Chapter 27: Dying with Eyes Open

  Ren's home.

  Wow!

  In the darkness, a lithe body rolled out from between the bed, and under the faint moonlight that shone through the window, one could vaguely see this person stretching their hand towards the wooden table by the bedside.

  "Hah! Hah!"

  The candlelight suddenly brightened, and the room was instantly as bright as daylight.

  The person between the bed had casually put on a shirt and got out of bed, coming straight to the window.

  A slender figure, with a few strands of white hair visible among the black hair on his head, an ordinary face, but what catches attention most is the pair of eight-shaped whiskers above his mouth, looking perfectly symmetrical.

  This extremely ordinary-looking person was actually Ren Xian, the current master of the Ren family.

  Ren's family head, Xian, was also a sentimental person. After his wife died of illness, he never remarried again. The several small concubines all had their own residences. In this room, the only woman who had ever entered was his deceased wife.

  "Ka-chunk—"

  He stretched out his hand to open the tightly closed window, and his profound eyes seemed like a deep pool, staring blankly at the endless darkness outside.

  The dark atmosphere under the pale moonlight, unlike the usual deep night, occasionally has insect calls and buzzing bees, but tonight it seems so eerie and quiet, as if telling Ren Xian about the unrest of tonight.

  "Perhaps, I shouldn't have been greedy from the start..."

  Ren Xian shook his head, as if muttering to himself, his tone ethereal and light. "Since the Qin Wang Fu, Tian Jian Zong and other forces arrived, I've been worried every moment. At first, I thought I had hidden well, thinking they weren't here for what's in my hands. Who would have thought... indeed, there is no wall that doesn't leak!"

  "These days, I couldn't sleep at night, and was on edge all day, deeply afraid that one of these nights, a head would roll off this list..."

  A long time.

  "The master of the Ren family can actually sense my presence, it seems that the 'Yong Huang Dian' is indeed extraordinary."

  It was as if the boundless darkness in front of him had understood Ren Xian's words and responded accordingly...

  Under the faint night light outside the window, a black figure suddenly appeared and slowly walked towards Ren Xian's room.

  Ren Xian looked at the approaching figure, a hint of a smile crossing his lips, as if he had seen an old friend he hadn't met in a long time. "Come on in and sit down?"

  After finishing speaking, Ren Xian didn't wait for the black-clothed man to respond and directly turned around, as if he wasn't worried at all that the black-clothed man would suddenly attack him. He walked over to the only table in the room, sat down, stretched out his right hand to pick up the tea set, and began to pour himself a cup, completely without any guard against the black-clothed man.

  The man in black looked at Ren Xian, who was so calm and collected, and couldn't help but take notice. To be able to remain so composed at this point, he was absolutely not an ordinary person! His entire body's true energy was fluctuating, on high alert, the man in black flipped over into the room.

  Ren Xian, who had arranged the tea set and poured two cups of fragrant tea, couldn't help but reveal a hint of admiration in his eyes.

  He asked himself, if he were in his shoes, he would absolutely not be able to do what this Patriarch Ren was doing!

  "Never mind the tea, where's the thing?"

  The man in black didn't want to stay for long either, fearing changes. As for the master of the Ren family in front of him, to be honest, he didn't put him in his heart at all.

  In a small city like Moyuncheng, the highest level of martial artists are only at the late Qing level, and they are all elder-level figures from these families. The head of the Ren family, in his eyes, is probably only at the early Qing level, and even if he were to make a breakthrough, he would be at most at the mid-Qing level!

  Ren Xian was taken aback, not expecting the visitor to get straight to the point so quickly. A bitter smile flashed across his lips, and he turned around to walk towards a nearby cabinet. He took down a bottle from the top shelf, reached in with his right hand, and pulled out an ancient-looking book.

  Put the bottle back in its original position, Ren Xian returned to the table, put the book on the table, and a reluctant glance passed between his eyes, and then he left.

  Wow!

  The man in black suddenly moved, his right hand stretched out like lightning, and picked up the book on the table. On this ancient book, the three words "Yong Huang Dian" were written with a strong and powerful brush!

  He flipped through a few pages, confirmed that everything was correct, and then stuffed this "Yong Huang Dian" into his chest.

  "Master Ren of every household..."

  The man in black couldn't understand why the master of the Ren family was so cooperative. But since they had already obtained what they wanted, it was time to take action. He had thought of countless possibilities on his way here, but he never expected things to turn out this way.

  "Huh?"

  Just as Ren Xian was about to respond, the black-clothed man's right hand suddenly released a shallow blue true energy, and his right hand turned into a claw, wrapping around Ren Xian's neck like a powerful tree branch. "Ren family head, I really want to know, why are you so cooperative..."

  "Uh..."

  Ren Xian's body was almost lifted up by the black-clothed men, his thin face also flushed red. Because of the black-clothed man grabbing his neck, Ren Xian's voice was slightly hoarse at this time, "Because I know that since it has been discovered, then my family will not be able to keep this 'Yong Huang Dian'. However, I hope you can spare the other members of my family. Only I have cultivated this 'Yong Huang Dian' in my family, and I hope you won't implicate innocent people..."

  It turned out that everything Ren Xian had done before was to leave a way out for the Ren family. However, the development of things was not what he could have anticipated...

  As soon as Ren Xian's words fell, the face under the black cloth of the black-clad man became strange. Thinking back to Ren Xian's behavior just now, his heart was trembling, as if he was holding something back. Suddenly, amidst the turmoil in his mind, a extremely evil thought emerged in the black-clad man's mind, and then he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Master Ren, do you know... Now, your Ren family should only have one person left alive!"

  Indeed, the man in black had a very clear understanding of what his subordinates were doing.

  It has been a long time since then. No matter whether it is the elder of the Ren family, the direct descendant of the Ren family, or even the servant and guard of the Ren family, there will be no one left alive!

  The Murong family has always been thorough in their actions, leaving no room for the situation where "wildfires burn but do not destroy, and spring winds blow again to revive"!

  This is also one of the reasons why the Murong family has always been arrogant and domineering, often exterminating entire families, yet still able to exist safely on the Chongwu continent.

  In a true warrior's world, there is no mercy; it's either you die or I perish! Unless you want to be stabbed in the back.

  Hah! Hah!

  After hearing the black-clad man's words, Ren Xian suddenly widened his eyes, he never thought that as a top power on the Chongwu continent, they would actually try to exterminate the small Ren family. His previous determination vanished, and Ren Xian's true strength suddenly burst out, with deep blue true energy jumping around like a ghost.

  This Ren Xian is actually a Qing-level late-stage warrior! Even compared to the master of the Ling family, Ling Hua, he is one level higher.

  "Haha! Too late!"

  The black-clothed man's true strength suddenly surged, and then his right hand exerted force.

  "Crack!"

  Ren Xianti's external true energy, which was once more dazzling than the deep blue color, completely disappeared in an instant when he fell to his death. A pair of eyes that were originally sharp and piercing had turned white, never closing until his death.

  Die with eyes open!

  The man in black carelessly threw Ren Xian's corpse to the side, his face under the black cloth full of sneers. "I didn't think there was such an interesting person in this world. It seems that when I return to my family, this will be another joke to tell after drinking."

  Since the purpose of this trip had been achieved and the things were already in hand, the man in black turned over and left the room.

  "Murong Nan!"

  Just as the man in black had turned a corner, a stern shout came from the direction of Ren Xian's room, getting closer and closer, "Leave behind the 'Yong Huang Dian'!"

  "Not good!"

  Judging from the sound, Mu Rong Nan, who was shrouded in black clothes ahead, had already guessed who the newcomer was. His legs suddenly exerted force, and his speed increased dramatically. At the same time, he couldn't help but curse silently, "How did people from the Nan Gong family arrive so quickly!"