Inside the pavilion.
Xie Weilou sat on the bed, deep in thought.
Tianqi City was indeed not very peaceful now.
Three years ago, the old emperor was ill in bed, and the position of crown prince had not been decided, so all the princes and princesses were forming factions, preparing for the future.
Currently, in the imperial court, the First Prince, Second Prince, and Third Prince were the main competitors; they had the deepest foundations and controlled the largest forces.
There was a high probability that the crown prince would be chosen from these three.
However, this matter was temporarily not very relevant to Xie Weilou.
“......”
Xie Weilou recalled some events from three years ago.
The massacre of the Lin family was certainly not done by the original owner.
The original owner did indeed go to the Lin family at the instigation of his guards, wanting to regain face from Lin Qinghuang, but he was not bold enough to dare massacre an entire family.
When the original owner arrived at the Lin family, the Lin family had already been slaughtered.
Why did some of the Lin family's properties end up in his name?
This had to do with one of the original owner's guards, but unfortunately, that guard had mysteriously disappeared as if he had evaporated from the world.
If he could find that person, he would know some things.
Why did the Lin family's maid identify him?
Either the maid was bribed, or she happened to see Xie Weilou appear there with people and subconsciously thought that Xie Weilou was responsible for everything.
According to Xie Weilou's speculation, the destruction of the Lin family was most likely related to the competition among the princes.
After all, before this, those princes were all vying for control over some wealthy families in Tianqi City, and the Lin family happened to be a lucrative target!
Unfortunately, being imprisoned in the Dungeon for three years, he had been cut off from information and temporarily did not know who the true perpetrator was.
Xie Weilou naturally would not take the blame for this; he was determined to dig out the person behind it and crush them!
Releasing a West Chu major criminal was indeed something the original owner did, for the sake of a woman, Nightingale, the courtesan of Wansha House.
She was from West Chu, but unfortunately, the romantic evening the courtesan promised had not yet materialized.
As for peeking at the Princess bathing...
A perfect, graceful body appeared in Xie Weilou's mind; the Princess was a beauty, but also a ruthless and venomous woman.
The original owner was also framed in this matter.
He drank with some scoundrels until he was unconscious, and when he woke up, he was already lying in the same bed as the Princess.
So he did not see the Princess bathing, but rather saw everything about her!
What was interesting was that at the time, the Princess had already been heavily stimulated by Fragrant Beauty, and even more interestingly, throughout Tianqi City, only the Princess herself possessed Fragrant Beauty.
So, did she intentionally offer herself up to frame him? This matter was not that simple; when the Princess woke up, she was very frightened.
According to Xie Nantian's speculation, the Princess indeed wanted to frame him, but the person who should have been lying there at the time was the Third Princess, but for some unknown reason, it ended up being the Princess herself.
Perhaps the Princess wanted to frame him and the Third Princess, but ended up being schemed against and inexplicably sacrificed herself.
Therefore, the case at Wansha House tonight was not as simple as it seemed, because Fragrant Beauty appeared.
Fragrant Beauty belonged to the Princess, so how could it be easily used?
“Enough! Continue cultivating.”
Xie Weilou waved his hand, a force sealing the pavilion.
He closed his eyes and circulated the Nirvana Sutra; he was now at the Tuojiang Realm Late Stage, and he felt that he was not far from the Tuojiang Realm Peak.
Buzz!
The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged wildly towards Xie Weilou.
The spiritual energy entered his body, circulated through his spiritual bones and meridians, and finally entered his Dantian, constantly circulating in a grand cycle, expanding his Dantian.
Each martial arts realm had its unique characteristics.
Xuanhuang Realm: Also known as the Bone Forging Realm, this realm focuses on spiritual bones, aided by cultivation techniques, to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the spiritual bones, circulating continuously to forge all bones in the body.
Once all bones in the body are transformed into spiritual bones, the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will increase, and the Xuanhuang Realm will be complete.
The original owner possessed spiritual bones, but unfortunately, they were dim and considered Waste bone , just like having no spiritual bones.
Normally, in this situation, one could not embark on the path of cultivation, but the Nirvana Sutra transformed his waste bones into true spiritual bones.
Shackles Realm: This involves opening the twelve hidden meridians in the human body; the hidden meridians are blocked, thus requiring them to be cleared.
Once the hidden meridians are opened, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth can pass through the meridians and enter the Dantian, allowing the Dantian to store some spiritual energy.
The more hidden meridians are cleared, the faster the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally becomes.
Tuojiang Realm: This is a process of expanding the Dantian.
Generally speaking, the larger the Dantian opened, the greater the amount of spiritual energy stored, and naturally, the stronger the combat power.
Under normal circumstances, a cultivator reaching the Tuojiang Realm Peak can open a Dantian of one hundred cubic units, but now Xie Weilou has entered the Tuojiang Realm Late Stage and has already opened four hundred cubic units.
He felt that after entering the Tuojiang Realm Peak, he could open another one hundred cubic units, reaching five hundred cubic units.
At that time, his Dantian size would be five times that of others, and the stored power would also be five times that of others, making his combat power stronger and his advantage greater in battle.
——
The next day, early morning.
Xie Weilou opened his eyes, feeling refreshed, and his Dantian had expanded a bit more.
“Young Lord, may I come in?”
Lihua’s voice sounded from outside the hall.
“Come in.”
Xie Weilou said softly.
Lihua entered, carrying washing utensils: “Young Lord, please wash up first.”
“Mm.”
Xie Weilou quickly washed up.
Then.
Butler Fu walked in and bowed to Xie Weilou: “I already know about last night’s matter.
Thank you, Young Lord, for standing up for Lihua, but...”
Li Yuan was dead, and Xie Wuji had an arm severed; this was no small matter.
The Anping Marquis Estate and Xie Cangxuan would certainly not let it go.
Xie Weilou said calmly: “You don’t need to worry about this; I have it under control.
Next, I need to go to the Tianquan Division.”
“Tianquan Division?”
Butler Fu was stunned for a second.
Xie Weilou said: “My Third Uncle found a job for me; I’m going to gain some experience.”
“Gain experience!”
Upon hearing this, Butler Fu’s heart stirred; was the Young Lord about to make a move?
Gaining experience was extremely important.
Xie Weilou was already the Young Lord, and now Xie Cangxuan was only temporarily acting as Marquis Zhenxi.
The other party could completely use Xie Weilou’s insufficient strength as an excuse not to give him the title of Marquis.
But if Xie Weilou gained experience in the Tianquan Division, he would then have a reason to make Xie Cangxuan abdicate, after all, hereditary succession was the system of Great Xia.
Xie Weilou smiled faintly: “You don’t need to think too much; just focus on your own matters.
I have my own plans.”
“Understood.”
Butler Fu bowed.
Last night, the Young Lord had already met with Third Master.
Although Third Master usually did not interfere with the affairs of the Zhenxi Marquis Manor, if Xie Cangxuan went too far, Third Master might not stand idly by.
Thus, Xie Weilou had some protection.
“......”
Xie Weilou said no more, waved his hand, and walked out of the building.
In the courtyard.
Last night’s bloody smell had been covered up.
A group of soldiers and guards were gathered together, their faces pale, as they had truthfully received their military floggings.
Xie Weilou glanced at everyone indifferently: “Not bad.
If my Second Uncle returns, just tell him truthfully about last night.
If he has any thoughts, tell him to come find me personally then, and I will reason with him.”
Reason?
Reason with a hammer?
Xie Cangxuan was just at the Late Stage of the Shackles Realm three years ago, and now at most a Territory Expansion Realm.
If he was foolish enough to seek death, he wouldn’t mind sending him to his grave.
The old master and Xie Nantian were both gone; adding Xie Cangxuan wouldn’t make much difference!
“We understand.”
The Middle-aged General quickly bowed.
At this moment, they felt a strange sense of dread towards Xie Weilou.
Just last night, a prominent figure from the Tianquan Division arrived and quietly suppressed the events of the night, telling them not to spread the word, which was strangely eerie.
Xie Weilou had been in the Tianquan Division Dungeon for three years, so why would someone from the Tianquan Division come to help him? Could there be something special going on?
It was puzzling!
As for Xie Wuji, they would have to wait for Xie Cangxuan to return to know his attitude; his son lost an arm, so he likely wouldn't let it go.
Xie Weilou ignored the crowd and left the Zhenxi Marquis Manor with his hands behind his back.