Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 310 - 310 57 A Huge Scapegoat

Chapter 310: Chapter 57 A Huge Scapegoat Chapter 310: Chapter 57 A Huge Scapegoat Holding his wife’s severed head, Mo Yuantu suddenly felt utterly blank!

Coming out this time, the husband and wife duo were intent on avenging their beloved son. But how could his wife suddenly die like this?!

Before this, he had never even dreamed that his wife, with her formidable strength that had reached the pinnacle of the Earth Level, would die so abruptly! So quickly!

Such a gruesome death!

“Who is it!? Who exactly is it?!”

Mo Yuantu stood up, letting out a furious roar towards the heavens.

The only response to him was the still howling wind, sounding like the wailing of ghosts and wolves. And the raging fire that was about to engulf the entire mansion under the aid of the hurricane, became increasingly wild.

Liu Mengjiang was dead.

The so-called tree falls and the monkeys scatter. Everyone under Liu Zhuang were busy scrambling for their valuables and escaping, who would help to put out the fire?!

As for Liu Mengjiang’s family, they stayed behind, but they were all crying out in heart-broken dismay.

In the past few days, Liu Zhuang has been on a continuous decline, until today, it was utterly devastated!

After this great fire, the once illustrious Liu Zhuang will be reduced to ashes!

Liu Zhuang was already doomed.

“Sister-in-law! Brother!”

Standing aside, Mo Yuanqing felt icy cold, right down to his bones.

In his heart, he kept replaying scenes of that single stroke, like a thunderbolt flashing, impossible to resist!

Who exactly is this person?

He and Mo Yuantu were already warned by Old Zhou about the existence of a strong person wielding a blade, even Old Zhou with his ninth rank Earth Level cultivation had been critically injured by one stroke from this person.

But Old Zhou didn’t die from this, giving Mo Yuantu and his brother the wrong impression; they believed that despite the other’s supreme strength, it definitely could not surpass their combined strength. At the most, it would be at the Middle Level of Earth Level!

But Old Zhou, the only one who had personally experienced the true strength of Zhuang Weiran, kept this information as a safeguard. In executing Madam Mo, he kept this crucial information to his grave.

This concealment led to Madam Mo, who had reached the pinnacle of Earth Level, losing in one move. Even the combined strength of Mo Yuantu and his brother was not enough to win. They were fortunate that their opponent was distracted, not taking the opportunity to pursue them. Otherwise, their fate would be even worse!

At this moment, the hired Gold Rank assassin from Yan State rushed over: “Master Mo!”

Mo Yuantu holding his wife’s severed head, slumped on the ground, as if having heard nothing. His eyes were vacant, as if he were looking at something ahead, yet seeing nothing at all!

In such a short span of time, his wife was gone, his home destroyed!

The sudden turn of events was too much for Mo Yuantu to accept.

In truth, even the most open-minded person would struggle to come to terms this kind of change, let alone Mo Yuantu, who was anything but broad-minded!

After a long while, Mo Yuantu vomited a mouthful of fresh blood, and slowly collapsed to the ground with vacant eyes.

Mo Yuanqing stopped the Gold Rank assassin, asking: “What happened?”

“The one who killed Liu Mengjiang was Wenmou.”

This Gold Rank assassin pointed to the newest bulletin on Heavenly Judgment.

Task completer, Wenmou. Rank, Gold, Position…

“It’s really that damn Wenmou! This piece of scum! This lowlife who only knows how to ambush!”

Mo Yuanqing was so furious that his chest was about to explode!

Yet suddenly something seemed to have struck him: “This Wenmou… wouldn’t be related to Sky Stealer would he?”

Wenmou’s background was not simple, the mere fact that he had a Heavenly Level cultivator as his bodyguard hinted at this. Even more so, he might have some connection with Sky Stealer’s Ding Hou!

Realization dawned on Mo Yuanqing, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his judgement was correct!

On pondering further, the final glimpse of Wenmou’s movement, was clearly derived from Sky Stealer’s. Although the level of skill varied greatly between the two, the fundamental origin was the same. Even with a mere fleeting glimpse, Mo Yuanqing was sure his judgement was correct!

“So Wenmou is Sky Stealer’s disciple? Or is he his son? All this time, behind everything, it’s actually Sky Stealer pulling the strings! Killing Xiaoyu that day was just a ruse to draw us out and destroy us one by one!”

“So, this is actually Sky Stealer’s revenge?”

“No wonder, no wonder. Sky Stealer attacked tonight to distract us…”

Mo Yuanqing was shocked by the conclusion he deduced.

Exclaimed aloud: “So this is it! So this is it! So this is the truth!?”

He walked a few steps to Mo Yuantu’s side, and called out, “Brother, Brother, Brother…”

After calling for a long time, Mo Yuantu finally turned slowly, still with that lifeless look in his eyes, emotionless.

He glanced at his younger brother as if seeing nothing.

“Big Brother… Liu Mengjiang is dead. The one who killed him is Wenmou.”

Mo Yuantu’s eyes moved slightly, he repeated in a wooden tone, “Wenmou… Wenmou?”

He kept muttering; his voice remained flat.

Mo Yuanqing saw with his own eyes, his big brother’s jet-black hair was starting to turn white strand by strand.

And this whitening was continuing to spread on both sides of his temples!

Mo Yuanqing couldn’t help but feel a lump in his throat, tears rolling down his cheeks: “Big Brother, we must take revenge for sister-in-law and nephew, this grudge is irreconcilable, there is no roundabout way!”

“Revenge…”

Mo Yuantu muttered: “Revenge… Wenmou, revenge, Wenmou…”

His eyes grew more and more ferocious with each recite, growing more and more sinister, with each word his voice grew colder, he suddenly let out an enraged roar towards the sky: “Revenge!! Wenmou! Revenge! Revenge!!”

In the throes of his overwhelming emotions, he kept spewing fresh blood.

He had already been injured by Zhu Weiran in their previous confrontation, and his internal injuries were naturally aggravated by his intense emotions.

“Big Brother, a minute ago the Heavenly Judgment showed…”

Before Mo Yuanqing could finish his sentence, Mo Yuantu had already leapt up and snatched the Heavenly Judgment, his teeth grinding noisily and his eyes filled with bloodshot veins as he gritted out, “Gentle! Gentle!”.

“To report to the heavens…to comfort the people…hahaha…damned heavens! Damned people!”

His eyes, locked straight ahead, were trained on the Yan State’s Gold Rank assassin.

The frightening gaze made the Gold Rank assassin shudder, and he had no doubt that Mo Yuantu was ready to attack him at any moment.

“Big Brother, there’s something else I’ve noticed…” Mo Yuanqing hastily reminded.

“What did you notice?”

“Big Brother, do you think the timing of Sky Stealer’s arrival today was too coincidental…?”

“Hm?”

“And, after Gentle killed Liu Mengjiang, the lightness skill they used to escape… Doesn’t it resemble Sky Stealer’s unique lightness technique…?”

“What!?”

At Mo Yuanqing’s words, Mo Yuantu’s eyes instantly widened.

His eyes widened as he recalled, and then suddenly he grit his teeth so hard that one cracked. “That’s right, there is a connection!”

“I guess, that Gentle might be Sky Stealer’s apprentice, or even his son.”

Mo Yuanqing suggested.

“He must be that old bastard’s son! That old bastard’s lightness technique is peerless, which apprentice could he trust enough to teach everything?”

Mo Yuantu sneered ferociously, “Sky Stealer, this damn bastard, this utterly unscrupulous old turtle, it was all a trap set by this executioner! He used his son to murder my son and kill my wife!!”

“In this lifetime, I’m at odds with you, Ding Hou! I will not give up even in death!”

“You damn executioner! Wait for me!”

Mo Yuantu roared at the sky, venting his grief and indignation with harsh words, continuing to hold his spouse’s skull, refusing to let go till death.

The Supreme Mountain’s experts nearby were still in shock, “This Gentle, not only is he guarded by a Heavenly Level expert, but he also has a powerful Demon Beast for backup.”

“Right, the Demon Beast, it seems to be the Nine-Tailed Sky Cat?”

“Hmm, it should be.”

“What do you mean ‘it should be’? Of course, it is.”

At this moment, the nearby Yan State’s Gold Rank assassin suddenly had a thought. A Demon Beast? Nine-Tailed Sky Cat?

This…this…

He suddenly remembered a legend, it seems that the Purple Emperor has been looking for a certain cat…

Could this be the one he’s looking for?

If by any chance it is, the merit he could gain by bringing this news back would be huge.

With this thought in mind, he remembered this incident quietly, planning to send the message back tomorrow.

Sky Stealer Ding Hou has a Demon Beast, which might be the high-grade Demon Beast Nine-Tailed Sky Cat, now in the hands of his son who may perhaps be the Gold Rank assassin Gentle…

Could it be the one that the Purple Emperor is looking for?

This Nine-Tailed Sky Cat seems to be in its infancy, only having three tails…

Sending this information back for confirmation by his friends from the Fei Wings wouldn’t be a problem.

If it’s not that particular one, then so be it, but if it truly is, he could soar to great heights from this!

The least he could expect would be a massive reward, right?

Or perhaps…

The more he thought about it, the more excited the Yan State’s Gold Rank assassin became, wishing he could go back and claim his reward right away.

“Big Brother, what do we do next?” asked Mo Yuanqing.

“What…what do we do?” Mo Yuantu’s mind was still somewhat foggy.

“Liu Mengjiang is dead, and Liu Manor is destroyed in the fire. His family members are collecting their valuables and treasures, planning to leave. There’s no point in us staying here. We need to decide where to go next,” Mo Yuanqing said.

“Gathering valuables…we’re leaving too?”

Mo Yuantu’s gaze swept over the raging fire and the crying Liu family members who were packing. His eyes flashed fiercely, and a bizarre smile spread across his face.

“These commoners, these ants…want to leave? Where are they going? What’s there to take?”

He roared, “Slaughter everyone in this manor! Not even chickens or dogs shall remain!”

His eyes were filled with a bloody light, “My son is dead, my wife is dead, what right do they have to live? They are nothing! My wife and son, who did nothing wrong, were killed, yet these people who are on the Gold Rank assassin list are still alive! Why? Kill them all!”

“Big Brother!” Mo Yuanqing was taken aback at these words.

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[I wish everyone a healthy and happy Dragon Boat Festival.]

[Ahem, those who are familiar with me know that there must be a scapegoat in each of my books…]