Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 73 A Dream in the Palace
This is a chapter I rushed out at the airport. I'll try to finish it on the plane later, but I guess I won't be able to send it out on the plane. The next chapter may be very late...

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The gray-robed man dodged Sun Lingdie's flying knife, but couldn't dodge Namco's long sword. He could only change his fists into grabs and perform the bare-handed fighting skills.

Namco's swordsmanship kept changing, and the gray-robed man attacked several times, but not only did he fail to snatch the sword, he was almost cut off his fingers by the sword of the eighth lady of the Namco family.

Sun Yanwan took the opportunity to retreat, using his internal energy to recover his breath. At the same time, he did not forget to pull out Lingxi and Jingchan, wiped them briefly, and put them back into the scabbard on his waist.

The Dragon Elephant Prajna was too energy-consuming, and the opponent was too strong. Sun Yanwan knew very well that he could not last more than a few moves with that style of fighting.

However, aren’t there two young ladies from the Sun family and the Nanmeng family?
He asked with a smile, "Just now you said you were going to poison and kill several disciples of the Songyang Sect. I won't ask you about any big secrets, I'll just ask you a question you can answer: who exactly do you want to kill?"

"If you answer this little question, I won't kill you."

The gray-robed man hadn't wanted to answer any questions, but since Sun Yanwan's question didn't involve any secrets, it wasn't impossible to answer. He was being besieged by two young ladies from the Tianji Sun family and the Nanmeng family, with Sun Yanwan watching closely. Perhaps there were other Songyang sect members lurking in the shadows. There was no chance of survival. If he could trade this secret for a chance of survival...

The big man in gray robe was really moved!

He gritted his teeth and shouted, "It's mainly to kill Ding Fenxiu."

Sun Yanwan couldn't help but complain: "You are looking down on Senior Brother Zhang Ji!"

"By the way, why didn't you kill Linghu Shao?"

The grey-robed man was speechless for a moment. If he hadn't been sweating profusely from being slaughtered by Sun Lingdie and Namco, he would have definitely retorted, cursing, "Do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"

But since he was under siege, the grey-robed man could only patiently reply, "Linghu Shao started learning martial arts a bit late, and it's unlikely he'll achieve anything great in his lifetime. He's not worth assassinating."

Sun Yanwan nodded, and suddenly drew out the Jingchan Sword. The sword flew out like a rainbow, and with a move like a white dragon crossing the river, she pointed directly at the flaw in the gray-robed man's moves.

The gray-robed man had no way to block the sword with his bare hands. His boxing skills immediately became chaotic, and Namco seized the opportunity and pierced his throat with a sword.

He covered his throat with both hands, making a hoarse sound, his eyes extremely fierce, as if he wanted to ask, "Didn't you just say you wouldn't kill me?"

Sun Yanwan took the Toad back and said calmly, "You want to kill my nephew!"

Well, even though he had beaten Ding Fenxiu to tears, he still couldn't allow anyone to kill the little girl.

He glanced at Namco, whose face had turned pale because of the murder, and couldn't help but mutter, "Besides, it really wasn't me who killed him."

Sun Yanwan didn't think he could force any information out of him, so he just killed him and got the matter over with.

Sun Yanwan walked around the room. In addition to the weapons of the three men, there was also a bag of black medicine. The poison was colorless and odorless. It was easy to get poisoned whether it was put in food or drinking water.

Sun Yanwan felt somewhat relieved that he could hear the hidden pulse in the meridians opened up by the Yangjin Pill.

If he had not had a keen sense of hearing, which was beyond ordinary hearing, he would not have been able to hear the private conversations of these people. Perhaps this time the Songyang Sect would have been completely wiped out and capsized in the ditch.

Sun Yanwan carefully accepted the packet of poison, and planned to leave the three corpses to Senior Brother Zhang Ji to deal with.

Seeing that Namco's face was still a little pale, he gently patted the girl on the back and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

This sentence, if placed in the workplace on Earth, would definitely be suspected of being a PUA, but now it made Namco's pretty face slightly red, and she whispered: "For you, I'm willing to do anything." This sentence made Sun Lingdie's face next to her turn pale.

I'm just angry!

Sun Yanwan took the two girls and went straight to Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji had just settled the people down when he heard Sun Yanwan talk about this matter. He broke out in a cold sweat. He took the packet of poison, took a look, and said decisively: "It's the Yimeng Powder from the palace!"

Seeing Sun Yanwan's bewildered expression, he explained, "Yimeng Powder is used in the palace to sentence ministers to death. It's colorless and odorless. After taking it, one feels as if they're fast asleep, and dies in their sleep. However, the formula and the medicine have spread outside the palace, and many aristocratic families and martial arts gangs have hidden them. It's impossible to determine which force was responsible."

"The one who poisoned must have companions. I'm afraid they will attack again. Junior brother, please be careful."

Sun Yanwan chuckled, but was actually quite angry. He thought to himself, "When I become a successful martial artist, I will definitely rectify the social order."

"Give everyone who knows martial arts a household registration..."

"Well, that doesn't seem feasible."

When Sun Lingdie came back, she immediately ordered the servants to deal with the corpse and clean up the aftermath.

Namco did not compete with her for this job, but instead ordered people to arrange food. All food was brought by the Namco family, and even drinking water was prepared in advance, and the water source of Chengjiazhuang was not used at all.

Originally, Zhang Ji was supposed to do all these things, but now he could only be an idle spectator, sighing at Sun Yanwan's good fortune.

Sun Yanwan originally wanted to explore Kuiyang Mountain at night, but after this incident, it was not easy for her to leave. After all, the Blood Wolf Riders were not a powerful group. This force could even poison people, so who knows what other tricks they might have.

After dinner, he sneaked out and wandered around Chengjiazhuang, using his listening skills at full power. In the second half of the night, he finally got something.

A man dressed as an ordinary farmer quietly approached Chengjiazhuang and went straight to the blue-tiled house. Sun Yanwan did not go up to him, but slipped back to find Zhang Ji first.

He found someone to delay for a while, and when he came back, the man who looked like a farmer rushed out of the blue-tiled house and used all his strength to perform lightness skills to escape from the village. It was obvious that he knew that the person who poisoned him had been in trouble.

Zhang Ji was extremely angry. He shouted loudly and pointed his sword diagonally to stop the man.

When Zhang Ji was yelling, Sun Yanwan secretly complained: "Brother Zhang Ji, why are you yelling? Just attack directly!"

Before he could finish his thought, Zhang Ji had already split his sword into four and pierced through the man's hands and legs. The man dressed as a farmer immediately lost the ability to move and lay on the ground, looking at the two men with resentment.

Sun Yanwan asked, "Your companions have already confessed, and I've let them escape. If you have anything to add that satisfies us, we can let you go."

The man dressed as a farmer shouted hoarsely, "The imperial court wants to deal with the Songyang Sect..."

Sun Yanwan casually slashed a sword and cut off one of the man's fingers. He sneered, "Nonsense! I know more than you think. If you dare to lie again, I will cut off your fingers one by one and let you bleed to death."

Sun Yanwan didn't know whether the other party was telling the truth, but there was no harm in lying.

The man dressed as a farmer gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial court really sent us..."

Sun Yanwan picked up the Jingchan Sword, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Brother Zhang Ji, I am a kind person and cannot bring myself to do it. You can cut off his fingers."

Zhang Ji almost uttered a curse and asked him, "Who do you say is not kind?"

(End of this chapter)