Chapter 171 Xuanjing Holy Capital

Just like Monk Mingdeng who had just been eliminated by Sun Xuan, normally, a martial arts powerhouse of this level would never come to a place like Qinghe County.

But if it were the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, Martial Artists like Monk Mingdeng would not amount to much.

Just now, Sun Xuan had reaped a good harvest of attribute light orbs from Monk Mingdeng.

Such a thing would no longer be possible in Qinghe County in the future.

Therefore, Sun Xuan also had the intention of leaving Qinghe County at this moment, but he just hadn't thought about how to do it yet.

Now, the noble-looking young man who suddenly appeared before him gave Sun Xuan a pretty good choice.

Thinking of this, Sun Xuan smiled and said to the Sixth Prince:

"I wonder what this Young Master's identity is. If I want to serve under you in the future, I at least need to know who you are.

Furthermore, the heir of the Gu Family, one of the four major families of the Great Wei Dynasty, was personally slain by me. If I go to serve under you, I wonder if it will bring you any trouble!"

After hearing Sun Xuan's words, the Sixth Prince smiled and said to Sun Xuan:

"I am the Sixth Prince of the Great Wei Dynasty. I wonder if my friend has ever heard of me.

As for the Gu Family, my friend can rest assured. Since this Highness dares to recruit you, it means this Highness will definitely protect your safety against the pressure of the Gu Family!"

The Sixth Prince also understood the subtext of Sun Xuan's words.

That was, if he wanted him to serve under his command, he had to at least protect him from the retaliation of the Gu Family.

Therefore, without a second word, the Sixth Prince directly gave his promise.

Anyway, the Gu Family belonged to his second brother, and the relationship between him and the Gu Family was naturally hostile to begin with.

Expressing now that he would protect Sun Xuan against the retaliation of the Gu Family could both display his magnanimity and the kindness of protecting his subordinates, while he himself would lose nothing.

Such a kill-two-birds-with-one-stone matter, the Sixth Prince would certainly not refuse.

After hearing the Sixth Prince's words, a hint of contemplation also appeared in Sun Xuan's eyes.

Sun Xuan also had some understanding of the situation in the Great Wei Dynasty.

After all, as a Town Demon Guard, which was considered an official institution, he naturally needed to have a general understanding of the imperial court.

Because the Great Wei Emperor was old and frail, and it was said that he had even been bedridden recently and hadn't attended court for a long time.

Such a dying appearance of the old emperor naturally caused turbulence in the imperial court.

Especially the several princes who had hopes of contending for the imperial throne had been making frequent moves recently.

They were practically ready to pull out knives and hack each other to death upon meeting.

And the Sixth Prince before him was one of the strong candidates competing for the grand imperial throne.

And if Sun Xuan agreed to serve this Sixth Prince, he would also be intervening in the struggle for the imperial succession among the princes.

However, Sun Xuan didn't care about this matter.

Anyway, he wouldn't stay long in this world, and after getting enough benefits, he would return to the Renegade Immortal World.

Even if he intervened in the struggle for the imperial succession halfway through, it didn't matter.

Even if the Sixth Prince before him ultimately failed in the contention, died with his soul destroyed, and the supporting forces behind him were liquidated afterward, Sun Xuan wouldn't be afraid.

By then, as long as his current body was powerful enough, he could just directly absorb this body and return to the Renegade Immortal World.

No matter how the liquidation was carried out, it couldn't reach his head.

And going to work under this Sixth Prince would offer far more opportunities to enhance his own strength.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Sun Xuan smiled and said to the Sixth Prince:

"Since Your Highness has extended a sincere invitation, this humble one cannot be unappreciative of your kindness!"

After hearing Sun Xuan's words, a look of joy immediately appeared on the Sixth Prince's face. Then, taking a few quick steps to Sun Xuan's side, he grabbed Sun Xuan's hand and said:

"It is truly my greatest honor that Sir has agreed to help me.

I wonder if Sir has been staying comfortably in this Town Demon Guard?

If Sir agrees, how about making Sir the Black Tortoise Guard Commander?

The old commander of the Black Tortoise Guard has just retired and returned to his hometown. If Sir is willing to take over this position, it couldn't be better!"

Cao Shiyin, the Azure Dragon Guard Commander standing to the side, heard this. Although it didn't show on his face, he still felt some emotion in his heart.

Thinking of how he had worked diligently all his life, it was only at this age that he managed to reach the position of the Azure Dragon Guard Commander.

Yet the young man before him, having just pledged allegiance to the Sixth Prince, was promised the position of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander.

Although the status of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander was slightly lower than his Azure Dragon Guard, it could still be called reaching the skies in a single bound.

However, after feeling a sigh of emotion, Cao Shiyin also understood in his heart that this was special treatment for special times.

This was precisely the critical moment for contending for the grand imperial throne. Using a bit of an official position to win over some powerhouses was a guaranteed win-win matter for the Sixth Prince at this moment.

Furthermore, the position of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander was also controlled by the Sixth Prince. This was a position the Sixth Prince had previously secured through a series of open struggles and covert fights.

However, the old commander of the Black Tortoise Guard did not want to get involved in the struggle for the imperial succession among the princes, so he directly retired and returned to his hometown.

This resulted in the position of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander remaining vacant, which also caused other princes to eye this position once again, each staring covetously, wanting to get it into their own hands.

Most crucially, right now among the Sixth Prince's subordinates, there truly wasn't any powerhouse with the strength to sit in the position of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander. This matter had always given the Sixth Prince a severe headache.

Now that a powerhouse of Sun Xuan's caliber had joined his command, the Sixth Prince smoothly took advantage of the current to arrange Sun Xuan into this position.

He would use his own person to occupy this position first.

After hearing the Sixth Prince's words, Sun Xuan was also secretly delighted. He hadn't expected that he would be able to obtain the real-power position of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander just after defecting under this Sixth Prince.

In this way, many of his own matters would be much easier to carry out.

Therefore, without thinking much, Sun Xuan agreed to become the Black Tortoise Guard Commander.

Seeing that Sun Xuan agreed, the Sixth Prince had Sun Xuan and Cao Shiyin get acquainted with each other, and then set off heading toward the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

After all, the Sixth Prince passing through Qinghe County was merely on his way. He was still in a rush to go to the capital to contend for the imperial throne with those brothers of his.

Before leaving, Sun Xuan directly appointed Chu Lin as the Town Demon Envoy of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard in the capacity of the Black Tortoise Guard Commander.

This could also be considered Sun Xuan's closure for Chu Lin having followed him for such a long time.

After giving some instructions to Chu Lin, Sun Xuan accompanied the Sixth Prince and galloped on horseback toward the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Not long ago, when Sun Xuan and Monk Mingdeng fought, the commotion was quite significant, and the people who came to Qinghe County to search for treasures at that time were very mixed.

Among them, quite a few martial arts experts knew Gu Ren of the Gu Family and Monk Mingdeng.

Furthermore, the scene of Sun Xuan powerfully slaying Gu Ren and Monk Mingdeng was also witnessed by many observant people.

Therefore, although Sun Xuan killed all the servants brought by Gu Ren, the news of Sun Xuan killing the sole heir of the Gu Family was still spread by observant people, quickly heading toward the Gu Family in the Great Wei capital.

Even the news of Sun Xuan slaying Gu Ren reached the ears of the Gu Family head faster than Sun Xuan's speed of arriving at the capital following the Sixth Prince.

After all, Sun Xuan's group still needed to ride horses on their journey, whereas the news of Sun Xuan slaying Gu Ren was quickly transmitted to the Gu Family through various methods such as carrier pigeons.

The Great Wei capital was a zone shrouded in prosperity, a prized land where the most powerful group of people in Great Wei lived.

Here, experts were as numerous as clouds, noble clans were everywhere, and dignitaries could be found everywhere.

Even in this world run amok by demons and bizarre entities, the Xuanjing Holy Capital of the Great Wei capital was shrouded in brilliant lights every night, resembling a city that never sleeps.

And in this place of Xuanjing Holy Capital where every inch of land was worth gold, an immensely vast landscape garden was situated within it, demonstrating just how noble the owner of this landscape garden's status was within this Great Wei Dynasty.

At this moment, within this place of wealth and luxury that should have looked down upon all living beings and indulged in extravagant desires, a layer of unresolvable dark clouds was shrouded.

"Master, Rener is dead! Your only son is dead! Your Gu Family's bloodline has been cut off!"

Inside this landscape garden, in a lavishly decorated hall, a noblewoman with a frantic look on her face was currently standing there.

This noblewoman was frantically roaring at a middle-aged man of considerable age and exuding an overwhelming aura of nobility.

The crowd of servants and stewards standing around didn't even dare to breathe heavily upon seeing this scene.

They were afraid of provoking the anger of this noblewoman or the middle-aged man and being directly executed.

Moreover, these servants never expected that someone would actually dare to kill the sole heir of the Gu Family, one of the four major families of the Great Wei Dynasty.

This was no longer stroking a tiger's whiskers; this was simply chopping off the tiger's vital root with a knife.

These servants and stewards could all feel at this moment that the head of the Gu Family sitting on the master seat was currently in a state of extreme anger and hatred, just like an impending volcanic eruption.

"Patriarch Gu Shentong, you are the head of the Gu Family, not a shrinking old turtle! Your son is dead, the sole heir of the Gu Family is dead!

If you don't even dare to let out a fart, let alone the people of the world mocking you, the ancestors of your Gu Family down in the nine springs won't let you off either!"

The noblewoman who had lost her only son, the mistress of the Gu Family, long ago lost her past composure and elegance at this moment.

All that remained was the madness and resentment resembling an evil ghost.

All the awe and obedience she previously held for the head of the Gu Family were all thrown by her into the stinking ditch.

Now, this mistress of the Gu Family only wanted to avenge her son and slice her enemy into a thousand pieces, shattering their corpse into ten thousand fragments!

After losing her son, this woman had completely lost her composure and forgotten the past majesty of the head of the Gu Family.

Toward Gu Ren, his only son and the sole heir of the next generation of the Gu Family, Patriarch Gu Shentong…

Patriarch Gu Shentong could endure anything and would comply with Gu Ren in everything. As long as Gu Ren wanted something, Patriarch Gu Shentong would definitely capture it and present it to Gu Ren.

Even for Gu Ren's defiance and disrespect, Patriarch Gu Shentong completely let him be.

However, within this massive Gu Family, the only one who enjoyed this treatment was Gu Ren alone.

As for everyone else, including the mistress of the Gu Family who had risen to prominence because of her son, they were actually never regarded by Patriarch Gu Shentong in his eyes.

The former mistress of the Gu Family was actually not the frantic woman before him, but the legitimate daughter of another dignitary in the capital.

However, this legitimate daughter of the capital dignitary had not given birth to a single son or daughter for Patriarch Gu Shentong in over a decade. No matter how virtuous and competent she was, she still suffered extreme aversion from Patriarch Gu Shentong.

Therefore, Patriarch Gu Shentong broadly took in concubines, accepting anyone from all walks of life without rejection.

His purpose was purely to leave a seed for this massive Gu Family so that they could inherit the vast Family business of the Gu Family in the future.

Heaven does not disappoint those who try. Under the day-and-night diligent cultivation of Patriarch Gu Shentong, a concubine-born daughter of a small merchant Family finally conceived a child of Patriarch Gu Shentong.

After ten months of pregnancy and giving birth one fine day, to Patriarch Gu Shentong's unexpected surprise, this concubine-born daughter of a small merchant Family actually gave birth to a son for him.

Patriarch Gu Shentong, who was practically blessed with a son in his old age, was ecstatic, impacted by such pleasant surprise.

On the very day the concubine-born daughter of the small merchant Family gave birth, Patriarch Gu Shentong divorced the then-mistress of the Gu Family and directly drove her back to her maiden home.

And after this legitimate daughter of the dignitary Family was driven back to her maiden home, her maiden home didn't even dare to let out a single fart.

They were terrified of offending the zenith-riding Gu Family and meeting the end of having their Family ruined and destroyed.

The power in the hands of that dignitary Family was simply nothing in the eyes of millennium-old clans like the Gu Family.

Then, after divorcing the legitimate daughter of that dignitary Family, Patriarch Gu Shentong established the woman from the small merchant Family as his legal wife—who was precisely the currently going-mad mistress of the Gu Family.

"Liu Rumei, having been the mistress of the Gu Family for over twenty years, it seems you have gradually forgotten what your last name actually is!"

With his only son dead and plunged into extreme anger, Patriarch Gu Shentong finally slowly raised his head amidst Liu Rumei's frantic curses.

A pair of eyes filled with murderous intent and rage stared straight onto Liu Rumei's face.

Liu Rumei, who had fallen into madness after losing her son, under the gaze of this pair of eyes, felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head at this moment, instantly snapping out of her madness.

Then, as if thinking of something, Liu Rumei's eyes were instantly filled with terror.

I saw Liu Rumei trembling all over in terror, looking into Patriarch Gu Shentong's eyes as if she were seeing venomous snakes, scorpions, or fierce tigers.

"You… you… no, no… Master, I am Rener's mother, I am… your wife…

I was just overwhelmed by Rener's death just now, I…"

Before Liu Rumei could finish speaking, a sinister smile appeared at the corner of Patriarch Gu Shentong's mouth as he said:

"Mei'er, Rener is already gone. As a father, I cannot let him set off on the road all alone.

As for the enemy, I, Gu, will definitely chop them into a thousand pieces and avenge my son.

But Rener is too lonely down below by himself!"

Saying this, Patriarch Gu Shentong stood up in a neurotic manner and slowly walked toward Liu Rumei.