Chapter 132

Xuanyuan Mo looked at the round moon outside the window and was inexplicably agitated. He felt that something would happen.

Suddenly, his waist was clasped, then he felt a soft body leaning up behind him. He looked around and was Duanmu Xi’s worried eyes. With a trembling heart, Xuanyuan Mo turned around and hugged her tightly.

Duanmu Xi felt Xuanyuan Mo’s weakness and tightened her grip on his waist. She looked up at him and said seriously, “Snow, take it easy. I will always be with you.”

Tomorrow was the full-moon night. She would never leave his side. No matter whether she could alleviate his pain, she would stay with him.

Seeing Duanmu Xi’s affectionate purple eyes, Xuanyuan Mo’s inexplicable agitation was disappearing gradually.

Xuanyuan Mo covered Duanmu Xi’s lips and kissed them tenderly and intently. He was breathing out his deep feelings.

Duanmu Xi closed her eyes slowly and kissed back with the same tenderness and concentration. They were immersed in the kiss as if there were no one else in the world but them.

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes turned cold. He drew Duanmu Xi behind him and looked warily at the empty room.

At this moment, Duanmu Xi also felt the unusual fluctuations in the air and narrowed her eyes. She stretched out her hand and meditated in her mind. Then a dagger appeared in her hand.

In just a few breaths, many masked men in black popped out in the room.

As soon as those masked men in black appeared, they directly stabbed at Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi with their swords.

A hint of coldness flashed across Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes. The full-moon night didn’t come, yet these people couldn’t wait any longer.

“Murdering Heaven Sword!”

With Xuanyuan Mo’s call, a huge sky-blue sword came out of nowhere.

As the Murdering Heaven Sword appeared, all the masked men in black looked at each other in panic and finally put their eyes on Duanmu Xi behind Xuanyuan Mo.

Xuanyuan Mo seemed to sense the intentions of the masked men in black. A bloodlust crossed his eyes. These people deserved to die.

The masked men in black abandoned Xuanyuan Mo, who was holding the Murdering Heaven Sword, and rushed towards Duanmu Xi together.

Xuanyuan Mo squinted and tilted his head slightly to Duanmu Xi behind him, “Watch out!”

At the same time, he waved his huge sword, and then a sky-blue sword Qi spread out to the front in a fan shape. As the sword Qi swept through, many masked men in black fell on the ground.

The rest of the masked men in black all goggled in fear when they saw their companions’ corpses on the ground. What a powerful force!

Suddenly, they were a little glad that they executed the assassination in the room. The room was too small for the power of the huge sword to be fully exerted. If it was outside, all of them would not be able to return alive today. Thinking of the mission given by their master, the masked men in black had to step forward again.

This time, they didn’t all gather in the front but spread out to stab at Duanmu Xi from all sides.

Seeing their new strategy, Xuanyuan Mo no longer let Duanmu Xi behind him but drew her to his side. He couldn’t see what was going on behind him. Hence, he put her on his side to keep an eye on her safety and make sure her unharmed at all times. He must not let her get hurt again.

Duanmu Xi held the dagger and looked warily at the surrounding masked men in black. Now she was unable to use her mysterious power, and the spiritual magic was not suitable for a melee attack. Moreover, these masked men in black had good cultivation, so she must stay obediently by Xuanyuan Mo’s side and not become his burden.

As Xuanyuan Mo kept waving his Murdering Heaven Sword, corpses were piling up on the ground.

Seeing this, the leader of the masked men in black narrowed his eyes, and his face under the black veil became grave. With a dodge, he disappeared into the room.

Xuanyuan Mo, who was focusing on protecting Duanmu Xi, didn’t notice the disappearance of the leader at all.

All of a sudden, a long sword with a cold glow appeared behind Duanmu Xi’s back. It was the leader of the masked man in black. Now he was standing behind Duanmu Xi’s back.

Xuanyuan Mo seemed to sense something and turned back abruptly. When he saw the long sword stabbing at Duanmu Xi, his heart skipped a beat. He held the long sword subconsciously. Then his blood flowed all over the sword along its tip.

The masked man in black gave a wry smile at the sight of this.

“Snow!” Duanmu Xi cried out.

Seeing Xuanyuan Mo’s bleeding hand, Duanmu Xi shed tears instantly and stabbed at the masked man in black’s heart with her dagger.

Duanmu Xi’s speed was so fast that the masked man in black had no time to react. He felt pain in his chest and looked down at a dagger in his heart. Then he raised his left hand and wanted to attack Duanmu Xi, but he was shaken away by a powerful force. It broke his internal organs.

“Poof…” The masked man in black spat out a mouthful of blood. Even though he felt like he was dying, he still gripped his long sword firmly. Then he endured the severe pain and threw the long sword to another masked man in black. After all this, he finally couldn’t hold on and died.

Immediately, the masked man in black, who received the long sword, disappeared into the room.

Seeing this, the other masked men in black wanted to escape, but Xuanyuan Mo waved his sword and killed them.

“Snow, your hand…” Duanmu Xi cupped Xuanyuan Mo’s injured left hand with a distressed look.

“I’m fine. It’s just a slight injury.” Xuanyuan Mo didn’t even frown as if he didn’t feel any pain at all.

Duanmu Xi took out an elixir from her storage ring and put it to Xuanyuan Mo’s lips, while Xuanyuan Mo took it meekly. Then she took out some Styptic Powder and sprinkled it on his wound.

“Snow, do you feel it strange?” Duanmu Xi asked while bandaging Xuanyuan Mo’s wound.

Xuanyuan Mo frowned slightly, “Do you mean our secret guards and my father’s tiger guards?”

Duanmu Xi nodded and said, “Yes. We’ve been fighting in the room for so long. It’s such a loud movement, but Long Yue and Phoenix Five didn’t show up. It’s too strange!”

Xuanyuan Mo’s butler didn’t seem ordinary, others might have not heard the movement, but he would never fail to hear it. Even he didn’t show up, so something must have happened in Prince Zhan’s mansion.

Xuanyuan Mo frowned and proposed, “Let’s go out and check it.”

They walked out of the Xuelan House and found the whole mansion as quiet as if no one was there.

All of a sudden, a man in black appeared before them and looked anxiously at them, “Your Highnesses, are you all right?”

It was Duanmu Xi’s personal secret guard, Long Yue.

Duanmu Xi shook her head and looked at Long Yue, asking, “Where is Phoenix Five? Where did you guys go just now?”

Hearing this, Long Yue answered with respect at once, “Phoenix Five is under the Souling Spell. Not only her, but all the people in the mansion are under the Souling Spell. I just forcibly broke it.”

Upon hearing it, Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo turned solemn at the same time.

Duanmu Xi took out an elixir from her storage ring and threw it to Long Yue. He broke the Souling Spell by force and must have suffered internal injuries.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Long Yue took the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Only then did he feel his tumbling blood soothe.

Duanmu Xi watched Long Yue take the elixir before asking, “Who whipped up the Souling Spell to you?”

“I don’t know.” Long Yue frowned and pondered for a while, “But I heard the flute before I was under the Souling spell.”

“A flute? Souling Spell? Did my third master do it? No, it can’t be my third master. Perhaps the spell-caster is from the same place as my third master.” Duanmu Xi thought and made up her mind to ask where her third master was from if there was a chance.

Duanmu Xi took out the Bingyou Jade Flute from her crystal ball and put it to her lips. Then a melodious flute resounded across the entire Prince Zhan’s mansion.

With this wonderful flute sound, all the servants and guards came to their senses slowly.

Learning that Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi had been assassinated, Xuanyuan Lie rushed to Prince Zhan’s mansion at once.

“Father?” Xuanyuan Mo was a little surprised to see Xuanyuan Lie. Then he thought that it must be Xuanyuan Lie’s tiger guard who had reported it to him.

Seeing Xuanyuan Mo’s left hand wrapped in gauze, Xuanyuan Lie tensed up abruptly. He gently pulled Xuanyuan Mo’s hand to check while asking, “What’s wrong with your hand?”

Xuanyuan Mo saw Xuanyuan Lie’s anxious face and blinked his eyes. He drew out his hand and replied, “I’m fine. It’s just a slight injury. Xi exaggerated it and bandaged it in this way.”

Xuanyuan Lie was slightly relieved to hear it and looked up at Duanmu Xi behind Xuanyuan Mo.

Seeing this, Duanmu Xi bowed to Xuanyuan Lie at once, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Xuanyuan Lie reached out to help her and said, “Crown Princess of Zhuque, please drop the formalities.”

After a polite response to Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Lie looked at Xuanyuan Mo and asked, “Is there anyone alive among the assassins?”

Xuanyuan Mo shook his head and responded, “No, they all died except for one runaway.”

Xuanyuan Lie twitched his mouth. He knew this would happen, “Is there anything on those corpses to prove their identity?”

“No, we have searched and did not find anything.” It was not Xuanyuan Mo, but Yu Ying behind him answered this time.

Xuanyuan Lie pondered with a frown and said to Xuanyuan Mo, “Mo, your mansion is not safe. You’d better move into the imperial palace with Crown Princess of Zhuque!”

Without even thinking, Xuanyuan Mo rejected him, “No, it’s even more dangerous in the imperial palace.”

In the past, he was alone and didn’t care about it, but now he had Duanmu Xi by his side and must consider her safety.

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Lie rubbed his nose with some embarrassment. How could he forget that he had asked Xuanyuan Mo to leave the imperial palace and build this mansion just because the imperial palace was not safe? However, Xuanyuan Mo’s rejection was too direct. Couldn’t he make a euphemistic refusal?

When Xuanyuan Lie saw Yu Ying and Yu Feng standing behind Xuanyuan Mo, he said in a stern voice, “Tomorrow is the full-moon night. You must guard Prince Zhan’s mansion well these two days. I don’t want things like today to happen again.”

“Yes, we’ll defend Prince Zhan to death.”

Xuanyuan Lie’s words made Yu Ying and Yu Feng feel guilty. They knew that they failed in their duty today and would never let it happen again.

In the Yonghe palace, Xiahou Shan took the jade bottle handed over by Zhou Manyun with trembling hands and said excitedly, “Is this really Xuanyuan Mo’s blood?”

Zhou Manyun frowned, “Don’t you trust me?”

Xiahou Shan sensed Zhou Manyun’s displeasure, she explained at once, “No, I trust you. By the way, why did you help me?”

She had been puzzling over the question. Zhou Manyun must have taken some effort to get Xuanyuan Mo’s blood. They were not relatives or friends and even had no deals, so she didn’t understand why Zhou Manyun helped her.

Hearing Xiahou Shan’s words, Zhou Manyun smiled, “I have my own reasons. Just stop asking about it!”

Although Xiahou Shan was not satisfied with this useless answer, she didn’t want to offend Zhou Manyun over this trifle. She nodded that she wouldn’t ask about it anymore.

Zhou Manyun saw Xiahou Shan put away the jade bottle carefully, and a hint of calculation crossed her charming eyes, “Remember, tomorrow night will be Xuanyuan Mo’s weakest moment. It will also be the best time for you to take action. Don’t miss it.”

Hearing this, Xiahou Shan nodded at once and said, “I know. Don’t worry. I will plant the worm in his body when the moon is full.” She would not miss this best opportunity.

Zhou Manyun gave a wicked smile. Everything was going according to her plan, and the good show was about to take place.