ushernet Chapter 1137: I Have A Backer (2)
Chapter 1137: I Have A Backer (2)
Chapter 1137: I Have A Backer (2)
The city was filled with soldiers.
A detailed search was ongoing.
Everyone in the city was being investigated. Their residence permit, background, and strength would all be investigated. And that was only the first round of investigation. After going through the first round, the second round would come, followed by the third round.
Inside a large building.
About a dozen Martial Dragon Guard experts were searching the place. Soon, one of them reported something to their leader. The leader, a Cloudbreach, ordered, "Seize them."
Boom!
Instantly, a fight broke out.
Shortly after, three cultists were killed. They died with great indignation. Damn it! They had hidden here for so many years. But instead of being exposed by their own actions, they had been exposed due to that Profound Nine, someone they didn't even know!
They felt greatly wronged.
It had been years since the Xia Family performed such a search on the city. Because of that Profound Nine, the entire city was placed under investigation. Everything had happened too quickly. None of them could react.
Such battles were erupting all over the city.
Even if one could get through the first round of investigation, that might not be the case for the second or the third round. The first round would be carried out by Cloudbreaches. The second round would be carried out by Mountainseas. And the third round would be carried out by Sunmoons. Secret after secret was unveiled.
This was too hateful!
The people of Great Xia were still raging. How could they swallow such humiliation? Thus, the locals cooperated with the investigation, determined to hunt Profound Nine down. Their anger could only be quelled with Profound Nine's death.
***
At the same time.
Somewhere inside the prefect's residence.
Administrator Hu had a helpless and nervous expression. His head was lowered with guilt. It had been years since he last felt so helpless.
"Marquis..."
He carefully handed the tiny ball of light to Marquis Xia and said, "I already repaired the sea of willpower. But Xinyi no longer has his body. I'm afraid...he has to cultivate from scratch." Even saying those words filled him with disgrace.
"I...have disappointed your trust."
Beside him, General Zhao dropped on one knee and said, "Marquis, this general is incompetent. If I fail to kill Profound Nine, I will take my own life to atone for this mistake. Great Xia has never suffered such humiliation before. I have disgraced the Martial Dragon Guard and the people of Great Xia. I do not deserve your trust!"
The two experts respectively represented the administrative and military branches of Great Xia. And they both felt incomparably furious. They had failed their lord!
Yes, Xia Xinyi was still alive. But...he was still in a terrible situation. Cultivating from scratch was not an easy thing to do. With trembling hands, Marquis Xia took the shining ball.
Clenching his teeth, he ordered, "Search! Search personally! I want to see Profound Nine dead!"
"Yes!"
With boundless fury, the two experts left to join the search as well. They would not rest before their job was done.
After the two left, Marquis Xia cursed helplessly, "Fuck!"
Clenching his teeth, he looked in a certain direction and spat, "Bastard! Look what you did to my son! Don't you know how to hold your punch? Damn it! Why must you blast his body apart? This...this...is too harsh! Where is your conscience?"
"Sure."
"Also..." Marquis Xia paused slightly and continued, "Contact him and get some heavenly source qi from him. I need as much as he can provide. That guy has a terrifyingly large amount of heavenly source qi. Someone sold a large amount of heavenly source qi when Grandstar City was sealed. That guy must be the seller. Get as much as you can from him."
"He definitely won't provide anything for free. Second Granduncle, we're running out of funds."
"What nonsense." Marquis Xia rolled his eyes and said, "How are we running out of funds? Great Xia has plenty of property. The Xia Trade Company is worth billions of merit points. Sell him thirty percent of our shares and we can get hundreds of millions. We will have plenty of money to spend."
"..."
Clearly, Marquis Xia was trying to get some money for free.
Xia Huyou was left speechless.
Noticing Xia Huyou's gaze, Marquis Xia coughed awkwardly and said, "It's fine. Just do it. If that doesn't work, we have other stuff to sell. We can even sell him our grottos. Issue him a receipt. He can claim it in a few months. We can even stamp the seal of Great Xia King on the receipt."
"..."
Xia Huyou decided to ignore Marquis Xia. He looked at the ball of light, coughed, and asked, "Uhm...Uncle..."
"We won't rebuild his body anytime soon. It's much easier to take a ball of light away than to take a grown adult away."
Marquis Xia paused slightly and asked, "Where do you think we should send your uncle?"
Xia Huyou thought about it and answered with some hesitation, "A minor realm?"
"That's not safe enough."
Marquis Xia shook his head. After a short silence, he said, "If we have no choice, just send him to an ancient city. He can become a resident."
"This..." Xia Huyou said, "No, I don't think this is a good idea. Not everyone is like that guy. Not everyone can be fine after becoming a resident. This definitely won't work. Why don't...we send him to Great Ming? It's more peaceful over there."
"True." Marquis Xia nodded, "We'll do this for now, then. Sigh."
After a sigh, he continued, "This time, we will pull back all our people. But Profound Nine can't die so fast. After his death, we won't have a good excuse to keep our people in Great Xia anymore. It doesn't matter if this is embarassing. We'll drag this out for a few months. Get that guy to provide us with the information of some pavilion members. Even better if he can point us to some members with reasonably high status. Even if we don't kill him, we need to kill some other members to establish our dominance, right?"
"He might charge us for this service..."
Marquis Xia scolded, "Money? Again? That guy is already so rich! Why is he still thinking about money all the time? Does he want me to sell his information and reveal to the world that he's Profound Nine instead?"
"..."
Once again, Xia Huyou was rendered speechless. His second granduncle sure was shameless.
"Fine. I'll talk to him about this."
After a slight hesitation, he asked, "Second Granduncle, how...is that guy growing so fast? He punched Uncle to death with only one hit...cough, I mean he injured Uncle with one hit. Does he really have a ruin?"
"Ask him yourself. How am I supposed to know?"
"Fine." Xia Huyou nodded. His tone turned helpless as he said, "That guy sure is good at stirring shit. I only told him to attempt an assassination. But he actually did it in broad daylight. That was too excessive! My pitiful uncle!"
Marquis Xia glared at Xia Huyou. So this little shit knew how pitiful his uncle was, after all?
Marquis Xia rubbed the ball of light and lamented the fate of his pitiful son. Sigh. What did his son do to deserve the fate of being punched into a ball? His son should remember this well and cultivate well in the future. One should not be complacent just because one had a strong family.