Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 316 Restraint
As soon as Min Yuanxiu entered, he turned slightly to the side, presenting half of his masked face to Song Jian so that Song Jian could not see his expression.

After a long silence, he slowly said, "Let's just kill Gu Jingnian."

"Why?"

“I don’t see anything useful about him.” Min Yuanxiu’s tone returned to its cold and indifferent tone. “He couldn’t possibly order Yingyao to die.”

Song Jian smiled slightly and asked, "How do you know?"

Min Yuanxiu said, "Although I have met him quite a few times, he is stubborn and would rather fight us to the death than agree to this."

“Who knows?” Song Jian sat there, poured himself a glass of wine, and said casually, “I hated alcohol when I was a child. I would vomit at the smell of it. I never thought I would become a heavy drinker. It shows that nothing is absolute in life.”

Min Yuanxiu said, "In my humble opinion, rather than pinning our hopes on Gu Jingnian, we should seek other ways to break through the barrier."

“It’s difficult. Entering the realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven,” Song Jian said. “If I were to persuade Gu Jingnian, perhaps one day he would be willing to set aside his personal feelings for the sake of the people of Zhongzhou.”

Min Yuanxiu shook his head slightly, clearly disagreeing with Song Jian's words.

He didn't even manage a barely perceptible sneer on the half of Song Jian's face.

Perhaps he not only disagreed with Song Jian's judgment of Gu Jingnian, but also did not believe the truth of those words. How could he know whether they broke the boundary for the sake of Zhongzhou, or for their own selfish desires to refine the fertile people?

After a while, Min Yuanxiu thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "If the Jieren were to recruit Yingyao, would they still allow her to be so closely connected with Gu Jingnian?"

“It must have been broken,” Song Jian said. “But I also know a little about the methods of the Realm People. Within the Realm, their influence on Zhongzhou is minimal. Therefore, breaking the connection between Gu Jingnian and Yingyao must just be an illusion.”

"Illusion?"

"As long as Gu Jingnian agrees, it can be restored."

"How do I recover?"

Song Jian didn't answer, but glanced at Min Yuanxiu with a meaningful smile in his eyes.

"Commander, what's wrong?"

The two looked at each other, and the already limited expression on Min Yuanxiu's face gradually faded, revealing a somewhat defensive posture.

He already sensed that Song Jian's words today didn't seem to be addressed to Min Yuanxiu, but rather to Gu Jingnian.

It's quite normal that the commander of the Kaiping Division could see through his disguise.

However, at least until now, Song Jian has not revealed the truth, after all, he said at the beginning that he "wanted to have a good talk with Gu Jingnian".

"Do you know where Gu Caiwei is now?" Song Jian asked.

Min Yuanxiu readily replied, "Where?"

Song Jian sighed, "If Gu Jingnian can't take her away, where can he take her? The Central Plains is so vast, how can he take them, a widow and her child, to the Yihai? Gu Jingnian was wrong from the start. If he wants to protect his elder sister, he must first protect the Central Plains."

"If the commander still wants to persuade Gu Jingnian, it will probably be in vain."

"Then fight!"

Song Jian rambled on for a long time, then suddenly uttered these three words, his tone unusually firm.

He looked at Min Yuanxiu, as if he was ready to fight at any moment.

"In the end, all we'll do is hold a knife to Gu Caiwei and her daughter's throats to force Gu Jingnian to submit. So what if he can disguise himself and use teleportation? The Kaiping Division has countless treasures; do you really think I can't find him?"

As he spoke, Song Jian raised his hand and pointed to an unremarkable screen in the room.

Min Yuanxiu's gaze followed the finger he was pointing to, and he saw that the screen reflected him like a mirror, making him appear and disappear indistinctly.

“The Illusionary Screen,” Song Jian said, “can reveal whether someone is a real person or an image once they approach… Gu Jingnian, why did you have to take action?!”

Min Yuanxiu, who was sitting there, had raised his hand, and a faint flame flickered on his back.

He was indeed Gu Jingnian in disguise, and now that he knew Song Jian had seen through him, he planned to fight him to the death.

"Let me show you something else."

Song Jian remained calm, even with a hint of a smile, and without any suspicion of Gu Jingnian, turned his back and picked up a compass from the table.

But then they saw a tiny black dot, the size of a sesame seed, swaying slightly on the compass.

He placed the compass on the map on the table and said slowly, "You sent your shadow here, so your true body must be within twenty miles. We have found it."

"boom!"

A burst of flames swept towards Song Jian.

The fiery blade carried an aura that seemed capable of cleaving through heaven and earth, as if it would shatter this office.

However, Song Jian simply flicked his sleeve, as if wiping away water droplets with a rag, and wiped the fire blades in the air clean.

Gu Jingnian, disguised as Min Yuanxiu, frowned slightly, his figure flickered twice, becoming indistinct.

“Remember what I told you,” Song Jian said. “I’ll wait until you finally repent!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Min Yuanxiu's figure had already disappeared.

In Min Yuanxiu's office, the blood energy within the red luminous pearl rapidly dissipated, and soon only a wisp of blood energy remained floating inside.

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Meanwhile, in the south of the city, in Scissors Alley, a poor neighborhood in the capital, the ground was uneven and filled with dirty puddles.

A tall figure waded through the puddles, his steps were slightly limping, his face was covered in scars, and he wore a half-mask.

People occasionally darted past him like swallows, lying in ambush around a house ahead.

Once everyone was in place, Min Yuanxiu didn't linger. He went straight forward, kicked open the door of the house, and shouted loudly.

"Gu Jingnian!"

"Boom."

The door was kicked open, and inside sat a person sitting cross-legged on the ground; it was Min Yuanxiu.

The intense shockwave from that shout still lingered in the air. The two Min Yuanxiu exchanged a glance, and one of them coughed up blood.

Flame wings were faintly visible behind him.

"Gu Jingnian! You can't escape!" Min Yuanxiu shouted again.

The mask on Min Yuanxiu's face, which was sitting on the ground, shattered, and a fake eyeball fell to the ground, revealing half of Gu Jingnian's face. The flesh in the eye socket began to heal rapidly.

On the roof, the sound of breaking tiles echoed incessantly, and a considerable number of people surrounded Gu Jingnian.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow coated with anesthetic shot out and pierced Gu Jingnian's body.

However, the arrow pierced through his body, as if it had struck a ghost.

"He transmitted his image elsewhere!"

"Quick, compass, find his location..."

The next moment, the faint sound of a mirror shattering could be heard in the air, and Gu Jingnian disappeared again.

Min Yuanxiu entered the room and saw a pile of robes on the ground, which was the robe Gu Jingnian had worn when he disguised himself as Wang Qinghe.

"How did this kid know my whereabouts?"

Min Yuanxiu muttered to himself, a question arising in his mind.

Soon, someone shouted, "He's outside the city!"

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The woods were dense, and a wild rabbit was munching on the grass when suddenly, a drop of blood fell onto its gray fur.

The hare was startled and quickly darted into the nearby bushes.

Even though it was very alert, it didn't actually sense anyone approaching beforehand.

"Cough cough."

A figure then appeared in the woods; it was Gu Jingnian.

He was still wearing Min Yuanxiu's imposing robes, his hair was gray, and the disguise of half his face being covered in scars had not yet been removed.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he left the range of Min Yuanxiu's Lion's Roar, and his injuries quickly healed.

Although he would be at a disadvantage in a direct confrontation with Min Yuanxiu, Gu Jingnian didn't care. He could use teleportation to escape at any time.

Looking up at a ray of light filtering through the trees, he decided to teleport elsewhere to escape the pursuit of the Kaiping Division.

However, the entire forest suddenly darkened.

Before Gu Jingnian could send his message, darkness had already enveloped him.

He knew that the Kaiping Division had used a powerful superhuman to restrain him, so he immediately spread his fire wings.

The next moment, a thick fog enveloped us.

The firelight shone on the leaves, and water droplets quickly condensed on them. Then, the flames gradually died down.

"Gu Jingnian!"

Min Yuanxiu's shouts rang out again.

Although they were still far apart, the intimidating power in that voice resonated in Gu Jingnian's heart, making him feel dizzy.

He seemed to have fallen into a situation where he was surrounded by the Kaiping Division once again.

To escape, he must first leave the area that is controlling him.

Gu Jingnian chose a direction and began to run hard.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer; the pursuers must have arrived.

Gu Jingnian stopped, held his breath, and prepared to ambush the approaching pursuers.

But a voice came from the darkness.

"Young Master Gu, please come with me..."

(End of this chapter)