Book 1: Winds Begin to Blow in Tai Yuan

Chapter 12 - Ambush in the Back Mountains

In the deep night, all the fresh blood was sunk into the

darkness, and all the cries were drowned out amidst the howling rain.

When the "十" word was being etched into Pei

Yuan's face, on the far away eaves of a building, a man's clothes danced in the

wind and amidst the rain, yet was still dry. He clasped his hands behind his

back as he slightly smiled while watching the movements below.

Behind him, a black-clothed man stood three steps away with

his head bowed.

"Later, you go over there to Pei Yuan and do some

tampering." Yuan Zhaoxu ordered the black-clothed person, "The Pei

family is from Yanjing, and have a family feud with the Chancellor's house of

Yun, in addition to being political opponents ... you should know what to do

right?"

The black-clothed man only lowered his head, his figure

flas.h.i.+ng and disappearing into thin air.

Yuan Zhaoxu laughed a little, then looked downwards again,

his tone of voice lasting and remote in the torrential downpour, "Drawing

an X with such straightforwardness, this woman ..." ---------------

Hiding in some secluded wall corner and hastily wiping the

blood traces off of her body, Meng Fuyao patted the Master Yuanbao sitting on

her shoulder, smiling, "Thanks!"

Master Yuanbao gave her the cold-shoulder, his dark liquid

eyes full of disdain, most likely thinking along the lines of "your claws

are so dirty don't pollute my snow white fur".

"What a smelly fart of a meatball!" Meng Fuyao

silently cursed while walking out with large steps.

She didn't know that after she left, a flash of lightning,

like a celestial battleaxe cutting through the black haze from above the nine

heavens, directly pierced across the Five Regions Continent.

Under that electric flash, the dazedly slumped Pei Yuan's

inner courtyard was lit up; in the bright whiteness there seemed to be a trace

of even brighter coldness, and then, fresh blood sprayed in the air.

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It was destined to be a night of turbulent storms.

Lin Xuanyuan had just slept for not very long, before he was

frantically shouted awake again. When he rushed over and saw Pei Yuan's

situation, his facial expression was so ugly that it was hard to describe in

words.

The comatose Pei Yuan's face had wounds that only in a short

period of time, had already rotted to the point of seeing bone. The fresh blood

and pale bone combined to form a dreadfully saddening sight - the unrivaled

beauty of the past, was now never to be seen again.

Lin Xuanyuan stood shocked, already unable to think of what

to do. Those disciples might not be clear about Pei Yuan's background, but he

naturally knew - Pei Yuan's origins, he definitely could not afford to provoke.

Now that a situation had occurred, how was he to explain to the power behind

Pei Yuan?

He had already interrogated all of her servants and maids,

yet most of these people all maintained that they only saw a black shadow leap

out from their master's pavilion door, the remainder not seeing anything at

all.

This sudden large rainstorm, had washed away too many

traces.

Lin Xuanyuan's face wrinkles had deepened considerably in

one night. He tilted his head upward to face the sky, his heart sighing.

"Could it be, that the heavens want to destroy my

Profound Origin sect?"

His eyesight pa.s.sed over the dark stillness of the guest

buildings, and suddenly a thought flashed through his head, "Just when

Infinite Empire's Grand Tutor came to visit, such a situation appeared, is it

possible ..."

After rolling his eyes a little he discarded this notion.

The esteemed Grand Tutor very rarely traveled outside, and had always been on

good terms with the Profound Origin sword sect. There was basically no

motivation for murder, not to mention that the doctor who had already examined

Pei Yuan had discovered that Pei Yuan's right little finger had been half

sliced off. This type of slanted cut, going from below to above in a rising

diagonal slice, exactly matched the wound patterns caused by the "Stirring

Wind Sword Technique" of the Yun family, the Pei family's mortal enemies.

It looked like it should have been the Yun family who ordered someone to come

up the mountain and a.s.sa.s.sinate Pei Yuan.

Only, Pei Yuan studied techniques at the Profound Origin

sect while she was hiding her true background ... Lin Xuanyuan furrowed his

brows. The Yun family was truly ruthless when acting, he had to explain this

situation clearly to the Pei family.

"n.o.body is sleeping tonight, all of you go and search

for the intruder! I have already activated every mountain pa.s.s' trap arrays,

with so much rain, the culprit definitely couldn't have already escaped down

the mountain! You guys have to trap the person on the mountain!"

The disciples all sounded in agreement. Lin Xuanyuan stared

at the still unceasing rain, and deeply emphasized, "Remember, this

situation will determine the life and death of our Profound Origin sect! That

person must be caught, if alive I want to see him, if dead I want to see his

corpse!"

"Yes!" ------------------

A flitting dark shadow, like an arrow flying out of its

string, pierced through the vast rain curtains. Because its speed was too fast,

it left faint after-blurs wherever it pa.s.sed by.

The human figure directly sprinted for the back mountains;

the Profound Origin sect was built into the side of the mountain, and so the

area behind the sect village would be where the security would be comparatively

the weakest.

The back mountains were still and silent like usual. The

figure didn't even stop, swiftly climbing up the mountain with her body like a

brushstroke. She had already walked everywhere on the mountain in the past, and

she knew that after this mountain peak would be a valley, after pa.s.sing through

the valley she would come across a tunnel, which she could use to pa.s.s out of

the Profound Origin sect's encirclement of mountains.

The rhythm of her steps were extremely rapid. While

sprinting, from underneath the fingertips that were pressed on the sword

scabbard by her side, there could be seen a slight jade glow of sword qi.

The jade colored sword qi was the unique color of the fourth

layer of the "Breaking Nine Heavens" technique, and signified the

breakthrough of all yin and soft

natured inner qi.

The borrowed foreign inner power from Yuan Zhaoxu not only

helped Meng Fuyao recover to her original cultivation level, but even helped

her to break through the third layer bottleneck that had always been stagnated

without progress, letting her enter the fourth layer of the technique.

This let the speed of her attacks just then almost double,

and it was only because of this that she could use her own power to slice a

beautiful "X" on Pei Yuan's face, even when Pei Yuan was on alert.

It was a pity though that Pei Yuan turned into a berserk

tiger that wanted to fight her to the death. Meng Fuyao didn't want to perish

together with her, so she could only leave her mark then quickly escape. Even

though she knew that leaving Pei Yuan alive might bring her future troubles,

she didn't have the ability to care right now.

In front, the gray peak was in view. The thickly grown

brushes and trees in the area were all soaked with rainwater, drooping and

slanted heavily, showing the signs that n.o.body had pa.s.sed through here before

her.

Meng Fuyao lightly blew out a breath of air, revealing a

relieved grin.

She strode forward to continue on.

"Clank."

A sudden strange feeling underfoot, like the feeling of

stepping onto a small rock.

However Meng Fuyao didn't think it was really some piece of

stone, and immediately shot backwards in withdrawal!

Those low concealed brushes and leaves instantly rose up

like snakes - upon careful inspection, it was actually a huge web that flew

upwards from behind the plants, carrying the trees and bushes along with the

mud to lift up together! A rustling sounded from everywhere in front, and the

deadly green light streaks hidden underneath the messy undergrowth, now bursted

through the gaps in the mesh, covering the whole sky and shooting towards Meng

Fuyao!

"s.h.i.+t, this place has a trap array too!" Meng

Fuyao darkly cursed that old fox Lin's fast movements, and was surprised at

herself for not discovering that this place wasn't actually a gap in the

defenses.

The ma.s.sive web flipped backwards towards her, enveloping an

area of almost ten zhang. Meng

Fuyao's borrowed inner qi was already starting to vanish, and with her current

strength, even if she was the Buddha she would still be unable to escape in the

remaining time! Seeing the looming dark net that fell like thick fog, filled

with barbed hooks that glittered ominously, Meng Fuyao hopelessly closed her

eyes.

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