After a while, the bodyguards in charge of the search returned, and one of them approached Abe Yanhong and whispered something.
Abe Yanhong's expression gradually became angry, and then he sighed and said to Yuan Feng: "Three of our guards on duty were killed... Fortunately, the two of them have advanced cultivation, otherwise I would not dare to imagine the consequences..."
He paused and hesitated before speaking: "This is definitely just an accident... Please don't report this matter to the 36th Division Headquarters of the Huaxia Kingdom. We will definitely handle it properly, please!"
After Abe Yanhong finished speaking, he stood at attention in front of Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng and bowed deeply.
Yuan Feng refused to accept this trick and said coldly: "Accident? Assassinating another country's envoy is a big deal. If you want me to hide it and not report it, it will be too difficult for us, right?"
Abe Yanhong bowed deeply again and said: "Although the ninja group collects money to do things, there are also many taboos. Generally speaking, they would never dare to come to the Onmyoji headquarters to assassinate, let alone shoot openly..."
"So? Who does Master Abe think is going to kill us?" Yuan Feng's expression remained gloomy.
Abe Yanhong hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Although there is no conclusive evidence, I suspect that it was sent by the Eastern Onmyoji... Although the Eastern and Western factions have been separated for a long time, they still represent Onmyoji to the outside world. Family, if this matter spreads, it will have a huge negative impact on the relationship between the two countries."
"Another faction of your Onmyoji family wants to kill us? I didn't hear you mention this before coming here." Yuan Feng said calmly.
"There is a saying in China that a family scandal should not be made public, but now that the matter has come to this, I can no longer hide anything from you two..."
Abe Hikohong sighed and sent out all the bodyguards, leaving only Abe Lingxi alone, and then told the secret past of the Onmyoji family.
Twenty years ago, the Japanese government worked hard to retrieve a red stone from a mysterious island in the Pacific, and gathered the Onmyoji family and strangers from all over to conduct research. The current high priest of the Zoroastrian Society is one of them.
During the research process, a strange combination of circumstances summoned a higher-civilized alien race, the Frost Demon Seat. With the help of the Frost Demon Seat, the magic of the Onmyoji family has advanced by leaps and bounds and regained its glory.
However, Abe Yanhong soon discovered that the Frost Demon Seat was using demon skills to win over people's hearts and form its own power - its ultimate goal seemed to be to subvert the world!
Practitioners from all over the world follow the same principle, that is, once they discover that aliens have committed acts against humanity, they must be wiped out as soon as possible!
However, in the face of major issues of right and wrong, differences emerged within the Onmyoji family.
Some of the onmyoji who still had their senses proposed to put the Frost Demon Seat to death.
Another group of Onmyoji who fanatically pursue power regard the Frost Demon Seat as a new god.
The Onmyoji family split into two factions, the East and the West.
Not long after, it was revealed that the Onmyoji from the East was assisting the Frost Demon Seat in forming a cult.
Then, headed by the Western Onmyoji, other Japanese cultivator families gathered to jointly defeat the Eastern Onmyoji, and the war to annihilate the Frost Demon Seat began.
There were heavy casualties in that battle, and almost all the veterans of the Eastern Onmyoji were wiped out. Knowing that they were no longer able to protect the Frost Demon Seat, they secretly sent it abroad, and there has been no news since.
The Eastern Onmyoji were also seriously injured after that battle and were in a state of dispersion. There has been no improvement to this day.
Abe Yanhong sighed again and said: "I only learned about the Frost Demon Seat in China after the Zoroastrian Society case was disclosed. Therefore, when I learned that the high priest fled to Japan, I guessed that there must be someone The Eastern Onmyoji secretly responded. Sure enough, her hiding place was quickly found and she was captured. Because the face of the Onmyoji family was involved, I didn't mention it too much in the letter... Who would have thought, now it would be This crazy thing happens!"
At this moment, a bodyguard opened the door with a panic face and stammered: "No... it's not good... the safe house was attacked and the suspect was killed..."
"What?!" Abe Yanhong opened his mouth in shock.
Everyone worked non-stop and rushed through the night to the secret place where the high priest was imprisoned.
A blockade was put up in front of the door of a very inconspicuous small building. Several black cars were parked next to it. There were more than a dozen men in black guarding the door, all looking panicked.
Yuan Feng followed Abe Yanhong into the small building and saw a row of corpses covered with white cloth lying in the corner of the living room. There were as many as seven people.
In the room on the second floor, the high priest was lying face down on the bed.
The interior of the house was neatly furnished, with no signs of fighting or blood.
"The elite guards I arranged to guard here were all killed... not a single one survived."
Abe Yanhong's face was gloomy and his voice was hoarse.
Yuan Feng stepped forward, reached out and gently touched the neck of the high priest's corpse, and said, "He was killed by magic."
Bai Cheng came over and asked: "Now that the person is dead, how are we going to hand it over? You can't bring a body back, right?"
Abe Yanhong breathed heavily and looked livid. After a while, he said solemnly: "I am to blame for what happened! Please go back to the headquarters first, just in case, and please don't move around at will. Within three days, I will definitely give an explanation!"
Everyone returned to the Onmyoji headquarters.
Before dawn, Abe Yanhong drove away in a hurry with a few people. Before leaving, he specifically asked Abe Lingxi to personally take charge of the security of Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng.
How could Abe Lingxi not be nervous when such a big thing happened less than half a day after the distinguished guest from China got off the plane? He simply moved directly into the villa where the two of them lived, and sat cross-legged in the middle of the living room with his katana in his arms.
Yuan Feng walked out of the room and looked at the living room downstairs through the stair railing. Looking at Abe Lingxi who was like a door god, he couldn't help but reveal a helpless smile.
"Miss Ling Xi, please go back to sleep. I don't think there will be any more assassins." Yuan Feng said softly.
Abe Lingxi turned around, looked up at Yuan Feng, and said seriously: "That won't work. My father has repeatedly told me to protect you all the time."
"Then you can chat with me."
"Okay, what are we talking about?" Abe Lingxi asked innocently.
The two came to the terrace. Yuan Feng looked at the white fish belly on the horizon and said softly: "Your sword skills are not inherited from Onmyoji, right? Can you tell me who you learned them from?"
Abe Lingxi didn't hesitate at all and replied happily: "No one taught me, I realized it myself."
"Oh? No wonder they call you genius girl."
Yuan Feng smiled faintly and said: "Bai Cheng and I are both capable of protecting ourselves. You have stayed up all night. Go back and rest, otherwise your mother will feel distressed."
Unexpectedly, a trace of sadness flashed in Abe Lingxi's eyes, and she said silently: "I don't have a mother..."
"No mother?" Yuan Feng couldn't help but be stunned.
Abe Lingxi said without any secret: "Dad said that my mother unfortunately passed away when she gave birth to me. He has brought me up all these years."
"Oh... I'm sorry." Yuan Feng apologized hastily.
Abe Lingxi said indifferently: "It's nothing. I haven't seen my mother since I was a child, so there is nothing sad."
Dawn gradually appeared, and a golden morning light shone on Abe Lingxi's young face. Yuan Feng looked at her quietly, as if something inexplicable evoked long-lasting memories...
Abe Lingxi was quite curious about his extremely unnatural expression. She tilted her head and stared at him for a long time, then showed an innocent smile and asked: "Um...can I ask you a question?"
Yuan Feng smiled faintly and replied: "Of course."
Abe Lingxi looked extremely excited and couldn't wait to ask: "Are you and Hall Master Bai ordinary people?"
Yuan Feng couldn't help being stunned. He never expected that Abe Lingxi would ask such a sensitive question without any disguise.
Opposite him, Abe Lingxi's big, watery eyes were full of expectation, not like a test with ulterior motives at all.
"We are all Dharma practitioners, we are not ordinary people in any way, right?"
Unsure of the other party's intentions, Yuan Feng chose an ambiguous answer.
"But you are different from ordinary practitioners. Although I can't tell what is different, I can feel it." Abe Lingxi said seriously.
"Perhaps it's because the Chinese magic method is different from the Japanese source vein that makes you have such an illusion. Well, it's daybreak, you should go back and rest early. Please believe that Bai Cheng and I are absolutely capable of protecting ourselves."
After Yuan Feng finished speaking, he touched Abe Lingxi's head, as if an old father was caring about his daughter.
After Abe Lingxi left, Yuan Feng told Bai Cheng all the contents of the chat.
"They don't already know our identities, right?"
Bai Cheng looked shocked.
Yuan Feng shook his head and said: "I just cast a spell secretly to investigate. Abe Lingxi is in a pure state of mind, and it doesn't seem to be intentional. However, we must be more careful in our actions. The girl's intuition is extremely sharp."
Bai Cheng nodded in disbelief. Although he wanted to say something else, he swallowed it back.
At noon, an ordinary servant came to take Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng to lunch, and dinner time was still the same.
Yuan Feng discovered that Abe Lingxi has not shown up since he left in the morning. Not only that, but the Onmyoji who could be seen everywhere in the villa area before was no longer visible.
It stands to reason that under such an extraordinary situation, the security level should be upgraded, but they did the opposite, which is too abnormal.
"Where's Miss Abe? It seems like I haven't seen her much all day."
Yuan Feng asked the accompanying servant intentionally or unintentionally.
The servant replied in extremely poor Chinese: "My lady is discussing matters at the shrine and cannot accompany you two. Please forgive me."
After Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng had a simple meal, they sent the servant away and walked straight towards the shrine.
The shrine hall was brightly lit. Abe Lingxi and several old men were sitting at the front, and a dozen people were kneeling below, all with solemn expressions.
Abe Lingxi was stunned when she saw Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng suddenly appeared, and hurriedly stood up to greet them.
"What do you two need?" Abe Lingxi pulled Yuan Feng and Bai Cheng to the door and asked in a low voice.
Yuan Feng saw that there seemed to be tears on her cheeks, and knew that something big must have happened, so he asked: "What happened? Is it related to Master Abe?"
Abe Lingxi hesitated for a long time before saying: "Dad was detained by people from Baqi Island..."
