108 An Overwhelming Sense of Power (1/2)

If Mi Kongqun had stepped within the Qiu Family’s area of influence, into the martial arts world or even if had left the area of Tiantang City, it was easy for the Qiu Family to exact revenge. However, they were still in Tiantang City after all. As a local influence, it was as easy for Mi Kongqun to retaliate against Qiu Yunsan… effortless even.

Imperial guards continued to arrive in squads. Wordlessly, they began to occupy the high points and defense spots all over the place. They did not interrupt Qiu Yunsan’s tirade and did not save anyone, just watching the scene quietly.

However, their increasing numbers was forming an overwhelming sense of power.

Old Marshal Qiu’s expression was turning darker as he swore, ”Damned eunuch, what a big shot he’s being!”

Yun Yang made it seem unintentional as he talked to Dong Tianleng, ”Little Cold, how many people have come from your family? The situation doesn’t look good to me, I'm guessing that the Qiu Family doesn't have the upper hand.”

Dong Tianleng was already breaking out in sweat as he replied with an anxious face. ”We have the least people. Other than me, there are only two more guards.”

Dong Tianleng’s worried expression spoke louder than his words, ”What do we do now? How could things have turned so dire?”

Old Marshal Qiu Jianhan’s face had already fallen completely.

Slow footsteps rang out from the gloom, each step sounding as if it was being dragged along the ground’s surface. The noise was unsynchronized and oddly macabre.

Five silhouettes slowly emerged from the street at the other end.

All of them were slightly hunched.

All of them were pale without any facial hair.

All of them wore the eunuch’s uniform.

All of them wore empty expressions like the dead, their gazes as still as that of zombies.

All of them had a fly-whisk in the crooks of their arms.

All of them sported a measured gait with their feet splayed outwards.

Turning the corner of the street in the middle of the night, this group brought with them an aura of unexplainable horror.

The one in the middle seemed to be the leader of this group, his build slightly larger than the others – middle-aged, beardless, pale, muscular, and his eyes seemed much colder as well.

However, Yun Yang’s gaze was on the person on the furthest right.

Eunuch Wu.

It was the same Eunuch Wu who was almost dead from his single slap and had half his teeth coming off; the familiar back that had attempted to assassinate him in front of the Residence of Yun’s doors!

The person Yun Yang had no chance of meeting again after he came out that one time and had been staying in the palace ever since.

This would be the first time he encountered this person ever since the attempt the other day.

Yun Yang took cover behind Dong Tianleng as he observed the eunuch carefully.

What greeted his eyes were still the weak steps, listless eyes, and hunched body, not a trace of someone with cultivation. Anyone who saw him would have concluded that this was an empty shell of a eunuch, a castrated man who had only a few more years to live.

However, Yun Yang noticed something that others would usually not care about. He had beaten quite a number of teeth off this man so his cheeks should have been sunken but it looked full now as if he had never been injured!

This was interesting indeed.

As if sensing Yun Yang’s gaze, Eunuch Wu lifted his head and looked at Yun Yang who was staring right at him, the eunuch’s gaze clouded with seething hate.

”Young Master Qiu.” The eunuch in the middle called out; he was none other than Keeper Mi, Mi Kongqun.

Mi Kongqun squinted his eyes, focusing his sight at Qiu Yunsan who was among the crowd and said indifferently, ”We’re friends after all. Aren’t you a little over the boundary to do this?”

Qiu Yunsan replied furiously, ”F*cking b*llshit! Are you not over the boundary when you set me up? Mi Kongqun, quit fooling me. Let me ask you, how do you plan to give me an explanation?”

Mi Kongqun’s eyes were still squinted as he said chillingly, ”I just want to know… what kind of explanation do, Young Master Qiu, want?”

Qiu Yunsan scoffed and said, ”Mi Kongqun, you set me up and sent the Qiu Family’s reputation down the drain. You have even made me enter the trap myself, almost ruining my reputation! Thanks to your scheme, do I have any other way to go other than asking for your life?”

Mi Kongqun laughed eerily. ”The explanation that Young Master Qiu wants might be a little difficult for me to obtain!”

He chuckled. ”Young Master Qiu, you dare to openly kidnap innocent citizens in the capital of Yutang, the city under His Majesty’s watch. I wonder what explanation Young Master Qiu plans to give the Empire of Yutang for such recklessness that doesn't regard the nation’s law!”

Qiu Yunsan was startled and replied angrily, ”Mi Kongqun, are you arguing over explanations with me?”