Starting Reward – A Three Thousand Assassin Network - Chapter 42

Chapter 42 – Xia Cangyun, the True Foundation of the Rakshasa Hall

Liangzhou, Luo City, Ye Manor.

Night fell, Ye Dingtian sat in the room, and Ye Wudao stood aside.

“Hehe, what a move to use a borrowed knife to kill the enemy? You want to kill my Ye family, but do you know if your knife is sharp enough?” Ye Dingtian’s eyes emitted a cold light!

“Wudao, starting from today, once there is a martial arts fight in the entire Liangzhou, regardless of the parties involved, take them all down!”

“Dad, once we take action, it may escalate the situation!” Ye Wudao frowned.

“Humph, escalate! Others have already pointed a knife at your neck, and you still pretend not to see?” Ye Dingtian looked at Ye Wudao with disappointment.

“But …”

“There’s nothing ‘but’! If anyone dares not to comply, let them come to Luocheng to find me, and I will reason with them!” Ye Dingtian immediately interrupted Ye Wudao.

“The move by Emperor Xia not only directly aimed at the Ye family, but also turned the entire martial world into his tool. This imperial strategy is quite deep!”

In the entire court, there is no force that can rival the Ye family, so the move to seek a rival from the martial world was indeed beyond Ye Dingtian’s expectations.

He had considered that Emperor Xia might make Ye Wudao return to the imperial city and hand over his military power.

Regarding military power, Ye Dingtian didn’t care at all. The Ye family presided over Liangzhou, and it wasn’t something as trivial as a token that could make the soldiers believe.

All the soldiers’ families in Liangzhou lived here; this place was their root, and the Ye family was their heaven. Emperor Xia was probably highly wary of the Ye family precisely because he saw this point.

Meanwhile, in the imperial palace, Emperor Xia no longer had the appearance he had during the day; his face was extremely unsightly at the moment.

“Bang!” The intelligence in his hand was crushed by a powerful force.

“Good, very good!”

“What a great Heavenly Net, I really underestimated you!”

Just now, he received the bad news from the Rakshasa Hall—its headquarters had been captured, and the two Transcendent Realm powerhouses, Heavenly Scourge and Earth Scourge, were dead.

Two Transcendent Realm powerhouses, even for the imperial family, were a considerable loss. To cultivate these two Transcendent Realm powerhouses, they didn’t know how much time and resources were spent.

But now, it’s all gone!

At this moment, Emperor Xia seriously re-examined the strength of the Heavenly Net. Its power had far exceeded his expectations. The ability to silently kill two Transcendent Realm powerhouses was enough to explain everything.

Emperor Xia walked alone to a hidden chamber deep in the imperial palace. Calling it a secret chamber might not be accurate; it was more like a palace or a forbidden place!

Only a few people in the entire Great Xia were qualified to enter this forbidden place.

Boom, boom, boom!

Emperor Xia stood in front of a large door, knocking a few times.

“Come in!” A faint voice came from inside!

Emperor Xia pushed the door open, standing in front of a light gauze curtain, and then bowed.

“I pay my respects to the Ancestor!”

In the entire Great Xia, the only person Emperor Xia referred to as Ancestor was the founder of the Great Xia, Xia Cangyun.

Xia Cangyun spoke leisurely, “I’ve warned you before, if it’s not an important matter, don’t disturb my meditation!”

Emperor Xia hesitated at the words, not knowing how to express himself for a while. Although he controlled the imperial family, he had very little knowledge of its true foundation.

Seeing Emperor Xia’s hesitant expression, Xia Cangyun became somewhat displeased, “Speak, why are you here?”

“Back to the Ancestor, the Rakshasa Hall has been destroyed, and the two powerhouses, Heavenly Scourge and Earth Scourge, have been killed!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Cangyun’s eyes behind the curtain instantly opened, and a tremendous aura enveloped the entire palace. Even Emperor Xia found it difficult to resist this aura!

“Cough, cough!” Xia Cangyun coughed violently twice, then retracted the aura and looked at Emperor Xia inquiringly.

“Have you found out which force is responsible?”

“Heavenly Net!” Emperor Xia recounted everything that happened with this force during this period.

“Interesting! I never thought that such a powerful force was hidden in the martial world! Even the Rakshasa Hall was wiped out overnight!” Xia Cangyun slowly closed his eyes.

“Since the establishment of the Rakshasa Hall to the present, it has been more than eighty years! Each assassin in the Rakshasa Hall was carefully selected. It’s not an exaggeration to say that they are one in a million! To cultivate them, the imperial family has spent a considerable number of resources to achieve the current scale. Now, in just a few days in your hands, it’s gone! How did you handle it? You dared to act recklessly without even knowing the strength of the other party. What a mess!”

Cough, cough, cough…

At this point, Xia Cangyun was infuriated again, causing him to cough violently.

“Ancestor, don’t be angry first; your health is important!” Emperor Xia hurriedly said.

After a brief calm, Xia Cangyun spoke again, “What do you plan to do next?”

“I have already spread the news in the martial world, directing this force towards the Ye family! Let the people in the martial world fight against the Ye family!” Emperor Xia thought this plan was simply ingenious, allowing the Ye family to contend with the martial world without expending any effort from the imperial family.

“Do you think this plan is good?” Seeing Emperor Xia’s triumphant expression, Xia Cangyun suddenly became angry!

“Ancestor, is my plan not good?” Emperor Xia was puzzled!

Xia Cangyun took a deep breath and said, “Good? What’s good about it? I never expected that my descendants would be so foolish!”

This statement made Emperor Xia’s face extremely ugly. Regardless, he was the ruler of a country, and even if he wasn’t, the Ancestor should give him some face.

“What? You don’t agree?” Seeing Emperor Xia’s inner dissatisfaction, Xia Cangyun said coldly. “Let’s not talk about how the people in the martial world will fight against the Ye family. Do you think the final result will be as you expect it to be? The Ye family and the Great Xia imperial family have coexisted for three hundred years. What foundation do they have? I don’t know, but do you see it clearly? Moreover, if this Heavenly Net was not cultivated by the Ye family, then it’s pushing such a powerful force to the opposite side, isn’t it? Originally, dealing with the Ye family alone was difficult. Now, with an unknown force like the Heavenly Net added, how will you deal with it? Is this what you consider a brilliant plan? Nonsense! This is simply a terrible move! The unknown enemy is the most terrifying. No one knows whether the strength shown by the Heavenly Net is the full extent of its power! If there are still hidden forces, then the entire Great Xia imperial family is in danger!”

“Well … this …” At this moment, Emperor Xia suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He had never thought about this issue, but thinking back, the Heavenly Net had taken action three times so far. Each time, the displayed strength had become increasingly powerful!

Xia Cangyun, a nearly three-hundred-year-old monster, could see through things in an instant.

If the Heavenly Net was indeed not a force cultivated by the Ye family, then Emperor Xia’s actions would indeed push these two forces together.

“Ancestor, what should we do now?” Emperor Xia was a bit indecisive at the moment.

“Humph, the Rakshasa Hall has been established for more than eighty years. How could it have only the strength on the surface?”

“The first generation hall master of the Rakshasa Hall, Tian Jue, was the master of Tian and Di, the first-generation assassins. Although many of those died during missions, the remaining ones are all elites. Each one is a Transcendent Realm existence, totaling more than thirty people. These thirty-plus individuals are loyal to the Great Xia and are now the Dragon Guards!”

“Dragon Guards!” Emperor Xia was suddenly shocked!

“It is rumored that within the Great Xia imperial family, there are two mysterious guards, and the Dragon Guards are one of them.”

Emperor Xia never expected that the Dragon Guards were the first-generation assassins of the Rakshasa Hall!