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Chapter 159 - 159 159 Passing Through Southern Cliff City

159: Chapter 159 Passing Through Southern Cliff City 159: Chapter 159 Passing Through Southern Cliff City The eunuch was sent flying and, terrified to a deathly pallor, he kept kowtowing and saying, “This servant deserves death, this servant deserves death!”

Before long, the news that King Lu Zhe had ordered Huang Peng to be appointed as a Great Duke spread like wildfire, and the entire Lutong Royal City was seething with excitement.

“Huang Peng?

Huang Xiaolong’s father?

Even if Huang Xiaolong represented the Luotong Kingdom at the Imperial City battle in the Broken Blade Empire and won first place, King Lu Zhe can’t simply appoint Huang Peng as a Great Duke, can he?!”

“Indeed, and Huang Xiaolong hasn’t even won first place yet!

He hasn’t broken through to the Innate realm; it might even be a problem for him to place in the top ten!”

“Has King Lu Zhe’s head been kicked by a mule?”

All parties were discussing fervently.

Even some of the common folk in the Royal City were talking non-stop, feeling that King Lu Zhe must have gone mad.

The Royal Palace Great Hall.

The hall filled with civil and military officials.

Marshal Haotian stood in front of the military officers, and shoulder to shoulder with Marshal Haotian was a white-haired, tall figure—an octogenarian who was none other than the foremost among the civil officials, Prime Minister Wu Feng.

“Your Majesty, bestowing on Huang Peng the title of Great Duke is highly inappropriate,” said Wu Feng, stepping forward.

Highly inappropriate!

Probably only Marshal Haotian and Wu Feng dared to speak to Lu Zhe this way.

“Indeed, Your Majesty, since the founding of our Luotong Kingdom, only three people have been appointed as Great Dukes, and they were all individuals who contributed outstanding services to the Luotong Kingdom at the very beginning!” another civil official came forward and said.

Consequently, the civil officials spoke up one after another, all in opposition.

Lu Zhe didn’t speak, but his face grew darker and darker.

“Enough!” Just as a civil official’s voice died down, the always silent Lu Zhe suddenly stood up, pointed at Wu Feng and the other officials and roared, “Hold your bullshit!

It’s all bullshit!

I am the Luotong King, whoever I say will be the Great Duke will be the Great Duke!”

Everyone was stunned.

The Great Hall fell into a deadly silence.

Bullshit?!

The imperious, equable King Lu Zhe had actually cursed in front of all the officials, using language one might hear from commoners in the market?

While the civil and military officials of the Luotong Kingdom were arguing over the matter of Huang Peng being appointed as a Great Duke, Huang Xiaolong and his three companions had already passed through the Great Chao County and were heading towards the border of the Luotong Kingdom.

On the road, Huang Xiaolong had also heard about King Lu Zhe wanting to appoint his father, Huang Peng, as a Great Duke.

He didn’t care much about it; whether his father was appointed or not was not important to Huang Xiaolong.

When the time came, he would settle in the Broken Blade Empire, and his father and the others would also move to the Broken Blade Empire soon after.

Half a month later, Huang Xiaolong arrived at the southernmost part of the Luotong Kingdom, Southern Cliff City.

When he arrived at Southern Cliff City, Huang Xiaolong still remembered the scene of killing the City Lord Wei Yang and his concubine.

After Wei Yang’s death, the new City Lord of Southern Cliff City was named Sun Qing.

Previously, Sun Qing had been a border guard, a subordinate of a subordinate of Marshal Haotian.

When Huang Xiaolong and his companions arrived at Southern Cliff City, the day was already turning to evening, and Huang Xiaolong decided to rest for the night here before continuing their journey the next day.

Huang Xiaolong entered Southern Cliff City without notifying Sun Qing and rented four rooms in a large restaurant called “Fragrance Seeker” near the City Lord Mansion.

The night grew slowly denser.

The night was quiet and peaceful.

The moonlight was pure white, like water.

Huang Xiaolong sat in stillness, refining his breath in his room, when suddenly, faint footsteps sounded from above the roof.

Stirred by curiosity, he left his room and saw in the distance two figures in black, their faces covered, moving swiftly across the rooftops before leaping over the courtyard wall into the City Lord Mansion.

As Huang Xiaolong emerged, Zhao Shu, Yu Ming, and Fei Hou also came outside.

“Sect Leader, shall we?” Zhao Shu approached and asked.

Huang Xiaolong pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s see what’s happening first.”

At that moment, the two black-clad figures came to a halt on a rooftop within the City Lord Mansion, crouching there.

They pulled out something from their chest, then sprayed it through a tube towards the room below.

Shortly after, one of the figures jumped down into the room, and not long after, emerged carrying a sack.

They looked around cautiously, then carrying the sack, they evaded the City Lord Mansion’s guards and scaled the wall to flee.

The actions of the two were clearly observed by all four of Huang Xiaolong’s party.

It appeared that the black-clad individuals had drugged someone in the room before stuffing them into the sack and abducting them.

“Zhao Shu, Yu Ming, stay here.

Fei Hou and I will go take a look,” Huang Xiaolong instructed.

“But…” Zhao Shu and Yu Ming hesitated.

“Don’t worry, they’re just a few small-time thieves; there won’t be any trouble,” Huang Xiaolong reassured them.

“Yes, Sect Leader!” the two replied respectfully.

Thus, Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou leaped up and followed after the two figures in black.

Originally, Huang Xiaolong had no interest in meddling with such matters, but since the culprits dared to sneak into the City Lord Mansion and kidnap someone, he was curious to see who they were.

Somehow, Huang Xiaolong felt the situation was not as simple as it seemed.

Huang Xiaolong and Fei Hou trailed the two black-clad figures, and after an hour, they brought the sack to a dilapidated and long-abandoned yard on the northern side of Southern Cliff City.

Inside the yard, six people were standing, and Huang Xiaolong saw that all six were dressed in the Great Sword Sect disciple uniform.

The Great Sword Sect!

“Brother Wei!” At that moment, the two figures in black placed the sack before one of the younger men and set it down.

That young man inquired, “The person, you’ve brought them?” He glanced at the sack as he spoke.

“Brother Wei, rest assured, Wei Qing’s daughter is inside,” one of the figures in black said with a grin.

“She should remain unconscious for about another hour.”

The young man smiled, saying, “Good job.” He then walked over and opened the sack, revealing the face of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who was quite pretty.

“My father was killed, and that old fool Wei Qing was made City Lord.

He’s really ungrateful, refusing to cooperate with our Great Sword Sect.

Wei Qing, your daughter is quite a looker.

Tonight, I’ll enjoy the taste of your daughter.

If you refuse again next time, it will the turn of your elder daughter!” The young man chuckled vilely as the other disciples of the Great Sword Sect looked on enviously.

From a distance, Huang Xiaolong felt surprised.

Was this young man Wei Yang’s son, Wei Xiaodong, who had joined the Great Sword Sect after his father, the former City Lord of Southern Cliff City, had been killed?

At that moment, Wei Xiaodong turned to the other Great Sword Sect disciples and ordered, “You may leave.

Guard the surroundings.” Clearly, he intended to deal with Wei Qing’s delicate youngest daughter in this dilapidated yard.

“Yes, Brother Wei!” The other disciples of the Great Sword Sect responded respectfully.

However, just as the disciples of the Great Sword Sect finished speaking, suddenly, a sound of clapping emerged out of nowhere.

Wei Xiaodong and his companions were startled, and upon looking up, they saw a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old and a middle-aged man approaching.

Wei Xiaodong abruptly stood, then glared with venom at the two figures in black: “Utterly useless, just good for nothing!” Obviously, the newcomers must have followed the two here.

The two figures in black lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

(To be continued.

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