Chapter 429

Chapter 429: Cruel and ruthless

Following the few pokes from Long Yi, the three women who were sound asleep lost their consciousness .

“Long Yi, what are you doing?” Wushuang looked at Long Yi with shock written all over her face . She realized that there was something strange going on . Especially when she looked at him now, he looked even more abnormal .

Turning his head, Long Yi placed his index finger on his mouth . He signaled for Wushuang to keep quiet . With a soft sigh, Long Yi grabbed Ximen Wuhen’s little hand . Using an unknown move, a drop of bright red blood appeared on Ximen Wuhen’s middle finger .

Under Long Yi’s careful control, the drop of blood floated in the air in front of him . Looking at that drop of blood, Long Yi walked out of the tent .

By the time Wushuang left the tent, Long Yi had already set up an opaque barrier outside . As a result, she didn’t know what Long Yi was doing inside the barrier .

“What in the world is going on?” Wushuang muttered . This was the first time she had seen Long Yi act like this . She couldn’t help but worry about Long Yi .

Currently, inside the barrier, Long Yi stared blankly at two small porcelain bottles with liquid inside them . In of the bottle, the liquid was scarlet red in color and in the other bottle, the liquid was deep blue .

“It’s true, Wuhen truly isn’t my biological sister . ” Long Yi sighed and there was a sense of loss in his heart . However, anger started to brew in Long Yi’s heart .

This was an extremely serious matter . In fact, his father, Ximen Nu, had no idea that Ximen Wuhen wasn’t his daughter . She was actually the daughter of someone else . Long Yi’s anger was really boiling over right now . In his mind, he thought, if his own women were to get pregnant with another guy’s child, he would feel enraged . However, Long Yi thought about how Aunt Ou said that his grandfather was involved in this matter . Long Yi’s mind spun as he thought about what Aunt Ou actually meant . Could it be that his grandfather became senile after disappearing for so many years? He actually colluded with others to make his son wear a green hat . This gave Long Yi the urge to curse out loud .

The seething emotions inside Long Yi slowly calmed down after a while . Anyway, this was already something which could not be changed . In any case, Ximen Wuhen was the innocent party here . No matter what happened, Long Yi was not going to implicate her in any of this .

After looking at the problem from different angles, Long Yi settled down his state of mind . He decided to hide this fact, albeit temporarily . This was because of the current situation on the Blue Waves Continent and the situation in the Ximen Clan . In the Ximen Clan, the wind and waves were currently at its highest . The situation on the Blue Waves Continent was also at its critical juncture . If Long Yi revealed the news about how Ximen Wuhen wasn’t his sister right now, it would only bring about disadvantages to the Ximen Clan .

Dispelling the barrier, Long Yi walked out with a smile on his face . It was the usual expression he had as he didn’t want to give Wushuang a reason to worry .

“Long Yi……” Seeing as Long Yi left the barrier, Wushuang instantly called out to him . She took two steps forward and stood right in front of Long Yi .

“I am fine . ” Long Yi smiled and patted the shoulder of Wushuang . In a serious voice, he added, “Suang’er, I don’t want anyone else to know about what happened earlier . Do you understand?”

“I understand . ” Wushuang nodded her head . Despite the suspicion in her heart, she would act as if nothing happened . It was what Long Yi wanted after all .

“Thank you for understanding . ” Long Yi kissed the soft and delicate lips on Wushuang’s face .

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Violent Dragon Empire, Soaring Dragon City .

Under the golden light of the sun, the Ximen Residence appeared radiant and imposing in the middle of the city . The guards who stood on the two sides of the big scarlet gate looked ferocious with their helmet and shining armor . Just by looking at them, people would be able to know that they were veterans who had survived bloody battles on the battlefields .

As usual, Ximen Nu was sitting upright behind his spacious desk . In front of him were stacks of intelligence reports, and he was slowly browsing through them . The intelligence reports consisted of reports about the situation inside Soaring Dragon City and reports about the other cities in the Blue Waves Continent .

While was deep in his thought, Dongfang Wan knocked on the door . Carrying a cup of tea, she entered the room . She gently placed the cup of tea in front of Ximen Nu before silently moving behind him . Picking up a little fan, she started to fan Ximen Nu who was busy reading the intelligence reports .

Ximen Nu didn’t raise his head . His head remained lowered as he read all of the intelligence reports on the table . He used a brush to outline the most important parts of the report . Currently, Ximen Nu looked older compared to before . His head seemed to be covered in white hair, but his mighty momentum didn’t diminish in the slightest .

After a good while, Ximen Nu stood up and stretched his body . Looking towards his wife, a smile appeared on his face .

“My husband, drink this cup of herbal tea . Recently, the weather has been extremely abnormal . Summer has yet to come, but the weather is already so hot . ” Dongfang Wan picked up the cup of tea from the desk and handed it over to Ximen Nu .

“It is certainly strange . Does the Blue Waves Continent want to flip the heaven over this year?” Ximen Nu took the teacup from Dongfang Wan’s hands as he slowly sipped on it . The herbal tea had been processed more than ten times by Dongfang Wan, and it was frozen . With a single sip of the tea, the heat inside Ximen Nu’s body disappeared and his gloomy heart started to relax .

Dongfang Wan wisely smiled but didn’t say much . As the eldest daughter of the Dongfang Clan, her political sensitivity and view of the overall situation couldn’t be compared to a normal person . If she was unwilling to be a good wife and loving mother in front of Ximen Nu, she could have shaken the world with her literary talent . Regardless of whether it was the military or government, her name would be extremely well known . However, she chose to be a nameless wife standing behind her successful husband .

“Wan’er, Is General Ye and the others here??” The eyes of Ximen Nu shone as he stroked his grey beard .

“They are currently waiting in the hall . Does husband want to go and meet them now?” Dongfang Wan replied .

“Of course I want to go . ” Ximen Nu smirked . His crafty smile greatly resembled the smile Long Yi always had on his face . As the saying goes, like father, like son . Or in this case, like son, like father .

Ximen Nu stepped into the hall with a dignified expression . The three people who were in the hall stood up and gave him a salutation regardless of whether they were wearing a military uniform or a civil official dress .

“This time, I called everyone here to discuss a matter . All of you can sit down . ” Ximen Nu walked over to the master chair in the hall with large strides . With an imposing aura, he took his seat .

“Patriarch, why are there only three of us?” An old man wearing the civil official dress belonging to the Violent Dragon Empire asked in confusion . In the past, when there were major issues to discuss, Ximen Nu would call all of his trusted subordinates . However, there were only three of them this time .

“Yes, I’ve called the three of you here today as you are the ones I trust the most . Especially since all three of you have been serving me for such a long time . ” Ximen Nu said . When he saw the trace of happiness on their faces, a trace of killing intent appeared in his heart .

“Recently, Soaring Dragon City has been plunged into chaos . I think that all three of you should know about this . After reaching the critical juncture to attack the Proud Moon Empire, that old fox Long Zhan revealed some of his moves . In this one month, he laid out many traps which were aimed at us . Fortunately, we were able to avert them and avoid disaster . We were even able to launch our own counterattacks against him . Although we were unable to damage his bones, out attacks should make him feel some pain . ” Ximen Nu looked at three people below him as he said with a pleasant smile . He appeared to be delighted by the performance of the three of them .

“That is all because patriarch grasped the key points to the enemy’s weakness . Every time Long Zhan arranged a trap, the patriarch was able to see through it . This subordinate truly admires you . ” Ye Wufeng said while looking at Ximen Nu with worship in his eyes .

Ximen Nu looked at Ye Wufeng . He was once Ximen Nu’s trusted confidant . However, he was unaware that he was already excluded from the Ximen Clan’s core . Everything was due to his wife . Who asked his wife to develop s*xual relations with the Crown Prince, Long Ying . This was enough reason for the cruel and ruthless Ximen Nu to completely lose his heart towards Ye Wufeng .

Ximen Clan made several hundred years of preparations . They absolutely couldn’t tolerate any mishaps or errors . They were definitely not jeopardizing the entire Ximen Clan and its vassals . Ximen Nu didn’t dare to gamble with his clan on the line . As such, he steeled his heart .

“I cannot take credit for evading Long Zhan’s traps . We managed to avoid Long Zhan’s traps because of our spies . As a result, I know about their movements completely . Now, I would like to ask, how will Long Zhan be able to fight against us?” Ximen Nu stroked his beard and asked after laughing heartily . However, his eyes were narrowed as he stared at the three of them .

Both of the civil officials looked happy and flattered . According to them, Ximen Nu absolutely trusted them as he revealed such important secrets in their presence . There was no reason not to be happy .

However, Ye Wufeng’s expression became tense and an explosion happened in his brain . With the smile on his face stiffening, his limbs became ice-cold .

After some time, Ximen Nu gave them the permission to leave, However, Ye Wufeng stayed back in the hall as he stared at Ximen Nu .

“General Ye, do you have something to say?” Ximen Nu frowned . He knew that Ye Wufeng was sharp and should have deduced something from Ximen Nu’s speech .

Bang, Ye Wufeng knelt down and prostrated on the ground . In a trembling voice, he pleaded, “Forgive me, patriarch, this Wufeng isn’t clear on his mistakes . I request for the patriarch to make it clear . ” Ye Wufeng was a very intelligent person . His clan had always been stubbornly loyal to the Ximen Clan since generations ago . Not to mention the fact that he had grown up with Ximen Nu . Ximen Nu’s killing intent couldn’t escape his perception . Besides, he knew that Ximen Nu would never speak about having spies by Long Zhan’s side . He knew that it was an impossible matter . As such, he wasn’t the least bit happy when Ximen Nu told them about the spies . Rather, he trembled in despair .

Ximen Nu stared at Ye Wufeng who was kneeling in front of him with an ice-cold gaze . With an indifferent expression he said, “Wufeng, I trust you that you will never betray me . However, you made a mistake . You have married the wrong woman . Your wife is committing adultery with Crown Prince Long Ying, and she is currently his spy . You shouldn’t know about this matter yet, right?”

Another explosion occurred in Ye Wufeng’s head and his mind became a blank space . The wife who he was immensely proud of was the one who betrayed him . He never doubted the words of Ximen Nu . Since Ximen Nu had said that his wife betrayed him, he was certain that his wife betrayed him .

“Wufeng, I cannot lose……” Ximen Nu said to Ye Wufeng .

Ye Wufeng trembled . When he looked up, his expression was already firm . In a calm voice, he said, “Patriarch, I know what I should do . ”

In just three days, Long Zhan, as well as the Military Advisors behind him knew about the matter of the spies . They became extremely tense and they were suspicious of everyone around them .

After seven days, the entire Ye Residence was massacred in the span of a night . General Ye Wufeng as well as his wife, servants, and maids . There wasn’t a living creature in the entire Ye Residence . The scene was shrouded by a strong barrier, so no one noticed anything . Allegedly, they said that this was the work of the Dark Church as the entire Ye Residence was shrouded by a dense dark aura .

“Wufeng . Everything that I, Ximen Nu owe you, I will repay in the otherworld . ” Ximen Nu stood tall inside his courtyard as he stared into the starry skies . His eyes shone and no one knew what he was thinking .