Chapter 417 The End of the Road
"The Golden Lanyue Marquis. With a turn of your hand, you can uphold the laws of the imperial court, or shake up the martial world. In fact, there was a long period of time when the Grand Preceptor thought that you were the best candidate." Li Tian's face was pale, and blood was dripping from his cuffs.
Lanyue Marquis had already lost his sabre, the blade stuck in the ground three zhang away. He raised his clenched fists on guard, but his complexion was already very poor. "Is Grand Preceptor Dong thinking of taking the position of Retired Emperor? It's not up to him to judge our Xiao Clan imperial family."
"The Grand Preceptor has been an upright and honest official for so many years and he's dedicated to serving the country. If your Xiao Clan family business were not so messed up, why would the Grand Preceptor take matters into his own hands?" Li Tian snorted coldly.
"Come on, then." Lanyue Marquis sighed.
Li Tian shook his head. "Forget it. If we continue fighting, one of us will meet our end here. The Grand Preceptor has more than one chess piece. Whatever else happens next will be up to the rest. I'm just curious. Don't you covet the throne even one bit?"
"The throne?" Lanyue Marquis shrugged. "Not everyone is so obsessed with power. When I was a youth, all I looked forward to was wandering the martial world in a suit of blue robes."
Lihe Street.
Two swords lay broken on the ground.
Ling Jun smiled bitterly. "I thought we could delay you for a while. But, I didn't think this was as far as we could go."
Lei Wujie shrugged. "Because of our past acquaintance, I consider us to be friends, more or less. So, I've gone easy on you guys and didn't want to injure you. Otherwise, I could have ended this much earlier."
"Shut up," Xiao Se scolded.
The young Bo Yong suddenly said, "Your Highness, can I be your study companion eunuch?"
Every prince had his own study companion eunuch, and this eunuch would grow up together with him from childhood. Finally, if the prince became the emperor, then this companion eunuch would become the new Grand Eunuch. The companion eunuch by Xiao Yu's side was Long Ye. And few people knew that he was actually Jin Xuan's disciple. As for Xiao Chong, the boy who always stayed by his side when he was blind to guide him when walking was his study companion eunuch. Xiao Se, too, had a study companion eunuch once. But, he was killed in battle when they left Heavenly Revelations City. Hence, this position was now vacant.
Ling Jun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but scold him, "Have you forgotten what shifu told us! Withdraw!"
"You want to be my companion eunuch?" Xiao Se laughed.
Bo Yong nodded.
"Let's survive this first." Xiao Se took a flying leap and joined Lei Wujie to make their way towards the imperial palace.
On Chengfang Street, the assassins had all retreated under the Brave Tiger Guards' interception. The skill level of one Brave Tiger Guard was definitely not a match for the assassins, but when the Brave Tiger Guards assembled into an army, then these assassins would collapse at the first blow.
Even Shen Xiduo had to wave his executioner's blade to signal his subordinates to fall back. He spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "Damn it! As expected of the Brave Tiger Guards. No wonder they're the elite guards of His Majesty. Let's go."
"But Your Excellency, Jin Yan…" the vice minister hesitated.
"We go!" Shen Xiduo shouted, and turned to leave with the rest of his men.
At the end of the long street, Jin Xuan's long sleeves were torn to shreds. He had not been beaten so badly in many years. His expression was extremely sour and his murderous aura was growing stronger and stronger.
On the other side, Jin Xian's hand trembled violently, nearly losing his grip on the Snowstorm sword. Ji Xue's long hair was dishevelled, and she was drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.
Among the Five Grand Eunuchs, there was always a question of whether the Grand Eunuch's or the Eunuch of Incense's martial arts were more powerful. Now, they had their answer.
"You can already use nine points of the Void-Minded Skill. You're almost as powerful as shifu back then," Jin Xian said solemnly.
"I can use all ten points." Jin Xuan pointed at Jin Xian. "But you will die."
"Then I will die." Jin Xian used all of his effort to suppress the tremor in his hand.
"The hell you'll die." Ji Xue suddenly stepped back hurriedly and grabbed Jin Xian's collar as she retreated. Jin Xuan pointed one finger.
It could be called ultimate.
But in the end, it came up empty.
Jin Xuan gave Jin Xian a pointed look, then he turned and left.
"Why?" Jin Xian asked in a low voice.
Ji Xue breathed a long sigh of relief. "Leave the rest to Xiao Se and the others. This shixiong of yours is so strong he's not even human."
The palace gates.
The palace gates!
Jin Yan was running so hard his eyes turned red. It had been years since he ran this hard. It was only in his youth that he had to run this frantically in order to survive.
Now, history was repeating itself.
That fear, and the desire to live, once again permeated his heart.
"Almost there. I'm almost there!" Jin Yan roared in his heart.
Until two swords stopped him in his tracks.
Jin Yan didn't hesitate for a moment. He reached out a palm, grabbed the two swords with his bare hand and flipped them over violently. The two assassins were flipped over together with their swords!
Jin Yan struck another palm, smashing them in the middle of their chest, pulverising their bones.
Eunuch of Seal Jin Yan was also a martial expert. And at this moment, his heart was filled with fear and viciousness and he finally broke through the bottleneck that had obstructed him for many years to enter the Unfettered Heavenly Realm!
On the street to the west, twelve figures in white appeared armed with swords. On the street to the east, Long Ye blew a whistle from the dark and eight killers rushed forward. The remaining assassins in the dark saw two of their own getting killed instantly. But, they didn't feel any fear and instead, their murderous aura surged even more and they all drew their swords.
If they couldn't get him.
Then kill him!
Then, nobody would get him!
Xiao Se and Lei Wujie appeared in the distance.
Lei Wujie cursed angrily, "One step too late."
"Not too late." Xiao Se shook his head. "They can stop him, but those assassins are about to kill him. We have to stop them. Go!"
"Stay there!" Suddenly, someone grabbed Xiao Se's shoulder. He turned his head and saw Jin Xuan, a small smile on his face, as he pulled Xiao Se back violently. Xiao Se flashed behind Jin Xuan and swung his staff straight at Jin Xuan. Lei Wujie's Heart sword also flew out of its sheath.
Jin Xuan didn't dare to meet them head on. He tipped his toes and swept backwards.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
But the situation on the other side had changed in an instant!
Twelve men in white robes, nine death squad warriors, and those vicious assassins. They were about to intercept Jin Yan.
Jin Yan gritted his teeth and struck with a definitive and final blow.
I won't survive this.
But if I can't live, you all have to die too!
He clenched his fists, but suddenly a figure darted over from the palace gate.
He was holding a ridiculously large sword and he jumped up with a shout, "Go!"
Jin Yan didn't have time to think about why this person came, and why this person helped him. He only used all of his remaining energy and continued to run!
The swordsman fell behind him and swept his sword violently, forcing everyone to retreat.
"It's him!" Lei Wujie exclaimed from far away.
"I'm not surprised he came, but why did he let Jin Yan go?" Xiao Se said in a deep voice.
Jin Xuan snorted coldly. "Interesting."
The swordsman withdrew his sword, stabbed the sword forcefully into the ground and raised his head. The look on his face was full of contempt and after a brief pause, he shouted in a loud voice.
"Whoever passes this sword, kill!"
Sword Drawn with Fury, Yan Zhantian.