Chapter 133 - 132: Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry Reappears
As the corpse fell, blood finally gushed from Qi Qianyu’s neck.
Ling Jing stared blankly at Qi Qianyu’s body, stunned for a long moment before he finally reacted, letting out a hysterical roar:
"Gu Zhan, I’ll kill your whole family! Ah! Ah!!"
Ling Jing was nearly losing his mind,
Not because he actually regarded Qi Qianyu as his own brother, but because of Qi Qianyu’s status. If it were before today, he wouldn’t have cared much if Qi Qianyu died. But after understanding his father’s arrangement, he knew just how important Qi Qianyu was to Chengyang Marquis’s Mansion.
Qi Qianyu wasn’t just another so-called prodigy; he was the Celestial Sword Alliance, the Sword Spirit Qi Baiyu, and the core of Chengyang Marquis’s plot amidst chaos.
But now,
Qi Qianyu was dead,
Killed by someone he never once looked at properly, by a nobody.
As the Crown Prince of Chengyang Marquis’s Mansion, he truly never took Gu Zhan seriously, nor even considered him worthy of his attention. Gu Zhan might have decent talent in Martial Arts, but in Yunzhou, people like him are common—there’s no shortage of Dao Realm achievers in their twenties,
Gu Zhan, just another Embroidered Uniform Guard with no backing,
Never qualified for his respect.
But this insignificant nobody, someone he saw as too worthless for a second glance, ruined a key piece of Chengyang Marquis’s plan!
"You truly deserve to die!"
Ling Jing gritted his teeth, "Someone as lowly as you doesn’t deserve to live. Kill him, kill him! Chop him into pieces, shred him into mince!"
Right now, Ling Jing was truly regretting,
He shouldn’t have been greedy, hoping both to win Qi Qianyu’s loyalty and keep his other plan in Linjiang City intact.
He didn’t order Gu Zhan’s death as soon as he arrived, just to keep implementing his plan with the White Lotus Sect. But now, the most crucial—Qi Qianyu—is dead,
This means,
Not only will they fail to win over the Celestial Sword Alliance, but Qi Baiyu may even hold a grudge against them, giving rise to a deadly enemy for no reason!
He was furious, and at the same time regretful,
Because Chengyang Marquis’s Mansion has its own schemes,
So, Ling Jing didn’t mobilize Dao Realm Great Cultivators on this trip to Linjiang City. Not only because they are so rare, but also to avoid alerting others—but there were still plenty of Innate Martial Artists. Besides two Innate Ninth Layer masters, there were another ten or so Innate Martial Artists,
Such a force is more than enough to surround and kill Gu Zhan—even if this is Gu Zhan’s turf, local bullies can’t compete with newcomers; even at the Hundred Households Office they could slaughter their way through.
But a single miscalculation let Qi Qianyu die here.
"Kill him! Kill him!"
All he wanted now was Gu Zhan’s death—he’d take Gu Zhan’s head to Qi Baiyu. Even if he couldn’t win over the Celestial Sword Alliance, at least he could dispel Qi Baiyu’s hatred.
As Ling Jing’s hysterical fury roared out,
His personal guards immediately readied themselves to strike.
But right at that moment,
The ground shook suddenly, thunderous hoofbeats echoed,
The walls of the villa collapsed outright,
A wave of black erupted, surging like a giant tide to swallow heaven and earth.
It was nearly a hundred riders clad in black Profound Armor,
Before this cavalry,
All obstacles seemed to shatter like illusions under their charge,
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The earth trembled, iron cavalry surged forward.
"Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry, how is this possible?"
Ling Jing stared in shock at the cavalry guarding Gu Zhan, his face showing undisguised astonishment.
After arriving in Linjiang City, he had heard about a heavy cavalry appearing not long ago, but hadn’t cared much. He knew Yang Yuzhi had some background, wide connections, and friends in the military, so it wasn’t strange for some cavalry to protect him. But he never expected it would be Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry.
A place like Linjiang City, the number of people who even know the Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry is very limited, let alone understanding their significance. Even in Yunzhou, those who know the meaning of Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry are few.
Ling Jing knew this,
So he was stunned!
Behind the cavalry, Gu Zhan frowned deeply. This was his second time seeing the Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry—the last was when slaughtering the Six Great Families, when they appeared briefly, then vanished.
He knew about the death plan, so he always thought it was a cavalry unit sent to protect Yang Yuzhi by the military. But seeing Ling Jing’s shocked expression now, he realized he might have underestimated the meaning of these riders, and might have underestimated Yang Yuzhi’s identity.
"My lord, how are you?"
Just then, Rong Yichu rushed in from outside the courtyard, urgently handing Gu Zhan a few elixirs.
Gu Zhan swallowed the pills, quickly regulating his True Qi, and asked, "What’s with these cavalrymen?"
Rong Yichu hurried to answer, "I was gathering the various gang members to surround and kill those Yunzhou Martial Artists who escaped, when I saw Ling Jing arriving with his people. Worried about trouble, I went to find Magistrate Yang!"
Gu Zhan frowned slightly.
At this moment,
Outside the villa, Yang Yuzhi slowly entered.
He hadn’t been seen for some time, and his figure was even more hunched, half his head was white-haired. Still, he was as calm and unhurried as ever—he walked in slowly, bowed to Ling Jing, and said, "Prince Ling, let this matter end here. Go home."
"Yang Yuzhi!"
Ling Jing narrowed his eyes, uttering Yang Yuzhi’s name word by word, slowly saying, "I underestimated you—you actually got the Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry out to this godforsaken countryside. People said kicking you out from the Astronomical Bureau was a joke. Looks like you did it all intentionally!"
Yang Yuzhi smiled faintly, saying, "Since Prince Ling knows what Profound Armor Heavy Cavalry means, you should know—as long as I am here, you cannot kill Lord Gu. Leave. Even if your father finds out, he won’t blame you."
Ling Jing took a deep breath, voice chilling: "You want to protect him, I can’t kill—but others can. Yang Yuzhi, are you sure you want to wade into these murky waters? You know Qi Baiyu’s status—Alliance Leader of the Celestial Sword Alliance, Yunzhou’s top Great Cultivator. Can you even protect him?"
Yang Yuzhi smiled slightly, saying, "No matter how powerful a Great Cultivator, they’re just a Great Cultivator. I... can still handle it!"
"Good, very good—well done, Yang Yuzhi, disgrace of the Astronomical Bureau," Ling Jing said coldly. "I’ve broadened my horizons today. You’re impressive!"
As he spoke, Ling Jing glanced coldly at Gu Zhan and sneered, saying, "Gu Zhan, you got lucky today. I’d like to see if Yang Yuzhi can really protect you for a lifetime. Just wait—sooner or later, I’ll kill you,
No, I’ll show you what fear is, what regret is. I’ll slaughter everyone close to you, let you die alone in misery!"
With that, Ling Jing turned and said, "You lot, follow me to the Embroidered Uniform Guard and kill half of them to vent my anger first!"