Wei Xiaodong observed Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou for a moment before walking up to them with several Big Sword Sect disciples behind him.
"Who are you?" Wei Xiaodong asked as he looked directly at Huang Xiaolong.
As he asked this, his eyes signaled the two men in black, and they proceeded to secure the sack and hid it from view behind them.
Huang Xiaolong noticed the two black-clothed men's actions, but he did not mind it. Looking at Wei Xiaodong, he said, "The person who wants your life!"
The person who wants your life!
Wei Xiaodong's heart tightened; on the surface, however, he chuckled, "I think you're joking, right? We're Big Sword Sect's disciples."
"Look at me, do I look like I'm joking with you?" Huang Xiaolong shrugged nonchalantly, "Big Sword Sect disciples are exactly the ones I want to kill."
While Huang Xiaolong was talking, Wei Xiaodong's hands suddenly waved out towards him, countless cold darts whistled through the air, shooting at Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou. These cold darts shone with an eerie green color underneath the moonlight. Clearly, these cold darts were coated with toxic poison.
Watching this, Huang Xiaolong sneered, and both he and Fei Hou raised a palm at the same time. With a slight push forward, a gust of violent wind deflected the cold darts, slamming them down to the ground.
Seeing this result, Wei Xiaodong paled slightly. Without a word to the several Big Sword Sect disciples, he turned around and fled.
Without missing a beat, Huang Xiaolong's body blurred into motion and appeared right in front of Wei Xiaodong. Wei Xiaodong formed a fist and punched out, but Huang Xiaolong raised a hand and firmly grasped Wei Xiaodong's fist in his palm, then exerted a little pressure. The crackling of bones breaking rang out and Wei Xiaodong's scream split the quiet surrounding.
With Huang Xiaolong's current strength, a little squeeze could crush a thousand-year-old tree, not to mention Wei Xiaodong's fist.
Crushing the bones in Wei Xiaodong's fist, Huang Xiaolong threw him back to the original spot he was in.
The several Big Sword Sect disciples also issued painful screams from being attacked, and in the blink of an eye all of them were 'taken care' of Fei Hou, including the two men in black.
The thick scent of blood filled the air, assailing the nose.
Wei Xiaodong smelled the scent of blood coming from the Big Sword Sect disciples and fear crept up his face. Ashen-faced, his backside fell to the ground, sliding across the soil, "Don't, don't kill me, I, I can give you anything!"
"Can give me anything?" Huang Xiaolong mocked, "What can you give me?"
Wei Xiaodong blanked.
"Beg, I beg you, please let me go, I can do whatever you want me to!" He quickly pleaded, head knocking loudly on the ground repeatedly.
Huang Xiaolong's cold voice ridiculed him, "You're wussier than your father."
"My father?" Wei Xiaodong dazed for a second at the sudden mention of his father.
"It's you!" Wei Xiaodong's eyes widened in shock.
"I'm the one that killed your father, don't you want to avenge your father?" Huang Xiaolong incited him.
Different emotions flickered across Wei Xiaodong's face, but in the end, he squeezed out a smile saying, "This brother must be joking with me."
Huang Xiaolong shook his head. Calling out the Blades of Asura, he no longer bothered to talk nonsense; both hands swung out and two icy sharp rays of blade lights slashed out. One slit across Wei Xiaodong's throat, and the other drew blood from his eyebrows.
Wide-eyed, Wei Xiaodong tumbled to the ground with blood seeping into it.
"Sovereign, what do we do about the girl?" Fei Hou asked. A finger pointed toward the sack containing the Southern Cliffs City Castellan's daughter.
"Bring her back first." Huang Xiaolong said, sounding solemn.
"Yes, Sovereign!"
A while later, Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou disappeared from the dilapidated courtyard, bringing Sun Qing's daughter with them.
Soon, they returned to the inn with Fei Hou carrying Sun Qing's daughter.
Seeing them come back with a girl, Zhao Shu and Yu Ming asked Fei Hou what took place. Fei Hou respectfully recounted the events to the two seniors.
At that moment, Sun Qing's daughter regained consciousness, and when she saw four strange men in the room, she bolted up from the bed, frightened, "Who are you all? What do you want to do?!"
Huang Xiaolong looked over at Fei Hou, Fei Hou understood and briefly described the events of the night.
After Fei Hou finished, Sun Qing's daughter relaxed a little, but she did not let go of her wariness towards Huang Xiaolong and the three men. It seemed she did not fully trust Fei Hou's words.
"You can go back now." Huang Xiaolong spoke.
Whether the other party believed them or not, Huang Xiaolong didn't care, it was a moment of curiosity and coincidence, after all.
"I can go back?" Sun Lin repeated doubtfully, and then she cautiously walked to the door. Taking two steps, she looked over her shoulder at the four men before leaving.
She walked out from the room, then out of the inn, yet nothing happened, allowing her to release a sigh of relief as she hurried off.
Coming out onto the streets, she bolted back to the Castellan Manor.
At this time, people within the Castellan Manor had noticed Sun Lin's disappearance and all hell broke loose.
"Lin'er, what happened?" Sun Qing saw his daughter walking in through the entrance, his stretched nerves relaxed as he asked anxiously.
Sun Lin broke out in tears as she repeated through sobs what Fei Hou said to her father.
"Big Sword Sect!" Rage exploded in Sun Qing's eyes hearing what she said: "They think we're so weak to be bullied!"
"Castellan, I think there's a problem with those four people." At this time, the manor's steward stepped up and pointed out, "According to what the other party said, they saw two black-clothed men abduct little Miss, yet why didn't they stop them at that time? Why did they wait until little Miss was brought to an abandoned dilapidated courtyard before rescuing her?"
Sun Qing's brows furrowed deeply.
"What little Miss said came from the four people, we don't know the actual truth of what actually took place." Steward Liu Wen added: "Who knows if there were really any Big Sword Sect disciples. It is also a possibility that they were the ones that abducted little Miss and then pushed the matter onto Big Sword Sect before letting little Miss come back!"
A sharp light flickered in Sun Qing's eyes as he looked over his shoulder to a guard behind him, "Four of you go to the north side of the city, and search to see if there are any Big Sword Sect disciples' corpses; the rest of you, follow me to Warm Fragrance Inn!"
"If what they said is true, then it's fine!"
"However, if those four people truly planned all this deliberately and pushed the blame onto Big Sword Sect…!" The sharp light in Sun Qing's eyes deepened.
Not long after, the Castellan Manor guards surrounded Warm Fragrance Inn.
Nearby commoners were awakened by the ruckus.
Inside one of the rooms, Fei Hou said to Huang Xiaolong, "Sovereign was right, that Sun Qing doesn't believe we saved his daughter."
Huang Xiaolong nodded.
The fact that Sun Qing didn't believe what happened was something very normal.
"Sovereign, should this Subordinate handle the situation?" Yu Ming took a step forward, asking. If it was any other person, they would not believe it so easily as well. Huang Xiaolong waved his hand with an unperturbed manner, "No need."
Suddenly at this time, the room door was broken open, and the Castellan Manor's guards rushed inside with fierce expressions on their faces, followed by Sun Qing in the full grandeur of his Castellan robes.
When Sun Qing walked into the room, his sullen face abruptly turned blank, and it stayed blank for quite a while as he stared at Huang Xiaolong.
Two years ago, Sun Qing once followed a general to the Marshal Mansion in Luo Tong Royal City to report military matters to Marshal Haotian. At that time, he was just a low-ranked soldier, and he didn't even qualify to enter the mansion, thus he stood outside the entrance. From far away, he caught a glimpse of Huang Xiaolong. Despite that, that scene stayed clear in his memory up to this day. The respectful demeanor Marshal Haotian had for the same young man in front of him was unmistakable. After that time, he asked around and found out that young man was Huang Xiaolong.
"Huang, Young, Young Master Huang!" Sun Qing snapped back to reality with an ashen face, and his legs went soft at the knees, "It, it was Young Master Huang that saved my youngest daughter?"
He actually brought an army to encircle Huang Xiaolong? If…if Marshal Haotian got wind of this, what would be his ending? He had heard that even their Luo Tong King referred to Huang Xiaolong's father, Huang Peng, as brothers!
"That's right." Huang Xiaolong's admission was aloof.
Sun Qing shuddered hearing this. In front of the guards and Steward Liu Wen, Sun Qing suddenly fell to his knees, "This little one deserves death! It was due to a moment of confusion, and I did not realize it was Young Master Huang! I should die! I should die!" He was beginning to speak incoherently, unable to string a proper sentence.
As he carried on, Sun Qing slapped the left side of his own face fiercely.
Moments later, blood was trickling down from the corner of his mouth.
The Castellan Manor guards were stupefied watching what was happening with Castellan Sun Qing.
Young Master Huang?!
All the guards and Steward Liu Wen looked at Huang Xiaolong.
However, not one of them could recognize who Huang Xiaolong was. Even so, the reaction of their Castellan explained enough to tell them that they were in big trouble!
Liu Wen and the rest of the guards swiftly knelt down like Sun Qing, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Huang Xiaolong looked at Sun Qing kneeling on the floor and said, "You're not in the wrong, stand up."
Only then did Sun Qing stop punishing himself, thanking Huang Xiaolong profusely before getting up.
"All of you go back now, I'm just passing through this place and don't want to attract attention." Huang Xiaolong spoke.
"Yes, yes, Young Master Huang!" Sun Qing nodded his head vigorously, then saluted towards Huang Xiaolong, and hurried out. All the Castellan Manor guards swiftly followed behind him with unease on their faces.
The night was calm again.
Daybreak gradually brightened the sky, and Huang Xiaolong's group of four exited Southern Cliffs City, crossed over the Luo Tong Kingdom's border, and entered Baolong Kingdom.
Stepping onto Baolong Kingdom's soil, Huang Xiaolong, Zhao Shu, Yu Ming, and Fei Hou wasted no time and headed directly to Big Sword Sect's headquarters.
On the way, Fei Hou explained the 'connections' to Zhao Shu and Yu Ming between Huang Xiaolong and Big Sword Sect, the Martial Ning Family, and Clear Cloud Pavilion.
Violent Dragon County was located at the most northern point of Baolong Kingdom, and it was full of meandering hills and mountains. Atop this mountain range stood a huge palace-like building. This was the headquarters to one of the Baolong Kingdom's prominent sects: Big Sword Sect.
Main hall of Big Sword Sect's headquarters.
Yu Chen was listening to a disciple report about matters in Southern Cliffs City, and after that, he asked, "Wei Xiaodong was actually murdered, what's everyone's opinion on this?"
Wei Xiaodong was one of Big Sword Sect's core disciples, and this time, it was Yu Chen himself that sent him to Southern Cliffs City. He did not expect that Wei Xiaodong would meet his end there, together with all the other Big Sword Sect disciples that were also killed.
"According to the report, the person that saved Sun Lin was a young man around seventeen or eighteen, and there were four in his group altogether. Castellan Sun referred to him as "Young Master Huang" with great respect. Could that Young Master Huang be Huang Xiaolong?" On the main seat, Lin Zhiren's sullen voice asked.
Someone that could raise fear from Castellan Sun with the surname Huang, and coupled with the description of that person, it was not difficult to guess Huang Xiaolong's identity.
"It should be Huang Xiaolong. He took the Cosmic Star Academy's overall championship and is probably traveling to Duanren Empire to participate in the Imperial City battle. Most likely, he was passing through Southern Cliffs City on the way." One Big Sword Sect Elder agreed.
"Huang Xiaolong wants to head to Duanren Empire to participate in the Imperial City Battle, but he must travel across our Baolong Kingdom. In my opinion, he would pass by our Big Sword Sect territory within a month or two. Old Sect Leader, at that time we should lay a siege and kill Huang Xiaolong!" Another Big Sword Sect Elder suggested.
"That's right Old Sect Leader, this time we absolutely must kill Huang Xiaolong! Otherwise, if he were allowed to grow, this monstrous freak will break into the Xiantian realm within the next two years. Once he's broken through into the Xiantian realm, it would be difficult for our Big Sword Sect to annihilate him at that time!"
"And this time around, he won't have Marshal Haotian protecting him, only that Fei Hou is beside him. This is a golden opportunity!"
The Big Sword Sect Elders voiced their opinions.
Yu Chen's gaze sharpened. He raised his hand to silence the Elders, and when everyone quieted down, his cold voice sounded, "Pass down my order, all Big Sword Sect disciples move out, and stake out the possible routes Huang Xiaolong would take—cut him off!"
All Big Sword Sect disciples moved out; this time, Huang Xiaolong couldn't escape!
"Yes, Old Sect Leader!" The Big Sword Sect Elders replied.
However, several painful howling sounds were heard as Big Sword Sect disciples were seen flying into the main hall.
Everyone in the huge hall was startled and looked over quickly.
"Huang Xiaolong!" Yu Chen's eyes narrowed and he jumped up from his seat. Lin Zhiren and the Elders also stood up from their seats.
"Huang Xiaolong, I didn't expect you would have the guts to step into my Big Sword Sect's headquarters!" Yu Chen slowly walked out from the main hall, and step by step, he was fully releasing his battle qi as his gaze locked onto Huang Xiaolong.
The Elders spread out in the huge hall, encircling Huang Xiaolong's group of four in the middle.
Suddenly, the sound of a clear bell ringing cut through the tense atmosphere.
In that moment, all of the Big Sword Sect's disciples rushed to the main hall.
One hundred thousand Big Sword Sect disciples came whistling through the air.
In no time at all, all one hundred thousand disciples arrived, blocking all exits of the main hall to a point where not even water could leak out.
Lin Zhiren looked at Huang Xiaolong and sneered coldly, "Huang Xiaolong, I want to see how you will run this time?!"
"Run?" Huang Xiaolong showed indifference, "Who said I wanted to run?"
Yu Chen quickly glanced over the four people on Huang Xiaolong's side. At the end, his eyes fell onto Zhao Shu and Yu Ming's body. He was filled with doubt; could these two people be Huang Xiaolong's trump card?
Both Zhao Shu and Yu Ming had their aura hidden. Of course, Yu Chen could not tell their cultivation levels with his pitiable level of strength.
"Huang Xiaolong, do you think that just the four of you can go against the entirety of my Big Sword Sect disciples?" Lin Zhiren smirked conceitedly, and glanced over the four faces, "Do you think you have a Saint realm expert amongst you?"
Relying on one person's power to exterminate a prominent sect of a kingdom, only a Saint realm expert had the ability to do so.
But, just as Lin Zhiren's voice ended, Zhao Shu reached out and made a twisting action. Over the distance of hundreds of meters, countless shadows of gigantic hands were seen grasping at Lin Zhiren, lifting him up in midair.
An earth shattering aura exploded from Zhao Shu.
The weather within ten thousand li of the Big Sword Sect headquarters changed as clear blue skies darkened gloomily and thunderbolts struck simultaneously. An overwhelming pressure locked onto every corner of the Big Sword Sect headquarters.
Lin Zhiren, Yu Chen, and the Big Sword Sect Elders were flopping like fish out of water under the pressure. Their eyes protruded out of their sockets, and their mouths were agape as if they were on the verge of taking their last breath at any moment.
All the spiritual energy within that ten thousand li dissipated!
"Saint…Saint realm expert!" Lin Zhiren was scared out of his wits, shivering from head to toe. His throat moved with much difficulty to utter those words.
Saint realm expert!
Only a Saint realm expert could release such terrifying pressure. Only a Saint realm expert could ignore space distance to control a Xiantian expert like Lin Zhiren.
Only a Saint realm expert could manipulate the law of space to control certain spatial areas.
Zhao Shu's cold eyes glanced at Lin Zhiren and immense pressure swept across space. Lin Zhiren's neck was then snapped right in front of everyone's eyes. Following that, his body was released and he fell limply to the floor.
A Xiantian expert died!
Zhao Shu turned around, looking at Yu Chen and the others of the Big Sword Sect.
"Se, Senior, mercy, mercy ah!" Fear and panic warped Yu Chen's face as he pleaded.
Zhao Shu snorted, and suddenly Yu Chen spurted blood from his mouth as if he took a heavy blow, and just like that, he tumbled to the floor. It was then that the Big Sword Sect Elders realized there was a wound deeply ingrained in Yu Chen's chest, but no one knew when it happened.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Zhiren and Yu Chen, two of Big Sword Sect's strongest Xiantian experts had fallen.
An atmosphere fraught with death spread throughout the surrounding space.
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