The Archangel of Death - Chapter 329
329: Assassinations 329: Assassinations Chapter 329 “Good day to you, young master Shiu,” A woman greeted Yang Shiu, the son of the current head of the Murim alliance, the righteous faction, that represented the peace and stability of Murim itself.
The Yang clan was powerful in Murim and their influence allowed them to rule over the other prominent Murim families for years.
Of course, that long reign of rule was coming to an end, just as everything did, thanks to the very heir of the Yang family, Yang Shiu.
Yang Shiu was born with a talentless physique so his Qi journey was cut short.
The only other chance was business administration but he blew that up by succumbing to his vile habits.
Women.
What goes around, comes around.
The perfect phrase ever said for none other than Yang Shiu.
He destroyed the lives of so many women so it made sense when his life was destroyed at the hands of a woman too.
Or by the feet of a woman, to be more precise.
Ever since then, his masculine duties were cut short and many of the women in the world thanked the woman who did it.
Still, Yang Shiu did not give up on his ways and kept harassing women left and right.
However, now that he was an eunuch, at least women were safe from him in that sense.
Yang Shiu was very lecherous and if a woman ever happened to come across him, especially a beautiful one, he would drop everything he was doing and divert all of his attention to her.
That shouldn’t have changed today as well but for some reason, it did.
The woman who greeted him was none other than the platinum-haired woman.
The woman he kept ogling in the carriage ride over and she kept ignoring it because it was beneath her to even engage with him.
Yet, she had to keep up the pretense with him because she needed him.
Something only the fat Yang Shiu could provide.
And now, when there was no one around, she wanted to execute her plan but for some reason, the fatso didn’t even look at her, let alone talk to her.
He absentmindedly made his way to his room and closed it.
The platinum-haired woman remained in her spot, her eyes glowing and as soon as they did, she hurried to the room while yelling, “Guards!
Guards!” The entire building came running to attention.
Especially those who could run faster than her sound traveled.
However, by the time they arrived, it was too late.
The window of the room was opened and the fatso was lying on the floor, his head splattered into millions of pieces.
The Shaolin monk ran over to the window while the Yin Empress knelt down to check the condition.
“Assassin!
Assassin!” It wasn’t the Murim side those shouts were coming from.
The sounds of the shouting were coming from the demonic sect’s side.
The third disciple of the heavenly demon was assassinated.
~~ The court was silent and marred in a heavy silence.
The heavenly demon sat on her throne with a calm expression but anyone could sense the massive waves of anger from her.
Her presence alone evoked fear in everyone, so combined with the dangerous air around her, no one was even squeak, let alone speak.
“Did you find out who did this?” Tae Yong asked, in the presence of everyone, even the guests.
An elder stepped forward and replied, “My apologies, my liege.
But me and my guards couldn’t pick up the presence of anyone.” “So you mean to say it happened on its own?” The heavenly demon asked.
“What I mean to say is… that I was incompetent.” The elder in charge of the security around the heavenly palace bowed down and said with regret.
“Is that all you have to say?” The heavenly demon asked.
The old man remained quiet.
The heavenly demon remained silent for a while before she turned to the Murim alliance and asked, “And on your side?” The Murim alliance couldn’t criticize the demonic sect because when they were offered security, they denied and they even made it so that none of the heavenly demon personnel were around.
Due to that, they couldn’t blame the heavenly demon sect for this mishap because their security was their own issue.
“We did not see anyone, your Lordship,” the platinum-haired woman replied before anyone else could and added, “It is the same as the elder said.
We failed to notice anyone’s presence as well.” If the main warriors of Murim failed to sense anyone’s presence, then it wasn’t entirely the elder’s fault that he couldn’t find anything as well.
Still, a mistake like this could not be tolerated.
Not in the demonic sect.
“Elder Wang is to relive his position and step down.
I hereby order him to retire to Hanzhou.” The retirement village of the demonic sect, Hanzhou.
Was it a punishment in any way?
No.
Was it a punishment to the old man?
Yes.
The people of the demonic sect lived for only one purpose and that was the prosperity of the demonic sect.
If they didn’t live doing that, then they didn’t live at all.
To the elder who was being forced to retire, it was nothing other than the world’s end.
No one wept a tear at the old man’s sorrow.
It wasn’t because they didn’t feel pity for the old man.
It was simply because they couldn’t.
They forsake such emotions in their pursuit of power.
If they allowed themselves to feel such emotions, they wouldn’t be able to move forward in the world of martial arts.
Following that, the old man quietly left the court without shedding a tear himself.
No goodbye was said and no retirement party was held.
He was simply gone and replaced.
“Now that the demonic sect has dealt their side, I would like it if you could explain what happened here.” The Shaolin monk said.
Just because they were in charge of their own security didn’t mean the heavenly demon sect was devoid of any responsibility.
However, there was one problem with that demand.
“I don’t care.
What happened in the sect is our business.
What happened in yours is yours.” Tae Yong shot the complaint down and instead said, “And what about you?
You come to my sect and this happens.
How am I supposed to take that?” “We lost someone on our side as well,” The monk threateningly spoke.
“How do I know the murder of a waste is not just a cover-up?” Tae Yong wasn’t letting it go either.
She was coming at them hard and they had no defense prepared.
Yang Shiu was a waste and his death was a perfect cover-up for the murder of the third disciple of the heavenly demon sect.
After all, in no way were they equal at all.
So the Murim alliance could be accused this way.
“How dare you!” The monk yelled, his divine gold-colored Qi spreading throughout the hall but that was a mistake.
A terrible, terrible mistake.
A storm of demonic Qi swept the entire palace and not just the palace, but the outside of it too.
The imperial guards had to expend their Qi to their highest to protect the imperial family while the Murim alliance’s Qi was swept away like fire ember under strong wind.
The act of wielding Qi in the heavenly palace was akin to displaying your intention to attack.
In no world was that allowed.
No one who ever attempted that would survive.
However… “Enough!” Tae Yong yelled, sweeping away the Qi in the heavenly palace.
As soon as she did, everything returned to how it was.
However, nothing was the same as before.
Everyone in the court came to a terrible realization as their faces were pale as if all blood was sucked out of their body.
One simple realization… The demonic sect was the sole power in the entire Murim that was not interested in the matters of Murim.
But if they were, then none of them would stand a chance against them.
“Monk Myujin,” Tae Yong calmly said and the Abbot turned to look at her, his face pale as if he had seen a ghost, “There won’t be a second chance.” No second chance was almost as same saying that she was showing him mercy.
Showing mercy was worse than threatening because it displayed that the demonic sect was stronger than the Murim alliance.
“I don’t care what happened today.
All I care about is that one of my disciples was assassinated and I want to know why that happened.
An investigation will be launched.
No one, and I mean no one, is allowed to leave until this matter is handled.” Tae Yong said, stressing on the ‘No one’ part.
With just those words, she was simply saying, ‘Neither the Murim alliance nor the imperial family had any right to make a decision anymore.’ They were all to listen to what she had to say now.
With that decided, everyone was asked to return and wait for further orders but before the meeting could be adjourned, a hand was raised.
“The sect master has relayed her orders,” An elder of the demonic sect said, his tone stern.
The one who raised the hand, the platinum-haired woman, simply smiled and said, “I just wish to raise a point.” She then turned to Adrian, the one who stood quietly the entire time, and said, “I think the foreigners had something to do with it.
They come here and our people start to die.
I don’t think that’s a coincidence.” “I request that the heavenly demon begins the investigation with that.” CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Bad_Wolf_7811 Creation is hard, cheer me up!
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