Outside Snow Moon City, two figures stood in a dense forest. They were the two masters of the underground river who had intercepted Li Han Yi earlier, Su Changhe and Su Mu Yu.
The two of them looked towards Snow Moon City, their eyes dark.
"I didn't expect that not only did we fail to kill Li Hanyi, but the three Tang Sect elders also died!”Su Changhe muttered.
"Who knew that Zhao Yuzhen would appear out of nowhere? If it wasn't for him, how could Li Hanyi have escaped from the encirclement?”
Su Muyu clenched his fists and said angrily. He had fought with Zhao Yu, and although he hadn't died like the three elders of the Tang Sect, he was still badly injured!
What was most difficult for him to accept was that Zhao Yu, who was seriously injured, had actually escaped from the hands of the two brothers.
" Brother, you're wrong," Su Changhe said in a deep voice." The real cause of the failure of this encirclement was not Zhao Yuzhen!”
"You mean the kid who saved Li Han Yi?”Su Muyu said.
In the past few days, they had heard some rumors about Sword Immortal Xue Yue's fiancé, so they knew that it was Lu Chen who had saved Li Hanyi from right under their noses.
Su Changhe nodded and said to himself,""In this battle, the underground river has completely formed a grudge with Snow Moon City and the Qingcheng Monastery. With Snow Moon City's style of doing things, they will definitely not let this matter rest!”
Upon hearing this, Su Muyu said," Big Brother, Snow Moon City's strength is extraordinary. If the Rain Qingcheng Sect joins forces to take revenge, it'll be even more terrifying. The Tang Sect will definitely not join forces with us after losing the three elders. We have to prepare early."”
"Brother, you don't have to worry about this. Although the operation this time didn't succeed, the underground river suffered almost no losses. The Tang Sect's Three Elders have fallen, and their strength has been greatly reduced. The competition between them was actually beneficial to the underground river. After all, they had only joined forces for profit this time. In the future, the underground river would be the only one in the dark in Dali!”
Just as he said, Su Changhe did not care about the life and death of the Tang Sect.
Although in the eyes of outsiders, the Dark River was just an assassin organization that was paid to do things, in fact, the Dark River was a hidden force placed in the martial world by the imperial court of Dali. It directly took orders from the royal family.
The reason why they suddenly attacked Li Hanyi was because the current Emperor of Dali was critically ill. The court was in turmoil, and the princes of Tianqi were fighting for the throne.
Sixth Prince Xiao Se had a close relationship with the Thunder Sect. Lei Yunhe, Lei Hong, Lei Mengsha, and Lei Qianhu were the Four Heroes of the Thunder Sect. All of them were talented and their strength could not be underestimated.
Lei Wujie of the Thunder Sect was Xiao Se's best friend, and Li Han Yi was Lei Wujie's sister.
Some time ago, Xiao Se had even taken Spear Immortal Sikong Changfeng as his master.
In this way, once the Emperor suddenly died, the various forces would start to compete for the throne, and Snow Moon City would definitely stand on the side of the Sixth Prince Xiao Se.
This was almost certain in the hearts of the other princes.
Therefore, the White King Xiao Chong, who had always been at odds with the Sixth Prince, prepared for a rainy day. He secretly ordered Su Changhe to lead the experts of the Underground River and the Tang Sect to kill Li Hanyi first, so as to greatly weaken the strength of Snow Moon City until it was uprooted.
However, this Su Changhe was not a good person. To be able to establish himself in this chaotic Jianghu and have close ties with the court, how could he be at ease if he did not have a backup plan?
Therefore, Su Changhe used the princes to fight for power and wandered among the various forces. On the surface, he obeyed the White King Xiao Chong, but behind his back, he colluded with the Crimson King Xiao Yu. This way, no matter which prince succeeded to the throne, he, An He, would be able to sit firmly on the fishing platform and not move.
The news of the failure to kill Li Hanyi would reach Emperor Ming De's ears sooner or later. With his astute mind, he would soon be able to guess the whole story. White King Xiao Chong had lost a chess piece first and his intentions were clear. He would definitely not have a good ending.
If they were not careful, An He would immediately turn around and join Crimson King Xiao Yu's side.
Therefore, Su Changhe had come to Snow Moon City for two reasons. One was to probe for information, and the other was for a person.
That was the rumored fiancé of Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi, Lu Chen!
In fact, the one who really made Su Changhe feel uneasy was Lu Chen. When he heard that this person only had the strength of a mere Rank-7, Su Changhe was shocked.
How could a mere seventh-grade martial artist save the heavily injured Li Hanyi from him, Su Muyu, and the three Tang Sect elders?
Hearing Su Muyu mention this person, Su Changhe asked,""What do you think of Sword Immortal Xue Yue's fiancé?”
Su Muyu was known as the " Umbrella Ghost." He was meticulous and would naturally not believe such rumors.
"I also think that this kid is definitely not as simple as the rumors say, and most likely is some conspiracy that this Snow Moon City has come up with. He might even be an expert who disguises himself as a pig to eat a tiger. If we don't investigate carefully, he might become a thorny problem in the future.”
Su Muyu's analysis was exactly what Su Changhe was thinking. The unexpected factors often made him feel the most uneasy. From the moment Lu Chen appeared to save Li Hanyi, to becoming Xue Yue Sword Immortal's fiancé, and to learning that he was only a Seventh Grade Martial Artist, almost every step was out of Su Changhe's expectations.
"This Lu Chen is most likely a smokescreen released by Snow Moon City. Although he managed to escape from Li Han Yi, he was also seriously injured. In addition, Snow Moon City's City Lord Baili Dongjun had gone out to search for an Immortal, so Snow Moon City should only have three City Lords, Sikong Changfeng, guarding it. It must be a time when one was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.”
Su Muyu immediately understood what he meant.
" This rumor was released to cover up the fact that Li Han Yi was seriously injured, to interfere with the judgment of the underground river, and to prevent us from taking advantage of the situation!"”
"That's right." Su Changhe nodded," If we go to Snow Moon City now, we will definitely cause them to panic. If we can find the heavily injured Li Han Yi, we might be able to salvage the situation!”
"What if we can't find Li Han Yi?" Su Muyu asked.
Su Changhe's lips curled into an evil smile as he said coldly,""Then we can only test the strength of the rumored Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Han Yi's fiancé.”
In Su Changhe's heart, no matter whether Lu Chen's Rank-7 strength was real or fake, he would not let him off.
As the saying went, to eliminate the root of the problem, it was better for Su Changhe, who was cautious, to eliminate this unstable factor as soon as possible. Moreover, this kid had saved Li Han Yi from under their noses, causing the operation to fail completely.
If he really was at the Seventh Stage Realm, it would be terrible if word got out, and the two masters of the underground river would become the laughing stock of the world.
Besides, if Li Han Yi really did not want to see them, it would confirm their thoughts.
At that time, Sikong Changfeng alone, even if he was the famous Spear Immortal and his spear technique was superb, would not be able to stop him and Su Muyu from joining forces to attack. Without the protection of the three city lords, the so-called number one city in the pugilistic world would just be a turtle in a jar, a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
This might be a great opportunity to completely eradicate Snow Moon City and get it done once and for all. This was a great contribution, and when the dust settled on the fight for the throne and rewards were given according to merit, the Dark River would definitely be the first to emerge.
With that thought in mind, the two of them walked out of the dense forest and walked towards the faraway Snow Moon City. They were determined to set off a bloody storm in the first city of the martial world.
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