Chapter 143: Bright Sword

Watching Zi Nu’s smug expression, Vulture smiled as well.

“Haha! You’ve fallen into my trap! Take a look. Are they still there?”

“What?” Zi Nu was startled.

“Nong Yu!”

Zi Nu turned around and was shocked to see four men in black flying toward them like rolling balls.

“Damn it! You bastards!”

Vulture could not understand why his subordinates were rolling toward him.

Seeing Nong Yu, her mother, and her aunt emerge, Zi Nu hurried over to protect them.

With a thunderous crash, Zi Nu immediately turned and raised her sword horizontally.

“Urgh! How can this be? Who was it? Who?”

Blood spilling from his mouth, Vulture collapsed to his knees.

The four men came rolling over in a heap. He had managed to dodge them, but he still could not escape the attack.

Looking at his four subordinates, already beaten into misshapen balls and dead, Vulture finally understood. He had wrongly blamed them.

“Honestly! You had me worried for nothing!” Zi Nu said with a bitter smile, shaking her head.

Although the bloody scene ahead consisted of four dead men and one crippled survivor, Nong Yu felt nothing but complete reassurance.

“Sister, are you all right?”

Zi Nu shook her head. “I’m fine. He really does care about our Nong Yu.”

“Ah—Sister!” Nong Yu hurriedly lowered her head.

She did not know what had happened. She had not even seen the attacker’s figure, but she knew that the King’s men had protected them.

After ordering her subordinates to take Vulture away, Zi Nu planned to report the matter to Han Fei first. Nong Yu also brought her mother and aunt back to her zither room for a look.

The music was loud enough and the room was soundproof, so Wei Zhuang had not known what had happened in the rear courtyard.

When Zi Nu returned, two more traces of amusement appeared at the corners of Han Fei’s mouth.

“Nong Yu, her mother, and her aunt have come back for a look. From now on, there will be no more Beauty Hu in this world.”

Han Fei nodded. He understood what Zi Nu meant.

“Vulture of the Hundred Birds just led men in an attack on Nong Yu and the others. I was unable to do anything about him.”

Zi Nu sighed softly. She had still overestimated her own practical combat ability.

“Are they all right?” Han Fei asked about Nong Yu and the others, but his eyes were examining Zi Nu from head to toe.

Zi Nu rolled her eyes at him before smiling.

“Vulture did lure me away, but his four subordinates were turned into balls by a mysterious expert in a single strike. In the end, Vulture himself was crippled when his own men crashed into him!”

“We could not even see the attacker.”

Zi Nu smiled bitterly. The strength of the Young Duke of the Northern Kingdom had already surpassed all imagination.

“Good. As long as everyone is safe.” Han Fei sensed the gravity of the situation even more clearly. “It seems the Night Curtain has run out of patience.”

“It is said that Vulture was once one of the Three Wolves of Severed Hair. Back then, they joined forces with Liu Yi to plot against the Fiery Rain Treasure. Perhaps his attack on Nong Yu and her family was not ordered by Ji Wuye.”

Han Fei frowned. “It should have been a personal matter. It seems the Night Curtain’s true target is this young master.”

“Does Ji Wuye truly think he can cover the sky with one hand?” Zhang Liang was furious as well.

“Hmph.”

Wei Zhuang gave a cold laugh, and the others fell silent.

“For the Night Curtain to dare behave so recklessly, it must have something to rely on. This is becoming more and more interesting.”

Han Fei nodded calmly and rose to his feet.

“Let us go and take a look at this Vulture as well.”

After expending a little energy, Flame Spirit Ji also made her way to the third floor.

The young master reeked of wine. He ignored the girls’ greetings, while the maids in the corridor simply let him pass.

Flame Spirit Ji’s steps were unsteady, and she walked very slowly, raising her little nose as she strained to catch the scent.

“It’s him! It must be him!”

That aura grew clearer and clearer. Flame Spirit Ji would never forget it, even in death.

When she saw the young master push open a door, a maid from the corridor came over.

“My lord, there are already guests inside.”

Flame Spirit Ji frowned. “Go away! I know perfectly well that someone is inside!”

The door opening startled Lin Shu and Yan Fei as well.

“Hmph!” Yan Fei was secretly annoyed. How dare someone disturb them at a time like this?

[The commander is a young man disguised as a woman.]

The last time the commander had done something improper, Heartshadow had not dared pay too much attention to Flame Spirit Ji’s bodily information, nor had it recorded her energy fluctuations.

When the maid refused to leave, the irritated Flame Spirit Ji struck.

Her eyes seemed to contain flames. After meeting her gaze, the maid stood there in a daze.

“Miss, Zilan Pavilion can no longer receive you.”

By coincidence, Zi Nu and the others came out at that moment. Seeing the maid’s vacant expression, Zi Nu grew angry as well.

It was them!

Flame Spirit Ji was startled.

Wei Zhuang’s icy gaze swept toward her, and Flame Spirit Ji hurriedly circulated her energy to resist.

“The aura of fire spirits? Pity you are still far too inexperienced.”

Wei Zhuang did not even draw his sword. With overwhelming pressure, he advanced toward Flame Spirit Ji step by step.

“Young master, she should be the Baiyue criminal who set fires outside the city!” Zi Nu had personally investigated the fires Flame Spirit Ji had started earlier.

Han Fei also grew furious. “Hmph! This vicious criminal deserves death. Brother Wei Zhuang, trouble yourself to capture her.”

Wei Zhuang smiled indifferently. One hand would be more than enough to deal with her.

“I could not find you today, and yet you have come here to deliver yourself to death.”

“You!”

Flame Spirit Ji was both angry and frustrated. She had finally found the despicable lecher, so how could she be willing to leave just like that?

“Enough nonsense.”

Two streams of flame burst forth, and Flame Spirit Ji took the initiative, pressing toward Wei Zhuang.

Zi Nu hurriedly drew her sword—not to assist, but to extinguish the flames.

“Heartshadow, open the door!”

When the two streams of flame appeared, Lin Shu guessed that the woman must be Flame Spirit Ji.

“Fortunately, I put on makeup. This is the perfect chance to meet her again.”

Lin Shu secretly laughed as he plotted with Heartshadow.

Facing the two flaming serpents, Wei Zhuang could not even be bothered to dodge. With a casual wave of his hand, he nearly extinguished them.

“Hmph. Not bad.”

In the blink of an eye, Wei Zhuang dispersed the seductive force surrounding Flame Spirit Ji.

With a turn of her body, Flame Spirit Ji cast aside the cumbersome hairpin from her robe, revealing her fiery-red battle attire.

“Too late to run!”

Dodging the hairpin, Wei Zhuang reached Flame Spirit Ji in only a few steps.

With people blocking both ends of the corridor, Flame Spirit Ji could only retreat again and again.

“Heh. Still a little beauty. Stop resisting, girl. You have nowhere to go.”

Zi Nu disliked her the instant she saw Flame Spirit Ji’s stunning appearance.

“Hmph! Ninth Young Master!”

Seeing Han Fei staring blankly, Zi Nu became even angrier.

Han Fei immediately straightened his expression and took two steps back behind Zi Nu.

“This…”

Wei Zhuang secretly swallowed. She was an absolute beauty! What a pity he had not yet mastered the strongest sword.

“Stop struggling. The moment I draw my sword, you will certainly die.”

The more beautiful the woman was, the more displeased Wei Zhuang became, because he could not allow her beauty to disturb his sword heart.

“Then try it.”

The flames in both of Flame Spirit Ji’s hands grew increasingly scorching. She was preparing a powerful attack.

“Heh heh—you are too slow!”

With a sharp ringing sound, the flash of the Saber-Toothed Shark Sword forced everyone to close their eyes.

“Alas! I am truly useless!”

Flame Spirit Ji knew that she could not block his strike.

The moment Lin Shu stepped out of the room, the dazzling radiance struck his eyes, and he felt the Saber-Toothed Shark Sword’s chill for the first time.

“Hmph… Wei Zhuang!”

Just as Wei Zhuang raised his sword, his chest suddenly jolted. A thin line of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, and even the Saber-Toothed Shark Sword dimmed.

“It’s him! It really is him!”

Flame Spirit Ji was certain now. She had not mistaken that aura.

Who was it?

It was not only Wei Zhuang who was alarmed. Zi Nu also tensed.

Even the strongest Wei Zhuang had suddenly become obedient. The experts of their own faction were not present at Zilan Pavilion!

“Ah! Heartshadow, you used too much force.”

[Commander, what did you say?]

Heartshadow had just been about to act, but Wei Zhuang stopped, leaving it no opportunity to intervene.

Lin Shu was too focused on showing off to bother with what Heartshadow said.

Suppressing his laughter, he strode out of the doorway and shouted angrily:

“Hmph! Who dares point a sword at this young master?”

Damn it! It really was him!

His appearance was different, but Wei Zhuang already knew who he was.

That voice, that tone, and that irritating gaze—how could Zi Nu possibly forget them?

“Young Master Lin, this is a misunderstanding. I did not expect you to be here as well.”

Han Fei stepped forward with a bitter smile and bowed.

“Young Master Lin, you must be careful. She is a vicious Baiyue criminal. In the past few days alone, more than two thousand people have been killed or wounded outside the city!”

Wei Zhuang obediently sheathed his sword. That exchange had made him understand that he could not withstand even a single move from Lin Shu.

He did not blame Lin Shu. To show off by drawing a sword in front of a grandmaster was simply bad luck. The fact that Young Master Lin had only lightly wounded him already counted as mercy.

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