Asura Sovereign 3

by Shian Jeen

  When the meal was finished and both of them were sated, night had already descended in the city. Huwang Xiao paid and left with the little violet monkey.

  In the dead of night when the sky was at its darkest.

  The Southern Cliffs Castellan Manor was brightly lit, and there were night duty guards on patrol around the compound.

  Suddenly, a black shadow leaped over the tall walls of the Castellan Manor, and avoiding the patrolling guards, the silhouette sneaked into the Manor before coming to a certain courtyard.

  This black shadow was of course, Huwang Xiao.

  Entering the courtyard, Huwang Xiao cautiously approached one of the rooms.

  According to his knowledge, this courtyard was where the Southern Cliffs Castellan, Wei Yang, resided.

  When he got close, Huwang Xiao gently pushed the curtains away, opening a tiny slit view into the room. He saw two naked bodies tumbling vigorously on the bed. The male was in his fifties with a robust body, whereas the female looked around twenty at most.

  The man was thrusting on top of the girl as she panted heavily, her generous breasts heaving dramatically.

  Before he traveled to the manor, Huwang Xiao inquired about the Southern Cliffs Castellan’s facial features. This help him confirm that the man performing such vigorous actions on the bed was indeed Castellan Wei Yang. The young woman was probably one of his many concubines. Other than the main wife, Wei Yang had taken in seven younger concubines.

  Huwang Xiao retreated quietly from the window, and when he reappeared, both he and the little violet monkey were already in the room. Obviously, the two other people in the room were too engrossed in their ‘creation ritual’ to notice Huwang Xiao’s presence in the room.

  Seeing Wei Yang had no indication to stop, Huwang Xiao could only cough dryly to draw his attention.

  “Who is it?!” Wei Yang and his little concubine were surprised and they turned around instantly.

  But, seeing that Huwang Xiao was just a sixteen-year-old young man, their vigilance relaxed.

  Recovering from his surprise at the intrusion, Wei Yang did not get up from his little concubine’s naked body, and while moving his lower body, his cold voiced questioned Huwang Xiao: “Little brat, speak, who sent you?”

  Who sent me?

  Huwang Xiao was startled; this Wei Yang knew he came to kill him, yet he was still in the mood to continue in his pleasure. Then again, it seems Wei Yang was at the ‘critical juncture’.

  The little concubine was slightly embarrassed with an audience. However, seeing that Wei Yang did not stop, she cooperated obediently, moving her ass.

  “Your son is Big Sword Sect’s disciple?” Huwang Xiao’s aloof voice sounded.

  Wei Yang grinned complacently: “That’s right. You were sent by those lowly tribes? Hey hey, those stupid pigs, don’t they know that I, Wei Yang, am a Ninth Order expert? They actually sent a baby like you over to kill me?”

  Ninth Order!

  This was the main reason why Wei Yang did not panic when he saw Huwang Xiao in the room, and he even was in the mood to continue his ‘business.’

  “As a Luo Tong Kingdom’s City Castellan, you actually protected Baolong Kingdom’s Big Sword Sect disciples killing Luo Tong Kingdom’s subjects.” An angry light gleamed in Huwang Xiao’s pupils.

  Wei Yang continued his vigorous thrusting actions, and he actually moved increasingly faster, getting closer to the climax.

  “Yeah, so what? Kid, wait till after I kill you, I’ll capture those lowly peasants and throw them into the prison. I’ll take care of them well. Coincidentally, the Southern Cliffs City’s prison emptied out a lot recently.”

  Then, at this point, Wei Yang let out a loud grunt, and it finally ended. He got up from the woman’s body, not bothering to cover himself as he got down from the bed.

  The little violet monkey on Huwang Xiao’s shoulder actually squeaked out after looking at Wei Yang’s lower body.

  While Wei Yang was puzzled, Huwang Xiao chuckled sheepishly and translated: “The little guy said, your body is so robust, yet unexpectedly, your ‘tool’ is so small!”

  “What?!” Wei Yang was stunned. When the meaning sunk in, his anger soared, but before he could do anything else, Huwang Xiao flashed and was already right in front of him.

  Wei Yang panicked and aimed a punch at Huwang Xiao, but it was one step too late. Two lethal blade lights flickered in the room; one slit across Wei Yang’s throat and the other slashed down from the middle of his eyebrow.

  Both of Wei Yang’s eyes turned sluggish as he stared at Huwang Xiao, and then, he crashed to the floor.

  On the other side of the bed, the little concubine just got up from the bed, and wanting to put on her clothes, she caught sight of Wei Yang tumbling down with his blood spurting out in a mess. Her hands flew to her mouth as she shrieked shrilly, as loud as she could. At such a time, she couldn’t be bothered with her clothes anymore as she made a dash towards the door. He had to admit, this little concubine of Wei Yang’s really had quite the figure, slim and curvaceous, with white, tender skin that could squeeze water out from it. When she ran, her breasts bounced merrily, creating a stark contrast to the thick, black bush below.

  However, just as she reached the door, Huwang Xiao flickered and stood between her and the door. The Blades of Asura quietly drew a red line across her slim throat.

  Wei Yang’s little concubine tumbled down with her face on the ground and her perky buttocks facing the roof.

  At this time, footsteps thundered in the Castellan Manor with voices barking orders, and the noise grew closer and louder. Evidently, the little concubine’s high-pitched scream alerted the guards, and all of them were rushing to this location.

  Huwang Xiao did not linger around. Bringing the little violet monkey with him, they made their way out from the courtyard and vanished from the area.

  Seconds after Huwang Xiao had left, all the Castellan Manor guards arrived, rushing into the room. Immediately after entering, their eyes went towards Wei Yang’s and this little concubine’s naked corpses.

  But, most of the guards’ attention were on the little concubine’s arse, and Adam’s apples contracted as these guards swallowed their saliva. Although Wei Yang’s little concubine laid face down, and they could not admire her generous bosom, her rounded buttocks with dark grass peeking out from the gaps were sufficient to make these men’s blood run hot, erecting a tent in their pants.

  “Go and search, the murderer must be found!” Moments later, the captain guard with a pitched tent in his pants finally regained his senses and bellowed.

  The Castellan is dead!

  If they can’t catch the murderer and Duke Wei Bi puts the blame on them, all of them would be buried together with the Castellan!

  At this time, all the guards also realized the grave circumstances and thinking of the consequences, their lower parts went soft as they hurried out to capture the murderer.

  However, they didn’t even know who the murderer was, so how were they going to make an arrest?

  After leaving the Southern Cliffs Castellan Manor, Huwang Xiao also left the city and made his way back to the Luo Tong Royal City. Not long after, the news about the Southern Cliffs Castellan, Wei Yang, and his little concubine spread throughout the city. Compared to Wei Yang’s death, most of the people relished in the details of little concubine’s circumstances when they were killed − the naked body, the plump ass, and so forth.

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  The news about the Southern Cliffs City Castellan’s murder reached the Luo Tong Royal City in no time at all.

  In the Royal City−Duke Wei’s Mansion.

  When Duke Wei Bi heard the news, the surrounding furniture was crushed into powder due to his anger.

  “Find the culprit even if you have to flip the Luo Tong Kingdom over−don’t leave any stone unturned, you must discover who this murderer is!” Wei Bi roared in fury.

  The hearts of Duke Wei Mansion’s guards quivered in fright
as they promptly acknowledged the order.

  “Also, throw those Southern Cliffs Castellan Manor guards into the dungeon and interrogate them one by one. This bunch of dog slaves, several thousand of them could not protect my brother, so what’s the use of keeping them?!” Wei Bi’s anger continued to burn.

  “In addition, kill those guards that rushed into the room and saw Wei Yang’s death at that time!” With overwhelming killing intent, Wei Bo continued to bark out orders.

  Kill those guards who saw Wei Yang’s death? Doesn’t that also mean those guards that saw the body of Wei Yang’s concubine?

  Duke Wei Mansion guards immediately understood their master’s orders, and they left the room after replying, ‘yes, Duke’.

  After the guards had left, Wei Bi’s eyes were blood red as he gritted his teeth and spat each word out with hatred, “If I find out who did it, who killed my younger brother, I will cut you into a million pieces and feed it to the dogs!”

  While Wei Bi was boiling in hatred, Huwang Xiao was still making his way back to Luo Tong Royal City.

  Two months later, Huwang Xiao finally arrived.

  And the first place Huwang Xiao stopped at was not Tianxuan Mansion, but the Cosmic Star Academy.

  Entering the Principal’s room, Xiong Chu wasn’t there, only Sun Zhang was in the room. Huwang Xiao took out the emerald green Iron Crocodile beast core from the Asura Ring.

  Sun Zhang nodded his head. Looking at the emerald Iron Crocodile’s beast core, he was laughing as he said: “Indeed, this is the Iron Crocodile’s beast core, and you’re now officially a Third Year student. Me and Xiong Chu would recommend you for the inner courtyard, but we still need to discuss this matter with the inner courtyard Elders before we make the final decision. Then again, with your talent, joining the inner courtyard shouldn’t pose much of a problem.”

  Each year, the number of places allocated for students entering the inner courtyard was restricted to ten. But, the chosen student candidates were not decided by Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu. A meeting was held with the inner courtyard Elders, and each candidate must obtain nine out of ten votes of approval.

  Huwang Xiao nodded. For him, it wasn’t important whether or not he entered the inner courtyard. The reason he wanted to advance into the Third Year was so that he could win the overall Academy competition.

  However, when Huwang Xiao turned around to leave, Sun Zhang suddenly spoke: “The Southern Cliffs City Castellan and his little concubine were killed by you, right?”

  Huwang Xiao turned back to look at Sun Zhang, and a tiny light of surprise flickered across his eyes. How did Sun Zhang know?

  Sun Zhang smiled, “Don’t look at me like that. It is just a guess, but I did not expect that it really was you.”

  Then, Huwang Xiao realized that it must be due to the timing. When he went hunting for Iron Crocodile, it coincided with the Southern Cliffs City Castellan’s death, and thus, Sun Zhang made such assumption.

  “I heard Wei Yang’s little concubine has a great figure-- her butt was big, is that so?” In the next moment, another question popped out from Sun Zhang’s mouth.

  Huwang Xiao was taken aback for he did not expect this question from Sun Zhang. Huwang Xiao shook his head. Why was this Sun Zhang asking such a question?

  “That’s right, I killed them.” Huwang Xiao frankly admitted.

  It wouldn’t matter anyways if he confessed.

  Of course, Sun Zhang wouldn’t publicize the matter to the outside world.

  Huwang Xiao turned around and left the room, ending the conversation.

  Sun Zhang’s mouth was opened as if there were many questions he wanted to ask, but seeing Huwang Xiao leaving, he could only shake his head and mutter under his breath: “This kid!”

  Leaving the Academy, Huwang Xiao returned to Tianxuan Mansion.

  Fei Hou came to see him after getting the news of his return. Huwang Xiao asked about matters regarding Tianxuan Mansion for the last couple of months with Fei Hou replying, answering them one by one. When these matters ended, Fei Hou suddenly said: “Sovereign, there were many instances of conflict between our Nine Tripod Commerce and the Clear Cloud Pavilion in recent days.”

  Clear Cloud Pavilion was the biggest trading house of Cloud Sea Kingdom. It was established over a hundred years ago and its numerous branches covered a vast extent of the land. Even within the Luo Tong Kingdom, they had no less than a dozen branches. There were also many forces under their wing.

  At that time, when a great treasure appeared in the Enlightenment Lake, Clear Cloud Pavilion also mobilized many people venture over.

  “What kind of conflict?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  Fei Hou replied respectfully, “Two weeks ago, the Clear Cloud Pavilion Big Dawn County’s branch disciples came to our Big Dawn’s Nine Tripod Commerce, claiming that they wanted to buy one million copies of Nine Tripod’s publication. When our Big Dawn branch disciple said they didn’t have the supply, the Clear Cloud Pavilion’s disciples attacked and injured our disciples.”

  A light glinted in Huwang Xiao’s eyes. Asking for a million copies of Nine Tripod, it was obvious that the other side clearly came to make trouble.

  “Are you sure that their disciples made the first move, injuring our people?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  “Yes, I am sure!” Fei Hou said with conviction. “After the Clear Cloud Pavilion’s disciples injured our people, they even slandered our Nine Tripod Commerce, claiming that we should shut down if we can’t even provide one million copies and insulting us with questions like what is the purpose of doing business this way and such. During this past two weeks, the Clear Cloud Pavilion Big Dawn disciples would go to our shop to make trouble every day, and they’re even injuring our people!”

  “Every day they come, clamoring that the Nine Tripod Commerce must supply them with one million copies!”

  Hearing this, Huwang Xiao’s eyes became cold. These Clear Cloud Pavilion disciples came to his Nine Tripod Commerce Big Dawn County branch every day, making trouble and hitting people. Evidently, they didn’t put the Tianxuan Mansion in their eyes. Or perhaps, they don’t put him, Huwang Xiao, and the Marshal Mansion in their eyes!

  “Did you investigate clearly what forces this Clear Cloud Pavilion has in the Luo Tong Kingdom?!” Huwang Xiao inquired.

  Fei Hou answered: “I have investigated the matter clearly; Clear Cloud Pavilion dared to act so arrogantly because they were backed by the Prime Minister, Wu Feng, Duke Wei Bi, and other high officials such as Li Jian! This all stems from jealousy of our Nine Tripod Commerce’s profit!”

  Prime Minister Wu Feng!

  The coldness in Huwang Xiao’s eyes increased. No wonder this Clear Cloud Pavilion dared to behave with outright brazenness−behind them was the Prime Minister Wu Feng!

  In the Luo Tong Kingdom, Marshal Haotian stands at the top of the military chain of command, and he was a three-generation Marshal with the highest status and position only below the King. However, this Prime Minister Wu Feng represents the main political force, and just like Marshal Haotian, he was a three-generation minister. Although his position wasn’t as high as Marshal Haotian’s, the gap was negligible.

  Within the Luo Tong Kingdom, one led the political arena and the other spearheaded the military, and both sides were never harmonious! Prime Minister Wu Feng has cautioned King Lu Zhe many times over, claiming that Marshal Haotian holding military power was a great risk to the Luo Tong Kingdom, and he even proposed to have Marshal Haotian’s military authority and position revoked.

  There was a high probability that this problem with the Clear Cloud Pavilion was secretly planned by the Prime Minister.

  The rise of the Nine Tripod Commerce these past few years, and its bountiful annual profit that was close to a hundred thousand gold coins caused many to go green with envy.

  “So, it is this old fogey!” Huwang Xiao sneered coldly.

  But, Huwang Xiao did not expect that other than Prime Minister Wu Feng, Duke Wei Bi
was also one of Clear Cloud Pavilion’s supporters.

  He had just killed his blood sibling, that Southern Cliffs City Castellan, Wei Yang.

  “What about the other branches? Did similar events take place?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  “Not at the moment.” Fei Hou replied. “Sovereign, how about I make a trip personally to Big Dawn County to settle this matter?”

  Huwang Xiao nodded: “Tomorrow, you’re going to come with me.”

  Huwang Xiao had intended to make a trip himself.

  If he allowed this matter with Clear Cloud Pavilion to fester, not only would it be detrimental to Nine Tripod Commerce’s future development, it would also affect Huwang Xiao’s and Marshal Haotian’s reputation.

  “Sovereign plans to go as well?” Fei Hou was surprised before acknowledging his decision with respect.

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  After he decided to go to Big Dawn County, Huwang Xiao requested Fei Hou to send people to monitor the movements of Prime Minister Wu Feng, Duke Wei Bi, and the other ministers’ related to Clear Cloud Pavilion.

  Fei Hou noted Huwang Xiao’s instructions respectfully.

  After Fei Hou left the main hall, his parents Huwang Peng and Su Yan walked in.

  “Xiao, I heard there were some problems with the Commerce at Big Dawn County’s branch?” Huwang Peng asked as he took a seat, whereas Su Yan looked at Huwang Xiao with a worried expression.

  Both of them came in search of Huwang Xiao after hearing there were people causing troubles for the Nine Tripod Commerce, feeling concerned.

  Huwang Xiao reassured them: “Just some small issues. Due to the Commerce’s rapid expansion, some people became jealous. The fact that they’re causing troubles for us are within expectations. It is very normal. Father, Mother, don’t worry about this. Tomorrow, Fei Hou and I will travel there and resolve this matter.”

  Both of them nodded.

  “Xiao, you must pay attention to your own safety.” Su Yan said: “Maybe, their goal was to lure you over.”