Chapter 1148 - 949: Success

The clear sound of footsteps followed, along with the clinking of chains. Mu Anchang turned his head to look at the screen blocking the entrance.

The two who escorted the prisoner stopped at the door, not daring to intrude, turning together to look at the steward who didn't actually exist behind them.

Inside the hall, Mu Anchang immediately questioned aloud, "Who is outside?"

Immediately, the voice of Tu Shen came to his ear, "Manor Master, the main culprit sabotaging our manor's resources has been captured."

Upon hearing this, Mu Anchang was invigorated and called out, "Bring him in."

Bai Sheng, disheveled and bound in chains, felt assured in his heart upon hearing those words, confirming that the primary target was indeed inside.

Upon hearing the Manor Master's orders, the two escorting staff immediately brought Bai Sheng inside.

In the eyes of the two escorts, the steward followed them inside.

Mu Anchang saw a disheveled person being brought in.

In the back of the hall, the old man standing behind the "Jianyuan Treasure Mirror," stared at the scene reflected in the mirror, seeing two men and a demon, but missing the steward's figure.

Bai Sheng, his hair disheveled, peeked through the strands to scan the room's environment, first confirming that Mu Anchang was the target he had seen in the Heavenly Mirror's mirror image. Then, his gaze settled on the chessboard and eventually locked onto the treasure mirror on the wall of the rear hall. With his knowledge, he easily recognized it, feeling grateful for his prudence.

The two escorts suddenly saw Mu Anchang gesture with a wave, "Release him."

So they let go of the pull.

In Mu Anchang's eyes, however, he saw another scene, with steward Tu Shen coming over. He immediately asked the steward, "What's the situation?"

The old man staring at the scene within the treasure mirror in the back hall heard and sensed someone pacing on one side. He immediately turned his head to look, only to see a hand appear out of thin air from the other side, stabbing a long needle directly into the vital acupoint at the back of his spine.

This elder, claimed to be the most adept fighter in the Demon Path Hidden Mountain Lineage, suddenly widened his eyes and froze in place, his gaze full of shock and disbelief, "You..."

He seemed not to expect to be taken down like this.

It stands to reason that someone whom Kuang Yao Bi Dao feared must indeed possess qualities that induce apprehension.

Even though the old man could no longer move, Bai Sheng still wasn't at ease and swiftly struck multiple points on the elder's body before he could utter a single word.

After that, he quickly flashed back to the front of the hall, where Mu Anchang, who was conversing with the steward, similarly got frozen by the same technique.

In the eyes of the two escorts, however, they saw Mu Anchang instruct the steward, "I'm taking this main offender out; have a carriage brought here."

Steward Tu Shen immediately told the two, "This matter should not be exposed, send someone to directly park the Manor Master's carriage at the entrance."

"Yes." After one person received the order and left.

Soon, the carriage arrived, and the one who was sent returned to report, "Manor Master, the carriage has arrived."

In his view, the Manor Master said to him, "There is another person restrained in the back hall; take him to the carriage, and you bring him onto the carriage," indicating Bai Sheng, gesturing to the other person.

So the two escorts each took one person and stuffed them into the carriage outside the door. In their eyes, the Manor Master also boarded the carriage while the steward stood at the door and did not get in.

"To Purple Clouds Mountain."

The coachman, hearing the Manor Master's orders, immediately responded and drove off.

Mu Anchang's carriage was quite luxurious, and the people in the manor all recognized it. Once the carriage moved, it attracted the attention of many people in the manor both openly and secretly.

Inside the carriage, Bai Sheng lay like a dead dog. The two escorts sat on either side behind the curtain, while Mu Anchang and the old man sat with closed eyes.

Someone in the manor used an impression magic artifact to probe the figures inside the carriage, without any extra reaction.

In this way, Mu Anchang's carriage left Green Rong Manor unobstructed.

After a long journey on the road, when the carriage reached a wild mountain area, Mu Anchang's voice suddenly rang out, "Stop."

The coachman was just about to stop the spiritual horse when a hand already reached out from behind the car curtain, flicking to shatter the back of his skull, and then dragged him entirely into the carriage.

The two escorts by the car curtains had already fallen, their heads bleeding.

Bai Sheng, disheveled, crawled out from behind the car curtain, shook off the chains on him, and personally drove the carriage into a bumpy mountain road on one side.

Eventually, the carriage stopped in a mountain depression, and the spiritual horse let out a distressed cry and fell, having its head crushed by Bai Sheng, twitching until it became motionless.

Bai Sheng floated up from the carriage, and as Mu Anchang and the old man hung limply inside, they were pulled out by an invisible force. Bai Sheng then flicked his hand, and their clothes instantly shattered clean off them, with all their accessories dropping along, closely followed by a side hill collapsing and shifting, burying those garments and the entire carriage cleanly.

Turning his head, Bai Sheng then disappeared into the depths of the mountains, with Mu Anchang and the old man, stripped bare, trailing behind him as if they were being dragged by strings.

In the vast Green Rong Manor, there are countless household matters that need the steward's decisions daily.

Someone arrived outside the dungeon but was stopped by the guards at the door, who were, after all, executing the steward's orders.

When a task fails, and several issues require decision-making afterwards, the steward of some weight in the manor arrived and instructed the guards to report to the butler.

A guard obediently entered the dungeon, and upon reaching its depths, found everything pitch-black, immediately sensing something amiss. When he took out the Sandal Gold Flame Energy to illuminate the scene before him, he gasped in shock, exclaiming, "Someone! Come quickly..."

The people outside promptly rushed in.

Soon, the entire Green Rong Manor descended into chaos.

A thorough inspection of Green Rong Manor was inevitable, while a group of demon cultivators gathered. Someone, along with three Demon Eye cultivators, followed the Manor Master's departing carriage traces to pursue.

The Right Minister Mansion in Nanshan Royal City soon received the related news.

At this time, Gong Xuan, the Right Minister, was relaxing in his private quarters, with a renowned beauty twisting her naked body, devotedly attending to him. If outsiders knew that the Right Minister was actually the patron of this beauty, they would be taken aback.

Under such circumstances, the chief steward Liu Guang was usually perceptive enough not to disturb him.

However, this matter was extremely urgent, and he wasn't sure when the Right Minister would finish relaxing, so he hurriedly approached and knocked on the door urgently three times.

Soon, Gong Youxiang appeared dressed, standing at the doorway with furrowed brows and inquiring through sound transmission, "What's the matter?"

Liu Guang urgently replied via sound transmission, "The Third Young Master is in trouble, possibly kidnapped."

Gong Youxiang was taken aback, then promptly asked, "What do you mean, possibly in trouble?"

Liu Guang said, "It was just discovered. Two hours ago, a batch of secretly escorted bandits to Green Rong Manor suddenly all died in the manor's dungeon. Steward Tu Shen also died violently within. The Third Young Master supposedly left the manor by carriage. The stationed Demon Eye people noticed something was wrong, investigated it, and found the collapsed mountain burying the carriage in a wild mountain area, discovering the corpses of the coachman and two manor personnel but not the Third Young Master's body."

Saying these things proves he only came to report after clarifying some of the circumstances.

Gong Youxiang asked in a deep voice, "Where is Elder Qiu? Wasn't he guarding the Third Young Master?"

He was almost scolding Elder Qiu for being negligent.

Liu Guang said, "According to the investigation when the carriage left, Elder Qiu might have been on the carriage together. It is unclear whether Elder Qiu took the Third Young Master away, and currently, Elder Qiu is also unreachable, making it difficult to ascertain the specific situation. The greatest fear now is that it's related to those demon cultivators secretly escorted to the manor. Allegedly, one of the eight demon cultivators left with the Third Young Master's carriage, and this demon cultivator is also missing. A batch of demon cultivators was caught recently, and then an incident happened with the Third Young Master—unlikely a coincidence, rather deliberate plotting."

Gong Youxiang's mouth twitched, gnashing his teeth, "Experts are stationed, Six Paths Demon Eyes are guarding, various Magic Artifacts suppressing, and with a strong Array capable of instant enclosure, yet people still managed to quietly kidnap someone from inside the manor—are you asking if you and I could do it?"

Liu Guang, sweating slightly, said, "Perhaps the incident didn't happen within the manor, but someone lured the Third Young Master out before taking action."

Gong Youxiang: "What's with the dead people in the manor's dungeon, including the butler even killed within? And you're telling me it's not an incident within the manor? Without my permission, Old Three cannot leave Green Rong Manor. Didn't you instruct him?"

Liu Guang said with difficulty, "Instructed. If outsiders acted, according to the Holy Lady's words, it might be peers from the same path."

"Hopefully, investigate, investigate immediately!" Gong Youxiang displayed rare anger.

If his son was indeed taken away by other Demon Paths as the Holy Lady predicted, it would be manageable, but worry if not so.

"Yes, those tracking will not give up easily." Liu Guang bowed, taking the order and left.

The door closed again, Gong Youxiang's figure disappearing behind it, and the room soon echoed his fury, "Get out!"

At the Xunmen Gate of Tongtian City in Nanshan Royal City, Bai Sheng didn't spend a single Sandalwood Gold and just walked out with two black fabric bags containing people, unseen by the gatekeepers.

The Illusion Demon King operates discreetly.

He brings the goods onto a waiting carriage at a fixed location, leaving directly for his covert base set up in Heavenly Capital.

The courtyard gate opens, the carriage enters, and the gate automatically closes without anyone. The carriage stops under the overhang connected between two houses, and he drags the goods off, entering a nearby room.

He throws the two black fabric bags, tears off the disguise on the old face, which he doesn't recognize.

As for the Mushang Master, he also tears a layer of precision disguise off his face, and upon seeing Mushang Master's true appearance, despite having seen much as the Illusion Demon King, he trembles in shock.

After a moment of profound stasis, he fiddles with Mushang Master's cheeks and confirms with certainty.

Ultimately, convinced, he mutters, "Gong Yuanzhi, actually not dead—is it the Gong family playing tricks, or is this guy up to something?"

He hadn't expected to inadvertently provoke the Gong family.

The Gong family is not easily provoking; if traced by the Gong family to Bai Sheng's involvement, he wouldn't be spared.

Relating to the eight million paid by Chai Wenwu, he was truly speechless that it's to target the Gong family—seemed excessively cheap.

Honestly, eight million is nothing for someone of his level, not worth picking up if dropped, but he dared not ask for more, fearing Chai Wenwu would not offer him the job.

Watching the unconscious Gong Yuanzhi, Bai Sheng recalls Shi Chun's words—could the Gong family be involved in the missing incident of the Demon Path's site beneath Extreme Abyss?

His gaze falls on the old man's face again, considering who this person might be?

Discovering this person hidden behind Mu Anchang, gauging substantial worth, possibly surpassing Mu Anchang, and Shi Chun limited time to five days, time was tight, Mu Anchang inconvenient for prolonged retention, hence intending to retain an important figure for examination—a reason he kept the old man's life together.

Considering Shi Chun's bias, intending to trade clues with Feng Xi's side, temporarily, he couldn't care for other concerns, taking out the Mother-child Talisman to contact Xu You to notify Chai Wenwu to come for the people.