Chapter 916 - A Sheer Fantasy (2/2)

Tang Xiu nodded with approval and said again, “Alright. So, how about having a visit to the Lian Family’s place tonight?”

“You mean… hitting them directly?” asked Miao Wentang with a slightly changed expression.

“No. We should know ourselves and our own enemy better to be victorious.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “I may have absolute confidence in myself, yet many things have gone down the pit due to some erroneous judgment in this world. Hence, we’re only going to investigate the Lian Family in the dark so as to figure out their strength before we hit them.”

“You’re always so calm and steady, but it’s what makes you fearful, Brother Tang,” sighed Miao Wentang. “If I had fearful strength and so many powerful men under me like you, I’m afraid I’d already had become an unscrupulous and reckless man. Anyway, I got no problem with the idea, so let’s set off to the Lian Family’s place tonight.”

“One does have to be prudent when making a ship that could last for millenniums. Current society is quite peaceful and there’s only a small factor of risk and dangers involved in everything. But if you go to another place one day in the future, where cultivators are everywhere and strong people are as many as clouds, you’ll only last for a few days and will die should you not be careful,” said Tang Xiu with a smile.

Miao Wentang was shaken and asked, “Where’s that place?”

“I can’t tell you since you won’t benefit by knowing it now.” Tang Xiu waved his hand and said, “Just keep cultivating well! Someday when you have become much stronger and have surpassed the Nascent Soul Stage, I can tell you about that and even give you a huge opportunity.”

“Alright!” Miao Wentang was shocked on the inside and he nodded with excitement.

Before dawn came, Tang Xiu took Miao Wentang and quietly left the Miao Family’s manor, leaving Xue Yu and Mo Awu’s group there. This time, they were heading out to gather intel, so he didn’t want to bring too many people.

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The Lian Family’s land was a much bigger area than that of the Miao’s. It was not located inside Ning City, but in the northwestward area of the city near Qilian Mountain. In addition to the wide flat road on the southern side of the residence with a village there, the three other directions were densely forested land.

Amid the dim night, Tang Xiu and Miao Wentang were as though ghosts in darkness as they were silently closing in on the Lian Family’s manor. Tang Xiu didn’t even flinch as he had already seen numerous traps and guards hiding in the corner. However, Miao Wentang, who rarely saw such a situation, kept spotting the hiding figures of Lian Family’s clansmen, as well as finding various types of traps and surveillance devices.

“I truly never expected to find out about these!” In a dark, hidden corner, Miao Wentang sighed as he looked at the two-and-a-half-meter brick wall.

“What did you never expect, exactly?” asked Tang Xiu in a whisper.

“I never thought that the current defensive measures prepared by the Lian Family would be so strong,” whispered Miao Wentang. “I was here several years ago, but I didn’t find anything out of ordinary. There had been no defensive measures at all. But now, when we just came closing in a few kilometers away, we had already discovered several guards and dozens of installed traps, as well as surveillance devices. I dare say that had the people who infiltrated this place tonight not been us, they likely would have long discovered who the infiltrators were.”

“I too feel that the Lian Family is very particular in this sense.” Tang Xiu nodded and said, “I’m suddenly regretting easily killing the Lian Family’s Head a bit now.”

“All the Lian Family’s ancestors are the most inner circle of this family. All of them had once served as the Patriarch in the past. They are also the ones who know the Lians inside out. Had you tortured and squeezed out some information from him, you could’ve gotten a lot of useful intel.”

“Alright, let’s go inside!”

Tang Xiu took out two Invisibility Charms. After placing one on Miao Wentang’s body, his body floated and directly flew over the electric grid on the tall wall, then quickly entered the interior of Lian Family’s manor. Miao Wentang, however, was slightly startled when he saw Tang Xiu fly up and jump over in such an ostentatious manner. He couldn’t help but inwardly shout. But then, he recalled how powerful Tang Xiu was, so he gritted his teeth and jumped over as well.

As they came inside, a dense coverage of trees and planted flowers greeted them, as well as their flowery scent that wafted with the night wind and assailed their nostrils.

“Why did you sneak inside in such an ostentatious manner, Brother Tang?” questioned Miao Wentang with a low voice after following Tang Xiu. There was a forced smile on his face, however.

Tang Xiu only gave him a faint smile in response. He didn’t explain anything to him, but instead directly headed to the other side of the woods. Even on the edge of the woods, there were two men of the Lian Family smoking there, and yet, he still waltzed in nonchalantly.

‘What? Didn’t he say that he’d come here to investigate? How come he just waltzed in so casually? Is he not afraid that he’ll be discovered?’

Miao Wentang wanted to scream out loud to warn Tang Xiu, but the next scene made his eyes nearly pop out.

It was because Tang Xiu walked right to the front of the two smoking men. He even halted his pace and waved to them with a beaming smile.

It made Miao Wentang completely dumbfounded. Never once did it occur to him that he’d see such a bizarre scene. Tang Xiu obviously stopped right before those two members of Lian Family, but they seemed to be unaware about him. They seemingly couldn’t see him at all and just kept smoking and talking to each other.

“Dammit! This is beyond fantasy!”