Chapter 293
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The young girl’s words were met with a gentle admonition from the young man on the bed: “Jingyue, never underestimate any opponent. That is what our father always taught us.”
Hearing this, the girl smiled and replied, “I know, I know. I would never underestimate a descendant of the Ye clan.”
As the siblings conversed, the sound of footsteps echoed from the staircase of the attic. Two figures appeared, striding forward. The girl looked at the man and woman and exclaimed in surprise, “Xiao Rong, Xiao Yin, what brings you here?”
With a teasing tone, she added, “Xiao Rong, you ranked sixth in the assessment. Are you不服气（不服气）that my brother ranked third and want to challenge him, just like Liang Yusheng challenged Ye Wushuang?”
Xiao Rong, a man in martial attire with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, ignored the girl and turned his gaze to the young man on the bed. “Qin Cangsheng!”
He spoke directly, “I know there’s a big conflict between your Qin clan and Ye Wushuang. Now that you, Qin Cangsheng, are third and your sister, Qin Jingyue, is eighth, are you two planning to kill Ye Wushuang?”
Qin Cangsheng’s eyebrows twitched at these words. He rose from the bed and looked at Xiao Rong, a faint smile on his lips. “Our actions are none of your concern.”
“Whether Ye Wushuang lives or dies is irrelevant to us. But as for Xiao Yuan, I hope you leave him alone,” Xiao Rong said bluntly. “He is of our Xiao clan, and if he must die, it should be at the hands of one of our own.”
Xiao Yuan?
Qin Cangsheng waved his hand dismissively. “If he gets in our way, I will kill him regardless.”
Xiao Rong looked at Qin Cangsheng, opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately remained silent. He then left the attic with his sister, Xiao Yin.
After the siblings departed, Qin Jingyue turned to her brother and asked, “Brother, this Xiao Yuan, I remember he is a collateral descendant of the Xiao clan. Why is he being hunted?”
Qin Cangsheng replied slowly, “It seems he awakened his bloodline power, and someone from the Xiao clan’s main line can’t tolerate him.”
“The people of the Xiao clan are truly fools,” Qin Jingyue remarked.
Qin Cangsheng responded, “If the people of the Xiao clan are fools, then some in our Qin clan are no different.”
“For a mere Qin Hao, we sacrificed a powerful Yuanfu realm cultivator and two top-tier Ningmai realm experts, and… the situation is still unresolved!”
“And just a few days ago, the people our clan sent to Liuyue City were all killed, without any information obtained.”
“What?” Qin Jingyue’s face turned pale with shock.
Qin Cangsheng continued, “It seems that someone from the Dark Soul Sect has intervened…”
The Dark Soul Sect?
Why would the Dark Soul Sect target people from the Qin clan?
Qin Cangsheng waved his hand and said, “Let the clan’s higher-ups deal with this matter. Our focus should be on winning first place in the Lingyun Mountain trial. Killing Ye Wushuang will be a mere afterthought. More importantly, we need to compete with Chu Haoyu and Shang Mingjie.”
Qin Jingyue immediately affectionately linked her arm with her brother’s and said with a smile, “Although brother ranked third in the academy assessment, in terms of strength, you are in no way inferior to Ye Wushuang or Chu Haoyu. They stand no chance against you.”
“Hmm.”
At the same time, on the other side, Ye Wushuang and his companions, who had entered the attic to rest, each chose a room to prepare for the assessment that would begin the next day.
Knock, knock, knock…
The sound of knocking on the door rang out.
“Come in.”
The door opened, and Wang Xueqi entered hesitantly, looking at Ye Wushuang.
“What’s the matter?”
Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “We’ve known each other for a while now. We’re friends. Just speak your mind.”
Wang Xueqi then said, “After you left, a few days ago, a group of strangers appeared in Liuyue City. They were probably from the Qin clan. My father was quite frightened at the time.”
“But later, these people from the Qin clan disappeared for no apparent reason…”
“And during those days, only people from the Dark Soul Sect in the capital went to Liuyue City, claiming they were busy with the reconstruction of the Liuyue City Soul-Devouring Hall…”
Wang Xueqi, being as astute as she was, sensed something suspicious about this.
Ye Wushuang, however, said directly, “I was the one who sent the people from the Dark Soul Sect to Liuyue City.”
“Really you?”
Wang Xueqi was taken aback.
