Chapter Nineteenth: Blood Night

  The dark night shrouded the ancient capital with a history of over 500 years, covering up everything that was happening within it.

  It was already the wee hours, outside the Wuwei Marquis Manor, the master of the manor, Wuwei Marquis Gu Yifeng, was smiling and bidding farewell to an official who held a high position in the imperial court. After some pleasantries, he saw him off onto his carriage and watched as they left the manor.

  It has been 29 days since he started this trend, and the number of court officials with higher power and status than him who have been sent away is already in its seventh day.

  Since Gu Qing's display of "Nine Layers of Qi" at the emperor's banquet eight days ago, in order to recruit this young powerhouse who is not inferior to Sword Saint Nian Wusheng, the emperor personally issued a decree the next day, bestowing upon him Wu Wei Hou Tian Yu, land, servants, guards, gold and silver jewelry, and countless silk fabrics. He even went so far as to allocate an entire province as his fiefdom, with all the trappings of imperial favor!

  The entire court of civil and military officials, upon hearing the wind direction, immediately paid a visit to this long-out-of-power Marquis, attempting to establish a connection with him as he rises to prominence! For several days in a row, the ministers visiting the Wuwei Marquis almost trampled the threshold of his mansion!

  "We, the Wuwei Marquis's household, never thought we'd have a day where we could lift our eyebrows and let out a sigh of relief."

  After seeing off the official, Gu felt a mix of emotions in his heart.

  However, when he entered the courtyard, after glancing at a remote corner of the north wing with his eyes, a hint of headache reappeared between his eyebrows!

  He was clear in his heart that the current situation of Wu Wei Hou was all due to Gu Qing's influence. If it weren't for Gu Qing's young age, they would have already possessed the strength of nine airways and met the conditions for impacting the Dan Dao boundary. Although the Emperor would also show them a certain degree of importance, it would not be to this extent. Everything in front of him could be said to be brought by Gu Qing with his invisible influence.

  After some thought about the somewhat awkward relationship between them at this moment, Gu Yifeng couldn't help but shake his head.

  Considering how things have been between us and Gu Qing lately... it's hard to ease up on our relationship...

  He let out a soft sigh and Gu Yi Feng turned around, heading back to his own courtyard to rest.

  Just then, a blood-red shadow suddenly descended from the sky, and the cold light of the sharp blade flashed across the throat of this Hou Ye with seven layers of Qi before he could react. The scarlet blood seemed to gush out like a fountain from the wound on his throat.

  "Blood Eagle..."

  Gu Yi Feng stared wide-eyed at the eleven blood-red figures that had jumped over the wall from outside the courtyard, his hands tightly covering the wound on his throat.

  "The young mistress of the county told me to tell you that in your next life, don't provoke enemies that you can't afford to offend."

  Eleven blood-colored figures slaughtered all the nearby guards at an extremely terrifying speed, and without stopping for a moment beside the deceased marquis, they swept towards the northern courtyard where Gu Qing lived under the cover of night.

  Blood Eagle Guard!

  The most elite corps of dead soldiers under Zhenxi Wang!

  The Marquis of Qingping, with an urgent order of 3,000 miles, took less than seven days to transfer this terrifying team that made any family in the entire Daqi Dynasty change color from the Zhenxi Wangfu to the imperial capital.

  With this elite and terrifying team as her backing, the young master of Qingping County didn't even wait for Zhang Zide's three Qi Dao Jiu Chong high-ranking experts from Xuan Yang Tian Zong. That night, she dispatched this fearsome team to take action against the Wu Wei Hou Fu, whom she had long been jealous of!

  "The princess's goal is to capture Gu Qing of Beiyuan and Xu Bingying of Luoxueyuan alive, no one else will be spared!"

  The first one spoke in a calm tone, with no human emotions detectable in his voice.

  "This is the capital of Daqi Kingdom, be more careful! Although Your Highness is not afraid of the imperial family of Daqi, you also don't want to get into this kind of trouble."

  "Yes!"

  The remaining ten people responded in unison, and then rushed to other parts of the mansion like a swarm of locusts.

  Although their numbers were small, as the elite of the Blood Eagle Guard, dealing with the mere guards of the Wuwei Marquis's manor was naturally a trivial matter!

  Eleven people went all the way, and everything they encountered was still reacting before the guards could even react. They were easily shot and killed by the flying knives thrown out by these people. The gap in strength between the two sides is not at all on the same level! All the way to the North Courtyard, no guard had time to make a miserable cry.

  He glanced at the pavilion north of Beiyuan, and the leader waved his hand again. Four people immediately left the team and rushed to Luoxueyuan where Xu Bingqing lived next door. The remaining six people occupied the passage in the courtyard that could escape, two people ambushed in a hidden place, only the leader, with two people, quietly approached this pavilion.

  However, before they could get close to the pavilion, the window on the pavilion suddenly opened, and Gu Qing, their second target, appeared on the balcony in an instant. His gaze directly passed over the seven Blood Eagle Guards in the courtyard below and went straight towards the courtyard where Xu Bingbing and Xu Xiaolin were resting.

  Having seen the target already aware of their arrival, the first person did not hesitate and immediately launched an attacking gesture!

  As he gave the order to attack, his stealthy footsteps suddenly accelerated, and with a burst of energy, he leapt onto a fake rock in the courtyard, using it as a springboard to propel himself upwards. In an instant, he was airborne, hurtling towards the second floor where Qing was standing. Before he even landed, the strange short sword-like weapon in his hand had already slashed downwards!

  However, for this master with a cultivation base of nine layers, Gu Qing seemed to be unaware.

  With his sharp eyes like an eagle, he instantly locked onto the four Blood Eagle Guards who were swiftly heading towards Luosuo Garden in the vast night.

  "Boom!"

  With a burst of energy, Gu Qing suddenly leaped out from the second floor of the pavilion, using one foot to borrow momentum from the railing of the balcony. His entire body was like a shooting star, dashing rapidly in the direction where Luo Xue was located.

  "I want to leave!"

  The first of the nine high-ranking airway masters hummed a low tone, and three flying knives appeared on his hands at the same time, like flowing light, shooting towards Gu Qing's limbs.

  The county master's order to them was to capture Gu Qing and Xu Bingying alive, and under no circumstances would they dare to disobey the order and kill them.

  "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

  Gǔ Qīng's figure slightly shifted in the void, and what was originally a flawless triple flying knife suddenly fell empty, disappearing into the vast night!

  "Stop him!"

  At the forefront of this nine-layered airway, the two Blood Eagle Guards responsible for intercepting Gu Qing simultaneously rushed from both sides. With a burst of speed, they leapt into the air, borrowing force from a small tree on the wall edge before flying towards Gu Qing with their swords flashing, aiming to slash at his four limbs.

  Blood Eagle Guard!

  Each of them is a master of the seventh rank or higher in the airway, and each one is extremely skilled in the art of killing. Ten people join forces, plus there is a ninth-rank master sitting in town, even if it's a super master like Jian Sheng Nian Wu Sheng, it's not easy to kill under their siege.

  In Ye Xueqing's view, Gu Qing was indeed strong, but compared to Jian Sheng Nian Wusheng, the number one under the Dan Dao, he should still be slightly inferior. A team of Blood Eagle Guards would be enough to assassinate him.

  But apparently, her understanding was too superficial.

  Two Blood Eagle Guards, one on the left and one on the right, swooped in with a speed that was almost instantaneous. In the blink of an eye, they had already arrived at Gu Qing's side. However, just as their blades were about to slash into Gu Qing's body, his figure suddenly shifted slightly, easily dodging the two guards' killing blows. By the time he had evaded them, he had already counterattacked in an instant.

  Those ordinary-looking hands that didn't even seem to have any aura fluctuations suddenly burst out with incredibly powerful killing intent, and before the two of them could react, his right fist had already landed on the chest of the person on the right!

  "Crack!"

  The sound of the sternum shattering echoed through the dark night.

  The force of the impact on the Blood Eagle Guard's chest, in an instant, penetrated through his body, after breaking several ribs, directly shattered his heart.

  Accurately and flawlessly, he killed the person on his right with one strike. At the same time, his left hand chopped down with a knife, already striking the throat of another Blood Eagle Guard. The penetrating force directly shattered the Blood Eagle Guard's throat and neck bones, cutting off all life signs of this Eightfold Path master in an instant!

  "Bang!"

  Two bodies over 130 pounds each suddenly fell from the sky and smashed onto the ground.

  Killed two interceptors, the target of their interception - Gu Qing, however, did not stop at all. After falling to the top of a wall, he borrowed strength again and rushed towards Luoxueyuan.

  "Master!"

  The Blood Eagle leader's expression changed in an instant, and he swiftly signed: "Mission change, no survivors!"

  At the moment his gesture ended, four deadly cold knives shot out of the darkness again, instantly breaking through the air. The four flying knives aimed at the position, were exactly the four vital points of Gu Qing's lower abdomen, heart, throat and forehead!

  With the four flying knives imbued with vigor, once hit, even if Gu Qing wore the most solid heavy iron armor, it was possible to be pierced instantly and die on the spot.

  However, just as the four flying knives were about to hit Gu Qing, his two hands suddenly came to life and with a speed that even the Blood Eagle leader couldn't catch, he incredibly grabbed all four flying knives in mid-air, right at the moment they were about to strike him!

  "Hiss! Hiss!"

  The look of shock on the Blood Eagle leader's face had not yet appeared, when two of the four flying knives shot out with an even faster, more cunning and eerie speed, directly piercing the hearts of two Blood Eagles hiding in the dark.

  After shooting out the two flying knives, his hands did not stop at all, and the remaining two flying knives were like bullets shot from a gun, directly chasing after the four Blood Eagle Guards who were going to Luoxueyuan. The cold knife light brought with it crimson blood, piercing through the brow of two people.

  "Hah!"

  Blood splattered!

  Four of the runners immediately fell by half.

  "Fall back! Fall back!"

  The leader of the Blood Eagles had a cold glint in his eyes, and he let out a low growl as he led the two people beside him to rush out of the Hou Mansion at top speed.

  They are the dead warriors of the Western Palace, their purpose is to complete any task assigned by their master, kill any target assigned by their master. However, if the opponent is too strong and cannot be defeated with their current abilities, they will not foolishly sacrifice themselves at all costs.

  Obviously.

  The ancient Qing in front of him has already been listed by the Blood Eagle leader as one of the opponents who are fundamentally impossible to defeat, such an opponent, unless the entire Blood Eagle Guard is deployed, otherwise...