115: I've heard that by getting involved yourself, you can win against fate.

One week later.

The Tang Family cemetery outside the city.

Unlike the contaminated areas, this mountain was leased by the Tang Family, with a purification Formation set up separately to ensure the land inside wouldn't be affected by Demonic Qi Contamination.

The two brothers, Tang Zhihao and Tang Zhifei, were branch Family members with poor talent, complete nobodies whom no one paid attention to.

"Brother, do you think if we could enjoy such a grand funeral, it would be worth dying for?"

"Worth my ass! Isn't it better to stay alive?"

"The entire main Family is present, branch Disciples dropped their businesses to rush back, and the heads of the other three Aristocratic Families, the City Lord, high-ranking court officials, and even the Emperor's Imperial Envoy came in person to offer incense. Aren't you envious of such glory?"

"Not at all! Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

"It means a compromise! I heard internal news that the Family is just spending a hundred billion Credits to outsource the revenge to assassins and be done with it."

"Ah~ Isn't a hundred billion enough? Uh... no, I heard the Family Head and Brother Yong had a great relationship. Even though they're of different generations, they even looked for women together..."

"Pah! Shut up! Talk about it after we leave the cemetery," Tang Zhihao sternly warned his brother.

Now that the funeral was over, guests from various families were leaving one after another. As two nobodies, no one would notice even if they left early.

As they were about to exit the mountain gate, the two looked back at the Tang Family cemetery. The buildings across the mountain were arranged in rows; it didn't look like a cemetery but more like a luxury resort. It was too extravagant, making them very envious.

Tang Zhifei couldn't help but drool. "If I could be buried here, I'd be willing to die right now."

"I can't guarantee anything else, but I can make this one come true for you."

???

The two brothers were startled. Only then did they see a young man around seventeen or eighteen years old by the mountain gate, squatting on the ground fiddling with something.

The two looked closer for a moment, and once they were sure he wasn't a Disciple of the Tang Family's main lineage, they were instantly enraged.

"Who are you? Why are you butting in?"

They didn't suspect the young man's identity; who would dare to cause trouble at the Tang Family cemetery?

They figured he was probably a nobody like them who had been wronged and was hiding here to cry in secret.

The young man looked at the two in surprise and pointed to his own nose. "You don't recognize me?"

It was normal that no one had noticed him before.

But now that he had appeared right in front of them and they still didn't recognize him—should he call the Aristocratic Families arrogant or just indifferent?

The two brothers sized him up for a long time and confirmed they didn't know him.

Tang Zhihao gave an apologetic smile. "Sorry, brother. It's been a busy couple of days, and my brain isn't working right. I can't recall who you are for the moment."

Tang Zhifei curled his lip, thinking to himself that this guy was just another nobody putting on airs in front of them.

"Don't you think I look familiar?" The young man pointed to himself again, smiling even more broadly.

This guy is a psycho!

Tang Zhihao's mood soured. He had already said his brain wasn't working, yet the other party still refused to reveal his name.

Asking if he looked familiar—who did he think he was?

He has no self-awareness!

Tang Zhifei sneered directly, "Are we all supposed to know you? Do you have some big background, brother?"

The young man waved his hand with a smile. "Not really. My surname is Xu."

"Pfft," Tang Zhifei burst out laughing.

"The Xu Family? Is there even a Xu Family in our Ninth District?"

"Brother, tell me about it; I've really never heard of them."

Tang Zhihao's first reaction was also to mock him. If he wasn't from one of the four Aristocratic Families, was he even worthy of their memory?

But for some reason, looking at the young man's smiling face, he felt a chill in his heart.

Looking at the other's youthful face, a terrifying thought struck him like a bolt of lightning.

"You, you are..."

Tang Zhihao hurriedly took out his phone and opened a viral news story.

He carefully clicked on the image inside, and a familiar face appeared before his eyes.

He looked at the young man, then the phone, then the young man, then the phone... After repeating this many times, he finally cried out in terror.

"Xu... Xu... Xu... Xu... Xu... Xu Le."

Xu Le clapped his hands in delight. "You finally recognized me. That's great."

The two brothers' hearts nearly jumped out of their chests.

Tang Zhihao, being slightly braver, trembled all over and stammered, "W-what is your purpose?"

Xu Le shrugged. "No real purpose. I heard someone from your Family named Tang Zhi say that by entering the game personally, one can win half a move against heaven."

"I'm not that greedy. I just want to wipe out the entire Tang Family and see if I can do it."

Xu Le's wanted posters were now everywhere in the Great Zhou, and his notoriety was enough to make children stop crying.

The two brothers didn't have the slightest thought of resisting and immediately knelt down.

"Big brother, we're just two nobodies. Usually, we don't even get to drink the broth, let alone eat the meat, yet now we're first in line to get hit? There's no justice!"

"Alright then! Your turn will be pushed back. I'll go kill some other people first."

Xu Le waved his hand and left directly, as if he were just going for a casual stroll.

The two were shaken to the core. Seeing Xu Le actually leave, they fled outside with all their might.

Tang Zhihao even pulled out his phone and dialed his father's number. "Dad, run! Xu Le is here to kill us!"

"What?"

"Xu Le is here! He wants to exterminate the Family!"

"What?"

The middle-aged man had heard clearly the first time, but he simply didn't believe it.

Today was definitely the day with the highest security level for the Tang Family.

To compensate Tang Qiantian, all core members of the Tang Family had been invited. Now that the funeral was over, the core Disciples would stay for one more night, and the branch Disciples would also have a meal before leaving.

Forget Xu Le; even if the universally acknowledged invincible Sword Saint, Liu Rufeng, came, he wouldn't dare utter a single provocative word.

Hearing the hurried footsteps through the receiver, the middle-aged man hesitated before finding a manager and telling him the truth... Xu Le walked into the mountain gate, and a squad of guards blocked him. "Private property, no visitors allowed. Please take another route."

"Will you live and die with the Tang Family?"

The guards laughed immediately. "What do you think? We are all Tang Family members."

Xu Le nodded to show he understood.

With a wave of his hand, the scythe of death staff appeared in his hand, and he struck the guard captain on the head.

Only then did they realize Xu Le was an enemy and scrambled for their weapons, but how could they be a match for Xu Le?

In less than a minute, they turned into cold corpses.

It had to be said, mythic-grade weapons were indeed tough.

Even if it didn't add other attributes, there was absolutely no problem with its hardness.

"The Aristocratic Families really are arrogant!"

"Even the guards are so cocky. They didn't even have their weapons out, and they didn't send a signal after being attacked. I just hope those two nobodies from earlier notify them; otherwise, searching for everyone individually will be so exhausting."

Xu Le snapped his fingers and summoned Nine Phoenix and his other contracted beasts.

"There aren't many flowers and plants left these days, so try to be careful during the fight."

"The flora is innocent!"

Nine Phoenix nodded in agreement, though it was the number one culprit when it came to destroying flora. Flames rained down from the sky, melting even the stones.

Xu Le continued up the mountain path as mountain patrol guards rushed toward him.

The Little Demon Monkey, who had been impatient for a long time, grabbed the star radiance profound spear and charged after getting his permission.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh... Ten patrol squads surrounded them. They were mercenary groups hired by Tang Qianchuan for a high price.

Each was a top-tier independent team, and their combat power was not inferior even compared to the Heaven Patrol Guards.

They were originally meant for show, but who would have thought they would actually be put to use?

"This is a personal grudge with the Tang Family. Anyone who dares to act will die!"

Xu Le was domineering and cold. His killing intent hadn't weakened at all over these seven days; instead, it had become increasingly pure.

"Heh, so it's the Cultist wanted nationwide. This is a perfect chance to make some extra money."

A yellow-haired young man carrying a broadsword looked at Xu Le with a grin.

Only to find that everyone, including his teammates, had taken a step back.

Someone who could assassinate a Third-Rank Censor-in-Chief amidst thousands of Heaven Patrol Guards was not to be trifled with!