Chapter 289: Baili Family’s Elders (1/2)

The big entourage made their way through the entire academy and subsequently through the city, the experts from the Baili family remaining on high alert as they feared that Xue Wei would attempt an escape.

But everything went quite perfectly. Xue Wei restrained his killing intent and quelled his urge to do battle, and soon, they had arrived in front of the Baili family’s mansion.

Guards were standing outside, and when they saw the leader return, they all craned their necks to try to see if Xue Wei was amongst them. Seeing the youngster, one of the guards seemed elated while another seemed disappointed, and moments after a few pills were handed from the disappointed guard to the other. Clearly, they’d had bet on whether or not it would be a successful capture.

This sight was not only displayed at the front gate of the Baili family; everywhere they stepped, people would also be stretching their necks to see if Xue Wei was there before they started sulking at one another, and handed over the bets they had lost.

When they entered the gate, Xue Wei found that the family compound was not just one building but consisted of quite a few buildings deceptively hidden, as the main one was the only one that could be seen from the outside.

It was precisely this building they were moving towards, the main mansion of the Baili family. The place where all the important things would be discussed, and where the family leader lived with his wife and children.

There were another set of guards at the entrance to this building, but upon seeing who was coming by, instead of stopping them, they immediately opened the doors so that the leader of the group could lead Xue Wei inside.

Xue Wei looked curiously at the surroundings. It would be beneficial for him to know the layout of the place, as he would have to escape at some point when his friends came for him.

As they entered the building, Xue Wei felt the breath of twenty-seven strong experts. These experts were clearly much stronger than Xue Wei; their breath enough to put a lot of unseen pressure on him, as they tried their best to bring him to his knees with their aura alone.

As soon as some of the unseen pressure was released on Xue Wei, the two dragon spirits within his body took the chance to send wave after wave of energy through his body. The Azure Dragon spirit sent azure dragon strands of Qi around his meridians to make it possible for his body to better withstand the pressure that would otherwise make his body tremble.

The golden dragon spirit within his mind also started sending out rays of light that lessened the pressure on his soul.

Although it still wasn’t wholly negated, it was no longer almost impossible to breathe, and his legs did not tremble as he took a step forward.

All this pressure was focused on Xue Wei, but the others—the Baili team that had been tasked with fetching him—were all so close to Xue Wei that they too felt the pressure bearing down upon them.

Their legs were trembling, their bodies oozed with sweat, and all of them were looking at Xue Wei with dumbstruck expressions. One has to remember that these experts were all Sky Knights, and while they were trembling and suffering, Xue Wei was merely an Earth Knight, yet he was looking much more casual, with barely a hint that this pressure even affected him.

The reason was quite simple; it was because of his two dragon spirits working in tandem to protect Xue Wei from the pressure, the spirits were unique to the Azure Dragons.

The defense of an Azure Dragon was not something a mere human could compare to, neither was it something that these halfbreeds—as he now knew they were called—of Yan Dalu could intimidate.

Although they were much stronger than Xue Wei, the truth was that pressure alone was something invisible and theirs was incapable of producing much trouble for Xue Wei.

Sensing that the weakest amongst them had the least problems with the pressure, the rest of the group’s eyes started gleaming in thought and greed. Did he have some particular technique or treasure that allowed for him to dismiss the pressure of a stronger cultivator?

If he did, this was something they needed to gain for themselves. It was something that would be able to put them even further apart from the masses.

The Baili family had wild ambitions. Right now, they understood that they had no chance of controlling the continent because of the King—a five-eyed expert, and the entire court of officials who wished to keep the structure of the continent as it had always been.

However, they were not giving up. Throughout the last few decades, they had bribed, threatened and murdered their way into a favorable position within the court. Although the noble families were meant to be the protectors of the citizens, the Baili family had a lot of shady business going on.

While the Gu and Yuan families were eying their possibilities to attack the Baili family, the Baili family was trying even harder to overthrow the throne and take over the throne in Yan Dalu.

This was also why they put so much importance on capturing Xue Wei. They understood that if they could get ahold of all the secrets he held, then they would be able to increase their strength tremendously, and if they could do so, they would be poised to claim the power they desired.

But only a limited few knew about these facts; it was something that not many were allowed to be told. The leader of the Baili team that had been sent to apprehend Xue Wei was one of the few people who knew about it.

He had been trained from a young age to be one of their assassins. He would never question his orders, and he would work hard to make sure that these orders were performed well.

When they arrived in the main hall, they saw the many experts seated in balconies high above the ground, looking down upon them with cold and calculating eyes.