Upx Chapter 53 (1/2)
Chapter 53: Worth of a huinal and most updated translations are from volare If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen Please stop supporting theft
The bodies of the Grand Preceptor’s guards lay scattered all around the floor of the underground chambers Shadowrain and his men carefully undid the bonds of the five men tied to the torture racks and helped them down Old Huo was like the rest of his comrades, his body plastered in blood His left eye ollen coht eye
”You’ve suffered,” Lou Zigui took off his outer robes and draped theht now”
Old Huo was too weak to speak right now, but stared at Lou Zigui with his right eye before striving his hardest to look up Lou Zigui followed his line of vision to look behind Old Huo and saw a blood spattered stone wall behind hiealed into a sticky, black stain Lou Zigui could tell at first glance that there was sohter than the color of the wall to the right Moreover, the stains on both the right and left edges didn’t match up with the wall itself Most likely, it was soht
”Ah, ahh,” Old Huo ly as he stood up with his sword in hand
He was about to open the secret door and kill whoever was behind it when a Dragon Guard suddenly cried out, ”Supre over with the capital city’s archers!”
Lou Zigui turned to look at the Dragon Guard
”General Song and General Fang have already left with their men via the back door”
”Let’s go,” Lou Zigui ordered Shadowrain, who gave a loud affir to leave with a man in his are mouthful of blood Shadowrain was too scared to ui hurried to his side while the man spat out more blood
Finally, he shook his head and ed to say with effort, ”Supreme Commander, this…this one on’t, won’t make it”
Shadowrain half knelt on the ground again, the youth still cradled in his arale ran in with Imperial Physician Gao in tow
”Hurry, over here!” Shadowrain called towards the doctor, his entire face lighting up
Ilanced at the injuredhis head at Lou Zigui ”It’s not good, his internal injuries are too severe”
Lou Zigui looked at Imperial Physician Gao, who hastened to add, ”This official doesn’t dare speak nonsense”
Lou Zigui’s face seemed expressionless, but he reached out to take the youth from Shadowrain’s arms and ordered, ”All of you leave first, use the back door”
”What about him?” Shadowrain asked
Iui Weren’t h?
”Go on,” Lou Zigui said
Shadowrain stood up He looked at the youth on the verge of death one last ti his feet Then he took his men with him and ran off with Old Huo and the other prisoners As their footsteps faded away, Lou Zigui asked the man, ”What’s your name? Do you still have any family?”
Now that things had co a cal A’niu As for my family affairs, O-Old Brother Huo knows a…all”
”All right,” Lou Zigui said ”I’ll ask Old Huo and take care of your family”
Zheng A’Niu looked at the sword in Lou Zigui’s hands before suddenly using all his strength to raise his body and i behind the secret door only saw the bright gleah a peephole They treht Hidden behind the door, they were unable to hear any of the conversation outside, but assuh to kill his own man if he couldn’t take him away He didn’t even spare his own subordinates, </eht
Shadowrain stood outside the back door of the Grand Preceptor’s estate until he saw Lou Zigui walking out by himself He opened and closed hishis unspoken questions The youth must have died
Meanwhile, a round chambers until he reached Grand Preceptor Xie Quietly he said, ”Grand Preceptor, Lou Zigui took his h the back door”
Grand Preceptor Xie looked coldly at Sun Lu There had been no sounds of fighting co from the back door If this man really wanted to catch the intruders, could they had left so soundlessly? Sun Lu felt nervous beneath Grand Preceptor Xie’s gaze and hastened to explain ”This official sent uard the back door, but they, they were all tied up and thrown to the streets Grand Preceptor, these men are too…”
”Forget it,” the Grand Preceptor raised his hand
Sun Lu immediately shut up The Grand Preceptor patted his hand with the sword as his expression relaxed ”Not raising arood as well This old man doesn’t blame you” When Sun Lu heard Grand Preceptor Xie’s words, he was ive his thanks right then and there
Grand Preceptor Xie took round chambers He had no mercy for traitors, but he couldn’t be severe to his own people, either Though Sun Lu hadn’t fought to the death against Lou Zigui tonight, it didn’t count as a betrayal in Grand Preceptor Xie’s eyes Aside froui had a fearso e behind hiht a few rounds with his h of his loyalty
Inside the underground chauards who had hidden behind the secret door were now standing around Zheng A’Niu’s corpse at a loss As soon as Grand Preceptor Xie entered and saw the body, his face sank ”You ended up killing the prisoner after all?”
The guards hastened to kneel before Grand Preceptor Xie, and one them made to report, ”Grand Preceptor, this prisoner was personally killed by Lou Zigui himself”
An aide behind the Grand Preceptor stepped forward the A’Niu’s body When finished, he declared, ”This person’s injuries reached his internal organs It would’ve been impossible to move him Even with medical treatment, it’s unlikely that he would’ve survived”
So he was killed?