The next day, Zhou Yuan packed his bags and left Seven Star Academy with Yun Chen and others seeing him off.
When he returns home this time, he has many problems to solve.
The first is the issue of family security. The two forces, Third Prince Yun Zheng and Xing Yue Tower, have always been eyeing him. They will inevitably threaten his own people. Although he is not afraid of threats, he still has to guard against them.
Previously, the family was protected by General Mengtuo sent by Yunchen, so Zhou Yuancai had no worries. However, General Mengtuo could not stay in the small Tianluo City forever and had long since returned to the imperial capital.
Therefore, this primary issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
In addition, there were the two hunting teams in the Diling Mountains, and Zhou Yuan decided to integrate them into a force as his backing.
In this world, if you are strong enough, you can make all people surrender.
The same goes for Zhou Yuan. He wants to build his own power and background to prevent others from being regarded as a loser.
Not long after Zhou Yuan walked down the Seven Stars Mountain Range, he suddenly noticed someone chasing him behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Su Ruobing.
"Let's go together, I have to go back to Oolong City for business." Su Ruobing said with a slight smile.
Zhou Yuan took a closer look at Su Ruobing and found that she had been practicing at Seven Star Academy in the past few years. Her cultivation level had now reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, and her growth was indeed considerable.
Immediately, Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows, showing a strange look, and said: "You don't want me to buy you a boat ticket again, do you?"
Su Ruobing was stunned, "I'll buy it for you this time, right?"
"That's pretty much it. Don't forget that you still owe me 20,000 spiritual stones. You will have to pay it back sooner or later. Don't try to cheat." Zhou Yuan said with a solemn expression.
Su Ruobing: "..."
Su Ruobing's face suddenly turned cold. It's been three or four years, and Zhou Yuan still remembers this.
"Hmph, disgusting." Su Ruobing turned her head away angrily.
However, 20,000 spiritual stones are not difficult for her to raise now. It will only take a little time at most.
Zhou Yuan didn't say anything more, it was like acquiescing to go on the road with Su Ruobing.
Not long after, the two arrived at the imperial city.
The huge port in the imperial city is still as spectacular as ever, with thousands of sails of various sizes parked inside, floating and sinking along with the water.
This time, it was Su Ruobing's turn to buy their tickets.
There are still a few hours until the ship sails.
Zhou Yuan pointed to a restaurant not far from the port, looked at Su Ruobing and said, "Eat something? Drink something?"
"No, I have to do something. I'll come find you before sailing." Su Ruobing shook her head slightly as if she was worried.
Zhou Yuan seemed to have seen some clues and did not stop him. He walked to the restaurant alone.
Su Ruobing, on the other hand, went straight in the other direction.
I remember when Su Ruobing came to the imperial capital for the first time, she solved the mystery of her life experience and found her biological father, Xu Muyun.
However, the head of the Xu family, Xu Muyun, was heartless and hypocritical, claiming to recognize her as his daughter, but in fact, because she did not have a martial arts seal, he did not take her seriously at all.
In addition, during the entrance examination of Seven Star Academy, Xu Muyun had the heart to kill his own daughter...
Zhou Yuan knew that Su Ruobing came here just to resolve this matter.
Now that Su Ruobing has reached the fourth level of foundation building and has achieved a certain level of strength, the Xu family is just a second-rate family in the imperial capital and is not among the nine great families.
Then Xu Muyun must pay the price for what he did back then.
Sure enough, not long after, Su Ruobing's figure appeared in the Xu family's mansion.
Facing a warrior at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, the Xu family was instantly in chaos.
Xu Muyun rushed out and was stunned when he saw that his daughter, whom he had once abandoned, had increased in strength so quickly since she opened the martial arts seal.
"Good girl, I have been waiting for you to come home, and you are finally back?" Xu Muyun had an embarrassed smile on his face.
"Humph, you are so hypocritical. Your second wife is a member of the Shen family, one of the nine aristocratic families. In order to join the Shen family, you abandoned your wife and son. What qualifications do you have to recognize my daughter?"
Su Ruobing's face was cold and she struck out with a palm. Xu Muyun's body knocked down a house and he vomited blood.
She has already found out the truth.
Back then, when her mother was five months pregnant with her, she was kicked out of the Xu family by Xu Muyun and married to a woman from the Shen family.
Su Ruobing was both angry and chilled by such heartless and unjust people.
"Bitch, my Xu family won't allow you to act wild."
Not far away, a young man ran over with anger on his face, pointing at Su Ruobing and saying.
This is Xu Shuo. When he faced Su Ruobing, he had a arrogant attitude. As a result, he couldn't even pass the assessment when recruiting disciples of Seven Star Academy.
Following the young man was a beautiful woman.
The beautiful woman also had an angry look on her face and shouted: "How dare you, the Shen family is behind the Xu family. Who do you think you are? Dare to come to the Xu family to cause trouble?"
Su Ruobing glanced at the mother and son with disdain.
It was for this woman that Xu Muyun abandoned her mother.
Bang!
Su Ruobing was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly struck out with both hands. The strong palm wind hit the mother and son like a huge wave. The woman and Xu Shuo immediately spit out blood and flew out.
It wasn't until this moment that mother and son discovered how powerful Su Ruobing was.
"Ah, my Dantian, I have been crippled." Xu Shuo screamed in pain, his eyes full of fear.
Both mother and son were devastated. Su Ruobing dodged and pulled Xu Muyun out of the ruins, and hit him in the abdomen with another palm.
"No..." Xu Muyun looked at Su Ruobing, his face full of shock.
I had gone through so much trouble to find my biological father, but because he didn't have a martial arts seal, the other party didn't even look at me.
Later, when Su Ruobing opened the martial arts seal, Xu Muyun came to show her kindness with a smile on her face. After being rejected, she actually became murderous towards her daughter.
One by one, Su Ruobing no longer has any nostalgia for this family.
He directly abolished the cultivation level of this family of three. As the head of the Xu family, he had no cultivation level. This was enough to make them face a huge crisis, unable to survive or die.
After doing these things, Su Ruobing turned around and left.
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At the same time, the news of Zhou Yuan's departure from Seven Star Academy was quickly conveyed in secret.
The first person to get the news was naturally the third prince Yun Cheng.
Since Yun Zheng left Seven Star Academy, he has been ostensibly concentrating on assisting Emperor Yun in the court. In fact, he is expanding his power outside while cultivating his own foundation in the court.
At the same time, he has also been paying attention to the situation in Seven Star Academy.
The reason why he gave up the power of Seven Star Academy and chose to return to the palace.
In Yun Zheng's eyes, the camp he established at Seven Star Academy is just a kid's play house, and he will eventually move to the court.
In a large hall, Yun Zheng was leaning on the bed, with several beautiful maids serving him.
"Zhou Yuan, are you finally willing to come out?"
A sneer appeared on Yun Zheng's face. The strength he had accumulated in Seven Stars Academy was destroyed by Zhou Yuan. Naturally, he always hated Zhou Yuan in his heart.
"Go and ask Uncle Anyang to kill this person. It's best to come to me with his head." Yun Zheng ordered to the guard.
The guard immediately took the order and left.
In Seven Star Academy, Yun Zheng could only kill one person in the arena of life and death.
Once he leaves Seven Star Academy, if he wants to get rid of someone, he will have more opportunities and his methods will be more cruel.
Na Yun Anyang was a branch of the royal family and was named King Anyang, but his subordinates had no real power and could not be reused.
Now that Emperor Yun was old and dying, all the courtiers in the court began to choose their position among the princes. King Anyang chose Yun Zheng, thinking that Yun Zheng was the next generation of Emperor Yun.
Therefore, Yun Zheng wanted him to do something, and in order to show his loyalty, he would naturally do it.
In addition to Yun Zheng, the news of Zhou Yuan's departure from Seven Star Academy quickly spread to Xingyue Tower.
Dong Xinghai, the general owner of Xingyue Building, also issued an order against Zhou Yuan.
For a time, the two parties, King Anyang in the Ming Dynasty and Dong Xinghai in the dark, were all eyeing Zhou Yuan at the same time.
Although King Anyang accepted the order from Yun Zheng, he did not take action immediately. He only sent people to keep an eye on it secretly. After all, this was the imperial capital and he could not take action casually. Moreover, Zhou Yuan was still a member of the eldest prince Yun Chen.
As for Dong Xinghai from Xingyue Tower, he sent an old man.
A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Ruobing had already returned to the port from Xu's house, and had a drink with Zhou Yuan in the restaurant. When the time came, the two of them walked out and headed towards Yunfan.
As he walked, Zhou Yuan discovered that there were many eyes staring at him in the dark.
These auras were relatively unfamiliar, but Zhou Yuan knew that the person coming must be evil.
After walking two more steps, a white-haired old man suddenly appeared in front of him. The old man had a withered face and was wearing a gorgeous robe. He walked straight over and stood in front of Zhou Yuan.
"Is something wrong?" Zhou Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He felt that this old man's cultivation was extraordinary.
The old man stroked his white beard, smiled slightly and asked: "Your Excellency, are you Zhou Yuan?"
"So what?" Zhou Yuan gradually began to have a guess in his mind.
The old man put his hands behind his back, with a hint of arrogance on his face, and smiled again: "Xingyue Tower's left envoy Xing Tianqi, do you still remember Zhuang Tianyi, the master of the Wushuang City branch building?"
"It is indeed the Xingyue Tower." Zhou Yuan thought to himself.
After a pause, he nodded slightly to show that he remembered.
When Zhou Yuan killed Zhuang Tianyi outside Wulong City, although he was seen by others, his face was covered and no one recognized Zhuang Tianyi. Even so, he was still secretly investigated by Xingyue Tower.
Therefore, even if Zhou Yuan concealed it at this moment, it would be in vain.
"Since you have admitted, this messenger will give you two choices. Either go back with me and plead guilty. We may consider giving you a lighter sentence. Or you choose to leave. From then on, Xingyue Tower will hunt you down all over the world."
The old man still looked smiling, but the words he spoke gave people an unquestionable flavor.
"Zhou Yuan..." Su Ruobing's face turned pale and she shuddered.
Zhou Yuan also frowned and said quickly: "Master Envoy, someone paid to kill me. Zhuang Tianyi sent his son. I killed his son to protect myself, but he came to take revenge again. I killed him.
It's still for self-protection.
Besides, as far as I know, Xingyue Tower's business of buying and killing murderers cannot be mixed with personal grudges according to the rules. It was Zhuang Tianyi who broke the rules first, what does it have to do with me?"
Zhou Yuan told the truth.
This incident itself was not his fault.
"Oh? So that's it." The old man suddenly realized and immediately fell into deep thought.
