Urban Martial Saint

Listening to everyone, Ye Qing was quite surprised. The three people he mentioned were actually just a made-up number, since no one had seen them, he casually tossed out a number to deceive people. He didn’t expect his luck to be so good, casually saying a number that turned out to be right.

Moreover, the most surprising to him was, there really were three masked men who had sneaked into the Hong Alliance Seven Rudders Manor. Even the two servants of the Sword Saint Sect saw them, so this matter must be true. This means that there really were three masked men who entered the manor.

There was no need for further thought for Ye Qing to guess the identities of these three masked men; they must be from the Wanyan Family. Because, under these circumstances, there are only two groups of people who would dare enter the Hong Alliance Seven Rudders Manor.

One group is from Iga-ryu, but this possibility is not very high because, according to Wen’er’s mother, ever since the Great Elder of Iga-ryu died, the Sect Master would need some time to take control. Iga-ryu must still be in chaos, and the Sect Master might not be able to control the entirety of Iga-ryu yet, so right now, it is unlikely that they’d come to the Hong Alliance Seven Rudders Manor.

The other group, then, would be from the Wanyan Family. And Ye Qing is more inclined to believe it’s the Wanyan Family, as after suffering a huge loss here earlier, the people from the Wanyan Family couldn’t possibly let it go; they would definitely come to test the waters.

So, after thinking carefully, Ye Qing was almost ninety percent sure that the three masked men were from the Wanyan Family. However, during the process of killing the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect, Ye Qing did not see these three masked men, nor did he know when they appeared or if they had seen him kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. If they had seen it and told others about it, it might affect Ye Qing’s plan, wouldn’t it?

Thinking of this, Ye Qing indeed felt a bit worried. But on second thought, in this situation, if he adamantly declared that it was the Wanyan Family who killed the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect, then even if the Wanyan Family really saw him kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect, it wouldn’t matter much. The key point is, will the Sword Saint Sect believe Ye Qing or the Wanyan Family?

Without a doubt, the Sword Saint Sect will definitely believe Ye Qing. After all, as Helian Tiehua just analyzed, Ye Qing doesn’t know martial arts, and it’s fundamentally impossible for him to kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. Furthermore, the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect didn’t even have time to cry out for help before losing his life, indicating that the attacker’s strength was definitely beyond acme. Not to mention whether Ye Qing could kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect, even if he could, his strength couldn’t possibly surpass the acme realm.

Also, the Wanyan Family indeed has a peak master, which is a fact that people witnessed yesterday. In Shenchuan City, temporarily, there are only these two masters whose strength surpasses acme. Fu Qingping is in the main building, which all four servants saw, so he definitely couldn’t have come to kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. Therefore, the only possibility is the beyond peerless master from the Wanyan Family.

The four servants of the Sword Saint Sect thought over these situations and determined that it was the Wanyan Family who killed their Young Master. Instantly, the anger they originally directed at Ye Qing was wholly shifted towards the Wanyan Family. The four servants cursed continuously, clamoring to call out the formidable masters of the Sword Saint Sect to wipe out the entire Wanyan Family to avenge the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect.

Hearing the four servants of the Sword Saint Sect say this, the spectators around naturally became much calmer. Being free from association with this matter naturally made everyone happy. What’s most exciting to the people is that the Sword Saint Sect and the Wanyan Family have formed a vendetta. Thus, the next affair is between the Sword Saint Sect and the Wanyan Family, and the spectators can watch the drama unfold from the sidelines, why not?

Ye Qing stood aside, seeing the four servants of the Sword Saint Sect point their anger at the Wanyan Family, a slight, imperceptible smile crossed his eyes. This was his true intention, to provoke the Sword Saint Sect against the Wanyan Family. Both the Sword Saint Sect and the Wanyan Family are incredibly powerful with ambitious designs; letting these two forces fight first is, of course, the best possible outcome.

Actually, after seeing the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect yesterday, Ye Qing already realized that this Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect is someone extremely arrogant and completely reckless in his actions. Therefore, Ye Qing deliberately angered him yesterday, forming a deep feud, in order to provoke him into attacking, and thus start his subsequent plan.

Actually, members of the Sword Saint Sect injured Ye Qing’s brother, acted as enemies against Shen Family Manor, and even attempted to abduct Shen Qingyi. With so many things, how could Ye Qing not feel furious? He certainly needed revenge. But as for how to exact revenge, there needs to be a well-thought-out plan. Now, Ye Qing is no longer someone who acts purely based on emotions. After experiencing so much, especially through several intellectual struggles with the Wanyan Family, Ye Qing understands that sometimes using strategy is far better than relying solely on brute force.

Therefore, Ye Qing arranged a plan like this. He predicted that the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect would surely come to assassinate him, so he set up a scenario like this. Few people know about his body being invulnerable, which is his advantage. Furthermore, the Taoist Sovereign on his right wrist can provide him with power, which is also crucial. Being invulnerable, with the Taoist Sovereign providing him with great strength, this is his basis for killing the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect.

However, how the situation unfolded was actually beyond Ye Qing’s control. Although he ambushed in those circumstances, the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect’s speed was too fast, and his strength was very formidable. Ye Qing’s ambush yielded no result, and instead, alerted the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect enough to avoid Ye Qing’s subsequent attacks. If the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect couldn’t be killed this time, not only would Ye Qing’s plan fail, but even his own secrets might be exposed.

As Ye Qing was getting anxious about the situation, its development left him feeling both helpless and amused. In a last-ditch effort, he threw the Scabbard of The Ancestor of Miao Dao without holding out much hope, because the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect could easily avoid the scabbard. But who could have expected that Old Chen’s flying chicken leg could make the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect slip and fall directly from the wall, precisely getting pinned to the wall by The Ancestor of Miao Dao’s scabbard.

Honestly, if it weren’t for Old Chen tossing out that chicken leg, the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect would surely have escaped this time. But it was precisely the notorious, gluttonous, lecherous, and cowardly Old Chen who managed to provide such a significant help under these circumstances.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing couldn’t help but glance into the inner room. Old Chen was still sitting in the living room, seeing that everything was settled, he grabbed another roasted chicken and was gnawing away. This fellow, with oil smeared all over his mouth, didn’t stop at all, like a reincarnated starving ghost. Watching him, it gave a sense of wanting to kick him a few times. Yet who could have imagined that the death of the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect was due to the random throw of a chicken leg by him?

Recalling the previous situation carefully, Old Chen was frightened, threw the chicken leg, and fled. But how it happened to coincide that his chicken leg struck the leg of the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. Moreover, the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect was indeed taken down by this chicken leg and happened to fall at just the right time to be pinned by The Ancestor of Miao Dao’s scabbard on the wall.

Thinking carefully about the earlier situation, if Old Chen’s throw of the chicken leg had been even slightly off in terms of angle and timing, there wouldn’t have been a chance to kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. If the angle was incorrect, it wouldn’t have hit the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect’s leg. If the timing was off, the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect might have fallen but not coincidentally gotten pinned by The Ancestor of Miao Dao’s scabbard. So, the angle and timing with which Old Chen threw the chicken leg truly can only be described as perfectly timely!

Honestly, this perfect timing made Ye Qing suspect if Old Chen deliberately did it. Truly, thinking back on the previous situation, Ye Qing suspected whether Old Chen was also a martial arts master, just happened to help then, calculating the angle and timing accurately. But thinking of Old Chen’s greedy, lecherous, and timid traits, Ye Qing just couldn’t reconcile this sleazy old guy with being a master.

The four servants of the Sword Saint Sect cursed for a while, finally starting to collect their Young Master’s body under the persuasion of Helian Tiehua.

Although the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect died under the scabbard of The Ancestor of Miao Dao wielded by Ye Qing, fundamentally no one believed Ye Qing killed him. People’s thoughts were straightforward: it was definitely the beyond peerless master from the Wanyan Family who grabbed this scabbard and then killed the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect. Some even speculated if the Wanyan Family wanted to intentionally frame Ye Qing, which is why they used his weapon to kill the Young Master of the Sword Saint Sect.

Since they were certain that it was the Wanyan Family who killed their Young Master, they didn’t take The Ancestor of Miao Dao’s scabbard, just found a coffin to place the Young Master’s body in. Afterwards, Helian Tiehua specifically sent a car, originally intending to help them send the Young Master’s body back, but was rejected by these four servants.

Even though the four servants felt grief and anger, they knew clearly that they couldn’t allow anyone to send them back. The location of the Sword Saint Sect has remained unknown for so many years. If Helian Tiehua sent someone to escort them back, wouldn’t that expose the location of the Sword Saint Sect?

Actually, the Sword Saint Sect hadn’t dispatched overwhelming personnel to pursue the Executioner Scholar for this reason. The Executioner Scholar knows the location of the Sword Saint Sect, and the Sword Saint Sect fears that if they press too hard in the hunt, the Executioner Scholar would do something desperate to reveal the location of the Sword Saint Sect. The Executioner Scholar has survived under the Sword Saint Sect’s power precisely by holding this secret. Otherwise, solely based on his abilities and his betrayal of the Sword Saint Sect, he would likely already have been killed by the masters of the Sword Saint Sect!