The recording continued.
The group of guards dressed in bandit robes snuck into Dan Xiaotian's residence discreetly.
"This recording is identical to the one he released earlier …"
"Indeed … I thought that they were really bandits, but who could have thought that they were actually guards of the City Lord Manor?"
"Guards of the City Lord Manor disguised as bandits to kill …"
…
It didn't take long for someone to recognize the scene in the recording to be identical to the one recorded by the witnesses earlier.
They had thought that they were bandits, but after seeing the entire recording, they realized that they were actually guards of the City Lord Manor in disguise!
Hu!
As soon as the guards entered Dan Xiaotian's residence, the recording came to a halt. Cao Chengli took out the Record Crystal and turned to Xue Chen. "Do you have anything else to say?"
"You … This is a forgery!"
Xue Chen's face paled.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that he would be tracked and recorded for such a matter.
"Forgery? Why don't you try to forge it then? "
Dan Xiaotian stepped forward.
The content recorded in the Record Crystal was real, so there was no way to forge it. This was also the reason why it was fair.
"I …" Xue Chen took a step back. "You have a marriage agreement with the Third Young Mistress, and it's only natural that you are stronger than us. Why would we kill you? Wouldn't that sully the reputation of the City Lord Manor?"
"You're right …"
Everyone turned to look at Xue Chen in astonishment.
If they were truly incompatible with one another, they could have just annulled the engagement. Why would they hire bandits to kill him?
Why would they take the blame for themselves?
"Why do you want to kill me? If you have forgotten, you can take a look at this! "
Dan Xiaotian chuckled softly as he whipped out a Record Crystal. With a tap of his finger, he released the recording within.
"Why? Do you think that you can fool me by sending a servant to bring me the engagement agreement?" In the recording, Xue Qin spoke haughtily, reminiscent of a noble princess.
"Nothing much. It's simple. I want you to announce to the entire city that you're not worthy of me, so you requested to annul the engagement. Our City Lord Manor rejected your request repeatedly before we decided to respect your decision. Otherwise, are you intending to announce to the entire city that I, Xue Qin, am not willing to marry you? Are you intending to humiliate the City Lord Manor? "
"It's easy to say no! The Dan Clan has offended quite a few people over the years. If not for the marriage alliance with the City Lord Manor, and the fact that you are a good-for-nothing to begin with, the Dan Clan would have long been wiped out. As long as those people decide to make a move on you, do you think that the two of you will be able to stop them? "
Xue Chen sneered.
"The masses? After your death, the city lord will surely be overwhelmed with grief, and he will surely send his men to exact vengeance for you. After which, the Young Mistress will weep for many days before finally leaving the city and joining the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion … "
…
In the jade crystal, the scene of the two of them flaunting their prowess in the Dan Mansion was clearly recorded!
"This …"
"So, she wanted to annul the engagement, but the other party wasn't satisfied with the annulment. She even wanted to protect her reputation, so she didn't hesitate to kill him …"
"What a vicious heart!"
"All these years, the City Lord Manor's reputation has been excellent. Who would have thought that they would do such a thing …"
"Shameful, I'm ashamed to be associated with him …"
…
After witnessing this scene, everyone understood what was going on. When they looked at Xue Chen and Xue Qin once more, their gazes were filled with hostility.
"You, you …"
Xue Qin's face paled as she felt her entire body going limp.
She had thought that not only would she be able to get rid of this trash, she would also be able to gain a good reputation. Who could have thought that her actions would be exposed before so many people?
From this moment onward, her reputation would be completely ruined!
Not wanting to get married, she even colluded with bandits to kill her fiancé …
With such a reputation, who would dare to marry her?
If they were to marry her, wouldn't they be in deep trouble if a bandit were to knock on their door?
"Nonsense, I'm going to teach you a lesson today, you spouting nonsense …"
Xue Chen clenched his jaws tightly as he charged right at Dan Xiaotian.
The wind howled as his palm strike surged forward.
Given the current circumstances, the only way out of this was to kill Dan Xiaotian and Cao Chengli so that no one would be able to prove anything.
With his Ancient Sage 3-dan cultivation, he was able to seal the entire room with just a single strike. The duo's bodies turned cold, and they were unable to move at all.
"Audacious!"
Not expecting the other party to kill someone right before his eyes, Huo Jianghe's eyes turned cold.
The other party didn't put him in his eyes at all.
With a flick of his wrist, Huo Jianghe drew his sword. He was just about to stop Xue Chen when he suddenly felt a weight on his arm. City Lord Xue Gan looked at him with a smile and said, "Nephew Jiang He, there's no need to panic. Xue Chen is just trying to scare you. As a disciple of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion, you shouldn't interfere in the affairs of our city!"
Huo Jianghe narrowed his eyes.
There was no way Xue Chen was just trying to scare Dan Xiaotian. If he didn't make a move and allowed Dan Xiaotian's palm strike to land, the duo would surely be killed!
Then, City Lord Xue Gan would be able to blame his lack of discipline. At the very most, he would just imprison Xue Chen as a warning to others.
Now that Dan Xiaotian and Cao Chengli were both dead, the City Lord Manor would have no say in this matter.
It wouldn't be long before the two of them were released, and nothing would happen to them.
"No!"
While Huo Jianghe was being stopped, Cao Chengli's face paled in fright upon seeing the powerful palm strike.
He was here to redress Dan Xiaotian's grievances under the orders of the book, but that didn't mean that he was courting death!
Just as he thought that there was no way he could escape this time around, the palm strike suddenly vanished without a trace. He hurriedly raised his head to take a look, only to see that the head instructor of the City Lord Manor, an Ancient Sage 3-dan expert, had already collapsed to the ground. Unknowingly, he was no longer breathing, and there was a stalk of emerald grass embedded in his forehead.
"He's dead?"
Cao Chengli's body stiffened. He quickly turned his gaze over, only to see that the green blade of grass had pierced through his eyes and exited from his ears before piercing right through his brain.
To pierce through the eyes and head of such a soft blade of grass … To kill an Ancient Sage 3-dan expert …
What kind of strength was this?
Cao Chengli's body turned cold, and he didn't dare to move at all.
Huo Jianghe also stood up abruptly with a look of disbelief on his face.
He was also an Ancient Sage 4-dan primary stage cultivator, on par with City Lord Xue Gan. But even so, it was impossible for him to pull off such a feat.
The green blade of grass was so soft that it couldn't be exerted with force, and it couldn't be harnessed with zhenqi either. Yet, it was still able to pierce through the zhenqi barrier of an Ancient Sage 3-dan expert and pierce through his head …
But more importantly …
Even with his eye of discernment, he was unable to see who had made the move and where the green blade of grass had come from!
It was as if the green blade of grass had appeared out of thin air.
He wasn't the only one who was shocked. City Lord Xue Gan, who had stopped him, also felt his body turning cold.
Clearly, he was unable to see where the green blade of grass had come from either.
Thinking back, it was likely that he wouldn't have been able to withstand it either!
"Teacher … is really powerful!"
Dan Xiaotian heaved a sigh of relief.
Even though his teacher had told him not to worry, the earlier sight had still left him sweating profusely.
He knew that his teacher was no ordinary figure, but he didn't think that his teacher would be so powerful!
Suppressing his shock and agitation, Dan Xiaotian was just about to continue speaking when City Lord Xue Gan abruptly stood up and bellowed indignantly, "As the head instructor of our City Lord Manor, how could Xue Chen commit such a despicable act? I have failed my duty as the lord of a city! Such scum must be killed as a warning to others!"
Dan Xiaotian was taken aback.
Judging from the other party's tone … he was the one who had killed Xue Chen?
How shameless was that?
"Nephew Xiaotian, I wasn't aware of this matter at all. It's fortunate that you were able to see through that fellow's ploy! Thanks to you, the reputation of our City Lord Manor has been preserved! "
Xue Gan walked up to Dan Xiaotian and spoke with the air of an amiable elder. "Your engagement with my daughter was decided by your father and the others back then. Now that they have passed away, how could you possibly go against their wishes? Besides, Little Qin must have been bewitched by Xue Chen to make such a decision. That fellow's specialty is bewitching others … "
Seeing how swiftly Xue Gan had reacted to those words, Dan Xiaotian sneered coldly.
It was no wonder why he was able to become the city lord. As expected of an old fox.
His teacher had always kept a low profile, unwilling to reveal his true strength.
But now that Xue Chen had been killed, Dan Xiaotian was the strongest of the city lords present, so there was no doubt that he was the culprit.
Now that Xue Gan was dead, he could push all the blame onto Xue Gan and find an excuse to do so. By then, the City Lord Manor would have nothing to do with this matter anymore. By then, he would be able to find a way to appease the City Lord Manor, and the public opinion in the city wouldn't last long!
To be able to pull this off so quickly despite being in such a disadvantageous position, Xue Gan was truly a vicious person.
"City Lord Xue, you must be joking!"
Dan Xiaotian harrumphed coldly. "The City Lord Manor dispatched fifty elites, but all of them died in a single night. Do you think that anyone would believe you if you say that your subordinates acted on their own accord?"
Even for the City Lord Manor, fifty elites was no small number. How could they possibly not know that all of them had died in such a short period of time?
Dan Xiaotian's words were tantamount to tearing apart the veil covering his face.
"Humph!"
Not expecting the other party to be so unappreciative of his words, Xue Gan's face darkened. He sent a telepathic message over. "Is Xue Chen's death not enough for you? Are you intending to bring me down as well? Do you have any evidence to prove that I was involved in this matter? "
Dan Xiaotian was rendered speechless.
Xue Qin was only canceling the engagement, and everything else was done by Xue Chen. There was no evidence to prove that Xue Gan had anything to do with this matter. In fact, Xue Qin could even push the matter aside and cancel the engagement!
Since she wasn't suited for him, he would only be condemned for breaking the engagement for the sake of his happiness.
"If you don't have any evidence, it's best that you cut the crap! I know that you have an expert backing you, which is why you were able to kill Xue Chen so easily, but … my position as the city lord was conferred by the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion! Only the elders of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion are qualified to deal with me … If the expert backing you dared to make a move on me, that would be equivalent to slapping the face of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. Do you think that they would spare someone who challenged the authority of the Six Sects? Or do you think that the person backing you is able to withstand the pressure of the Six Sects? "
Xue Gan sneered coldly as he sent a telepathic message over. "If you don't want the person backing you to be implicated in this matter, you'd better listen to me obediently and let this matter rest. Everyone will be happy with this outcome! Your engagement will continue as before, and there won't be any changes to it … "
Dan Xiaotian's eyes reddened as he clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked.
In truth, he knew that the deaths of his parents were closely related to City Lord Xue, and he had always wanted to exact vengeance on him.
But it was a pity that the other party was right!
The person before him was the strongest person in the City Lord Manor. If he was forced into a corner, he could mobilize his troops to massacre the City Lord Manor. He and his teacher wouldn't be able to stop him at all!
If his teacher were to really make a move and kill the other party, he would be offending the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion …
As powerful as his teacher was, he didn't think that he would be able to stand against one of the Six Sects of the Master Teacher Continent!
"Alright, there's no need for me to say anything more. You should understand what you have to say, right?"
Seeing that Dan Xiaotian was wavering, Xue Gan harrumphed coldly. "Unless the elders of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion hear your prayers and appear before you, don't think too highly of yourself …"
Hu!
Before Xue Gan could finish his words, the cry of a saint beast echoed in the air. Following which, several figures leaped down from the back of the saint beast.
"Elder Lu!"
Upon seeing those figures, Huo Jianghe's eyes lit up. He hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fist.
Elder Lu Yun had arrived from Starlight City!
Xue Gan's body stiffened, and the words that he was about to say were caught in his throat.
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