Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 286: What a Good Sword...
"There's also some good news..." Chu Yang said nonchalantly, "No one knows that I did the killing."
"Of course!" Gu Duxing rolled his eyes.
"So you're planning to take revenge for your brother," Chu Yang said. "If I’m not mistaken, the Gu Family is going to confront the Xie Family this time."
"The Xie Family?" Gu Duxing scratched his head. "What does this have to do with the Xie Family?"
"Xie Danqiong killed one of your throne experts. And I took action right after he did; the two of us worked closely together and wiped out three of the four members of the Gu Family who came to trial!" Chu Yang chuckled.
Gu Duxing finally understood and couldn’t help but feel a mix of laughter and tears. "So all this blame falls squarely on Xie Danqiong, Young Master Xie..."
"That's absolutely right." Chu Yang snapped his fingers and sighed, "Xie Danqiong is a good person; he does good deeds and still wants to be recognized. I’m the one keeping a low profile..."
"Can you even be low-key?" Gu Duxing sighed slightly, looking at Chu Yang with a mix of admiration and helplessness.
While Chu Yang spoke easily, Gu Duxing knew exactly how much risk Chu Yang had taken.
Chu Yang's cultivation level was merely that of a martial sect!
A martial sect! Yet he killed two important figures under the watchful eyes of forty to fifty throne experts, and then managed to retreat unscathed...
Gu Duxing wouldn’t think about the methods Chu Yang had used during this time. Just thinking about it would make him break out in a cold sweat!
What sort of identity did Chu Yang have now? To put it bluntly, Chu Yang's safety was directly related to the outcome of the war between the two nations! Yet there could not be any mistakes, not even the slightest slip-up!
To put it more seriously, even if Chu Yang caught a cold and sneezed, affecting his thought process for a moment, it could lead to a problem in some critical link...
Yet under such circumstances, Chu Yang dared to seize the opportunity and boldly kill Gu Yanyang and Gu Yanyue!
Why?
For his brother! For Gu Duxing!
Because Chu Yang knew that the misfortune of his childhood was largely caused by the Gu Yanyang brothers! Because Chu Yang knew these two had never given up on wanting to kill him! Because Chu Yang knew that as long as these two were around, he would never rise in the Gu Family!
Because they were the direct bloodline of the Gu Family!
If they had been capable, Gu Duxing wouldn’t have had anything to say; but the problem was that these two were useless, yet still jealous of the capable, playing with power struggles, and were ruthless, cunning, and treacherous...
So this time, when Chu Yang acted, it was all for Gu Duxing!
Gu Duxing never expressed gratitude. He didn’t need to say it, nor could he. But he would remember this kindness!
Although this deed was far from honorable, it was a one-time solution; it permanently eliminated Gu Duxing's future troubles!
If Gu Duxing had relied on himself and considered his adoptive father’s kindness, he probably would never have taken action against these two in his whole life.
A night passed in silence.
Until the next morning, the conflict within the imperial city finally came to an end! Chu Yang and Gu Duxing, dressed in white, stood in front of the palace, watching and marveling.
They truly didn't know how fierce the fighting had been last night; the palace was still filled with thick smoke, but it had basically turned into a ruin! It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that not a single complete palace remained!
This palace was utterly ruined!
The biggest gainers were probably Chu Yang and Gu Duxing, because after Chu Yang entered the palace last night and helped Ji Mo a few times, he saw that things were not too bad, so he turned around and went to the treasury.
Such a rare opportunity to fish in troubled waters, could Chu Imperial Seat let it go?
The guards of the treasury had already been scared away; with the Nine Calamity Sword in hand, how sharp it was! He directly sliced open a large hole to enter. This time, time was tight; there was absolutely no time to absorb anything, but Chu Yang now had the nine calamity space...