The moon and stars are scarce, the lanterns are starting to turn on, and the city of Anyang is brightly lit, just like daytime.
Red lanterns are hung all over the city for the five-year Immortal Sect selection.
Compared to other corners, the three major residences in the center of the city were filled with joy and laughter.
The largest restaurant in Anyang City, Tianxiang Restaurant, has been booked by three major families, the Li family, the Xu family, and the Wu family!
On the roof of Tianxiang Tower, in the most luxurious private room, the head of the Li family, Li Yuan, the head of the Xu family, Xu Lin, and the head of the Wu family, Wu Yongshun, were divided into three groups.
The three of them all have one thing in common, that is, their faces are glowing red and they are extremely proud of themselves.
Li Yuan raised his glass and smiled at the other two people: "Brother Xu, Brother Wu, my people have returned with news."
"The immortal masters have arrived at Luoshui City, and they will arrive in two days. The three of us must prepare all the etiquette."
"In the future, our three families may become as wealthy as the Liu family in Yucheng!"
Speaking of the Liu family, several people's eyes were filled with envy.
Just because of the emergence of a fairy seedling, the Liu family suddenly became a famous family in several nearby cities!
Xu Lin laughed and said: "Brother Li is right, the 'etiquette' this time is absolutely thorough."
"And I believe that it is only a matter of time before we become the Liu family or even surpass the Liu family."
"After all, each of our three families has a fairy seedling this time."
"In the future, our three families will work together even more. After the three boys enter the Immortal Sect, we must have a good hug together."
Wu Yongshun nodded and smiled: "Yes, yes."
The three of them exchanged cups and cups, feeling very comfortable, and they all dreamed of the good days in the future.
However, autumn finally came and a cool breeze blew through. Li Yuan motioned for people to close the windows.
What no one noticed was that while this window was closed, the window in the next room opened.
A man in black jumped out from inside, looked coldly at the still laughing private room, and murmured to himself: "Ten years ago, I killed everyone, and now I'm back, are you ready?"
The autumn wind blew into the private room with the open window next door, causing the candlelight to sway.
In the room, three eleven or twelve-year-old boys were lying neatly on the ground motionless, their hands and feet twisted.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, an extremely frightened expression appeared on the young face, and the little mouth opened and closed.
‘Huh’, a gust of cold wind blew by, the young people’s smart eyes gradually became dead, and they exhaled their last breath and went away with the autumn wind.
When the lights go out, people die.
The servants guarding outside the house watched the lights inside the house dim, but no one dared to step forward.
The three young masters here are Anyang City, and they even heard that these three young masters are all immortal seedlings.
They will all be great people in the future, who knows what they will do in there.
As long as the young master did not speak, they could not and did not dare to disturb their interest.
Time passed by until the tip of the guard's nose not far away moved slightly, and his face changed. This was... the smell of blood.
He turned his head and glanced at the dim private room, walked forward quickly and asked loudly: "Sir, do you need candlelight?"
The servants also noticed something was wrong at this time.
Compared with other places, this private room seemed extremely quiet, which was not like the young men in their impression.
Smelling the increasingly strong smell of blood, the guard couldn't care about anything else.
With a gloomy expression, he kicked open the door and directly saw the three young masters lying on the ground.
The smell of blood filled the room. The guard raised his feet, his shoes were a little sticky. He swallowed hard and walked up slowly, and slowly put his finger between the young master's nose.
The servants relit the candlelight in the room. Everyone looked at the lifeless young men on the ground and couldn't help feeling cold all over.
I don't know whether it was the cold weather or something else, but although the candlelight lit up the room, everyone only felt that their eyes were dark.
The guard put his hand on his throat and touched it. His throat was shattered. No wonder not a single sound came out.
‘Ah’, a servant finally came to his senses and screamed, breaking the dead silence.
Although they usually do evil things, they have never seen such a cruel scene.
Except for the intact heads of the three teenagers, all their limbs were twisted and broken and placed randomly.
The guard said in a trembling voice: "Hurry, go and report to the master of the family."
In the luxurious private room, Li Yuan frowned. Whose servant was so rude? He turned around and glanced at the butler who was standing by and motioned for him to go out and have a look.
The housekeeper nodded. As soon as he reached the door, he met the panicked servant and was about to reprimand him.
But the servant's words stunned him, "What did you say?"
The servant knelt on the ground in fear and said: "Something happened to the young master. Something happened to all three young masters."
The housekeeper's heart skipped a beat. He knew that this servant was usually very cautious, so it was definitely not a small thing to frighten him like this.
His face instantly turned pale as he thought of the worst-case scenario.
Although the two people spoke not loudly, they did so under the noses of Li Yuan and others.
The three of them stood up immediately, ignoring the usual etiquette and hurried to the private room next door.
Looking at the three teenagers lying on the ground, they walked over tremblingly and slowly smoothed the child's eyelids.
For a moment, the old man burst into tears and his face was ashen. Their most beloved son was gone, the hope of the family was gone, and the dream of a rich family was shattered.
Li Yuan suddenly stood up and slapped the guard on the face. He asked hoarsely with red eyes, "What's going on? Who did it? Where is the murderer?"
The guard looked at his master, who looked like he was about to kill someone, and fell to his knees with a thud, his head bowed so deeply that he couldn't say a word.
All the guards and servants also knelt down.
"What do I need you for? In Anyang City, under my nose, the young master was assassinated like this? Ah?" Li Yuan snatched the long knife from the guard's hand and shouted angrily while looking around.
With a wave of his hand, he slashed the guard kneeling on the ground to death, causing everyone to tremble.
The next day, news of the murder of the three young masters spread throughout Anyang City, and a manhunt was launched throughout the city.
For a while, people were panicked, fearing that they would be taken as a scapegoat.
Yesterday, the city was filled with celebrations like warm spring flowers blooming, but today the bitter cold wind is worse than the autumn killings.
The three major families have no intention of hiding the news.
They just want everyone to know that they haven't fallen yet!
No matter who it is, they must pay the price!
Like mad dogs, the guards of the three major families were running rampant. Regardless of men, women, or children, anyone who felt they were doing something suspicious would be interrogated.
If his attitude is acceptable, he will be punched and let go. If he feels even the slightest bit uncomfortable, he will be immediately arrested and sent to the family.
In an ordinary inn facing the street, there was a young man in his twenties with an ordinary appearance, the kind who would immediately disappear among the crowd.
But he has a pair of extremely bright star eyes that make the world jealous.
People all over the world say that you should look at people first with their eyes, and make friends with your heart first.
The young man leaning against the window looked at the scene below, his starry eyes full of frost.
At this time, a little girl on the street broke away from her mother's arms and chased after the candied haws that fell to the ground.
This is a good thing that she can only eat once a month, so it would be a pity to lose it like this.
But she didn't realize there might be danger, and the little girl's mother was chasing after her anxiously.
The overbearing guard was extremely unhappy. He was being trained inside the house and had no clues outside. He didn't know what kind of dog he would be scolded when he returned home.
Now I saw a little girl chasing a candied haws with a nervous look on her face, and she was about to run into him, and she became even more irritable.
I am the guard captain of the dignified Li family. Is it possible for a little bastard like you to touch me?
Immediately, I kicked him out, regardless of whether such a young child could withstand the kick.
Many people saw this scene, their eyes filled with rage, but no one dared to step forward.
No one even spoke out. They didn't dare. They were afraid that if they moved now, they wouldn't be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Only the plainly dressed mother was chasing after her, looking at the guard captain with pleading eyes while speeding up her pace hoping to be in time.
However, one step away was like a chasm, and despair began to appear in the eyes of the little girl's mother.
Because she knew that, let alone such a child, she would be seriously injured even if she was not killed by this kick.
At this moment, the guard captain cried out in pain, hugging his legs and wailing on the ground.
Only then did everyone see the chopsticks. One chopstick penetrated the sole of the guard captain's foot.
The anxious mother hugged her child and shed tears.
While backing up, she lowered her head and kept saying "thank you". As for what she was thanking for, only she herself would know.
But the little girl didn't know what happened. She just saw her mother's tears, stretched out her little hand to wipe them away, and said crisply: 'Mom, don't cry, don't cry, eat candy.'
The little girl turned her head and glanced at the sky while in her mother's arms, and saw a good-looking big brother on the second floor who smiled at her and said, 'Mom, that big brother's eyes are so pretty.'
In a butcher's shop on the street, a butcher chopped a piece of meat into a chop to relieve his anger! There are not a few people like him.
The guards on the street had gathered around, shouting: "Who, who is coming out? If you dare to mess with my Anyang Li family, come out if you dare."
Although he shouted with great force, the guard captain who fell to the ground and wailed seemed a bit sullen.
After a while, the guards saw no movement, so they carried their captain and ran towards the Li family courtyard.
As for the mother and daughter, who can care about it right now? They should flee from this place quickly.
They like to do evil and are greedy for life and afraid of death.
The young man who had been leaning against the window was nowhere to be seen.
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At night, in the Li family compound, the guard captain stood in the hall with his head lowered.
Li Yuan looked at the teacup in his hand, "I don't know? Didn't find it? No clues? Is this the answer you gave me?".
After asking four questions in a row, he became so gloomy at the end that he threw the tea cup directly on the captain's forehead with a wave of his hand.
Blood started to flow all of a sudden, and the captain held his forehead and did not dare to make a sound.
The same thing also happened in the Xu family and Wu family.
It can be considered a strange thing that the three major families in Anyang City are collectively indifferent.
The three major families have been arrogant and domineering for many years, and many people laughed out loud while hiding in their beds.
And some elderly people also muttered nonchalantly, 'This is retribution, right? When you targeted the Qi family, did you ever think about today?'
Late at night, most people fell asleep. Only the three major families still had their lights brightly lit. They still had to keep vigil for their young master.
Just after midnight, a man in black walked out of the back door of Wu's house and went straight to Xu's house.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the man in black appeared a hundred steps away from the Li family courtyard, whispering: "Three, two, one."
After the words fell, a spark quietly fell on the dry firewood in the Xu and Wu kitchens.
In the distance, you can still vaguely hear the sound of the night watchman beating the gong and shouting, "It's dry and everything is dry, be careful with the candle..."
When the man in black walked outside the door of the Li family's courtyard, he took the ninety-ninth step and landed on the last step of the Li family's stone steps.
Exactly a hundred steps, no more, no less.
The man in black turned his head to look at the sky. Flames rose from the Xu and Wu courtyards, turning half of the sky red. The scalding heat wave made the coolness of late autumn a little warmer.
Then he stepped into the Li family courtyard with a tap of his feet.
With a strong figure, none of the Li family's night guards could be his enemy. He entered the main courtyard like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, destroying everything.
And the sound of the night watchman's rapid gong ringing could be heard outside: "It's on fire, it's on fire. Everyone, get up and put out the fire."
In the main courtyard of the Li family, in the main room of the Li family, Li Yuan's pain from the white-haired man to the black-haired man has made him look much older these days.
He couldn't stand it anymore after not closing his eyes all day and night, and his right eyelid kept twitching, which was really uncomfortable.
Not long after he lay down, he was woken up by the sound of a gong, which made him extremely angry.
He turned over and closed his eyes and shouted: "What are you doing? Why are you making such a fuss at night? The sky is falling. Come on, come and see who the bastard is. I will prevent him from seeing the sun tomorrow!"
After a while, there was no movement. Li Yuan opened his eyes in vain, and his eyes were bloodshot. Only then did he realize that something was wrong.
In the past, no matter when or where he spoke, someone would appear in front of him.
No matter day or night, this is the rule.
However, tonight was a bit unusual and seemed a bit quiet.
No, it was noise, the screams of the maids, and the noise of the guards came slowly at this time.
The old Li Yuan became unusually strong at this time. He turned over and grasped the sword hanging beside the bed.
He was stunned for a moment, but after years of crawling and rolling around, he immediately came back to his senses. He sat on the bedside holding the sword and the golden sword and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
The man in black just looked at him coldly, unmoved, and the atmosphere became dull.
Li Yuan's hand on the sword tightened several times and then loosened.
A drop of sweat could not help but form on his forehead. The man in black put too much pressure on him, as if he would definitely die if he dared to draw his sword.
Outside the yard, some servants started shouting: "Master, I have something to report."
The pressure in the room suddenly relaxed, and Li Yuan couldn't help but take a deep breath.
At this moment, the man in black suddenly spoke: "My name is Qi Fan."
The voice of the man in black is not very old, and it is extremely clear. If it were normal, Li Yuan would even praise his voice.
But now he only feels the biting cold, just because his surname is ‘Qi’. But he remembers that no one in the dozens of Qi family members was spared.
Qi Fan sneered and said: "Are you thinking about my relationship with the Qi family? There should be no survivors in the Qi family, right?"
Li Yuan was horrified that this man could grasp his thoughts at such a young age, and his expression turned even gloomier.
"Yes, I did it myself at the time. I still remember the look in Qi Tian's eyes with hatred, unwillingness, and incomprehension. Men, women, children, old and young, no matter they were maids or guards, there was absolutely no one left alive among the dozens of people. The real blood was like
Quanyong, you are not from the Qi family, who the hell are you!"
Without waiting for Qi Fan to answer, he continued: "Who sent you? I can pay double the price. You should know that I, Li Yuan, have this ability!"
When he wanted to continue speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Fan.
Qi Fan said in a low voice: "You are indeed an old fox. Even now, you are still trying to mess up my mood and seek life. My father trusted you so much in vain, but you secretly contacted others to murder my Qi family."
Then he mocked: "I'm afraid you have forgotten that there was another person who was expelled from the Qi family and from Anyang City!"