Flying Dust Chapter 66:
Liu Feiying’s body was cremated and put her bone ashes into an urn (altar).
Mo Feichen knew that he could only terminate his plan to go to the Western Region now, but he just didn’t know where his fate would go under such a change, and when he would be able to see He Yunfeng again.
“Don’t worry, there are many disciples in Xiu Shui Palace, you can ask them to go to the Western Region (a Han Dynasty term of Yumenguan (玉门关), including what is now Xinjiang (新疆) and parts of Central Asia) to look for He Yunfeng for you. If you can’t, I will personally go to the Western Region to help you find him when everything settles down.”
As soon as these words came out, Mo Feichen’s heart was moved and he held onto Lu Qingmo’s hand, “Big brother Lu, there are some words that I don’t know if I should say.”
“You say it.” Lu Qingmo smiled lightly and seemed to have guessed what he wanted to say.
“You said that you hope there will be no hard feelings between us, and I, Mo Feichen, have done that. You said that you would return me to He Yunfeng, and I believe you can do it. You also said that if I really want to return you something then let you treat me well… but at this point I will soon not be able to do it …” Mo Feichen raised his eyes, Lu Qingmo’s expression was still the same calm, not shocking. “You gave me too much, but I didn’t give you anything.”
“Who said you gave me nothing?” Lu Qingmo got up and patted Mo Feichen on the shoulder, “You made me stop indulging in a false dream, difficult to free oneself.”
Mo Feichen wanted to say something more, but Lu Qingmo looked sideways at the sky, “Don’t be like a little girl, can’t let go.”
Several people decided not to walk on the main road and hurried to Ding Chan Temple.
When they arrived at the temple, they were still half a day away from the temple when they unexpectedly met Li Du.
Because they were afraid of meeting Wen Qianliu on the main road, they had been walking in the wilderness, but they didn’t expect to see Li Du fainted on the bank when Luo Qingyu was fetching water by the creek.
Luo Qingyu called Mo Feichen and the others over, fed Li Du some water from the stream, and poured true qi into him before he opened his eyes.
“Senior brother Li! What’s wrong with you!” Mo Feichen looked at him and had a bad feeling.
Li Du coughed, Yu Jin hurriedly smoothed out his breath, “Feichen, don’t be anxious for now.” Li Du glanced at Mo Feichen, and a guilty look appeared on his face, “I’m sorry, Junior Brother Mo…the matter you ordered me to do, I didn’t do it well….”
“It’s Miss Qu? What happened to her?” There was only one thing that Mo Feichen had handed over to Li Du to do, and that was to send Qu Xiruo back to the Jade Kylin Sect.
“She was taken away by Ye Su’s men…”
Ye Su? How can this be possible? She had already been captured by Bai Jingxi, unless there was someone else behind Ye Su.
“If that’s the case, Miss Qu is afraid that she was taken to the Blood Worship Sect.” Lu Qingmo looked at Mo Feichen, “Who else can move Ye Su’s men, that would naturally be Ke Mo Luo, the sect master.”
Mo Feichen lowered his head, he always felt that something was not right.
Li Du pulled out a blood-stained concealed weapon from his lapel, with a small slip of paper embedded in it. Mo Feichen hurriedly took it off and opened it to read: If you reveal even a little bit of information about how I obtained the Thousand Cloud Sword or send Dian Zhao to the Ding Chan Temple, I will kill Qu Xiruo.
“What’s going on here?” Yu Jin was also puzzled, “Could it be that Wen Qianliu is a member of the Blood Worshiping Cult?”
“Of course not.” Lu Qingmo smiled, his fingertip tapped the note and said, “In the past, we all thought that Ye Su had returned to the Blood Worshiping Cult, but it seems that it was a camouflage left behind by Senior Brother Wen. Ye Su should be his people, that’s why he can mobilize Ye Su’s men.”
“And no matter what Ye Su did, we would never have guessed that it was actually instructed by Wen Qianliu. Even if Ye Su can no longer function, Wen Qianliu can still mobilize her men.” Mo Feichen pressed his head, “Then what should we do now? I’m not going to joke around with Xiruo’s life.”
All of this had annoyed him to no end, first he couldn’t go to the Western Regions to look for He Yunfeng, then he had to go to Xiu Shui Palace to take over as the Palace Master, and now he couldn’t even send Dian Zhao to Ding Chan Temple nor could he tell the world about Wen Qianliu’s intentions unless they could find Qu Xiruo.
Lu Qingmo’s palm patted on his shoulder, “Don’t be in a hurry, do everything one by one, start with what can be done first.”
“That’s right, Young Warrior Mo, you’d better go to Xiu Shui Palace to take over the position of Palace Master first. Xiu Shui Palace is at least a major sect in the martial arts, even if other sects are blinded by Wen Qianliu, at least there is still Xiu Shui Palace that can become a power to resist him.”
Mo Feichen nodded, he knew that what Lu Qingmo and Luo Qingyu said were not wrong.
“Since Feichen you are planning to go to Xiu Shui Palace, then I would like to go back to Mirror Water Sect first to report everything here to the Sect Master. There are just too many things that have happened, and if you succeed at the Xiu Shui Palace in the future, Sect Master Jun…will not make things difficult for you.” Yu Jin still paused when he mentioned Jun Wushuang, but what he said was true.
Suddenly, Mo Feichen understood the meaning of Liu Feiying’s choice of him as the Palace Master, because of his special status. Not only was he a disciple of He Yunfeng, he had the support of the Kun Yun Villa behind him, he was Lu Qingmo’s sworn brother, and even if he met Jun Wushuang, the other side would still give him some face. Although Liu Feiying thought that he was more or less Jun Wushuang’s friend, she had never thought that Jun Wushuang had other thoughts about Mo Feichen.
“Since this is the case, I am not in a position to urge you to stay. Senior Brother Yu, take care on your journey.”
Yu Jin patted Mo Feichen’s head, saluted Lu Qingmo and conveniently left.
Lu Qingmo seemed to have thought of something, “Although Li Du has suffered internal injuries, his injuries are not too serious. Your succession to Xiu Shui Palace naturally needs to be recognised by your fellow martial artists. If Li Du has recovered from his injuries, why not ask him to come back to Kun Lun Mountain and invite your Wen Manor Leader to preside over your successor ceremony.”
“It would be even better if you can invite Great Monk Wu Liang, he is an old friend of Shi Fu before he was born, and he is very prestigious in Jiang Hu, if he recognizes you as well, then it would not be good for Wen Qianliu to come apparently and look for trouble.” Luo Qingyu also came up with an idea.
“Don’t think so much right now, we should still see if you people from Xiu Shui Palace can acknowledge me before we say anything.”
Six days later, they finally arrived at Xiushui Palace with the injured Li Du and Dian Zhao.
As Mo Feichen expected, the entire Xiu Shui Palace experienced shock and grief when they learnt of Liu Feiying’s death.
A twenty-three or four year old woman saluted Mo FeiChen and Lu Qingmo, “Thank you for escorting my master… back to Xiu Shui Palace, may I ask who actually killed our master?!” This woman is the great lady of the Xiushui Palace, that is, Liu Feiying’s niece Liu Yue, Liu Feiying and some peers preferred palace master successor.
Difficulties come, Mo Feichen naturally can not say it is Wen Qianliu. There are so many disciples here, but if there is one who will tell the secret of Wen Qianliu, he is afraid that Qu Xiruo’s life will be in danger, and who can believe that the person who killed Liu Feiying will be Wen Qianliu?
“We were assassinated by Ye Su’s people.” Lu Qingmo answered, these words are not considered a lie, “Firstly, we were entangled by the silk threads of Gu bugs and were unable to use our powers, after we managed to break free, we unexpectedly met an expert, even though the three of us were no match for him.”
All the disciples were stunned. After all, under the sky, who can make the Qing Luan sword and the Dang Ao (Xiao) sword join forces impossible to resist!
“Isn’t it … Ke Mo Luo?” It was reasonable for Liu Yue to have such a suspicion, after all Ye Su was Ke Mo Luo’s senior sister.
“No, that person is a man.”
At this time, Liu Feiying’s two senior sisters and one junior brother have also arrived, seeing her bone ashes, tears unnaturally sweep over.
“Great Hero Lu, isn’t there any way to recognise who that person is? For example, what kind of sword did he use? If he was able to kill Shi Fu, he must be more powerful than the ten most famous swords! It can’t be that Lu Da Xia doesn’t recognise him?” Liu Yue became more and more agitated, Liu Feiying’s junior brother Chen Guanghan stopped her.
“How can you speak in such a tone of voice when the Great Warrior Lu has kindly delivered your Shi Fu’s bone ashes? How can you speak in such a tone? There is no one among the ten famous swords that can defeat the Dang Xiao Sword and the Qing Luan Sword together! How can you make Great Hero Lu recognize it?”
Chen Guanghan’s words caused Liu Yue to suddenly realize that she had lost her temper (misbehave).
“Then, does Senior Sister Liu have any will?” Liu Feiying’s senior sister, Wang Shu Zhen asked.
“Indeed.” Lu Qingmo pushed Mo Feichen forward, “Palace Master Liu’s dying order was for Young Hero Mo to take over the position of Palace Master.”
“What——” The entire Xiu Shui Palace was in an uproar when these words came out.
Liu Yue’s face changed quickly, and several elders frowned.
“Great Hero Lu, you’re not joking, right? Young Hero Mo is not a disciple of our Xiu Shui Palace.” Chen Guanghan, who had always been calm, also became agitated.
“Senior Chen,” Luo Qingyu stepped forward, “Grandmaster Lu isn’t joking, I personally heard my master pass on the Palace Master position to Young Warrior Mo.”
“Impossible! Shi Fu must have passed the Palace Master position to that outsider because I wasn’t by her side!” Liu Yue’s eyes were on the verge of bursting out. Mo Feichen suddenly remembered that Jun Wushuang had once said that no matter how outstanding he was in the Xiu Shui Palace, the elders wanted Liu Yue to inherit the position of Palace Master. The reason for this seemed to be that Liu Yue’s father, Liu Feiying’s elder brother, had once lost his life in a fight against the demonic cult Wen Xin, so not only did everyone have high hopes for this child, but they also harbored a little bit of guilt, as the saying went, ‘A daughter is as valuable or as good as her father’.
She probably already thought that the position of the Xiu Shui Palace’s Palace Master was hers, and was extremely annoyed when she heard this news.
“That right ah, Qingyu, are you mistaken? Since you are also beside the Palace Master Liu, if she wants to pass on the throne, why doesn’t she pass it on to you but… to Young Hero Mo instead?” Another calm looking woman opened her mouth, that is, Liu Feiying’s Senior sister, Cheng Yuran.
“Young warrior Mo, at that time, also asked Shi Fu like that, Shi Fu said it very clearly,” Luo Qingyu looked at the three Senior Uncles and Aunts, said rightfully, “Shi Fu not only gave her sword seed to Mo FeiChen, but also passed the Xiu Shui Heart Sutra unto him.”
“What … Shi Fu’s sword seed and《Xiu Shui Heart Sutra》….” Liu Yue stared at Mo Feichen, she knew that Liu Feiying was determined to pass this palace master position to outsiders.
“Qingyu is an honest child, what he said should be true.” Cheng Yuran nodded.
However, Wang Shu Zhen obviously still favored Liu Yue, she patted her back and signaled her to remain calm, “It’s just that Young Hero Mo is not a disciple of our Xiushui Palace after all, I’m afraid it’ll be difficult to convince the public ah.”
