For the next three months, Lu Li and Qian Huanhan lived a peaceful and comfortable life.
Qian Huanhan had learned to be smarter. Even though he would be beaten every now and then, he would remember the rules after a while. He would not make any more mistakes.
During the three months, Patriarch Gu only came to Lu Li and Qian Huanhan five times. Three times was for them to clean up, one time was for him to organize books, and the other time was for Patriarch Gu to grill meat and pour wine for him …
After the last failure, Patriarch Gu never tried again. He would sit under the grape trellis and read all day long.
He would not call Lu Li and Qian Huanhan if there was nothing important. Lu Li and Qian Huanhan would cultivate and study in their own room.
Qian Huanhan had begun to learn but Lu Li did not take any action.
He knew that Inhibition Formations were the key to forging artifacts. Without mastering Inhibition Formations, even if Lu Li could forge artifacts, he could only make low-grade Relics of the lowest level and the chances of failure would be high.
Tian Lingzi had left behind many books in various fields. Lu Li started from the basics and mastered them bit by bit.
During this time, Lu Li and Qian Huanhan did not go out. Therefore, Lady Dan and the others could not find a way to trouble them.
Patriarch Gu had a strange temperament. Disciples would try their best to avoid him. Why would he come to Patriarch Gu's door?
Qian Huanhan wanted to go out for a walk. After all, staying here was boring. But Lu Li stopped him.
Lady Dan and the others had been waiting for a long time. If they went out now, they would be in trouble.
To become a formal disciple, Lu Li must not make any mistakes in half a year. If he could become a formal disciple, Cabinet of Cloud might come after him. The Chamber of Relics would protect him.
After all, if he could not protect a formal disciple, the other disciples would be disappointed.
Cabinet of Cloud had been quiet recently. Was it because they did not find out who Lu Li was or because they knew he was in the Chamber of Relics and did not dare to come?
Four days passed. Suddenly, there was some noise in the Valley of Relics. Lu Li activated the Inhibition Formation in his room and did not know. But Qian Huanhan was alarmed.
Qian Huanhan walked out and woke Lu Li up. They walked out of the room and looked toward the entrance of the Valley of Relics. Many people were gathered there.
Lu Li wondered what was going on.
"Go and find out what is going on.
How can you make such a ruckus? "
A hoarse voice came. Qian Huanhan wanted to go and watch the fun. As soon as he heard Patriarch Gu's voice, he dragged Lu Li out of the room.
"Don't panic!"
Lu Li threw him a glance. His steps were steady. Qian Huanhan looked at Lu Li and slowed down as well. They walked toward the entrance of the valley unhurriedly.
Many people had already gathered at the entrance of the valley, and some were even rushing towards the north of the valley. It seemed that something big had happened.
Arriving at the small plaza at the entrance of the valley, Lu Li noticed that there were many people gathered there. From afar, he saw many people lying on the ground.
Wrong!
There were many corpses lying on the ground!
Qian Huanhan noticed it too. He was shocked and the two of them quickened their pace.
Lu Li saw Liu Yun, Long Yunhai, and Lady Dan with a group of young ladies. All of them were angry.
Lu Li and Qian Huanhan walked toward Liu Yun quietly. Lu Li cupped his fists and said, "Brother Liu Yun, we are here on Patriarch Gu's orders. What is going on here?"
"There's a Brown Blood Mountain thousands of miles to the southeast!"
Liu Yun said solemnly, "Brown Blood Mountain is where we produce special divine materials. A few days ago, a dozen disciples went there to collect the divine materials, but they were all killed. Furthermore, the corpses didn't seem to be killed by wild beasts!"
"Eh …"
Lu Li and Qian Huanhan looked at each other, speechless.
Disciples of the Chamber of Relics were killed?
This was a serious matter, a provocation to the Chamber of Relics. Was there going to be a drastic change?
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh ~"
At the north, over a dozen Beasts of the Void flew away toward the southeast.
Powerful warriors of the Chamber of Relics must have been sent out to collect information and find the murderer.
"Let's go back!"
Lu Li waved his hand and led Qian Huanhan back to Patriarch Gu's yard. At the yard, Lu Li asked Qian Huanhan to wait outside in case he said something wrong and was punished by Patriarch Gu.
Lu Li went to the backyard and bowed. "Patriarch, something happened at the Brown Blood Mountain. Over a dozen disciples were killed. I don't think they were killed by wild beasts. They were killed by humans!"
"Brown Blood Mountain?"
Patriarch Gu was furious. He slapped the table and stood up. "Who dares to make trouble at the Brown Blood Mountain?
If anyone dares to destroy my Brown Blood Crystals, no matter who it is, I will tear them apart! "
"Qian Huanhan, get your ass in here!"
Patriarch Gu shouted all of a sudden. Qian Huanhan hurried over. Patriarch Gu took out a small Beast of the Void and threw it into the sky.
The Void Beast quickly grew bigger. He shot out a stream of light and soared into the sky. He said in midair, "Follow me to the Brown Blood Mountain."
"Yes!"
Lu Li and Qian Huanhan bowed. The Beast of the Void glowed, and Lu Li and Qian Huanhan were sucked in.
The Beast of the Void dashed away. Patriarch Gu stayed in the small hall while Lu Li and Qian Huanhan sat in the hall behind.
Qian Huanhan was excited. After all, going out was better than staying in his room all day.
Lu Li, on the other hand, was not happy at all. Instead, he was worried. He had a bad feeling.
This was strange!
What was the Chamber of Relics?
It was a branch of the Craftsmen's Sect. The Chamber of Relics itself was a force that could do whatever it wanted in southern Divinity, not to mention the Craftsmen's Sect.
The Chamber of Relics enjoyed a high status. Not even the 72 sects dared to provoke the Chamber of Relics.
Now, over a dozen disciples were killed?
In the territory of the Chamber of Relics.
This was a big joke. In any case, the Chamber of Relics would get to the bottom of it. They would not stop until they found the culprit.
Even the 72 sects or other forces of the same level would suffer when they found out that the Chamber of Relics was responsible. After all, the Chamber of Relics was backed by a super force, the Craftsmen's Sect.
Therefore, unless some forces wanted to court their own destruction, nobody would dare to touch disciples of the Craftsmen's Sect.
Or, they might run into a crazy warrior who accidentally killed disciples of the Chamber of Relics. But the chances of that were slim.
If Patriarch Gu had not taken action, Lu Li would not have been so alarmed.
As soon as Patriarch Gu heard about the Brown Blood Mountain, he took them with him.
How could it be so coincidental?
Lu Li sensed a hint of a conspiracy. Maybe … the enemies were here for him. Someone was plotting!
The thing was …
Was the person not afraid that the Chamber of Relics would find him?
Once he was found, not even the 72 sects would be able to stand the pressure.
Lu Li suspected that this was a plot by the Cabinet of Cloud, Ling Feidu's grandpa, Ling Wanjian.
What Lu Li could not figure out was why Ling Wanjian was so confident that the Chamber of Relics could not find any evidence.
Besides, there were so many powerful warriors at the Brown Blood Mountain. How could Ling Wanjian assassinate Lu Li?
If Ling Wanjian could not kill Lu Li, then what was the point of this plot?
"I must be careful, very careful!"