Tingyu Tower.
With a crash, one of the strings broke. The high-pitched music came to an abrupt end.
Ting Yu sit upright; he sighed with emotion after thinking for a moment, “Unexpectedly, Residual Snow’s first failure was not caused by a famous person, but by a Human-Gang young man.”
The attendant outside the door fell silent. He had no idea about how to reply.
In tonight’s action, the assassin Grey Mink was badly wounded, and his cultivation was completely abandoned as the Ocean of Qi broke; the assassin Ghost Moon was in danger several times without detecting the trace of the opponent.
Residual Snow…
Faced the same defeat!
He would be killed if his heart got penetrated!
They three were all defeated by Lin Xun, who was just a Human-Gang teenager preparing for Province Test!
The result seemed so unbelievable and shocking that even at this point, the attendant could not take it as reality.
“Despite the failure of the task, it’s quite lucky for them to be alive.”
Ting Yu, dressed in a blue robe, stood up gently in front of the window with his hands clasped behind his back. The storm stopped outside and the stars in the night sky were bright.
“Master, when Ghost Moon returned, he mentioned that an overmatch had also intervened in the assassination.”
Outside the door, the attendant suddenly remembered something and said quickly, “Ghost Moon bought back a message.”
“What’s about?”
Ting Yu asked with interest, “What did the overmatch say?”
“He asked if you still remember ‘bloody Cang Mountain shrouded in scarlet sunset’.”
Bloody Cang Mountains shrouded in scarlet sunset!
Suddenly, a world full of corpses and blood emerged in Ting Yu’s mind.
In that world, the sunset was scarlet like blood, shrouding Cang Mountains. Thousands of strong people fell to the ground and turned into dead bodies. Only a solemn figure covered in blood stood proudly on the top of Cang Mountain.
“Is that he…”
A vague absent-minded expression appeared on Ting Yu’s usually unperturbed face.
He suddenly turned around after a long time with his eyes restoring to complete calmness. He said, “From tonight on, this task will be cancelled forever!”
Outside the door, the attendant got astonished. Why did this message change master’s attitude completely?!
If tonight’s failure could not be remedied, it would inevitably have a great impact on the reputation of the Tingyu Tower!
His master Ting Yu should not be unaware of this point by his identity and wits, but he made such a decision at last, which made the attendant somewhat at a loss.
“You don’t need to know the reason. You just remember that Lin Xun… is the one we can’t deal with.”
Ting Yu took a deep breath and let out a sigh.
…
Yao Susu and Lian Fei waited anxiously in the palace like two ants on a hot pot.
It had been a long time and they didn’t receive new information of tonight’s action. This upset them much.
“We spend 10,000 imperial gold coins hiring Tingyu Tower to assassin Lin Xun. But there’s still no news now!”
Lian Fei couldn’t help crying.
“Daring, be patient. Even if some accidents happen, those powerful forces will not leave Lin alive. Don’t forget that Lin Xun was born in a poor family. If he is still alive tonight, he will become a shame of those forces?”
Yao Susu was also restless, but she still pacified Lian Fei in a gentle voice.
With a bang, the closed palace gate was pushed open and Yao Tuohai strode in.
“Father.”
“Father-in-law.”
Yao Susu and Lian Fei felt heartened, but when they saw Yao Tuohai’s look, they got a sinking feeling and felt a chill of panic.
Yao Tuohai’s face at this time was terribly gloomy with cold light flashing in his eyes; he sent out an oppressive momentum like an angry ancient beast.
“Father, what’s wrong?” Yao Susu couldn’t help asking
“From today on, stay in Mist City, be good, and don’t pay attention to anything on Lin Xun anymore! ”
Yao Tuohai’s voice was full of a frightening force.
Yao Susu and Lian Fei felt a tremendous shock. In an instant, they realized that there must be some drastic change in the action tonight. Otherwise, how could Yao Tuohai be so angry and unwilling in his status?
Yao Tuohai did not come to vent his anger, but he was defeated and injured by Shue Jin tonight. Of course, he would not tell such a shameful thing to others.
He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “Lian Fei, if you want to take revenge, work step by step. You should pass the Province Test this year first. There will always be a chance to achieve your wish.”
Lian Fei felt a tremor in his heart, and his face was extremely sulky, “That it means… Lin is still alive?”
Yao Tuohai frowned and cast a cold glance at Lian Fei, “Susu, don’t let him do anything silly before Province Test!”
Then he turned around and walked away.
Lian Fei lost his spirit instantly. It took him so much energy and a high price to try to kill Lin Xun this one murdering his father, but all these efforts were in vain, which hit his heart like a heavy hammer.
Yao Susu was distressed and angry, at the same time she was confused. Lin Xun was a humble Human-Gang teenager from Feiyun Village. How could he be the rival of so many powerful forces?
How did he survive the assassination of Tingyu Tower?
The most frightening thing for Yao Susu was that she had vaguely guessed that her father seemed to have taken action tonight, but he had not changed the situation either and Lin Xun was still alive!
That was terrible!
Her father was a great practitioner in Tao Insight Realm. He was well-known in the whole Southwestern Province. He could be put on a par with the Governor Liu Wujun. How did Lin Xun survive if her father had joined in the action?
The more she pondered, the more frightened Yao Susu was, and cold sweat had spread all over her body unconsciously.
…
The long night was torn apart by a ray of morning light, which drove away the darkness in the world, heralding the coming day.
This turbulent and dangerous night was bloody and cruel, but the next day, the Mist City was surprisingly peaceful.
People were busy as usual. The streets were still crowded. It seemed that there were no differences from the past.
But this peace made the practitioners having paid close attention to this action since last night shocked. From last night to now, they did not receive any news!
What happened last night? Had Lin Xun, who came from a poor family, been killed? Why were several forces keeping their mouths shut about this matter?
Nobody knew it!
This peaceful atmosphere seemed to be a little strange. There were so many practitioners distributed in the Mist City; however, even the well-informed ones did not know anything about it.
But the more peaceful it showed, the more alarming it was. There must have been some upheaval last night, which led to such a peaceful scene!
It must be a terribly powerful force which blocked all news and keep everything about last night from being known to the world!
Many practitioners realized that no matter what happened last night, now that they were covered by an invisible force, they might never know it.
Southwest of Mist City, in a small courtyard.
Cao Yunxiu, head of the Qingyun Commune, had planned to publicize last night’s event to raise a colossal uproar so that the powerful forces would become a passive role in the relationship between the poor and the noble.
Who ever thought that everything that happened last night had been completely blocked, and there was no news leaking out at all!
This made Cao Yunxiu extremely frustrated, and at the same time, he was terrified of this invisible force. This force was much more terrible than those big forces.
“Head Cao, what shall we do now?”
Next to him, a group of members of the Qingyun Commune looked at each other and were all somewhat at a loss.
“This thing is over.”
Cao Yunxiu was silent for a long time, and then he sighed, “Under this situation, we can only wait for new opportunities to make a move.”
After a pause, his eyes became firm again, “But remember, in today’s empire, the powerful forces and the poor at the bottom like us are already incompatible. Sooner or later, this contradiction will erupt. At that time, it will be the opportunity for the Qingyun Commune to rise!”
All the members of the Qingyun Commune were roused by his words and passion, and they became firm again. Since they came from poor families, they were not willing to submit to their poor status for a lifetime!
“Head Cao, do you think Lin Xun is alive?”
Suddenly, someone asked.
Cao Yunxiu frowned and said, expressionless, “No matter he is alive or dead, since he has refused us earlier, it means that he has nothing to do with us anymore! Since we can’t be like-minded friends, then…”
Before he finished his words, someone said in subconscious, “He’s our enemy!”
Cao Yunxiu shook his head and corrected with a smile, “There’s no need to treat him as an enemy, but if he falls into trouble later, there’s no way for us to stand on his side again. I’d like to see how he can live in the empire after offending the powerful forces and dividing from the poor! Of course, the premise is he is still alive today! ”
…
Lin Xun didn’t know how long he had fainted. In a daze, he heard the cold voice, which didn’t have any emotional fluctuations, arose again.
“Practitioner, Heaven-accessing Place will open one year later. The third test on Green-cloud Path is called ‘Hundred Battles’.”
“There are only three chances for you to try. If the final breakthrough fails, the Heaven-accessing Place will fall into a sealed state until someone reopens it after a thousand years.”
When the voice fell, Lin Xun felt a shake all over his body. He suddenly woke up from his deep sleep and opened his eyes.
