Shu Fang Yun was also extremely shocked when he heard the news. An entire sect had been massacred in just one night, and even Wei Guang and Wei Han, who had fought together, had been unable to put up much resistance. Shu Zhu had come to this conclusion after finding their corpses in the same room and seeing that the damage inside the room was not particularly severe, as if the battle had been completely one-sided.However, it was still unclear whether the perpetrators were a group of people or just a single person. One thing was certain: whoever had done this could not simply be left alone.If Shu Zhu had not been assigned to watch over Shu Xiang, he would not have withdrawn his forces and taken Shu Xiang away. Instead, he would have led his men to conduct a thorough investigation.Shu Fang Yun had also previously ordered that Shu Xiang's safety was the top priority. Therefore, Shu Zhu had to take Shu Xiang to a safe place first."I'm sorry that I couldn't conduct a further investigat

The Wu Family Residence."Those bastards!"A glass cup was hurled across the room, shattering against the wall.The incident took place in the study of Wu Yun He, the Patriarch of the Wu Family.Wu Yun He had just received a letter from the Shu Family demanding an explanation for what had happened at the Cloud Sword Sect. Following the sect's destruction, several clues had pointed toward the Wu Family as the perpetrators of the massacre.Naturally, Wu Yun He was furious. He had never done such a thing, nor had he ever laid a hand on anything belonging to the Shu Family. Yet now, he was being accused of committing such a despicable act."Patriarch, it seems the Shu Family is simply looking for an excuse to start a war. They may be using this incident as a pretext to launch an attack against us."Wu Kang, the Patriarch's advisor, offered his opinion."That much is obvious. Whoever carried out the massacre, perhaps they were the ones who did it themselves just to start this war. Regardle

Two sects were destroyed in a single night, and the Wu Family immediately secured control of their territories.This came as a shock to the Shu Family, as they had been keeping a close eye on the Wu Family's movements. If the Wu Family had sent out its troops, the Shu Family would have received word of it immediately.Yet they had received no information whatsoever. There had been no signs of troop movements from the Wu Family, and yet two sects belonging to the Shu Family's alliance had been annihilated. Not a single soldier had survived.The Shu Family had stationed two Advanced-level martial artists at those sects. They shouldn't have been defeated in a single night, with not a single survivor, unless the Wu Family had deployed its main forces.They began to suspect that the Wu Family possessed some kind of underground passage through which they could secretly move their troops. This also strengthened their suspicion that the Wu Family had indeed been responsible for destroying the

It was not only Shu Xiang who had concealed his identity among the troops. There was another person as well—the Patriarch of the Shu Family himself, Shu Fang Yun.The reason was obvious: they wanted to slaughter the people who had no business getting involved in the war but had chosen to interfere anyway.The demonic cultivators!Of course, this was only a suspicion. There was no clear confirmation yet, although Shu Fang Yun was highly convinced of it.The ones who had conquered the two sects were not the Wu Family's main forces, but an external force that had remained outside their surveillance.After conquering the two sects, the Wu Family had expected the Shu Family to take them back.And they had been right.That was why the Wu Family had planned an ambush.And their plan had succeeded.However, there was one thing they had never anticipated. Someone who should not have entered the battlefield yet had joined the operation—their enemy's highest-ranking figure, Shu Fang Yun."I alre

"That son of a bitch really dared to go to the battlefield! He even earned military achievements and became the talk of the town!" Shu Ming slammed his fist onto the table.After the Shu Family's forces successfully recaptured the two sects occupied by the Wu Family, Shu Xiang became the main topic of discussion throughout the Shu Family Residence and even in Shu An City.Although Shu Fang Yun had been there as well, everyone was talking about Shu Xiang's performance in leading the troops before Shu Fang Yun revealed himself.The Wei Family had been destroyed, which meant Shu Ming had lost his greatest source of support. Shu Xiang now also had military achievements under his belt, which would raise his position far above Shu Ming's.Wei An had previously forbidden Shu Ming from going to the battlefield because it was too dangerous and too many unpredictable things could happen. Moreover, Wei An was worried because he had only just lost his father and elder brother.Shu Ming had accept