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Chapter 248 Enemies from Outside the Manor

late at night.

The prefect's residence.

Prefect Wei Xiongjian sat in his study, dealing with the official matters that had not been resolved during the day.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and a man dressed in black walked in.

"Your Excellency, news has arrived from the Crown Prince's side."

As he spoke, the man in black placed a letter on the table.

"A message from the Crown Prince?"

Wei Xiongjian frowned, not daring to be negligent, and quickly took the letter.

Wei Xiongjian opened the letter and carefully read it, his brows furrowed.

After a long while, he closed the letter.

"Issue orders to all counties to intensify patrols and conduct thorough investigations of any Dao Realm Grandmasters who are injured, especially those traveling in pairs. If anything seems suspicious, arrest them immediately. If they are not strong enough, have them report to their superiors."

Wei Xiongjian's face was solemn.

"Yes, sir."

Seeing Wei Xiongjian's serious expression, the man in black immediately responded.

The man in black left the room, and Wei Xiongjian paced back and forth.

"I never imagined that someone would dare to steal the Crown Prince's secret treasure. It's unbelievable..."

Wei Xiongjian muttered to himself, "Those two thieves have most likely escaped to the vicinity of Guanghe County. If we can capture them and hand them over to the Crown Prince, it would be a good thing for me..."

……

At this time, in the suburbs of Liuyan County.

Two figures moved forward in the shadows.

The two stood facing the moonlight, their faces pale and their breathing weak and unsteady, clearly indicating that they were injured.

Even so, the two moved extremely fast in the dark, clearly indicating they were Dao Realm Grandmasters.

"Getting this close to the city is far too dangerous. Shall we choose another route to escape?"

The man who spoke had a scar on his face.

The scar was clearly recent, and it was still bleeding.

Generally speaking, as a Dao Realm Grandmaster, one's injuries would heal extremely quickly after taking the elixir. However, the scar on his face showed no signs of healing, clearly indicating that the power attached to the scar was constantly resisting his Dao Realm power.

"We need to gather some resources now."

The other speaker was a bald man, who was in better condition than the scarred man.

"We don't need too much, just enough for our escape."

The bald man said, "In our current state, without sufficient supplies, even if we escape Wansheng Prefecture and sail to overseas islands, we won't be able to fully heal our injuries in a short time. After all, overseas resources are extremely scarce and difficult to find."

The scarred man sighed, a look of regret on his face.

"I truly regret listening to you. Although being by the Crown Prince's side wasn't exactly comfortable, it was still a pretty good job. But in a moment of weakness, I ended up stealing the Crown Prince's secret treasure with you. Now we're sure to be hunted down forever. I'm afraid we'll never have another chance to return to Wansheng Prefecture."

The scarred man's tone also carried resentment towards the bald man.

Upon hearing this, the bald man gave him a cold look.

"A cushy job? Given our current situation, we have absolutely no status or position by the Crown Prince's side. Even if the Crown Prince inherits the throne in the future, the two of us will still be marginal figures in the Prince's mansion. Moreover, we have both offended the head steward before, who knows what kind of scheme he might devise to kill us."

The bald man said, "Although we are in danger now, we have gained a lot by obtaining these two extremely precious, newly crafted treasures."

"Have you forgotten? You said back then that if one day you no longer had to live under someone else's roof, you wanted to go overseas and become a carefree island lord. Now that the opportunity has come, you've chickened out!"

The bald man lectured the scarred man: "These two new treasures we've acquired not only allow us to defeat enemies far stronger than ourselves, but they can also aid our cultivation. With them, if other opportunities arise in the future, it's highly possible we could even break through to the high-level Dao Realm! At that time, instead of returning to Wansheng Prefecture, we could travel overseas—wouldn't that be an excellent thing?"

"That being said..."

The scarred man touched his wound lightly; the pain was still excruciating.

"Stop hesitating. Let's find a place to plunder some resources and then head straight out to sea. The overseas world is endless. No matter how capable the young master is, he will never be able to find us."

The bald man gave the scarred man no time to regret his actions and immediately increased his speed.

The scarred man looked worried, but he knew he had no way out and could only speed up to catch up.

After walking for a while, the bald man suddenly stopped, and the scarred man also stopped.

"There's actually a mountain villa here!"

Standing on the tree, the bald man looked into the distance, his eyes filled with excitement.

"This manor is brightly lit and guarded; it's probably the private property of some family in Guanghe County! If we loot it, we'll definitely have enough resources to go overseas!"

The bald man laughed loudly: "This way we don't have to go into the city and take even greater risks!"

"this……"

The scarred man hesitated, "But we're both injured now..."

"It's alright. We were both originally at the Origin Realm. Although we were injured and couldn't exert our full strength, with these two treasures, as long as we don't encounter a Grandmaster at the fourth level of the Dao Realm and the Core Formation Realm, there won't be any problems."

The bald man said confidently, "And a Grandmaster at the Core Formation Realm must be the head of a family in Guanghe County. It's highly unlikely that they would appear here."

"Alright, let's get started!"

The scarred man gritted his teeth and responded.

The two then hurried toward the villa.

They made no attempt to conceal themselves and barged directly outside the villa.

"Who's there!?"

At this moment, a group of guards discovered the two men's whereabouts.

The bald man ignored them and unleashed a burst of energy, instantly wiping out the entire squad of guards.

Those guards were only at the initial stage of the Void Realm, and they were completely powerless to resist him.

"I sensed the aura of a Grandmaster at the Origin Realm. This person is very likely the owner of this manor, and all the good stuff must be on him! Let's capture him first!"

The bald man was clear-headed.

"good!"

The scarred man responded, and the two then acted together.

At this time, Xu Ning was not in the sect, but entered the monster map with Hui Bai.

They planned to select some flying monsters from the monster map to serve as transportation for the Yanlu Sect.

The area within the Monster Map is a natural gathering place for monsters, and some of them have already multiplied and established their own populations here.

Therefore, at this moment, Xu Ning was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

"An unfamiliar Grandmaster of the Dao Realm has intruded!"

At this moment, Cheng Zengtao, who was sitting quietly in the attic room, suddenly sensed that danger was approaching.

"They've come with ill intentions!"

Cheng Zengtao sensed the other party's fierce aura.

He strode out of the sect and shouted, his voice booming and echoing throughout the manor: "Enemies! Disciples, protect yourselves!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Cheng Zengtao saw two figures suddenly appear in front of him.

Who are you?

Cheng Zengtao sensed the murderous intent emanating from the two men and immediately felt a sense of unease.

The bald man and the scarred man both saw the storage ring on Cheng Zengtao's hand.

"Kill him and take his storage ring!"

The bald man said sternly.

Then, the two moved simultaneously and attacked Cheng Zengtao.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Streaks of energy flew out and passed by Cheng Zengtao.

Cheng Zengtao easily dodged the attack and took out his longsword.

The bald man and the scarred man each took out their own Dao weapons, which were long swords of the same design.

"This long sword..."

Upon seeing the same longsword-wielding Daoist soldier, Cheng Zengtao suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

However, the bald man and the scarred man clearly did not give him a chance and attacked Cheng Zengtao directly.

"This person must have just broken through to the Origin Returning Realm not long ago; his strength isn't great, and he's only condensed two elemental true sources. Even without using any secret treasures, and given his injuries, I could easily take him down!"

The bald man transmitted his voice to the scarred man.

Seeing that Cheng Zengtao was not very strong, the scarred man felt more at ease and his actions became even more ferocious.

"I remember now!"

Cheng Zengtao's pupils suddenly contracted: "These two identical longswords are Daoist weapons specially assigned to Daoist Realm guards in the Prince's mansion!"

He recalled that he had once met someone from the Prince's mansion while following his uncle Cheng Jinxian.

At that time, the Dao Realm guards who accompanied us carried the same Dao weapons.

"These two are from the Prince's residence!"

Cheng Zengtao was instantly filled with shock and disbelief, and shouted, "Who are you people? Why do you have soldiers from the Prince's Palace here?"

"Insightful!"

The scarred man was filled with murderous intent.

"Now that you've been recognized, we can't let you live!"

The bald man and the scarred man showed no mercy.

In an instant, Cheng Zengtao's courtyard was reduced to ruins.

"It's my senior brother's voice! He's in trouble!"

At this moment, Shao Xun, Tong Li, and Ou Wei also realized the danger.

They disregarded their low level of cultivation and rushed over.

"There are other helpers?"

The three arrived, but the bald man and the scarred man remained completely unfazed.

Two Qi Refining Realm experts and one Body Fusion Realm expert—these kinds of opponents can be dealt with easily.

The backyard of the mountain villa.

"What's going on?!"

Qingying was still fast asleep when she was suddenly awakened.

Xu Hu Jun, standing to the side, was also on high alert.

It directly extracts the monster image as a bead, connecting the gray and white areas within the monster image.

After Xu Ning and Hui Bai entered the Demon Beast Map, the bead that the Demon Beast Map transformed into was handed over to Lord Xu Hu for safekeeping.

"Brother, Lord Xu Hu has sent word that a Grandmaster of the Dao Realm has broken into the manor and is attacking the people inside!"

Inside the monster map, Gray White transmitted a message to Xu Ning.

"An enemy of a Dao Realm Grandmaster?"

Xu Ning was startled: "Get out!"

The next moment, the two figures appeared directly in the outside world.

As soon as he emerged from the monster map, Xu Ning sensed the auras of two Grandmasters at the Origin Realm.

"Oh no! Senior Brother Cheng and the others are in danger!"

Xu Ning moved and disappeared from the spot.

Gray and white followed immediately.

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