Chapter 729: Chapter 172: Netherworld’s First Kill! [Ten Thousand Words, Please Vote Monthly]
"Heavenly Palace people, understanding, understanding. I really didn’t expect the people from the Heavenly Palace would die. Seeing them act all high and mighty, I thought nobody would dare kill them... but didn’t they still get done in by the Yemo? What’s the use of cozying up to them every day?"
"...Makes sense."
The voices faded away, and the rest became inaudible.
But even just this was enough to make the Grand Dowager and Zhu Shaoyun tremble with anger, their bodies cold, yet unable to explode.
"Damn Yemo! My Heavenly Palace will not rest until you are dead!"
...
The Zhu Family members brought back Mr. Shang and the two maids’ bodies to the Zhu Family Mansion, the entire atmosphere of the mansion was as if the sky had fallen, so oppressively heavy that everyone could barely breathe.
"Wha... what do we do?"
Zhu Shaoyun’s lips were trembling, his facial muscles had been twitching ever since he first saw Mr. Shang’s body, and hadn’t stopped until now.
His once calm and wise gaze now completely filled with panic, his eyes flickering, lost and utterly at a loss.
The Grand Dowager wasn’t faring much better.
She sat on the floor, looking at Mr. Shang’s body, utterly lost.
In that moment, she even wished it was her who had died.
Because with Mr. Shang dead, even if she were alive, it would be worse than death.
Her face was filled with wrinkles, and at this moment, she truly looked the part of the ’Grand Dowager’ she had always played.
The air of decrepitude was all too clear.
"Yemo! Yemo! You, damn you! Damn you! This time, not even the Yin Shen Palace can protect you!"
Zhu Shaoyun, utterly at a loss, said, "Grand Dowager, we have to inform the General Inspector about this... but, how do we do that?"
"Such a thing... can it be kept secret?"
The Grand Dowager trembled as she pulled out the Heavenly Palace Communication Jade, let out a long sigh, her voice choking.
She knew what kind of stir this news would cause when sent out.
But, their child had died, how could they not inform them?
The Communication Jade in her hand felt as heavy as a thousand weights. As she found the contact page for the General Inspector, her eyes turned red.
"Lord, a disciple has an important report."
Then followed a long wait, the wait was excruciatingly slow, every moment felt like an eternity.
Over there, the General Inspector replied after 15 minutes: "Speak!"
A single cold word.
The Grand Dowager gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and directly input the message: "Reporting to the General Inspector, something happened to Mr. Shang."
"What happened?"
"Mr. Shang was in Baiyun State, killed by a Yemo of the Yixin Sect..."
There was no response for a long time.
Cold sweat continuously seeped from the foreheads of both the Grand Dowager and Zhu Shaoyun.
They didn’t dare to breathe heavily.
Even though they were separated by thousands of miles, they could imagine the look of shock on the face of the General Inspector over there.
Finally...
"I’ll be there tomorrow!"
Over there, the General Inspector didn’t ask for any details, like what happened, how it happened, or how the enmity arose. None of that was asked.
Instead, he straight out said he’d be there tomorrow!
The Grand Dowager and Zhu Shaoyun looked at each other, seeing the terror in each other’s eyes.
"Wha... what do we do?"
"Wait."
The Grand Dowager felt she was already numb, even if she were as resourceful as the legendary Dongfang Sansan, she was absolutely powerless at this point!
Just at that moment...
BOOM!
There was a loud crash from the direction of the gate.
The two rushed out in shock and anger, only to see the gate had been smashed to pieces!
Sword Qi marks crisscrossed everywhere.
A piece of paper fluttered leisurely out from the ruins.
"Zhu Family, die!"
It was the same handwriting left by the Yemo in previous encounters.
"Yemo!"
The two yelled furiously, their eyes bloodshot, their hair standing on end in anger, drawing their swords, they rushed out in fury.
This is truly intolerable!
This is in Baiyun State City.
In broad daylight, the Yemo openly smashed the Zhu Family gate!
Murder, interception, assassination, and home invasion... after committing all these, he destroyed the gate in broad daylight!
The Yemo’s arrogance was simply extreme!
But after coming out, they saw nothing. After destroying the Zhu Family gate, the Yemo had vanished.
The Grand Dowager could not bear it any longer.
"Report to the Guardian Hall!"
Zhu Shaoyun personally headed to the Guardian Hall, just as Fang Che returned from a patrol.
"Family Head Zhu, what a coincidence? We meet again."
Fang Che greeted politely.
"I come this time because there is something unbearable, and I hope the Guardian Hall will do justice."
"Family Head Zhu, no need to be so formal, please come in and talk."
In his office.
In front of Fang Che were the three bottles of Reviving Pills that the Zhu Family had compensated him with, and an unworn small Protective Treasure Clothes vest, the compensation given to him that one night.
They were casually piled on the table, as if Fang Che didn’t care about these things at all.
Seeing Zhu Shaoyun’s gaze pass over them, Fang Che laughed: "These Elixir Pills are good, I’ve been worried about where to put them... afraid someone might steal them."
Zhu Shaoyun’s mouth twitched.
If you’re afraid of theft, why leave them out in the open?
Then Fang Che gathered them up right in front of him, looked left and right... and with a snap, threw them into a drawer.
"Alright, now they’re safe from theft. Family Head Zhu, please feel free to speak."
Fang Che politely gestured.
"..."
Zhu Shaoyun’s lips twitched again.
This guy really despises our Heavenly Palace’s things, he’s truly indifferent about them.
It’s too perfunctory, too outrageous.
But Zhu Shaoyun could only swallow his pride.
