Let Me See What You Can Do
The noisy inn returned to silence, with only faint, low howls outside, interspersed with screams and threats from some people.
If the inn's guests listened carefully, they could only vaguely hear phrases like "Moonless Household" and "We won't let you go."
These words were quickly swallowed up by the night wind with a few loud "bangs".
These few words, so clearly pointed, had already revealed the identities of these intruders to everyone. Considering the young master of the Moonless Household who had entered the store today ostensibly to recruit but actually to cause trouble, the whole truth became clear.
"I never expected that the young master of the Moonless Household would be so petty. He actually wanted to take someone's life just because I refused his invitation!" someone muttered in the darkness.
His roommate immediately cut him off. "Don't forget where you are! Are you out of your mind?!"
Everyone then seemed to realize something, and quickly pretended not to know anything, going about their own business.
As for Sang Ying and the other two, they were currently carrying a string of black-robed cultivators and a string of out-of-control corpse puppets, openly heading towards the Yin Mountain Sect.
The group made quite a commotion, bringing a touch of liveliness to the otherwise quiet Moonless City. However, the people living along the roadside were only frightened by the noise, as the Moonless Household family had established rules after the patriarch became the city lord.
By day, Moonless City belongs to everyone, but by night, it belongs to the Corpse Moonless City!
Such a commotion would surely alert the patrolling corpse puppets, and then... No one dared to imagine the horrific scene any further, so they could only seal the windows, which had already been closed, tightly once more.
As they expected, the three of them hadn't walked far when they encountered a group of people blocking their way.
The leader was hidden inside a large robe, revealing nothing of himself. Behind him followed seven or eight corpse puppets; judging by their imposing presence, these puppets were likely at least at the Golden Core Realm.
Sang Ying raised an eyebrow and looked at the person in front of her, saying directly, "What do you mean by this? Why are you blocking our way for no reason?"
"A moonless night belongs to the corpse puppets. It's curfew now; everyone should return the way they came." A hoarse voice came from under the hood, harsh and unpleasant.
Before Sang Ying and her group arrived, they had naturally heard about the curfew rule that had suddenly appeared in Moonless City a few years ago. However, the patrol teams here shouldn't have so many powerful corpse puppets. The fact that such an extraordinary corpse controller had come to block them was definitely not just because of the so-called curfew.
Having figured all this out, Sang Ying's eyes sharpened slightly. "If we don't agree, what are your plans?"
"Then I'll have to personally escort you all back." The man answered decisively, seemingly certain that the three would be defeated by him.
"Alright, then let me see what you're capable of!" Sang Ying tossed two more sets of "evidence" to Jiang Zhuoxue.
The poor boy, holding onto the still-sleepy Gu Wangchuan with one hand and gripping the two long ropes with the other, looked at Sang Ying, who had already rushed into the horde of corpse puppets in the distance, and felt a sense of helplessness.
He hadn't realized before that Sang Ying was such a belligerent person.
The Corpse Controller's cultivation level wasn't much higher than Sang Ying's; it was just that the corpse puppets behind him were not easy to deal with.
Eight corpse puppets with cultivation levels above the Golden Core Realm attacked simultaneously. The corpse controller believed that the female cultivator in front of him would be completely defeated in less than half an incense stick's time.
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth, hidden beneath his black robe, couldn't help but curve upwards.
And just as he predicted, the battle ended completely in less than half an incense stick's time.
The Corpse Controller couldn't help but kneel on the ground, watching his meticulously nurtured corpse puppet, now reduced to fragments scattered everywhere. His heart ached terribly!
"How dare you! This is a corpse puppet of my Moonless Household! Do you really want to oppose my Moonless Household?!" He pointed a trembling finger at Sang Ying, his eyes filled with resentment.
Sang Ying tossed the tattered cloth from the sword tip back to him. "Have you finished crying, sir? We're still waiting to visit the Yin Mountain Sect Master."
"Yes! Sect Master of the Yin Mountain Sect!" Gu Wangchuan, who was half asleep behind him, mumbled out as if talking in his sleep.
Jiang Zhuoxue couldn't help but let go again, throwing the person to the ground.
Without his greatest support, the Corpse Controller, who couldn't even defeat Jiang Zhuoxue, dared not continue to be an obstacle. He could only curse Sang Ying as he let the three of them leave.
On the other side, the Yin Mountain Sect members, who had already received the news from the shopkeeper, had been waiting in front of the sect for a long time. Heaven knows how complicated their feelings were after receiving the news that the Moonless Clan had sent people to assassinate Sang Ying and the others.
Liu Duanyue, in particular, immediately wanted to lead the sect disciples to that inn.
In the end, Sect Master Liu stopped him. "It's too late for you to go now. Those three fellow Daoists have already taken care of this matter, so you don't need to do anything. Just wait for them here, and while you're at it, arrange for a few disciples to prepare the sect's guest quarters, otherwise the three fellow Daoists won't have anywhere to stay when they arrive."
Hearing her father's words, Liu Duanyue couldn't help but laugh, "You're even calling them 'fellow Daoists' now, and those three probably aren't even as old as me."
"How dare you say that?!" Sect Master Liu immediately straightened his face. "They're younger than you, yet they managed to pass all the checkpoints. Look at yourself..."
Before Sect Master Liu could finish speaking, Liu Duanyue interrupted him, waving his hand and sending his father off to prepare the house for the upcoming arrival of Sang Ying and the other two.
The other disciples watched the father and son make a scene, and took the opportunity to mock Wuyue Hao for his foolish actions.
"I was worried that I wouldn't be able to recruit those three fellow Daoists, but I never expected the Moonless Household to force them right here!"
Some people were so excited they almost jumped up. "That's right! I'd heard before that the eldest young master of the Moonless Household was a fool, but I never imagined he'd be this stupid. Now, the Moonless Household is going to have a good show to watch."
Standing at the front, Liu Duanyue listened to these words without any intention of stopping them. Instead, she listened with great interest.
He loathed the Moonless Household so much that he wished they would disappear completely from the Hidden Nether Realm!
Liu Duanyue would never forget how his gentle and kind sister, under the influence of the second young master of the Moonless Household, had walked down a path to her death.
Even though the second young master ultimately died for love, thus appeasing the Yin Mountain Sect's anger, his sister could never return. How could Liu Duanyue forget such a deep-seated hatred?
After all, even the name "Duanyue" was something Liu Duanyue asked his father for after his sister's accident.
"This time, let me see if your Moonless Household is still so lucky!" Liu Duanyue murmured softly, gazing at the thick night before her.