Strongest Cultivation Swordsmanship System-Chapter 45: Night Raid

The cold voice shook Xiao Ding to his core. His entire body trembled. Despite his drunkenness, he could recognize it clearly!

Zhang Xiaotian!

He wanted to get up, but the shock made his drunkenness disappear and the coldness of the sword against his neck helped him. Plus, the deadly look in this guy’s eyes...

After being healed with numerous pills, he heard the events of what had happened. Zhang Xiaotian was alive, and not only that, he was much more talented than previously believed.

He managed to beat up Lucheng, who had been able to defeat him with relative ease.

Everyone who mentioned that Lucheng did not use all of his cultivation was ignored by him, so in his mind, Zhang Xiaotian should be either close to his cultivation level or above it.

"You..."

"Can’t you hear me?" Xiaotian interrupted him. "I said you have work to do. Do you want me to repeat myself?"

"W-what?" Xiao Ding asked, confused. "W-work? W-what do you mean?" He trembled.

Xiaotian smiled coldly. "You want to be the recognized heir of the Zhangs, right? The first one, not the one behind Lucheng," he said.

"Well, I’ll give you the chance," he continued. "You’ll kill Lucheng, then you’ll get his place... No, you won’t even have to kill him. You’ll just watch me kill him."

The coldness in his voice sent shivers through Xiao Ding’s entire body, but his words were even more terrifying.

"Don’t you think it’s an amazing proposal? I will take pity on you... I will let you lead the Zhangs. Now you will be the center of attention... I will remove the obstacles for you myself," Xiaotian concluded.

Although Xiao Ding felt fear, especially since he had a sword at his neck, he still spoke.

"No... I can’t trust you," he said softly. "How could I?"

"Huh?" Xiaotian let out a scoffing sound when he realized that this guy wasn’t refusing. In fact, would he agree to let him kill Lucheng in front of him, just to get his place?

Weren’t these Zhang’s closest cousins, until a month ago?

’As I expected, this family is rotten from top to bottom.’ Xiaotian smiled. He didn’t care what the real reason was, although he knew there must be one.

"Won’t you take me to Lucheng’s room so I can kill him? After killing him, I’ll leave and set you free." Xiaotian replied casually.

But Xiao Ding didn’t believe him. "Nothing in this world is free."

"Well, you’re smart," Xiaotian said and raised his sword slightly until it hit his jaw to make him look up. "Of course, letting you be the future leader of the Zhangs will come at a price. You’ll just have to wait for the moment to pay it."

"You..." Xiao Ding stared at him, that made more sense. "Are you serious?" He asked carefully, afraid of being wrong.

"Of course." Xiaotian replied with a big smile on his face. This one wasn’t cold, it seemed a little... kind?

Somehow that smile was worse than the cold smile when it was on this guy’s face.

"Besides." Xiaotian sneered and pressed his sword even harder against his neck. "Do you think you have any chance to negotiate? I allowed you a couple of questions because your cooperation would make my job easier, but it’s not essential, Xiao Ding."

He was never indispensable. Not to his father or mother, not to his sisters... not to his family.

Much less to the sect.

He was never indispensable to anyone.

And now he wasn’t either.

That made Xiao Ding grit his teeth in rage. Anger and thirst for revenge for past humiliation blinded him.

He didn’t even remember that Lucheng wasn’t the current young leader of the Zhangs...

Xiaotian smiled coldly as they both walked through the city toward the Zhang Mansion.

He took a couple of detours, but in the end, they ended up at the mansion.

"This way," he whispered, and they entered through a door that Xiaotian didn’t recognize.

’Did this exist here?’ he thought. ’We’re close to Xiao Ding’s courtyard, aren’t we?’

Although he didn’t care, he walked behind Xiao Ding, who was a good subordinate. Not only did he manage to avoid most of the guards, but he also led him through passageways he didn’t know about, which would surely be useful to him in the future.

After all, his attack on this place was just beginning today. Someday he would have to come back... for more people.

"If you go there, I’ll kill you. Be that as it may, I am currently a Zhang who has received Elder Yan’s protection and the Count’s approval to receive that award." Xiaotian said suddenly when he saw that Xiao Ding was trying to take a... peculiar direction.

He intended to take him to the Elder Hall.

"I-I-I’m sorry," Xiao Ding stammered. "I got nervous and lost my way." He apologized and returned to the correct path. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Xiaotian’s mood was restored the moment he saw him heading toward the designated area.

During his fight with Lucheng, he had taken the opportunity to bring his spider to where this guy’s body was. He left a fire mark on him at that moment so he could track him down.

Although the mark had already disappeared due to the continuous healing pills, thanks to it, he was able to know that Xiao Ding was in that brothel.

Now, he also left a mark in Lucheng. But after they took him to an unknown place, he disappeared!

Either someone erased it, or they simply gave him a bunch of healing pills that ended up extinguishing his fire as well. Even so, he vaguely remembered where that place was, from what his mark had indicated before, and now they were on the right track.

That mark was nothing more than a small spiritual array of fire.

Xiao Ding soon arrived at a huge courtyard, the largest among those used by young people right now. It was very well decorated and some guards protected it, but they were relatively easy to fool.

In a matter of seconds, Xiao Ding and Xiaotian were on the other side of the courtyard, next to the window of Lucheng’s room.

Inside, there were voices.

"Doctor, are you sure he’ll be okay with just this? Wasn’t he injured anywhere else? Doesn’t he need more pills?" It was the voice of a concerned woman.

"It’s okay, Mrs. Zhang. Actually, Young Master Lucheng wasn’t that badly injured. It’s just that he suffered a major mental setback. His mind is in chaos, and to calm him down, he would need time or a spiritual pill that affects the mind. It’s just that they’re expensive..."

"We’ll pay for it," Mrs. Zhang interrupted him. "Doctor, I’ll talk to my husband right away, and I’m sure he’ll buy one for him. Could you come with me so I can explain the situation to him?"

The doctor nodded. "Of course, Mrs. Zhang. He’ll be fine, so I don’t need to check on him for now, but I’ll ask one of my assistants to come and look after him in the meantime."

The room was left alone for a few seconds, until a nurse entered the room.

Just then, Xiaotian and Xiao Ding jumped inside.

The nurse could do nothing but die at the hands of Xiaotian’s sword, which decapitated him before he even knew he was there.