Black Robe's Night Attack

"They're just two See Me Realm cultivators, not Peeping God Realm. If they come looking for trouble, I'll dare to strike hard."

The Mortal wore a completely indifferent expression, a clear glimpse of the unique temperament of overseas cultivators.

Although Hanyu didn't speak, his unmoved expression showed he didn't care either.

"Hanyu, you've been itching for fights lately! You're starting to get cocky."

Little Glazed giggled in his mind.

Meanwhile, Cousin helplessly watched these two who had no concept of the cultivator world and decided to give them a proper explanation.

Though cultivator sects stood countless like forests, too numerous to count.

Those who reigned supreme were none other than the Three Yuan Nine Sects.

The Upper Yuan Three Sects: Nanli Sword Hall, Jialan Temple, and Misty City.

The Middle Yuan Three Sects: Star Moon Pavilion, Dragon Phoenix Palace, and Qinglan Sect.

The Lower Yuan Three Sects: Peerless Tower, Divine Machine Institute, and Langya Mountain.

Hanyu listened in complete confusion, and the Mortal, an overseas cultivator, seemed equally lost.

Cousin covered his forehead with a sigh, thinking to himself, I knew explaining it like this would be like playing music to a cow.

"Let me put it this way! Peerless Tower has three pavilions and six courtyards, with nearly a thousand cultivators. Do you think poking one of them is the same as poking a whole nest?"

At the Prefectural Yamen in Shuzhou City, Ou Mingdong, his heart full of anxiety, had just reached the entrance when the Prefectural Guard stopped him.

"I wish to see your Prefect. Please trouble you to announce me. This Humble One is Ou Mingdong."

The Prefectural Guard looked him up and down, and seeing his extraordinary bearing, knew he was no ordinary man. He nodded and quickly went inside to report.

At that moment, Su Wanjun was frowning deeply as she sorted through letters that had arrived in recent days. After much deliberation, she had ultimately decided to report the discovery Hanyu and the others had made a few days ago, while simultaneously contacting several surrounding prefectures.

When the Prefectural Guard hurried in and reported the matter at the gate, Su Wanjun frowned and told him to let the man in.

Soon, Ou Mingdong walked in with an agitated expression, having feared he would be turned away and return empty-handed.

He had prepared a whole bellyful of words, but upon seeing Su Wanjun's stunningly beautiful face, he stammered and dared not speak.

After a moment of silence, Su Wanjun spoke first, her crisp voice asking, "Did you come down along the way?"

"I..."

Ou Mingdong had originally meant to say he had come specifically to see her, but the words reached his lips, and knowing Su Wanjun's temperament well, he feared that if he said that, he would be thrown out. So he hastily changed his tune.

"I was passing through along the way with my Junior Brother."

Su Wanjun's gaze shifted as she asked, "On your way down, did you encounter any cases of large-scale disappearances?"

Ou Mingdong was taken aback. This was a difficult question to answer. He had traveled in a straight line, never stopping along the way.

"I didn't notice."

Su Wanjun withdrew her gaze with some disappointment. Ou Mingdong hesitated after seeing this, then tentatively pressed further.

"Has something happened?"

Su Wanjun thought for a moment, then handed him the letter in her hand.

Ou Mingdong read it very carefully. Time passed slowly before he finally finished reading the entire letter.

He frowned. He had heard of the Corpse Refining lineage, but it was all old news, something that happened before their generation. What he knew came only from the words of his elders.

"Do you need me to stay and protect him?"

Ou Mingdong looked at Su Wanjun as he spoke. The "him" naturally referred to Su Wanjun's cousin, the young master of the Mo family.

This remark made her expression quite complicated.

Su Wanjun asked with a pointed tone, "How is your Junior Brother?"

Ou Mingdong's face reddened. Wang Shiyi was naturally not doing well. After returning to his lodgings, he had spent half an hour squatting in the latrine.

Now he was lying in bed, groaning and sighing.

It was just that he had been too eager to see Su Wanjun, leaving his Junior Brother completely forgotten.

And Su Wanjun wasn't really concerned about Wang Shiyi's condition either; she was merely using the opportunity to subtly hint at the relationship between Peerless Tower and the Mo family.

"From now on, try not to offend them too harshly. Sects at the level of the Nine Great Sects care most about face."

Cousin sighed.

Hanyu asked curiously at this point, "If your family can be at odds with Peerless Tower, then you must also be among the Nine Sects, right?"

This wasn't hard to figure out. Since Peerless Tower was as grand as Cousin described, it only stood to reason that his family background was no less impressive.

Cousin's expression was complicated, but he still spoke up. "Actually, my name is Mo Xiuwen, and my family is from the Divine Machine Institute."

Neither of them was surprised by this.

The Mortal teased, "So you're a young master from a noble family after all."

Cousin rolled his eyes at him and said with a wry smile, "I'm talking about trouble here, and you're both worried about my family background."

The Mortal spread his hands and said, "Anyway, the medicine belongs to the Medicine Master."

Hanyu rolled his eyes and said, "The medicine was planted by Mortal."

Mortal thought for a moment, then pointed at Cousin again. "The man was coming for him."

Going around the circle, all three had a hand in it.

Wang Shiyi lay alone on his bed, tossing and turning, his body nearly drained. Just moments ago, he had gotten up to visit the latrine again.

His own senior brother had left without a word, and he had no idea if anyone had been sent to find a doctor.

As a cultivator in the See Me Realm, he had long forgotten what sickness and pain felt like, yet now he was being tormented so miserably.

A surging tide of True Essence churned through his organs, but it couldn't suppress the bloated ache in his stomach in the slightest.

When had a cultivator who could ascend to the heavens and descend to the earth ever suffered like this? At this moment, three faces surfaced in his mind, and he couldn't help but grind his teeth in hatred.

Looking out the window at the night that had already fallen, Ou Mingdong still hadn't returned...

Cousin stayed at the inn until late into the night.

"Aren't you going back?"

Hanyu looked at him in surprise.

Cousin's expression was unreadable. He cleared his throat a few times and said he had already booked a room next door and wouldn't be staying at that place for a while.

Hanyu was curious. Hiding from Su Wanjun? That couldn't be it. Cousin was used to being put in his place and wasn't afraid at all—at worst, he'd just get beaten up.

Cousin explained awkwardly, "Ou Mingdong definitely came here specifically for my Cousin Sister. I'll skip the Prefectural Yamen for now. With his temperament, he'll be running there every day."

"Are you afraid of him, or is it guilt?"

Hanyu teased with a playful smile.

Cousin rubbed his nose. "This guy... I don't really dislike him, but whenever I see him, that look in his eyes always makes me feel guilty."

"And I'm also afraid that one day, when my Cousin Sister pushes him too far, he'll kill me first to vent his anger."

Mortal suddenly burst into laughter, laughing so hard that the other two were baffled. Only when tears streamed down his face did he clutch his stomach and say, "I was just thinking—if his Cousin Sister married someone else one day, wouldn't Ou Mingdong's first move be to hunt Cousin down across the world?"

"That can't be, right?"

Cousin's face turned ugly.

But the moment his words fell, the doors and windows suddenly exploded. A fierce Blade Qi shattered the window and shot toward them.

Hanyu's expression turned grave as he stepped forward, crossing his arms to block the Blade Qi. But no sooner had he deflected it than a wall of fire surged into the room, igniting everything around them in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the room became a sea of flames.

"Get out first."

Hanyu shouted and flipped out the window. Cousin and Mortal exchanged a glance before hurriedly following.

At this moment, the street was silent and empty. Hanyu landed and froze.

Not far ahead and behind him stood two figures.

He naturally recognized Wang Shiyi, but who was the other person, completely covered in a Black Robe?

"Wang Shiyi, you shameless bastard, you called for backup?"

Cousin landed and, seeing the Black Robe, couldn't help but curse in fury.

Wang Shiyi was stunned too. He had been unable to sleep all night, the more he thought, the more miserable he felt, so he had come to get revenge.

He had sneaked over to the inn where the three were staying, saw the room's light still on, and decided to strike from outside with a sneak attack.

But just as he swung his blade with all his might, a figure in a Black Robe suddenly appeared. That one was even more ruthless, directly summoning a sky-filling blaze that set the room on fire.

When the Black Robe saw the three jump down, he said nothing. He rose into the air, his True Essence churning violently, and an immense pressure radiated outward, turning the faces of those below pale.

"Peeping God Realm!"

Cousin shouted in terror, his face ashen.

A sea of flames gathered around the Black Robe, burning the night sky bright as day in midair.

With a wave of the Black Robe's hand, the fire cascaded down like an inverted river, leaving no room to dodge.

Hanyu was the first to be touched by the flames. His clothes caught fire instantly, and no matter how he slapped at them, they wouldn't go out.

Mortal's leg injury hadn't fully healed. He dodged nimbly a few times but was a step too slow. Soon, the fire licked his upper body, and his entire arm burst into flames.

Cousin fared even worse. Both pant legs caught fire, and he hopped around frantically, his True Essence trembling as he tried to shake the flames off, only to find it useless.

"This is a fire divine ability."

Cousin shouted in panic.

Wang Shiyi, who had been planning to watch the fight from the sidelines, didn't get to enjoy the spectacle for long before the sea of flames spread toward him too.

"Angry Dragon Slash!"

At great cost to his True Essence, a blade-formed dragon whirlwind surged toward the flames. Not only did it fail to extinguish the fire, but it made the blaze even fiercer...

Another day of explosive updates.

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