Within Fragrant Blossom Garden, Yu Cang's face was dark as well.
After Dugu Jing finished recounting what had happened, she stood awkwardly to one side, knowing she had botched the job.
Sure enough, Yu Cang berated her, "Useless fool! With so many people, I had you bring the Heavenly Mechanism Armor-Piercing Arrows and Heaven Sword Talismans, yet you still couldn't stop a single Ximen Qingkong. What the hell were you good for?"
Dugu Jing hurriedly explained, "Master, Ximen Qingkong truly is extraordinarily powerful. None of the skilled men we brought could withstand even one blow from him. And he had a whole stack of Heaven Sword Talismans on him, which was indeed intimidating. But they had already been struck by the Heavenly Mechanism Armor-Piercing Arrows. We thought they would collapse on the road sooner or later. Who knew they would actually dare run back into the city and walk into the net themselves? And we certainly did not expect the Ghost Doctor's disciple to intervene!"
Yu Cang flew into a rage. "The Ghost Doctor's disciple? So what if the Ghost Doctor himself comes? A bunch of ghosts who hide and skulk about—if he dares meddle in this, I'll erase him from the cultivation world!"
Dugu Jing said, "This disciple is not afraid of him either. It is simply that I have some misgivings about this matter. Without Master's instruction, I did not dare act rashly."
Yu Cang shot her a cold glance. "Not only did you fail to get the job done, you even got Hao Yuntu's son killed. How am I supposed to explain this to him?"
Dugu Jing hastily said, "Hao Cheng was indeed killed by Xuanwei's own hand. That is absolutely true!"
Yu Cang said coldly, "Do not forget that this matter began because of us!"
Dugu