Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 919 - 37: Auspicious Calamity (Part 2)

"One bow to Heaven and Earth, two bows to the parents, and mutual bows between husband and wife," the officiant’s voice echoed endlessly within the Duke Mansion.

Yue Jinghua stood amidst the crowd, watching her brother’s face full of happiness, and felt a warm glow in her heart.

At this moment, her gaze sharpened, alertly noticing several suspicious glances within the crowd.

With Xie Yu’s warning, Yue Jinghua suspected that the Xileng Family might be plotting against herself and the Duke Mansion, so she remained vigilant.

The Duke Mansion appeared lively today, without any soldiers standing guard, but Yue Jinghua didn’t need to rely on soldiers. She wanted everything to go smoothly for her brother on this extremely important day.

Thus, she visibly avoided deploying any soldiers to prevent disturbing her brother and mother, but in fact, she had quietly stationed a large number of giant-winged mosquitoes, Shura Roses, and Fire Spreading Algae in various corners of the Duke Mansion.

After breaking through to the Dan Realm, her application of spiritual power had greatly improved, and it became much easier to control the astonishing Dark Beast Demon lurking in the trees.

The entire Duke Mansion now resembled a spider’s web, and she was the spider weaving it. Any slight disturbance in any corner, even the smallest "mosquito" trying to intrude, would be detected by her.

The few shady figures seemed to be dressed as civilians, but upon closer inspection, one would notice the faintly visible muscles under their ordinary cloth garments, indicating they were all well-trained mercenaries with abundant combat experience.

"Xileng Family," Yue Jinghua no longer hesitated and quickly immersed herself within the crowd.

Xie Yu was also attentively observing Yue Jinghua’s actions, and upon seeing her hide among the crowd, he immediately followed her.

With the bright candlelight and the moon hanging over the treetops.

Within the Duke Mansion, where the arrangements were intertwined, the wedding banquet had just begun.

The Xileng Family, dressed in black, held a gaze full of hatred, staring at the brightly-lit Duke Mansion not far away.

"Siblings of the Yue Clan, my child Bo Xiyu died unjustly, yet you celebrate here with a wedding. Tonight..." Before the words could be completed, a ghostly female voice wafted from behind.

"I want the Duke Mansion to be wiped out, and the same day next year will be your death anniversary. Tch, all crows under the sky are the same; even the lines before arson and murder lack originality. Xileng Family, you’re so unimaginative. No wonder Mercenary King Bo Sai doesn’t want you; what man would have any interest in a woman like you? Isn’t that right, Xie Yu?"

The voice from behind was like a sudden cold arrow, causing Madam Xieleng to feel her hair stand on end with a chill in her heart.

Under the brilliant moonlight, a few figures stood on the eaves.

Yue Jinghua, dressed as an official, threw a mercenary with severed limbs before the Xileng Family, wearing the coldest smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Arson, poisoning, exterminating families, Madam Xieleng, everything the Assassin Alliance should do, you’ve done it all. You’re clearly trying to snatch my livelihood," Xie Yu tossed a mercenary with bruises and cuts.

"You, Yue Jinghua, Jade Finger Killing God? Hmph, so the Duke Mansion is colluding with the Assassin Alliance. Yue Jinghua, as the captain of the July Mercenary Team, you’ve secretly allied with assassins; if the Mercenary Guild finds out, you won’t have a good outcome," Madam Xieleng hated Yue Jinghua immensely, having suffered greatly at her hands not long ago.

"Madam Xieleng, you have repeatedly commissioned assassins and even attempted to hire Jade Finger Killing God Xie Yu to kill your peers. Does the Mercenary Guild know about your actions?" Yue Jinghua mocked, truly showing nothing is invincible when hitting "you" where it hurts, making her tremble with anger. She secretly sent out several signals, but the mercenaries ambushing at the Duke Mansion remained unresponsive.

"You vile maid, you killed Xi Ya and then slandered and smeared me; today, I shall not spare you lightly," Madam Xieleng waved her hand, and the Cloud Rhythm Rain Master Zither materialized in the air, "You adulterous pair, come at me together!"

"Adulterous pair?! That’s quite a nickname," Xie Yu appeared satisfied, after all, they were indeed a pair.

Yue Jinghua couldn’t help but roll her eyes, "I alone am more than enough to deal with her. Xie Yu, go and watch over my brother for me."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yu’s handsome face twitched with a look of disbelief, "You’re asking me to eavesdrop on the newlyweds from a corner?"

"Isn’t that what you love?" Yue Jinghua’s eyelids couldn’t stop twitching tonight.

She was now a Dan Realm expert and was ready to confront Madam Xieleng.

Yet an ominous sense of unease continued to grow in her heart, making her feel a foreboding of impending storms.

"I prefer to directly participate rather than to eavesdrop, especially if the subject is you," Xie Yu hadn’t finished his sentence when Yue Jinghua kicked him off the wall, not even giving him time to utter a lament.

"Yue Jinghua, you’re truly reckless. You think that having achieved military merits in Four Symbols City and being appointed as the captain of the world’s most formidable mercenary team by the Dragon War Empire and the Ruison Federation can make you withstand me? Reckless junior, back in my day, when I fought hard on the Dimension Battlefield, your mother hadn’t even been born yet," Xileng Family laughed coldly thrice. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Though the Xileng Family was not among the continent’s Ten Strongest, they had traversed the Dimension Battlefield in their youth. As far as they were concerned, a greenhorn like Yue Jinghua lacked ability, likely promoted only by relying on her beauty and the support of men.

The Xileng Family, having aged, most resented young and beautiful women like Yue Jinghua.

Abandoned by her loved one and with her only child killed in Four Symbols City, her mind had already become twisted.

As she controlled, her hands morphed into countless phantoms, fingers landing on the zither strings, her wide sleeves fluttering.

The sound of the zither formed a dense web in the air, Cloud Rhythm Rain Master Zither gleaming brilliantly.

With each pluck of the strings, the clear sky turned, clouds gathered, and the bright moon was shrouded by thick clouds.

Ten zither notes fell, producing thunder from the dense clouds in the sky; suddenly, a rain dragon illusion broke through the clouds.

The rain dragon opened its dragon mouth, intending to devour Yue Jinghua.

Yue Jinghua didn’t even bother to summon her Summoned Beast. She commanded sharply, her voice reaching the skies.

The sword shadow of the Lianyun Great Sword in her hand layered upon itself, colliding with the furious dragon mid-air.

The faster Madam Xieleng plucked the strings, the more fiercely the angry dragon attacked, but Yue Jinghua’s sword force never relented.

In an instant, sky and dragon overlapped, murderous aura filled the air, indistinguishable between flashes of lightning or sword shadows.

"A firefly dares to compete with the bright moon, utterly reckless," in Yue Jinghua’s hands, the Lianyun Great Sword’s sound resonated, its crystal stone shining like a star, person and sword unified, pierced through the dragon’s throat.

Only a thunderous "boom--" resonated, like a water balloon burst instantly.

In the sky, the clouds dispersed, the strings of the Cloud Rhythm Rain Master Zither in Madam Xieleng’s hand snapped completely, as she spat out a mouthful of blood, akin to a wingless sparrow, plummeting from the sky.