Chapter 748: Shocking Change Part 2 (2/2)
Qianye said with a frown, “Did you confirm this with someone from the Xue family?”
Ding Shiheng said carefully, “Sire, the highest contact someone of my status can have is no more than the lowest-tier members of the Xue family. They know nothing about this matter. This means that either the Xue family has nothing to do with this, or it is a secret even within the family. If it is the latter, then this lowly one is powerless to do anything.”
Qianye nodded. “Very well, I understand. Tell me the location of the Xue family, and if possible, get me a map of the Xue family residence.”
Ding Shiheng stood up and said, “This lowly one will go immediately.”
By evening, Ding Shiheng had already delivered the residence’s map. One had to admit that this local tyrant was fairly adept at handling matters.
With the location and map in hand, the preparations were already sufficient. Qianye and Nighteye left the hotel in the dead of the night and vanished into the darkness.
The Xue family residence was naturally in the noble district, but it wasn’t very large, only three compounds in total from front to back. This so-called not large was only relative to other cities. It was still a bonafide mansion in Port City. In the noble district, every building was connected to a shock-protection array. Even if it was just for face, they couldn’t let their mansions suffer damage. Hence, large mansions would involve terrifying consumption rates.
Qianye had already learned beforehand that the ones living in this mansion belonged to a branch of the Xue family, with the main family dispatching people to assist them. The Xues owned a fair number of estates and industries in and around Port City, all of which were managed from this place.
Qianye stood not far away, sizing up this residence.
The mansion was tall, wide, and built in a fairly imperial fashion. It was just that the entire structure was a tenth in scale compared to true aristocratic families, nowhere near the Zhao clan’s half city-sized residences.
“Let’s go in and see.” Qianye beckoned to Nighteye as he leapt into the compound.
Qianye had learned from Ding Shiheng that the most powerful person in this Xue mansion was the branch family head Xue Haiyang. As a rank-thirteen champion, he was more than enough to protect the interests of the Xue family in Port City.
It was already late at night and many areas of the residence had gone dark. There were some guards patrolling the area in addition to two hidden sentries. This kind of defensive structure was loose but allowed for no gaps, denying evil mercenaries and adventurers any opportunity they could take advantage of. None of this could deter Qianye, however. He leapt soundlessly over a group of guards and entered the residence.
Nighteye landed beside him and, after scanning the courtyard, pointed toward the main building.
Qianye nodded. He arrived before the door, and following a flash of red light, the vampiric blade in his hand had sliced through the lock. Only the faintest of sounds was produced in this process, but it was enough to rouse the person inside from his sleep. “Who goes there!?”
Qianye pushed the door open while Nighteye flashed into the room like a bolt of lightning and held her vampiric blade against the man’s neck.
The person on the bed was a man in his forties. He had just propped himself up halfway when his entire body froze. The vampiric blade was so sharp that it had left faint red lines on his neck even before actually coming into contact.
There was a rather beautiful lady beside him who hadn’t woken up just yet. She merely turned around, revealing a fair, well-rounded body that was entirely unclothed.
The man remained calm and said in a deep voice, “I’m Xue Haiyang, the lord of this Xue family branch as well as an officer of the main family. May I ask what business the two of you have with me?”
Qianye locked the door behind him. “Mr. Xue, what composure, what courage! Since that’s the case, then I’ll not beat around the bush. I have a friend called Cui Yuanhai. He’s in your hands, right?”
At the mention of this name, Xue Haiyang’s expression shifted drastically. His composure was quickly replaced by shock as he exclaimed, “You’re the ones wanted by the Wolf King!”
“The Wolf King is rather generous. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t even know that my head was worth so much.” Qianye laughed.
Xue Haiyang’s heart sank. He glanced at the vampiric blade at his neck and said with a wry smile, “It turns out you two are vampires.”
Qianye said calmly, “She is, I am not, but that’s not important. Mr. Xue, are you trying to stall for time? You should know that it’s meaningless.”
Xue Haiyang laughed ruefully. “I know, you even dare to kill the Wolf King’s son. There’s no way you’ll put a small character like me in your eyes. Cui Yuanhai did pay me a visit, but this matter was too important, so I had to report it to the main family. The main family’s response was to seize the man and watch him strictly.”
“Where is he now?”
Xue Haiyang whispered helplessly, “Probably kidnapped.”
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