Chapter 62

It wasn't long before Huang Xiaolong and his group arrived at the headquarters of the Blue Eagle Gang.

The headquarters of the Blue Eagle Gang was located in the southern corner of the capital city, a bit off the main areas, but it covered a vast area, several times larger than Huang Xiaolong's Tianxuan Manor. In front of the main gate of the Blue Eagle Gang headquarters, there were two giant stone eagles, both entirely blue.

However, what surprised Huang Xiaolong was that when they arrived, there were no disciples guarding the main gate of the Blue Eagle Gang, and it was eerily quiet.

"Wait a moment, everyone, be careful," Huang Xiaolong warned.

"Yes, Young Master!" Everyone nodded, and Fei Hou and the others also noticed that something was amiss.

When they entered the main gate of the Blue Eagle Gang headquarters, Huang Xiaolong caught a faint whiff of blood, though it was very light, he was certain it was the smell of blood.

As they moved deeper in, they occasionally saw small pools of blood on the stone floor.

Apart from that, there were no Blue Eagle Gang disciples to be seen, and the place was eerily quiet.

Huang Xiaolong frowned.

After a while, Huang Xiaolong and the others arrived at the main hall. The hall was empty, but on a golden eagle throne, there lay a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, dressed in an eagle robe.

Everyone exchanged glances.

"It's the leader of the Blue Eagle Gang, Jiang Wei!" Wang Ning, a guard from the Marshal's Mansion, stared at the middle-aged man on the golden eagle throne and blurted out.

Huang Xiaolong and the others quickly approached the throne. They saw that Jiang Wei was lying there with his eyes tightly closed, no longer breathing, but his body had no bloodstains or wounds.

Huang Xiaolong's heart stirred. He raised his right hand and delivered a soft palm strike to Jiang Wei's chest. Jiang Wei's clothes burst open, and everyone saw a glaring dark green palm print on his bare chest. The muscles around the palm print were completely rotten, and faint black-green gas was spreading from the palm print.

"What a powerful poison palm!" Everyone was shocked.

"It should be a low-grade Earth-level combat technique, the Poison Blood Palm!" Fei Hou added.

Poison Blood Palm!

Wang Ning and the others swallowed hard.

"Thirty years ago, a Duke in our Luotong Kingdom and over a thousand guards from his mansion were all killed by this Poison Blood Palm. However, after that, the Poison Blood Palm never appeared again. I didn't expect it to reappear now!" Chen Yu, another tenth-rank guard from the Marshal's Mansion, said.

A kingdom's Duke was equivalent to a provincial governor in the old Earth's China. The death of a Duke and over a thousand guards from his mansion caused a significant stir.

Huang Xiaolong's eyes flickered. It seemed the situation was more complicated than he thought. He didn't expect that Jiang Wei had been killed, and by the Poison Blood Palm.

Could the person who killed Jiang Wei be the same one who ordered the Blue Eagle Gang disciples to cause trouble at the Li family's silk shop? Could they be the two people with venomous snake martial souls who appeared at Li Mu's birthday celebration?

"Young Master, what should we do with him?" Fei Hou pointed to the middle-aged leader of the Blue Eagle Gang who had caused trouble at the silk shop.

"Please, don't kill me, don't kill me!" The middle-aged leader of the Blue Eagle Gang looked terrified and begged Huang Xiaolong in a panic.

Huang Xiaolong pondered and said, "Let him go."

Everyone was taken aback.

Then, two ninth-rank guards from the Marshal's Mansion respectfully responded and released him.

"Thank you, thank you!" The middle-aged leader of the Blue Eagle Gang was overjoyed, repeatedly thanked Huang Xiaolong, and then hurriedly ran out.

However, as soon as he ran out of the hall, a惨叫 sounded.

Everyone was startled and quickly flashed out of the hall. They saw the middle-aged leader of the Blue Eagle Gang lying not far away, apparently dead.

Huang Xiaolong squatted down and lifted the man's shirt, revealing a Poison Blood Palm print on his chest.

Fei Hou, Wang Ning, Chen Yu, and the others couldn't help but scan the surroundings with heightened alertness.

"Fei Hou, go check the surroundings!" Huang Xiaolong stood up and said solemnly.

"Yes, Young Master!" Fei Hou respectfully responded, then leaped to the roof, flashed away, and returned shortly. He shook his head and respectfully said, "Young Master, the opponent used a movement combat technique, and their speed was too fast. I couldn't catch up! Based on my estimation, the opponent should be a peak tenth-rank powerhouse!"

A peak tenth-rank powerhouse!

Huang Xiaolong frowned and said, "Let's go back first."

Not long after Huang Xiaolong and his group left the Blue Eagle Gang headquarters, the news of the Blue Eagle Gang leader Jiang Wei being killed quickly spread, causing a significant stir in the capital city.

Jiang Wei was a tenth-rank powerhouse, and the Blue Eagle Gang had thousands of members. The fact that he was killed sparked discussions throughout the city.

As night fell, in the main hall of Tianxuan Manor.

Huang Xiaolong sat in the hall and had Fei Hou briefly recount the events that occurred at the Blue Eagle Gang headquarters to Marshal Haotian. Marshal Haotian listened with a serious expression.

"Haotian, arrange for a few people to protect Li Lu and Li Cheng," Huang Xiaolong said.

"Yes, Manor Lord, please rest assured," Marshal Haotian respectfully replied. "I will do my best to find out who the opponent is!" He hesitated for a moment and continued, "Manor Lord, it's too dangerous for you to go to the Silver Moon Forest alone for training the day after tomorrow. Given what has happened, I think Fei Hou and Wang Ning should accompany you!"

Huang Xiaolong shook his head. "No need." If a Xiantian powerhouse came, even if Fei Hou and the others were with him, it wouldn't be safe. Moreover, having them around would be inconvenient for his training.

"Talk to Sun Zhang about the academy," Huang Xiaolong added. He needed to inform the academy that he would be leaving for five months of training in the Silver Moon Forest.

Marshal Haotian respectfully responded.

After a while, Fei Hou and Marshal Haotian left.

Huang Xiaolong returned to his room and sat on the cold jade bed, trying again to control how to summon his dual dragon martial soul separately.

Time passed.

Two days went by.

During these two days, Fei Hou had prepared everything Huang Xiaolong would need for the next five months. Li Cheng personally delivered several sets of custom-made clothes from the Li family's silk shop.

Over these two days, although Huang Xiaolong still couldn't summon his dual dragon martial soul separately, he had discovered some methods and was confident that with persistence, he would soon be able to do so.

Li Lu also visited Tianxuan Manor once, accompanying Li Cheng. Knowing that Huang Xiaolong would be training in the Silver Moon Forest for five months, Li Lu was naturally unhappy. However, when she left Tianxuan Manor, she said with a serious and determined look, "Xiaolong, I will also work hard to train and strive to be a worthy wife for you!" She even quickly kissed Huang Xiaolong on the cheek.

Leaving the room, Huang Xiaolong thought about Li Lu's words from yesterday, touched his left cheek where she had kissed him, and smiled wryly. This little girl!

An hour later, Huang Xiaolong packed everything he would need into the Asura Ring and left Tianxuan Manor alone, heading out of the capital city toward the Silver Moon Forest. Although Fei Hou and the others didn't accompany him this time, Huang Xiaolong brought the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey. With the Spirit Devouring Purple Monkey, his five months of training wouldn't be so monotonous and boring.