Chapter 298

Chapter 298 Postage Due!

 

The final outcome was that Su Rui did not accompany Nightingale to Cuiping Mountain.

What a joke—Second Senior Brother Wang Feizhi had been beaten by him with over a dozen fractures all over his body, and Junior Sister Nightingale had broken limbs as well. If Su Rui were to casually go up to Cuiping Mountain at this time to demand people from Zhang Bufan, that old Taoist would probably gather everyone to attack him out of anger!

Although Su Rui wasn’t afraid of Zhang Bufan, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Even if he wanted to bring Nightingale to join the Sun Temple, he wouldn’t be foolish enough to walk into a trap.

After arranging a time with Nightingale, Su Rui sent her back to Bai Qianchuan in the capital. As for that bastard Wang Feizhi, Su Rui simply found a wooden box, sealed him inside, nailed it shut, and shipped it to Cuiping Mountain via SF Express, addressed to Zhang Bufan with postage due!

Whether Zhang Bufan would pay the postage after seeing the box was no longer Su Rui’s concern!

…

Capital, Bai Family Mansion.

Bai Qianchuan looked at Nightingale being carried down from the vehicle on a stretcher with surprise: “How did you get such serious injuries?”

Although Su Rui needed to borrow Nightingale’s services, in Bai Qianchuan’s view, he merely wanted to tie the Bai family to his own chariot, and such battles shouldn’t have been dangerous. But Nightingale had broken an arm and a leg, which far exceeded the expectations of the Bai family’s young master!

In his impression, there were very few people who could hurt Nightingale!

“Was it Su Rui who did this?” Bai Qianchuan asked through gritted teeth!

“Mai Taishan.”

Nightingale glanced at Bai Qianchuan and uttered a name. These three words immediately silenced him!

“Mai Taishan of the Nangong family? He actually intervened?” After his initial shock, Bai Qianchuan’s expression changed to one of realization: “No wonder this happened. This must have been Nangong Shun’s idea!”

“Mai Taishan attacked, yet you managed to return alive? What about Su Rui?” Bai Qianchuan knew how formidable Mai Taishan’s strength was—a master-level figure who had made his name thirty years ago. Though he was older now, his power had only increased! For Nightingale to fight him and only break an arm and a leg was almost a miracle!

“Mai Taishan is dead,” Nightingale said flatly. “Killed by Su Rui.”

Su Rui killed Mai Taishan?

Bai Qianchuan stood frozen in place, seemingly digesting this incredible news!

Obviously, given Nightingale’s personality, she would never lie. A renowned martial arts master was no match for a young man under thirty?

In fact, Nightingale’s statement omitted an important detail—strictly speaking, Mai Taishan died at the hands of Su Rui, Zhou Xianwei, and Nightingale working together!

How could Su Rui have grown so powerful in just five years!

Bai Qianchuan stood there, speechless, in a state of extreme shock!

“I’m tired. Please take me to rest,” Nightingale said in a calm voice.

“Alright, go ahead.” Bai Qianchuan waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to carry Nightingale away. After standing there thinking for a while, he walked toward the inner courtyard where Old Master Bai Tianzhu resided.

Mai Taishan’s death meant the Nangong family had lost their strongest martial support, which meant they would begin to fall. This event could potentially change the entire power structure of the capital!

This was an opportunity for the Bai family’s second rise!

However, he had only walked halfway when his steps came to a halt!

“Damn it!” Bai Qianchuan stomped his foot heavily and said, “If Nightingale was involved, it means the Nangong family definitely believes the Bai family and Su Rui are allies!”

At this moment, Bai Qianchuan deeply regretted agreeing to Su Rui’s request earlier. Why did he lend Nightingale to him? Why couldn’t he have refused?

However, Bai Qianchuan also realized that, given that guy’s cunning nature, he would have persuaded Nightingale to help him one way or another!

Bai Qianchuan began to think from another perspective: if he were the Nangong family head, would he direct his anger toward the Bai family because of this?

Absolutely!

Realizing this, Bai Qianchuan was nearly driven mad with anger! The Bai family had been thoroughly dragged into this mess!

…

Li Xuan knelt before Nangong Shun, his hands wrapped in thick bandages, coughing as he spoke.

“Young Master, I’m sorry, I failed to complete the mission…” Li Xuan looked terrible. He had been kneeling there for three hours, repeatedly saying these words, but Nangong Shun showed no reaction.

This once arrogant second young master of the Nangong family had confidently designed a plan to ambush Su Rui, only to find that the entire plan was nothing but a joke. Su Rui had easily shattered everything with his extremely powerful abilities, even causing the Nangong family’s pillar of strength, Mai Taishan, to die violently, his body shattered to pieces!

Hearing Li Xuan repeat himself again, Nangong Shun stood up and coldly smiled as he faced Li Xuan, asking, “My plan was perfect—forty-nine people in ambush, forty-nine guns. Su Rui couldn’t possibly have left alive! There must have been a problem with your execution!”

Even now, Nangong Shun was pushing all responsibility onto Li Xuan!

Hearing his words, Li Xuan felt a chill in his heart and said with a strained voice, “Young Master, we rehearsed everything—from the ambush to the coordinated attack to the encirclement. But we never anticipated that Su Rui had already set up an ambush there, taking advantage of the darkness to eliminate our people one by one. Even… even Old Master Mai died… blown to pieces by a rocket launcher…”

Nangong Shun, furious, kicked Li Xuan, knocking him to the ground!

“Everyone died, so why aren’t you dead? The team you led was wiped out, how dare you come back?”

Nangong Shun kicked him hard: “Damn bastard! Damn bastard! You failed my expectations. Why didn’t you die?”

Li Xuan had been kneeling so long his legs were numb and couldn’t move, so he could only endure Nangong Shun’s vicious kicks. His hand, pierced by Nightingale’s knife, was already painfully throbbing. When Nangong Shun kicked his wounded hand several times, Li Xuan nearly passed out!

This was his young master!

Li Xuan had risked his life for him day and night, but once things failed, this was his fate!

Curled up on the ground, after being kicked for a full fifteen minutes, Li Xuan coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, barely conscious, while Nangong Shun finally stopped—he had run out of energy.

“Mai Taishan is dead. How am I going to explain this to Grandfather?” Fear suddenly appeared in Nangong Shun’s eyes!

He had just begun to take charge of the Nangong family’s affairs. If he had gotten Mai Taishan killed at this point, his fate was predictable!

He would lose his heir status and become as useless as his older brother!

Now, Nangong Shun deeply regretted choosing to provoke Su Rui at this time! The man was a demon!

Just then, an elderly voice suddenly sounded at the door.

“Shun, what are you doing?”

Hearing this voice, Nangong Shun’s body almost instantly went limp with fear, without an ounce of strength left, nearly collapsing to his knees!

“Grandfather, why are you here?”

Looking at the old man who appeared at the door, Nangong Shun’s face was filled with shock!

From Nangong Shun’s form of address, it wasn’t hard to deduce that this old man was the legendary figure who had built the Nangong family’s golden age—Nangong Zhou!

Originally, Nangong Zhou had retired from the spotlight, hoping that Nangong Yao would lead the family to continued prosperity. But subsequent events had dashed all his hopes! Nangong Yao was good in every way except for his insatiable lust. He had done something terrible—together with several other scoundrels, they had tortured a young girl to death. Even when Su Rui later stormed their home seeking revenge, Nangong Zhou had nothing to say in their defense.

Under Mai Taishan’s protection, although Nangong Yao was seriously injured, his life was spared. Despite this, Nangong Zhou had insisted on stripping him of his heir status, causing his eldest grandson to remain disheartened to this day.

Seeing Li Xuan lying on the ground, Nangong Zhou asked with slight surprise, “I was bored and came to chat with you. What’s this? What did Li Xuan do wrong to deserve such punishment?”

“He…” Nangong Shun almost told the truth: “He did some things that displeased me, so I…”

Nangong Zhou shook his head: “It seems your temperament still needs work. You’re quick to anger and punish your subordinates harshly. How can this be acceptable? Is this how a future family head should behave?”

“Grandfather’s criticism is correct. I will remember it,” Nangong Shun said respectfully with his head bowed.

Though he appeared respectful on the surface, internally he was extremely nervous. The old master didn’t know about this operation—he had acted on his own, hoping to give the old master a big surprise and strengthen his own credentials, silencing any dissenters within the family!

Nangong Shun knew the family had only one enemy: Su Rui!

But the result was vastly different from what he had expected! The forty-nine elite subordinates, assembled at enormous cost, were all dead, and Mai Taishan had been blown to pieces by a single shot! Nangong Shun now had no idea how to explain this to his grandfather! He just wanted to get through this encounter first!

“The situation in the capital is becoming increasingly complex. When we old fellows were in charge, we could still stabilize things. Now that the younger generation is taking over, they either make sweeping changes or hide daggers in silk. The Yun and Zhang families have already declined. If you can’t handle this situation with caution, sooner or later our Nangong family will be out of the game. Don’t disappoint me!”

Nangong Shun, sweating profusely, said, “Please rest assured, Grandfather. I will not fail in my mission and will lead the family to a second rise!”

Seeing his good attitude, Nangong Zhou nodded and said, “I’ll let it go this time, but don’t let it happen again.”

Li Xuan, still appearing loyal, heard the old master somewhat reproaching the second young master and actually spoke up in defense: “Old Master, it’s my fault! I failed to complete the young master’s orders and couldn’t bring Old Master Mai back. Please don’t blame him!”

Hearing this, Nangong Zhou’s eyebrows shot up, and his voice suddenly rose by eight octaves!

“What happened to Mai Taishan?”