Afterlife Department

Chapter 585 – Huai Sen

"What…!" Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai exclaimed in shock when they have reached the top of the mountain and saw ruins.

Although they already expected this since Wu Tong, Yu Qiao, Zhang Yi and Ping Kun – Huai Sen's four disciples, are already dead, they still can't believe it when they have seen it with their own eyes.

"How… how…" they muttered with quivering lips as they looked at the large and deep crater in the middle of the peak of the mountain that was turned flat. They stared at the deep crater that looked like a mouth of a volcano with eyes widened in shock and horror.

"This is the Sunrise and Sunset Peak, where the Sunrise and Sunset Manor has been before. It is where Huai Sen lived." Lu Xiu silently spoke as he walked forward.

The grasses and flowers on the roadside were gone, leaving the entire peak bald.

"'lived'?" Wu Ling asked.

"Huai Sen's gone." Jiang Ci said with a sigh.

They were stunned.

"What exactly happened here?" Qian San asked. Even Qi Bai, a glutton, stopped eating.

"Something happened." Jiang Ci said as they walked around. "We aren't clear. But, before we knew it, the whole mountain was already closed." He explained.

"Then…" Shi Yi muttered as they walked around the empty peak.

"We were still investigating. But, we think that it got something to do with the martial alliance." Jiang Ci said.

"The martial alliance?!" they exclaimed on shock.

"En. They are the only ones who can seal the mountain." Rong Huai spoke and kicked a rock which immediately fell off the cliff. "Of course, they can only do such a lousy formation. They can't stop us." he frowned.

Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai fell silent as they looked at the desolate area with pity in their eyes.

"Why would the martial alliance kill Huai Sen?" Wu Ling asked with a frown. "Wasn't he a neutral party?" he said.

"It's got something to do with one of his disciples, the recent one he took in." Lu Xiu answered. "Fu Xia. But, only after we investigated that we learned he was actually the missing child, the lone survivor of the Zhuo family that was massacred six months ago – Zhuo Xia." He explained.

They were stunned. Fck! Our task is related to Huo Ling's task?! Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai thought.

Jiang Ci thought they were horrified when they heard the word 'massacred'. "You see, the jianghu is a very dangerous world. You shouldn't have come here." He said. "There shouldn't be no next time, and don't be reckless again just to have fun!" he told them.

Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai wanted to cry. We also don't want to! We were forced! They thought, but nodded in agreement to Jiang Ci said. We definitely will avoid these dangerous worlds! They added in their hearts.

Jiang Ci sighed in relief when he saw that they were finally convinced. Rong Huai was still checking the surroundings, thinking if they missed something. Meanwhile, Lu Xiu was looking at Wu Ling who looked concerned. They will leave… he will leave… he thought and lowered his head.

"Why was the Zhuo family killed?" Qian San asked after they have recovered their shock. He patted his chest to comfort himself. "And who killed them?" he added.

"We also don't know." Jiang Ci shook his head. They are also at a loss.

"How are you sure that it was related to this Zhuo Xia?" Shi Yi asked after a while.

"Because the Zhuo family was killed." Rong Huai simply answered.

Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai finally fell silent. That's right. If the one who Huai Sen picked up was just another ordinary child, Huai Sen, a neutral party in the jianghu, wouldn't be killed. But, Zhuo Xia isn't just an ordinary child. He is the lone survivor of the Zhuo family, which seemed to have a dark past.

Suddenly, they heard something whistling in their ears.

"Look out!" Lu Xiu cried and jumped on Wu Ling to push him down, nearly got hit by a dagger!

"Wah!" Shi Yi and Qi Bai cried and ducked along with Qian San while Jiang Ci immediately protected them with his bow.

Rong Huai stepped in front of them and swept all the incoming daggers using his broad sword. "Come out." He coldly said.

Jiang Ci and Lu Xiu immediately became tense. But, after a few minutes, they didn't sense any movements around them. Jiang Ci, Lu Xiu and Rong Huai looked at each other and nodded before Lu Xiu and Rong Huai go to the direction where the daggers came from, only to suddenly hear Jiang Ci shout.

They immediately turned and saw some people jumped out of the snow and leapt!

"Jiang Ci!" Rong Huai called and threw his broadsword towards the two people who are about to struck Jiang Ci!

Lu Xiu threw his daggers to the others who wanted to kill Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai. But, with the two of them throwing their weapons, this left them defenseless! A chill ran down their spine and Rong Huai and Lu Xiu turned when they heard the air whistling again, coming their way.

"The fck! They are too fast!" a familiar voice cursed. "Catch!" it said.

Lu Xiu and Rong Huai saw daggers coming their way but something fell from above them flew towards them. They instinctively caught it and saw that they were fans! They didn't think anything much and used the fans to block the daggers away! But, what use are the fans? They felt despair in their hearts.

But, not too long since two figures fell from above holding something large each of them. Then, they used that something large to block the four of them from the incoming daggers!

"Y – you two!" Lu Xiu and Rong Huai exclaimed when they saw Huo Ling and Yi Bing.

"Good! I can finally feel the thrill of joining jianghu fights!" Huo Ling exclaimed and grinned as he threw the corpse in his hand towards the direction where the daggers are from.

The rain of daggers suddenly stopped and they heard a loud grunt. That person who made the nosie must have not expected for Huo Ling to act this fast, and also for the corpse to fly so fast towards him that gave him no time to react.

Meanwhile, Huo Ling ran to where Jiang Ci, Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai are and fought with the ones left.

"Go and catch that person." Yi Bing told Rong Huai. "We have already dealt the others in the forest. The ones in the snow haven't, yet." He told them.

Rong Huai immediately acted fast and he and Lu Xiu went to run after the person. Meanwhile, Yi Bing followed after Huo Ling.

Jiang Ci panted and fell on his back on the snow. He stared blankly onto the gray clouds. "You two…" he said as he looked at Huo Ling and Yi Bing. "Thank you for saving us." he sincerely said. "We realized after that you weren't hostile to us." he told them.

Huo Ling shrugged. "Do you know who these people are?" he asked and threw a badge to Jiang Ci who is still lying on the snow.

Jiang Ci caught it and his pupils shrank when he saw the badge. "Fck!" he cursed.

Yi Bing's brow raised. Lu Xiu and Rong Huai also have returned, bringing a corpse. Their expressions are heavy.

"Ah. He also committed suicide?" Huo Ling asked when he saw the purplish face of the one they are dragging. The ones that he and Yi Bing tried to catch earlier also committed suicide when they noticed that they can't beat them two.

Yesterday, he and Yi Bing who are following behind Jiang Ci, Lu Xiu, Rong Huai, Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai but keeping some distance sensed some lifeforms following the group. They decided to return since Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai already gave them their coordinates. When they returned, they saw that there was no one around, but there were some fresh footprints on the snow.

There was a snowfall this morning and the footprints of Jiang Ci, Lu Xiu, Rong Huai, Qian San, Wu Ling, Shi Yi and Qi Bai should have disappeared, covered by snow, while he and Yi Bing don't make footprints since they lightly tread on the ground. So, the fresh footprints could only be those new group of people. And since they can't be seen around, it must mean that they don't have good intentions.

When they finally acted today, he and Yi Bing surprised them and they managed to bring down some of them. But, they are too fast, especially their weapons, thus some of their weapons flew towards the Ruojian Valley Sect's group, almost killing them.

"I knew it… these daggers… they are the Swallow Tail Assassins!" Jiang Ci said.