Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 404 - 404 403 Enormous Pressure

404: Chapter 403 Enormous Pressure 404: Chapter 403 Enormous Pressure The Lv Teng Villa was blood-washed, all treasures of the appraising conference had been robbed, and that wasn’t all.

Nearly all the cultivators present had perished, including the three members of the Bai Lingzhong family, the owner of the Anhe trading company, and those dozens of cultivator guards.

According to the few surviving witnesses, those were infamous sea pirates who had swooped in with a loud whoop and left with a swashbuckling flair.

They acted meticulously with precise timing, mercilessly ruthless, and slaughtered without compassion—a profound embodiment of pirate style.

In front of these murderers, the Guest Elders had no chance to resist, they were no longer fighting out of duty but for their very lives.

Even so, very few survived.

All the major figures didn’t escape, they were wiped out entirely.

Hou Niao took a bite of clam meat, smacking his lips audibly, “Didn’t I say?

If you’ve got good things, hide them.

Afraid people will find out, yet you insist on showing off, blabbing about it all over town days in advance.

How many pirate spies are there in Mirage City?

Not thousands, then hundreds…

Now look, they’ve been cooked in one pot, it really kills a person.”

Daoist Shen just stared at him, full of inexpressible rage.

Intuitively, he felt the mastermind behind all this was the grinning man before him, but he had no evidence.

The timeline was also strange, from Jiedu Mansion’s reconciliation to the convening of the treasure appraisal conference it had only been four days—a period not long enough to gather a band of nomadic sea pirates from the vast sea.

Each of these pirates usually operated alone, characterized by mutual distrust.

Therefore, there was only one possibility, the pirates had entered Mirage City ahead of time for other purposes; then, upon hearing about the appraisal conference, they were tempted and decided to commit the deed.

Now for him, the most important thing was to find traces of these people after they went ashore, there had to be some; then, to uncover the internal relationship between these pirates and the Shan Sect sword cultivator.

He was a man with deep-seated schemes, his emotions never showing on his face.

What he excelled in most was planning before acting, a habit formed from long experience in business; he needed to mobilize all forces of the Daoist Sect in Mirage, including those Wu Sect elites still at sea.

A large sum of wealth like this couldn’t just disappear without a trace, it would surely circulate in the market, leaving clues to follow, especially those Thunder Attribute artifacts.

He stood up, bowed slightly, “The trees wish to stay quiet, but the wind keeps blowing, it isn’t that Wu Sect is not giving face, but with everything that has happened…

The wine has been enjoyed fully, I dare not drink more.

Thank you for the hospitality, we shall meet again in the future.”

Daoist Shen left with a sweep of his sleeves, and the older predecessors who followed saw no reason to stay any longer—the wine was too strong, the dishes deadly!

Watching as a grand banquet dwindled to just Hou Niao, his parents, and a few Jiedu Mansion officials, Zhu Changwen’s face underwent several changes.

He wanted to speak harshly but was unsure, and in the end, he just sighed deeply,

“In this troublesome autumn, Brother Hou, tell your brother the truth, did you orchestrate this?”

Hou Nia spread his hands, “I’ve been sitting here drinking, do you need to ask if it was me?”

Zhu Changwen was about to press further when a companion by his side gestured to stop him.

He understood instantly, this matter was no longer something Jiedu Mansion, even less so Linhai Wo Sect, could get involved in.

Why ask so clearly?

Did he want to join the fray?

Of course, it was best to stay as far away as possible and know as little as possible.

He stood up, “Brother Hou, we brothers must hurry to the scene and can’t stay any longer with your honorable spouse.

Put the bill on Jiedu Mansion, please feel free to use their resources.

We must take our leave now, sorry for the inconvenience.”

Watching the few Jiedu Mansion officials leave sulkily, Hou Niao was in high spirits and turned to order:

“Bring another plate of those Deep Sea Shark Brain Pills for the master!”

Only then did Bai Qingqian beside him begin to react.

She felt strange herself, her first reaction to the news wasn’t fear, but rather a heavy stone seemed to have been lifted from her heart.

Indeed, robbers will always be robbers, and they never change.

“With so many dishes, you’re not afraid of overeating!”

While she said one thing, her actions betrayed her true thoughts.

With delicate hands, she lifted the pot, pouring a full cup of fine wine for her husband, then suddenly seemed to remember something,

“Hou Niao, the trio of father and sons from the Bai Lingzhong family also…”

After all, they were still family.

At first hearing such bad news, she found it somewhat hard to accept.

Hou Niao blocked all of her queries with a single statement, “Do you know why the Second Master Bai has not returned yet?

He’s in Shan Country, on the Da Feng Plain, where someone ambushed him, leaving him badly wounded and unable to return!

If it hadn’t been for good luck, bumping into a passing Sword Cultivator, whether he could have survived until now would still be a question.”

“You still think this is just a struggle over business interests?”

Bai Qingqian immediately became tense, “Hou Niao, is Second Grandfather…”

Hou Niao comforted her, “He didn’t die at that time, so he won’t die now.

The only question is whether his foundations have been damaged.

Don’t worry, we’ll receive news later; it won’t be long.”

After sipping his wine, “Bai Lingzhong and his sons are like a cancer on the Bai Family.

There is no room for compromise or mercy to spare them a chance at life.

Business secrets of the Bai Family, various strongholds, personnel distribution, inventory status, client information, and so on—as long as they’re alive, they pose a threat!

Do you think that, by sparing them, they will feel grateful, repent their past wrongs, and start anew?

They will only become more vicious and determined to overturn the family!

Such people, as long as they live, are a huge burden; who has the time to keep an eye on them?

Dead relatives are the best kind of relatives!”

Bai Qingqian’s heart softened, and she took his hand, “I don’t blame you, it’s just that it feels so sudden.

What was a good family is now at the point of armed conflict.

This must be the tragedy of a large clan, right?

Well, this is a good opportunity to cleanse the discord within the family, and those who are left won’t harbor so many crooked ideas.”

Hou Niao smiled, “That’s the right way to think about it.

The Bai Family has a large business and a big family, with over a thousand workers; how is it possible to screen each one?

We can only cut off the front and keep the tail, leaving the rest to learn their lesson.

Without a leader, they won’t be able to stir up much trouble anyway.

Once your Uncle Bai’s health is slightly better, we can carry out a detailed clan cleansing.”

Bai Qingqian lowered her head; she had always disapproved of this kind of tactic within the family, but in times of peace, a diversity of voices might be a good thing.

However, in troubled times, a united voice in a family is very important.

These things, Hou Niao won’t help her with; only Second Uncle Bai, leading them younger ones, had to do it.

There was no way back.

No one will pity you for your weakness.

The rule of the game is a fight to the death.

“Yazi, the junior brother who went to the small fishing village, would he leave any traces?”

Hou Niao smiled faintly, “Don’t worry about that; he is a Hunter.

Can one still call himself a hunter if his prey discovers his traces?

It’s just that if he doesn’t do his job thoroughly, I, as his elder brother, still have to clean up his mess.”

Bai Qingqian seemed to understand, “It seems, then, that we won’t see him for a while.

A quite honest kid, but led by you to become like this…”