Chapter 27 - Capturing a Bandit (1/2)

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For the next ten-odd days, there was not a shadow of Zhuo Fan gracing the small courtyard in the Veiled Dragon Pavilion. Not only Long Kui, not even Luo clan’s members saw him.

After his bold words that day, Zhuo Fan worked harder on cultivation, locked up in his room. He only let Blood Infant roam free at night to gather Yuan Qi.

His target, the Cai clan.

As such, Clan Head Cai was dejected all this time. His guards shrank in numbers with each passing day, without so much as a trace left behind. This left him wondering if the Luo clan he offended asked Veiled Dragon Pavilion to deal with his clan.

In his opinion, only the Seven Noble Houses had such dreadful power to reap his guards without notice. As such, Cai Rong’s heart grew heavier, to the point his son balled up under his blanket, shivering at night; afraid he would be next.

To the living, it wasn’t death that was scary, but the wait before. Father and son felt the crawling of time in the agony of fear.

He also thought of seeking Hell Valley’s help. But ever since it got his family martial art, it cut off all ties.

This only went to further prolong Cai Rong’s agony as he shouted out his frustration one day in his room. No demonic cultivator was trustworthy, but he was in too deep to turn back now.

Zhuo Fan took them all in stride with a sneer.

As for the Sun clan, he let the Blood Infant pay them a few visits too. However, Elder Jian was there so, there were many close calls to getting caught. And as of late, many great powers have been present there, so Zhuo Fan avoided entering.

He only left Blood Infant to monitor at the gates.

On this day, as per usual, the Blood Infant ate a dozen Cai clan guards then staked Cai clan’s gates for a bit before returning to the little courtyard, pleased.

Just as he was about to enter his home, a trace of energy caught his eye. Zhuo Fan frowned in his room as the Blood Infant hid its energy. Soon, in a corner across from the little courtyard, a shadow was reflected in his eyes.

That person was watching his home.

“Humph, no one dares to step inside Veiled Dragon Pavilion’s territory yet this one does? He must be from Blackwind Mountain.” Zhuo Fan grinned.

He recalled Elder Jian telling it wasn’t the Cai clan nor the Sun clan who’d come after the Luo clan, but a third party unrelated to them, Blackwind Mountain.

If the Luo clan fell, Hell Valley was spared of all liability. But how were a bunch of bandits going to enter the little courtyard?

[You think this is the Cloud Manor?]

Raising an eyebrow, Zhuo Fan guided the Blood Infant after the person in black. Because Blood Infant’s hidden energy, it wasn’t found out.

After taking stock of the surrounding, the bandit left, followed by a red trace.

An hour later, the person jumped through a window of a tavern and the Blood Infant floated to peer inside. Zhuo Fan saw seven strong men and a 17-year-old girl to the side. They were all waiting for the person in black to speak.

“Young miss, how’s the situation?” Before the person in black spoke, the girl poured tea and spoke with concern.

Zhuo Fan was taken aback, “A woman?”

He never expected the leader of the Blackwind Mountain bandits to be a woman. Were they looking down on the fact that the Luo clan had only four members?

Zhuo Fan shook his head.

He saw the person in black remove her veil to reveal a pair of bright eyes, black hair flowing down to her waist, with fair and unblemished skin worthy of the title beauty.

Even the men couldn’t help but swallow dryly and stare. But the woman’s glare made them lower their heads.

“Xiao Cui, get me a pen and paper.” Being shouted to, the girl rushed to obey.

The beauty drew in detail for fifteen minutes. The contents shocked Zhuo Fan.

That was Veiled Dragon Pavilion’s little courtyard in minute detail. He had to admit, making such a map after one night of staking earned a thumbs up from him.

She wasn’t the leader for nothing.

“Look closely. Here, here, and here are guards. The four corners here have Bone Tempering experts… “

“Young miss, this is Veiled Dragon Pavilion, how do we proceed? By the look of things, we’ll be dead before we even make it through the door.” One man wiped his sweat from fear.

The woman dismissed him. “Relax, senior brother got in contact with Hell Valley’s men and said they will distract the guards. We just need to capture Luo Yunchang and kill the rest.”

[What? She isn’t a man, so why capture young miss for?] Zhuo Fan was baffled, but not worried. Even without the guards, he still had the Nine Heavens Coiling Dragon Array.

They were ants throwing their lives away.

But what caught his attention was that Blackwind Mountain and Hell Valley were connected. They were being exploited just like the Cai clan, but on a much deeper level.

“Uhm, young miss, there’s something you might not like to hear, but it concerns our lives…”

“Say it!” Waving her hand, the girl spoke calmly.

The man hesitated before firming his resolve, “Young miss, the young lord and Hell Valley are connected and will listen to him. Even if Hell Valley’s men help us, the Veiled Dragon Pavilion is still one of the Seven Noble Houses. Offending them will leave us with no place to hide. Will the Hell Valley shelter us then? If they abandon us instead, death will be our only outcome.”