Tang Ning was lying in ambush around the Cao family's house. He saw the light rising up and heading to the southeast, which was exactly the direction of the Zhang family's fish leaping up the mountain. He was slightly happy. It seemed that what Zhang Yuanchang said was true, and Cao Ruixian had indeed appeared.

Mansion.

He followed quietly. Cao Ruixian was carrying a woman, so his escape speed was naturally inferior to his. After walking for more than an hour, seeing no one around him, he fled at full speed and chased the figure in front of him: "Fellow Daoist Cao, please stay."

Cao Ruixian paused for a moment, then looked back, only to see an early-stage foundation-building monk wearing a black robe and a bamboo hat walking towards him quickly. He was confused.

Tang Ning stopped ten feet away from Cao Ruixian and said, "Fellow Taoist Cao must never go to Zhang's house. It's a trap."

Cao Ruixian was startled and asked quickly: "Why do fellow Taoists say this?"

"Because..." Tang Ning said, suddenly taking action, a glimmer of light flashed between her eyebrows, and an invisible brilliance shot out. Cao Ruixian was listening attentively, waiting for him to say the next words. Unprepared, the brilliance transformed by Tang Ning's consciousness

It sank directly into his forehead and penetrated into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Cao Ruixian waited for him to react, but it was too late. The green light group in his Niwan Palace was attacked and instantly scattered, leaving him completely motionless.

Tang Ning took this opportunity, flipped her hand, a white light flashed, and Cao Ruixian's head rolled down.

All of this happened in a flash of lightning. Tangning took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly took action, using the divine attack technique to directly attack his consciousness, and then cut off his head with a flying sword. The whole process only took a breath.

For this assassination, he specially borrowed a shadowless cloak from the sect to hide the true spiritual power fluctuations on his body, in order to catch Cao Ruixian by surprise and make him unprepared.

Cao Hanyan, who was standing next to him, saw Cao Ruixian's head rolling down and screamed in horror.

With a flash of sword light, the cry suddenly stopped, and Cao Hanyan's body and head were in a different place.

The two bodies fell straight down. Tang Ning flashed his light and caught the two bodies to prevent them from falling into a big hole and revealing their whereabouts.

He carried the two of them with him into the forest below, took the storage bags from their bodies, incinerated their bodies, destroyed their bodies, and left the place.

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The Zhang family's house is decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and the lights are brightly lit. From time to time, there are flashes of light coming in. The main hall is full of celebration and excitement, and everyone is changing cups and drinking glasses, laughing and chatting happily.

Zhang Yuanchang stood up and picked up the wine glass and said: "Thank you all fellow Taoists for coming here. Today is my 200th birthday. I have been practicing my whole life and neglecting it for two hundred years. It can be said that time flies by and the years fly by. I don't know that I am approaching old age."

.This life has no hope for the Great Path. Feeling this, I specially invite all fellow Taoists to come and have a drink. I won’t come home until I’m drunk tonight.”

"Brother Zhang is in his prime, what is Lao Ye?"

"Zhang Daoyou has a long life and is not old at all. It is the time for him to make great achievements."

"A person like me is really old and can only wait to die."

Everyone said one after another.

A man from outside stepped inside and said, "Master, Master Zhu is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Tao had already walked in from outside the palace and pulled out a wooden box: "I'm really sorry, fellow Taoist Zhang, I'm so busy with secular affairs that I came late. It's just a small thing, so it's not respectful."

Zhang Yuanchang took the wooden box, glanced at Zhang Wenxuan behind him, and said with a smile on his face: "You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhu, please take a seat quickly."

Zhu Tao took his seat as instructed, and everyone drank and chatted happily until one day when they all dispersed.

Zhang Yuanchang said goodbye to them one by one and returned to the palace. Zhang Wenxuan followed closely and asked hurriedly: "Father, how are things going with the Cao family?"

"Huh, how about it, what else can you do? If he hadn't died, could you have come back?" Zhang Yuanchang snorted coldly.

Zhang Wenxuan was silent for a while and said angrily: "The Qian Yizong has gone too far to bully others. It humiliates our Zhang family like this. This is unbearable. I will have to avenge this hatred in the future."

"That's enough." Zhang Yuanchang shouted, and then his voice gradually slowed down: "Just keep this in mind and don't tell others, otherwise there is no guarantee that they will not use the same method to deal with us. These bastards are the most despicable and shameless. They are a group of unscrupulous villains. For them, they only have to be strong enough to be afraid of them, otherwise they will be at the mercy of others."

"Father, why didn't I see Han Yan when I came back? You held such a big birthday, and other brothers, nephews, and nephews came to congratulate you. Why didn't you see her show up?"

"I sent her to invite Cao Ruixian."

"What?" Zhang Wenxuan's expression changed drastically: "You? Then her?"

Zhang Yuanchang waved his hand: "If you don't send her, how can you gain Cao Ruixian's trust, and how can you get it back!"

"But, she is Ha'er's wife, and even more so, Yun'er's mother."

"When the nest is overturned, there will be no eggs. Why would I want to do this? It's just to preserve the Zhang family's future inheritance. If you are determined, you should work hard, remember what happened today, achieve great success in the future, and seek revenge on Tang Ning. avenge."

Zhang Wenxuan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes turned red, and he said nothing.

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Huangjian Mountain is a hundred feet high. There is nothing else on the top of the mountain, except for a pavilion covering an extremely large area, called Huangjian Gambling House, which is one of the Cao family's properties.

At about midnight, a man walked out of the attic and flew away with a flying sword. Not long after he walked, he saw a ray of light chasing him from behind. The man's expression changed. When he saw the person clearly, he immediately became nervous. Relax.

The escaping light fell in front of him, revealing the figure of a man with a chin and a tiger beard. He was Cao An, a disciple of the Xuande Hall of the Qianyi Sect.

The man bowed and said, "Uncle An, why are you here?"

Cao An said: "I have been waiting outside the attic for a long time, specially waiting for you."

"I wonder if Uncle An has any instructions?"

"You go back and tell Ziyuan that I have something important to discuss with him and ask him to come to Fenghua Valley to find me immediately."

The man asked doubtfully: "Why don't you go directly to the mansion to find your uncle?"

"It is not convenient for me to show up. This matter is of great importance and cannot be known to others."

"Yes, my nephew understands."

"I'll give it to you!" Cao An said, and his spiritual power carried him away as he turned into the escaping light.

Inside the Cao family's mansion, the man walked down with his sword until he reached a palace and walked in quickly.

Inside, a middle-aged man with a leopard head and ape arms was sitting cross-legged on a futon. When he noticed someone entering, he opened his eyes and said calmly: "Deshou, why are you here? What's the matter?"

The man saluted and said: "Uncle, after my nephew came out of the Huangjian Mountain Gambling House, he met Uncle An. He asked my nephew to come to see you and said that he had something important to discuss with you and asked you to go to Fenghua Valley to find him immediately. He I also told my nephew that the matter is of great importance and must not be leaked."

"Oh?" Cao Ziyuan frowned slightly: "Why doesn't he come in person?"

"He said it was not convenient to show up, so he sent someone to deliver the message."

Cao Ziyuan thought for a long time, then stood up and left the hall, turned into light and left. After walking for a short time, he came to a valley.

Cao An had been waiting for him here for a long time. When he saw him disappearing from the light, he said, "Brother Yuan, I haven't seen you for several years. How are you?"

Cao Ziyuan said: "What makes it so mysterious that we have to meet like this?"

Cao An said: "Brother Yuan, don't you know? Our Cao family is about to be exterminated. I took a huge risk to come out to see you, just to save your life and save our entire Cao family!"

After hearing what he said, Cao Ziyuan still pretended to be fine and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Cao An sighed: "Brother Yuan, we grew up together. Although I joined the Qianyi Sect, I have always been thinking about our Cao family! Do you still want to hide this from me now? Is it possible that I have joined the Qianyi Sect? You really didn’t realize at all that our family leader is going to defect to the Demon Sect. If you can hide this from me, how can you hide it from the Qianyi Sect?”

Cao Ziyuan listened to his direct criticism and finally lost his composure. His expression changed drastically and he asked: "Who did you hear about this matter?"

Cao An said: "The sect has long had intelligence information, knowing that the Demon Sect sent disciples to lobby and instigate rebellion against our Cao family. The headmaster was furious and originally wanted to send people to exterminate our Cao family."

"Firstly, considering the prestige of the Cao family in Beiyuan, after all, they have not officially changed their flag and announced that they will join the Demon Sect. Secondly, because of my desperate remonstrance, I tried my best to explain it, so I suppressed the anger of Lei Lei and sent me here to advise. you."

"The Cao family is already under surveillance. The sect has sent golden elixir monks here. As long as the Cao family makes the slightest move, blood will immediately flow into a river. Now is the time when the life and death of our Cao family is at stake. The genocide can be exterminated in just one thought. "

"Brother Yuan, let's stop beating around the bush now. Tell me the truth. Do you know about this matter?"

Cao Ziyuan was silent for a long time and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I didn't know about this matter at first. Three days ago, the head of the family called us together to discuss this matter, and then I found out that he had already contacted the Youmei Sect. We negotiated the terms."

"But we did not make a hasty decision to join the Youmei Sect. Our family has a great cause, and it is not a temporary matter to withdraw all of us. We need to make careful arrangements, so the matter has been put on hold for the time being."

Cao An said: "Fortunately, you didn't make a hasty decision, otherwise it would have been difficult for the moon to be rounded."

Cao Ziyuan said: "What do you think we should do now?"

"It's very simple. This all happened because of Cao Ruixian. You just put everything on him and blame him alone. In addition, from now on, if you run for election as the head of the Cao family, I will fully support you. As long as you don't If you betray the Qianyi clan, the Cao family will not be in danger of destruction."

"Running for election as head of the family? How can this be done? Rui Xian has a very high prestige in the clan. It is impossible for me to replace him with my ability and prestige."

"What if he dies? Isn't it reasonable for you to run for the head of the family?"

Cao Ziyuan's eyes narrowed: "You mean?"

"I'm afraid Brother Yuan doesn't know yet! Cao Ruixian was killed last night."

"What?" Cao Ziyuan was shocked.
Chapter completed!