Chapter 104: Brother Liang, do it with a single chop
The sky was gradually darkening, with continuous cicada sounds outside. Ye Anping sat cross-legged on the bed, clenching his teeth, and beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He was now mobilizing all his consciousness to confirm the status of the sixty-four ‘humanoid self-propelled surveillance cameras’ he had sent to Chilong Mansion.
He was preparing to take action with less than half a month left until the Chilong Conference. Before Li Feng activated the Blood Sacrifice Formation called the ‘Red Refining Five Lotus Formation’ within Chilong Mansion, he planned to eliminate as many as possible of the five demonic cultivators assisting in the formation.
The demonic cultivators, each at various stages of core formation, were the former top-five bosses in the Chilong Mansion dungeon. It would be almost impossible to face them head-on with only him and his junior sister.
To counter this, Ye Anping planned to use the same strategy as when he initially killed Wu You. He intended to strike when they were least prepared, just like Hidetaka Miyazaki. For this purpose, he had sent sixty-four ‘self-propelled cameras’ into Chilong Mansion, allowing him to monitor the movements of those five individuals constantly.
By catching them off guard or taking advantage of their leisure time in the mansion, such as drinking, visiting brothels, or playing dice, Ye Anping could have his junior sister and Liang Zhu transform into hounds, swiftly launching a surprise attack to incapacitate them with a single blow.
Essentially, it meant approaching, delivering a decisive blow, and quickly escaping. Ideally, he aimed to kill them, but even if that were not possible, leaving them with injuries would prevent them from serving as the formation’s eyes in the ‘Red Refining Five Lotus Formation.’
After confirming that all the ‘monitoring’ was in order, Ye Anping quickly withdrew his consciousness and took a moment to gather his breath.
However, the moment Ye Anping opened his eyes, he was met with the close-up face of his junior sister. It seemed she was doing something; her face was now right before him. He could even feel the carbon dioxide she exhaled.
“…,” Pei Lianxue was silent for a while before realizing what happened. She quickly pulled back her head, pursed her lips, and asked in a low voice, “Husband, are you ready?”
“Um…” Ye Anping slightly furrowed his brows and asked in confusion, “What were you doing just now? Getting so close.”
“Hmm… I think…” Pei Lianxue looked away, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and after a pause, she simply giggled, “Hehe…”
“Hehe!” Ye Anping frowned, stretched out his hand to grab her face, and lectured, “I didn’t teach you to act stupid before. Who did you learn from? Feng Yudie!”
“No…” Hearing this, Ye Anping pinched his nose and sighed, then stretched out his hands, placed them on her cheeks, and squeezed harder.
Pei Lianxue hesitated for a while, then suddenly frowned and simply reached out to hold Ye Anping’s face, squeezing his face the same way Ye Anping squeezed hers.
“You fought back!”
“Hmm…” Ye Anping slightly furrowed his brows and asked in confusion, “What were you doing just now? Get so close.”
Pei Lianxue blushed and giggled, “I just wanted to have fun with you.”
At this moment, there were two knocks at the bedroom door.
“Bang bang——”
“…”
“Bang bang——”
“Please ‘Jun,'” Ye Anping responded inarticulately.
Squeak——
Liang Zhu pushed the door open and entered. However, seeing the husband and wife holding each other’s faces, he couldn’t move his other foot in from the door. He was just like a statue, frozen at the door.
“…”
Liang Zhu’s eyes went back and forth between the two for a while, then he took a deep breath, ignored the couple’s actions, and asked expressionlessly, “You called me here. What’s the matter?”
Only now did Ye Anping let go of his junior sister’s cheek, then grabbed his junior sister’s hand, removed her from his cheek, and replied, “Good thing.”
“Oh…”
Liang Zhu responded, turned around, and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Ye Anping sighed helplessly and added, “Ten thousand spirit stones.”
“…”
Liang Zhu had just turned around. When he heard the number reported by Ye Anping, he hesitated for a moment, then turned back, walked into the house, and closed the door.
“Specification!”
“Kill someone.”
“Name?”
“Yao Yuanhua.”
“Age?”
Ye Anping said uncertainly, “About three hundred?… Four hundred?”
Liang Zhu nodded and continued to ask, “Cultivation level!”
“Core formation initiation.”
“…”
Upon hearing about cultivation, Liang Zhu paused, turned around, and prepared to leave again.
Ye Anping could only sigh once more. He suddenly felt communicating with this person was challenging and quickly added, “Just one slash, regardless of life or death.”
Hearing this, Liang Zhu took two steps, then stopped, turning his head back.
“Don’t care about life or death?”
“Yeah.”
Liang Zhu remained silent for a moment. He wouldn’t usually inquire about the target’s identity for ordinary clients but with Ye Anping as the client…
To be sure, he still asked, “Yao Yuanhua?”
“The lower enforcer of the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Prison Hall.”
“Demon cultivator…” Liang Zhu furrowed his brows slightly, pondered for a while, then raised three fingers, “Twenty thousand.”
“Just ten thousand.”
“…”
Liang Zhu stayed silent momentarily, then immediately turned and left the room.
Ye Anping didn’t bother with him. He didn’t need to calculate anyway. This was just an attempt. After he killed a demon cultivator, he wanted to see how the group would react.
Then, Ye Anping stood up from the bedside, walked to the closet in the room, and took out the uniforms of the Xuanxing Sect for himself and his junior sister.
“Madam, change your clothes. When you take down people later, use the spiritual sword provided by Xuanxing Sect.”
“Oh…”
Ye Anping stood in place and pondered for a moment. Finally, he simply pushed open the door with his clothes in hand, ready to change outside. However, when he opened the door, he saw Liang Zhu leaning on the pillar in the corridor at the bedroom door, waiting for them.
Liang Zhu had already changed into the Dragon-Slaying Congregation’s attire, with a straight sword hanging on his waist that he, a non-martial cultivator, couldn’t use. His movements were relatively swift.
Ye Anping raised an eyebrow and asked, “Aren’t you supposed to stay behind?”
“I didn’t say that.”
“…”
Ye Anping felt a bit helpless. Making a sword gesture, he took a slightly larger Xuanxing Sect uniform from his storage bag and threw it into Liang Zhu’s hand.
“Change.”
“…”
“Recently, I had it customized at the workshop. The details differ, but if you follow us, the mansion guards won’t check your identity tag.”
Liang Zhu looked at the clothes he just changed into and asked, “Do I have to wear this?”
Ye Anping rolled his eyes, “Are you going to fight the demon cultivators when they come to the Jiang Mansion?”
“Oh.”
“…”
