As night fell, the martial artists remaining in the Black Dragon Ancient Land had dwindled to just five individuals and one beast from the Tiannan Huaa Clan.
Originally, Housekeeper Huaa was fully confident in Young Master Huaa Wushuang.
Young Master Huaa Wushuang was surely delayed somewhere in a secret realm within the Black Dragon Secret Palace and had not emerged yet.
However, it had already been two hours since the last martial artist was sent out by the Black Dragon Secret Palace. Two hours had passed, and no one else had appeared, making even the confident Housekeeper Huaa somewhat worried.
"Housekeeper Huaa, why hasn’t the young master come out yet? Do you think the young master could have?"
Before the sentence was finished, Housekeeper Huaa’s fierce glare fixed upon the Soul Sea Realm martial artist who had just spoken.
"Huaa Qi slap yourself ten times!"
Astonishingly, the Soul Sea Realm martial artist named Huaa Qi, upon hearing Housekeeper Huaa’s order, immediately started slapping himself vigorously.
The slaps were so loud and forceful that it seemed as if he wasn’t just slapping his own face. After ten slaps, the Soul Sea Realm martial artist named Huaa Qi already had blood streaming from the corners of his mouth, and his cheeks were swollen badly.
A Soul Sea Realm powerhouse treated like a slave, the severe family rules of the Tiannan Huaa Clan, and their powerful influence, were evident.
"Hmph, when the young master entered the Black Dragon Secret Palace, he was in his prime! Who could rival the young master in his prime?"
Housekeeper Huaa scolded, but images of two individuals uncontrollably rose in his mind.
In truth, even Housekeeper Huaa himself had some doubts about his own words.
If they encountered those two individuals, and if his own young master fought to the death, it was possible his young master might perish.
Of course, these thoughts were merely Housekeeper Huaa’s own private concerns.
But, the affairs of the world are often so wondrous.
Sometimes, whatever you think about, that’s what comes to you.
Just as the images of the two powerful individuals who could potentially kill his own young master Huaa Wushuang flashed through Housekeeper Huaa’s mind, his pupils abruptly contracted as Ye Zhen and Caiyi descended slowly from the sky.
"What do you want to do?"
Housekeeper Huaa stepped back slightly, looking somewhat nervous, while the four Soul Sea Realm guards behind him seemed about to act, but he stopped them.
Although the appearance of Ye Zhen and Caiyi was somewhat abrupt, Housekeeper Huaa believed that even the two of them couldn’t truly harm them.
Unexpectedly, Caiyi walked towards the Heavenly Level Demon Beast, the Flowing Light Butterfly King, resting to one side.
"Miss Caiyi, be careful. The Flowing Light Butterfly King is a Heavenly Level Demon Beast. If you approach it carelessly and get hurt, don’t blame me for not warning you," Housekeeper Huaa coldly snorted.
Caiyi did not respond at all but walked straight towards the Flowing Light Butterfly King, her expression slightly peculiar, with a trace of reluctance hidden in her beautiful eyes.
"Housekeeper Huaa, actually, I came here because there’s something I need to tell you!" Ye Zhen suddenly spoke up.
"What is it?"
"Your young master Huaa Wushuang asked me to bring a message to you!" said Ye Zhen.
"My young master sent a message, what is it?" Housekeeper Huaa’s expression suddenly turned immensely joyous.
But almost simultaneously, Housekeeper Huaa’s expression turned incredibly horrifying. Knowing his own young master Huaa Wushuang’s pride, he realized that under no circumstances would his master ask Ye Zhen, someone who had previously defeated him, to carry a message.
"Be careful...."
Almost in the instant that Housekeeper Huaa shouted, a Green Jade Handprint and a trail of ice-blue Sword Light suddenly descended from the sky.
"The message from your young master is... he will never come back!"
Spiritual Power Wings suddenly emerged from Ye Zhen’s back, and within the strange fluctuations of power, Ye Zhen’s figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
Almost simultaneously, accompanied by the massive Divine Soul Waves rising from Caiyi, a chilling aura abruptly and lightning-quickly lanced forward.
The moment the Soul Thorn struck, Caiyi’s beautiful eyes were full of reluctance, even a faint sadness.
But her actions were resolute.
Given a choice, Caiyi would absolutely not strike at such an extremely beautiful and peaceful creature like the Flowing Light Butterfly King, especially in a lethal manner.
This was for Ye Zhen, not to mention the sect, and that alone was sufficient.
The Flowing Light Butterfly King almost didn’t even emit a cry of anguish before its head tilted, and it crashed to the ground.
Almost simultaneously, the sound of a watermelon bursting suddenly rang out.
Grasped by the Sect Leader Guo Qijing’s Green Hand Seal, Housekeeper Huaa, like a ripe watermelon, was directly crushed.
Liao Feibai’s ice-blue Sword Light flashed by, skewering two guards like blood gourds. Without any chance to guard, the two Huaa Clan’s Soul Sea Realm guards were instantly killed by Liao Feibai.
The remaining two Huaa Clan’s Soul Sea Realm guards, seeing this, were greatly shocked and instinctively flew upwards, attempting to flee.
With a flash of light, Ye Zhen had already flown above their heads, two streaks of Sword Light slashing down like lightning.
This Wind Cloud Sword Qi posed little threat to the two Soul Sea Realm guards of the Huaa Clan and merely caused their movements to delay by a moment.
But that single moment was enough to decide their life and death.
The Green Jade Handprint and Liao Feibai’s Sword Light flared up once again, killing the last two Soul Sea Realm guards of the Huaa Clan.
Perfect!
This was a slaughter that could be described as perfect.
All of the killings had been completed almost within a single breath. Even the Huaa Clan’s butler, the master in charge, hadn’t had the chance to send a Talisman Communication before he was crushed to death by Guo Qijing’s Green Jade Handprint.
Seeing the Huaa Clan guards slaughtered in an instant, Ye Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The second step of his framing plan was successfully completed, perfectly executed.
This perfectly executed step would at least buy Ye Zhen three to six months.
According to the traditions of the Tiannan Huaa Family, the time for the once-in-a-century training and selection of the Hundred Flowers Consort by direct lineage descendants was about a year.
During this year, they rarely contacted the family unless there was a major crisis.
Huaa Wushuang had left the Tiannan Huaa Family for a training journey, and it had just been over half a year. Normally, she wouldn’t return to the Tiannan Huaa Family for another half a year.
If the Tiannan Huaa Family only learned of Huaa Wushuang’s death half a year later, and all her companions had been killed, they would be in a panic.
Going out to search would be like groping in the dark.
By that time, with Huaa Wushuang dead and all her companions gone, the Huaa Family might employ some secret techniques unknown to the world.
For instance, although Huaa Wushuang’s storage ring bore no obvious marks, a very faint, very subtle Divine Soul Wave continuously emanated from it if one sensitively and intensely sensed it over a long period.
If Ye Zhen hadn’t sensed it deliberately, even he might not have noticed the anomaly in the storage ring. Ye Zhen guessed that this was one of the Tiannan Huaa Family’s secret strategies.
If Ye Zhen’s guess was correct, then in more than half a year, there would be quite a spectacle to behold.
"Thanks to the Sect Leader, Instructor Liao, for stepping in. Otherwise, things really might have gone wrong,"
"Ye Zhen, I am not doing this for you. I am considering the future of the Qiyun Sect! Besides, if you’re going to thank someone, thank Caiyi. If it weren’t for Caiyi, even with me present, this matter couldn’t have been handled so flawlessly!"
Ye Zhen understood what Guo Qijing meant.
Guo Qijing was referring to the Flowing Light Butterfly King, a Heavenly Level Lower Grade Demon Beast of the Huaa Family.
A Heavenly Level Demon Beast was equivalent to a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse. It could not be subdued by someone below the Vein Forging Realm. Even for a Vein Forging Realm expert, trying to slay a speed-focused Heavenly Level Demon Beast was extremely difficult.
If not killed in one strike and the Demon Beast fled in fear, its speed would allow it to escape. Even Guo Qijing couldn’t catch up to it.
Hence, the Flowing Light Butterfly King was actually the most challenging part of the assassination.
If the Flowing Light Butterfly King had escaped, the Tiannan Huaa Family would immediately know of Huaa Wushuang’s death and mobilize en masse. They wouldn’t wait for Ye Zhen’s plans to take effect and would attack the Qiyun Sect directly.
However, Caiyi’s terrifying Divine Soul Power perfectly resolved this issue.
Honestly, it was also fortunate to have Caiyi. Otherwise, the second step of Ye Zhen’s framing plan wouldn’t have been feasible.
At that time, counting Caiyi, Ye Zhen’s second step only had less than a 40% chance of success.
Looking at it now, even a 40% success rate might have been an overestimation. With just Ye Zhen and Caiyi, trying to silently kill the five members of the butler’s group from the Huaa Clan, even if Ye Zhen used all his methods, the success rate might only have been about 30%.
Moreover, once they had the time to send out Talisman Communications, that would have really been troublesome.
"Sect Leader, we should leave quickly!"
"Alright!"
With a wave of his sleeve, several bursts of Spiritual Fire flew out, turning the bodies of the five, including the Flowing Light Butterfly King, into ash, scattering in the wind.
Under the night sky of the Black Dragon Ancient Land, several figures likewise vanished.
When Ye Zhen and the others’ figures had disappeared, an immensely huge Old Turtle suddenly appeared in the skies above the Black Dragon Ancient Land, its enormous eyes gazing at the night sky, yet revealing the wisdom of a saint.
"The Secret Palace has been reactivated, the inheritance re-emerges, destiny has reappeared, but it remains to be seen whether this choice is ... the correct one?
"Little fellow, I hope you do not let me ... down!"
However, whatever the case, the future days for that three-hundred-year-old Little Loach, due to the emergence of this new little fellow, would not be easy!"
"Little Loach, after all, in this world, what goes around comes around, and karma never misses ..."
As it spoke, Old Turtle’s gaze seemed to travel through time, looking toward the east, instantly piercing through countless spaces.
In a distant location in the east, a middle-aged man with long beard and eyebrows resembling sleeping silkworms, was meditating in a Silent Chamber. The aura around him was rising up as if he was an Immortal.
Suddenly, the middle-aged Martial Artist’s brows trembled violently as if jolted awake from a deep sleep, his head suddenly covered in cold sweat.
Moreover, a sudden surge of black light within the body of the middle-aged Martial Artist wildly darted about, trying to burst forth. It took considerable effort for him to suppress it.
The very next moment, the middle-aged Martial Artist abruptly opened his eyes, his gaze chillingly cold, "The Black Dragon Secret Palace has ... reopened ..."
Almost simultaneously, the distant gaze of Old Turtle in the skies above the Black Dragon Ancient Land abruptly withdrew, like stars falling from the sky. Old Turtle’s eyes shone briefly before gently waving a front claw.
In an instant, a vast amount of golden light burst forth, causing another upheaval within the Black Dragon Ancient Land, shaking violently as it once again sank into the earth, entering its five-year cycle of dormancy.
During the turmoil, the last traces of the recent slaughter completely disappeared ... (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to qidian.com to cast recommendation votes or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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