Urban Martial Saint

Seeing the four people inside the room react so excitedly was within the man’s expectations. In fact, when he first received this news, wasn’t his reaction just the same?

”How did you get this information?” Nalan Jingwei hurriedly asked.

”This matter, you could say it’s by coincidence,” the man said. ”Our Huang Family has some car rental businesses in other places. The four Executioner Scholars went to rent a car, and they just happened to rent from our car rental company. At that time, a staff member at the car rental company found them suspicious, so they called a family member to take a look, and as a result, they discovered it was them.”

”So how did you know they were tracking Ye Qing?” Nalan Jingwei asked again.

”These four people can’t drive. When they rented the car, they also had to rent a driver, so we sent a driver along and conveniently turned on the radio equipment in the car. We could hear their conversation on the car very clearly,” the man said. ”These four people thought that the car rental company and the driver were ordinary people, so they didn’t hold back their words and discussed tracking Ye Qing in the car, which is how we obtained this information!”

”I see!” The four realized, and Huang Yunfeng was excited, saying, ”It’s really like breaking iron shoes in a search without results, and then getting it effortlessly. We were just worrying about not being able to find Ye Qing, and the four Executioner Scholars delivered the information to us. Now finding Ye Qing won’t be difficult!”

The other two were also somewhat excited, but only Nalan Jingwei still frowned. Seeing Nalan Jingwei like this, Huang Yunfeng couldn’t help but feel surprised and wondered aloud, ”Prince Nalan, this is news from a member of my family, it certainly can’t be wrong, you don’t have to worry about the authenticity of the information!”

”I know the news certainly isn’t fake, but the problem is, how could this information be so coincidentally obtained by us?” Nalan Jingwei said in a deep voice, ”The three Executioner Scholars were previously known as the Three Great Villains. Later, with the addition of the Snake Gentleman, each one is more ruthless than the last. With their personalities, if they needed a car, they could just hijack one and threaten the driver to help them drive. Why would they go to the trouble of renting a car?”

Nalan Jingwei’s words suddenly made Huang Yunfeng and the others realize the situation. Huang Yunfeng drew a breath of cold air, looked at Nalan Jingwei, and whispered, ”Do you mean, Prince Nalan, that this... this news was intentionally leaked to us by the Executioner Scholars?”

Nalan Jingwei didn’t speak, but his expression already admitted this point.

”But, our family’s business is very secretive, the Executioner Scholars have no reason to know that rental car company is our Huang Family’s business!” Huang Yunfeng paused and said, ”Moreover, our Huang Family has no grievances with the Executioner Scholars, under such circumstances, it’s senseless for them not to hurry to track down Ye Qing, but to come deal with us?”

”However secretive your business is, it may not be that no one knows about it,” Nalan Jingwei’s face was slightly cold, and in fact, the Nalan Family was quite clear about the Huang Family’s business. However, as Huang Yunfeng said, the four Executioner Scholars might not be as well-informed as they are. So it seems that there must be a strong intelligence group supporting the four Executioner Scholars from behind, otherwise, they wouldn’t possibly know so many things.

”Furthermore, leaking this information may not necessarily be meant to deal with the Huang Family,” Nalan Jingwei looked at the two people beside him and said in a deep voice, ”The fact that the four of us have formed an alliance has already been spread. In the current situation, there are certainly many who want to prevent our alliance. So, I suspect this matter isn’t just targeting the Huang Family, but mainly targeting us four!”

The other two’s expressions also changed, and Huang Yunfeng gasped, saying in a deep voice, ”So, does that mean there’s another force helping the Executioner Scholars? But in such a situation, targeting us is not a good thing either. If we end up fighting and both suffer, wouldn’t it be letting others sit and reap the benefits of our work?”

”So, the key issue lies here,” Nalan Jingwei said in a deep voice, ”Logically speaking, at this time, no matter what power, no one would randomly make enemies, especially not fighting against others. As long as the situation isn’t fully understood, seizing resources and ensuring one’s own safety is most important, and there’s no one that would lightly make enemies. Yet, at this moment, the Executioner Scholars took such an action, there must be only one explanation!”

”What explanation?” The three of them looked at Nalan Jingwei simultaneously.

”That is, they want to kill with a borrowed knife!” Nalan Jingwei looked at the three and said in a deep voice, ”Borrow our knife to kill their enemies!”

Huang Yunfeng and the others looked at each other in disbelief, Nalan Jingwei’s analysis was spot-on, making it impossible for them to refute.

In fact, Nalan Jingwei’s analysis was indeed entirely correct. This person could lead the whole Nalan Family and stir up so much trouble; his wisdom was certainly extraordinary. Although the four Executioner Scholars were shrewd, trying to deceive Nalan Jingwei was still somewhat difficult.

”So what do we do now?” Huang Yunfeng asked. ”Should we pretend we never heard anything and just ignore them?”

”No,” Nalan Jingwei directly waved his hand and said, ”Just the opposite, we need to follow up, just as they wanted us to!”

”Ah?” The three were all astonished, and an elder curiously asked, ”Why should we follow them like this?”

”It’s very simple,” Nalan Jingwei said, ”I want to see who is really behind the four Executioner Scholars, and who they want to kill with our help.”

At this point, Nalan Jingwei coldly smiled and continued, ”If possible, I would also like to help their enemies eliminate the four Executioner Scholars, reducing a lot of competition in the future. Moreover, if we could capture them alive, I could transfer their strength. At least we could add a Peak Master to each of our families!”

Nalan Jingwei’s words instantly excited Huang Yunfeng and the others. Adding a Peak Master to each of their families was like doubling the strength of their families, something beyond their wildest dreams. Now that the opportunity was here, they were naturally very excited.

In such chaotic times, only with absolute strength can one have a say. Now that there is an opportunity to enhance their power, how could they not want to?

”Since that’s the case, let’s get ready to set off!” Huang Yunfeng said excitedly. ”This news has been out for quite some time now, they’ve already gone far. If we’re any later, I’m afraid we won’t catch up!”

The other two were just as anxious as Huang Yunfeng, eager to chase after them.

Seeing the excitement on the three people’s faces, Nalan Jingwei was snickering internally. He didn’t say much, instructing his subordinates to arrange vehicles, and the four of them chased after them.

On the way, the position information sent by the people from the Huang Family made tracking the four Executioner Scholars not a difficult task. Plus, the four Executioner Scholars seemed to be purposefully waiting for them, not moving quickly, giving them plenty of time to catch up.

For safety reasons, Nalan Jingwei also brought along Wen’er and Du Canglang. After all, these two were significant; Wen’er could be used against Ye Qing, while Du Canglang had strong capabilities. If others seized the chance to capture them, Nalan Jingwei and his group would suffer greatly. Therefore, these two were also in a car following them.

Du Canglang tried to sever his meridians but was stopped by Nalan Jingwei in time. Although he was saved, he remained unconscious. Fortunately, Nalan Jingwei had released the acupoints on Wen’er, who was now taking care of Du Canglang, making things slightly better. However, judging by Du Canglang’s current state, he might not last much longer. With his lifespan nearing its end, losing an arm and then being severely injured taxed his body greatly. Earlier, severing his meridians, although prevented in time by Nalan Jingwei, still caused significant harm to his body. Given this situation, his lifespan is almost gone, and his time left alive can’t be predicted.

What Nalan Jingwei wants is merely the strength within Du Canglang, so how long Du Canglang can live doesn’t matter to him. As long as Du Canglang doesn’t die in the short term, he has nothing to worry about. Thus, even though Du Canglang’s condition was grave, Nalan Jingwei didn’t bother to treat him. His focus was more on the four Executioner Scholars, pondering constantly on the way about who these four intended to target, and why they were performing this trick of killing with a borrowed knife.

Just as Nalan Jingwei’s group departed, the Executioner Scholars also received the message. After all, the Wanyan Family’s information network was extensive. The four Executioner Scholars already knew that the driver in the car worked for the Huang Family, so they kept calm, pretending they knew nothing, and continued to command the driver to track the people from the Church. Of course, their pace wasn’t fast, giving Nalan Jingwei and others following behind a chance to catch up. Moreover, they had the Wanyan Family’s information network along the way, enabling them to know precisely where Nalan Jingwei and others were, and how far they were, giving them time to arrange their next plans.

Unaware of these developments, the people from the Church thought they had fully shaken off the Executioner Scholars, so they had no defenses. They rushed to the nearest city intending to leave by plane. However, this city didn’t even have an airport, so they couldn’t use this method to leave. Plus, given their previous experience, they didn’t dare to linger in the city. Learning there was no airport, they immediately left the city for the suburbs once more.

This roundabout took quite some time. By the time they reached the suburbs, night had fallen. After a day’s journey, the people from the Church were exhausted and decided to rest at an abandoned factory in the suburbs before setting out again.