darknovel Chapter 15: The Player
Chapter 15: The Player
"A feint to the east while attacking in the west." Wei Zhan suddenly realized.
Just now, Qin Shisan attacked with a thunderous move, "Rainbow Piercing the Sun".
Wei Zhan had no choice but to avoid his sharp edge.
Unexpectedly, Qin Shisan did not press his advantage. Instead, he moved swiftly and charged towards the six powerful figures who had attacked Qin Zhixue.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
By the time Wei Zhan discovered it, it was too late!
boom!
A loud bang was heard, and someone fell to the ground.
Wei Zhan, who had just regained his balance, looked in the direction of the sound.
On the other side, a middle-aged man dressed in hemp clothing and wearing a cloth hat was suspended in mid-air.
He wielded a large sword and slashed the half-step grandmaster who had just leaped into the air, his gaze sharp as an eagle and a wolf, to the ground.
Then he suddenly turned around and slashed at the other five people twice.
Swish, swish!
The blade energy surged and swept across the land with overwhelming force.
Among the other five burly men, one who was a half-step Grandmaster immediately brandished his sword to defend himself.
The other four, however, touched the ground with their feet and leaped backward.
boom!
In the blink of an eye, the half-step grandmaster was slashed away by the sword energy.
The renowned expert, who had just leaped three feet into the air and was about to retreat, was sent flying by the sword energy.
dong dong!
Immediately, all five people landed on the ground.
As they landed, fine needles flew and pierced their heart vessels.
All five people died.
However, Tang Yifan seized the opportunity to activate the mechanism in the iron fan and make his move.
The man wielding the large sword was none other than Tang Yuan, the head of the Tang family.
Grandmaster level expert!
After beheading the five men, he floated to the ground, the back of his blade against his shoulder, and stood beside Tang Yifan.
Tangyuan stands majestically, like a mountain, unshakable.
"Tang Yuan..." Wei Zhan glared at Tang Yuan like an angry lion, revealing a ferocious expression.
He had planned this all along to take this opportunity to wipe out everyone from Mingjian Manor and Tangjiabao.
The original plan was to capture Tang Yifan and Qin Zhixue as hostages.
Even if Tang Yuan and Qin Shisan come, they still have a chance of winning.
But now, the situation seems to have exceeded his expectations.
First: Wei Zhan underestimated Qin Shisan's strength.
Just now, he deeply felt the gap between his combat power and Qin Shisan's.
Second: Yang Lin was attacked and was on the verge of death, and was unable to hold off Tang Yuan, resulting in the death of his half-step Grandmaster.
Otherwise, with their combined strength as grandmasters, they would have been able to hold off Qin Shisan and even Tang Yuan!
His men can still take down Qin Zhixue and Tang Yifan.
In a battle between the strongest, even the slightest mistake can affect the entire outcome.
"How could this be!" Looking at the situation before him, Wei Zhan glanced around and finally fixed his gaze on Yang Xuan.
"How could you not be dead?" Wei Zhan looked at Yang Xuan in disbelief. He felt dizzy and had difficulty breathing.
They meticulously planned to trap the three major forces in Snowdrift Manor and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
But at this moment, it seems that he has become a sitting duck.
"Master Yang...is not dead?"
"What's going on?" At this moment, the guests in the mourning hall also looked at Yang Xuan with disbelief on their faces.
The elderly Jiang Sheng sat upright in his chair, his eyes revealing wisdom, and murmured, "Now it seems that this memorial service was a trap set by Piaoxue Manor to lure out the snake from its hole and wipe out the traitor who attacked and killed Master Yang."
In the chaos just now, Jiang Wei immediately pushed the old man's chair to the side of the mourning hall.
Now that the situation has stabilized, Jiang Wei pushed the old man a few steps forward so he could also come and see what was going on.
"Could it be that Master Yang already knew that the person who attacked him was not Master Tang, and therefore joined forces with him?" Jiang Wei asked thoughtfully.
Immediately, many people looked at Tang Yuan and Qin Shisan.
The appearance of Lord Tang and Qin Shisan makes it hard not to suspect that they had already devised a plan to eliminate the enemy.
"That old guy is still alive!" At this moment, Tang Yuan touched the bridge of his nose and looked at Yang Xuan with a surprised expression.
"He's quite the old fox!" Qin Shisan said to Yang Xuan in a low voice.
"They knew nothing about it?" Jiang Wei looked surprised at their appearance. "But why did they appear in time?"
"How could they not come for such an important event?" Jiang Sheng stroked his beard and said leisurely, without showing any surprise.
He, on the contrary, felt that this was only natural.
He thought to himself, "Old fox."
The two men openly sent their children to offer condolences, while they themselves hid in the shadows, clearly intending to observe the situation from the sidelines.
Countless eyes were focused on Yang Xuan.
At this moment, Yang Xuan felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.
From the moment he was seriously injured, Snowdrift Manor was doomed, and he was preparing to entrust his orphanage to someone else.
Now he has become the one holding the chess pieces, saving his family from the brink of collapse. How could Yang Xuan not be overjoyed!
Yang Xuan's eyes flickered, like a fierce tiger, locking onto Wei Zhan.
At this moment, Tang Yuan's gaze also shifted, locking onto Wei Zhan with a fierce glint in his eyes.
Qin Shisan's eyes flickered as he looked over. He possessed an extraordinary air, yet his eyes shone with a sword-like light, ready to be drawn at any moment.
Instantly, all three grandmasters locked onto Wei Zhan.
Wei Zhan felt as if he had thorns in his back, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"What do you want to do?" Wei Zhan shouted angrily, as purple energy surged around him, transforming into a purple bell that enveloped his entire body.
"Purple Qi..." Yang Xuan's gaze sharpened as he looked at the purple qi bell, and he said coldly, "It is said that the Great Wei royal family possesses a technique called 'Purple Qi Coming from the East,' which can gather the purple qi of heaven and earth and refine it into Purple Cloud True Qi... It seems that you are a grandmaster of the Great Wei royal family!"
"What a great Wei royal family... Are you trying to wipe out all three of my families in one fell swoop!" Tang Yuan's eyes were like copper bells as he stared fiercely at Wei Zhan. A murderous aura surged from his body, and the knife in his hand gleamed coldly. His eyes were filled with killing intent.
The fact that the Great Wei royal family had Yang Lin use the Poisonous Palm technique to injure Yang Xuan was clearly an attempt to frame Tang Family Fortress.
The Poisonous Palm technique cannot be mastered in a day; clearly, the Great Wei royal family has been planning for it for many years.
Tang Yuan naturally hated Wei Zhan to the core.
"What! This is a Grandmaster from the Great Wei royal family!"
"Is the Great Wei royal family planning to unify the martial arts world?" Upon hearing this, the guests in the mourning hall all changed color, filled with worry.
"The royal family of Great Wei... we should have realized it was them long ago!" Old man Jiang Sheng murmured.
These three major forces control half of the livelihood of the Great Wei Kingdom, and have already crossed the line for the royal family.
However, the three major powers are well-established and powerful. If they cannot be eliminated in one fell swoop, it will inevitably cause turmoil and damage the foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, the Great Wei Dynasty never took action against the three major powers.
"The royal family of the Great Wei has actually set its sights on us Jianghu forces!" Jiang Wei frowned, his face full of worry.
They worked for Snowdrift Manor and lived a fairly comfortable life, owning quite a few businesses.
If the Great Wei royal family truly eliminates the forces of Snowdrift Manor and others, a complete reshuffling of power is inevitable.
At that time, it was uncertain whether they could preserve their businesses.
It could even lead to the destruction of one's family and death.
"Indeed, I am the Imperial Uncle of the Great Wei Dynasty, Prince Yi, Wei Zhan!" Wei Zhan said arrogantly.
"Yang Xuan, Tang Yuan, don't do anything rash! Otherwise, all the guests in this room will die from the poison!" he threatened.
"This..." For a moment, the guests in the hall were filled with fear and then looked at Yang Xuan and the others.
"Is this Prince Yi?" Yang Jiuli took a step forward and looked at Prince Yi.
"What's wrong?" Wei Zhan looked at Yang Jiuli with a surprised expression, wondering why this young man was calling him.
"Are all the people of your Great Wei royal family as foolish and stupid as you?" Yang Jiuli said.
"Insolence!" Wei Zhan shouted, "You're poisoned; do you have a death wish?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, his expression changed drastically, and he stared at Yang Jiuli with wide eyes.
"How come this little brat is so energetic?" Wei Zhan wondered, sensing something was wrong.
"Poison?" Yang Jiuli laughed. "If I were truly poisoned by you, how could I possibly attack twice?"
He has already made two moves:
The first time, Yang Jiuli rescued Yang Mu.
The second time, Yang Jiuli slapped the coffin lid off.
All of this requires circulating the blood and qi within the body.
"Yes, it seems that Young Master Yang made two moves in quick succession just now?" Jiang Wei, standing by the chair, looked on in surprise.
"What's going on? Wasn't it said that once the Xuanming Nether Python's poison enters the body, circulating the qi would accelerate its effects?"
"How come Ninth Young Master has made two moves and is still unharmed?" The other guests also looked surprised.
"Poison..." Tang Yifan murmured to himself, secretly circulating his inner energy.
"I also made two moves just now!" Tang Xiao whispered.
He had intervened twice to protect Tang Yifan, which allowed him to hold out until Tang Yuan made his move.
Qin Jianhe was also surprised. He had tried to attack several times, but the poison had not yet fully taken effect; he was only slightly weak.
At first, he thought that the antidote he had taken had delayed the onset of the poisoning.
But now it seems that things are not so simple.
Yang Lin, who was lying on the ground barely alive, looked up and looked at Yang Jiuli, his heart filled with astonishment.
He couldn't understand how such a mistake could have happened when his carefully laid plan seemed foolproof.
"You want to know, don't you?" Yang Jiuli leaned down and glanced at Yang Lin, who was lying on the ground looking up, and said with narrowed eyes.
Yang Lin stared wide-eyed at Yang Jiuli, clearly wanting to know the answer.
"Because I replaced the incense infused with poison with ordinary bewitching incense!" Yang Jiuli said with a leisurely smile.
"Wh...what!" Yang Lin struggled to squeeze out two words, reaching out to grab Yang Jiuli.
However, Yang Jiuli stood up and took a step back.
To kill someone is to destroy their spirit.
After Yang Lin grasped at empty air, he coughed up blood and died.
It wasn't that Yang Lin was careless or negligent in this matter.
Yang Lin's Xuanming Youman Poison was made by incorporating sandalwood into the incense, and also included a bewitching incense.
The incense that Yang Jiuli switched also contained a bewitching fragrance, and the two smelled similar when burned.
Besides, there were incense sticks and candles in the room, and the smell of burning paper money mixed together, which made it normal for his poisonous incense to be slightly off. Therefore, Yang Lin did not expect that someone would switch his poisonous incense.
They would never have imagined that Yang Jiuli would use a mind-altering incense instead of a poison incense, causing those in the hall to indeed experience blurred consciousness and muscle weakness after inhaling it.
This convinced Yang Lin that everyone in the mourning hall had undoubtedly been poisoned.
Ren never expected that Yang Jiuli would turn the tables on him, switching the poison incense with a mind-altering incense to pass it off as the real thing.
Even until his death, Yang Lin did not understand how he had been exposed.
Is it time to change the sandalwood?
But he did it perfectly at the time, making sure no one around noticed!
Even on his deathbed, he didn't know that Yang Jiuli was a cultivator whose divine consciousness could leave his body and observe all directions.
Inside the mourning hall, no one cared about Yang Lin's thoughts before he died.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at Yang Jiuli.
A single sentence echoed in their minds.