695 The Dazzling Young Master Yun (1/2)
All the martial world artists present were desperate for an answer as they were truly frightened.
If it had been any other time, they would have been unfazed. It was not an arduous task to fend off the Deicide Bows with their cultivation base.
Now? Now, when everyone was worn out from the battle and was left with a sliver of their cultivation base? Now, when they had to face ten thousand Deicide Bows, all at once? Ten thousand bows!
They wondered what the sight of ten thousand arrows released all at once would look like.
Did you see those assassins that were about to become porcupines? Were their cultivation base any lower than yours?
Fortunately, their doubts were quelled quickly.
A figure appeared from a high altitude in the sky, accompanied by the sound of whistling wind. His clothes fluttered in the air, his commanding aura did not need the company of rage to make it impressive. The person was none other than Yutang's King Xiaoyao.
”General Li? What is going on?” Yun Xiaoyao asked authoritatively, ”I've promised the martial world on behalf of the Yutang administration that we would not partake in this matter. Why are you here now? Why have you killed so many people with the Deicide Bows? General Li, give me an explanation – at once!”
General Li, who led the troops and was mounted on his horse, cupped his fist calmly and replied, ”Don't be angry, King Xiaoyao. This lowly general is only running the orders he has received.”
”Received orders? Whose orders?” Yun Xiaoyao questioned angrily.
General Li remained still with his fist still cupped by his hand, balancing himself on the horse as he answered, ”This general has received the instruction from the crown prince's eastern palace. His Highness does not mean to target the martial men, the initial promise is still in effect. However, these assassins are wicked ones, doing more harm than good – none of them can be forgiven!”
Yun Xiaoyao's expression was dark and grim. ”This is unreasonable. The killers are a part of the martial world. Such intentional bias isn't logical at all!”
”There is a reason for this. Does King Yun remember the previous period when a lot of Yutang officials were ambushed? Including those of royalty. These cases happened after these assassins arrived,” General Li answered.
”These assassins are the murderers.”
”His Highness has investigated the workings of the case and recognized the reasons that it happened. Although the commissioner cannot be identified, for now, it is a wonderful chance to wipe out the world's killers. There'll definitely be lesser trouble in the future!”
”By nipping things in the bud, does it not mean that we get to erase the danger and hidden threat right at the source? This lowly general asks that King Xiaoyao be understanding, and not make things any harder than it has to be.”
Yun Xiaoyao spoke in contemplation, ”No. The martial world affairs end in the martial world. To derive ploys secretly and ambush targets during their vulnerable moments like what you have done, in addition to being unfaithful to your words, it's not what a man does! This cannot be!”
”The royal command is sanctioned, it cannot be denied. If King Yun intends to stop it, King Yun can take up this matter with His Highness. However, this lowly general must carry out the operation!” said General Li.
At this moment, where both parties insisted that their course of action was the right one, growing increasingly unforgiving with their words, a purple robe flashed into existence as Yun Yang arrived, fluttering down from the sky. He called out in a low voice, ”General Li, your purpose of arriving, especially His Highness' intention, we know and we understand. However, the reality now is that the assassins here have either perished or injured. The few more remaining can hardly make anything out of themselves. God is always merciful – let's not force them to a dead end. If you do carry out the operation to its end, showing the world that we do not follow through with our promises, the damage done to His Majesty or my father's reputation will be massive. Who, then, will shoulder this damage? Will you be the one, General Li?”
General Li was caught off-guard, his hesitation painfully evident.
Hen Bieli, Hong Zhan and the others felt immensely grateful to Yun Yang who was hovering in the air. They did not expect that it would be the target they had been commissioned to kill who would step forward and talk on their behalf, saving their lives, when they were caught in an impasse. They wouldn't have known that this would be the final juncture out of which they were unable to extricate themselves!
They felt a rush of complicated feelings, which was hard to describe.
As for the martial world practitioners and cultivators who were lined in an outer circle surrounding the vicinity, not a single one of them failed to give their two thumbs up to the father and son pair.