533: Chapter 190 A Long Sigh_1 533: Chapter 190 A Long Sigh_1 “Hurry up your assistant!
If the coffin isn’t readied in the shop early, does it need my master to hurry you along?”
A clerk with raised eyebrows reprimanded fiercely.
In the past, he would delay or drag his feet on matters assigned by Zhao Xuan, well aware of this superior’s “pushover” nature.
But now, the situation had changed.
Old Zhang repeatedly apologized, “It really is ticulous work; it can’t help but take ti.
It’s coming soon, very soon!”
Ever since the fall of Yang Country, there have been fewer and fewer blind fools in the governnt offices.
Zhao Xuan, after all, was not low-ranking, and now he had resolved the trust issue; his promotion was only a matter of ti.
The perceptive ones were all very clear on this.
After scolding the owner of the coffin shop, the eyebrow-raised clerk tried to ingratiate himself, “Sir, why don’t you go back and rest first, and I’ll watch over here?
I know your requirents and will make sure there are no problems!”
Zhao Xuan was accustod to handling things personally, but this ti, due to unease in his heart, he almost subconsciously wanted to agree.
“It’s coming!
It’s here!” shouted Old Zhang of the coffin shop.
Zhao Xuan stopped and looked over.
From the end of the street, two young lads carried the coffin, their steps steady as they approached.
The coffin itself was covered with thick cloth, not easily exposed to light, only its general outline visible.
Zhao Xuan had co to this Lianqiao area countless tis and was very familiar with everything here.
Whose craftsmanship was good, whose goods were poor, who was relatively honest, which store had been around for how long…
Zhao Xuan’s gaze wandered casually, sweeping past the coffin shop in front of him, and he saw a middle-aged man in the neighboring effigy shop, who was bowing his head making paper effigies, looking up at him.
He seed to be the original owner’s nephew or sothing?
Zhao Xuan had so recollection.
So he smiled at him with a friendly yet dignified air.
The man also smiled.
“That smile looks quite ugly,” Zhao Xuan thought.
Then, the sky suddenly darkened.
It wasn’t the sky that darkened, but the “sky” within Lianqiao’s range, that did.
Zhao Xuan, with his External Building Environnt’s strength, quickly made a judgnt.
The following clerks fell to the ground in succession, in the process of falling.
He also heard the sound of the wind.
That wind seed to worm its way out from so crevice, whining mournfully.
He felt cold.
Very cold.
His whole body almost began to tremble.
The five Inner Mansions roared as massive amounts of Path Origin surged, and he responded to his own three Transcendent Towers, ready to break free from it all in an instant.
Then he saw the smiling middle-aged man stand up.
The man stood up, and with just one step, he was up close.
His originally honest and reliable face was now covered by a mask.
A mask black as ink, with a white portal painted on the forehead, blood-red characters inside the door.
The three words were chillingly cruel, and they read, “Emperor of Hell!”
Hell Has No Door’s Emperor of Hell!
Zhao Xuan tried to leave the scene imdiately, but at that mont, he was shocked to realize that his body had already stiffened.
Who had interfered with his perception?
From left, right, front, back, above, a piercing murderous intent closed in simultaneously.
Assassination techniques burst forth!
There was no way to count how many attacks exploded at the sa ti.
Five people!
Zhao Xuan only had that thought rotate in his mind when his consciousness sank into the darkness without end.
Am I going to die…
Am I really going to die?
He didn’t know why.
He sighed deeply.
In the fifty-fourth year of the Yuan Feng era in September, Zhao Xuan, the forr deputy Town Guard of Hengyang from the extinct Yang Country (handling the duties of the capital region as proxy), a Cultivator of the External Building Environnt, and currently a Grade-4 officer in Qi Country’s Departnt of Rites, was assassinated at Lianqiao.
He left behind to this world, a long and drawn-out sigh.
…
…
The carriage was still on its way back to the residence when the turmoil of the crowd was already sensed by the three.
Jiang Wang lifted the curtain on the left side and saw figures continuously flying through the air.
In Linzi, the capital city of Qi Country, under normal circumstances, only official forces were allowed to fly.
And among those who flew by, there were samurais in armor, and constables dressed in uniform black…
An incident had occurred!
That was the first thought in Jiang Wang’s mind.
It was rare for such commotion to arise in Linzi, at least since he had co, it was the first ti he had seen such a scene.
He imdiately thought of Hell Has No Door.
Zhongxuan Sheng looked out from the other side of the carriage window and murmured to himself, “The Forbidden Army and Beiyaduwei have both been deployed!”
Suddenly, he caught sothing.
“Capital Commandant Zheng Shi has taken the field himself!”
Excitent surged within him, he withdrew his head, and flung the carriage curtain forward, commanding, “Find out what’s happened at once!”
Without a word, the carriage driver let go of the reins and dove into the crowd.
Zhongxuan Sheng personally took hold of the reins and gave them a sharp shake, driving the carriage: “Back to the residence!”
In fact, he was so anxious that he didn’t even want the carriage.
But the more urgent it beca, the more cautious one had to be.
Maintaining a normal, surprised yet alert state was best.
…
The target of Hell Has No Door turned out to be the Grade-4 official, Zhao Xuan!
Depending on the level of the incident, the official forces in Linzi city had different response tis.
In cases involving Transcendent powers with a clear target, Beiyaduwei could deploy the corresponding Transcendent forces within a quarter of an hour to any location within Linzi except the Imperial Palace.
As a Grade-4 official, attacks on officials of this level and capability could trigger a high-level response from Linzi.
The battle at Xiaolian Bridge had just erupted and was imdiately sensed.
After receiving the alert, Capital Commandant Zheng Shi took the field himself, arriving at Xiaolian Bridge in less than twenty breaths from the incident.
What he hadn’t anticipated was that Zhao Xuan, a mighty External Building Environnt expert, couldn’t hold out for even three breaths!
Beside his body, only a sinister white doorway mark was left—the symbol of Hell Has No Door.
Zheng Shi quickly surmised that at least five of Hell Has No Door’s “Yamas,” which is to say five or more External Building Environnt assassins, were in Linzi.
His first order was to shut the nearest five city gates.
Of Linzi’s one hundred and eight gates, as Capital Commandant from Beiyaduwei, he had the authority to close a maximum of five simultaneously.
Zheng Shi was very clear that only by imdiately sealing the grand formation, locking down the entire city, and calling upon high-order powers to suppress it could the potential damage of five or more External Building Environnt experts be minimized.
However, closing the grand formation and locking down the city required at least one Grand Chancellor’s approval, and the Capital Commandant did not possess such authority.
He quickly requested an order from the Political Affairs Hall, and the on-duty Right Chancellor approved it with utmost speed, but twenty precious breaths had already passed.
The assassins of Hell Has No Door had escaped into the wind.
In this assassination attempt, Hell Has No Door had deployed more than five “Yamas,” who surrounded and attacked Zhao Xuan within three breaths and fled Linzi in less than ten.
The ticulous planning, precise timing, and swift actions shocked the entire world!
If the previous assassination of the Town Guard of a border town in Qi Country spread the na of Hell Has No Door across the Eastern Region, then this ti, their actions in the capital undoubtedly made Hell Has No Door notorious throughout the land!
The vast realm of Daqi, which is incomparable to any small country like Qi Country, was one of the world’s supre powers.
Yet, in this incident, it lost all face!
The incident occurred at Xiaolian Bridge, a well-known area for funerals in Linzi, though its location was sowhat remote, which was one of the reasons for the delayed response.
But the most crucial reason was that Linzi hadn’t seen trouble for a very long ti.
People had almost forgotten such a possibility!
In this massive city, there were enough powerhouses to crush several assassins, but at the mont of crisis, everyone’s first concern was the Imperial Palace.
Top experts stationed at strategic locations were reluctant to move rashly, fearing a feint.
And while Beiyaduwei and the Political Affairs Hall were communicating and arranging the defense, by the ti the God Arrives-level reclusive experts were summoned, the assassins had already fled.
Linzi’s response was already fast, and Zheng Shi skipped many steps by directly communicating with the Right Chancellor.
However, involving God Arrives-level or higher experts ant one action could affect the whole situation.
Zhongxuan Chuliang had earlier objected to leaving the city to deal with Su She for this reason as well.
Hell Has No Door, however, had made thorough preparations, striking successfully then imdiately withdrawing far away.
Capital Commandant Zheng Shi initially characterized this case as retribution by the remnants of Sun Court and submitted a plea for punishnt to Emperor Qi, offering to resign his position as Capital Commandant.
Emperor Qi did not permit it, instead ordering him to redeem himself through ritorious deeds by capturing the assassins of Hell Has No Door and the Sun Court Remnants behind them.
The rare use of the words “at all costs” in the decree granted Zheng Shi trendous trust and authority.
The vast Eastern Region was on the verge of upheaval.
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