776 Yutang’s New Policy (1/2)
Then, a splash of blood spluttered in the air.
It was during this moment that Ximen Huanyu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. All his energy seeped away from him, his consciousness telling him that he had no more control over his withering body. He slid thirty feet across the air from the momentum before falling down with a swoosh.
As he fell, Ximen Huanyu twitched as he made an effort to lift his head up and look towards the back, muttering, ”Who killed me? Who?”
Reflected in his eyes was a purple-robed youth illuminated by the setting sun, making him glow with dazzling radiance. Ximen Huanyu tried to look with a squint, but the rays of the sun were blinding. He, whose life was burning away like the last flicker of a candle, could only feel himself growing lighter as if melting from the sunlight.
As for the purple silhouette of the youth, he seemed to be carrying the sun on his back as he looked even larger in the shadows, brilliant and ablaze with fire.
”It's me.” The youth's voice was cold. ”I was the one who killed you.”
Ximen Huanyu's consciousness was withering as he chuckled dryly, ”Great – great sword technique.”
His head lolled to one side, all signs of life thus leaving him.
At this point in time, all six people from the School of Kismet State had gone to the Nine Springs together!
”Clap – clap – clap!” Crisp clapping resounded as the emperor walked out of the hall clad in royal yellow. He clapped unhurriedly. ”Marvelous!”
Everything seemed to be too abrupt and the process was too short. The civil and martial ministers had only come back to life then as the atmosphere livened up.
”So this is the case.”
”That's why I say…”
”Exactly. With Supreme Cloud here, how can these clowns get their way?”
”What a relief!”
”Gratifying! Gratifying indeed…”
”Glory to Supreme Cloud!”
…
By the side, Ling Xiaozui and Dugu Chou exchanged glances. Both of them felt absolutely indignant.
'Excuse me, both of us did a lot in this battle as well!'
'Why do you only see Supreme Cloud?'
'Could this battle have ended so beautifully by Yun Yang's efforts alone, without our assistance?'
'Are we, the Unrivaled Experts, transparent in your eyes?'
…
The six leading figures of the School of Kismet State were all wiped out in the battle.
It was as if Qiu Jianhan, Fang Qingtian, and the other elders had gone through terminal lucidity; they beamed so brightly that their cheeks were about to fall off.
Actually, it was not only them; all the imperial officials were grinning as happily, the doom and gloom long gone.
They had never felt so gratified and pleased.
After the emperor expressed his thanks personally, he pulled Yun Yang aside and told him softly, ”This – If the roots are not removed, the weeds will grow again with a blow of the breeze.”