"after all,
"She has entered and explored this realm for over a thousand years."

(End of this chapter)