Chapter 103: Paying with a Life

Time passed swiftly. By the time Liu Junhuai and Mo Sitong had fully recovered, it was nearly noon. Liu Junhuai arrived at Hulu Pass and surveyed the situation around the sixth courtyard of the Shen family mansion. Afterward, he returned to Qingyun Lake and summoned Bian Ji Zhong and Mo Sitong, activating the Shadowless Wind Technique to silently exit the chaotic space.

The number of people in the Shen family mansion had clearly diminished compared to the night before. Over a hundred deaths had deeply shaken many of the Shen family's affiliated forces, causing most to withdraw before dawn.

It was a joke to stay here as cannon fodder. Various factions, both large and small, had lost many Qi Refining stage cultivators—these were the backbone of their forces, now vanished.

At present, the guards patrolling the Shen family mansion were mostly the Imperial Guard of Pingdu City’s magistrate’s office. Their squads were impressive in appearance.

Liu Junhuai had already discovered that the dozen or so Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from Yanfu Palace had arrived. Since their payment had not yet been received, they were currently waiting at the San Ding Restaurant in Pingdu City. Liu Junhuai and his companions’ target was precisely them.

These thirteen cultivators were quite easy to identify, as they wore the same pale blue Yanfu Palace robes. Liu Junhuai had no fear of mistakenly killing the wrong person.

Using Heavenly Perception, they concealed their auras, and even entering the San Ding Restaurant went unnoticed.

The thirteen cultivators were spread across three rooms on the restaurant’s second floor. As Liu Junhuai moved, he quietly set up array formations across the entire second floor, ensuring that any sounds of combat would not escape.

Upon reaching the first room, the three withdrew the Shadowless Wind Technique, and Bian Ji Zhong pushed the door open.

Inside, four cultivators looked up in astonishment toward the door, immediately shocked to see three Golden Core stage cultivators standing there in unison.

One cultivator instinctively drew his weapon, but before he could raise it, a tiger’s roar echoed. A silver-white tiger-shaped blade aura swept over him.

The late Foundation Establishment cultivator barely managed to block with his sword before being overwhelmed by the relentless tiger blade force, thrown to the ground. A foot pressed against his chest, and a flash of white light separated his head from his neck.

Simultaneously, Liu Junhuai and Mo Sitong attacked the remaining three, whose strength difference was so vast they could only dodge the first assault before falling lifeless.

After dealing with the other two rooms, the three Golden Core cultivators acted together, and only about a dozen breaths of time had passed.

Collecting the thirteen heads, Liu Junhuai and his companions once again activated the Shadowless Wind Technique and quietly left the San Ding Restaurant.

Within the sixth courtyard of the Shen family mansion, Cheng Kelei stood with a dark expression, staring at Shen Bingwen.

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