Chapter 87: The Shadow Tower

Seeing this, Lan Hu remained quiet and secretly observed the other party's expression.

His expression was extremely respectful. At a certain moment, he seemed to have heard something and his face turned slightly pale.

After a while, the branch hall leader closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the gaze he gave him became extremely cold.

Lan Hu shuddered.

"Senior...Senior, what are you doing..."

The branch hall leader stood up and said expressionlessly, "I remember when Lan Wu first came to the building to take on the bounty mission, he clearly stated that none of the targets had any special identities."

"The master of the house... that's exactly what he said."

"The host just sent a message that the female cultivator named Su Qingwu among the mission targets is a disciple of Qianzhi Sect."

"Wha...what?"

Lan Hu was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he found a rope on his body, and his spiritual power was sealed.

He was so anxious that he could no longer care about anything else and immediately raised his voice to question:

"Master Lin, what do you mean? Are you going to arrest me just because that female cultivator is a disciple of Qianzhi Sect? There are so many cultivators in Qianzhi Sect, especially those from the outer sect. As long as they don't tell others about it, the sect won't care if one or two of them die!"

The branch hall master said coldly:

"If you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck. Today, Elder Qin Xuan from the Qianzhi Sect came to the building and saw the bounty mission posted by your clan. Su Qingwu happened to be a disciple that Elder Qin knew."

Upon hearing this, Lan Hu's legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

The name of Qin Xuan is well-known in Dongxuanzhou. She was once in the perfect stage of foundation building, and she surpassed the early stage of golden elixir. After forming the elixir, her strength surpassed that of the same level.

Although this woman is not the leader of Qianzhi Sect, she is recognized as the number one in this sect.

There was no trace of blood on Lan Hu's face at this moment.

The branch hall leader snorted coldly when he saw his expression and grabbed the man by the collar.

"I am following the orders of the host to take you to Elder Qin to make apology. Whether you can survive by then depends entirely on your own luck!"

Soon, Lan Hu was carried into a magnificent hall.

There was a thud and a sharp pain in his knee, and he was thrown directly to the ground.

Not far away, there stood a female cultivator wearing a scarlet dress, a stunning bun, and cinnabar dots between her eyebrows.

The sight continued forward, and there was the owner of Jueying Tower, who was wearing a purple shirt and a fox mask.

At this moment, the host of the post clasped his fists towards the female cultivator in red and spoke in a very gentle manner.

"Elder Qin, the person has been brought here. You can deal with him as you wish."

Qin Xuan heard this, looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and said calmly:

"Lan Feng, the legitimate son of the Xizhu Lan family, was usually violent and cruel. He liked rare treasures and tortured beautiful women. He would do anything to achieve his goals. He often bullied the weak and had a very bad reputation. His death was because he had set his eyes on other people's things and wanted to snatch them away. Is that right or not?"

Lan Hutou knelt on the ground and replied in a low voice: "Indeed, what Senior Qin said is correct."

In fact, the reason why Lan Feng developed such a bad character is closely related to the patriarch's long-term indulgence.

He had seen it all before and had tried to remind the master, but the master didn't listen and instead scolded him.

He has not bothered with the matter since then.

Now, Lan Feng has suffered such an end, which is all his own fault. It's a pity...the whole clan will be implicated by this kid.

For a moment, Lan Hu felt resentful, and his dissatisfaction with the head of the family, Lan Wu, reached its peak at this moment.

He has no close relatives in the tribe anymore. As long as he can escape today's disaster and leave alive, he will never return to the tribe again!

And if there is a chance, he doesn't mind tricking Lan Wu.

On the side, Qin Xuan observed the change in his expression and said calmly:

"The bounty mission issued by the Lan family in Jueying Tower has now been revoked. Since you are not the main culprit, I can let you go. If I find similar things again in the future, there will be no need for the Xizhu Lan family to exist."

Hearing this, Lan Hu's tense mind finally relaxed a little, and he kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude, his heart filled with relief for having survived the disaster...

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Half an incense stick later, Qin Xuan left Jueying Tower.

At that time, Lan Hu was no longer here. In the huge palace, only the master of the branch hall and the owner of Jueying Tower were left.

The latter took the shattered soul lamp of Yiliu and performed a secret technique, and a water mirror appeared. What was revealed in the mirror was what this person had experienced before his disappearance.

After seeing this, the branch hall master immediately concluded: "Since he can directly fly away at low altitude with a weapon, this Su Qingwu must be a foundation-building cultivator without a doubt!"

The owner of Jueying Tower waved his sleeves and removed the water mirror, and said meaningfully:

"According to the latest information collected, this woman has been a member of the sect for almost two years, and when she first joined the sect, she was still a mortal."

"What? In two years, he went from being a mortal to a foundation-building cultivator. This... let alone the Yuehua Realm, even in the Yuanji World, no one can do it, right?"

"Not only that, the news also mentioned that she herself is only a third spiritual root."

"It seems that Su Qingwu must have a big secret. OP, should we......"

"No, don't move! No matter what secrets this woman has, the fact that she can have such a good fortune shows that her luck is very strong. For such a person, it is better not to move, otherwise, who knows what kind of backlash will be caused. Don't forget how Jueying Tower was built in the past."

"Yes, I understand."

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On the other hand, after leaving Jueying Tower, Lan Hu did not return to his family.

However, although he hated the head of the family, Lan Wu, he did not want to see the family destroyed, so he found ways to pass the relevant news back to the family and inform the fellow tribesmen with whom he had a relatively good relationship.

But he didn't expect that Lan Wu was so determined to avenge his son.

There is more than one killer organization in Dongxuanzhou. After Lan Wu gets the news, he tries to find the remaining killer organizations anonymously and take on a bounty killing mission.

The result was not satisfactory.

Those forces seemed to have received some information in advance, and no matter how high his offer was, they rejected it outright.

As a last resort, Lan Wu began to seek help from Qingyou Sect.

Among the ten major forces in Dongxuanzhou, there are seven sects, two schools and one school. Qingyou Sect is one of the seven sects, but its overall strength is at the bottom among the ten major forces.

The senior leaders of Qingyou Sect had heard about Lanfeng's incident a long time ago, and also heard that the major assassin organizations refused to accept related assassination missions.

As the saying goes, everything happens for a reason. They secretly sent someone to inquire and found out the reason.

No matter the Xizhu Lan family or the Pingchuan Yang family, they are all forces affiliated with the sect. Today, the Lan family has offended the Qianzhi Sect and has become a discarded child in the eyes of the Qingyou Sect's top leaders.

Originally, the two tribes had been arguing over a dispute over six hundred acres of spiritual land for a long time, but they had never taken care of it.

Now that the Lan family came to ask for help, the top leaders of Qingyou Sect not only did not help, but also handed over the ownership of 600 acres of spiritual fields to Pingchuan Yang family in front of Lan Wu.

The Qingyou Sect had many subordinate forces, and once this matter got out, the leaders of all the forces understood that the Lan family had lost its backing.

All of a sudden, the minds of the practitioners became active.

Pingchuan Yang, who had a grudge against Lan, got the tacit approval of the Qingyou Sect's high-level leaders and united a group of subordinate forces to suppress their enemies and gradually began to encroach on their original industries and territories...