Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 651 - 651 192 The Tunnel Extra update 13 for Silver

Chapter 651: Chapter 192 The Tunnel [Extra update 13 for Silver Alliance Master Wise Haichen] Chapter 651: Chapter 192 The Tunnel [Extra update 13 for Silver Alliance Master Wise Haichen] “Correct!”

With those two syllables, an old man slowly descended from the staircase and entered the room.

“Old Ancestor!”

Everyone stood up to pay their respects.

The person who had come was the senior expert of the Nangong family, Nangong Xue, the leader of this mission.

“Jian’er made a sound analysis just now.”

While stroking his beard, Nangong Xue stated, “The other side sent the message to take a stance, show sincerity, and check our reaction. Whether we move or not, it has no substantial impact on them. Even in the worst scenario, our disagreement with the Ximen family will never lead us to share this information with them, triggering an alert.”

“But the delivery of this letter also reveals another point, a very important one, that the other side’s strength is relatively average, because they didn’t target the high-level members of the Ximen family, such as Ximen Qianqiu or the few protectors. They only targeted Ximen Huai Dao, thus, the origin of this plot may be a personal grudge.”

“The reasoning behind my judgement that their strength is relatively weak is simple. If they had considerable power to rely on, the more viable method would have been to directly approach for a collaboration, not just a single letter. After all, our relationship with the Ximen family has long become irreconcilable, irredeemably bitter.”

Nangong Xue continued, “We should neither be careless nor inactive in this matter. Tonight, we should monitor any activity from the Ximen family closely. The three of you, prepare to act but remember to conceal your identities, not giving them any chances to hold against us. Our moves, it’s better to be known than seen.”

“The key point of this mission is this: as long as Ximen Qianqiu and his Protector brothers do not act, we remain uninvolved.”

Speaking indifferently, Nangong Xue expressed, “If we can kill one of the Ximen family through this, making them feel the absence of a close one, isn’t it a delightful matter that soothes both the heart and the senses? Why refuse such a pleasure?!”

A profound hatred could now be seen in his eyes.

That’s because Nangong Yun was Nangong Xue’s own brother.

Years ago, after a battle with Ximen Qianqiu, his brother gravely wounded, returned home only to die after a brief period. His soul left for the netherworld.

This incident had long left a deep imprint in the hearts of Nangong Xue and his siblings.

However, since then, Ximen Qianqiu barely left the Ximen family’s residence. It was rumored that his illness was now terminal. Although the authenticity of this was unknown, it was difficult for the Nangong family to find an opportunity for revenge even if they wanted to.

Furthermore, over the years, to resolve the conflict with the Nangong family, the Ximen Family proactively proposed a matrimonial alliance and partnered in many businesses. Their interactions couldn’t be closer and past resentments were suppressed.

At least on the surface, the two families no longer seemed to be at daggers drawn.

But, if others wanted to cause trouble for the Ximen family, the Nangong family would be happy to watch and even fuel the fire.

Damaging others for personal pleasure, why refuse such a pleasure?

That very night.

Ximen Huai Dao had just returned to his room, still mulling over the discussion about Supreme Mountain, a gossipy grin on his face.

His concubine who accompanied him had already prepared the bed, and the bed warming… was already complete!

She was squeaky clean, her hair dripping wet, a mesmerizing scent emanating from her.

With the dim light, gazing at the beauty through the haze was quite a romantic sight.

Ximen Huai Dao laughed heartily, dived into bed largeheartedly. Amidst her coy protests, he mounted her, they rolled around passionately, their ardor overwhelming…

At the critical moment… boom! A sudden crash! The floor beneath unexpectedly collapsed. Caught by surprise, Ximen Huai Dao who was energetically engaged, fell with the bed.

Underneath the bed was a hollow space as big as a small-sized chamber!

Moreover, a dazzling light bloomed just as the bed was falling, startlingly intense.

All this came so unexpectedly, Ximen Huai Dao, still in the throes of intimacy, could only retract his head.

Splat!

Blood splattered everywhere.

Ximen Huai Dao found that the head of the beauty he was embracing was gone!

How could the sudden terror not shatter his courage!

He bellowed, jumped up naked, not caring about saving face or embarrassment.

Well, this guy seemed to have quite an aptitude, even at this point he hadn’t wilted, and still held himself high, truly remarkable.

His ring flashed, and the long sword was in his hand. The sword’s light rotated around him as he lunged upward.

His choice had no flaws, at this place and time, where the opponent has set a trap, only a speedy departure, rushing back to the inn, still held hope of survival!

Ximen Huai Dao could imagine, below here was certainly filled with ambush!

But just as the inn room collapsed, a figure, as if premeditated, swiftly descended from above.

A sword light bright and dazzling, came slashing down directly towards the head.

Ximen Huai Dao gave his full strength to rush upwards, in such an environment, every reaction was impulsively hurried, reaching an extreme urgency. Naturally unable to give full strength, his feet suspended mid-air, the energy of his Dantian hadn’t come up to support, still managing to rotate the sword light around him and rush upwards, confirmed his remarkable cultivation, his response was lightning fast.

But his reaction had obviously been predicted, the fiercely brutal sword cut cleanly through both him and his sword!

Without any fancy moves, the swords clashed with a slight ringing sound, instantly breaking Ximen Huai Dao’s sword into two.

The momentum of the sword didn’t stop, falling precisely on Ximen Huai Dao’s shoulder.

A scream barely began before his left shoulder was completely sliced off.

Splat! A sabre transpearced Ximen Huai Dao’s back.

He fiercely kicked out, but his foot was chopped off in the process.

Before his body hit the ground, a sword flashed brightly, and Ximen Huai Dao’s head flew into the air, seized by a hand that extended from empty space. The killer quickly submerged into an underground tunnel, disappearing in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

The entire process was as quick as a flashing spark, from the moment Ximen Huai Dao fell to the moment he was killed, all took no more than ten breaths.

By the time the Ximen family’s members reacted and gathered, Ximen Huai Dao had been killed, and his head was missing.

The only figure visible was a white shadow soaring into the sky, fast as lightning.

Above them, Ximen Huai De, in the room closest to the commotion, rushed to aid, but only managed to grab a piece of the white robe. It tore off with a rip.

The white shadow had already soared into the sky, crossing thirty feet horizontally and landed on the top of a tree on the other side.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Three experts of the Ximen Family landed on the tree almost simultaneously, but the white shadow had mysteriously vanished!

It had not shown any sign of escaping far away, nor had it left any trace on the ground. How did it disappear?

“Chase!”

The three reacted instantly and pursued in three different directions. Even if a secret method was used to momentarily make the person invisible, it could not be maintained for long. By chasing in different directions, they had a chance to find the person.

Ximen Huai Rou’s mournful yell echoed in the inn: “My third brother has been killed! Who did this?”

Ximen Huai Rou was flying up from the underground, holding a headless corpse, his eyes bloodshot.

“There’s a tunnel below, and the soil is fresh. It’s clearly just been dug through. This is a conspiracy…”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several human shadows rushed into the tunnel at the same time.

Meanwhile, the Nangong family members were observing from a distance. As soon as they heard the commotion from the Ximen Family’s side, they became even more alert…

Suddenly, a loud rumble came from nearby, which was very similar to the previous sound from the Ximen family’s side.

Everyone looked in astonishment in the direction of the noise. In the courtyard of the inn where they were staying, a decorative rockery had been shattered into pieces, and debris scattered all over the ground.

Several figures then rushed out from where the rockery stood, their weapons flashing brightly. They landed on the inn’s wall without saying a word.

It was the people from the Ximen family.

They had followed the tunnel and ended up here.

“Criminal, where do you think you’re going!”

The Nangong family members were caught off guard and quickly appeared with swords drawn and crossbows ready.

“What happened?”

“Why did the Ximen family come out of our yard?”

Meanwhile, the anger of the Ximen family members reached a boiling point: “So it was you, the Nangong family! You did a good job!”

Nangong Sword stepped forward, every bit the calm and composed scholar, and asked, “Gentlemen, what brings you here so late in the night?”

“Don’t pretend to be innocent!”

Ximen Huai De jumped forward, his eyes bloodshot: “Clearly, it was your Nangong family who killed my third brother!”

“Nonsense! You can eat anything you want, but you can’t talk nonsense! When did we ever kill your third brother?! Are you just slinging accusations based on your assumption?”

“The facts are right in front of you, so you still want to deny it?!”

The Ximen family’s men were furious, the bloody tunnel was on Nangong’s side, but they still wanted to deny their guilt.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Swords were drawn.

They were on the verge of fighting on the spot.

“You have to have evidence to claim we killed your family member! Are you making wild accusations?”

Nangong Sword knitted his brows.

He felt these people were simply irrational.

It was one thing for the Nangong Family to be hostile towards the Ximen Family, but considering the current situation, it was not appropriate to escalate the situation, just as Nangong Xue urged before, “Better to be infamous than being exposed!”

“Evidence? Isn’t the evidence right in front of our eyes?”

“Haha, why don’t you show us?”

“There’s only one tunnel here! It goes straight from there to here, even the soil is still fresh. Do you need further proof? How long do you want to deny it? This tunnel was obviously dug in the past two days. And your Nangong Family, you’ve been staying in this inn without a move since you entered Yuezhou City four days ago!”

“Who else could it be other than you? Who else could you deny to? If you have the guts, go ahead, we’re listening!”

Fire seemed to burn in Ximen Huai De’s eyes: “Is the dignified Nangong Family resorting to such despicable tactics?”

“Bullshit! Does the existence of a tunnel prove anything? The fact that the tunnel is in the inn where I’m staying proves that I dug it? I fucking also stayed in the mountains, does that mean I planted all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?”

Nangong Sword flared up in anger.