When Yue Yang brandished the two blades that were shining with the heat of the sun, the four most capable elders immediately retreated as quickly as possible.
After all, they were all cunning people who would always leave themselves some room to escape.
The two people who had previously been overpowered by Yue Yang were not in life-threatening danger, even though they were rolling on the ground like a gourd.
The most unfortunate one, however, was the black-clothed man who still foolishly charged forward, preparing to assassinate Yue Yang. He didn’t know that the other four elders had already retreated long ago. He wielded his pike with all his might and flew straight at Yue Yang. By the time he realized that there was a blazing light that blinded his eyes, it was too late to retreat. The steel pike in his hands crumbled and silently turned into metal slags when it collided violently with the explosive blaze. When the first ‘sun’ flared on his body, the black-clothed man felt that his body was melting from the intense heat of the sun. When the second ‘sun’, which was smaller in volume but ten times stronger, blew up on him, he felt himself being annihilated into nothingness in an instant.
The two figures standing atop the castle, who were watching Yue Yang’s dual blade slashes, looked considerably stirred.
One of the two figures shook his head, as he somberly spoke with an aged voice, “This is not the First Slash: Earth Splitting Slash, it’s only just a normal sword technique. Seems like it’s a technique that he comprehended by himself.”
“So you are saying that he is just like his father, a genius who can create his own technique?” The other figure questioned.
“It could be that someone is teaching him in secret.” The aged voice replied, in a suspicious tone.
There was another change in the situation below.
There were no injuries on the black-clothed man. Even his clothes remained orderly. However, the pupils of his eyes were widely dilated… Although he appeared untouched on the surface, he had already been killed instantly.
The remaining four elders, on the other hand, looked quite miserable. There were multiple scars on each of their bodies.
Although they had been cunning enough to retreat from the battlefield in time to save themselves, Yue Yang’s violent sword technique had left both their bodies and reputations covered in dirt.
The tightly shut castle gate slowly opened, and the drawbridge was lowered down.
A scholarly-looking man wearing a robe as white as snow strided out from within, walked straight towards Yue Yang who was composing himself. His face, which looked cultured and refined due to his extremely mature and well maintained complexion, revealed a smile as refreshing as a spring breeze. He nodded courteously, “San-er, it’s really you… When I heard the servant’s report, I could not believe my ears. I am more than pleasantly surprised, and had immediately informed Father about your arrival. I hope that he would also receive this news quickly and be happy. He has not had a pleasant surprise for a long time now… This is really a good thing, Third Brother (Yue Yang’s dad) finally has a qualified successor now.”
When Yue Yang heard it, he couldn’t help but shiver inwardly.
This fellow seemed to be the substitute Clan Master of the Yue Clan, Yue Shan. Seeing his all-too-innocent face, it seems like he was planning to cleanly push all the blame away from himself.
If Yue Yang had not known from the start that Yue Shan was a ruthless and vicious bastard, who harbored ill intentions behind his refreshing smile, he would probably have mistakenly believed that Yue Shan was a good uncle who cared about the well-being of his nephew. Seeing Yue Shan pretending to give him the sincerest of smiles, Yue Yang thought that even an Oscar wouldn’t be sufficient to award him for his talent in acting.
Damn. He was really worthy of his reputation as a capable government official of Da Xia Empire. He was different than other ordinary villains; in terms of politics, wisdom, and EQ, he was extremely exceptional.
With just one look, Yue Yang had already known that Yue Shan was not going to be an easy opponent to handle.
This fellow not only had extraordinary capabilities, but he was also extremely forbearing.
On the outside, he always pretended to be a modest and refined gentleman. Wasn’t he just like the Yue Buqun of this world?
(Ignis: Yue Buqun is a villain from ‘Xiao Ao Jiang Hu’, aka ‘The Smiling, Proud Wanderer’, a popular wuxia novel by Jin Yong. Pretty much appeared scholarly and refined but was actually a false gentleman. http://wuxia.wikia.com/wiki/Yue_Buqun)
Against such a person, if Yue Yang wanted to play mind games, he would simply be fighting against Yue Shan’s specialty. If that really happened, Yue Shan would probably be so happy that he would be too full to eat… The best way to deal with such people was to employ violence – the most brutal, overbearing and straightforward violence. Y