Nine Chapters of Strange Cases

Chapter 70 Tianxuan! Death
The members of Tianji Hall had never suffered such humiliation before, and their faces turned red.

The leader was wearing heavy mourning clothes, and his eyes seemed to spit fire. Zhou Zhao guessed that this was most likely Qi Ming, who had previously begged Su Changying for help.

He is the nephew of Master Qi of Tianji Hall.

Qi Ming was furious and reached for the insect pouch at his waist, but was stopped by Tian Xuan.

"If you want to fight or kill, we'll talk about it after we complete the mission," he said, his eyes looking at Yan Junyu like poisoned blades. "The people of the Outer Four Halls have actually become more courageous than before. You're quite capable, kid."

Yan Junyu felt uneasy under his gaze and instinctively wanted to shrink back and show his fear.

You can see Zhou Zhao smiling on the side, and then look at Liu Huang, well, he's wearing a bamboo hat so you can't see his expression, but he suddenly straightened his chest and stretched his neck.

He still lacks experience in the ways of the world and is not steady enough; he still has a lot to learn!

Once Tianxuan's gaze disappeared from him, she led the Seven Inner Halls ahead. Only then did Yan Junyu dart to Zhou Zhao's side like a rabbit. "Sister Zhao! Is that the masked man the leader of Yaoguang Hall? I've heard he's handsome, skilled in martial arts, and the number one expert in Tianying City besides the city lord!"

Zhou Zhao waved and sped forward, signaling the others to follow. Hearing Yan Junyu's words, he looked at Su Changying's back in front of him.

He was much taller than her before, and now she is considered tall among women, but Su Changying is still a head taller than her.

His tall and slender figure, wrapped in a black robe, made him irresistible to anyone who wanted to take a second look.

"I heard about him as soon as I arrived in Tianying City!"

"Ah! If I ever have the chance to enter the Inner Seven Halls, I'll go to Yao Guang!"

"Why did my mother give me such a appearance? Even when I don't smile, I don't look fierce at all! I wish I had been born like Yaoguang!"

"I heard that when he had only been in Tianying City for a month, he participated in the Inner City New Talent Competition and swept through the enemy ranks with just a sword. The former champion, Xu Yuan, was beaten so badly that he cried his eyes out! His wails hung over the city walls for three days without ceasing."

Zhou Zhao couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard Yan Junyu's eloquent speech.

That's Su Changying! Su Changying, who was once hailed as the next God of War in the army, has lost his memory, but he will always be a dazzling figure.

As she was thinking, she felt a resentful gaze directed at her from ahead.

Zhou Zhao looked closely and saw a man in his early twenties standing next to Tian Xuan. His gaze was unusually complicated. When Zhou Zhao looked at him, he turned his head away and shrank back.

Yan Junyu also noticed that someone had turned around. He quickly covered his mouth and looked at Zhou Zhao in alarm, "Sister Zhao, did I say something wrong?"

Zhou Zhao raised an eyebrow, looking at him with amusement. "I guess he's the Xu Yuan you were talking about, the one who was crying his eyes out."

Yan Junyu choked, like a rooster whose throat had been choked, no longer daring to crow.

The group traveled swiftly and soon arrived at the city gate of Bei'an County. The city gate was already closed, and all was quiet except for the faint sound of the watchman's clapper in the distance.

Tianxuan raised his hand, stopping the group from moving forward. He turned to Qiming and said, "Each of you find a chance to enter the city and then meet up near the county government. Zhou Zhao, arrange for people to make as much noise as possible. You come with me and Yaoguang to search for the Yuyang treasure."

"If we can't find him, we'll just kidnap Zhao Yizhou. Tonight, we must complete the mission no matter what."

Zhou Zhao and Su Changying nodded in tacit agreement. They had to complete the mission; tonight would be their death night.

Upon hearing this, Qi Ming and the others immediately became anxious. "Shouldn't we go to the Xu residence to check? What if our leader is still alive..." Tian Xuan glanced at him coldly. "If he's still alive, he's probably in the county jail. If he's dead, what are you going to do at the Xu residence? Dig him out of the ground? The insects' corpses will probably be dried up by then."

Qi Ming clenched his fist, his face turning bright red.

He didn't say anything, but simply led the other four people to stand silently at the outermost edge of the group.

Tianxuan's face was expressionless, as if he had just finished painting a coffin. The group were all seasoned veterans at escaping walls for nefarious purposes; they truly displayed their unique abilities, easily scaling the loosely guarded Beian City and heading straight for the county government office like a procession of ghosts.

The county government office was now dark, with the lights off. Zhou Zhao made a hand gesture.

Yan Junyu pursed his lips and nodded seriously. He waved and led his brothers straight to the entrance of the government office. Then he reached into his chest and pulled out a bronze gong.

Just as Tianxuan was about to climb over the wall, she caught a glimpse of that square face, and it seemed to contort for a moment.

It wasn't the commotion he mentioned; it wasn't like that at all!
"Clang clang clang! Fire! Fire!" Han Dashan, whose voice hadn't gone hoarse from crying all day, stood with his hands on his hips and shouted loudly.

The sound was deafening; even a dying person would be startled enough to sit up and struggle a few more times.

Tianxuan rubbed her ears in disbelief. How could someone make such a deafening sound!
He thought for a moment, then looked at Su Changying and said, "Yaoguang, send some men to hold back the Dai army, otherwise I'm afraid those idiots in the outer twelve villages won't be enough to be killed with one blow."

Su Changying did not refute, but looked at Chen Yan and pointed him in the opposite direction from Yan Junyu.

Seeing that neither he nor Zhou Zhao had caused any trouble tonight, Tianxuan's expression softened.

He lightly leaped directly into the backyard of the county government office, where Zhao Yizhou lived, which was no secret in Bei'an County.

Seeing this, the others followed suit one after another. Just as the last person landed, countless pottery jars flew in from all directions. Zhou Zhao and Su Changying reacted with lightning speed, slashing at the pottery jars in front of them.

Not only them, but all the experts of Tianying City also subconsciously resisted this wave of attacks.

Seeing Liu Huang smash the two pottery jars with two quick punches, Zhou Zhao curled the corners of his mouth and immediately held his breath.

In an instant, the small courtyard transformed into a pink sea. Pink powder from the ceramic jar exploded, filling the air with such density that it was almost impossible to see anything. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Oh no! An ambush!"

Tianxuan covered his head and face with his sleeve, but he had already inhaled quite a bit of the pink powder into his mouth and nose, making him feel dizzy.

"It's sleeping potion!" Tianxuan shouted, trying to fly onto the roof with her feet barely touching the ground. With so much sleeping potion, even a whole room full of tigers would be drugged and turned into dead tigers, let alone them.

But as soon as he shouted, he felt three attacks stabbing at him at an incredible speed.

Of the three men, one possessed immense strength; if he were to strike, his bones would surely shatter and his internal organs would bleed. But this was not what terrified him most; what truly threatened his life were the other two attacks.

This was his intuition about danger, honed over years of navigating the underworld.

He knew he had to avoid them, but he couldn't avoid them at all. It was as if the two of them had planned their attack routes perfectly. If he dodged one of them, the other would strike his vitals directly. No matter how he tried to avoid them, he was doomed.

What's even more chilling is that the pink drug slowed down his movements and thoughts considerably.

Who is it? Who is attacking him?
The Dai army is a weak army, and Zhao Yizhou is just a weak scholar. How could they have such a powerful expert who could kill him in one blow?
Two names suddenly popped into Tianxuan's mind: Yaoguang and Zhou Zhao.

His pupils contracted sharply; these two were the moles!
The two names were already on the tip of her tongue, and Tianxuan was about to shout them out when she felt a sharp pain in her neck and chest. Two fatal attacks had arrived.