Chapter 77: The Overbearing Ning Prince Mansion

Chapter 77: The Overbearing Ning Prince Mansion

She hurriedly pulled away from her sister's embrace and, like a swallow returning to its nest, threw herself into Qin Xuan's arms. Her hands tightly hugged his waist, and she tilted her head up, pleading, "Young Master Qin, please don't leave, okay? I'm scared, please don't leave me, okay?"

This kidnapping experience had left an indelible and profound mark on Shangguan Ying's heart.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she could see Sun Hongbo's unremarkable face closing in on her.

Panic, fear, helplessness...

Only being by Qin Xuan's side could give her a slight sense of security.

This was something that neither Shangguan Zhong nor Shangguan Si could provide.

Qin Xuan dotedly rubbed the little girl's head and said with a bitter smile, "I still have some matters to attend to."

On Hidden Kill's side, more and more members were being arrested.

Scarlet Thorn must be unable to eat or sleep in peace.

If he stayed at the Shangguan Family, with Scarlet Thorn's Yin-Yang Realm cultivation, she would be completely unable to sneak in silently.

Most importantly, the way Shangguan Zhong and Shangguan Si were looking at him now had a bit more hidden meaning.

It was inconvenient for him to stay long.

Like a strange uncle coaxing a little girl, Qin Xuan touched Shangguan Ying's small head and said softly, "Yingying, be good. Only well-behaved little girls are liked by others."

Shangguan Ying pouted her small mouth, and in her watery big eyes, she asked with anticipation, "Then if I'm well-behaved, will Young Master Qin like me?"

Qin Xuan nodded with a smile, "I will."

"Then I will wait at home for Young Master Qin to return."

Shangguan Ying's beautiful eyes flickered as she made a decision. Enduring her reluctance, she let go of Qin Xuan's arm with her fair, tender hands and sat obediently beside Shangguan Si without saying a word.

Seeing this scene, Shangguan Zhong's expression shifted instantly, and he sent a secret transmission to Shangguan Si, "Yingying's dependence on our young nephew is a bit too much."

This kind of dependence was something that even he, as her father, had never enjoyed.

Shangguan Si did not answer, but the gravity of her expression manifested her internal agreement.

In her eyes, her younger sister had always been reclusive, and her behavior had never been this intimate.

Especially toward a member of the opposite sex.

To say her sister had no feelings for Qin Xuan was impossible.

But as her older sister, after understanding Qin Xuan's way of doing things, she couldn't stand by and watch her sister jump into a fire pit!

It wasn't that Qin Xuan was bad, but that this man was by no means a good match.

In the eyes of those with Innate Nether Eyes, other people were only occasionally slightly dangerous.

But in the eyes of Shangguan Zhong and Shangguan Si, the warning 'red light' above Qin Xuan's head, which signified approaching danger, had never disappeared since he entered the Imperial Capital!

Phew—

Shangguan Si exhaled a breath of pure Qi, glanced meaningfully at her sister, and made a decision in her heart.

No matter what, she could not let her sister become a future widow!

After a few pleasantries, Qin Xuan left the Shangguan Family.

On the mandatory path back to the inn, the sound of fighting came from a nearby tavern.

Thump! Thump!

The shopkeeper and the waiter were like shooting stars, piercing through the walls of the tavern and crashing straight to the ground, vomiting blood and falling unconscious.

In the next moment, an abundance of Yuan Qi directly blew the roof off the entire tavern.

In the aftermath of the Yuan Qi explosion, Scarlet Thorn flew backward with a flushed face, only stopping when she crashed into a stone pillar of the shop opposite.

Blargh—

A mouthful of blood was spat out, and Scarlet Thorn's aura became increasingly withered.

In front of her, two middle-aged men dressed in identical black martial outfits, with the character for 'Ning' from the Ning Prince Mansion embroidered on their sleeves, approached step by step with cold gazes.

The passing experts one after another raised their hands to stop the juniors who wanted to stand up against the injustice—or rather, save the beauty—and said angrily, "Do not act!"

"These two are guards of the Ning Prince Mansion!"

"They are imperial relatives in the Imperial Capital; none of us can afford to offend them!"

The people of the Imperial Capital passing by lowered their heads and hurried along, as if they had seen nothing, fearing them like tigers.

The guards of the Ning Prince Mansion, utterly arrogant, came before Scarlet Thorn and looked down on her, saying coldly, "The Young Prince said that as long as you do not enter the Ning Prince Mansion for a day, there will be no place for you in this Imperial Capital for that day."

"Whoever dares to take you in must die!"

In the heart of the Imperial Capital, these two guards of the Ning Prince Mansion did not care about the impact at all.

They didn't even bother to make a move to threaten the passersby.

They just stared straight at Scarlet Thorn, as if reading an imperial decree that could not be resisted!

"Before I die, I'll take you down with me!"

A look of ruthlessness surfaced in Scarlet Thorn's beautiful eyes, and the Treasure Artifact she held was stained with blood, shining brightly.

She lunged forward, Yuan Qi exploding as her figure continuously darted forward, breaking through the air several times as her speed increased repeatedly.

As someone skilled in assassination, she was inherently weak in direct confrontation.

What she was best at was extreme speed.

Killing people invisibly.

However, in front of two guards of the Ning Prince Mansion at the Peak of the Yin-Yang Realm, Scarlet Thorn's speed was only comparable to theirs, not impossible to withstand.

One guard took out a bronze mirror, which showed reflections like a giant lake with shimmering ripples.

He met the incoming Treasure Artifact head-on.

Boom!

The two Treasure Artifacts collided, and within the lake inside the bronze mirror, magnificent waves rose up in layers.

Scarlet Thorn's killing move was neutralized by the bronze mirror.

However, the other guard had already formed a fist seal and, taking advantage of Scarlet Thorn's lack of preparation, threw a punch.

The great power of the Peak of the Yin-Yang Realm even caused space to distort.

If this punch landed, even if Scarlet Thorn didn't die, she would lose a layer of skin!

"How hateful, I can no longer save you all."

Scarlet Thorn knew she was no match and closed her beautiful eyes in despair.

Right at this moment, a large halberd thrust out straight.

Puchi!

The large halberd accurately pierced through the guard's forearm. With a turn and a shake, blood mist splattered, and a perfectly good arm was directly ground into minced meat, falling to the ground.

The two guards retreated rapidly, looking at the newcomer with horror in their eyes. Recognizing his true identity, they said angrily, "Qin Xuan, how dare you!"

"The Ning Prince Mansion is handling a case, yet you dare to interfere!"

Qin Xuan pointed the heavenly desolation halberd in his hand diagonally at the ground and gave it a slight shake, splattering blood.

He shielded the heavily injured Scarlet Thorn with one hand and looked up at the two guards with interest, sneering, "Acting in the inner city of the Imperial Capital, smashing a shop, and bullying men and women—what kind of case is your Ning Prince Mansion handling!"

The two guards looked at each other, a flash of ruthlessness passing through their eyes as they shouted angrily, "A mere True Disciple of a Holy Land dares to be disrespectful to the Ning Prince Mansion."

"You are seeking your own death!"

One of the guards held out the bronze mirror again.

From the surface of the mirror, a giant lake with shimmering green ripples appeared, and a massive amount of lake water poured out directly.

The moment this lake water hit the ground, even the bluestone floor tiles of the Imperial Capital were instantly corroded away.

The lake water inside the bronze mirror could not only neutralize the power of Treasure Artifacts but also corrode all things.

It was a true Heaven-Grade Treasure Artifact!

The other guard swallowed a Medicinal Pill, and his severed arm regrew.

His fists were like dragons emerging from the sea, striking from above, intending to blast Qin Xuan into the lake water that swallowed all things.