Urbaner Blumentraum - Kapitel 120
Liu Yue smiled: "So, do you want to go or not?"
Zhu Huihui frowned and said, "Of course I don't want to go, but I have no choice."
Liu Yue chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm here!"
He took her hand and walked towards the Blood-Seeing Tower. While they were chatting at the door, they might have already finished their business.
The Blood-Seeing Tower was clearly designed by a master architect and landscaper. Each building is simple yet exquisite, with flowers and trees arranged in a pleasingly sparse manner, and almost every view is different.
As Zhu Huihui walked along the clean stone path, she heard the sound of her own footsteps, but her heart grew increasingly uneasy, and she couldn't help but move closer to Liu Yue.
This village is so lifeless...
Liu Yue patted her shoulder reassuringly, then pushed open a wooden door beside her and glanced inside. Her expression changed slightly.
Zhu Huihui peered under his arm and saw that inside was a hall, very clean, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls and tables and chairs in the center. In the center of the hall sat an old woman with white hair, wearing a robe with floral patterns, her head drooping softly to one side, looking as if she were dozing off.
She unconsciously lowered her voice and called out softly, "Grandma! Grandma!" Speaking at such a low volume, she didn't know if she was afraid of waking the person up or rousing them from their revival!
Liu Yue said, "She is already dead!"
Zhu Huihui nodded heavily: "I...I think so too!"
Liu Yue said, "This old lady is known as Madam Cheng. She is the Ghost Elder, one of the three elders of the Blood Tower. She is ranked seventh on the list of assassins in the martial arts world. Despite her advanced age, she is still rarely defeated by her iron crutch. Last year, some people suspected that this old lady was responsible for the assassination of the famous evil master Flying Leaf God-Slayer Liu Dongfeng."
Zhu Huihui lied to herself, saying, "Such a powerful old lady couldn't have been murdered. Perhaps... she was just too old, and she simply passed away in her sleep..."
Liu Yue smiled and said, "Perhaps." Her gaze fell on another spot.
Zhu Huihui looked over and saw a row of bamboo fences entwined with vines. A hand stretched out from under the fence. The hand was slender, white, and round, with red nails and an agate ring on it. An agate bracelet adorned the wrist. The delicate hand complemented the red jade perfectly, making it very beautiful—it was just a pity that the hand was broken.
Liu Yue walked over, pushed open the bamboo fence gate, and saw the horrific scene inside. She sighed softly, "I never imagined that the Flying Jade Maiden of the Blood-Seeing Pavilion would die such a tragic death!"
Just as Zhu Huihui was about to lean over to take a look, Liu Yue pulled her back: "Huihui, don't look, it's not pretty!"
Although he said that, Zhu Huihui, with her sharp eyes, still noticed a pile of scattered body parts amidst the bloodstains on the ground, and couldn't help but shudder.
Next, the two walked from one end of the village to the other and found dozens of corpses, almost all of whom were masters of the Blood Tower, famous figures in the martial arts world. Tang Gu, whom Yan Shenhan had instructed her to find, was also among them.
Zhu Huihui finally realized that things were much more serious than she had imagined—it seemed that there was no one left in the Bloodstained Tower who could breathe!
She asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Liu Yue, are all the people from the Blood Pavilion... are they all dead?"
Liu Yue's expression was grave: "It seems so."
"Who killed them?"
“It’s hard to say!” Liu Yue was silent for a moment, then added, “The Blood Pavilion is a top-notch assassin organization with a great reputation in the martial arts world. This reputation is earned through killing, so it also has many enemies.”
Zhu Huihui thought for a moment and didn't quite agree with this statement.
The Blood Tower has existed for quite some time now. With so many enemies, they are still living well in this idyllic little village, which shows that they are quite powerful. How could a group of people like them be easily killed by their enemies?
“Killing is not a martial arts contest; martial arts skills alone are not enough.” Liu Yue sighed. “No matter how skilled a person is in martial arts, they cannot defeat cunning and treachery!”
Zhu Huihui tugged at his sleeve: "Brother Liuyue, don't you think these people died strangely?" It's not just similar, it's exactly the same way that Xuan Yue Shui Yu was destroyed.
Zhu Huihui nodded and said, "Brother Liuyue, could the people from the Blood Pavilion have also been killed by those Japanese turtles?"
Liu Yue's gaze fell on the distant sky. She sighed deeply and nodded gently.
Zhu Huihui said, "But I don't understand why they wanted to kill the people from the Blood Pavilion?"
Although the Twelve Zodiac Envoys thwarted the Fusang Turtle's plan, they had already been killed, and the message they desperately sent out was too late. The families of Generals Yu and Qi had already been moved away. What need did the Fusang Turtle have to travel so far to kill the people of the Blood Pavilion?
Liu Yue thought to herself: Who said this child is confused? She just doesn't like to use her brain usually!
“Perhaps they want to muddy the waters even more.” He thought for a moment and slowly replied, “Perhaps they’re just bored.”
Just as Zhu Huihui was about to speak, she glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw a dark green figure drifting past behind a house.
Before she could speak, Liu Yue was already alert. She gave a sharp shout and slapped her away with her sleeve.
With a "bang," it seemed to have struck something, and the green shadow suddenly retreated.
Liu Yue flew after him, her figure flashing among the houses and trees before disappearing completely.
The moment Zhu Huihui opened her eyes, Liu Yue was nowhere to be seen, and her heart sank – he was her bodyguard! If it weren't for him by her side, she would never have entered this Bloodstained Tower!
Now that the bodyguard has run away, what am I going to do?
Should I back out? No way!
Should we continue forward? No way!
The deathly silent Blood Tower seemed to harbor countless dangers. All Zhu Huihui could do now was to cover her head, find a secluded spot to crouch down, and hope that Brother Liu Yue would return soon.
She hid in a dense clump of low trees. The location was open on all sides and provided excellent cover, making it a perfect place to conceal her movements.
Zhu Huihui had just shrunk inside and hadn't even settled down when she felt a tightness on her scalp, as if her hair was being grabbed by something. Startled, she jumped up, trying to escape, but a strong force pulled her head backward.
She broke out in a cold sweat and kicked backward, but her hair was gripped even tighter. She dared not struggle any longer, afraid of tearing her hair and scalp off together. She could only protect her head with both hands and asked in a trembling voice, "Who is it?"
But no one answered.
"Um... I just came in... shh... I didn't mean to offend you... please be lenient and spare my hair..."
Still, no one spoke.