Chapitre 18: Request
Éditeur: Atlas Studios
From the moment the man dressed in gray had appeared and pincer-attacked Han Li together with the devilish-looking teenager to the point Han Li countered and killed the two of them, only a few seconds had passed.
With two all-powerful cultivators at the Core Formation level falling so easily, everyone—including the Yu family members and the men dressed in black—was so shocked they were left dumbfounded.
They were especially shocked by the white beam Han Li spat out at the last moment. It appeared so suddenly and disappeared just as quickly as well. It only took the blink of an eye and those men dressed in black were already completely frightened. They dared not stay any longer and they quickly stowed away their magical weapons as they prepared to escape.
One had to know, in the Spirit Imperial World, sword cultivators were able to suppress ordinary cultivators of the same level easily. On top of the extremely fast speed their flying swords were capable of, they could kill someone without leaving a trace. If one didn't leave any sooner, they might not be able to leave even if they wanted to.
Within a few seconds, magical weapons glowed all over within the Yu family manor and more than a dozen flying figures surged towards the sky, fleeing in various directions.
Han Li did not even glance at these people. He merely looked at the corpse left by the devilish-looking teenager and raised an eyebrow slightly as he contemplated something.
With this, the remaining Yu family members all stared at each other and none of them dared to disturb Han Li. As for the three hired cultivators, they did not even dare to breathe out loud.
As for Perfected White Stone, he glanced at Han Li secretly and hesitated for a moment before he waved his right hand at the men who were running away.
All they saw was a slight engorgement in his sleeve and a long golden rope sprung out like a poisonous snake flying out of its cave, curling in mid-air before it sprung back.
A loud bang echoed in the sky.
A thin cultivator dressed in black was pulled back by that golden rope. He was tied up like a dumpling and thrown before Han Li.
"S-Spare me…" After the cultivator fell to the ground, he ignored the pain as he saw Han Li in front of him and immediately begged for mercy.
"Do you know about this Sky Ghost Sect?" Han Li did not even look at the cultivator, as he turned to ask Perfected White Stone instead.
"Sky Ghost Sect and Cold Fire Sect are both one of the top sects in the Spirit Imperial World." Perfected White Stone glanced at Seventh Miss before he answered carefully.
"How many people did Sky Ghost Sect send to Mingyuan City?" Han Li nodded before he looked down at the man dressed in black.
"S-Senior, from what I know, there are only those who came to the Yu manor." The cultivator struggled to sit up as he answered almost immediately.
However, the moment he finished speaking, he felt himself being covered with coldness, like he had been thrown into a frozen cavern.
He only saw the eyes of the tall teenager in front of him turning extremely cold as the latter stared at him. The teenager's pair of black eyes seemed to turn extremely large and became two depthless black holes. If he tried to pull a fast one and lied, he would be immediately swallowed by them.
This feeling only remained for a second, but he felt goosebumps appearing all over him. His back and shirt were drenched with his cold sweat.
"Please calm down, Senior. Everything I said is the truth! We are only outer sect disciples and came to the Prime Minister's manor under orders. As for whether there are other disciples of the sect in the city, I really don't know." The cultivator wanted to kneel down and kowtow. However, he was not able to because of the golden rope constricting him, so he could only look down as much as possible.
"Working under orders! Under his order?" Han Li glanced at the devilish-looking teenager's corpse and asked softly.
"Yes. H-He's called Qi Minghao and is an inner sect disciple. He's extremely talented and regarded highly amongst the sect. One of the sect's elders are from his family and with that backing, none of us dared to refuse his orders. If we knew earlier that the Yu manor was under the care of Senior, I wouldn't dare step into the Yu manor even if I was given a million spirit stones." The cultivator hurriedly nodded and continued begging.
Seventh Miss walked over and she asked with slightly red eyes. "Is what Qi Minghao said true? That my father and brothers are all…"
"Outer sect disciples like me have no right to participate in the Feng Capital matters. However, from what I know, it's more or less similar to what Qi Minghao said," the cultivator said with slight trepidation.
Hearing this, Seventh Miss closed her eyes and two beads of tears fell from her eyes quickly.
Another wave of sobs appeared amongst the female Yu family members.
After Seventh Miss opened her eyes once more, she asked painfully, "Since your Sky Ghost Sect has already taken over Feng Nation, you can just control the existing royal family. Why do you have to annihilate my Yu family?"
"This is the usual practice of the sect. In order to fully control Feng Nation, every royal family member that has ties to the Cold Fire Sect and every official that was loyal to the previous royal family and their families would also be annihilated. The Yu family fits the bill. Everyone… please don't blame me for speaking too much, but that Elder Qi is known for being extremely protective of his kin. Now that his grandnephew has been killed, he will definitely pursue this matter to the end. Even us, outer sect disciples that came with him would be implicated and tortured to death as well," the cultivator suddenly thought of something and said with a voice trembling from fear.
Hearing this, the Yu family members were thrown into panic. The three hired cultivators' expressions turned dark as well.
"Seventh Sister, why are we still talking so much? Let's quickly leave this place. Isn't your master part of the Cold Fire Sect? Let's go look for her. She would definitely take us in." Second Young Master no longer looked as poised as he was before with his face covered with tears and dirt.
Seventh Miss ignored him as she lifted her sleeve to wipe her tears away. She walked in front of Han Li, Liu Le'er, and Perfected White Stone before she bowed deeply and said respectfully, "Thank you for your help."
Han Li did not say anything and fully accepted her gesture of gratitude.
Perfected White Stone also merely nodded and remained silent.
"Seventh Miss…"
Liu Le'er, who had experienced her family dying terribly as well, could not help but feel a little sad. She wanted to say something to comfort the girl, but she did not know what to say, so she merely called out her name.
Seventh Miss nodded at her and forced a smile on her face.
However, after that, the sadness and despair she wore previously slowly disappeared as her expression became more determined, as if she had suddenly become the Seventh Master and was no longer the delicate Seventh Miss.
With a wave of her hand, a white dagger appeared. It was the same dagger that Han Li had hit before and without any other words, she stabbed it towards the cultivator dressed in black.
"Spare me…"
With a wail of despair, the short dagger sunk into the man until only the handle was seen.
The cultivator dressed in black fell onto the ground in a pool of his blood, his body convulsing a few times before he stopped moving altogether.
Seeing this, the remaining Yu family members could not help but look at each other.
At this moment, Seventh Miss turned towards the group of about a dozen survivors and she said determinedly, "It is a fact that such a tragedy befell the Yu family. Even if we have the Cold Fire Sect to back us up now, our family wouldn't be able to regain our position so easily. If you're a member of my Yu family, please follow me to the Cold Fire Sect. For everyone else who isn't willing to follow us, you may take some money from our vault and leave freely."
The female Yu family members who were originally overwhelmed with panic and fear finally calmed down and stopped sobbing.
Seeing this, Han Li could not help but glance at this Seventh Miss again.
"As for the hired cultivators, you've already done a lot by protecting my Yu family members with your lives today. I can never thank you enough. If you want to leave, you can choose a few treasures from our vault as well. However, if you're willing to escort us to the Cold Fire Sect, I will thank you again afterwards." With that, Seventh Miss finished as she glanced towards the three hired cultivators.
Hearing this, the three hired cultivators glanced at each other. It was clear that they were extremely hesitant as they stole glances at Han Li and Perfected White Stone from time to time.
Seeing this, Seventh Miss could not help but glance at Han Li as well. She felt extremely helpless. However, with another thought, she took a few steps forward and bowed with all she had before she said.
"Brother Liu, although I don't know who you are, I can tell that you're a real senior and master. I believe that you wouldn't like normal treasures either. I'm willing to use my family's treasure, a Wyrm Essence Bead, that was passed down through generations, as payment. I hope that you can escort my family to the Cold Fire Sect." Seventh Miss stared straight at Han Li and said sincerely.
A Wyrm Essence Bead!
Perfected White Stone and the other cultivators immediately raised an eyebrow after hearing this and greed flashed in their eyes. However, after glancing at Han Li from the corners of their eyes, that greed immediately dissipated into nothing.
"Seventh Sister, are you crazy? You dare talk about the Wyrm Essence Bead?" Hearing this, Second Young Master was extremely shocked and remarked hurriedly.
"We're about to lose the Yu family. What is one Wyrm Essence Bead? As long as Brother Liu agrees, I'll go to the secret vault and bring out the bead. What do you think?" Seventh Miss ignored her brother completely with her eyes fixed on Han Li without blinking as she said calmly.
-- Cadeau
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