78: Chapter 78 Long Time No See, The First Prince

Qin Xiaogan stood up unhurriedly, slowly lowering his head to gaze down at the bustling street below.

"Take me to Zhong Wenyun."

"Understood!" Xiao Heizi said respectfully.

Afterward, he skillfully climbed up from the ground and turned to shout orders to the sea of subordinates.

"Go and monitor the Investigation Bureau in Linan City immediately. Report to me at the slightest sign of trouble."

"Yes! Your Highness Blade King." The crowd shouted in unison, their voices filled with awe.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Linan City.

Inside an extremely ordinary and well-hidden small courtyard.

"Bang!" A dull thud echoed out.

Zhong Wenyun's face was full of rage as he violently swept the food off the table.

"Damn Qin Xiaogan!" he cursed through gritted teeth.

Lord Wen, standing to the side, watched with a face full of melancholy.

The two of them had originally planned to rush back to the Imperial Capital overnight.

Who knew that news would come from the Imperial Capital about Emperor Yan being assassinated.

This truly left them stunned, and they immediately decided not to return to the Imperial Capital, choosing instead to take temporary refuge in Linan City.

Lord Wen's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

"Your Highness, even the Imperial Capital is no longer safe now. What should we do?"

Zhong Wenyun took a deep breath and said slowly, "Enter the ancestral grounds."

Upon hearing this, Lord Wen's expression changed in shock.

"Your Highness! This is a place that only the Emperors of past generations may enter. You have not yet ascended the throne; this method is absolutely forbidden."

"I can't worry about so much! Qin Xiaogan is a madman!"

"Yang City vanished just like that. Do you want me to disappear from the face of the earth as well!?"

Lord Wen sighed deeply and said nothing more.

The two of them should never have provoked this madman in the first place. Now, they lived in constant fear, terrified that Qin Xiaogan would suddenly appear and slash them.

"Hmm, ancestral grounds?"

A voice that they had been "thinking about day and night" suddenly exploded in their ears like a thunderclap.

Without even taking a glance, Zhong Wenyun turned around and ran without hesitation.

However, as soon as he flew out of the small courtyard, he looked up to see a sea of people at the entrance, all watching him with playful and intrigued expressions.

【Flame Dragon】

A giant flame dragon, seemingly capable of burning everything to ash, erupted from Zhong Wenyun's hands with overwhelming force, hurtling toward the crowd.

Xiao Heizi, who was leading, snorted coldly, his voice laced with disdain.

He gripped his straight blade with both hands and slashed forward fiercely.

A sharp blade aura struck directly at the Flame Dragon.

"Boom!"

The energy storm generated by the collision between the Flame Dragon and the blade aura raged wildly, sending sand and stones flying, destroying all vegetation in its path.

Xiao Heizi's clothes snapped violently in the gale, but his figure remained as steady as a rock.

Zhong Wenyun furrowed his brow, exerting all his strength to control the Flame Dragon, attempting to break through the obstruction of the blade aura.

Just then, Xiao Heizi roared, a powerful aura erupting from his body. The light on his straight blade flared brilliantly, and the blade aura instantly became sharper, slicing the Flame Dragon in two.

Flames scattered and splashed everywhere, like brilliant fireworks.

Suffering from the backlash, Zhong Wenyun spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning as pale as paper.

His eyes were filled with disbelief.

"How can this be?"

At the same time.

A faint sound of footsteps came from behind Zhong Wenyun.

Qin Xiaogan was expressionless, like a cold statue, dragging a blood-drenched corpse as he slowly walked in front of Zhong Wenyun.

Zhong Wenyun looked at the corpse in Qin Xiaogan's hand, his pupils shrinking violently.

Lord Wen, just died so casually?!

The thumb of Zhong Wenyun's right hand, which wore a jade-inlaid ring, was trembling slightly at this moment.

"Clang."

Qin Xiaogan dropped the corpse in his hand and grinned at Zhong Wenyun.

"Long time no see, Eldest Prince."

Zhong Wenyun panted heavily, his eyes locked firmly onto Qin Xiaogan.

"Qin Xiaogan, stop with the hypocrisy. If you want to kill me, just do it."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaogan curled his lips.

"Puchi."

A chilling sound, like a curse, rang in everyone's ears.

Zhong Wenyun's face was blank, as if his soul had been instantly sucked away, and he looked down mechanically.

An arm with distinct veins had actually pierced straight through his chest, with blood gushing out like a fountain.

"A friendly greeting between friends, yet you call it hypocrisy."

"It really makes me... sad."

Qin Xiaogan violently pulled his arm back, bringing with it a large spray of blood that splattered onto the surrounding ground, forming shocking bloodstains.

Zhong Wenyun's face was deathly pale, his body trembling uncontrollably as he stared in horror at what was in Qin Xiaogan's hand.

It was a beating heart, still pulsing powerfully in Qin Xiaogan's palm, each beat like a ruthless trampling of Zhong Wenyun's life.

A desperate, gurgling sound came from Zhong Wenyun's throat.

He tried to raise his hand, wanting to grasp at his fading life, but his arm only lifted weakly before dropping heavily back down.

"Qin Xiaogan... I am a prince of Great Zhou... you..."

His voice was as thin as a gossamer thread, his eyes filled with unwillingness and resentment.

Qin Xiaogan was expressionless and said calmly, "You cannot die here."

Having said that.

Qin Xiaogan expressionlessly tossed the still-bloody heart in his hand to Xiao Heizi and said coldly.

"While it's still fresh, have someone take it to the Imperial Capital's royal city and dismember him on the spot."

His voice carried not a hint of warmth, as if he were discussing something perfectly ordinary.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Heizi immediately wore a ferocious smile, a grin as twisted as a demon's.

"Understood!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Xiao Heizi immediately intended to order his men to lift Zhong Wenyun, who was not yet completely dead on the ground.

But just at this moment.

A faint wisp of black energy flew rapidly toward Xiao Heizi, moving as fast as lightning streaking across the sky.

Seeming to sense something, Xiao Heizi reacted extremely quickly, hurriedly extending his right hand to grasp the black energy.

Xiao Heizi's eyes flashed with a faint light.

"Emperor Qin, people from the Linan City Investigation Bureau have arrived."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaogan's expression remained unchanged as he replied calmly.

"That is not something you should worry about. Go do what you need to do."

Seeing this, Xiao Heizi looked respectful and quickly agreed.

Immediately afterward, he quickly signaled his subordinates to lift Zhong Wenyun, and then the group left in a hurry at great speed.

Meanwhile, at the Linan City Investigation Bureau.

"Team Leader Su, why the rush?"

A girl with a cute face, as fresh as a lily with morning dew, looked at the team leader with a face full of confusion, her voice crisp and pleasant.

Her fair skin was as delicate as mutton-fat jade, soft enough to be broken by a touch.

Beneath her curved eyebrows, a pair of large, watery eyes revealed curiosity and concern.

Team Leader Su said urgently, "There is an emergency mission. Hurry, let's go!"

The team members behind him straightened their expressions and followed without hesitation.

And just at that moment.

A woman's excited, shrill laughter reached their ears. The laughter seemed to carry invisible hooks, making one's heart crawl.

Xie Xiyun appeared, swaying her waist.

She parted her vermilion lips slightly, revealing a seductive smile.

Xie Xiyun's graceful figure was partially visible under her thin gauze clothing, and her waterfall-like black hair hung loosely, adding a touch of mystery.

"You guys in this team, why are you so late? I've been waiting impatiently," Xie Xiyun said coquettishly, her eyes filled with craftiness.