A sandstorm had erupted in the desert, and everyone said Su Xuan might have died. At that time, Hu Shulin already wanted to take his place. Although the people of Heroic Manor followed his orders, their true loyalty was to Su Xuan. Left with no choice, he decided to eliminate this force.

Heroic Manor fell into his hands through manipulation, and to maintain his good image, he always helped Xue Mengxue. He never expected Su Xuan to return.

"Hu Shulin, our brotherhood is already broken. Tonight, I cannot let you leave alive; otherwise, I would be letting down those who died to protect Heroic Manor!"

Su Xuan spoke with a serious expression as a killing aura rose instantly. Even at this point, Su Xuan would not choose to let him go. Su Xuan had always acted decisively; Hu Shulin, who committed many evils, was doomed to die tonight.

"Don’t come over, or we’ll die together!"

At that moment, he suddenly ripped his clothes open, revealing explosives strapped all over his body. Many people took several steps back in fear, but Su Xuan and Winner remained motionless, as if they hadn’t seen it at all.

"Hu Shulin, we’ve been brothers for so long. How confident are you? We are now less than ten meters apart, and you know my speed with Chu Jian better than I do. How confident are you?"

Su Xuan directly threatened.

"You..."

Hu Shulin never expected Su Xuan to threaten him like this. At that moment, he found himself at a loss for words. Indeed, what Su Xuan said was true—how confident could he really be?

Su Xuan’s speed with Chu Jian was extremely fast, and with only ten meters between them, there wasn’t much confidence.

"Don’t deny yourself a dignified death because of fear. At least when meeting your brothers in the afterlife, you can still face them like a man!"

Su Xuan said coldly.

Looking at the people around, they had no idea how to proceed. As Su Xuan said, he knew clearly that his speed could not match Su Xuan’s, and he estimated that before he could detonate, his arm would already be severed.

Looking at Su Xuan, then at Xue Mengxue, Hu Shulin felt on the verge of collapse.

"Xue’er, come here!"

As Su Xuan said this, the rope in Xu Mengxue’s hand suddenly broke, filling Hu Shulin with fear. Oh heavens, this man could already kill invisibly with his Sword Qi. He now knew that dozens of Sword Qi currents had locked onto him, and any move would mean death.

He hadn’t been killed yet, which estimated that he didn’t want to kill him; this realization filled Hu Shulin with disbelief. Oh heavens, what kind of master was this who could be so domineering and powerful?

Suddenly, he felt a pang of regret. Regretting becoming an enemy of such a madman, if he hadn’t listened to that woman Fujiwara Keiko, perhaps he would be the one in glory today.

"Ha, ha, ha..."

Suddenly Hu Shulin let out a series of sorrowful cries to the sky.

"One misstep results in eternal regret. Brothers, Old Hu is coming to join you!"

Saying this, he drew a dagger and instantly stabbed it into his own neck.

Hu Shulin felt true bitterness and regret in his heart. However, many things in life, once done wrong, can never be undone.

Falling into a pool of blood, Hu Shulin, this Dugu master of Qingzhu Gang, ended his life this way.

Su Xuan let out a long sigh, looking at Hu Shulin with some regret. In fact, he had never thought Hu Shulin would betray Heroic Manor. In his perception, Hu Shulin was diligent and hard-working. Su Xuan even had plans to entrust Heroic Manor completely to him since he seldom came around here, and Xuan’s Gu Poison family was his support. However, Su Xuan never expected the malice of human nature to surface, and that Hu Shulin would nearly take his life.

"Bury him!"

Sighing helplessly, feeling a bit of sorrow, after returning to Heroic Manor, Su Xuan kept his promise and had Xuan remove the Gu Poison from those people.

"Big Brother Su, do you think people can really be this complicated?"

After returning to Heroic Manor, Xue Mengxue held Su Xuan tightly. To be honest, he still couldn’t believe this was real; the Hu Shulin he saw as a big brother was now dead. He couldn’t accept it,

Of course, he was more terrified at the moment, afraid of losing Su Xuan. Tonight he thought he and Su Xuan would be separated forever, and he was thankful to still be by Su Xuan’s side.

"Sigh... how does one explain such things!"

Su Xuan was also helpless in his heart. Seeing Hu Shulin’s betrayal, he still couldn’t fully accept it.

"After handling things here, we will head back to Jiangnan!"

Su Xuan didn’t want Xue Mengxue to stay in Miaojiang any longer; it was too dangerous. If Bu Daming hadn’t thought of using those people to search at the last moment, Su Xuan didn’t know if he could have found Xue Mengxue.

And if Xue Mengxue had actually been taken away, then where in this vast world could he find her?

"Hmm, I’ll listen to you! I want to return to Jiangnan too!"

Xue Mengxue said to Su Xuan with a gentle expression.

"Brother, could you come out for a moment?"

At this time, Bu Daming knocked on the door. After settling Xue Mengxue, Su Xuan got up and went out.

Looking at the time, it was already midnight. Tonight had been exhausting for everyone.

"Why aren’t you asleep yet?"

Su Xuan asked Bu Daming softly.

"Hehe, I just can’t sleep. By the way, how’s your wife doing?"

"Hmm, nearly recovered. Though she had a slight scare, it’s all good now!"

Su Xuan took out a cigarette and handed one to Bu Daming.

"You mentioned something about the Heaven Sect earlier. What’s going on?"

Su Xuan suspected that this was connected to the Heaven Sect, as Bu Daming’s comments suggested they weren’t simple.

"Now, most of Miaojiang’s power has been wiped out by you, which is beneficial for them. However, there’s a new problem—the Heaven Sect. The Heaven Sect is a real troublemaker."

"Really, what exactly is the Heaven Sect? I have no idea!"

Su Xuan asked curiously. He truly didn’t understand what the Heaven Sect was, but it seemed complex, likely hiding some secret.