Chapter 103

When Zhang Jian encountered the black wind demonic aura blocking the road.

However, within and without Fengyang Commandery, a great upheaval was taking place.

In the manor of the Yu family in Fengyang Commandery.

Yu You, dressed in black common attire, stood in the manor; the many descendants in the courtyard, the dead warriors, each tightened their expressions; he gazed upon the many descendants, his confidants, the dead warriors, and a sigh flashed in his eyes.

He spoke in a deep voice.

"Gentlemen, from today onward, the commandery city shall have no more of the four great clans of the commandery, only one clan of the commandery, and that is the Yu family!

But there is also risk; if we fail, perhaps today we shall all die without a burial place—will you regret it?!"

"

Upon hearing this, the leading middle-aged figure bowed his hands and said: "We shall never regret it; if we do not succeed, we shall become benevolent in death. The three great families have bullied people too much; we have no choice but to strike first, in order to preserve all of the Yu family!"

Yu You, seeing this, slightly nodded his head.

A faint smile appeared at the bottom of his eyes, along with some sighs.

He actually knew that even if this situation were won, the Yu family would likely only achieve a pyrrhic victory; not to mention that there would surely be backlash within Fengyang Commandery, and the imperial court would also exert pressure.

But if we do not act, once the relationship between the Yu family and Yu Tongguang is exposed, the Yu family will likewise die without a burial place.

Yu You reflected upon himself and realized that his past dealings with Yu Tongguang were by no means foolproof; moreover, there were still many who knew the truth, and not every one of them had been silenced by him in time; there remained one or two who had slipped through the net and had never appeared.

Moreover, it is unknown whether Yu Tongguang's side still has any survivors.

And even if those who are dead could not necessarily keep their mouths shut; those strange and extraordinary individuals might very well have means to investigate!

Not necessarily foolproof.

For now, the only plan is to take advantage of the fact that no one has yet noticed anything amiss, and suddenly rise up.

This matter is very risky!

After much thought, Yu You still decided to go all in.

"This is a desperate struggle of a cornered beast!"

Yu You sighed in his heart, but in an instant his expression turned stern, and he gestured for everyone to depart in small groups through the side gate, rushing to all directions, to seize control of every key position inside and outside the commandery city, awaiting the signal to act.

Yu You also instructed the beautiful woman beside him to properly tidy her garments; he had already, in the name of acting commandant of Fengyang Commandery, sent people to the other three great families to deliver messages!

Using the pretext that the imperial court would soon dispatch an imperial envoy to investigate the rebellion and treason of the former commandant, he specially invited the chiefs of the other three clans to come and discuss important matters.

As long as we control the chiefs of the four great families, the matter will be half successful; next, we must seize the military authority within the commandery city, primarily that of Qi Yuansi of the Qi family; without this man, the Yu family's trusted aides can smoothly take command of the commandery troops and lead them into the city.

At that time, with the righteous cause of the imperial court on our side, and with the elite troops of the commandery city to suppress, the Yu family will fear no challenge.

Yu You gave a cold chuckle, then changed into the commandant's uniform and proceeded to the commandant's office.

He felt that this commandant's uniform fit him extremely well, much more comfortable than the assistant commandant's uniform; Yu You no longer wished to take it off easily.

……

"The people of the Yu family are indeed ambitious, actually thinking of controlling the entire commandery, and not afraid of breaking their big teeth!"

At this time, Yu You did not know that in a deep well of the Yu family, there were additionally several figures swimming nearby.

At this time, they were still gurgling and shouting, discussing noisily.

Since the Dragon King of the Well usurped the throne and failed, being swallowed by the White Water Dragon Lord, the Well's secret realm has been under the control of the White Water Dragon Palace.

As the White Water Dragon Lord Bai Nu naturally also sent people to take over the Well Dragon Palace, and at the same time successively recruited many water spirits and monsters to serve as patrol divine generals.

High office and generous stipends; even the spirits and monsters of the mountains and wilds will be moved.

After all, it is a proper and orthodox divine bureau; life is also protected by the gods, and will not become an existence arbitrarily beaten to death.

Many spirits and monsters also eye the position of the Well Dragon King with tiger-like greed.

However, the clever spirits and monsters all know that the position of the Well Dragon King has long had a master; it must necessarily fall upon the head of that princess of the White Water Dragon Palace, only awaiting her breakthrough from seclusion, after which there will be hope of receiving imperial investiture.

It is said that the document requesting imperial investiture has already been submitted.

At this time, another spirit and monster gossiped a bit, and soon managed to transmit the message back to the White Water Dragon Palace.

They patrol the watery depths not only to guard the waters, to manifest the divine might of the master of this place, but also under the command of the White Water Dragon Lord to monitor the inside and outside of Fengyang Commandery, and simultaneously to gather information about the whereabouts of the remnants of the former commandant Yu Tongguang.

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In the White Water Dragon Palace, when the minor demon conveyed the message through the White Water Divine Bureau, using a conch to send the message back, Bai Nu was sitting upon the Dragon Lord's divine throne, his eyes revealing a hint of loneliness.

"In the end, it is unavoidable!"

At this time he gazed toward the depths above his head; his eyes showed some helplessness.

After becoming a proper god of the Dao, although he had received imperial investiture for long life, he also had to follow the rules of the Dao.

The Dao is stern and strict; three hundred years a minor calamity, a thousand years a major calamity; the three disasters of wind, fire, and thunder take turns striking.

If he cannot pass through, then he can only retreat his divine form and sink into the netherworld.

The Dao also does not advance but retreats.

Over nine hundred years ago, the White Water Dragon Lord had just passed the thousand-year great calamity, at a time of weakness, and was stabbed in the back by the King of Mian, who seized the dragon pearl and trapped him in the depths of the water eye.

And now the second thousand-year period has arrived again; he is currently exhausted in essence and blood, his qi and blood are weak, his magical power has not made the slightest progress, but rather has worn down considerably during the thousand years of imprisonment; the White Water Dragon Lord reflected upon himself and found he had no confidence whatsoever.

This is also why he completely disregarded the cost and forcibly cast a spell to break open Yu Tongguang's fate.

This is a demonstration, and also a display of his own divine power, to intimidate external enemies.

Whether he is truly powerful and tyrannical, or merely a cornered beast's struggle, outwardly strong but inwardly weak, others will not trouble him in the short term, after all, who would want to fight a near-mad jiao dragon in flesh and blood, trading life for life?

After receiving the message from the minor demon of the secret realm, Bai Nu slightly furrowed his brows; he glanced at the depths of the White Water Eye, and a faint light flickered in the depths of his eyes.

"Forget it!"

He slightly gestured, and immediately a water-bottom divine general stepped forward; after a moment, he hurried away.

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Outside Fengyang Commandery City, Qi Yuansi was currently drilling troops in the barracks; this drilling was a bitter task, especially during this period when the new army was expanding recruitment, and the barracks had many new recruits, making him extraordinarily busy.

At this time he was about to leave the tent, when just then a personal guard hurried over, still holding a letter in his hand.

"General, this is news sent from Fengyang Commandery this morning, saying it is to be personally delivered to you!"

Qi Yuansi glanced at it, his pupils contracting, and immediately took it, checked and confirmed there was no cat grease, then directly opened it; after merely scanning the contents of the letter, his expression instantly changed slightly.

"There is trouble in the commandery city, be careful!"

Qi Yuansi's pupils contracted, his gaze turning toward the depths of the commandery city.

There was some change in his eyes.

……

At this moment, on Changling Street, before the Qi family manor.

It was high noon, the surrounding markets bustling extraordinarily, many of the Qi family patrol soldiers stationed nearby also drawn by the lively market, but just then, porters on the street, hawkers, cloth sellers, peddlers wandering the lanes, or camel drivers, hunters—each suddenly erupted, seizing the necks of the patrolling Qi family soldiers, even the patrol officers of the prefectural office, and viciously stabbing them to death.

The various bloody scenes instantly threw the market surroundings into chaos, numerous vendors and commoners scattering in panic.

Those assassins, however, paid no heed to these defenseless commoners; moments later they gathered together, hundreds of faces calm and composed, yet each with a murderous aura flickering in their eyes.

Leading them, a tall, muscular martial artist in a blue robe stepped forward from the crowd, his physique strong and powerful, a layer of intense qi and blood surging around his body, his eyes sharp, flashing with sharp light.

This is Yu Fan, and also the only innate-stage body tempering martial artist of the Yu family, his qi and blood already nearing that of a grandmaster.

His gaze swept over the Qi family manor where startled cries continued to erupt, a flicker of a savage smile passing through his eyes as he shouted at the crowd.

"Not a single person from the Qi family's inner quarters may escape, especially Qi Yuansi's wife and daughter; the rest may be slaughtered without hesitation!"

Murderous intent surfaced in the eyes of the many assassins, who roared in assent; at the same time, the many household retainers, private soldiers, and sentries deep within the Qi mansion sensed the anomaly and sprang into action, rushing forward to gather at the gate, colliding with the numerous assassins who had stormed in.