Poison Genius Consort

not daring to move.
Fortunately, Xu Donglin pulled him aside in time.
After that, the crowds scattered in fear.
Qi Zonglin was more repulsive than a rat in the streets now.
As he prepared to flee, Long Feiye stopped him with a cry.

“Qi Zonglin!”

Both Qi Zonglin and Qi Yaotian were frightened out of their wits and didn’t look back.

Long Feiye declared icily, “This crown prince is avenging none other than the West Qin princess.
This is…an expression of sincerity for our alliance!”

As soon as he finished, he turned tail and left.
How could this father and son die? He needed them to survive so they could be shamed by the masses! This was also a perfect chance to tell the world that no matter what happened between him and Han Yunxi in the future, or what status and positions they held, anyone who bullied her would have a bad end! 

Qi Zonglin could be considered one of the most ambitious, formidable assassins in the world, but his name had been reduced to rags and tatters today.
Who would be willing to ask Carefree City for mercenary work now? Who else would ever want to alliance with Qi Zonglin ever again? Even Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s enemies might disdain them.
No one in Cloud Realm Continent history had ever been so thoroughly disgraced.
This was a pre-show warmup for the faceoff at Hundred Poisons Sect!

Long Feiye shook off his pursuers and returned to the residence in the north.
By then, the joke had spread to Great Central County Seat, where Emperor Kangcheng was receiving his guests.
It would soon reach all corners of the continent like a peal of thunder.
What a satisfying revenge! What a massive joke! Unfortunately, Han Yunxi was deaf and dumb to it all.
Currently, she was still lying quietly in bed, her face pale yet still startlingly beautiful.
It was a visage that one could never tire of, and a passerby might simply think she was only sleeping, or that Long Feiye could wake her with one call.
Who knew how many times he’d tried over the course of the past few nights? 

Long Feiye didn’t speak a single word on his trip back.
Unless Han Yunxi woke, no amount of venting could brighten his mood.
Gu Beiyue wasn’t interested in Carefree City either, so he didn’t ask Long Feiye or Xu Donglin any details when they returned.
Meanwhile, the skies outside grew dim as night approached.
Great Central Garrison Post, Great Central County Seat, Western Zhou, and all of Cloud Realm Continent had worked themselves into a fervor, but here all was still and quiet.
The silence here was deep enough to affect an entire continent. 

Currently, Hundred Poisons Sect had gotten wind of the latest developments as well.
In place of Jun Yixie and Bai Yuqiao was a senior founding member of the sect and part of its Council of Elders, the outstanding talent of the poison world Shi Jiuxia (石九丅)[1]

“Elder Shi, we’ve gotten the details.
It really was Long Feiye behind that incident in Great Central Garrison Post today.
All of our agents in the town lost his trail, so we’re uncertain if he came alone or with Han Yunxi,” the scout reported.

“Didn’t they say the Baili Army’s young general was staying at Great Central County Seat? Is Long Feiye not there?” Shi Jiuxia asked.
He didn’t blame the scout for losing the trail, since few could track Long Feiye.

“No.
Cloud Realm Trade Consortium has people there too.
This subordinate sent people to check, but Han Yunxi wasn’t with them, either,” the scout replied.

Shi Jiuxia began to mutter to himself.
“Could it be that the two of them are really together now?”

Great Central County Seat had its share of honored guests, but Hundred Poisons Sect wasn’t planning to move against them.
After all, they weren’t their targets and it was pointless to invite trouble now.
Moreover, Shi Jiuxia still couldn’t fathom the true motives of such a high figure like Emperor Kangcheng.
He was worried that this was all a big act put on between the emperor and Long Feiye.
If they struck, they might fall into some trap instead.

Of course, the most important thing was that Shi Jiuxia didn’t have the rights to call the shots for something so important! 

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were targeting their old leader, but there hadn’t been any news from him yet.
No one in the sect knew of his movements.
Shi Jiuxia had written at least ten emergency missives to their current leader, Jun Yixie, but he hadn’t responded to any of them either.
Then he tried to contact Bai Yuqiao, but failed.
It was already night.
Tomorrow at noon, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were set to challenge their gates.
What were they supposed to do?

Would the old leader show up at all? Judging by Long Feiye’s actions today, it was very likely he and Han Yunxi would join hands to destroy Hundred Poisons Sect tomorrow if Bai Yanqing didn’t show up!

Shi Jiuxia grew anxious at the thought.
Although he had already ordered the sect to organize defenses all over the grounds, he was still afraid to face the number one fighter in the martial arts world and an outstanding talent of the poisons community.
It was guaranteed that few people would sleep tonight. 

Faraway in Great Central County Seat, Long Tianmo had just finished meeting with Emperor Kangcheng and returned to his rooms.
Ever since breaking relations with the Ning Clan troops, Tianan and Western Zhou had both lowered their banners and muffled their drums, doing nothing in response to events across the continent.
However, this time’s events had been instigated by Long Tianmo first, who’d gotten in contact secretly with the emperor.

Emperor Kangcheng agreed to use the position of host to invite various important factions and figured into Western Zhou.
In turn, Long Tianmo had agreed to join hands with Western Zhou in the future should East and West Qin start fighting with Northern Li next.
Emperor Kangcheng’s current actions were liable to offend East and West Qin, but he’d agreed because Long Tianmo had given him sweet, sweet benefits.

They were related to…

1. Shi Jiuxia (石九丅) – Shi is “rock,” Jiu is “nine,” Xia is not the letter T but actually a word that means “down, below, lower, later, second (of two parts).”