Lighting Lanterns in the Mountains and Seas

Chapter 1077 - 901: Bringing Calamity

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Touching his family had already hit his reverse scale, causing murderous intent to arise in him.

He wanted to contact Wu Jinliang, but unfortunately, he had thrown away everything related to those guys, including the Mother-child Talisman used for contact, simply because this former top assassin was too cautious, afraid of leaving traces to be tracked.

At this moment, he could only return to his bed, sit cross-legged, and meditate, using magic to send out an invisible red mist that swiftly departed, heading directly towards the mountain lake outside the south city again.

The scenery of the lake and mountains remained the same, but unfortunately, the pavilion at the scene only held a table of leftover dishes; there was no shadow of Wu Jinliang. Even though the red mist searched all around, it found nothing.

So the red mist quickly returned to the city, but instead of going back to the paper shop, it went to the candied fruit shop diagonally opposite.

The shop owner's wife was lying on a deck chair, cracking melon seeds while sipping tea.

Another mouthful of tea had just entered her mouth when it suddenly spurted out, as a hand appeared from behind, grabbing her by the neck and dragging her directly to the back of the shop…

In the air, 'Yu Xuanbing' was using magic to quickly flee with his wife and daughter. The daughter, in his arms, was curiously looking around, as it was the first time the little girl had flown like this. She asked her father questions several times, but received no reply.

His wife thought her husband was preoccupied with something due to unforeseen circumstances, so she told her daughter to behave and not make noise.

To her shock, a rarely used Mother-child Talisman she kept for emergencies suddenly reacted. She took it out to see her husband asking where she was.

She abruptly looked up at the person beside her. The man before her had not used the Mother-child Talisman to contact her. Considering his unusual behavior along the way, suspicion and doubt arose in her eyes.

The husband in front of her turned his head to stare at her and the Mother-child Talisman in her hand and then pinched the neck of their daughter, causing her to fall into a deep sleep. Then he extended his hand, saying, "Give it to me!"

The voice was clearly not her husband's, and the paper shop owner's wife's face filled with horror as she stuttered, "Who…who are you?"

'Yu Xuanbing' reached out to snatch it, and the paper shop owner's wife immediately dodged away.

At this critical moment, a figure quickly dashed in, an unscrupulous-looking old man, none other than Huang Yingying, swiftly blocked between them and asked the paper shop owner's wife, "What's going on, isn't he your husband?"

The paper shop owner's wife didn't know who this was or why he knew her, shaking her head in fright, "No, I don't know who he is."

She picked up the Mother-child Talisman to call her husband for help.

'Yu Xuanbing' immediately put his hand on the little girl's neck, coldly warning, "Throw it over, or your daughter will die."

The paper shop owner's wife was in consternation, crying, "No."

She dared not hesitate, quickly tossing the Mother-child Talisman over.

But just as he grasped the Mother-child Talisman, Huang Yingying took action, suddenly several figures of Huang Yingying burst forth around 'Yu Xuanbing', and the fierce swaying claw shadows quickly made the blood of 'Yu Xuanbing' splatter everywhere.

Huang Yingying, who darted away, quickly grabbed the little girl back, palmed 'Yu Xuanbing', causing him to spew blood and flew off.

He then returned the little girl to her mother's side and said in a deep voice, "He was clearly your husband, what's going on?"

"I don't know." The paper shop owner's wife shook her head, immediately taking the daughter back into her arms. The person didn't look trustworthy, shrouded in demon energy, and she dared not let her daughter stay with him for long.

However, at this moment, a group of masked men suddenly charged with weapons.

Huang Yingying again asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

The paper shop owner's wife kept shaking her head, trembling with fear. She only knew her husband's identity might have been exposed, but she couldn't make sense of what was happening. Moreover, the actions of the person in front of her were also suspicious.

She was now caught in a huge mystery.

The masked killers surrounded them upon arrival; one shouted harshly at Huang Yingying, "None of your business, get out now!"

Unexpectedly, Huang Yingying flipped his sleeves, and countless of his figures burst forth among the masked people, screams erupted in an instant, and the surroundings were filled with the bloody scene of flesh flying, very gruesome, scaring the paper shop owner's wife into holding her daughter tightly.

The fight ended almost in the blink of an eye. The last living person was grabbed by the neck by Huang Yingying, who tore off the mask. Huang Yingying turned back and asked, "Do you recognize him?"

The paper shop owner's wife kept shaking her head; she didn't know who these people were at all.

Since there was no recognition, Huang Yingying was not polite and directly crushed the man's neck in front of the paper shop owner's wife with a paw. He tossed the body aside.

The shop owner's wife, still in shock, hadn't reacted when Huang Yingying used magic to whisk her and the daughter away quickly.

During their journey, seeing Huang Yingying seemed to have no malicious intent, the shop owner's wife nervously asked, "Who are you, and where are you taking us?"

Huang Yingying said, "This place is not safe; it seems someone is after you. You can't figure out who they are, so I'm taking you to a safe place first. Rest assured, I will ensure you and your daughter safely return to your husband."

After they left, 'Yu Xuanbing', who had fallen to the ground, got up, transforming into Xiao Sheng, revealing his true face.

He quickly flew to the other battered corpses. The masked people were genuinely dead, all hired by him, and all were silenced by Huang Yingying.

He shook his head regretfully, muttering to himself, "Following Giant Wu doesn't lead to good deeds, what a sin."

He was not here to complain; he quickly destroyed the evidence by dealing with the corpses at the scene…

In a cave in the mountain forest, the candied fruit shop owner's wife, under torture, confessed everything, but was ultimately silenced by Yu Xuanbing, who smashed her head with a palm.

Walking out of the cave, Yu Xuanbing gazed at the sunset, an austere expression on his face. Through the shop owner's wife's confession, he confirmed what Wu Jinliang had said; indeed, someone had arranged for her to monitor them there seven years ago.

He finally understood why the surveillance had gone unnoticed for so long. It turned out their way of observing was not really surveillance, just observing without involvement, just a normal neighbor; it would be strange if it had been discovered…

The next day, at the highest point in the Heavenly Domain Dingnan Prefecture Commander Mansion, Shi Chun, explaining things to Feng Chi, glanced sideways, and in the sight of his Right Eye Superpower, he finally saw the red mist dragging a red line coming. The Mother-child Talisman, he was fiddling with in his sleeve, immediately sent out a message.

Soon, Wu Jinliang, looking as if he were weary from travel, hurriedly arrived.

Feng Chi, who was about to take her leave, was surprised, "Dusty from travel, what happened?"

She had no idea what Wu Jinliang was up to behind the scenes.

"Sigh, some matters to discuss with the Master, you first…" Wu Jinliang said, making a gesture for her to step aside.

Feng Chi glanced at Shi Chun, said nothing, and bowed out.

With no one else around, Shi Chun then asked, "Why have you only just returned?"

Wu Jinliang replied with a grave expression, "Chun Tian, something unexpected happened, someone else is also after Yu Xuanbing."

Shi Chun's expression dramatically changed, "How could this be? Wasn't his whereabouts known only to us?"

Wu Jinliang somberly said, "Not clear. Someone disguised as 'Yu Xuanbing' abducted his wife and children. During the journey, his wife discovered something amiss, started a dispute, silently observed by Old Huang, who noticed the peculiarity and intervened, which is how we learned from his wife that he wasn't Yu Xuanbing. Old Huang then rescued the mother and daughter. Unexpectedly, another group of killers came to seize them. Not knowing the situation, Old Huang, to ensure the mother and daughter's safety, eliminated those killers. Fearing future troubles, he took them not far from Li Xun Gate and secretly brought them back to settle. After I learnt of this, I went to the paper shop to find Yu Xuanbing but never saw him return. Oh, our person in the opposite fruit shop also disappeared abruptly, even the shop didn't close when it got dark, something must have happened. Chun Tian, thankfully I had Old Huang secretly watching over that mother and daughter. Otherwise, a great disaster would've occurred."

Shi Chun paced back and forth, pondering, "You just showed your face to see Yu Xuanbing, and now someone is targeting his family; could this be a coincidence?"

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