Monarch Night
Chapter 102 - 61 The Sect Hierarch Knows Nothing

Chapter 102: Chapter 61 The Sect Hierarch Knows Nothing

Huo Churan lay on the ground like a lump of mud, with only faint heaving in his chest.

Long after, he finally propped himself up, crawled to the wall, leaned on it to stand, and started limping forward.

Blood continuously dripped from the corner of his mouth.

But his eyes were filled with extreme bitterness and venom.

"Fang Che!"

"Mo Gan Yun!"

"I won’t let either of you off!"

"Just you wait!"

He muttered to himself, moving forward step by step.

Only this mountainous and oceanic hatred sustained him; it had become his spiritual support.

He reached the next corner.

But then, he felt a gaze full of malice watching him.

Almost unable to bear it, he forced open his swollen eyelids to look ahead.

In front of him stood a gaunt figure watching him, holding a bright, gleaming sword in hand.

This person felt as sharp as the sword he wielded.

Slim, expressionless, with an aura of solitude.

It was none other than Ding Jie Ran.

"Ding Jie Ran?"

Huo Churan stuffed a few Elixir Pills into his mouth and said unclearly, "You want to hit me too?"

Ding Jie Ran said indifferently, "I really feel like hitting you, but in your current ghostly state, I can’t be bothered. Wait until you’ve recovered, then I will definitely beat you!"

Huo Churan retorted fiercely, "If you’ve got the guts, hit me now and see?"

Ding Jie Ran snorted, and a flash of sword light made a hole in Huo Churan’s arm, as he said lightly, "Since you’re begging me to beat you, I’ll indulge you this once."

He then turned and left without waiting for Huo Churan to speak.

From behind, Huo Churan cursed venomously, "How does it benefit you to curry such favor with Fang Che, flatter him with all your heart? To be a lackey, is that your highest aspiration, Ding Jie Ran?"

He screamed loudly, "Is it so glorious to be Fang Che’s dog?"

Ding Jie Ran’s figure paused dozens of yards away and then turned away disdainfully.

He walked into the Martial Arts Academy.

In the beginning, Ding Jie Ran had regarded Huo Churan as a rival upon entering the academy, but now, he had no interest even in looking at him.

He didn’t bother with any explanation.

Huo Churan walked on, cursing angrily along the way.

He didn’t notice, at another intersection,

Qiu Yunshang, Xie Gongping, and others watched him with cold eyes.

These people had also planned to come out and attack Huo Churan, but seeing him already beaten to such a state by Mo Gan Yun, they lost their desire to take action.

"I’ll beat him when he’s a bit better," said Qiu Yunshang, donning white and leaving in disappointment.

Missing out on the opportunity to strike.

"Hitting him now would be like beating a lump of dead meat, no satisfaction in it," Xie Gongping snorted and turned to leave, "Just looking at him disgusts me."

From the shadows,

Jing Shuanggao’s eyes were fixed on Huo Churan’s neck, pondering in his mind.

"If I chop off his head with one stroke now... is it appropriate?"

After some thought, it seemed there was a tiny risk of being detected and possibly punished by the Martial Arts Academy.

"It’ll be fine to kill him in a few days."

Jing Shuanggao vanished without a trace.

Several senior students also disappeared in a flash.

Hou Churan’s repeated assassination attempts on his peers had ignited the anger of countless students.

In the academy, students sparred and exchanged pointers daily, and although many took a disliking to each other, they settled it through sparring, venting in combat.

If the weaker ones who were beaten took to plotting like Hou Churan...

Everyone harbored the same sentiment, the same reasoning: What if I were the one who hit Hou Churan? Would I still be alive after such an assassination attempt?

No one wanted such a classmate to exist.

Like a dark, poisonous snake, too dangerous.

These people might not necessarily want to fight or kill Hou Churan but... they still wanted to come and see.

And if they truly detested him, they wouldn’t mind giving him a good beating along the way.

...

"I must have my revenge!"

"I will kill Fang Che! Mo Gan Yun! Ding Jie Ran!"

"Not one shall live!"

"Especially Fang Che!"

"I must kill him no matter what!"

Hate soared like a mountain in Huo Churan’s heart.

He struggled to reach an inn and could go no further, tossing Silver to secure a room, where he began treating his wounds.

Then he immediately sent out a signal, and the Huo Family members quickly converged on the spot.

"Young Master, what happened to you?"

"We went to pick you up at the academy’s north gate but didn’t find you, they told us to wait at the north gate, how come you came out from the south gate?"

Huo Churan was at a loss for words.

Originally, he had planned to leave through the north gate but the thought of passing by Fang Che’s classroom disgusted him, so he decided to exit through the south gate on a whim.

The thought that, had he used the north gate, he could have avoided these beatings welled up a storm of anguish in his heart.

"Kill them! Kill them all at any cost!"

Huo Churan declared vehemently.

"You can’t take action again, Young Master."

"The family can’t afford it anymore."

But Huo Churan paid no heed; his nature was cruel and volatile; everything had gone his way since birth, and upon entering the Martial Arts Academy, he aspired to flourish and display his prowess, but instead, he was repeatedly and brutally beaten.

Humiliated to the utmost.

During this period, Fang Che had driven him to madness!

Now his mind held nothing but the thought of murder.

Hearing the family experts’ reluctance to make a move, Huo Churan suddenly raged, "If the family can’t afford it, can we then afford the wrath from within the sect? This time we failed to accomplish our mission!"

Everyone was rendered speechless.

His point was indeed valid.

Huo Churan continued, "And the subsequent matters are now a mess. I was expelled from the academy, so there’s no talk of developing and meriting in Baiyun Martial Arts Academy. What if the sect blames us? Will our Huo Family be able to handle it?"

"We’ve already lost five men; did they die in vain?"

"But Baiyun Martial Academy and the Guardian Hall are now watching our Huo Family, and our family has been demoted..." A Huo Family expert tried to persuade, "Young Master, our Huo Family cannot make another move."

"Unless the sect makes a move."

"Fang Che is now the number one genius within the Academy. By killing him, we are also removing a future expert for the Guardian. It’s like eliminating a great future enemy, and that is also a justifiable cause."

Huo Churan said, "Mo Gan Yun is the same."

Other Huo Family members gasped in surprise, "Young Master, Fang Che is one thing, but we absolutely cannot touch Mo Gan Yun! He’s from the Mo Family, someone we truly cannot afford to provoke..."

"Afraid to provoke?!"

Huo Churan gnashed his teeth so hard they made cracking noises, veins pulsing with anger.

After a long time, swallowing his pride, he said, "Then we’ll just kill Fang Che!"

"But right now, Fang Che is definitely prepared, and Baiyun Martial Arts Academy will be on alert. Our strength here is clearly not enough."

"Our sect has power in Baiyun State!"

As a top genius seedling from San Sheng Sect, Huo Churan obviously knew more than others. "I will make contact with the sect."

"...That’s for the best."

...

In the evening.

Fang Che returned home and immediately sent a message to Qian Sanjiang.

"Uncle Qian, has Huo Churan followed us?"

Qian Sanjiang felt especially comfortable being called Uncle Qian.

He replied immediately, "He’s staying at Jinsheng Inn now. Seems to be making contact with people from San Sheng Sect."

"Then I’ll leave it to you, Uncle Qian. Once they’ve made sufficient contact, we’ll pay them a direct visit to accomplish our task."

Qian Sanjiang got the intent, "Still using the name of your Big Brother Su?"

"Of course."

Fang Che typed out his message, "We must ensure one thing; that Huo Churan cannot escape—he must die!"

Qian Sanjiang asked, "Are you worried he will become a future problem?"

Fang Che replied, "Huo Churan’s talent is enough to rank him within the top five among the new students at Baiyun Martial Arts Academy; if he develops further, he will be boundless. If one day he discovers... I’m afraid both you and I will face his revenge. Such a genius with boundless potential, coupled with the resources of San Sheng Sect... You understand, Uncle."

Qian Sanjiang immediately felt a chill, "Rest assured, Huo Churan definitely won’t survive!"

That day, Fang Che went to bed comfortably and slept peacefully throughout the night.

Of course, Qian Sanjiang didn’t sleep a wink.

He was practically guarding the rooftop of Jinsheng Inn, watching Huo Churan and others discuss their plans.

Listening in on everything they said.

In the wee hours.

The Huo Family and San Sheng Sect members began to move, apparently feeling that the inn was unsafe.

Qian Sanjiang followed silently but undetected.

All the way to a manor on the edge of the city,

which turned out to be a hideout.

In his heart, however, he hesitated.

For this place was not just a simple stronghold.

It was an incense hall.

The organizational structure of the San Sheng Sect, similar to the Yixin Sect, consisted of disciples, group leaders, team captains, strongholds (often a business market), then incense halls, sub branches, divisions, and so on.

Uprooting just one small intelligence post, a business venture of the enemy, wouldn’t make Qian Sanjiang feel anything significant.

But taking down an incense hall... even Qian Sanjiang wasn’t sure of his judgement, feeling it might be a bit too much.

So he sought direction from Yin Shen Palace.

But Yin Shen Palace didn’t respond at all.

That was somewhat troubling.

After waiting for a while with no response, still unsure, he hurriedly sent a message to Mu Lin Yuan.

"Why isn’t the Sect Hierarch replying?"

Mu Lin Yuan answered, "Have you gone daft? The Sect Hierarch knows nothing!"

Qian Sanjiang got the hint, "Understood, thanks Boss Mu."

So in the early morning, he contacted Fang Che, "Everything is now fully clear."

Fang Che asked with concern, "Do we have enough manpower?"

Then Qian Sanjiang urgently summoned a few of his trusted subordinates to his side.

And he kept everything completely secret.

"We have a mission, to eliminate a secret spot of the Guardian."

A total of four people, all Marshal Level masters, arrived. Upon hearing this, everyone was filled with fighting spirit!

So Qian Sanjiang messaged Fang Che, "All in position."

Fang Che instructed, "Move together, don’t let a single one get away. After the action is completed, your men should withdraw immediately, and then you should say that phrase."

Qian Sanjiang replied, "Uh, alright."

He was taking precautions even against his own people participating in the action.

He didn’t intend to let anyone, except himself, know the full details!

And yet he planned to take all the credit alone.

"Ruthless indeed."

...

Huo Churan and the others finished their discussion.

Then, at the manor, they treated Huo Churan’s injuries. Regardless of anything, he intended to personally take part in the action against Fang Che!

"I want to slaughter him with my own hands!"

Huo Churan’s hatred reached a definitive point.

"If I cannot witness with my own eyes, and take his life with my hands, I will not rest in death!"

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