Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 398 - 373: Yuwen Chengwang

Chapter 398: Chapter 373: Yuwen Chengwang

Zhang San first gathered some dry grass nearby and hastily wove them into several straw figures, placing them where the wind wouldn’t blow them away.

Then he scaled the wall and jumped into the courtyard of the Yuwen Mansion.

Just as Zhang San was about to land, he sharply sensed that something was off with the ground and immediately deployed Wind Series Techniques, allowing himself to float up, then leaped forward to land a zhang away.

Zhang San hid his form and looked back, only then did he notice that there was a layer of floating grass camouflaging the ground below the courtyard wall, hiding a trap mechanism underneath.

What a dangerous place, such an vigilant mansion!

Zhang San felt that the Yuwen Family’s mansion must be the most cautious place he had ever visited in terms of defense, for he had never seen traps set underneath the walls of anyone’s home before.

Not to mention against thieves, even if attacked, he estimated that without taking precautions, around one or two hundred people could invade but most would be lost.

Following that, Zhang San began to search and quickly arrived at the ancestral hall of the Yuwen Family.

Indeed, the tablets in the hall bore surnames that were all initially PoYeto at the top.

Only later did the surnames of Yuwen start to appear; it must have been from that time that the PoYeto family was granted the surname of Yuwen.

Zhang San continued to look and found that in the lowermost row, in the corner on the right, there were eight relatively new tablets. The names written on these tablets were exactly the eight names that Hu Xingxiang had helped him gather information on.

Now it was certain that the eight people who died belonged to the Yuwen Family.

It was only strange that the Yuwen Family, having clearly lost eight members and apparently knowing of their deaths, did not report it, which was rather odd.

After all, if they had reported it, the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture would definitely have known.

And yet up until now, Shen Erxian had no knowledge that the eight who died on Shouyang Mountain belonged to the Yuwen Family.

Strange.

Zhang San felt that there was something bizarre about this situation, but couldn’t immediately fathom the key to it.

Given the Yuwen Family’s tight defense, Zhang San thought it would be better to leave immediately after confirming everything in the ancestral hall.

However, just as he was about to leave the hall, he spotted a young man in his early twenties clad in golden armor, looking coldly at Zhang San from outside the hall’s courtyard.

"If I say I got lost and accidentally ended up here, would you believe me?"

Zhang San asked with a grin toward the other person.

But the other person’s gaze remained cold, his tiger’s eyes filled with a murderous intent as he pointed his zhang-long Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear at Zhang San.

"Come out of the ancestral hall and meet your death!"

Zhang San glanced back into the hall and then at his opponent, querying curiously, "Speaking of which, this is your family’s ancestral hall. Isn’t that weapon in your hand a bit too large to be suitable for fighting here?"

Upon hearing Zhang San’s words, the opponent frowned slightly, thinking that the intruder who had crept into their ancestral hall at midnight probably would not come out.

But to his surprise, just as he thought the other person wouldn’t come out, the intruder flashed out with incredible speed, heading straight for him, and with a raise of his hand, more than a dozen Wind Blades exploded forth, like a torrential downpour.

Dang dang dang dang—

The Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear in his hand danced, shattering all the Wind Blades, then he swept the spear horizontally at his opponent.

Zhang San never expected that someone wielding such a long weapon could be so fast.

The Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear danced like a storm, and Zhang San immediately blasted Thunder Method towards his opponent, hoping to repel him.

Yet the opponent managed to form Gang Qi on the Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear, and the powerful Gang Qi directly shattered my Thunder Method.

Zhang San leaped high into the air, his heart filled with shock.

This guy is quite fierce!

However, what Zhang San didn’t expect was that the opponent’s feet violently pushed off the ground, and his figure soared up like a dragon, with the Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear in his hand turning into a crescent moon slashing towards him.

Without a weapon in hand, Zhang San could only condense Qi into a blade shape, adding the Blade Intent, Might, Wind Technique, Thunder Method, and all other powers together in a stacked assault, crashing down with a roar.

With a loud boom.

The enormous noise exploded mid-air, and the Qi Blade in Zhang San’s hand was directly shattered by the opponent’s Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear.

However, his own blade attack had broken the momentum of the opponent’s ascent, forcing him to land back on the ground.

But after landing, the opponent could immediately charge again, and without a real blade in Zhang San’s hands, it was difficult to condense a Qi Blade with the same strong attack as before.

Upon landing, the young man holding the Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear, just as he was about to leap again, found his feet entangled by countless vines.

Zhang San lifted his hand, and a hammer-shaped phantom condensed and then smashed down mightily.

But amidst the flames, the opponent stomped fiercely, directly shattering the vines on the ground, followed by an upward strike with the Phoenix Wing Gilded Spear, and with a loud boom, the endless flowing fire was shattered.

However, when he raised his head to search around, he discovered that the little thief who had intruded into his family’s ancestral hall had vanished without a trace.

"Chengwang, what happened?"

Hearing the voice behind him, the young man turned and knelt on one knee toward the middle-aged man who approached.

"Grandfather, someone just intruded into our family’s ancestral hall. Their purpose is unknown, but they must be a master of Techniques, at the realm of Qi Flow Transformation, and they even managed to escape from my grasp. I fear that if I were to fight them head-on, we might be evenly matched."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly.

He knew his son, Yuwen Chengwang’s ability; although he was at the peak of Qi Flow Transformation and had not broken through to the True Core to the Sea, because he specialized in Martial Style, he could easily crush anyone of the same realm in the martial arts!

Now, someone of the same realm was able to stand against Yuwen Chengwang in battle, the person who came tonight was definitely no ordinary thief.

"As your father, I am aware of the situation. You should go and rest now."

The next morning, Yuwen Hualong, the Family Head of the Yuwen family and father of Yuwen Chengwang, planned to visit the Government Office of the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture to report the burglary at their home last night.

After all, at that time, his family had secretly traded with the people of the Heavenly Punishment Sect, offering the bodies of eight members of the Yuwen Clan in exchange for a drop of Phoenix Essence Blood from the Purple Mansion Realm provided by the Heavenly Punishment Sect.

Since someone had come to inspect the ancestral hall, it meant that the trade from back then could have been exposed, and thus it was necessary to take the initiative to report it.

However, to his complete surprise, early in the morning just as Yuwen Hualong was stepping out of the front door, he saw a luxurious carriage parked outside, and a plainly dressed but nobly dignified man disembarking from it.

"Your humble servant greets King Jin."

Yuwen Hualong never expected that after an incident at his home last night, King Jin would pay a visit first thing in the morning.

King Jin smiled at Yuwen Hualong, helped him up, then holding his hand, he walked with him toward the Yuwen Mansion while saying, "I have long heard of the Yuwen family’s generations of loyalty and integrity, but ever since my father ascended the throne, you were marginalized by petty officials and never been fully utilized. I’ve come to visit, in hopes that the Yuwen family can protect the borders and be the Pillar of the State for our Great Sui in the future!"

"If King Jin commands it, Hualong dares not disobey. However, last night in my home..."

King Jin smiled and shook his head at Yuwen Hualong, saying, "I had already arrived yesterday evening and stayed the night at the Yuwen Mansion. An assassin attempted to kill me, but it was the Yuwen family who saved me. I’ve said, such trivial matters should not alarm anyone. Family Head Yuwen does not need to be so formal with me."

"What King Jin says... is very true!"