No one had expected Su Xin to attack Su Mingyuan—especially not Su Mingli, who knew the whole story better than anyone.
In fact, Su Mingyuan had been well disposed toward Su Xin from the start. His approach had always been to soothe and recruit him, ideally winning Su Xin's wholehearted support for the Su Family.
If Su Mingli hadn't rashly attacked Su Xin and shattered their relationship, Su Mingyuan had intended to bind Su Xin firmly to the Su Family through even closer cooperation.
So everyone understood why Su Xin had attacked Su Mingli. But why was he attacking Su Mingyuan, who had always treated him with goodwill? Had he really shot the wrong man?
Under the crowd's startled, suspicious gazes, Su Xin struck again. The Stealing Heaven Bow bent into a full moon, its string snapped, and the Heartbreak Little Arrow flew—yet its target was still Su Mingyuan!
A dense killing intent swept toward him. Confusion flashing across his face, Su Mingyuan roared and formed a hand seal, catching the arrow and crushing it in his grasp.
But though he had stopped Su Xin's Heartbreak Little Arrow, he couldn't stop Dugu Yan, who was attacking from the side.
The arrow had distracted him, and Dugu Yan seized the opening. In an instant, the City-Burning Saber Technique turned everything within ten li into a sea of fire. Boundless astral flames surged upward, converging on Su Mingyuan at the center. The blow made him spit out several more mouthfuls of blood.
Watching Su Mingyuan's wretched state, Su Xin remained expressionless.
Of course he hadn't shot the wrong man. Su Mingyuan had been his target from the very beginning.
If the incident with Su Mingli hadn't happened, Su Xin might have continued working with the Su Family. But after all that, the