Chapter 475 (1/2)

”That's right!” Something seemed to occur to Elder Yu and he hastily asked the family heads, ”Where's our alliance head? Why haven't we seen the alliance head? She had the alliance head command tablet and will definitely be able to deal with Lan Jia!”

Alliance Head? Li Xueyi?

When Baili Yu told Xiao Siyuan about Tang Doudou falling off the cliff, the other family heads hadn't been present and only Stronghold Master Lin had been present. Hence, when Stronghold Master Lin heard this, he answered, ”It seems that Elder Yu has yet to have gotten the news. Alliance Head Li, she… She has fallen off a cliff and its unknown if she's still alive. I'm afraid the alliance head command tablet has also fallen off the cliff with her, so it probably can't be found.”

It was another stunning blow. Elder Yu felt like the world ahead of him was dark. How did the alliance head end up falling off a cliff out of nowhere?

”We're not clear on the details either, but after that incident, Baili Yu came to the city lord's residence to ask for Bai gongzi, so this matter might be related to Bai gongzi.”

It was related to Bai Feiyun again!

Elder Yu felt like his head was buzzing. ”Then what do we do now?”

After this was said, everyone fell silent.

Elder Yu sighed. ”I'm going to let the rest know about this news first, then we can come up with an idea together. Lan Jia's making a huge move this time, it's not something we can deal with on our own. We have to work together. As the proverbs say, one chopstick is easily broken while a bundle is not.”

After saying that, he quickly left.

The people of the four large clans shared looks. They didn't know what to do.

Bai Luoqing took out the jade vial. So many of these incidents had been related to Bai Feiyun and Bai Feiyun was someone of her Bai family. If she took this with her and they eventually found out that this belonged to Bai Feiyun, it would probably lead to unnecessary suspicion. Normally she wouldn't mind these things, but right now, it was definitely best to be as honest as possible.

Elder Yu was right, they had to work together. Even if they managed to escape today, based on Lan Jia's insane ambition to unite the martial arts community, the first ones to suffer would be them, the strongest powers on the Jianghu.

Rather than wait until later when they had to face the fate of slowly being eliminated, it would be better to defeat Lan Jia now while he still hadn't gain full power.

This was what everyone present was thinking. When they saw Bai Luoqing take out the jade vial, they showed joy. Although those bugs were fearsome, this powder would get rid of them.

However, Bai Luoqing said, ”I put this thing away earlier instead of using it because this belongs to Bai Feiyun.

”Lianhua's cousin is Bai Feiyun. Since this is something of his, I couldn't use it without worries!”

The joy on everyone's faces was immediately replaced by worry again. Why exactly had that perfectly untainted gentleman done something like this? He was always gentle as jade and treated people warmly. He was like the embodiment of Jianghu righteousness, so why did he end up colluding with Lan Jia and doing something like drugging the family heads?

Even though the family heads had personally revealed these things, the disciples of the four large clans were still a little unwilling to believe it. The members of the Bai family were the most unwilling. Bai Feiyun was the idol of the younger generation. They couldn't help but feel upset when the perfect idol's image was torn apart and the cruel reality was revealed.

”Alright, this isn't the time for us to be worrying over things like emotions. The other family heads and I are severely injured and will need a while to recover. During this time, you guys should follow Siyuan's arrangements and work with the people of the martial arts alliance to eliminate the bugs in the city first. Afterwards, we can discuss how to deal with Lan Jia. Shuxuan, gather some people and check out the situation at the city lord's residence. It's best if you find Baili gongzi or City Lord Su and ask them if they have any methods. Tell them that we're willing to cooperate with anything.”

The family heads were all people that had gone through many turbulent situations. Right now, although the situation was dangerous, it wasn't to the point that they were at the end of the line. After sharing a glance, they decisively handed the responsibility over to Xiao Siyuan.

”Siyuan ah! We'll have to trouble you with this.” Stronghold Master Lin looked towards the young but very reliable Xiao Siyuan and patted his shoulder.

”Uncle Lin, there's no need to be polite. Siyuan will go arrange things right now!” In reality, Xiao Siyuan had been besides himself with anxiety this entire time. It was only because he didn't want to meddle in the family heads' decision that he stayed silent this entire time. Now that they had passed the responsibility to him again, he didn't feel pressure. On the contrary, something that had been binding his heart seemed to break and he actually relaxed.

He can finally go save those citizens.

”Family Head Bai!” Xiao Siyuan first walked to Bai Luoqing and asked beseechingly, ”Please give this item to me.”

”This…” Bai Luoqing looked at him. After hesitating for a while, she placed the vial on his palm. ”Aren't you afraid that this would be something even more terrifying?”

”I trust Bai gongzi!” No one expected for Xiao Siyuan to actually say something like this and they were quite taken aback.

Xiao Qian, who had been silent this entire time due to his injuries, spoke. From the start he was old, so he suffered from the injuries even more. After he had been drugged, he could barely move. Right now, his muddy eyes were fixed on Xiao Siyuan as he shouted, ”Siyuan, do you have evidence to back your words?”

Xiao Siyuan smiled gently. ”Look!”

As he spoke, he placed the jade vial on his palm and walked towards a nearby residence. This residence had already been abandoned since it was overrun by the bugs. There were a lot of bugs flying around, but even more were in clusters and slowly moving around on the ground.

However, as Xiao Siyuan walked over, the soul-devouring bugs that were in clusters started frantically fleeing from the house.

After this, Xiao Siyuan stopped and put away the jade vial as he walked back out.

As he left, the soul-devouring bugs gradually calmed down and started to form clusters again.

The people outside were delighted to see this scene. Xiao Siyuan's meaning was clear, the substance inside the jade vial truly had an effect on the soul-devouring bugs!