The Sacred Leaves Family's Wishes for Peace-Chapter 56 Who killed him?

Hearing Yun Yanshuang’s anxious cries,

Yun Yantian, suppressing his injuries with immense effort, quickly grabbed the fallen black short spear from the ground and charged at Wang Linyue.

With a sweeping strike of the spear,

Under Wang Linyue’s gaze of terror and despair, Yun Yantian’s strike sent his head flying.

Thud, thud, thud...

The bloodied head rolled to a corner of the courtyard.

Even in death, his wide, glaring eyes fixated on Yun Yanshuang and Yun Yantian, brimming with hatred and unwillingness, before life left him entirely.

Pffft—

After slaying Wang Linyue with a single blow, Yun Yantian could no longer suppress his injuries. Blood surged out of his mouth, and his complexion grew even paler.

"Yantian-ge!"

Yun Yanshuang hurried forward to examine his wounds.

"Use the Speed Talisman… take my father and leave here at once!"

Yun Yantian, enduring the pain, managed to utter those words with difficulty.

Yun Yanshuang nodded, understanding that this was no place to linger. Immediately, she took out a Speed Talisman, stuck it onto her leg, and infused it with spiritual energy. Carrying her second uncle and Yantian-ge, she vanished swiftly from the courtyard.

The moment Yun Yanshuang disappeared with her uncle and Yantian-ge, Yun Yanshui’s ghostly figure appeared in the courtyard. Glancing at the slain Mu Zizhao and the beheaded Wang Linyue, she quickly scavenged valuables from both bodies.

"Master! Master!"

Within the Wang residence, the elderly steward heard the fierce commotion from the master’s courtyard and hurried over with the estate guards.

But upon arriving at the scene, he was struck pale with fright.

The courtyard was littered with mangled limbs and fragments of bodies. The air was thick with the stench of blood.

The master’s corpse lay in a pool of blood.

His severed, blood-soaked head had rolled into a corner, its lifeless, gray eyes still brimming with bitterness and hatred.

In another corner, the elderly steward and the others spotted the lifeless body of the master’s friend, Mu Zizhao, slain on the spot.

Urgh—

Many of the Wang residence’s servants and guards who had rushed to the scene retched on the spot, overwhelmed by the gruesome sight of the blood-soaked courtyard—a scene straight out of hell.

"Report to the authorities! Quickly, report this to the authorities!"

The elderly steward, seeing his master murdered, urgently ordered one of the guards to inform the county officials.

Simultaneously, he turned to another guard and shouted, "Notify the main family! Have them come here at once!"

Meanwhile, in Yunzhang County, Yun Yanshui arrived at a street stall selling buns, soy milk, and fried dough sticks. Seeing the busy vendor, she grinned and said, "Boss, give me a steamer of buns and pack some soy milk, fried dough sticks, and meat rolls too."

"Right away!"

Hearing the large order, the vendor beamed, delighted at the prospect of a big sale.

"Make way! Make way! Everyone, clear the road!"

As Yun Yanshui sat at the stall waiting for her order to be packed, a group of constables from Yulin County rushed past, urging pedestrians to clear the way as they headed hurriedly toward the outskirts of the county.

"What’s going on?"

Some onlookers, curious about the commotion, watched the constables rush by.

"I heard the master of the Wang residence has been killed!"

"What… is that true?"

"Of course it’s true!"

"But how could that be? I heard that the master of the Wang residence was a cultivator, and even served as a loose cultivator under the Yulin Wang clan. Who would dare cause trouble at his estate?"

"Who knows? Maybe he offended someone powerful."

"Either way, the Yulin Wang clan won’t let this matter rest."

"Exactly!"

"All right, all right, let’s keep moving. This is none of our business as commoners."

"Little brother, your order is packed!"

The vendor placed the packed buns, fried dough sticks, and other items in front of Yun Yanshui, smiling broadly.

"Thanks, keep the change."

Yun Yanshui placed a silver ingot on the table, picked up the bag of food, and left without hesitation.

"Wait! Little brother, this is too much!"

The vendor, startled by the generous payment, called out, but when he turned to look, Yun Yanshui was already gone.

Back at the inn, Yun Yanshuang threw herself into Yun Yanshui’s arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

"What happened?"

"Yantian-ge was injured!"

"All right, stop crying. Yantian-ge is a cultivator; he’s not going to die so easily!"

"But Second Uncle is unconscious too!"

"Pack your things and get ready to leave! I saw constables heading to the Wang residence.

It’s likely the Yulin Wang clan will investigate what happened there.

Once they find out, they’ll definitely send people to the inn to corner us!"

Yun Yanshui urged.

"Yanshui, hurry up and pack!"

The door burst open as a member of the Yun family rushed in, shouting at Yun Yanshui and Yun Yanshuang.

"Coming, Uncle!"

"Where is Yan Dong?"

"He’s already on the carriage, just waiting for you two siblings!"

At the Wang Residence

"Who did this?"

A tall and imposing captain of the Yulin County constables stood amidst the corpses of Wang Linyue, Mu Zizhao, and several Wang Residence guards, his brow furrowed deeply.

"It was the people from the Yun family of Yuncang."

"The Yun family of Yuncang?"

"You may not know this, sir, but the Yun family of Yuncang is a newly ennobled cultivation family under the imperial court.

Today, they visited our master…"

The elderly steward recounted in detail how Yun Yunyu and the others had come to visit, leaving no detail out for the Yulin County captain.

"Sigh! This is a matter of conflict between cultivators. It’s not something our county authorities can interfere with."

Hearing the steward’s explanation, the captain shook his head and sighed.

"Sir, you can’t just leave it at that!"

"What do you mean we can’t? Those people are imperial-recognized cultivators. What can mere mortals like us do? The best we can do is collect the bodies of your master and the fallen guards."

The captain retorted irritably, waving his hand to signal his men to start dealing with the remains of Wang Linyue and the others.

"Ancestor, Imperial Court Envoy Li Qing, Immortal Master Li, has arrived for a visit."

Outside the hall, a young member of the Wang clan bowed deeply as he respectfully addressed the Wang clan’s patriarch, seated at the head of the hall.

"Li Qing? What’s he here for?"

The patriarch’s face showed a flicker of surprise.

"I’m not sure."

"Never mind. As an envoy under the Imperial Court, he cannot be slighted. Invite him in."

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The patriarch issued the command.

"Senior Wang, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?"

Before the man himself entered, his voice arrived.

A dashing young man in blue robes strode confidently into the ancestral hall. Upon seeing the Wang clan patriarch seated cross-legged at the head of the hall, he quickly clasped his hands in greeting, smiling.

"Haha! Immortal Master Li, it’s been over ten years, hasn’t it?"

The Wang patriarch stood up, returning the greeting with a clasped hand.

"It has indeed! This time, I came to Yulin County from the imperial capital for some personal business. Remembering that the Wang family holds sway here, I decided to pay my respects to you, Senior."

At the patriarch’s invitation, Li Qing took a seat beside him and explained his reason for coming.

"In the decade since we last met, your cultivation has advanced significantly, Immortal Master Li!"

"All thanks to the guidance of an elder from the Yun family of Yuncang. Without their help, I might still be struggling to reach the third level of Qi Refining."

Li Qing replied honestly, recalling the blind elder he had encountered at the Yun family’s residence. A deep sense of reverence welled up within him.

"The Yun family of Yuncang? Are they the newly ennobled cultivation family under the imperial court?"

The Wang patriarch’s curiosity was piqued.

"Yes, it seems you’ve heard of them, Senior."

"A member of our clan has some business ventures in Yunzhang County, so we’ve learned a little about the Yun family.

But I didn’t expect that this newly ennobled cultivation family would have someone capable of guiding a figure like you, Immortal Master Li. Truly remarkable!"

The Wang patriarch’s voice carried a tone of astonishment.

To guide a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage—this spoke volumes about the capabilities of the Yun family’s elders.

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"Ancestor! A report from the base of the mountain! Wang Linyue has been killed!"

Outside the hall, another Wang clan member hurried in, bowing as he delivered the news.

"Oh? Who did it?"

The patriarch’s face darkened, and his aged yet sharp eyes glimmered with a frosty killing intent.

"The Yun family of Yuncang!"