I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 366 - 364: Cowardly

Chapter 366: Chapter 364: Cowardly

After several days of calm, night fell.

In the luxurious yet rustic reception room, the air swirled with fragrant incense. Venerable Qin held three sticks of incense in his hands, bowing three times to the shrine before respectfully placing the incense sticks within.

Venerable Gu was not in as good a mood; he paced back and forth behind the sofa, causing the wooden floor to creak loudly while emitting angry sighs.

"When will Lady Mo be able to come?" he asked suddenly, lifting his head.

Venerable Qin brought his hands together in prayer and bowed again to the small Buddha statue in the shrine.

Seeing her not respond, Venerable Gu grew impatient and asked, "Is praying to that thing of any use?"

"What’s the use of being in such a hurry?" Venerable Qin frowned disapprovingly.

Venerable Gu couldn’t say much in response; he gave a frustrated groan and took a seat on the sofa.

At that moment, two bodyguards entered the room. Venerable Gu immediately stood up from the sofa, and Venerable Qin quickly tidied the items on the shrine, waiting respectfully.

Lady Mo’s footsteps echoed in the hallway. A moment later, she entered the room. The bodyguards saluted her before exiting the room and closing the door behind them.

"Lady Mo..." Venerable Qin began to speak, but Lady Mo gestured with her hand, silencing her.

"Have you disposed of the bodies of the Heavenly Emperor and the Emperor’s heir properly?" Lady Mo asked directly.

Rather than a question, it was more of a superior demanding a work report from a subordinate.

Venerable Gu, as if answering a rapid-fire question, said, "Their bodies were promptly recovered at the first opportunity. My men managed to transfer them before Old Xu, to another location."

"The body of the heir is not important. There is Black Medicine in the spine of the Heavenly Emperor; if it leaks out, it would cause trouble," Lady Mo stated.

"That being the case... I can send someone to deliver the body to you at any time," Venerable Gu said.

"That won’t be necessary. Destroy them on site; I want to see their bodies turn to ash with my own eyes. If you dare to play any tricks, I will have you buried with them!" Lady Mo warned in a low voice.

Venerable Qin was silent with fear, and Venerable Gu also felt immense pressure. "Please rest assured, they are the sect’s martyrs and we..."

Lady Mo cut off Venerable Qin, "Enough with the chatter. What martyrs? Just two useless wastes of space... It’s infuriating... I watched as Zhao Ling escaped right before my eyes... and yet she got away..."

"Shall we make another assassination attempt?" Venerable Qin cautiously suggested.

"Old Xu has already been alerted; the military has marched into Fengrao City. There are even tanks lined up on the streets!" Venerable Gu informed.

"Now, anyone who dares to make a move will be pinned with the label of assassin conspirator. It serves both to capture the culprits and eliminate political rivals—a two-for-one deal," Lady Mo remarked with a laugh.

"It must be Wei Tianyang interfering! He’s ruined our plans!" Venerable Qin stated.

"He’s not here," Lady Mo asserted, outright rejecting the speculation.

"Our plan was foolproof. Everyone around Zhao Ling had been infiltrated by us; how could it have failed..." Venerable Gu was still puzzled.

"Your intelligence work was not up to par. Zhao Ling has a demonic pet, and none of you knew?" Lady Mo questioned.

"A pet? Since when did the Emperor have a pet?" Venerable Gu furrowed his brows, trying to make sense of it but to no avail.

"So this giant black sheep... just roaming freely inside Lingxiao Palace, and it can even make people disappear out of thin air... You’ve never noticed it before?" Lady Mo said.

"This is all Old Gu’s fault!" Venerable Qin said.

"All the supplies that need to be sent to Lingxiao Palace every week, the daily consumption of food and water, and the daily disposal of waste are all recorded here. You can say we wouldn’t know if she secretly kept a cat or a dog under wraps... but a sheep? Just the sheep dung and feed alone she wouldn’t be able to hide, right?" Venerable Gu pinched his chin, puzzled.

Lady Mo nodded, saying, "Indeed. That sheep is too mysterious; it’s not an ordinary animal, but I don’t know what it is. Perhaps, it’s a living Heavenly Falling Object."

"Zhao Ling raised a living Heavenly Falling Object?!!" Venerable Gu was surprised.

"I’m just speculating. This thing is definitely not some common goat, and I don’t think Zhao Ling has the ability to get hold of such a thing. What’s important now is where that sheep took Zhao Ling, who the sheep belongs to, how it got here—we don’t need to worry about that yet," Lady Mo said.

"Zhao Ling fixed up a little love nest for Wei Tianyang and ran off to be happy with him from time to time! I had a batch of spies done in by her before; I suspect they’re hidden over there," Venerable Qin said.

"That’s right, but that place is very secretive. Old Xu should know about it, but he couldn’t possibly tell us," Venerable Gu shook his head and said.

"Old Xu? Venerable Xu?" Lady Mo asked.

"Yes, he’s in charge of the military and is protecting Zhao Ling," Venerable Gu nodded and said.

"Can we win him over?" Lady Mo asked again.

Venerable Gu looked at Venerable Qin as if seeking an opinion.

Venerable Qin nodded his head.

"It’s impossible to win him over. He’s the illegitimate child of the old Heavenly Emperor. By name, he’s Zhao Ling’s half-brother from the same father. After Zhao Ling ascended to power, she granted him the status of a Yin person, and he rose rapidly in the system. Decades have passed, and he’s become a venerable," Venerable Gu said.

"Then kill him," Lady Mo said.

Hearing this, both venerables hesitated.

Seeing this, Lady Mo said, "What? You have the guts to kill the Emperor but now hesitate to kill a venerable?"

"The military faction is all Old Xu’s people; killing him... I’m afraid it will lead to a military revolt," Venerable Qin said.

"Killing the Emperor is difficult, but assassinating a venerable shouldn’t be hard, especially since he’s an old man without a superpower. With him by her side, Zhao Ling has control of the military power, and the country’s armies are all listening to her. You have to pull out her teeth, otherwise, we will always fail," Lady Mo said.

"Our assassination attempt has already failed... She must have already told Wei Tianyang about this. I think our best option now is to lay low for a while..." Venerable Gu said.

He had just finished speaking when Lady Mo’s eyes flashed with an aquamarine glow, her cheeks suddenly puffed up immensely, and then, with a ’pfft’, a column of frosty breath shot out directly towards Venerable Gu’s face.

Venerable Gu instinctively reached out to block, but his raised forearms and head were all frozen instantly, the color of his flesh turning to icy gray. With his legs going weak, he fell with a clatter, his head and hands shattering into bloody, icy fragments.

Venerable Qin let out a loud scream, turned back to look behind the sofa at Venerable Gu, whose head and both forearms were shattered, leaving a headless corpse.

"Oh my!!! Old Gu!! Old Gu!!" she exclaimed in terror, then turned an angry glare towards Lady Mo and shouted, "Why did you kill him!!!"

Lady Mo didn’t answer her, just looked on coldly with those aquamarine eyes.

Venerable Qin’s anger dissipated instantly, replaced by fear and regret.

"It’s just the death of a venerable; there will always be someone to replace him. Right now, I just want to pull out all of Zhao Ling’s teeth, I don’t care anymore... things have come to this, a fight with Wei Tianyang is inevitable sooner or later, but even if we must fight, we can’t let it happen on our sect’s territory! Now, go and get rid of Venerable Xu for me! Force Zhao Ling to come out! Do you hear me!" Lady Mo commanded.

Venerable Qin turned pale with fright, sitting down on the sofa, trembling uncontrollably. She looked at Lady Mo and slowly said, "Okay..."

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