Chapter 71

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang did not want to die.

After all, she was still young, in the prime of her life; how could she just die so hastily before she had even had a chance to enjoy life?

Even though she was an Imperial Secret Agent who had prepared herself for the inevitability of death,

she surely would not be willing to accept it.

Most importantly, Shangguan Shangguan Haitang did not want to die in such an obscure and silent manner.

Thinking of this,

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang continued to plead:

"I beg Mr. Su to point the way for Shangguan Haitang!"

"Shangguan Haitang will be eternally grateful!!"

Faced with such a strong desire to survive, even Shangguan Shangguan Haitang could not help but feel agitated.

Seeing this, Su Hang merely smiled lightly, and then spat out a few simple words:

"It is very simple."

"You only need to slaughter the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, and that Yagyu family, seeing the situation turn against them, will naturally withdraw from the Central Plains."

"And wouldn't your life, Miss Shangguan Haitang, then be preserved?"

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang: "..."

Guihai Guihai Yidao: "..."

Upon hearing these words,

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang felt her mind go completely blank.

Many words were stuck in her throat, yet she could not utter a single one.

She had considered Mr. Su's possible answers, such as running away immediately, disguising herself, retiring to the mountains, or even marrying some random person, and so on...

She had even considered shaving her hair and becoming a nun.

But she had never expected Mr. Su to say something like this!

To directly kill her own foster father, her half-master, and solve the problem at its root?

This... Mr. Su's way of handling problems was even more ruthless than the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

This kind of groundbreaking method truly exceeded the limits of Shangguan Shangguan Haitang's imagination!

Meanwhile, the surrounding spectators, upon hearing this, were so frightened that their souls seemed to leave their bodies.

Fortunately, they were in Snow Moon City, under the protection of the city's big shots, which made them feel at ease.

If this were in the Great Ming Dynasty, the moment Su Hang said these words, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot would have already arrived!

To commit treason and dare to kill even the Emperor's own uncle—wouldn't killing the Emperor himself be even easier?

Such a person wouldn't even need a trial; they could be executed on the spot!

"No way... Good heavens, Mr. Su wants Shangguan Shangguan Haitang to kill Zhu Zhu Wushi!"

"Patricide, killing one's master, killing the Godly Marquis... all the most rebellious acts in the world are gathered here, right? Honestly, I don't think Miss Shangguan has the guts!"

"Zhu Zhu Wushi is the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, who has been regent for many years, and with the Dragon-Protecting Villa protecting him from the shadows, even the top experts of the Jianghu would likely never return if they went there."

"Exactly! This brother is right. If it were just Shangguan Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Guihai Yidao, there is no way they could kill the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis!"

"That's just it! Even if they were lucky enough to kill the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, they would be followed by countless Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Imperial City Forbidden Army. Could these two escape?"

"It's not that they can't do it, it's just that with their current strength, they can't! Didn't Song Que of the Great Sui hold off an army of one hundred thousand by himself?"

Hearing the crowd say this,

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang was still full of hesitation.

After all, this was no joke; this was killing the Godly Marquis!

"Mr. Su, although the Godly Marquis has committed treason and has wild ambitions..."

"But... but he is, after all, Shangguan Haitang's foster father. I fear I cannot bring myself to do it!"

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang was, after all, a person who could not bear to be cruel.

No matter how inhuman Zhu Zhu Wushi was, he was still her foster father, and he had the grace of raising and teaching her.

Even if he had committed treason and had to die, the person to strike the blow could not be Shangguan Shangguan Haitang herself.

Upon hearing this,

Su Hang smiled lightly and said:

"Do you think your Godly Marquis has merely committed treason?"

"Back in the day, when Zhu Zhu Wushi was young, he was in close contact with the Demonic Cult and even learned a sinister technique from them."

"Back then, he and Gu Gu Santong challenged the world's experts by Taihu Lake, and catching everyone off guard, he drained the internal energy of 108 experts in a single night! He personally created the Taihu Tragedy that shocked the Jianghu!"

"After that, he framed Gu Gu Santong for the tragedy, letting Gu Gu Santong bear the world's condemnation. This is what your 'good master' has been doing all these years."

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang was stunned. She never expected that her foster father was actually this kind of person.

Connecting this to the Godly Marquis's past, the truth surfaced!

Back then, when the Godly Marquis was young, he was just a person with mediocre Wu Gong.

In terms of Wu Gong, he was probably no better than Su Hang when he first arrived in Snow Moon City.

But for some unknown reason,

Overnight, his internal energy surged, and he entered the Grandmaster realm!

Even the number one expert of the Jianghu at the time, Gu Gu Santong, could only fight him to a draw.

Only now did Shangguan Shangguan Haitang regret recognizing the Godly Marquis's true face so late.

This was not the righteous and loyal Iron-Gall Godly Marquis at all.

This was clearly a sinister, cunning, and selfish Jianghu villain!

Thinking of this, even Shangguan Shangguan Haitang could not help but feel a wave of nausea.

At this moment, Guihai Guihai Yidao hardened his heart and asked in a deep voice:

"May I ask Mr. Su, what must be done to kill the Godly Marquis?"

After speaking, he looked at his severed right arm and felt helpless.

If his arm hadn't been severed, and he had fully mastered the Three Sabers of the Avici Path in the coming days,

he might have had a chance to fight the Godly Marquis.

But now that his arm was broken, he would probably never be able to use the Three Sabers of the Avici Path again!

Under these circumstances, defeating the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis was almost impossible!

Hearing this, Shangguan Shangguan Haitang also nodded.

She barely affirmed Su Hang's suggestion.

"But Mr. Su..."

"Now that Guihai Yidao has lost an arm, and my Wu Gong is weak, even with Brother Duan, we are definitely no match for the Godly Marquis!"

"Mr. Su might not know, but the Godly Marquis's Wu Gong is extremely high; it is definitely not something we can deal with!"

Regarding the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis's Wu Gong, Shangguan Shangguan Haitang had always had a clear understanding.

Although the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis had rarely made a move over the years, every time he did, it was fast, ruthless, and accurate.

His moves were strange and eerie, and their power was immense!

Sometimes, it only took one or two moves to completely annihilate someone!

It was precisely because of this that the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, Zhu Zhu Wushi, was so terrifying in the eyes of his disciples!

He appeared to win people over with virtue, but in reality, he did not.

He could control the imperial court, and he could control the Jianghu!

In addition to mastering advanced skills like mental control, physical elimination was also what the Godly Marquis was best at.

After all, for so many years, as Imperial Secret Agents, Shangguan Shangguan Haitang and Duan Duan Tianya had done plenty of such dirty work.

Every time he wanted them to do dirty work, the Godly Marquis would put on a righteous face, saying it was all for the Great Ming, fooling them completely.

Faced with the worries of Shangguan Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Guihai Yidao,

Su Hang said directly:

"I am not asking you to do it yourselves."

"I am telling you to go to West Lake, find the Four Friends of Plum Villa, and find someone at the bottom of the lake who is even better at 'absorbing'."

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang frowned, and then her face turned red: "May I ask, sir... what does this 'better at absorbing' refer to?"

Shangguan Shangguan Haitang was now twenty-two and was no longer a naive young girl.

Plus, having handled cases everywhere over the years, she had also confiscated many manuals for practicing Wu Gong from the homes of ministers and officials.

Combined with Mr. Su's words, how could Shangguan Shangguan Haitang not be embarrassed?

But Su Hang didn't care and said:

"As long as you find this person and ask him to act, your foster father will undoubtedly be defeated!"

"No matter how he absorbs, the Godly Marquis will undoubtedly be defeated."

Hearing this, a look of joy immediately appeared on Shangguan Shangguan Haitang's face.

"May I ask, sir, what is the name of this expert?"

Su Hang nodded: "Ren Woxing."

As soon as Su Hang said this, the surrounding spectators were shocked once again.

Just hearing this name was enough to make people tremble.

The former leader of the Demonic Cult, the number one 'absorber' in the Jianghu!

If the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis's 'Absorbing Power Technique' only drained the opponent's internal energy,

then Ren Woxing's 'Star-Absorbing Technique' could not only drain the opponent's internal energy, but even their flesh and blood!

It was truly the most evil thing in the Jianghu!

Even if Ren Woxing had been locked under West Lake for twenty years and tortured until he was no longer human, as long as he caught an opportunity to absorb two people, he could instantly recover to full health.

If he could absorb a few more people, his power would instantly recover.

In short, the more he absorbed, the stronger he became! The more he absorbed, the more he had!!

It could be said that,

if the Absorbing Power Technique was an evil art in the Wu Lin,

then by comparison, the Star-Absorbing Technique was undoubtedly a demonic art!

Both were about absorbing, but clearly, the Star-Absorbing Technique was a cut above!

And at this moment, the crowd watching, upon hearing the three words [Ren Woxing], were all horrified.

"What! Ren Woxing is not dead yet? No way!"

"Exactly! Jianghu rumors say this former Demonic Cult leader died long ago, how could he suddenly appear at the bottom of West Lake?"

"If we calculate the time, if Ren Woxing is not dead, he has been locked under West Lake for almost twenty years!!!"

"Incredible! To think the former leader of the Sun Moon Divine Cult is not dead; this will surely be another big news in the Jianghu!"

"Looking at it this way, it must have been the internal strife of the Divine Cult back then, where Ren Woxing's side lost, and he was placed under house arrest by the current leader, trapped under this West Lake. However, Cult Leader Dongfang was still kind to him, not killing him directly, but only trapping him in West Lake!"

Su Hang reached this point,

and looked up at Dongfang Bubai on the high platform not far away.

At this moment, Dongfang Bubai was staring straight at Su Hang, suddenly smiling charmingly, full of allure.