Chapter 444: Chapter 123: Has the Eunuch Been Injured? A Grandmaster Wounded by an Innate Martial Artist (2)

Every night, Lv Lan would take a few hours to make sure everything was normal around Yan Shuzhu, then leave the Imperial City to go find Ye Liuyun.

Actually, that yin-yang fusion thing—

Only the first time had any effect, after that it was useless.

Both Ye Liuyun and Lv Lan knew this perfectly well.

But neither of them said anything more about it.

They had a silent understanding.

Ye Liuyun had thought these leisurely days would go on for a long time.

But he didn’t expect—

That day, as soon as he arrived at the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ye Liuyun got big news.

"Wei Hongfang got injured?"

Staring at Si Nan in front of him, Ye Liuyun, who had just arrived at the Embroidered Uniform Guard, looked a bit stunned.

He really hadn’t expected Si Nan to bring such detailed information.

"Did a Grandmaster show up among the martial artists trying to challenge him?"

Thinking about it, it made sense.

At first, the challengers were bound to be small fry, but as time went on, the cultivation realm of the martial artists wanting to take on Yan Fuhai would only get higher and higher.

It didn’t seem all that strange for a Grandmaster-level martial artist to show up among them anymore.

Ye Liuyun was pretty sure his logic was sound.

After all, the only one who could hurt a Grandmaster would be another Grandmaster.

But clearly—

Ye Liuyun had overestimated Wei Hongfang.

"Uh! I heard it was a late-stage Innate martial artist, not a Grandmaster at all!"

"???"

So, the one who injured Wei Hongfang wasn’t a Grandmaster, but just a late-stage Innate martial artist.

Uh, what?

"What exactly happened?"

At that, Ye Liuyun’s curiosity was piqued. What on earth had actually transpired?

After Si Nan’s detailed description, Ye Liuyun more or less understood.

Turns out, after days of continuously dealing with challengers—even though Wei Hongfang was a Grandmaster, he’d gotten exhausted.

He’d assumed—

If he killed a few more, and acted a bit more cruel and ruthless, those would-be challengers would be scared into giving up.

But in reality—

The challengers didn’t dwindle; instead, their numbers grew.

At first it was dozens a day, then dozens more, and now he was facing over a hundred martial artists taking turns to challenge him each day.

You could literally be annoyed to death by them.

Also, the martial artist who wounded Wei Hongfang wasn’t an ordinary late-stage Innate. His methods were uniquely sinister.

Add to that, Wei Hongfang hadn’t taken it seriously, was mentally exhausted, and so on—a perfect chance for the opponent to land a stab on him.

Of course—

As a Grandmaster—

Dying was obviously out of the question. Apart from an extra wound, Wei Hongfang wasn’t really affected at all.

In fact, it made Wei Hongfang snap out of it, and he immediately exploded into action, smashing that martial artist to bits.

Still—

Getting injured by an Innate martial artist—if word got out, it would sound truly pathetic.

"So what’s the situation now?"

Ye Liuyun was still curious by comparison.

After Wei Hongfang was wounded, what happened next? Was someone else still holding off the other martial artists’ challenges for him?

"I’m not sure about what happened after that. I just heard Wei Hongfang was immediately summoned back to the palace!"

Clearly—

Yan Fuhai got the news too, and summoned Wei Hongfang back to double-check.

As for what happened in the palace—

With Si Nan’s abilities, it’d take a while to figure it out, so it wasn’t odd that he didn’t know what had happened.

"Later it was said, Wei Hongfang left the palace and returned to his own residence, and hasn’t left the gate to his manor since!"

As one of the Emperor’s most powerful, Wei Hongfang obviously had his own mansion in the Imperial City.

But—

Most of the time, Wei Hongfang stayed in the palace, rarely returning to his own estate.

So now that he’d gone back—it was probably because Yan Fuhai had kicked him out of the palace!

A dignified Grandmaster, injured by an Innate martial artist—just talking about it was humiliating.

Yan Fuhai felt like even his own dignity got dragged down by this incident.

So he just ordered Wei Hongfang to go back to his manor and think things over. If it happened again, he might as well go dig himself a hole and bury himself already!

So embarrassing!

And after being chewed out for so long, Wei Hongfang just looked like he couldn’t say a word in his own defense.

After all, for a Grandmaster to be beaten by an Innate, it was really humiliating. Wei Hongfang never expected that just by being distracted for a moment, that Innate martial artist could be so insidiously cunning.

He wanted to explain—

That it was only because he’d been fighting for a long time and was exhausted that this happened.

But when he thought about it, if he really tried that excuse, Yan Fuhai wouldn’t sympathize at all—he’d just get scolded even harder. So Wei Hongfang immediately shut his mouth!

After following Yan Fuhai for so long—

Wei Hongfang was pretty clear about Yan Fuhai’s temper.

Explaining would just get him cursed even worse. Might as well not bother.

...

"Sir, you don’t know—the moment news broke that Wei Hongfang got injured, even more martial artists came to challenge him. It’s like everyone saw hope of defeating him!"

"Right now, the palace gates are basically jammed full of martial artists from all over the jianghu!"

"All shouting about wanting to challenge Wei Hongfang!"

As he spoke,

Si Nan wore a gloating grin.

Anyway, as Embroidered Uniform Guard, they’d never gotten along with Wei Hongfang—now that he got humiliated, of course they were delighted.