Chapter 69

In the West Street of Wulong Town, Echo Alley.

A carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, and Lan Shaoye, with a gloomy face, jumped off the carriage. Looking at the empty alley, his eyes were as dark as the dead-end night.

"Are you sure it's here?" Lan Shaoye asked the servant beside him.

"Yes... We only heard the sound coming from here, but... when we arrived, we only smelled a foul odor and didn't see anyone," the servant lowered his head, "We didn't know Young Master would come in person, we... we..."

Lan Shaoye raised his hand to stop the servant from continuing his flattery and asked the carriage, "Is Lord Xu not getting off?"

Accompanying Lan Shaoye was the only Three-Star Warrior by his side, Xu Qingyan.

Hearing Lan Shaoye's question, Xu Qingyan did not get off the carriage but only lifted the curtain, glanced at the dead-end alley with no corpse, then closed the curtain and said indifferently, "Feng Le is dead."

Lan Shaoye's eyelids twitched.

The servants had only heard the sound and seen no one. Feng Le and the person he met, Lan Yan, had disappeared without a trace, but Xu Qingyan could be certain that Feng Le was dead, and he died right here.

There were many ways to make a body disappear, but only one thing could make the residual star force fluctuation disappear: time. This time, they arrived just in time, so Xu Qingyan could easily see that Feng Le's last star force fluctuation was left here.

"Turn around, head north, and leave the city," Xu Qingyan said.

Feng Le died here, but Xu Qingyan did not mention Lan Yan...

Lan Shaoye immediately jumped onto the carriage: "Go!"

On a night between spring and summer, the mud in the northern suburbs carried a discomforting dampness. As soon as they left the city, Lan Shaoye smelled a strong血腥味. Without Xu Qingyan's instruction, the driver smoothly found the place where Lan Yan died.

Lan Yan's limbs and meridians were severed, and he died in a twisted position next to a large tree.

Xu Qingyan then jumped off the carriage.

"We are still too late," Lan Shaoye said, staring at Lan Yan's corpse, "Regardless of what Lan Yan said, we need to reconsider all our plans!"

"Hmm." Xu Qingyan did not comment.

Lan Shaoye approached Lan Yan and searched his body.

The Lan family servants quickly followed: "Young Master, don't dirty your hands, let me..."

Since someone was willing to help, Lan Shaoye stopped and pointed at Lan Yan's corpse: "He should have three account books, recording the transactions with the Star Plucking Sect, the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and the shops on West Street."

The servant immediately started searching.

Lan Yan had just died, and the blood had not fully coagulated. The servant's hands were covered in blood, and he even tore Lan Yan's clothes inside out, but found no trace of the three account books.

Lan Shaoye's eyes turned even darker. Without a word about collecting Lan Yan's body, he got back on the carriage: "Lord Xu, is it the same person as last time?"

"Hmm." Xu Qingyan nodded.

"Where is he now?" Lan Shaoye asked.

"East Street, Xinglai Inn." Xu Qingyan leaned back in the carriage with his eyes closed.

Lan Shaoye frowned again.

Why is it always at Tang Family Fortress or on Tang Family territory!

Lan Shaoye took a deep breath and punched the carriage wall heavily.

"Grandfather ordered the people of Hidden Blue Manor to avoid trouble on East Street recently. If my people act, whether we kill him or not, we will be attacked from both inside and outside!" Lan Shaoye said.

"Hmm..." Xu Qingyan snorted, "You are very rational."

"Rational? Lord Xu, you flatter me! Before I find a proper reason, I can't act on Tang Family territory, and I even have to cover up the fact that Feng Le was killed on Hidden Blue Manor's territory!" Lan Shaoye's fingers almost crushed the carriage window, "This is the second time! Lord Xu, this is the second time!"

Lan Shaoye knew too well who Feng Le was.

He couldn't die, only disappear!

And even if he disappeared, it couldn't be in West Street of Wulong Town, but on the way back to the Heavenly Mandate Sect.

If not, both he and Hidden Blue Manor would face devastating consequences due to Feng Le's death!

The person who killed him was his enemy.

But he had to cover for his enemy!

He had never encountered such a ridiculous situation in his life!

Lan Shaoye couldn't understand how he managed to swallow this humiliation.

And this was the second time he had to cover for his enemy!

Swallowing the same humiliation once was hard enough, but he had to do it twice!

Xu Qingyan raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lan Shaoye: "Then, I'll go to Xinglai Inn tonight and kill him?"

Lan Shaoye gritted his teeth: "No need! Does a Three-Star Warrior need to kill a One-Star trash? That would be overkill, and I, Lan Shaoye, can't afford to lose face!"

Xu Qingyan snorted again but did not argue.

Lan Shaoye continued: "The most important thing now is Feng Le! Lord Xu, please go to the Heavenly Mandate Sect and arrange for it to look like Feng Le was attacked on the way back. It must be quick, very quick!"

Xu Qingyan looked deeply at Lan Shaoye and jumped off the carriage without a word.

Rationally, it was indeed most important to clear Hidden Blue Manor from the incident of Feng Le's death!

However, Xu Qingyan felt that Lan Shaoye's arrogance was growing, and he was losing something else...

After Xu Qingyan left, Lan Shaoye still had a lot to think about.

"Young Master..." Another confidant in the carriage said humbly, "I feel that Lord Xu is becoming... too disrespectful to Young Master?"

Slap.

Lan Shaoye slapped the confidant's face: "If you were a Three-Star, you could do the same!"

The confidant quickly lowered his head: "Yes, yes, yes... My strength is too weak to help Young Master."

Lan Shaoye pulled open the carriage curtain and took several deep breaths of fresh air to calm down.

His face quickly returned to its usual calm.

He would not give up on swallowing Tang Family Fortress.

And he would not let the person who caused him trouble again and again continue to do so!

...

Tang Zheng did not go to sleep immediately when he returned to his room that night. Instead, he opened the "Dagger Techniques" and flipped to the next page.

The first technique was the starting move, and he was sure he had mastered it very well. Whether it was the flow of star force inside his body or its extension outside, he could use it freely. If he used the concept from his previous life, it would be "skill proficiency 100%!"

Therefore, he started practicing the second technique, "Rushing Crown," without hesitation.

"Two stars collide, spreading for a thousand miles, converging into a surge, yet forming a single rush..." Tang Zheng silently recited each sentence, and his steps followed.

"Two stars collide" was a more intense form of star force circulation. The starting move involved a combination of advancing and retreating, making the extension of star force explosive. "Spreading for a thousand miles" was somewhat exaggerated, but killing someone from a distance of several steps was definitely possible, and Tang Zheng had already achieved this.

However, the second technique required "converging into a surge," which involved both external extension and internal convergence, placing a significant burden on the star meridians. Without the power of two stars, it was impossible to achieve.

"This 'Dagger Techniques' is perfect for me." Tang Zheng figured out the second technique without guidance. After the starting move, the Yin star force surged, quickly converging the star force. When the surging star tide reached its peak...

The Yang star force burst out!

With one strike, the table and chairs in front of Tang Zheng shattered. The destruction caused by the star force flowing through the "Rushing Crown" after the starting move was significantly increased!

However, the stronger the force, the harder it was to control.

After trying once, Tang Zheng thought he didn't need the guidance of the martial technique, but upon carefully sensing the flow of star force in his body, he felt something was off.

He couldn't retract the move!

Martial techniques formed a cycle through the extension of star force. After his second technique, no cycle was formed, and if a martial technique couldn't be quickly retracted, it would create a vulnerability, which no martial artist wanted to see.

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