In the You family old residence, the last person waiting to die was You Shiran, the youngest of the current generation’s direct lineage.

His father died in the Jing Mu war, and his uncle was ruined in the Fa Wei war.

Several of his elder brothers who were involved in affairs in Heavenly Capital City were all mediocre talents.

And he too was of mediocre talent.

Excessively strong self-respect, and insufficient talent to match that self-respect, often made him swallow humiliation. This also led to his increasingly narrow mind.

Now, he still showed cowardice.

Under the masked person’s ruthless and cold-blooded killing, he was tearful, continuously retreating, from the front courtyard to the middle courtyard, then to the back courtyard. He even fell to the ground unsteadily and actually didn’t dare to make a move against the enemy!

He held a sword in his hand, the tip of the sword facing the enemy wearing a mask, but his hand was constantly shaking!

“What do you want to do… don’t come over… don’t come over!” He cried out.

You Que quietly stood in front of him, looking at him coldly.

You Shiran was fifteen years old this year.

This wasn’t a very old age, but it couldn’t be said to be young either. He shouldn’t still be childish. Zuo Guanglie was already the Yellow River chief at fifteen.

He himself became the Yellow River chief at only sixteen.

Time truly brings sighs!

At this moment, You Que thought of You Shiran’s father, his own elder brother by direct lineage. At a time when everyone else had given up, he still held a kind of stubborn persistence.

Persistence that his proud younger brother could still return to his peak.

At first, it was encouragement and comfort, later it was earnest advice.

After that, there were even tricks of self-injury, deliberately provoking other families, getting beaten black and blue and returning in a terrible state hoping his genius younger brother would cheer up.

Later, it was the method of provocation, opening his mouth to scold and try to stir up fighting spirit…

Over the years, it cycled repeatedly, using all means.

He even brought his own young son to the small courtyard, teaching him to scold. You Que still remembered You Shiran at that time was still very small, four or five years old, staggering over to recite the words, his childish voice scolding, “Uncle, you, you really are a waste.”

Then he ran away after finishing: “If you’re not convinced then come hit me!”

As a result, he fell with all four limbs in the air, even knocking out two front teeth, crying heartbreakingly.

Elder brother also died.

War does not allow people to live a full life.

After elder brother died.

You Shiran just stopped coming.

No one else from the entire You family came either.

The end of the You family was already destined. When he received the military order in Ye Wang City to raise the butcher’s knife, personally ending lives that shouldn’t have ended, finally collapsing in front of a crying child, perhaps it was already destined at that time.

Or perhaps, it was after North Heavenly Master Wu Daoyou said that sentence?

It was when Emperor Xiao Heng returned to the capital in triumph, bringing the surrender document, military flags, and the roped Wei country lord. Heavenly Capital City cleared the streets to welcome him. The Jing Emperor asked, “Where is Gu’s You Jinglong?”

Xiao Heng truthfully answered, “Dao heart collapsed, golden body retreated, armor and rank removed, like a walking corpse.”

The entire court was in an uproar.

North Heavenly Master Wu Daoyou said, “Perhaps this child’s integrity was sold?”

Thus, it was settled.

He woke up, voluntarily resigned his title, left his position, returned home, and self-imprisoned.

Yet, it fundamentally could not stop the You clan’s fall.

In the process of falling into the abyss, there was always torment. The ugliness squeezed out during the torment was even more like an abyss than the abyss itself. At that time, he was still very young, able to see human life, but unable to see human hearts. For a time, unable to accept life, he stepped onto such a dark, long journey.

If time returned to the year three eight nine nine, how would he choose?

You Que lightly shook his head. He didn’t know the answer, but he could no longer turn back.

He just shook his head lightly like this, as if denying something. He placed his boot on You Shiran’s chest, just like this, overlooking this cowardly You family direct lineage.

“Afraid? Painful?” He asked like this, “Or do you want to take revenge on me?”

You Shiran was already scared stiff, tears blurring his face, but he didn’t dare to speak.

You Que overlooked him and slowly said, “Such a waste, killing you is no benefit. I’ll leave you alive as a warning to the world, to show who did this kind of great deed! Remember my name, you pathetic little thing, I am Hell No Door’s Bian Cheng Wang!”

As the words fell, the person had already disappeared.

The entire You family old residence was only left with a youth who was stunned for a long time before curling into a ball on the ground and crying silently in pain.

You Que returned to his own small courtyard again.

His Yuan Shen came and went without a trace.

He looked at the vegetables he had planted, and then looked at the corpses in the courtyard—the old dog’s and his own.

Then he slowly walked forward, walked over his vegetable patch, walked to his own corpse, just like countless ordinary days before.

Like that, he sat down lonely.

Sitting on the corpse as a chair.

“Someone wants to watch a play, then perform one properly. I hope this act has satisfied their expectations.”

You Que thought like this, and fell backward, falling into his own corpse. In the autumn of Dao Calendar three nine two two, You Que died. The world had no more You Jinglong!

Outside Tai Ping City, in the secret forest, Bian Cheng Wang and Qin Guang Wang gathered their heads again.

“You came quite fast,” Qin Guang Wang praised.

Bian Cheng Wang was cold and didn’t speak.

Waiting here was Wu Guan Wang, sitting under a tree, having waited for a long time.

Qin Guang Wang gave a look.

Already prepared, he then pulled with both hands, pulling out two rows of light curtains, a total of ten grids. The masks of the ten halls of Yan Luo: Chu Jiang Wang, Song Di Wang, Tai Shan Wang, and so on, successively appeared in the light curtains.

This time, the task of assassinating You Que was so difficult and dangerous, it could be said to be the most significant since Hell No Door was established. Although the final result was somewhat hasty, You Que was gone in an instant. But Qin Guang Wang had indeed prepared in advance for half a year for this, and only at the last action time did he decide that he and Bian Cheng Wang would be the main attackers. This was because this was the strongest lineup of Hell No Door. The appearance of any other Yan Luo would only lead to Bian Cheng Wang being unable to exert his full power, thus weakening the overall fighting strength.

Even if You Que had already recast his Dao heart and cultivated top-level Shen Lin, the combination of him and Bian Cheng Wang was still worth a fight.

The other eight Yan Luo did not appear in the You family old residence precisely because they were all laying out escape routes from Feng Tian Fu’s Tai Ping City all the way outside the Jing country. Chu Jiang Wang planned a total of five escape routes, and each one buried many backup hands as a guarantee. It could be said that the reason for the high price of this operation was that the more important part was all spent on this.

For example, the Du Shi Zhu of the eight halls had locked down all the straight paths outside Feng Tian Fu and could simultaneously create a diversion at the first time. He was also responsible for cutting off communication methods like carrier pigeons.

For example, the Zhuan Lun Zhu of the ten halls was now circling around members related to the Mirror World Platform and could resolve them at any time to attract higher-level attention from the Mirror World Platform. Or they could continue to lead them around, so that under the reflection of the Mirror World Platform, everything here would remain calm.

For example, the Yan Luo Wang of the five halls had already buried life and death counters in the Tai Ping City city lord’s mansion and could destroy the political center of the city at any time, maximizing the suppression of the city’s reaction capabilities.

For example, the Song Di Wang of the three halls, the Tai Shan Wang of the seven halls, and the Ping Deng Wang of the nine halls were all in Feng Tian Fu’s Fu Zhi Heng An City now. As long as Qin Guang Zhu gave the order, the skull would move and shake the Fu Zhi.

And Chu Jiang Wang’s task was especially key. She led the half-year layout before, buying off a large number of people, just waiting for the time to be ripe to immediately stir up chaos within the entire Feng Tian Fu area!

Actually, there was still a quite important figure, namely Lou Jun Lan, the Jing country’s heavenly pride who had come to Tai Ping City with the soldier patrol. If she were taken down, it could absolutely cause a larger range of chaos and be a more important chip.

But except for Qin Guang Wang and Bian Cheng Wang, no other Yan Luo had the certainty of silently taking her down. And no one wanted to bring Lou Yue here. It could only make a stab at You Que, who had already faded from people’s vision. It was unclear what waves it would cause. The declining You family would also be very hard pressed to have too strong a reaction. Truly tying up Lou Jun Lan was something of a different nature.

Comprehensively considering all the above layouts, as Qin Guang Wang often said, Hell No Door’s price was actually very reasonable. Besides Hell No Door, which other organization would dare to enter an overlord country to assassinate?

Now, looking back, that extra bit of price was fundamentally not enough. His mother, You Que, had actually already reached Dong Zhen!

As soon as the light curtain appeared in Wu Guan Wang’s palm, Qin Guang Wang directly opened his mouth and said, “The target is already dead, but things have some unexpected twists. None of you need to make any moves. Now listen to my command, each of you leave Jing separately. Be as low-key as possible.”

After finishing, he then dispersed the light curtain. The situation was urgent, he could only issue commands, not explain.

Bian Cheng Wang turned around without a word.

Qin Guang Zhu quickly stopped him: “Others go separately, Wu Guan Zhu follows us together.”

Bian Cheng Wang stood there coldly, not expressing an opinion.

Wu Guan Wang was intelligent, and seeing Qin Guang Zhu and Bian Cheng Zhu like this, he knew that the so-called unexpected twists were absolutely not ordinary. He very considerately said, “Otherwise, I won’t drag you down.”

“If you want to waste our time, you can continue to talk nonsense.” Qin Guang Wang pointed to Bian Cheng Wang: “His temper may not be too good.”

Wu Guan Wang immediately shut his mouth.

Qin Guang Zhu led the way towards the outside of the forest: “If there are any problems, we’ll talk as we walk.”

But while he said “we” with his mouth, he was actually only transmitting sounds back and forth with Bian Cheng Zhu.

Wu Guan Wang silently followed beside them, but didn’t hear a single word. He made an effort to prick up his ears, even using a secret technique to listen, but only heard the whooshing sound of the wind.

He felt the deep malice of this world.

Didn’t he say we’d talk as we walked? Why was it only “walking” for me?

He didn’t understand why he, such a diligent person, would actually be excluded.

Clearly, there were three people together, why did they still want to form a small group? If you’re so capable, don’t bring me along! If you’re capable, let me walk by myself!

He looked at Qin Guang Wang, not speaking. Then he looked at Bian Cheng Wang, and finally, he remained silent. The strong are always lonely, cattle and horses only like to be together.

Amidst the constantly retreating scenery, the sound transmission was indeed proceeding.

To eavesdrop next to Bian Cheng Wang, Wu Guan Wang’s skills were still far from sufficient. “You Que is definitely not dead. Although we can’t distinguish between true and false, and I just tried the curse technique again, there’s still no reaction, but he is definitely not dead.”

“If I could kill a Dong Zhen with one sword, I wouldn’t be involved in this muddy water with you.”

“Speaking like that is a bit heartless and unjust.”

“Don’t stray from the point, talk about the important matter.”

“You were the one who strayed first!”

Bian Cheng Wang was too lazy to pay attention and said coldly, “What do you think You Que wants to do?”

Qin Guang Zhu’s voice was also very cold: “Nothing more than faking death to escape.”

Bian Cheng Wang analyzed indifferently: “There are two possibilities. First, You Que has a big enemy in the Jing country, and he has been willing to decline for twenty-four years, yet still refuses to let go of that person. Second, You Que has a very complex involvement behind him, perhaps participating in some mysterious organization. This could also explain his long absence from the group and the origin of his cultivation resources. But he has already been tracked down with some clues, at least raising suspicion, so he needs to leave in this way. His strength, placed here, cannot withstand careful scrutiny.”

Qin Guang Wang said: “Whether it’s his big enemy or just a powerful figure who has developed some simple suspicion, altogether that person’s identity is absolutely not simple. Even You Que, who is already a Dong Zhen, is not an opponent. He can only use stratagem against stratagem and choose to cut off his escape.”

“Perhaps it’s not one person, but a group of people,” Bian Cheng Wang said, “I don’t understand the political situation of the Jing country’s court too well, and I’m even less clear about the You family’s grudges, so it’s not good to speak arbitrarily.”

Qin Guang Zhu added: “No matter if it’s one person or a group of people, our client who hired us came from here.”

“Is there no possibility that he hired us himself?”

“The possibility is not great. Because if he simply wanted to escape, there are many methods that are more stable than hiring us to assassinate him. Such an important matter, actively involving a third party, is not a wise choice.”

“That makes sense,” Bian Cheng Wang continued to analyze. “Our client is not convenient to make a move openly, nor is it convenient for him to make a move himself. Because the You family has already fallen to this extent, and You Que has already wasted twenty-four years. We also haven’t heard of any irreconcilable worldly enmity for the You family. Making a move against him in this situation would be too much bullying, which doesn’t conform to the rules of the nobles’ game… It seems our client holds a high position in the Jing country.”

“No matter if he is one or a group, altogether he still owes me a debt,” Qin Guang Wang said viciously. “The price I wanted before was You Que’s return to Shen Lin. If this debt isn’t settled, I won’t sleep peacefully at night!”

Bian Cheng Zhu’s face was cold and emotionless: “You want the debt, not your life, don’t drag me into it.”

“You want to divide the money?”

“Of course, I put in the effort!”

“Rest assured, I will collect it slowly,” Qin Guang Wang pondered, “Our client is not easy to deal with.”

Bian Cheng Wang said: “If he were easy to deal with, You Que wouldn’t have needed to go through all this.”

Qin Guang Wang said: “Facing such an enemy, even if You Que has borrowed our hands to die, it’s not an easy thing for him to safely leave the Jing country.”

Bian Cheng Zhu countered: “So you told Song Di Zhu and the others not to make any more moves, thinking that You Que has his own arrangements?”

“Because in this situation, muddying the waters too much is not a good thing,” Qin Guang Zhu said with slight regret. “Because we are fish, it’s very easy to be caught by the muddy water. Making moves will also leave clues, and ultimately it will still entangle around our necks. Since You Que is certain to have arrangements, then let the people of the Jing country find You Que.”

Bian Cheng Zhu seemed to be deep in thought: “You Que is probably also waiting for us to stir up the muddy pool so that he can jump out of the situation.”

Qin Guang Wang gave a cold laugh: “How can we let him have his way?”

Bian Cheng Zhu had to admit that being able to make the most correct decision in the first instance and decisively abandoning the carefully laid ambushes from before, Qin Guang Wang was indeed an outstanding organizational leader.

But this didn’t affect his complaining: “Interesting! The client will definitely want to find us afterward because he wants to confirm if You Que is truly dead. You Que will also want to find us after escaping because we know the truth. What does the Jing country’s reaction count for? A grand central empire, just in terms of public security, there are cases happening every moment, and the number of cases reaches tens of thousands every day. It’s not as if they will spend too much energy on an assassination organization or a marginalized You Que… The real danger comes from this!”

Qin Guang Zhu said: “First escape from the Jing country, then think about other things. Let’s take advantage of the little time we have now.”

Bian Cheng Zhu said with a spray of voice: “We have to be careful of the target, and also be careful of the client. Is being an assassin this difficult?”

Qin Guang Wang didn’t turn his head back: “In this day and age, where is earning a living easy?”

Bian Cheng Zhu said coldly: “When you tricked me into joining Hell No Door in the beginning, you didn’t say that.”

“Wu Guan,” Qin Guang Zhu suddenly shouted.

“Here!” Wu Guan Wang immediately responded, “Where did we start chatting? I feel this thing is very strange, this You Que, he…”

“Throw a corpse body here,” Qin Guang Wang instructed righteously, “to disrupt any possible tracking.”

And emphasized: “Don’t use a cheap one.”

Wu Guan Wang opened his mouth, and finally said: “…Oh.”