Chapter 1197: Chapter 1186: The Nalan Family Is Doomed Sooner or Later
Nalan Jiuhuang walked to his side, a sinister smile on her face. Seeing her plot succeed, her smile grew even more pronounced.
“Alas!”
Nalan Xiaotian finally wilted, no longer arguing or shouting, and sighed faintly, “If the Nalan Family continues like this, it will sooner or later be finished…”
Then, he closed his eyes, waiting for death.
With a bang.
Nalan Jiuhuang repeated the process, viciously striking his skull and fiercely absorbing Nalan Xiaotian’s vitality through the Baihui Acupoint.
“Ahhh…”
Nalan Xiaotian was tormented by the excruciating pain, screaming loudly.
As his vitality rapidly diminished, his voice grew lower and lower, eventually turning to moans, which also quieted, until there was no sound at all.
The room fell deadly silent, with an eerie calmness.
Nalan Jiuhuang looked at her hands, touched her face and hair, and laughed aloud.
“Hahaha, the young and beautiful Nalan Jiuhuang is back again!”
“Hey!”
A few elders of the Nalan Family dared not express their anger, secretly despising her. With such self-serving behavior, wasn’t Nalan Jiuhuang afraid of incurring the wrath of the heavens and being punished by the gods?
However, at this moment, the matter was settled, and focusing on reality was more important.
An elder cleared his throat, trying to hide his embarrassment, and cautiously said, “Auntie Ninth, now that your strength has recovered, shouldn’t we discuss some important matters?”
“What important matters?”
Nalan Jiuhuang turned around, gracefully moved to the main seat, and the fragrance of flowers filled the air momentarily.
With her hazy eyes, the allure of a mature woman was displayed to the fullest.
Several elders could not bear to look directly, turning their heads away, expressions pained.
After suffering Ning Fan’s blow, Nalan Jiuhuang’s seductive techniques were reborn, like a phoenix, with even deeper martial prowess.
Not to mention normal men, even all male animals on Earth would probably follow her around, so overwhelming was this allure, it could be said to be dizzying.
The elder lowered his head, looking constrained, and said, “Auntie Ninth, 90% of our people are gone, and those who survived are all injured. Should we retreat immediately, or look for an opportunity to fight him once more?”
“Oh.”
Nalan Jiuhuang deeply understood that her opinion was crucial at such times.
She frowned, pondered for a long while, then confidently said, “You stay here and hold your positions. I’ll rush to the Ning Family villa overnight and attack Ning Fan. As long as Ning Fan, the mastermind, is taken down, the Ning Family will be left with only the old and crusty Ning Qiankun, like a pile of loose sand. By then, I’ll eliminate those top figures, and you can launch a counterattack, catching them by surprise.”
“Yes, Auntie Ninth.”
Although the elders still had objections, none of them voiced it.
Since Nalan Jiuhuang had already given the order, they could only grudgingly accept it.
The deceased elder and Nalan Xiaotian were taken to a place, and buried after digging a pit.
After meticulous preparation, Nalan Jiuhuang set off alone.
As a few elders watched her disappearing figure, their expressions immediately became quite animated; some gritted their teeth, some were angry and ashamed, while others sighed deeply.
“Alas, it’s a disgrace that countless men of the Nalan Family must bow before a woman.”
“What else can you do? Facing a master at the Intermediate Stage of the Aerial Mastery Realm, what can you do?”
“Not just me, even the Family Head would not dare oppose Auntie Ninth, right?”
“True, but with someone as audacious as Nalan Jiuhuang, who insists on taking extreme paths, while extremism aids survival in the Jianghu, it’s detrimental to an orthodox family like ours… Harmony is precious; by offending the Ning Family to death, if she gets killed, where does that leave us, the Nalan Family?”
“Alas, let’s take it one step at a time: drink today while there’s wine, worry about tomorrow’s troubles later. If the sky falls, the Family Head and Auntie Ninth will bear it, not our problem.”
“Right, let’s go drink.”
The elders of the Nalan Family, having been battered by this situation, were left with neither ambition nor the thoughtful disposition to consider the family, adopting a resigned and dispirited demeanor.
Now about Nalan Jiuhuang.
She walked through the pitch-black night, with the howling autumn wind, and a light rain began to fall.
However, such wind and rain had no effect on Nalan Jiuhuang. Her clothes remained untainted, unmarked by any speck of dust.
In unpopulated areas, she walked quickly.
At checkpoints where Ning Family members guarded, she moved through the air.
This land-air combination method allowed her to avoid Ning Family eyes, and Nalan Jiuhuang smoothly infiltrated the Ning Family villa.
Given that the Ning and Nalan Families had already torn apart their facades, there was no need for words of courtesy and protocol; there could only be a battle of life and death.
According to previous intelligence, the specific layout of Ning Family villa and Ning Fan’s usual residence were already known.
At this point, Nalan Jiuhuang wasted no time, flying towards Ning Fan’s room.
The night wind battered the windows, making a resounding noise, perfectly covering the sound of Nalan Jiuhuang’s footsteps.
Nalan Jiuhuang, with years of experience in the Jianghu, was skilled in various techniques, merely using a twig to gently pry the gap in Ning Fan’s door.
Before long.
With a click, the door bolt was pried open.
Nalan Jiuhuang gave a slight push, and the door opened.
Then she tiptoed into the room; it was extremely dark, requiring her sharp perception to find her way.
Soon enough, Nalan Jiuhuang stood before Ning Fan’s bed. Looking at the twisted and raised quilt, she smiled coldly, a killing intent unprecedented in her heart, “Ning Fan, no matter how scheming you are, you can’t escape the old woman’s fatal strike today; next year on this day will be your death anniversary.”
With that, her treasured blade unsheathed, the blade’s light gleaming coldly in the dim light, swooshing towards the quilt on the bed.
Crack…
The quilt was torn apart, feathers flew, looking quite messy.
“Die for me!”
This further provoked Nalan Jiuhuang’s murderous heart; one blade faster and fiercer than the last, furiously slashing at the quilt.
In an instant, feathers flew all over the room, like snowflakes falling in the coldest month of the year.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, she sensed something unusual.
“Something’s not right!”
Nalan Jiuhuang furrowed her brows, sheathing her blade, “How come there’s no sound at all? Could it be that Ning Fan was so drunk that he was killed in his sleep without uttering a single cry? Or did my first strike hit Ning Fan’s vital point, killing him instantly?”