Collecting a Debt (Part 2)

Outside Prince An's Mansion.

Chu Xuanao's group soon arrived. Zhu Wushi took the lead, standing before Prince An's Mansion. His Mid Ascension Realm cultivation was fully unleashed, his aura raging as his divine sense locked onto the four guards ahead, pressure crashing down upon them.

Zhu Wushi circulated his true qi and shouted, "His Highness the Prince of Qin has arrived to pay a visit to Prince An."

Once he finished speaking, Zhu Wushi no longer restrained his imposing presence. Gale Force immediately raged, dust flew into the air, and the four guards before Prince An's Mansion had no choice but to kneel in greeting.

The experts nearby all sensed that terrifying aura.

Several auras shot into the sky from within Prince An's Mansion, and several figures swiftly flew out. There were five of them in total, landing before the guards and blocking the pressure.

"You still dare to come?"

The five men's true qi surged straight at Zhu Wushi. They all knew what had happened at Weihu Mountain, and Zhu Wushi's portrait had long been etched into their minds. They wanted nothing more than to slaughter him.

Bai Yi, Menban, and Sledgehammer stood beside Zhu Wushi, their true qi swelling as they faced them together.

The mere collision of their auras seemed to warp everything. At the center of the nine men, waves of colorless yet visible true qi continually surged and collided. The bluestone road around them shattered into pieces.

Only when Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an emerged with fury written across his face did both sides withdraw.

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an was extremely enraged as well, his face livid.

They had displayed their might at the entrance to his Prince An's Mansion and pressured his guards into kneeling.

They were practically pissing on Chu Xuan'an's head!

Flames of rage burned in Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's eyes as his chest heaved violently.

"Sixth Brother, what do you want?"

"Ghost Servant."

At Chu Xuanao's slightly hoarse call, Ghost Servant's sleeve wrapped around one corner of the bed, and Chu Xuanao was lifted out again like a kite.

Everyone from Prince An's Mansion was stunned when they saw Chu Xuanao's condition.

Even Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's rage abruptly halted, his face full of question marks.

Damn, who was so badass that they beat Sixth Brother into this state?

Several Ascension Realm experts from Prince An's Mansion swept their divine senses over him, intending to inspect Chu Xuanao's condition.

As Ghost Servant's true qi erupted from his sleeve, his eyes fixed on one skinny old man. The old man's face immediately turned pale. Having suffered a hidden loss, he lowered his head and did not dare look again.

The other Ascension Realm experts also found their divine senses blocked. However, all of them looked solemnly at Ghost Servant.

After only one probing exchange, they had already determined Ghost Servant's cultivation—Peak Ascension Realm.

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an seemed to hear something and looked toward Ghost Servant as well.

Heavenly treasures were hard to find, and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was even harder to attain. Peak Ascension Realm was already the pinnacle. He had never expected Sixth Brother to have such an expert under his command.

"Fourth Brother, cough cough, must we brothers, cough, speak to each other like this?"

Hearing Chu Xuanao's words, Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an turned aside. "Please."

The group entered Prince An's Mansion. The onlookers around them looked disappointed. There would be no show after all—they had thought a fight would break out.

As Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an headed toward the main hall, a voice transmission suddenly sounded beside his ear.

"Your Highness, the Sixth Prince is fine. He is pretending. His complexion, aura, and breathing rhythm are all normal."

Earlier, they had merely been startled for an instant by Chu Xuanao's appearance. Visual impact always came first, while their usual divine-sense inspection had been blocked.

But which of them was not a top-tier expert? So long as no Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert appeared, they stood at the peak.

Having reached this level, none of them had gotten here by wasting their lives. A careful look would always reveal the truth.

Hearing this, Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an gave a slight nod, a glint flashing through his eyes.

He was not injured, yet he had put on this act. Thinking of Sixth Brother's shameless personality, his purpose was already obvious.

He had come to shake him down. He had yet to settle the matter of Aobei and Liers with him.

And now he had the nerve to come knocking at his door.

Outside the main hall.

The eighteen-man guard squad remained in the courtyard. Bai Yi, Sledgehammer, Zhu Wushi, Er Niu, and the others followed Chu Xuanao into the main hall.

"Sixth Brother, please. Can you still get up and sit?

Or should you just lie there?"

"It is nothing, cough cough. I need not trouble Fourth Brother."

After entering the main hall, Chu Xuanao was helped into a chair by Qiuyue Shuangxue. He tilted his head and leaned against Qiuyue's embrace.

The Ascension Realm experts slowly took their seats as well, though their eyes were filled with fighting intent.

Menban's gaze remained fixed on the skinny old man who had used divine sense to inspect Chu Xuanao and had been secretly injured by Ghost Servant. Among the five remaining Ascension Realm experts under Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an, he was the only native of Dagan. Well, back when there had been seven of them, he had been the only one too.

The other four Ascension Realm experts were all foreigners.

Noticing Menban's gaze, the skinny old man kept his head lowered and did not dare meet his eyes.

No sooner had they sat down than Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an hurriedly asked with concern.

"Sixth Brother, what happened to you? How did you end up in such a state?"

"Fourth Brother may not know this, but someone attempted an assassination last night. This younger brother was careless and was injured by the culprit, cough cough."

At that, Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an sneered inwardly, though his face showed great concern.

"Outrageous! Someone actually dared to commit violence against a royal mansion in Tiandu City? Well, was the culprit caught?

How are Sixth Brother's injuries?"

"Fourth Brother, rest assured. The culprit has already been executed. Sigh, cough cough, it was not in Tiandu City. Yesterday, I went to Tiger Might Villa on Weihu Mountain to relax, cough, but I never expected to encounter villains there."

Hearing Chu Xuanao's words, the four Ascension Realm experts from the Divine Kingdom looked displeased, and Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's face darkened.

You're really forcing the connection, aren't you? As if I wouldn't know where you were.

You flew there yesterday!

And that Tiger Might Villa—since it was built over three years ago, had you, Chu Xuanao, ever gone there a second time?

Chu Xuanao paid no attention to his fourth brother's expression and instead looked toward Xiao Dezi.

Xiao Dezi stepped forward and placed two wooden boxes on the table.

"These are gifts for Fourth Brother. A small token of respect, nothing worthy of mention. I hope Fourth Brother likes them."

"Oh? Then Fourth Brother must have a good look."

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an immediately opened the wooden box before him with curiosity.

With a crack, Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an glared at the wooden box as if flames were blazing from his eyes. His true qi burst out uncontrollably, his body trembled, and the box lid in his hand was crushed to pieces.

He had been wrong. He had truly been wrong!

Sixth Brother not only dared to piss on him—he even dared to shit on him!

Seeing Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's reaction, the Ascension Realm experts from Prince An's Mansion did not understand what was happening and swept their divine senses over the wooden boxes one after another.

Inside the opened wooden box was the severed head of a foreign woman. Her face was smeared with blood, her eyes stared ahead, and terror was written across her features.

The unopened box contained a man's head. His eyes were wide open, bloodshot veins filled them, several blood-red lines seemed etched across his face, and his expression was one of utter disbelief.

After their divine senses swept over the two wooden boxes, the Ascension Realm experts from the Divine Kingdom stared directly at Chu Xuanao. Their divine senses sought to lock onto him, but Ghost Servant blocked them.

They did not act, nor did anyone dare attack a prince directly within Tiandu City.

Even though killing intent surged within them, they could not reveal it outwardly. At the very least, they neither had the standing nor the courage to show such hostility toward a prince of Dagan.

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an looked at Liers's remaining head before him, rage boiling in his heart. She had been his woman.

Yesterday morning, she had still been cleaning his gun for him. At noon, she had accepted a mission and gone out. By evening, news of her death had arrived.

And this morning, the killer had brought his woman's head to him as a gift.

As for what was inside the other wooden box, he could guess without even looking.

Sixth Brother truly did not treat Chu Xuan'an like a person.

"Sixth Brother!"

The words were like a low growl.

"Cough cough cough, does Fourth Brother like the gift?"

Chu Xuanao did not care in the slightest. He remained as relaxed as ever, his head resting against Qiuyue as he spoke in a calm, casual tone.