Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 958 - 494: The Sack, Part 2

Moreover, these individuals, masked and armored, using crossbow arrows that can pierce armor, are equipped just like the guards, yet they are simply the house servants and private soldiers of various families. Clearly, this is taking advantage of the chaos in the capital, with defenses thin, as the Immortal Army Guards and the Six Gates have been called to the front lines, to disguise themselves as bandits and wreak havoc under orders from their masters.

As they say, when you’re in Jianghu, how can you avoid getting cut? Those feathered beasts in the temple halls serving as officials surely don’t have averages of hundreds of enemies each? This is the time to settle old scores, to pay back grudges, solving causes and effects. Why ruin everyone’s fun, right?

After all, it’s only been less than five years since Tie Dan became immortal. Being a dog slave, whipped and beaten by the Demon Palace, lasted well over ten years! His anger is hard to quell. If it weren’t for the task at hand, he would have jumped in long ago to join them!

At present, Tie Dan only hovered in the sky, observing, looking for where the Treasure Light appeared, then clapped and released a Blood Hand, grabbing the treasures and throwing them into a sack for storage. Wherever there were Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation ancestors, he’d slash a Sword Rainbow past, exploding their equipment for collection.

And the robbers on the ground, seeing the Blood Hand catch "whoosh--!" Over them, were initially frightened out of their wits, but upon seeing the Blood Demon Rainbow Claw skim over their scalps, grabbing the Nascent Soul house guards and Mage tribute from the Gate Valve like snatching filling, leaving both horse and men shattered and blood and flesh twisted into a meatball and carried off, they thought it might be on their side, and their morale immediately soared, roaring and launching a ferocious attack.

As for the Gate Valve side, they were already struggling. Seeing the other side receive support from an old demon, those guards immediately indicated this wealth was not worth their lives, scattering like birds and beasts, only the house-bred death soldiers protecting one or two masters and young masters, discarding armor and fleeing for their lives.

Meanwhile, the abandoned women, no matter if they were the matriarchs or concubines of the Duke Mansion or the wives or daughters of the Marquis Mansion, could only be trapped in carriages with their maidservants, watching the soldiers and robbers descending with savage smiles, wailing for help, shrieking in despair, but even if they screamed their throats raw, nobody was there to save them...

"Save me! Save me! Our family is the Zhen Country Valve, Lanling Xiao Clan! My father is Marquis Xichang, Minister of the Secretariat, General of the Army! Save me! Someone save me, ahah!"

"..."

Then the Blood Hand suddenly halted mid-air, calculated with a finger, and in an instant, the red light shifted, pinching the thumb and forefinger to pick up, like picking up a chick, a voluptuous woman from among the fragrant, lipstick-smeared group of women.

The robbers, naturally, didn’t dare to contest, all indicating don’t be polite, please, go ahead. Tie Dan, naturally, wasn’t polite, either, cradling the woman who fainted from fright, lifting her chin and giving her a careful look.

It was indeed,

Clouds tangled in her slanting fringe, green silk tempered by spring fragrance. Cicada clothes of the Third Transition wrapped her tender heart, naturally fragrant without needing any cosmetics.

With delicate hands, she stood by a flower, eyes lowered and concealing her pure light. No need for pearls and jade to enchant the king, a jade chime shadowing the slanting sun.

Tie Dan furrowed his brow, his eyes sharp for a while, casually wiping a handful of blood across her face, smearing it, wiping off the white powder-like wall mud...

Oh, it’s really her, the Xiao family’s... that girl.

Alright, this is a fat sheep! The key is not whose daughter or woman she is, but that her family would really spend money to ransom her!

Immediately, Tie Dan expertly stuffed her into the sack, calculated with a pinch of the fingers, flew into the sky, and headed home after a robbery.

This way, robbing all the way, smashing the Gate Valve aristocrats he encountered into pieces and plundering completely, collecting a mess of Heavenly Materials and Treasures, until they reached outside Jiangdu City, Tie Dan and his fellow like-minded companions began to restrain themselves slightly.

Because that General of the Southern Expedition from the Wang Family had already hurried back with the vanguard. Yes, it’s the one whose wife Tie Dan had stolen...

At a glance, the Divine Light and Fighting Qi emanating from the Nascent Souls in Jiangdu City numbered in the thousands. Outside the city, a larger army had set up camps, with the strong soldiers and war beasts of the Plague Fire Thunder Battle guarding the four gates, flags covering the sky and armor blocking the sun, so who knew how many actual Martial Gods were mixed in the army. Even Tie Dan wasn’t confident he could kill them all in one blow, wary of some Gang Fist Three Hundred Instant Strike freak, Tie Dan had to restrain the blood light for the moment, avoiding the sharp edge.

Seeing this situation, the Immortal Palace and the court had already moved into Jiangdu South Prince Mansion. The Forbidden Army Guards had demolished all nearby civilian houses and businesses, leveling the ground, ransacking under the pretense of maintaining security and reorganizing the streets. The northern Gate Valves also needed a place to stay, arrogantly acting violently and seizing assets, looking as if they wished they could throw everyone into the river. As a result, the city echoed with the deafening wails of cries, and even certain commoners angrily shouting that even the rebel army wouldn’t kick over peddlers’ stalls.

Of course, these common people’s cries couldn’t be heard by the Immortal Emperor, as the court officials were all speaking in grand reasoning with him. Saying how the Holy Emperor had to quickly migrate in haste, inadequately prepared, and the attire set couldn’t be brought from the Three Constellations, shouldn’t more preparations be made, and isn’t it unacceptable to wrong the Emperor, right?

Leading by example, the Emperor’s holy carriage received a reception, and the dignitaries of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers couldn’t be left behind, or wouldn’t that undermine the reputation of our Three Constellations, wouldn’t it? In short, moving the capital and preparing for summer were top-priority affairs, everywhere required money, over there, they still needed to attack the Demon Sect, and over here, they needed to prepare military pay and supplies for the army to suppress bandits. What choice was there but to further burden the people?

So, it could only be blamed on those ignorant commoners for not understanding the big picture! They truly didn’t comprehend the difficulties faced by the court at all! Couldn’t they endure a bit for the prosperity and stability of the world? What they lost was only a little bit of their assets and life! Could they bear to delay the great rejuvenation of the Immortal Palace?