Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 486 - 315: Assassination Plan (Part 2)

"Old Marquis, you overpraise me. Achievements can be made in any era."

Chen Ku responded nonchalantly, saying:

"I will wait for the Marquis on the barren mountain below."

The Old Marquis said nothing more, taking Yang Xi back to the main camp from mid-air.

...

Half a teacup of time later.

On the barren mountain, Chen Ku, the Twelve Guardians, and Wang Xingji watched as, under the cover of night, an unconscious middle-aged man was brought by carriage to this place.

"Lord Tan!" The Twelve Guardians, due to their master Qin Yuxian, already had respect for Tan Chongrui. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Especially Qin Fang and Feng Buping, who had been specifically tasked with protecting Tan Chongrui that day, only to have Tang Yulin kidnap him right under their noses, making them feel deeply guilty. Both of them immediately went to the front of the carriage.

They gently supported Tan Chongrui and coldly addressed the carriage driver: "What did you do to Lord Tan during this time?"

The driver, with a robust aura and Gang Qi covering his body, was evidently a Seventh Realm cultivator, and without further explanation, must be one of the retainers of Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion.

He said indifferently, "I don’t know what you’re talking about. After the Marquis interrogated the impostor pretending to be the princely heir, he quickly found this imperial envoy, and now we have returned him. If nothing else, I’ll take my leave."

With that, he flickered and used his movement technique to vanish from the spot.

"Tan!" Wang Xingji also stepped forward, shaking Tan Chongrui’s body.

"Don’t worry, let me have a look." Chen Ku, who now possessed the transformations of several Seventh Realm experts, inherited all that they learned. One of Tang Yulin’s skills was ’medicine’, and the Kong Dan transformation was a Seventh Realm Pill Master, well-experienced in healing.

Immediately, he felt Tan Chongrui’s pulse and infused True Qi into him. After a moment, he understood the situation and said gently, "Nothing serious, just long without food or drink, seemingly having his bloodlines sealed for a long time."

He then took out a pill from his storage bag.

This was a ’Restoring Yuan Pill’ refined by Kong Dan from the demon blood and flesh within the Evil Summoning Banner, capable of mildly replenishing human Primordial Qi. Though not of high grade, it was enough for Tan Chongrui.

He dissolved the pill with True Qi, injected it into Tan Chongrui’s body, and after simple stimulation of meridians and blood flow, helped him absorb the pill.

"Hmm..." This awakened the face of the thin-featured imperial envoy.

When Tan Chongrui awoke, he saw many faces in front of him and spoke weakly:

"You... Where is this?"

As he spoke, he immediately recognized the Twelve Guardians and Chen Ku, as well as Wang Xingji, expressing some surprise and gasping, "Brother Xingji, you’re here too."

Originally, like him, Wang Xingji was also a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and later Tan was recommended as an imperial envoy for implementing new local policies, and this colleague was also sent to Canglan Prefecture in You State, serving as Deputy Magistrate of Canglan Prefecture.

"Never mind me, Tan, how have you been these past few months? What did Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion do to you?" Wang Xingji asked in a low voice.

"Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion? What about it?" Tan Chongrui reflexively questioned and then seemed to recall being kidnapped, his face turning pale, "Was it Marquis of Han Shou who sent people to kidnap me? Brother Qin? Where is Brother Qin now?"

Everyone exchanged glances.

Chen Ku, seeing Tan Chongrui like this, realized that he, like Guan Hongluan, likely did not know who exactly had kidnapped him during these months.

Wang Xingji explained slowly to Tan Chongrui: "Tan... I didn’t expect you don’t even know who kidnapped you."

He then explained that Tan Chongrui had been kidnapped for months, Baojiao County had been captured by Peace Path, Qin Yuxian was missing, and that Chen Ku was responsible for his rescue, along with Yang Xi and the Old Marquis’s confrontation that had just occurred.

"So much has happened."

Tan Chongrui’s expression was complex, Qin Yuxian brother missing? He looked to Chen Ku, seeming to inquire about the truth, but dropped his head as he thought of something else, asking:

"Behind Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion stands the Feather King Mansion and the ’Jiangnan Party’ within the Cabinet. I nominated myself to come here to pilot new policies, knowing I would inevitably offend these people. But... since they kidnapped me, why didn’t they just kill me? Wouldn’t that have been cleaner?"

However, Wang Xingji replied with a bitter smile: "Perhaps because when you were kidnapped, your brother Qin also had the Little Princess of the Marquis Mansion kidnapped simultaneously, and they likely guessed who it was, making them hold back."

"What?" Tan Chongrui was shocked.

Brother Qin actually dispatched someone to kidnap the Little Princess?

At this moment, Chen Ku did not intend to allow everyone to linger on this topic, saying: "Alright, Twelve Guardians, quickly escort Lord Tan back to Qiu Dragon Mansion now."

"When Lord Tan has recovered, I have another major matter to discuss with him."

What he wanted to say was that the six major sects of Yuan Country were amassing troops at Two Realms Mountain.

Although he didn’t know whether the You State Prefecture Yamen or the central Daji Dynasty were aware of this, he took the initiative to remind the Daji Dynasty, not in seeking merit, but because he really did not wish to be swept into the flames of war, as it would not be conducive to cultivation.

If the Daji Dynasty could be prepared in advance, they could dispatch large forces to suppress Peace Path in Baojiao County, and perhaps repel the Yuan Country’s army outside the country’s borders.

Chen Ku would then be able to stay in a safer environment and cultivate peacefully.

"Alright, let’s head back to Qiu Dragon Mansion."

The group immediately mounted their horses.

But they didn’t notice that during their journey with Chen Ku, he silently released a ’Loose Cultivator’ underfoot.

In fact.

He had never intended to let Yang Xi survive fully.

"Having severed an arm and taken the Moon Repairing Axe from me, if he returns as the princely heir to bring troops from the capital against me, how could I allow him this chance? He must be intercepted and killed on the way back to the capital..."

Many plans against Yang Xi crossed Chen Ku’s mind:

"Since he has already clashed with me, killing him will yield evil qi, and most importantly... I’ve confirmed that the Feather King Mansion has indeed obtained another part of the Hero King Treasure. The Bright Moon Divine Skill and Moon Repairing Axe come from the treasure created by Sheyue Heavenly King. Perhaps the Feather King Mansion even has the ’Sheyue Heavenly King Token.’ If I could kill Yang Xi, I could impersonate him and explore the Feather King Mansion to uncover the truth in the capital."

After all, facing a princely heir openly would bring him many troubles.

Thus, following his usual habit.

He let him go back, intending to assassinate him silently, then replace him so the person disappears soundlessly from the world, unknown to all.

With this, Chen Ku left the Loose Cultivation Transformation in Baojiao County.

And this Loose Cultivation Transformation, a Seventh Realm peak Divine Soul Possession Cultivator, silently drifted into the military camp to possess a warhorse in the main camp, watching the main tent.