229 Father and Son (2/2)

Gu Shenwei was delighted for just a moment before realizing that it was just a feint attack. The stones had brushed past Shangguan Fa and struck the doors and windows. They had great momentum, but they were not lethal.

Shangguan Fa stared at his son with a little contempt. ”In a month, you will lose any chance to kill me. Aren't you touched?”

Shangguan Yun calmed down in the face of his father's provocation. His voice returned to its normal state, gentle and peaceful with a hint of cynicism. Gu Shenwei had a mischievous smirk on his face and contemplated whether or not he should kill the Supreme King with his own hands instead.

”There will always be chances, and you can always kill me. Aren't you softhearted?”

”My dream is the Complete Ten Sons.”

”Ha ha, 'The King of the Cross,' Do you still believe in the fairytale from Immortal Peng?”

Gu Shenwei remembered that Shangguan Yun had told him before that the Supreme King used to practice martial arts with the dwarf. He couldn't help but wonder, 'so Shangguan Fa's superstitions had come from Immortal Peng. But why did he not kill me back then? Was it because of his daughter's plea to spare my life? That doesn't sound like the conduct of the Supreme King.'

”That Immortal Peng is a con man, but his fortune-telling is still top-notch.”

”Big brother is dead, the fourth younger brother is dead, and that fortune telling Immortal Peng is also dead. Have you still not awoken from your dream?”

”I know my dream means nothing now, but I can still have more children. That youth was heartless and cruel; I wish that even one of my children will be like him.”

The father and son were talking about Slave Huan, causing Gu Shenwei's heart to beat frantically.

”Heh. If one of your children were like the killer, the first thing he would do is kill you and take the throne.”

”Would our Shangguan family be afraid of such a thing? I am only afraid of my children not being malicious enough and being unable to secure the title of the Supreme King.”

Shangguan Yun's voice turned serious and said, ”is that why you wanted to torment and force me to become as cold-hearted as you?” Gu Shenwei remembered that the Third Young Master's appearance was exactly the same as the Supreme King.

”Correct, among all of my children, you are the most similar to me. Not just in appearance, but your temper was also the same as when I was young. Therefore, I indulged you to wander the Jiang Hu and lead you to enter the Joy Pavilion with the hope that you would follow in my footsteps. Unfortunately, you wanted to live a comfortable life and had even fallen in love with a woman.”

”Don't you dare mention her!” Shangguan Yun's sleeves swelled once again.

”Why can't I? What was that woman's name again? Parro? I'm starting to remember her face now; her skin was as tender as water. She was constantly pleading in my arms, it was alright at first but started getting annoying after a while, so I punished her a little... ”

The fierce wind suddenly rose, even the killer standing on the rooftop was able to feel the breeze.

Shangguan Yun revealed his madness and challenged the Supreme King in the open, instead of secretly assassinating him. Just as Gu Shenwei anticipated, Shangguan Yu had missed the chance of a lifetime. Perhaps he never had the opportunity at all.

Four black-masked assassins suddenly appeared as if they came out of the walls. They waved their sabers in front of the Supreme King and suddenly vanished.

Shangguan Yun had indeed gone in for the kill: he missed his first attack and immediately went for his second attack, but before he could even lift a finger, several black-masked assassins appeared out of nowhere and stopped him.

One black-masked assassin who concealed himself on top of a tree was a death dealer. Although his blade was a bit slow and did not cut the head, he was still able to inflict a fatal deep wound on the enemy's chest.

Shangguan Yun hit a black-masked assassin in the face with his palm, shattering the mask. The assassin fell backward and paused in the air for a moment before landing heavily on the ground.

Fresh blood splatted out from his chest. Shangguan Yun's legs gave out and staggered before kneeling on the ground. No one can kill the Supreme King. Even if he lost his powers, there were loyal and devoted black-masked assassins guarding him.

”You are the only person who had two chances to kill me.” Shangguan Fa coldly said as his son was no longer able to speak. ”You should be grateful that my self-destruction has diminished my killing desire. Unlike in the past when I would have killed anyone I wanted to kill. But, watching you finally able to break your abstinence from killing makes me very happy. I am somewhat disappointed in your kung fu not improving at all ever since one of the black-masked assassins had injured you. Cherish your life and return to the dungeons, don't let me see you again.”

Shangguan Yun shook his head a few times and slowly fell, with his head landing on top of the corpse of one of the black-masked assassins.

Gu Shenwei did not make a move for a long time. He waited until Shangguan Fa had returned to his residence and for the other killers to leave the area. It wasn't until just before the break of dawn did he make his move and returned to the Eighth Young Master's courtyard.

Gu Shenwei now had to come up with another solution to kill the Supreme King. He must come up with a way to bypass the black-masked assassins.

It was now Slave Huan's shift to ”protect” the Missus. Maid Lotus gave him a nod indicating that she was able to take on another shift. Maid Lotus has never questioned Slave Huan about his whereabouts; she was the ideal aide.

Before falling asleep, Gu Shenwei began contemplating about whether or not he should ask Maid Lotus for help. There was only one month left until the Supreme King recovers his powers; this was the golden opportunity that he could not miss. Gu Shenwei would never forgive himself if he lets this slip by, he had to try at least once. He needed to lure the Supreme King out of the inner residence... His thoughts wandered on and on and he remembered that, during the death of the First Young Master, Shangguan Fa had made an appearance at the funeral but he didn't appear for the Fourth Young Master's funeral.

Gu Shenwei sorted out every possibility. What he lacked was a proper bait.