After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 169 Hesitation
The young voice was neither loud nor soft, but to Baili Changfeng's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.

Baili Changfeng suddenly raised his head and looked at the carriage in front of him, but when his eyes swept over the four Ying Ya people beside him, he suddenly stopped.

Then, a look of fear visibly emerged on that face that looked as if it had been carved with an axe or a knife, and its pupils suddenly shrank.

At this time, Baili Changfeng's gaze fell on Ying Ya and the other three. It was clearly visible that the four people who had originally formed a horn to guard the carriage were all standing in the same place without moving.

But what shocked him was that a bloody hole suddenly appeared on their foreheads, piercing their heads from front to back.

The life force of the three Ying Ya people had long been gone, they were all killed by a single blow, and Baili Changfeng, who was only a few feet away, was completely unaware of it.

Suddenly, Baili Changfeng reacted suddenly and looked at the carriage in front of him with horror.

The young voice echoed in his mind. He opened his mouth silently, but only a trembling sound came out of his throat:

"I……"

However, before he could utter the rest of his words, the carriage in front of him suddenly started rolling and continued to move along the long street ahead.

At the same time, a young voice floated out from the carriage and sounded softly in Baili Changfeng's ears:
"You hesitated."

The next moment, Baili Changfeng's whole body suddenly stiffened, his eyes became dull, and the vitality in his body disappeared almost instantly.

The hundred black-armored heavy cavalrymen standing in neat rows behind him could now see a bloody hole that was transparent from front to back appearing on Baili Changfeng's head.

Wheel, wheel!
The empty long street was silent. The iron cavalry, with their black armor clanging and cold light shining, stood still quietly. Only the sound of wheels could be heard clearly.

The leading black-maned warhorse stamped its iron hooves restlessly. The cavalry captain immediately pulled the reins and pressed down hard on the horse's head with his left hand.

His other hand immediately placed itself on the knife at his waist, and his entire breathing stopped at that moment.

The next moment, with a "clang" sound, hundreds of swords were suddenly unsheathed at the same time, and the sharp cold light formed a bright galaxy on the quiet long street.

For a moment, the blades vibrated and made a fine buzzing sound, the war horses neighed and roared, and the sound of armor colliding was like heavy rain hitting an iron basin.

The quiet atmosphere of the entire long street was suddenly broken, and a hundred heavily armored cavalrymen burst out with a murderous aura that soared into the sky. The blue bricks under the iron hooves of the war horses cracked at the same time, and the cracks continued to spread, stirring up bursts of debris and dust.

However, despite the awe-inspiring roar and terrifying momentum of the cavalry, the sound of the wheel tracks gradually faded away, while the hundred cavalrymen in black armor remained stuck in place like clay sculptures, their iron hooves never taking a single step forward.

At this moment, an indescribable feeling, like an lingering shadow, shrouded the hearts of the hundred cavalry warriors, as if if they dared to take another step, they would be killed in an instant.

At the same time, the war horses under them were all shaking like sieves and whimpering miserably, obviously they were all frightened out of their wits!
"Captain?"

A cavalryman slowly turned his head to look at the leading general and spoke with a trembling throat.

The leading general was horrified at this moment, and his face looked extremely solemn.

Hearing his men's voices, he took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart, and immediately gave the order without hesitation:

"Immediately send someone back to report the situation here, and everyone retreat ten feet."

……

The carriage reached the end and was about to disappear around the bend.

Cao Gaoshan, who was riding in front, looked back at the retreating black-armored heavy cavalry, then turned his gaze to the carriage behind him.

Then, his eyes met with Wu Shang and the other man who were sitting in the groom's position, and all three of them saw a strange look in each other's eyes.

At this moment, an idea almost came to their minds at the same time:
"His Highness kills everyone instantly with one strike. Just how advanced is his martial arts?"

At the same time, Hu Ruian and the other two in the carriage looked at Li Musheng from time to time.

Although everyone knew that his martial arts skills were unfathomable, they could not help but be shocked by the fact that he killed Baili Changfeng, the head of a family second only to the first martial arts family in Shengzhou, so easily.

Moreover, the three of them stayed with Li Musheng from beginning to end, but no one, including Hu Ruian, saw any signs of Li Musheng taking any action.

It was the same last time when he used his fingers to kill Baifa Yanluo and others, and it was the same this time. The difference was that Baili Changfeng was no match for Baifa Yanluo.

For Hu Ruian and Shen Anran, the only time they saw Li Musheng take action was when he knocked Shen Juesheng away with one punch.

"Miss Murong, stop looking at me. Pay attention to the road and don't point in the wrong direction."

Li Musheng glanced at Murong Xiaoya, whose pretty face instantly turned red all the way to her neck. She immediately withdrew her gaze, hurriedly lifted the car curtain and looked out the window.

Seeing this, Li Musheng turned to look at Shen Anran beside him. The other party had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, staring at him brightly, but without any hesitation.

Li Musheng coughed and thought to himself:

"This is a love-brain thing, I can't explain it."

He immediately turned to look at Hu Ruian who was standing opposite him. Hu Ruian saw Li Musheng looking at him and quickly said:
"Your Highness, would you like to know if there will be any consequences for killing Baili Changfeng?"

"Your Highness, rest assured. We killed his son before, and Baili Changfeng has always been at war with us. Therefore, killing him will not have much impact on us. On the contrary, it will deter the rest of the Baili family."

"It's just that in this way, we originally didn't have much to do with the Murong family. But after this incident, the martial arts family that is opposed to the Murong family and Han Chuiyuan behind them will probably regard us as the enemy..."

Seeing that Hu Ruian was about to continue speaking, Li Musheng quickly reached out to stop him and raised his eyebrows and said:

"Are you sure I want to ask you this?"

At this time, after hearing Hu Ruian's words, Shen Anran, who was sitting next to Li Musheng, suddenly frowned slightly, looked at him and asked:

"Your Highness is the prince of Dali. Han Chuiyuan shouldn't dare to offend him, right?"

Hu Ruian shook his head and said:
"It's hard to say. Although I don't understand the inside story, judging from the current situation, the dispute between the Murong family and Han Chuiyuan seems to be irreconcilable."

"If they are certain that Your Highness is on the side of the Murong family, there's no guarantee they won't take a risk."

Hearing this, Murong Xiaoya turned around, glanced at Hu Ruian, and finally her eyes fell on Li Musheng. After hesitating for a while, she whispered:

"Your Highness and Lord Hu don't need to worry about the Murong family. We have our own ways to solve the problem at hand."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three people in the carriage all looked at her.

Li Musheng touched his chin. He remembered that he seemed to have never said that he wanted to help the Murong family?

The reason why he killed Baili Wei was because the other party blocked his way first, and the reason why he killed Baili Changfeng was because the other party wanted to kill him to avenge his son.

He had nothing to do with the Murong family from the beginning to the end. At best, he had only helped Murong Xiaoya. He had no intention of getting involved in the struggles between these Jianghu forces. However, the current situation seemed to deviate from his idea.

Could this be what they mean by being in the world and having no choice?

Li Musheng frowned slightly, but after thinking about it, he didn't care. Anyway, these trivial matters could not affect him at all.

At this time, Hu Ruian glanced at Murong Xiaoya and said thoughtfully:

"It seems the Murong family has another hidden weapon. As the foremost martial arts family in Shengzhou, they must have hidden secrets we're unaware of."

Hearing this, Murong Xiaoya did not deny it, but just nodded slightly.

Next, the carriage moved forward all the way. Under Murong Xiaoya's guidance, the group was no longer blocked and finally arrived in front of Shengzhou government office.

……

At the same time, Baili Changfeng's uncle had already arrived at Murong Mansion with two hundred heavy cavalry in black armor and two thousand armored soldiers.

With a wave of his hand and an order, many soldiers rushed towards the Murong family mansion in an orderly manner like a tide, and soon surrounded the Murong mansion in front of them like an iron barrel.

At this time, the troops of the Yuan, Zhu and Cen families also arrived one after another. This time, the heads of the three families personally took action to encircle and suppress the Murong family.

After seeing the arrival of the Baili family, the three family heads came here together with several martial arts masters.

However, when the three of them arrived, they only saw Baili Changfeng's uncle, but no sign of the other party.

The expressions of the three people changed, and suddenly they looked a little unhappy.

It was Baili Changfeng who took the initiative to encircle and suppress the Murong family and took the lead in making this happen.

One of the reasons is that the Baili family is the capital of Shengzhou. Apart from the Murong family, it is the most powerful of the four martial arts families, and the other three families are all secretly led by it.

The other three families agreed to the other party's suggestion today because they saw that the other party lost their son yesterday and was filled with grief and anger. The four major martial arts families in the state capital joined forces to try to take down the Murong family in one fell swoop.

But what they didn't expect was that their three family heads all took part in the battle today, while Baili Changfeng himself hid in the cave and disappeared. This was really outrageous!

"Where is the master of the Baili family? Why isn't he here?"

Yuan Shanbiao, the head of the Yuan family, was a straightforward person. He rode forward, looked around, and then directly asked his uncle from the Baili family.

Baili Changfeng's uncle glanced at the three family heads who had arrived. Seeing their worried expressions, he seemed to have read their thoughts and said hurriedly:

"Please be patient, my dear family heads. Changfeng has found the whereabouts of the real murderer who killed my nephew. He has already led people to encircle and suppress him. I believe he will be back soon."

Hearing this, the heads of the Yuan, Zhu and Cen families looked at each other, and their expressions looked much better.

"I see. I expected that with Brother Changfeng taking action personally, the real murderer would have no chance of surviving. This trip will definitely avenge us."

Yuan Shanbiao, the head of the Yuan family, changed the subject and said in a deep voice.

The heads of the Zhu and Cen families also nodded and echoed.

But at this moment, a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds suddenly came from the long street behind everyone.

Soon, a black-armored cavalryman from the Baili family came galloping over and then pulled the reins hard, causing the horse to stand up and stop suddenly.

Then, the soldier dismounted and hurried to the front of Baili Changfeng's uncle, squatting and half-kneeling, he reported:

"Something terrible has happened to Patriarch Baili!"

As soon as these words came out, Baili Changfeng's uncle's expression changed, and he immediately had a bad premonition in his heart, and immediately asked in a deep voice:

"What happened?"

At the same time, the other three heads of martial arts families who witnessed this scene all looked over with strange expressions.

The soldier's face turned pale. He swallowed and immediately lowered his head and said:
"Patriarch Baili and four masters surrounded and attacked the murderer, but the opponent was too powerful. Patriarch Baili and his men... all perished!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. After Baili Changfeng's uncle reacted, he suddenly moved on his horse and came in front of the soldier in an instant.

The terrifying martial arts aura released from his body directly oppressed the other party and asked:

"Please repeat what you just said. What happened?"

Upon hearing this, the soldier dared not disobey and immediately told the emperor everything he had seen.

After hearing his words, the three martial arts family heads, who had already approached him, all exclaimed in disbelief:

"How can this be!"

Obviously, the three of them could not accept the news that Baili Changfeng led four martial arts masters to encircle and kill, but ended up being wiped out by the other side.

After all, they knew more or less about Baili Changfeng's martial arts strength. Among all the martial arts families in the entire state capital, there were only a few ancestors who had never appeared in the world.

The opponent's martial arts strength was only slightly inferior to that of Murong Hong, the head of the Murong family. However, he was now easily wiped out by a group of people who came out of nowhere. This was really unacceptable.

"Lead the way immediately, I want to go there and confirm it myself!"

At this moment, Baili Changfeng's uncle's expression changed drastically. He suppressed the panic in his heart and spoke in a deep voice with an extremely ugly expression.

He knew in his heart that the soldier in front of him would never dare to lie about this matter, but unless he confirmed it personally, he would never be able to accept such cruel news.

Soon, Baili Changfeng's uncle led his men and followed the soldiers away in a hurry.

The three family heads who stayed behind looked at the departing figures and exchanged glances with each other.

The three people's faces were also not looking good at this time. Although they couldn't believe Baili Changfeng's death, judging from the current situation, it seemed very likely to be true.

"Brother Yuan, if this is true, what should we do?"

The head of the Zhu family looked at the head of the Yuan family, Yuan Shanbiao, and the other party pondered for a while, waved to his confidants, gave them a few instructions, and then ordered them to leave quickly.

Then, he glanced at the two family heads beside him and said:
"I have informed General Han of this matter, and I believe he will make a decision on this matter."

Not long after, the news of Baili Changfeng's death was confirmed by his uncle. The Baili family did not conceal it, but informed the other three martial arts families as soon as possible.

After learning about this, the three family heads were shocked, and at the same time, they had to face an extremely difficult problem: should the siege on the Murong family continue?
(End of this chapter)