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Chapter 1143: Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty-Seven: Bringing the Coffin to the Doorstep Chapter 1143: Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty-Seven: Bringing the Coffin to the Doorstep After a jesting remark, Tang Luo spoke gravely, “Mr. Du Sha, this time I have asked you to bring the young men from the Marshal Star Pavilion here for two reasons. The first is to see the training results of the Marshal Star Pavilion over the years, and the second is because there is a plan to be carried out in Chaochang.”

“The target?”

“Chaochang agency.”

Tang Luo took out an object from his bosom and placed it on the table, “This is the location of the agency. Within ten days, I want to know who is behind the Chaochang agency, all of them.”

“Only five days are needed.”

Du Sha collected the letter from the table and spoke to Tang Luo indifferently.

…

Longzhou Calendar 1786, January 29th

A major incident occurred in Chaochang city, which, apart from a city-wide alarm that resounded throughout, saw the rise of a deep blue spiritual screen at Xiang Residence.

Perhaps even the heavens grew envious of the Xiang Family’s smooth development, for in just the turn of the year, they suffered one blow after another.

First, the Illusionary Master faced two adversaries alone in the Wilderness, severely injuring two of Xiang Family’s masters and stealing four Heritage Divine Artifacts, greatly damaging the Xiang Family’s prestige in Chaochang.

And before the month was over, a madman brazenly stormed into the Xiang Family estate and beheaded Xiang Family Head, Xiang Ange, putting the inner city’s residents in a state of panic.

Upon hearing the news, the noble families and clans could no longer abide by their peaceful vows to station troops outside the city, and they began to summon back the strongest members of their clans.

The Xiang Family, facing the gravest losses, declared martial law throughout the city like madmen, intent on finding the murderer of their family head. The streets of Chaochang were filled with patrolling soldiers from the Xiang Family’s security forces, and the skies were watched over by wounded warriors from the Four Directions Camp, their eyes red with vigilance.

Yet, the two culprits who had broken into the Xiang Residence had vanished as if they had evaporated from the world. Ancestor Xiang Qian returned from the South Sea, taking charge of the Xiang Residence once again. Upon seeing Xiang Ange’s headless corpse in the main hall, he was overwhelmed with sorrow as tears streaked his face.

“Search, even if we have to turn Chaochang upside down, we must find the murderers. How can the head of our Xiang Family be laid to rest in such a state!”

So the Xiang Family’s troops were fully deployed, patrolling every nook and cranny of Chaochang, questioning anyone who seemed suspicious, casting a pall of fear over the entire city.

But for several days, no relevant information surfaced, and just as the warriors of the Xiang Family were about to lose heart, the Cloud Council suddenly issued a decree.

The decree expressed mourning for the death of the Xiang Family Head and promised to assist the Xiang Family in finding the culprit. It also noted that with the martial restrictions in Chaochang being lifted, it hoped that the clans would continue to adhere to the peace agreement and send their soldiers outside the city, to avoid triggering greater unrest.

The Cloud Council also considerately sought clues on behalf of the Xiang Family, recruiting strong individuals as if they were the true rulers of Chaochang.

But who among the inner city’s wealthy merchants did not know that although the decrees of Chaochang were issued by the Cloud Council, it was the Xiang Family that truly formulated them?

At this moment, when the Xiang Family was desperate to find the killer of their clan head, to the point of mustering the entire clan, who would slap themselves in the face and use the decree of the Cloud Council to persuade the troops to leave the city?

This inexplicable move suddenly made the city’s wealthy merchants sense an unusual atmosphere.

And for the Xiang Family, who were the true overlords of Chaochang, this decree seemed utterly absurd.

The enraged Xiang Qian looked at the clear seal on the edict, his fury touching the sky.

“Where is Xiang Longteng!”

He roared in anger, “Bring those treacherous wretches from the Cloud Council here, no, just kill them all!”

Only blood could quell the rage in Xiang Qian’s heart, he longed to see the heads of the Yun Family, whether they belonged to traitors or moles!

He had thought that strangling the Cloud Council would be as trivial as killing poultry at home, but what he received instead was a badly wounded Xiang Longteng.

The chief of the Xiang Family’s security forces was covered in injuries, his fine Spiritual Armor shattered into fragments, kneeling before Xiang Qian to report, “Ancestor, the Cloud Council has rebelled!”

“Rebelled?” Xiang Qian sneered in extreme rage as he lifted Xiang Longteng, “With those ignorant useless fools, how could they rebel, and with what to rebel!?”

“Ancestor, please see clearly. As soon as the Cloud Council’s edict was issued, Longteng led men to the residence of that old fool Yun Huan, but the Yun Huan of today is no longer the Yun Huan of the past!” Xiang Longteng pointed to the wound on his chest, his voice filled with hate, “At Yun Huan’s residence, from the clan members to the servants, while they still look the same, they have changed flesh and blood, all of them are powerful warriors with high cultivation levels, especially that old Yun Huan, who injured Longteng severely with just one move.”

“He also had a message for you, Ancestor.” Xiang Longteng took a deep breath as if to steady his emotions, “Regarding the death of the clan head, the Cloud Council is deeply saddened, but this also indirectly shows that the Xiang Family has lost control over Chaochang. They want me to hand over the control of city defense, water conservation, municipal governance, and commerce to fully restore our clan’s strength before serving the Yun Family.”

“Serve the Yun Family?” Xiang Qian laughed in fury, “Ha, ha, ha, ha, well, well, just a few years have passed, and those dogs of the Yun Family dare to provoke me. Issue the order, have the troops from all sides gather, and crush the residences of the twelve council members!”

Holding back a bellyful of anger, Xiang Longteng flung the broken pieces of his armor aside and shouted with a clenched fist, “At your command!”

At that moment, the protective light screen over the Xiang Residence was suddenly torn apart, and an old yet hearty laugh came from the front courtyard.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, who has upset the Ancestor so much? Let me, the Council Speaker, hear it!”

The one who tore through the spiritual formation and entered the Xiang Residence was none other than the Council Chairman Yun Huan himself, followed by other chairmen of the Cloud Council and several warriors, carrying a beautifully crafted, gilt wooden coffin.

“That old rogue dares to come here!”

The furious Xiang Qian, disregarding his injuries, pounced like a tiger, the Heavenly and Earthly Qi around him surging wildly, turning into a dark hawk with spirit crystals for feathers and cyan blue for wings, slashing towards the newcomers.

In the face of an enraged strike from a grandmaster-level warrior, Yun Huan wore a smile, but a figure leaped forth to meet the wings with a slash.

Illuminated by the glorious light of the Spirit Art, it became clear that the leaping figure was a monk, clad in the Eight Treasure Kasaya that the Xiang Family had recently lost!

Buddhist chants resounded, the Deva Treasure Banner unfolding midair, crushing Xiang Qian’s Spirit Art, the monk’s body shining golden, his face neither sad nor happy, overlooking the various members of the Xiang Family, indifferently throwing a punch.

The Deva Treasure Banner changed from defense to attack, turning into a gigantic pillar of golden light, crushing down like a mountain, Xiang Qian let out a loud shout and punched back, the mountains and rivers’ dragon shadows howling, meeting the heavenly column midair.

The roar of Spiritual Power shook and turned into a fierce wind, shattering the pavilions and towers of the Xiang Residence, rendering the solemn and noble courtyard like a desolate ruin.

“Is this how the Xiang Family receives its guests?”

Yun Huan squinted his eyes and smiled at Xiang Qian who had been pushed back a step by the Deva Treasure Banner, “Upon hearing of the family head’s tragedy, I had a gilt nanmu coffin made and brought it here to offer condolences. To attack as soon as we met, doesn’t that lack decorum, Ancestor?”

“Hmph.” Wary of the monk standing in the void, Xiang Qian spoke coldly, “Do you think with just a peak warrior from the Fierce Realm you can reclaim power? What a daydream!”

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