Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1069 - 1067_1

The moonlight of autumn was extraordinarily bright and clear, it spilled into every corner of the Imperial City, eavesdropping on the stories of each household.

The night had grown deep. Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the soundly sleeping Xiao’er. The autumn night was cold, and Shangguan Xuanyi worried that Xiao’er might feel a chill if he woke up. He pressed down the quilt beside Xiao’er with one hand, preventing the cold air from drawing near, and silently slid out of bed with the other, lifting the corner of the quilt.

Shangguan Xuanyi softly walked out of the room. Yang Mei, on night duty, stood up quickly. Giving Yang Mei a silent sign, Shangguan Xuanyi indicated with his eyes for her to take care of Xiao’er, then he stepped outside.

Shangguan Xuanyi entered his study, where a man in black emerged from the darkest corner. He saluted respectfully, "My lord!"

"Is everyone here?"

"Yes, they are!"

"Depart!" The man spat out two words coldly, as if issuing a death order.

The man in black opened a section of the bookshelf in the study, revealing a door. He took out a token from his bosom and placed it in a notch on the door, it automatically opened.

A few of them entered, one after the other...

At the end of the secret passage, a man in black placed the token on the door of the exit. After exiting the passage, a giant Buddha statue sealed the exit. They left the Buddhist temple quickly, heading towards a largely unvisited place in the western suburbs.

Very few people knew about the secret passage; besides the emperor, only Shangguan Xuanyi and the men accompanying him were aware, they were the ones who had excavated this passage.

The passage was designed by Shangguan Xuanyi after the construction of the Imperial City as a contingency exit. He only used it to carry out covert missions.

But tonight, Shangguan Xuanyi was leading his men out through the secret passage, which indicated the absolute necessity of tonight’s operation being successful.

In the darkness, two more men in black joined their team. They silently arrived at the Burial Mound in the suburbs.

Coming to such a place at night was bound to give anyone the creeps, but the men, led by Shangguan Xuanyi, didn’t even furrow their brows.

They stopped in the darkest place.

From a distance, it seemed as if they had completely merged with the night, invisible to the naked eye.

Shangguan Xuanyi gave signs to the men beside him. One of the two latecomers, after seeing his signs, made a quick series of his own.

After Shangguan Xuanyi used signs to assign tasks to everyone, he single-handedly emerged from the darkness.

The entire process was completed without a single sound, not even a heavier breath.

***

In the tomb, the scene that had occurred a few months ago was once again unfolding.

Few of them were watching the white stone in the central pool of blood on the desk closely as the stone was wildly absorbing the blood from the bowl.

Soon, the white stone had absorbed all the blood in the bowl, the tomb’s inhabitants waiting with bated breath.

After a while, just as they thought they could finally succeed this time, the white stone spat out all of the previously absorbed blood!

The water it had spat out last time was clear, but this time it was blood red!

The lady’s eyes widened, "How could this be?"

The lady’s husband looked incredulous, "How is this possible, even so much blood isn’t enough?"

As soon as the mage saw the stone spit out red water, he quickly moved away. After the stone vomited water, it indeed exploded!

The mage’s magic had backfired. Even though he was prepared, he still spat out blood. Holding his chest and standing up with a ghastly expression, he said, "Leave! We’ve been set up!"

At the entrance of the tomb, a tall dark figure walked in, "You want to leave? It’s too late!"

At the sound of this voice, as if from hell itself, everyone subconsciously turned to look: against the light, a tall figure, holding a soft sword, was standing at the entrance. His face was hidden.

"Go!" The lady’s husband took her hand and quickly ran for another tomb.

The others all fled in different directions as well!

With a quick movement, Shangguan Xuanyi appeared in front of the couple. It was this woman who caused Xiao’er to suffer so much torment! Think of leaving? No way in hell!

The lady’s husband immediately hugged his wife and the child in her arms close to his body.

"I’ll stop him, you take the child and leave!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xuanyi showed a look of disdain.

Upon hearing this, the woman quickly ran off to one side holding her child.

After saying this, the man lunged at Shangguan Xuanyi, his five-clawed hand glowing with a cold light, swiftly aiming for Shangguan Xuanyi’s heart.

If one were clawed by his hand, their entire heart would be ripped out.

Shangguan Xuanyi looked at him coldly, as if he were looking at a dead man.

Just as the claw was about to scrape his clothes, Shangguan Xuanyi finally reached out a hand, and grabbed the incoming claws. As soon as he moved, the man’s weapon went limp, the earlier sharpness of the claws was gone, as if the claws had been made of wax.

The man’s fingers were burnt and turned to mush. The aroma of cooked meat filled the air!

The lady’s husband stared at him in disbelief, "How... how did you manage to do that?"

He knew that Prince Rui was highly skilled in martial arts, but he never imagined his inner strength to be so deep, to the extent of being able to melt metal! That would take centuries of cultivation, how did he manage to do it?!

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t respond. He had managed it because of constantly training in the space. However, such inner strength was not something a normal person could cultivate. This was the first time he showed it in front of others to protect the secrecy of Xiao’er’s space, but it didn’t matter, this man wouldn’t get a chance to tell anyone.

As the man saw the murder flash in Shangguan Xuanyi’s eyes, he instinctively turned to run. But as soon as he moved, he was beheaded. His body collapsed.

At this moment, a man in black, holding a sword, took a step towards the woman holding the child, forcing her to step back.

"You... you can kill me, but please spare my child! The child is still young, she doesn’t know anything!" The woman pleaded with the man in black.

The man in black didn’t respond. He only looked to Shangguan Xuanyi. His lord had told him to leave this woman to him.

Shangguan Xuanyi sneered coldly after hearing her words. Spare her child? He had never been one to leave troubles for the future. Even more, had she ever spared Xiao’er and the child she carried for him? Since she dared to harm his Xiao’er and their child, she should be prepared for a blood feud!

Even if she and the child died ten times over, it wouldn’t be enough to pay for a single drop of Xiao’er and their child’s blood!