Xu Yuan was brought straight to the Magic Tower in Spring City.
The group of people entered the door. The bearded middle-aged man pulled him and stood on a teleportation array.
Whoosh--
The two of them instantly disappeared from where they were and appeared in the Imperial Capital thousands of miles away.
The middle-aged man was in front, gesturing for the confused Xu Yuan to follow him and lead him to a staircase that led up.
"Go up." The middle-aged man pointed and said, "My father is waiting for you upstairs."
Xu Yuan was full of questions. He walked up the stairs and arrived at a rooftop where the night wind blew.
"You're here."
There was a huge tea table on the rooftop.
An old man with white hair and a beard sat across the round table.
Xu Yuan was confused. He slowly walked to the opposite side of the old man and pulled out a chair to sit down.
"Do you know why I called you here?" the old man asked Xu Yuan with a smile.
"I was framed." Xu Yuan said, "I didn't kill those two people. Someone wants to frame me."
It was something he did not expect.
"I know." The old man nodded.
"Huh?"
Xu Yuan was stunned.
"I went to the scene to take a look. After the two people walked out of the restaurant, they were ambushed by the assassins in the shadows."
The old man's words once again confused Xu Yuan.
He went to the scene...
And witnessed it?
"I am Liu Anhe, Gu Changge's father-in-law." The old man smiled and said, "My son-in-law bought a treasure chest from you and gave it to me as a birthday gift."
Xu Yuan was shocked.
Liu Anhe!
Master of Time Manipulation!
He was also a big shot.
"I have already investigated the ins and outs of this incident." Liu Anhe calmly poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Xu Yuan. Then, he continued, "I can prove your innocence at any time."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Xu Yuan asked after a moment of silence.
This old man.
Could it be that he wanted to extort a sum of money from him?
Liu Anhe was very famous and his deeds were widely known.
As a master who could control time, Liu Anhe was able to use Time Rewind to check the flow of time in the past.
He could easily wash away his suspicion.
"I can help you with this." Liu Anhe said slowly, "But you, young friend, have to help me with something."
"Will you agree to participate in the National League next month?"
"Huh?! Why is it about this again?" Xu Yuan was stunned.
"I've checked the part about you in the examination hall." In the night wind, Liu Anhe smiled like an old fox. "You only need to display that ability in the examination hall, and you can easily win first place in this tournament."
The old man leisurely talked about the tournament.
The competition organized by Dragon Country was originally only for the domestic market and had never considered adding foreign countries.
But this time...
Due to some uncontrollable reasons, the higher-ups of the Dragon Country approved and allowed foreign participants to register.
"I'm letting you participate as insurance."
"It's such a grand event. We can't let outsiders take the championship away, right?" Liu Anhe said.
"Don't you have confidence in those young talents in the country?" Xu Yuan was depressed.
"Indeed," Liu Anhe nodded, "Below the fourth reincarnation, there are many young people with great talent."
"But they don't show enough dominance." Liu Anhe looked at him and said, "But you are different. Just that one move in the examination hall is enough to take first place in this competition."
Xu Yuan frowned.
With the support of his god-tier talent, that Arcane Surge was indeed earth-shattering.
It was reasonable to be targeted.
Seeing that he was silent, Liu Anhe calmly took a sip of tea and continued, "Do you want to know who framed you?"
Xu Yuan raised his head and shook it.
"It's the Luo family." Liu Anhe did not keep him in suspense. "They have been quite restless recently. Framing you might just be their first step."
"The first step? Then what will they do next?" Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows.
Although Luo Wuqiu was courting death, Xu Yuan was the one who killed him. It was normal for the Luo family to want revenge.
Opposite him, Liu Anhe remained calm.
"I control time. I can see many things that others can't." He said, "I can easily look back."
Xu Yuan's lips twitched.
Was this old man trying to show off?
"But I can't see the future." The old man suddenly changed the topic and spread his hands. He continued, "So I don't know what their next step will be..."
Xu Yuan was speechless.
"Old man. Do you think you're funny?" he asked inwardly.
"There is another consideration for asking you to participate in the competition. The Luo family will continue to target you in the future," Liu Anhe cleared his throat and said.
"The two people who died today gave the higher-ups a headache..."
"Then let's make the Luo family famous!" Xu Yuan interrupted him and said, "Those two people might have been killed by the Luo family!"
"It's not that simple." Liu Anhe shook his head.
Recently, the Luo family had been unclear with foreign forces. Perhaps they were planning something big.
He didn't touch them for the time being because he wanted to find out which forces were behind them so that he could capture them all in one fell swoop.
"There are some things... Due to my duties, I can't tell you for the time being. I wanted to talk to you today mainly about the tournament," said Liu Anhe.
It was very simple to wash away the suspicion of Xu Yuan.
He could go back to the past and record the images of what had happened with a spell to make it public.
But if this matter was resolved, what would the Luo family do next?
Two foreign guests had already died in their first attack.
Who knew if the Luo family would go even crazier?
After Liu Anhe voiced out the concerns in his heart, Xu Yuan pondered for a moment. His heart wavered slightly.
Although the old man didn't say anything, Xu Yuan still managed to hear some secrets from his words.
For reasons that could not be explained to outsiders, the higher-ups of the Dragon Country would not touch the Luo family for the time being.
However, the Luo family's revenge on him would definitely not stop. Even if he could prevent it this time, it would be difficult to prevent it from happening again.
The grand event was imminent.
It was impossible for the officials to arrange extra protection for Xu Yuan.
He could only agree to Liu Anhe's invitation to participate in the competition next month.
This old man could reasonably use the power he had in his hands to arrange for Xu Yuan to be included in the list of domestic players and thus receive official protection.
Kill two birds with one stone!
Before the event, he would not touch the Luo family.
This was because this impromptu event was a change for the Luo family and the other forces hidden in the dark.
The higher-ups wanted to use this opportunity to find all the enemies hiding in the dark.
What they hoped for was that before the grand event began, no accidents beyond their control would happen!
Xu Yuan fell into deep thought.
Knowing that someone had been secretly targeting him, he still felt quite uncomfortable.
Even if he wasn't afraid, the feeling of constantly waiting for danger to arrive was indeed a little torturous.
"I need to think about it," he said slowly.
Liu Anhe smiled slightly, knowing that the matter had been settled.
"You can stay in Imperial Capital for the next few days. I'll arrange a guide for you to take you around the capital," he said.
He nodded.
Things would be much easier.
No matter how crazy the Luo family was, they would not dare to make a move here and now.