Bab 23: Chapter 23 Where Does it Come From?

Editor: Atlas Studios

That statement, in fact, already had an answer when Yang Xiaoyun asked the question.

Without waiting for Su Mo to speak, Yang Xiaoyun continued: "I heard something."

"Uh?"

"Wei Ruhan actually doesn't want to pass the position of Alliance Leader to anyone."

Yang Xiaoyun said: "Wei Ruhan originally had three sons. His eldest son, Wei Qifeng, engaged in a fight by the Heng River and was killed and thrown into the river. Wei Ruhan searched for three whole years but never found the body.

"The second son, Wei Qixiong, was a pupil of the Yin Yang Strange Guest. In order to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Plate, he ventured alone into the farthest north, deep into the Ten Thousand Mile Ice Field. Twenty-three years have passed since then, and he has yet to return...more likely ill-fated than not.

"The youngest son turned out to be a natural-born simpleton, raised at home, thought to be safe from disaster and unlikely to die so easily... yet he choked to death on an egg.

"The Wei Family almost lost its lineage; however, what the world doesn't know is that Wei Qifeng had a daughter before he died."

Su Mo was somewhat surprised: "Wei Ruhan actually has a granddaughter?"

Although the matters of these three sons were treated as taboos by Wei Ruhan and rarely mentioned by anyone in Luoxia City.

Su Mo naturally had heard about them.

However, he had never heard of this granddaughter.

"Not only is there a granddaughter, but this granddaughter has also been a disciple of the Third Palace Master of Lengyue Palace since she was young, learning a set of superb martial arts. She secretly returned to Luoxia City not long ago, settling in the City Lord Manor."

"Are you suggesting that this matter is orchestrated by this little princess?"

"That's hard to say."

Yang Xiaoyun shook her head slightly: "Being the City Lord of Luoxia City and the Alliance Hierarch of Luofeng Alliance, these are immense wealth and power. I believe no one would easily hand them over to others, right? However, involving others in this scheme for no reason is indeed vexing."

"The tumult of Jianghu is always such, barely within anyone's control."

Su Mo sighed.

"Exactly."

Yang Xiaoyun looked at Su Mo, suddenly smiled again: "But you have truly surprised me, your thoughtfulness and insight are incomparable to the past. If Uncle Su knew this from beyond, he would be consoled."

At this point, both fell silent.

When they resumed speaking, they returned to the topic of martial arts.

Su Mo had arrived in the morning, and it was not until noon that he bid farewell and left.

Yang Xiaoyun wanted to keep Su Mo for a meal before he left, but Su Mo insisted on leaving, and so he could only let it be.

Finally, Yang Xiaoyun escorted Su Mo all the way to the entrance of the Iron Blood Escort Agency, repeatedly urging him to visit again when he was free.

Whereas the Cloud Catcher stood aside with words on the tip of his tongue, yet in the end, he did not manage to express himself.

...

In the study!

Amidst the curling wisps of blue smoke, Yang Yizhi sat straight-backed behind the desk, with a book in hand.

The sound of footsteps approached—it was the Cloud Catcher, Xu Ruoshen.

"Chief."

He bowed with hands clasped.

Yang Yizhi's eyes did not move from the book, simply asking softly: "Has he left?"

"Left."

"He spoke?"

"The young miss was with him the whole time; he didn't manage to speak."

Yang Yizhi nodded lightly: "Then we'll talk next time."

"Yes."

Xu Ruoshen furrowed his brows slightly: "During this time, Lord Wu of the Wu Family came to visit."

"And then?"

"The young lady told him to come back in ten years."

Yang Yizhi's lips twitched slightly, shifting his gaze from the book to the window: "Has he left?"

"He's waiting outside the escort agency gate."

Only then did Yang Yizhi turn to look at Xu Ruoshen.

Xu Ruoshen stood quietly.

"After all, it was inevitable to meet, sooner or later, that's all it is. Go now, do not overthink the affairs of the young ones."

"Yes."

Xu Ruoshen agreed and departed.

Yang Yi sat silently behind the desk for a long while before putting down the book he was holding.

...

After leaving the Iron Blood Escort Agency, Su Mo did not go straight home.

It was almost noon, so he decided to grab a bite to eat.

Though Uncle Fu wasn't a picky eater, every meal he cooked for Su Mo was prepared in a rush.

Uncle Fu probably expected him to have lunch at the Iron Blood Escort Agency, so Su Mo thought it might be nice to give the old man some leisure time for once.

He casually found a dumpling stall and ordered a bowl of wontons.

Before he could even speak, someone sat down across from him.

"Are you Su Mo?"

The man spoke with a tone that was neither cold nor warm, his eyes scrutinizing as he looked over.

Su Mo glanced at the man, who appeared to be in his early twenties with his hair tied up with a jade crown. His appearance would have been quite good if it weren't for the unhealed bruises, half of his eye area being blue with a contusion.

What Su Mo intended to say got stuck when confronted with this man's 'makeup', momentarily stunned, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Yang Xiaoyun really doesn't pull her punches."

Perhaps the comment struck a chord with the man, as he subconsciously nodded and touched the bruises on his face, "Indeed too harsh, and aimed particularly at the face..."

Su Mo fell silent.

Wu Chengfeng also became quiet.

However, the silence didn't last long before he slapped the table, "Shopkeeper, a bowl of wontons."

Then, looking at Su Mo, he said, "It's on me."

"Suit yourself."

Su Mo snorted lightly, indifferent.

Two bowls of wontons arrived one after another, and the two men ate in silence without further conversation.

In a short while, the two bowls of wontons were completely finished.

Wu Chengfeng was the first to stand, "Come with me."

With that, he turned and walked away.

Without hesitation, Su Mo turned and walked toward the escort agency.

Wu Chengfeng had walked a fair distance before he realized there were no footsteps behind him. Turning his head, he saw Su Mo was nearly out of sight.

Startled, he hurriedly chased after him. In several leaps, he caught up to Su Mo, "Wait for me!"

Su Mo stopped and turned around with a smile, "Did I forget to thank Lord Wu for his generous invitation?"

"...I told you to come with me!?"

"Did I agree?"

"...No."

"Well, there you have it."

...

Wu Chengfeng, furious, "Are you making a fool of me?"

"I wouldn't dare."

Su Mo shook his head, "As the son of the Deputy City Lord of Luoxia City, you are also considered our Young City Lord. How could I, merely a head of a declined escort agency, dare to make a fool of you?"

"Good... all of Luoxia City says that you, Su Mo, are a wastrel beyond shaping, but I didn't expect you to also have guts."

Wu Chengfeng burst into laughter, "Well then, I won't beat around the bush with you. Let's have a contest. If I win, you'll go to the Yang Family to break off your engagement. If you win, from now on where you and Yang Xiaoyun are, I will stay back a fair distance!"

Su Mo looked Wu Chengfeng up and down, shook his head slightly, and said, "Goodbye."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Wu Chengfeng was taken aback and hurriedly reached for Su Mo's shoulder, "Wait a..."

He didn't finish his sentence before he saw Su Mo's shoulder tremble slightly, and a tremendous force suddenly burst forth from Su Mo's shoulder, sending Wu Chengfeng flying through the air.

His trajectory was so swift that the Inner Strength sent him straight into a restaurant by the street.

Several young men were drinking and chatting when Wu Chengfeng flew through the window and happened to land at an empty seat at their table.

All of them were taken aback and, on closer inspection, recognized him, surprised:

"Brother Wu, where did you come from?"

Wu Chengfeng: "..."

While Wu Chengfeng sat there dumbfounded, unsure of how to explain, a pair of eyes in the darkness of the street had already witnessed everything.

At this moment, eyes filled with astonishment.

komentar 0 komentar

Pilih

KIRIM HADIAH

Bab 24: Chapter 24 Assassination

Editor: Atlas Studios

In Su Mo's eyes, Wu Chengfeng's actions were simply nonsensical.

Matters like forming in-laws or cancellation of a wedding are serious issues, how could they default to a few moves in a scuffle for resolution?

What's most important is, even if Su Mo doesn't much approve of this marriage, if he were to call it off, it should be of his own volition, before he would proceed to do so.

Rather than being compelled by someone else's coercion, or under a betting fight.

This is not just disrespectful towards Yang Xiaoyun, it's also an underestimation of him, Su Mo.

"The son of the Deputy City Lord of Luoxia City, why does he seem like a brash youngster completely devoid of schemes?

"No wonder he's only capable of persistent badgering, annoyingly so."

He headed towards Ziyang Escort Agency, all the while lightly shaking his head.

From his conversation with Yang Xiaoyun today, it has become clear that the Iron Blood Escort Agency has now been implicated in the internal conflict of the Luofeng Alliance.

Becoming a key factor.

Some intend to make moves using the connections of Yang Yi from Iron Blood Escort Agency, as he travels eastward, while others aim to exploit Yang Xiaoyun as a breakthrough point.

This obtuse Wu Chengfeng is probably being used as a pawn without realizing it.

"Hopefully this will make him retreat, knowing his difficulty... solve a problem for me, and also let Yang Xiaoyun catch a breath."

Just as he was thinking to continue forward, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

In order to avoid Wu Chengfeng's entanglement, he had intentionally used his Inner Strength to send him flying into the restaurant, while he himself turned into an alley headed towards Ziyang Escort Agency.

At this moment, the narrow alley was deserted, not a person in sight, yet there was an aura of grave killing intent.

As he looked up, he saw two black clothed men descend from above, each with a Short Blade aiming straight for the crown of the head.

Their strikes were lethal!

A flash of murderous intent appeared in Su Mo's eyes, and in the flip of a hand, the Great Opening Sun Dispersal Hand was unleashed accordingly. His palm sliced through the blades of the two men but suddenly gripped their wrists firmly.

With the surge of Inner Strength, two snapping sounds were heard - both wrists were crushed by Su Mo.

These two black clothed men, their origins unknown, harbored determined intent to kill.

Even so, with their wrists crushed, they did not even utter a groan. Their other hands proceeded to grab and continue their stabs with the blades.

But a massive force suddenly enveloped them. While they were still upside down in midair, they were flung by Su Mo, each slamming loudly against the walls of the narrow alley.

This impact left them completely disoriented, feeling their insides burning furiously.

However, before they could regather their composure, Su Mo's palms had already struck, burying these two men's heads into the wall.

Their bones shattered, they died on the spot.

Yet, this wave of assassination attempts did not end there. After killing these two, Su Mo did not pause. He leapt up with a push from his feet, perfectly dodging two Short Blades stabbing from behind.

While in midair, a punch thundered out.

A black clothed man bore the brunt of it. The force penetrated his internal organs. Staggering forward, he spat a large mouthful of fresh blood, which not only drenched his mask but also splattered with fragments of his organs.

The other black clothed man, seeing his attack miss, wished to flee a great distance.

But before he could engage his Qinggong, he felt his neck tighten; an overwhelming force crushed down, and with a loud thud, he was smashed to the ground.

Following that, the sounds of bones cracking and snapping rang out. Extreme pain pierced from his limbs into his heart. As he turned his head within that moment, his limbs were already twisted and broken by Su Mo.

Simultaneously, his head felt heavy, pinned under Su Mo's foot.

Bending down, Su Mo removed the man's mask, his eyebrows lightly raising.

Beneath the mask was a face riddled with scars, its appearance long since ruined.

"Damn, how ruthless can one be to oneself?"

Su Mo exerted force on his foot: "Open your mouth, let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, the man's eyes flashed with despair, but he clenched his mouth even tighter.

"Not possible, right?"

Su Mo was somewhat surprised. He applied more pressure with his foot, and the man's mouth involuntarily began to open slowly. Suddenly, a sharp object shot out of his mouth and pinned itself onto the opposite wall.

Su Mo inhaled a sharp breath, thought for a moment, then took out deer skin gloves from his bosom and put them on before carefully prying open the man's jaw to inspect.

He then found that not only was the black-clothed man's face covered with scars, destroying his original facial features.

Even his tongue was gone, with only a black pouch rigged with a mechanism, connected to his teeth.

This vicious device could be placed in the mouth when in use and removed when not needed.

At the right moment, upon opening the mouth, the mechanism would be triggered, and the hidden weapon stored inside the pouch could be forcefully launched out to take someone's life.

Had Su Mo not removed the man's mask and noticed his persistently clenched mouth, detecting something amiss, he might very well have been caught off guard.

"With the tongue cut off at the root, seems like he can't speak anymore."

Su Mo sighed and without further hesitation, struck the man dead with a palm.

With things having gotten to this point, these people's ruthlessness had been pushed to the extreme. Under such circumstances, it hardly mattered whether Su Mo had the means to torture for information or if the black-clothed man could write.

Even if both were possible... it's likely he would neither speak nor write anything.

Moreover, such death soldiers might have already ingested poison before departing, and if their mission was exposed and they couldn't return in time, it was possible they could die from the poison taking effect.

Rather than wasting time, it was better to end his life more swiftly.

However, after standing up, Su Mo felt wronged.

He was perfectly fine; why would these people come to kill him?

"Is it Wu Chengfeng seeking revenge?

"It doesn't seem like it...

"After leaving the Iron Blood Escort Agency, Wu Chengfeng was waiting for me at the door.

"In the time after I sent him flying with a shock, even if he had the chance to give such an order, these men would not have arrived so fast.

"If it's not him..."

Su Mo shifted his train of thought: "Then there are only two possibilities... One is that the group of people who were wiped out from the Yu Family tracked down my roots, so they wanted to kill me to erase any information related to the Mysterious Mechanism. But judging from the modus operandi of these assassins, it doesn't resemble the black-clothed men that appeared that night, not appearing to be from the same group.

"And since Yu Lingxin dared to lure these people out using the Mysterious Mechanism as bait, the planning behind it would surely be flawless without leaving traces; it would be difficult for this group to find any leads from that night.

"The other possibility is... that one who can't have sons?"

At this thought, Su Mo stood stunned for a moment but then furrowed his brows, looking in a certain direction: "Are you just going to leave like this?"

Previously, someone was hiding there.

However, that person's Concealing Breath technique was extremely good; only until these assassins suddenly appeared did that person let slip a hint of his presence.

Su Mo had pretended to be distracted just now to see if this person was also here to kill him.

If so, he would be able to capture that moment of opportunity, striking swiftly, and thus fall into Su Mo's hands.

But now...

"The storms of Jianghu never cease, so why are there so many troubles even after returning home?"

He sighed deeply and without further contemplation, headed straight back to the Ziyang Escort Agency.

komentar 0 komentar

Pilih

KIRIM HADIAH