Chapter 688: Cousin

Kangbadu, the leader of the Blood Hand Gang, never expected to hear such news.

Zui Jiuzhou was dead.

The problem was that Tang Yuan should never have heard this news, yet now, he knew.

His face was grim as he faced Tang Yuan’s questioning.

He said in a low voice, “Prince, please give me another chance.”

“I swear I will kill Feng Qi this time.”

He was already growing furious. All because of this Feng Qi, he had lost two Golden Saber Experts in a row.

This all went to show that Feng Qi had more than a few tricks up his sleeve and was even protected by experts.

A mere City Lord had actually managed to stump his Blood Hand Gang.

He made his oath to Tang Yuan then and there.

Tang Yuan snorted again.

“I hope your Blood Hand Gang can do it.”

“If you can’t even kill a mere Feng Qi, then there’s no need for your Blood Hand Gang to exist.”

With that, an incensed Tang Yuan rose to his feet and left at once with Tang Li.

The Six-Fingered Demon immediately followed behind them.

The group left Ghost Spirit Castle.

Kangbadu remained, his expression dark and turbulent.

He was furious at Tang Yuan’s disrespect. But Tang Yuan was a Prince of the Tang Kingdom. Not only was his background formidable, but he was also accompanied by an expert like the Six-Fingered Demon.

For now, his only choice was to continue sending men to kill Feng Qi.

“Men!”

Kangbadu shouted.

Dozens of Blood Hand Gang experts quickly appeared in the great hall.

“Greetings, Leader.”

Every assassin was, at minimum, an Iron Saber Expert. There were also Silver Saber Experts and Golden Saber Experts among them. One even held the rank of Blood Saber, a level beyond Golden Saber. Kangbadu himself was a Blood Saber Expert with a Martial Emperor Cultivation.

He looked at his Blood Hand Gang’s assassins.

Kangbadu said, “Tian Feng and Zui Jiuzhou were both killed while attempting to assassinate Feng Qi, the City Lord of Xingyuan City.”

“This proves Feng Qi is hiding secrets we know nothing about. I want all of you to get moving now. Investigate everything about him.”

“Don’t miss a single detail.”

The deaths of two Golden Saber Experts presented the Blood Hand Gang with a massive challenge.

It forced Kangbadu to be more cautious.

However, the ultimate goal was still to kill Feng Qi.

“Yes, Leader.”

「Outside Ghost Spirit Castle.」

A few figures slowly appeared.

Upon a closer look, it was none other than Jiang Chen, Xiaotian, Flame Dragon, Black Fire Crow, and Feng Hu.

“Ahead is the Blood Hand Gang’s Ghost Spirit Castle.”

“It’s heavily guarded,” Feng Hu spoke, his voice filled with hatred for the Blood Hand Gang.

Jiang Chen remained silent. Now that they had arrived at Ghost Spirit Castle, he couldn’t afford to be careless if they were to take down the Blood Hand Gang.

Immediately, he had the Black Fire Crow open its Celestial Eye.

Jiang Chen merged his mind with the Black Fire Crow’s. Through its Celestial Eye, his vision became like that of a god, instantly covering the entire Ghost Spirit Castle region.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, Jiang Chen saw a group of people emerging from Ghost Spirit Castle.

‘Members of the Tang Kingdom’s royal family?’

Jiang Chen was a little surprised. He recognized them, of course; most of the group were guards wearing the livery of the Tang Kingdom.

They were protecting a man and a woman. Their identities were not hard to guess.

However, to confirm their identities, Jiang Chen waved Feng Hu over.

“Feng Hu, come take a look. Do you recognize those people?”

Feng Hu was surprised and confused.

But very quickly, the Black Fire Crow shared the Celestial Eye’s vision with him directly.

To his shock, Feng Hu found he could suddenly see things far, far in the distance.

He was like a god, looking down on the living beings below.

This Divine Technique shook Feng Hu to his core.

He knew this was one of Jiang Chen’s Divine Techniques, and his respect for him deepened.

After taking a moment to calm himself, Feng Hu looked in the direction the Black Fire Crow’s Celestial Eye was focused.

He clearly saw the group that had just left Ghost Spirit Castle.

It was almost as if those people were standing right in front of him.

Suddenly, Feng Hu let out a low gasp of surprise.

“Cousin?”

“Who is your cousin? Are you sure you know them?” Jiang Chen pressed.

Feng Hu nodded and said with certainty, “That’s… That’s Tang Yuan, the Prince of the Tang Kingdom. And the one next to him is Tang Li, the Princess of the Tang Kingdom.”

“Oh, right, the one following Tang Yuan and Tang Li is the Tang Kingdom’s National Preceptor, the Six-Fingered Demon.”

Jiang Chen knew his earlier hunch had been correct; they were indeed from the Tang Kingdom’s royal family.

Prince Tang Yuan and Princess Tang Li, no less.

“Why would they be here?”

Feng Hu was completely baffled. Logically, the Tang Kingdom’s royal family should despise the Blood Hand Gang. Yet here were Tang Yuan, Tang Li, and the others, walking right out of the gang’s Ghost Spirit Castle.

Both groups were outside Ghost Spirit Castle, albeit on different sides.

Soon, Tang Yuan and his party moved far away from Ghost Spirit Castle and disappeared from view.

Jiang Chen temporarily stopped sharing the Celestial Eye’s vision with Feng Hu.

Jiang Chen asked Feng Hu, “Do you know why Tang Yuan and the others were here?”

After all, Feng Hu was from the Tang Kingdom. As the son of a City Lord, he had surely interacted with Tang Yuan before.

And he even called Tang Yuan his cousin.

He figured Feng Hu might know what Tang Yuan and the others were up to.

Feng Hu shook his head.

“I’m not sure, but the City Lord’s Mansion received news a while ago that the Prince would be appearing in Xingyuan City soon.”

At this, Feng Hu suddenly remembered something.

He paused for a moment.

He said to Jiang Chen, “Sir, right… I heard recently that an Angel who fell from the Upper Realm has appeared in the Xingyuan City area.”

“Tang Yuan and his group seem to be here for that Angel. Their next stop is definitely Xingyuan City.”

Hearing Feng Hu’s words, Jiang Chen’s heart stirred.

‘The Angel… that must be Little Xixi.’

Now, the Tang Kingdom had also sent people to Xingyuan City.

The Prince and Princess, no less.

Clearly, Xingyuan City was bound to be chaotic for a while.

He would have to be even more careful to protect Little Xixi and prevent her identity from being revealed.

A heavy feeling settled in his heart. The order to find Little Xixi had come from the Divine Wind Empire. If her identity were truly revealed and the Empire sent its people, then even with Martial Emperor Experts like Xiaotian at his side, Jiang Chen would be no match for them.

He pushed the thought aside for now. He was still puzzled about why Tang Yuan’s group had visited the Blood Hand Gang’s Ghost Spirit Castle.

But as long as it didn’t affect him, he didn’t want to get involved.

Only Feng Hu remained lost in thought, apparently pondering the reason for Tang Yuan’s visit.

Jiang Chen continued to scan toward Ghost Spirit Castle with the Celestial Eye.

‘Ghost Spirit Castle seems a bit strange, too.’

Through the Celestial Eye, Jiang Chen saw that many assassins inside Ghost Spirit Castle were on the move, converging in one direction as if for some important purpose.

Then, Jiang Chen saw a man in a black robe with blood-red eyebrows—likely Kangbadu, the leader of Ghost Spirit Castle—arranging something.

Although the Celestial Eye could see everything, it could not hear sound, which was a major drawback.

‘Looks like the Blood Hand Gang is making its move.’

Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze from the Celestial Eye’s god-like perspective.

He said to Xiaotian and the others, “Let’s begin.”

“Don’t let a single member of the Blood Hand Gang leave here alive.”

Xiaotian, Flame Dragon, and Black Fire Crow all moved.

Their figures shot toward Ghost Spirit Castle like phantoms.