MW Chapter 1952

Chapter 1952 - A Single Life (9)

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Deepat night, a seemingly ordinary carriage stopped at the back doors of aluxurious and opulent mansion. The curtains of the carriage were pulledopen and a mysterious person in a black cloak stepped out and walkedthrough the door.

His footsteps were light, as if he were just a ghost.

He grasped a special entry token, one that allowed him unimpeded access to a chamber in the deepest depths of the mansion.

Within this chamber, a 30 some year old man had already been waiting for a long time.

This man was tall and his shoulders were broad. Beneath two thick eyebrows, a pair of hard eyes gleamed.

Thisman emitted a faint killing intent. This was a presence that could onlybe formed by slaughtering on the road of martial arts for many years.

Infront of him was a decanter of wine. At this time, he held onto thedecanter with one hand and was pouring the wine into a bronze cup.

Hishands were strong and steady, as if cast from iron. As the wine waspoured from the large decanter, the cup filled to the brim with not asingle drop spilling out.

At this time, the front door of thechamber opened. The mysterious cloaked man from the carriage paced overand respectfully bowed to this 30 some year old man.

“Marquis Yutian, your subordinate has returned.”

The black-cloaked person courteously said.

Thisman called Marquis Yutian was the Lin Family’s son-in-law, Zhou Yutian.He had married Lin Ming’s second younger sister, Lin Ping, and was theson-in-law of the current emperor. He had been granted the title ofMarquis and commanded one of the elite forces of the Vermilion BirdDivine Kingdom – the Silver Armor Legion.

Of course, the reasonZhou Yutian was able to possess such a high status was because he had avariation bloodline. He was an extremely strong and talented individualand had even become the champion of a grand martial arts meeting.

Fiveyears ago, after Lin Ming disappeared to go to the Eternal Demon Abyssduring the survival course, Zhou Yutian and the Silver Armor Legion werethe ones responsible for searching for him.

“Mm.” Zhou Yutianlightly responded. He waved to a seat across from him and said, “Come,enjoy this 10,000 year fog flower wine, it is a welcoming gift for you!”

Theblack-cloaked man’s eyebrows leapt upwards. He looked at the cup ofwine, slightly surprised. 10,000 year fog flower wine was extremelyprecious and drinking it would be greatly beneficial to a martialartist’s cultivation.

He apologetically said, “Marquis, thissubordinate handled matters poorly. After failing to assassinate Lin Anfive years ago, I allowed the Marquis to fall into danger instead. Ifled for five years afterwards and only returned now, so I don’t havethe face to drink wine with the Marquis.”

Zhou Yutian laughed. “IfI doubted all of my subordinates then there would be no one left. Fiveyears ago you failed to kill Lin An, but that was not because of yourmistake but because I underestimated him. I never thought that therewould be a Divine Sea powerhouse protecting him in secret. Although yourmove failed, you still managed to expose Lin An’s depths to me.Luckily, when he disappeared from the survival course and I sent theSilver Armor Legion out to search for him, I restrained myself fromdoing anything. Otherwise, with the many eyes and ears of the SilverArmor Legion, it would have been inevitable that this mysterious personfound out the truth…”

As Marquis Yutian spoke to here he coldly snorted, hateful killing intent flashing in his eyes.

“Thank you Marquis for your forgiveness.” The black-cloaked person tossed down the cup of 10,000 year fog flower wine.

Zhou Yutian smiled with satisfaction. “How is the matter that I had you attend to?”

“Reportingto the Marquis, this subordinate journeyed to the Holy Demon Continentand has succeeded in finding the bloodline of the previous BloodSlaughter Steppes’ Steppes Master, the one who bears a grudge againstLin Ming from the past… this subordinate carried out a secretinvestigation and can confirm that over 200 years ago, the formerSteppes Master was killed by Lin Ming. Afterwards, Lin Ming became atwelve-winged Heavenly Demon and ascended into the position of the newSteppes Master. He planted slave seals in the bodies of many of thesupervisory Elders to take control of the entire Blood SlaughterSteppes.

“Afterwards, the bloodline of the previous Steppes Masterwas forced to flee. But after Lin Ming left, they managed to developthemselves in secret. They now have a tremendous influence. Because oftheir family’s enmity with Lin Ming, they are willing to cooperate withus.”

As the black-cloaked man spoke he took out a token. “Marquis,this is a sound transmission mark that this subordinate obtained. Thissubordinate has already formed a communication route. By using thistransmission mark, you can locate the one leading the bloodline of theprevious Steppes Master.”

“Wonderful!” Zhou Yutian happily nodded.He took the token and swept through it with his divine sense. Indeed,this was the real deal.

“The Marquis’ plans are truly divine. Iassume that when I was sent to the Blood Slaughter Steppes, all of theseplans were formed in advance. That person’s parents are in the way fartoo often. Does the Marquis plan to do something with those two oldgeezers…?” As the black-cloaked person spoke to here, he slashed hisfinger along his neck.

Although Lin Ming had already flown to thestars over 200 years ago, these people still feared mentioning LinMing’s name. Thus, they would only call him ‘that person’.

ZhouYutian frowned. He coldly said, “How can I possibly move against them.If those two old codgers have any problems then if that person were toinvestigate what happened, I would die without a burial ground! But thatdoesn’t matter at all. Those two idiots wander about like muddledfools. Even if I let them live, eventually supreme authority will fallinto my hands regardless! As for the Second Prince, he is a uselessdegenerate that doesn’t need to be feared at all. Only Lin An is stilltoo heavily favored. My worry is that those two old fools are waitingfor Lin An to grow up so that they can give him more power. Now, I don’tknow why but Lin An is becoming increasingly sharp. I have to removehim as soon as possible… but, I also don’t know who is protecting him insecret. Ah, how troublesome…”

“Marquis is wise. This Lin An mustbe killed before he has grown. Then, even if that person returns fromthe Divine Realm he definitely won’t do anything just for an adopted sonof his parents. After waiting for another one or two thousand years,that person’s parents will also pass away from natural deaths, leavingbehind all authority in Princess Lin Ping’s hands. That is equivalent tothe entire Vermilion Bird Divine Kingdom being under the control of theMarquis!”

The black-cloaked person chuckled as he thought ofthis, and Zhou Yutian also laughed. But at that moment, theblack-cloaked man violently shook and grabbed onto the table. His eyeswidened. He could feel an agonizing pain spread through his body. Acruel and sinister strength was invading his meridians, melting away hismarrow!

He looked at the bronze cup. Then, he gazed up at Zhou Yutian in disbelief.

“You… you…”

Blackblood began leaking from the edges of the black-cloaked man’s mouth.His lips turned pale white and sweat streamed down his body.

The wine he drank just then – it was poisoned!

ZhouYutian watched with terrifying calmness. He indifferently looked at theblack-cloaked person and slowly said, “Using heaven swallowing blood,divine demon grass, mortal dragon flowers and other types of heavenlymaterials, this is seven seed poison that I produced myself. It istasteless and colorless, and I even added on a little of the Poison LawsI cultivate. I mixed it with the 10,000 fog flower wine. After drinkingit you will lose your skills and your essence energy will deplete untilyou die…”

“But… why…”

The black-cloaked person grit histeeth, glaring at Zhou Yutian with hatred, so enraged that his eyesnearly popped out of his head. The man threw back his black cloak,revealing a thin and narrow face and an expression that seemed to bedying from despair. The man’s body continued shivering.

ZhouYutian drew out a sword from his spatial ring. He looked at theblack-cloaked man and laughed. “You have followed me for such a longtime yet you still ask such a stupid question? You know far too manythings. The powerhouse that guards Lin An might have some method to findyou. If he did, the consequences would be inconceivable!

“Fiveyears ago when you failed to assassinate Lin An, the reason I didn’tkill you and sent you to the Holy Demon Continent was because I stillhad a mission for you. Now that your mission is complete, keeping youalive will only put myself in danger. That isn’t a good decision at all…

“Inorder to accomplish great things, one must be merciless and cruel.Although I believe I can kill you myself, that will cause far too muchmovement. Since I used seven seed poison and 10,000 year fog flower wineto serve as your funeral wine, you should be more than content to die.

“Don’t blame me for this.”

As Zhou Yutian spoke, he thrust his sword towards the black-cloaked man!

The black-cloaked man had already lost all his energy. This sword would easily kill him.

Theblack-cloaked man looked at the sword with despair and hate. He waitedfor death to arrive. But in that instant, the death he anticipateddidn’t come. Rather, Zhou Yutian had frozen where he was.

His sword seemed to be frozen in the void, completely unable to be moved.

“Who!?”

ZhouYutian was frightened out of his wits. This was his private hiddenchamber that was protected with layers upon layers of array formations.There shouldn’t be anyone able to silently sneak in here without himknowing. The only exception was if… this other person’s strength hadreached an incomprehensible boundary!

Could it be that this was the peerless powerhouse secretly protecting Lin An?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yutian felt a cold sweat stream down his back.

Andat this moment, the void in front of Zhou Yutian began to shake. A pairof jade-soft hands reached out from the void and tore open space as ifit were paper.

Then, a youth in robes stepped out from the void.This youth had straight eyebrows that slanted towards his temples. Helooked around 18-19 years old. This person was the reborn Lin Ming.

Seeing this face, Zhou Yutian looked like he saw a ghost. His eyes filled with disbelief. “You… you… you… Lin An!?”

Hecould hardly believe what he saw. To locate his hidden chamber, toeasily tear open the void and teleport, to ignore all array formationsand even monitor his conversation, these were methods that even lateDivine Sea powerhouses weren’t capable of!

And all of this had been done by Lin An! Lin An was a mere 20 year old hairless little boy!

Couldit be that… the sword strike that cut down the fleeting fire centipedewas not sent by some hidden Divine Sea powerhouse, but by Lin Anhimself!?

Zhou Yutian felt his entire worldview be completely overturned in that moment. “You… who are you!?”

Zhou Yutian didn’t believe that a 20 year old boy had such abilities!

LinMing coldly sneered. “You’re quite skilled. Although the Sky SpillContinent and Holy Demon Continent are linked together now, the twocontinents are still far too distant from each other and not manyexchanges occur. Even so, you managed to investigate the matters aboutwhen I went to the Blood Slaughter Steppes and even found out that Ikilled the previous Steppes Master. Your plans aren’t bad at all!

“Afteryour subordinate failed to kill me, you wanted him to flee to the HolyDemon Continent and unite the evil rabble that is the previous SteppesMaster’s bloodline, and then use them to subvert the leadership ofVermilion Bird Divine Kingdom? This idea of killing two birds with onestone is quite good, and your methods are also ruthless enough. Youremind me a little of that Yang Yun from 200 years ago. But what a pity,you are not Yang Yun, and you fall far, far short of him…”

LinMing’s words were spoken unhurriedly. But as they fell onto ZhouYutian’s ears, they were like a bolt of lightning that struck fromnowhere.

In particular, those words ‘Even so, you managed toinvestigate the matters about when I went to the Blood Slaughter Steppesand even found out that I killed the previous Steppes Master’, causedZhou Yutian to go cold all over. Just how was this Lin An? This wasclearly Lin Ming!!

“You… you… you…”

Zhou Yutian shivered andhis will cracked. No matter how great his ambitions were and no matterhow ruthless his methods were, he couldn’t summon any courage to facethe legendary character in front of him!

Now that he looked straight into Lin Ming’s eyes, he nearly collapsed!

That’sright, only that person could have such abilities. And, he actuallythought to assassinate him secretly. Wasn’t this just bringing about hisown destruction?

But why, why would that person return from the Divine Realm? Why would they turn into a baby and slowly grow up again?

ZhouYutian could no longer understand what was happening, and at this timeany further thinking stopped. Lin Ming’s mental strength was like apointed needle that stabbed into Zhou Yutian’s spiritual sea.

“Sinceyou are my second sister’s husband, I didn’t want to kill you. But youwanted to take advantage of my parents’ kindness and harm them. Youtouched my bottom line, so die.”

As Lin Ming spoke his soul forcepunctured Zhou Yutian’s spiritual sea. Each piercing broughtincomparable pain. This was the pain of having one’s soul torn apart.Zhou Yutian’s eyes turned wide and blank and his mouth flapped like adying fish.

Zhou Yutian wanted to cry out but he couldn’t. Hegrabbed his neck, trying to choke himself to death. From this it couldbe seen just how much pain he was in.

After 10 breaths of time, Zhou Yutian died. He fell onto the ground like a dead dog.

And behind Lin Ming, the black-cloaked man had already seemed to have lost his soul.

Lin An was actually that person…

The black-cloaked man’s lips shivered and his face turned white.

LinMing used the Magic Cube to extract all of Zhou Yutian’s memories. Inthat instant, all of Zhou Yutian’s rebellion plans were known by LinMing, including the tools and materials he had hidden to start it. Allof these things were hidden by Zhou Yutian in extremely secret placesand could be used as evidence that he was plotting a rebellion all thistime.

Moreover, there was even a witness this time.

Lin Ming flicked his fingers and a ball of light shot into the black-cloaked person’s spiritual sea. This was a slave seal.

With this slave seal, Lin Ming didn’t worry that any secrets would be revealed.

LinMing said with cold indifference, “I will give you three days totestify against Zhou Yutian. After that, I will allow you to die inpeace. Your family and your descendants will not be implicated but willbe properly placed somewhere else instead.”

The cloaked man kneltto the ground. Facing Lin Ming, the pressure was far too great. Theresimply wasn’t any way to disobey Lin Ming’s will.

As Lin Mingspoke, his figure vanished once more. After several breaths of time hereappeared. He had collected the evidence of Zhou Yutian’s plot and sentthis evidence with the black-cloaked man to surrender himself to LinXiaodong.

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On this night, the capital of Vermilion BirdDivine Kingdom was busy with movement. Martial law was declared on thestreets. Soldiers, elite legions, and powerful martial artists were sentto surround Marquis Yutian’s mansion, and all of his people werecaptured and interrogated.

The corpse of Marquis Yutian was foundin his hidden chamber. As for the evidence that he was plotting arebellion, that was taken by Lin Xiaodong.

The matter of ZhouYutian’s assassination attempt on Lin An five years ago finally cameout. The black-cloaked man explained everything that had occurredregarding the fleeting fire centipede and the two teachers.

Everything that happened in the capital was watched by Situ Mingyue.

So, the one who tried to kill Lin An that time was actually Marquis Yutian…

Sucha person had tried to kill the useless playboy that was Lin Ming, butnot only did his assassination fail, but five years later he himself wasthe one to die…