Bloody Kyoto

Inside the warehouse, Li Nanle stood quietly, her gaze fixed on a bulldozer. She shook her head slightly, thinking that while the bulldozer was indeed powerful, the driver's cab would be no match for the sharp blades of those secret guards.

Her gaze then shifted to the crane, but after a moment's thought, she still felt it wouldn't work; its cockpit was also a weak point. She continued searching the warehouse, hoping to find something that could counter the Dark Guards.

While she was searching desperately, her injuries were quietly healing.

Once her injuries had fully healed, her gaze finally settled on a pile of steel bars, and in that instant, she made up her mind.

She quickly removed her black robe, took off her red contact lenses, and carefully changed into the makeup and clothes of an ordinary woman, transforming herself into a servant.

Then, she carefully observed the situation outside and saw that the Zhou residence was in chaos, but the specific situation was unclear, and there was a constant commotion.

She nodded in satisfaction. With the chaos as cover, it would be difficult for her to be noticed if she went out. Otherwise, wandering around the mansion in the middle of the night would definitely attract attention and she would be questioned.

Perhaps due to the intimidation of the Vajra Vine, the place where she had entered the space was deserted.

Once outside the space, Li Nanle ran towards the crowd. The lanterns were dimly lit at night, and everyone was gripped by fear, allowing her to blend in smoothly without being questioned or suspected.

At this moment, the servants of the Zhou family gathered in twos and threes, all with their heads down, not daring to look around casually.

Just as one person was about to sneak a peek up, the person next to him pressed his head down and whispered, "Don't look around. If you make eye contact with red eyes, you'll be pierced by vines."

Li Nanle chuckled to himself; no wonder they were all so afraid.

She noticed a courtyard ahead that was completely surrounded, and a slight smile crept onto her lips, assuming that the Zhou family's master must be residing there.

She leaned against a tree, and with a thought, the space above her was instantly filled with upright steel bars.

She slowly raised her hand, then suddenly her eyes, fixed on the courtyard, tightened, and she pressed her hand down sharply.

In an instant, a dense mass of steel bars fell like raindrops, catching everyone off guard. Who could have predicted that such a deadly weapon would descend from the sky?

Immediately afterwards, screams rose and fell one after another, and the guards and secret agents who had been orderly guarding the courtyard fell to the ground in an instant.

The scene inside was even more horrific. Although Li Nanle hadn't witnessed it firsthand, he could guess that none of the people inside had survived, as the rain of steel bars was mainly concentrated in the area where the house was located.

Hearing the screams, the servants who had gathered together for courage also screamed, and most of them trembled and squatted down with their heads in their hands.

He kept pleading for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

"I didn't do anything wrong, please spare me!"

"..."

Various screams of fear echoed in Li Nanle's ears. Li Nanle threw out a seed of ivy, which quickly grew and spread along the ground in the darkness.

Like a clever little thief, it searched each room one by one. However, the results of its search surprised Li Nanle quite a bit; there wasn't a single member of the Zhou family in the other courtyards.

Her gaze returned to the courtyard ahead, where screams were still emanating, and she wondered to herself: Could it be that all the Zhou family masters are gathered there?

If that's really the case, it would save a lot of trouble, as it would solve everything in one go.

Having dealt with the Zhou family master, the next step is to find Yunxia's blood.

The ivy, like a thief, began searching everywhere, looking in every visible place, but still found nothing.

Li Nanle quietly withdrew from the crowd, intending to investigate herself. Even after getting away from the crowd, she could still hear various sounds of panic and chaos. She entered a room that looked like a study, and searched the walls for a long time, but found no clues.

Afterwards, she went to the largest and most luxurious main courtyard of the Zhou mansion, which looked like the residence of the matriarch.

After searching for a while, she still found nothing. However, in the next room, she found a little maid hiding under the bed, trembling with fear.

Li Nanle used vines to drag the little maid out, who screamed in terror, "Ahhh, don't kill me..."

Li Nanle noticed that her leg seemed to be injured, which explained why she hadn't gone out to gather with the others.

“I won’t kill you, but you have to answer my questions,” Li Nanle said.

The young maid kept her head down, not daring to look directly at him, for fear of meeting those legendary red eyes. "Please ask, and I will tell you the truth as long as I know the answer."

Li Nanle nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Tell me, where is Huo Yunxia's blood stored?"

The maidservant paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "This servant does not know."

After saying that, she hurriedly added, "What I meant was that I don't know what Huo Yunxia's blood is."

Li Nanle thought it was normal for a maid to be unaware, so she explained, "It's a medicine that can cure any ailment."

"This servant knows." Upon hearing this, the maid looked up in surprise, but immediately lowered her head again. Because she lowered her head so quickly, and it was nighttime, she did not see the person in front of her clearly.

"Thank goodness, that was close! I almost saw red eyes." The maid patted her chest in lingering fear.

"Speak!" Li Nanle said in a slightly stern tone.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." The maid was so frightened by these words that tears welled up in her eyes, her body trembled, and her voice trembled as well.

“This servant once heard the madam angrily say that the eldest young lady was too domineering, that she had monopolized all of that miraculous medicine by herself.”

After saying that, she added, "The eldest young lady is Consort Hui in the palace."

Li Nanle understood, and with a swift motion, knocked the maid unconscious with his knife before leaving the Zhou family.

In the dead of night, the palace learned of the massacre of the Zhou family. The emperor immediately decided to conceal the matter from Consort Hui.

No matter how hard he tried to hide it, he could not fool the heavens, because Consort Hui also learned of the news immediately, but she pretended not to know while suppressing her grief.

She did this because she didn't want the emperor to realize that she had planted someone by his side.

One side was deliberately concealing the truth, while the other feigned ignorance. Inside the palace, all seemed peaceful, but outside, public opinion was in an uproar. The people gossiped about the matter privately, yet were filled with fear.

The Fu family, the Grand Princess, Prince Cheng, Prince Ning, and others were so frightened that they dared not step out of their rooms. Who could have imagined that the otherworldly being could not only control vines to injure people, but also control objects like iron rods to attack them?

The most terrifying thing was that the iron rod fell from the sky, making it impossible to defend against. At this moment, in their minds, the otherworldly beings, in addition to their abilities such as controlling vines, possessing immense strength, healing, invisibility, or teleportation, now had another terrifying and insurmountable means.

Meanwhile, Yun Ze, the patriarch of the Yun family, embarked on his journey.

Li Nanle was completely unaware of the danger and continued to live her ordinary life day after day.

Making steamed buns and mantou, cultivating supernatural abilities, and going out to kill people in the middle of the night. Tonight, her target is Consort Shu's family. She carefully put on makeup, changed her clothes, and put on red contact lenses. Just as she was about to set off, Zhao Moyan blocked her way.

Despite Zhao Moyan's past assistance, Li Nanle's vigilance instantly reached its peak.