329 That Piece of Snow Was Falling (2/2)

He objected, ”But my Eldest Brother is in Tuyang City now.”

Gu Xi answered, ”As you're here in my mansion, Mr. First naturally thinks you came here to kill me. Why would he intervene?”

Ning Que asked, ”If so, does that mean that General Xiahou won't intervene, either?”

Gu Xi said with a smile, ”That's right. So this is the best chance to kill you today. In fact, previously I was hesitating about whether to kill you or not. Fortunately, you came here on your own. What I can only do now is kill you.”

Ning Que said, ”For me, this is also the best opportunity to kill you. Actually, I couldn't make up my mind about whether to break into your mansion and kill you. Yet as you happen to wish to kill me, thus I have to kill you.”

Gu Xi stared at him with interest and asked, ”You already know why I want to kill you. However, I'm still unsure why you must kill me. Could Mr. Thirteen enlighten me?”

Ning Que gazed at his face, remembering the piece of oilpaper.

The guy who wrote the note on the oilpaper had already died, and the oilpaper had been destroyed by Ning Que. However, Ning Que clearly remembered those names on the oilpaper. At the very head of the list were the two words ”Gu Xi”.

Many years ago, Gu Xi had already been the most loyal and sinister dog of General Xiahou. Both the information found by Darkie and the archives of the Imperial Center Administration that Ning Que secretly saw through his master indicated that this military counselor was the liaison between Xia Hou and the West-Hill Divine Palace.

It was exactly Gu Xi who had made the decision for Xia Hou. He charged the Xuanwei General for treason, and then the Xuanwei General's whole family was executed. In addition, the massacre of those villages in the Yan territory was also this military counselor's idea.

These reasons were already enough for Ning Que to kill him hundreds of times over.

However, facing Gu Xi's query, he did not make any explanation.

His sleeves had been rolled up to the elbow, and his naked arms were exposed to the cold wind. His stable right hand reached to his back and held a hilt. Then a clink was heard as a spindly podao was pulled out. The blade was blazing a the frosty light in the cold wind.

Ning Que walked through the courtyard at a steady pace, towards Gu Xi in front of the pine-wood chair.

Gu Xi slowly squinted and his hands in his sleeves at his back were slightly quivering. It was not because of fear, but no one knew what these quivering fingers were doing.

The sharp blade pierced the quiet courtyard, cutting off the cold wind that blew in from outside the wall, moving towards Gu Xi's squinted eyes!

Gu Xi's eyes narrowed even more. As quick as lightning, he shifted his focused instead on Ning Que's left hand, that had been hanging beside his body.

In Ning Que's left hand's fingers was an embroidered purse.

The purse emitted a strong talisman intent.

It was the Divine Talisman left by Master Yan Se. In order to fight against Ye Hongyu at the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine, he had already used one. Today, in front of Gu Xi, a powerful military counselor of Xia Hou, he used the second one without any hesitation.

However, the Divine Talisman in the purse... could not be activated!

Gu Xi's eyes had narrowed into two slits, and the cold light in his eyes was oppressive.

Innumerable talismans with various auras flew out from the sleeves behind him. Instantly, the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the courtyard was stirred up. Numerous subtle strands of primordial Qi were torn and began to flow within their bodies.

Gu Xi was known for his sinister plots. Unexpectedly, he was actually a rare and powerful Talisman Master of the world!

Those milky pools of spatial turbulence were like black seams on the ground. The Qi of Heaven and Earth was like running water, quickly flowing away from Ning Que. The connection between Ning Que's Psyche Power and the purse was disturbed and could not maintain a smooth connection for a moment!

The shiny and spindly podao in his hand seemed to have fallen into a quagmire in this seemingly transparent space. It was difficult to move. Although it was not far from Gu Xi's face, it seemed it could never get any closer.

It seemed the air above the mansion could sense the incredibly chaotic talisman intent and the turbulence of the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the courtyard, and the sky turned gloomy. The water in the clouds above condensed into snow that slowly fell down to the ground.

A snowflake drifted over Ning Que's eyelashes and landed on the back of his hand as it slightly shook while holding the hilt. The snowflake instantly melted.

The situation was extremely tense, and Ning Que was in a really dangerous situation. However, when the snowflake fell on him, he did not even bat an eye, and his eyes remained calm and focused.