Chapter 12
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Yuelai Restaurant.
It was the largest restaurant in Rivertown. It was said that the owner of the Yuelai Restaurant was related to the City Lord Residence. Ever since the City Lord took office three years ago, the Yuelai Restaurant had opened for business.
Gao Jianli and Shenlang sat by the window. Through the window, they could see the bustling street and the endless stream of people.
Shen Qing obediently poured a cup of wine for Shenlang.
"Get out of the way. The Imperial Court has matters to attend to.
Just as Shenlang and the rest were chatting, there was a commotion on the street.
Shenlang and the rest turned to look. They saw a middle-aged man with a podao and covered in blood stumbling forward.
Behind him were three men in luxurious black and gold robes embroidered with scarlet eagle images. They held podaos and emitted a cold aura as they chased after the middle-aged man.
"Embroidered Uniform Guards."
Someone in the restaurant saw the situation downstairs and exclaimed.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards were one of the three major military organizations in the Qianwu Empire.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards were responsible for assassinations and intelligence gathering in the Qianwu Empire. If there was an emergency, they would also take action.
Usually, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would hide in the dark and collect intelligence from the Underworld. Even the top factions didn't know the true identity of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. It was possible that an itinerant cultivator in the Underworld was a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards were divided into two groups. One was the Shadow Guards, and the other was the Shadow Guards.
The Shadow Guards were responsible for assassinations while the Shadow Guards were responsible for intelligence gathering.
Under normal circumstances, the Shadow Guards rarely took action because it meant that they would be exposed. Usually, the other military organization in the Qianwu Empire would take action when something big happened, the Grand Council.
The Grand Council was the strongest military organization in the Qianwu Empire. There were many experts in it. Many evil people in the Underworld or those who disrupted the order of the Underworld were taken care of by the Grand Council.
However, there was a special situation today. Three Shadow Guards were taking action together. Everyone guessed that something big was going to happen.
The one in the middle of the three Shadow Guards shouted, "Unrelated people, retreat quickly. If you obstruct the Imperial Court's matters, your heads will roll."
Originally, the middle-aged man covered in blood could rely on the crowd to avoid the pursuit of the three shadow guards. Now that the shadow guard shouted, everyone moved aside, allowing the three shadow guards to breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing that there were no more obstacles between them and the middle-aged man, one of the secret guards stopped and took out a strong crossbow from his back. He pulled the bowstring and shot an arrow at the middle-aged man's back.
Swish!
An ear-piercing sound of wind breaking rang out.
The crossbow was a military weapon developed by the imperial court. It was extremely powerful. Although the crossbow was small in size, it was not something an ordinary Xiantian Realm expert could withstand.
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with despair, but he immediately gritted his teeth and circulated his internal energy. The podao in his hand fiercely chopped towards the crossbow arrow.
Boom!
With a deafening sound, the blade in the middle-aged man's hand was shattered, and the shards scattered in all directions.
Some people who couldn't dodge in time were pierced by the broken blades and died unwillingly.
After this attack, the middle-aged man no longer had the strength to run away. He stared at the three shadow guards with resentment.
"Haha, you want that thing, but I won't let you have it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man reached into his chest and took out a scroll. He used all his strength to throw it into the distance.
The three shadow guards' faces changed. Two of them immediately rushed out and chased in the direction of the scroll. The remaining shadow guard expressionlessly killed the middle-aged man with a single blow.
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with unwillingness. His head flew into the sky and rolled a few times on the ground.
After killing the middle-aged man, the shadow guard didn't stop. He flew in the direction of the other two shadow guards and chased after them.
At this moment, Gao Jianli had already disappeared from Shenlang's side.
When the middle-aged man threw the scroll, Gao Jianli had already chased after him.
Shenlang was very interested in the scroll. Of course, if he didn't have the chance, he wouldn't snatch it by force. After all, his identity was completely transparent in the eyes of the imperial court. If he offended the imperial court, even the Shen Family wouldn't be able to protect him.
Shen Qing threw down a piece of broken silver and followed Shenlang out of Yuelai Restaurant.
Along the way, Shenlang walked and stopped, as if he was observing something.
When they arrived at a slum, Gao Jianli flew down from a roof. He nodded at Shenlang and led Shenlang and the others into the distance.
Gao Jianli brought Shen Lang and the others to a remote area and heard the sounds of fighting in front of them. The few of them hid behind a wall and stuck their heads out to take a look. They saw three secret guards engaged in an intense battle with a martial artist.
"I advise you to obediently hand over the scroll to me. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."
One of the shadow guards said coldly as he attacked the warrior.
The warrior laughed arrogantly. "Haha, I'm not afraid of you lackeys of the imperial court. I, Soul Breaking Saber Li Danai, don't need you to be polite."
After speaking, the big man forced the three of them back with his saber and looked at them disdainfully.
Li Danai was a rogue cultivator in the middle stage of the Connate Realm. His Soul Breaking Saber Technique was very rare in the middle stage of the Connate Realm. Originally, he had seen the shadow guards chasing after the middle-aged man. Although he was arrogant, he didn't want to have anything to do with the imperial court. However, the middle-aged man threw the scroll to him.
He thought it was some martial arts secret book, so he casually opened it. But when he saw what was written on it, he became greedy.
Then the two shadow guards caught up with him. He fled all the way here. Seeing that the three shadow guards didn't give up, he made up his mind to kill them here to prevent future trouble.
The three shadow guards were all in the Connate Realm. One of them was in the middle stage of the Connate Realm, and the other two were in the early stage of the Connate Realm.
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