Chapter 86: The Arrival of Assassins (1/2)
Translator: Soldier
He couldn't help feeling exceptionally curious about that girl named ”Phoenix Wu”. Who was that girl exactly?
It was surprising that the Seventh Prince, who was arrogant and picky and who always regarded women as toys, was now missing a girl morning, noon and night.
However, though he had been away from home for nine years, he was positive that there was no girl named Phoenix Wu in the Wu Family.
Before taking his leave, Coldness Wu seemed to have suddenly recalled something. He paused and said, ”Your Highness, since that girl named Phoenix Wu appeared in the woods of the Murong family, maybe there's some kind of connection between her and people of the Murong Mansion.”
Zhou Feiyu took a sip of the tea as vaguely as usual, but a piercing look flashed across his eyes.
”That's why I want you to deal with it!”
Hearing this, Coldness Wu was stunned and with that he secretly sighed, briefly feeling depressed. It was so difficult to deduce what his master was thinking about, since his thoughts were so unpredictable.
In fact, he had ordered an inquiry into this issue before. Rumors in the Luo City said that a teenage girl made a scene in the offshoot mansion of the Murong family and also blustered that she would massacre members of the Murong family.
But eventually, the whole thing ended with Cloud Murong finding his natural mother and adopting a daughter, which sounded very tacky.
After that, the teenage girl never showed up. The result of a further investigation suggested that the girl and her grandmother were villagers of a small, remote village, which didn't conform to the prince's description of that girl named Phoenix Wu.
As a result, the scope of the investigation extended and some other cities were involved.
But Coldness Wu believed that a girl who was able to cause so much damage to the Murong Mansion was by no means an ordinary one, and that there must be something wrong with the result of the investigation.
Hearing his master's words, Coldness Wu nodded and left at a sure-footed pace.
”Show yourself!”
The moment Coldness Wu left, Zhou Feiyu in noble elegant attire raised his eyes, gave a glimpse at a corner and said in a deep voice.
The instant he finished the last word, a black figure flashed over like a shadow and knelt down on one knee in front of him, ”Your Highness, we found her. The name of that teenage girl who made a scene in the Murong Mansion was indeed Phoenix Wu. She has purple eyes and is in early stage of Tier VII, and also has some weird medical skills. Currently, she's in a small village named Lian Village on the border between the Luo City and the Water City.”
Finally, Zhou Feiyu paused, holding the teacup.
He cast his piercing eyes onto that man in black who was kneeling on the ground, ”And? What about her background? Is she a member of the Wu Family?”
”I specially sneaked into the Wu Family and read the family tree, and I also made some inquiries, but there's not a girl named Phoenix Wu in the Wu Family. I also mobilized resources of the underground intelligence network and investigated all families bearing the surname Wu in the whole Zhou Kingdom but didn't find any information about the background of the girl named Phoenix Wu.”
Clearly Zhou Feiyu was rather displeased with this answer. He frowned, a look of callousness tinged with anger flashing across his face.
The man in black seemed to have sensed his master's mood. He lowered his head and hurriedly said in a respectful tone, ”Your Highness, though I failed to get any information about Miss Wu's background, I found something highly suspicious.”
The look of apathy mixed with nobility reappeared on Zhou Feiyu's face. In a cold voice, he said, ”What is it?”
”Eyes of the incumbent Empress also turn purple when she mobilizes her fighting spirit. A few days ago, she sent eight Tier VIII peak-stage assassins and a Tier IX middle-stage assassin, who were all members of her 'Dragon Clan', to search for somebody, but they were wiped out in the Magic Beasts Forest in the west. It is said that a Grand Kung Fu Master was also killed, his body unaccounted for,” after saying this, the man in black paused.
The look in Zhou Feiyu's piercing eyes went rather cold when he heard these remarks.
Purple eyes? She also had purple eyes.
Was there by any chance some kind of connection between that Phoenix Wu and the incumbent Empress?
”A few days ago, news about what Miss Wu did in the Murong Mansion also spread to the imperial city. The Empress secretly dispatched two Grand Assassins of the Dragon Clan to the Luo City. It seems as if they're looking for someone.”
Levels of assassins: Tier I to Tier IX assassin, Grand Assassin, Assassin Saint, Venerable Assassin.
Grand Assassins were elite assassins. Since the Empress dispatched two of them at one time, it seemed that the person she wanted to find was no ordinary person.
Judging by the current clues, it was very likely that her target was Phoenix Wu.
After hearing the report, Zhou Feiyu didn't show any expression on his face, and neither did he say anything, so naturally that man in black also kept silent, kneeling on one knee.
After quite a while...
”You may leave.”
No order was issued. His voice returned to normal, which was callous and unconcerned.
The man in black answered ”Yes” respectfully and then disappeared into this luxurious living room with a swish.
Instantly, Zhou Feiyu, who was sitting in the main seat, became the only one in the living room.
However, right at this moment, the air about him instantaneously became sepulchral.
The Empress?
An icy look appeared in his piercing eyes and his sexy, thin lips clamped tightly together, which made the contours of his handsome face look somewhat grim.
...
Night had just fallen.
Two mysterious figures swished onto the roof of the Murong Mansion and then deliberately gave off their powerful Qi which then spread towards the mansion.
”What is it?”
”Intruders! Move!”
”... ”