"Master Wei."
"Webber is heavy!"
With a loud bang, the artificial hill was shattered by an unknown powerful airflow. Those with slightly stronger skills slid backward, while those who were exhausted were blasted several feet away.
"You wretch, I shouldn't have trusted you!"
A terrifying internal force surged towards the beauty.
…………
Later that evening, at a restaurant outside Jade Sword Manor.
"Report! The leader of the Bagua Sect is seriously injured."
"Report! The Jiuhua Sect has withdrawn."
"Report! The five sacred mountains of Taishan, Hengshan, Huashan, Songshan and Hengshan have joined forces to severely injure Wei Baizhong."
"Report! Master Wujie of Shaolin has killed the young master of Jade Sword Manor."
"Report! Wei Bai is locked in a fierce battle with the Manliu clan. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Beggars' Clan has kidnapped Liu Wushuang. The Five Mountains Alliance and Shaolin have caught up with her outside the manor."
"Oh?" Emperor Shengde found it intriguing and turned to look at Minister Ji.
"Your Majesty, although Lady Manliu is the widow of Lady Yu, she has lost her memory, therefore Lady Yu is more valuable."
"Hmm." The Emperor pondered for a moment, then issued an edict, "Tell Liu Zhaotong that if he cannot bring back the Yu family's daughter, he shall bring his head to me."
Just as the messenger was about to leave, he heard the person in the seat of honor say "Stop!"
"What does this Miss Yu look like?"
"Even a beauty that could topple kingdoms and cities is not worth mentioning."
"Compared to Consort Hui?" the Emperor asked again.
"One is the face of heaven, the other is the color of earth."
Ji Jun's words were clever, and Emperor Shengde took them to heart. So he ordered, "Take away the martial arts skills of Lady Yu and send her to the guesthouse."
The emperor stood by the window, gazing at the rain that fell intermittently.
"Your Majesty." Vice Minister Ji stopped three feet away from him. "So far, fourteen sect leaders have been killed, nine others are seriously injured, and twenty-seven have been slightly injured and have retreated from Jiangdu City."
Emperor Shengde's gaze remained fixed on the rain. "Are there any casualties among the four major sects?"
"Although it was just a superficial injury, the seeds of discord have already been sown."
Jade is fragile, but flaws are hard to remove; this is the nature of the human heart.
Emperor Shengde nodded with great satisfaction, but his face darkened a moment later as he recalled the plaque bearing the inscription "Upright and Bright." "Where is the Prefect of Jiangdu?"
The man in the robes and robes was dressed in red, and someone outside the door was kneeling and bowing behind a curtain.
"I order you to lead the Huai'an Army to burn down and besiege Yujian Manor. Even if it rains heavily, you must not leave a single wall or tile standing."
Dragon's eyes were cold and clear as he looked at the heavy curtain of rain.
"If anyone attempts to use light-footed skills, shoot them with a crossbow. I want to see how a sparrow with broken wings can escape."
The leader of the martial arts world? He is ultimately unworthy of the title "leader".
"I obey the order."
…………
An iron arrow pierced her shoulder blade, and she fell against the wall.
The ground was littered with mangled corpses, all shameless scoundrels who had used the guise of heroism to save a damsel in distress only to be completely exploited by her. She disdainfully kicked at the unrecognizable head at her feet; who would have thought that this was the once-powerful leader of the martial arts world?
That's what men are like.
She leaned against the wall, panting in pain, but was burned by the tung oil-soaked wall.
Wow, her beautiful skin.
Frustrated, she parted the small child's corpse at the base of the wall and pulled out a porcelain bottle.
"Luckily it didn't crack."
Regardless of her circumstances, she continued to rub her palms until the faded hem of her robe came into view.
Her long, tied-up hair fluttered in the wind as she stood bathed in the glow of flames and rain. Her beauty was tinged with a handsome air, prompting her to softly call out to her.
"Ah Ti?" Touching the iron arrow on her shoulder, she trembled with excitement. "Ah Ti, you've finally come to see me?"
The person remained motionless.
"Ten years have passed, and you still refuse to enter my dreams. Ati, are you blaming your sister?" Her beautiful eyes were filled with tears, but they quickly turned into a ferocious expression.
"Hmph! I completely forgot, you were the one who betrayed me first, you bitch! We clearly agreed that we'd never be separated, why did you leave me! A man? Just because of a man?!"
She kicked the severed limbs at her feet like a ball.
"Look at this, this is what men are like! Nothing but a pile of rotten flesh, nothing but a bunch of worthless bones. Yu Zhanyuan, whom you've been so obsessed with, is just like that too, just like that!"
“I told you not to betray me, Ati, I said it.” She laughed maniacally as she approached him step by step. “Ati, you have hurt me too deeply. Your daughter must pay for this sin. Although I did not kill her with my own hands, the Yu family precepts have become a death warrant. She will only suffer a fate worse than death from now on.”