While on Mount Hua, my mind is at peace!

Chapter 144 Your Death Is Coming

Luo Yonghuai said, "Although there are many skilled swordsmen in Hanzhong City, as far as I know, there are no suspects who fit the criteria. Moreover, why would such skilled swordsmen target the Ouyang family? This is the most crucial question. What do you say, Lord Xue?"

Xue Yu sneered, "You two, stop putting on an act for me! Since you can't see anything, then get out of here..." He was about to say "get out" when his expression suddenly changed, and his body began to tremble slightly.

When Yue Feng slapped Xue Yu at the White Horse Escort Agency, he implanted a Golden Wind and Jade Dew Finger Force into Xue Yu's body using the most covert method, which is why it only took effect at this moment.

Although Xue Yu didn't know what Yue Feng had done to him, he knew he had fallen for Yue Feng's trick. He pointed at Yue Feng and said, "You, you!"

Yue Feng smiled faintly and said, "What? Lord Xue, you need to make things clear. Otherwise, many misunderstandings will arise."

Xue Yu said in a deep voice, "What exactly do you want!"

Judging from Xue Yu's demeanor, Yue Feng knew he hadn't yet lost control, so many requests were inconvenient to make at this moment. He thought for a moment and said:

"My relationship with Lord Ouyang began as a misunderstanding, and we are now comrades. I am truly worried about what has happened to his family. Therefore, I would like to request Lord Xue to allow the Six Doors and the Eastern Depot to jointly handle this case. In this way, I believe it can be solved as quickly as possible."

Xue Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I promise you! Bring me the antidote!" He still thought he had been poisoned.

Yue Feng laughed and said, "Does Lord Xue think I'm a three-year-old? It's easy to let a tiger go, but hard to catch it. Don't worry, you'll be fine for the time being. We can talk about the antidote after this case is solved."

Xue Yu tried circulating his qi, and as Yue Feng had said, there was no hindrance whatsoever. That strange feeling just now was like some kind of hallucination.

He couldn't do anything about Yue Feng for the time being, so he could only bury his resentment in his heart and leave in a huff. Ouyang Ying didn't dare to face Yue Feng and Luo Yonghuai alone, so she followed them away.

Watching Ouyang Ying's retreating figure, Luo Yonghuai sighed, "Brother Fang, with a lifetime of illustrious reputation, has married his daughter to such a spineless scoundrel. Alas... life is unpredictable, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be!"

Yue Feng had no time to pay attention to Luo Yonghuai's sighs. In order to find out the secrets of the Ouyang family, he specially searched the Ouyang mansion. However, the Ouyang mansion was too large, and he searched for a long time but found nothing.

At this moment, Luo Yonghuai also directed his men to search the Ouyang residence. Yue Feng told him to notify him immediately if he found anything, and then left the Ouyang residence.

Midnight, in front of Fang Xiu's little house.

There was no one on the street. But from the deep darkness, the sound of footsteps gradually rose. A man dressed as a constable emerged from the darkness, walked to Fang Xiu's small house, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Fang Xiu's slightly nervous voice rang out from inside the house.

"Sister-in-law, it's me, Old Xu," the constable said in a low voice.

"Oh, it's Brother Xu. What's the matter so late?"

The constable surnamed Xu said, "It's not that I've come to bother you without reason, sister-in-law, but... something terrible has happened to your family. The Ouyang family has been wiped out!"

A gasp rang out, followed by the door opening, and Fang Xiu stood pale-faced in the doorway. Officer Xu pointed a finger at Fang Xiu's shoulder, and Fang Xiu groaned before collapsing to the ground.

Seven figures darted out of the darkness, covered Fang Xiu's mouth with a large burlap sack, and tied it tightly. These figures were all dressed in black. One of them quickly went into the house, similarly put Bao'er to sleep by pressing her pressure points, and then brought her out and put her into the sack.

The group of eight, with two carrying sacks on their backs and the remaining six providing escorts in front and behind, swiftly and silently rushed into the darkness.

Suddenly, several sword flashes appeared in the darkness. Despite their careful precautions, the three guards in front were all struck by the swords. Their reactions were incredibly quick; after dodging the fatal blows, they ignored the blood on their bodies and immediately went to fight back.

Officer Xu and another man, carrying sacks on their backs and escorted by three guards, sped off in the opposite direction. Suddenly, a deep Sichuan accent shouted, "This road is blocked! Leave your men here!" Several men wielding swords rushed over; judging by their attire, they were disciples of the Qingcheng Sect.

Surrounded from both sides, Constable Xu was at a loss. The other man shouted in a deep voice, "Get on the roof!" Constable Xu hurriedly jumped onto the roof. In a daze, he seemed to see a white shadow flash by, then felt a sharp pain in his chest, and all the strength in his body disappeared.

He blinked, and then he could see a young man on the rooftop, his right hand gripping a long sword, its tip still dripping blood; his left hand carrying a burlap sack, which had originally been on his shoulder. He opened his mouth, but could not utter a word, and fell heavily to the ground, dead.

The man in black who had urged him to jump onto the roof stared at the young man on the roof and said, "The Qingcheng Sword Technique lives up to its reputation. But I don't understand why you are here?"

Xie Tianqing placed the sack containing Fang Xiu behind him, and slowly pointed the tip of his sword at the man in black: "You talk too much. Put down that child, and I'll play with you."

The man in black tossed the sack around his neck and said, "You seem quite concerned about this child? Then why didn't you help when I came in?"

Xie Tianqing smiled coldly, leaped high into the air, and thrust his sword down towards the head of the man in black. His sword strike, delivered mid-air, was extremely powerful, the sword light enveloping the entire body of the man in black.

The man in black lifted the sack containing Bao'er with both hands to block Xie Tianqing's sword strike. He could tell that Xie Tianqing had used all his strength in this attack, and he was confident that Xie Tianqing would not harm the child.

With a soft "snap," Xie Tianqing's longsword plunged into the sack without hesitation, followed by the black-clad man's head.

Blood mixed with brain matter splattered all over the black-clad man's face. His stiff corpse knelt on the ground, his hands still clutching the burlap sack he had clung to as his lifeline. Strangely, not a single drop of blood seeped from the sack.

Xie Tianqing said, "Now I can answer your question: because all your actions are under my control. And when you think you can threaten me, that's when your death is near."

"Slap, slap, slap."

Suddenly, several rounds of applause rang out from the rooftop. Xie Tianqing's heart skipped a beat, and he looked up to see a man of medium build dressed in black standing on the roof, right where Xie Tianqing had just been standing.

Xie Tianqing said, "You..." The man suddenly leaped off the roof. While he was in mid-air, an invisible palm strike had already reached Xie Tianqing's chest.

The palm strike was extremely fierce, and Xie Tianqing felt his breathing become labored, even affecting the flow of his internal energy. He knew he couldn't withstand this earth-shattering palm strike with his longsword, so he picked up the sack, rolled on the ground, and narrowly avoided it.

The man in black immediately struck again, this time with a palm strike. Although the power was not as astonishing as the previous strike, the speed was twice as fast, and the direction and angle of the strike were completely unexpected by Xie Tianqing.

Xie Tianqing had already done his best to dodge the previous palm strike, and there was no way he could avoid this one. Remembering Yue Feng's instructions before he left, he stepped forward to meet the black-clad man's palm strike head-on.