Chapter 44 - Returning To Xuanwu City (1/2)

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In Xuanwu City.

”Are you sure?” A middle-aged man asked, his expression filled with tiredness and solemnity. He looked towards the two girls beside him. One of them was an astounding beauty but looked a little pale, her aura shaky with a hint of instability and her body seemed frail. The other had glasses and had an expression of extreme indifference. Her cultivation was non-existent, obviously having been wasted. Unlike the beauty, she wasn't given heavenly materials to restore her cultivation after being crippled.

These two girls were Ying Yimian and Ying Sumian respectively.

Ying Fenmian felt a headache whenever he looked at these two girls. Currently, the Ying Clan was in a disastrous state. The majority of its resources was taken, many members were corrupt, and they had become a laughing stock of the entire Sky Titan City. Luckily, they didn't lose all their support.

”Don't worry. He'll be here.” An auburn-haired handsome youth walked forward and said casually as if he wasn't worried about being wrong. He was He Shijing. When he looked towards Ying Yimian, his eyes couldn't help but display a bit of anger. Initially, he intended to marry this beautiful girl, but someone wasted her cultivation.

This was not giving him, He Shijing, the He Clan Lord designate, any face. Unfortunately, that person was dead and couldn't be tortured, but the other one was still breathing. Even if he wasn't directly responsible, his rage was flared all the same.

”Han Zaiji will arrive.” His words were filled with confidence. However, if he was wrong, who would care? No one could bring it up with him, they weren't worthy, especially not the current Ying Clan. He simply said it to comfort Ying Yimian.

Ying Sumian simply stayed silent. However, Ying Yimian got physically closer to He Shijing, grasping his hands into her own. One could tell that she accepted him wholeheartedly from her stance. Not to mention, it seemed that she was distancing herself from her father.

When Ying Yimian was found, she was already crippled. The Ying Clan nor her Father were willing to use the last bit of their resources for her recovery. This frustrated her. Although she did betray the clan, they didn't have any proof! They used nonsensical reasons to deny her recovery, and of course, this originated from the many elders she cheated.

Then He Shijing came along.

With a snap of his fingers, he allocated his clan's resources, and she was restored in a months time. She regained her former cultivation, and her body was recovered somewhat. However, the trade-off was marrying He Shijing. She accepted, of course. Who could accept being a cripple? That's the same as asking someone who lost their legs if they were willing to marry a billionaire who can help them restore them.

Who wouldn't?!

What detriments do you have? In the cultivation world, status and strength were important, and He Shijing was a Clan Lord designate of a first-tier clan. All of its resources were funneled into his cultivation, and he will definitely be one of the strongest in his clan when he grows up, if not the strongest in his entire clan.

Originally, she felt her potential and plan was sufficient and thus unwilling to settle for just him, but after the events that happened, she felt defeated and her thoughts changed. Not to mention, her anger for Ying Zhihao couldn't be released because he was already dead. However, Han Zaiji was not, and felt he was partly responsible for her defeat. Even if it didn't make a lick of sense.

Seeing his daughter act this way towards He Shijing, Ying Fenmian couldn't help but shake his head. After rescuing her, he could feel that she was heavily involved in this matter, and if misfortune hadn't hit her, she would probably be outside enjoying the clan's wealth in full while they scrambled for sand without pockets. He couldn't believe he raised someone like this.

”If he said he will come to the Xuanwu City for the spatial platform, then he should be here today. He shouldn't be expecting us. We'll trap him, get what belongs to us back, and give him a despicable end.” He Shijing said as if he was a god, determining the future with a single word.

”You're right. Not to mention, if he plans to come with the skyship, it'll be noticed. We already have people on the lookout. A skyship can't be stored in spatial rings or bags, and therefore he'll either leave it closeby or come with it.” Ying Fenmian deduced. They even had a special technique to sense the types of formations on a skyship, if it's nearby, it'll be honed on immediately.

”With Nine Qi Unification Cultivators, 180 Essence Formation Cultivators, and a rank seven formation set up. He'll have no escape, regardless of his trump cards.” He Shijing stated. From what Ying Yimian told them, Han Zaiji used a talisman that killed an initial-Qi Unification cultivator like Ying Zhihao. If that's the case, they just had to be wary of that and other unknown capabilities. They prepared to the teeth, mainly because the resources of the clan was worth it.

While they were scouting for Yan Zaizen, he was already nearby. He didn't need to use the skyship to fly into the city. He felt it was too conspicuous and may cause issues if others were looking for it. He was already starting to think with caution. After being pulled along, forced into a few situations, and schemed against multiple times, his vigilance rose up, and he thought three times about everything.

When he arrived, he found something strange. With his immensely powerful spiritual sense derived from his Aurora Soul, he could feel the presence of a massive amount of Qi Unification and Essence Formation cultivators in Xuanwu City. He found this odd. There could be justification for it if they were all going somewhere due to the spatial platform activating today, but a few were spread out constantly looking about as if watching. The others were crowded together in the city in wait, these cultivators obviously seemed to be waiting for the spatial platform to activate.

His brows furrowed when he saw this. Could it be the Ying Family? How could they know he was going to…?

Wait.

He remembered when Ying Sumian requested him to help the Ying Clan, at that time he said he couldn't because he had to take the spatial platform in five months. ”Shit...So they set up a trap for me?” After thinking up to here, his eyes flashed with a vicious killing intent.