Chapter 495

Under Yang Kai’s leadership, over a hundred people from the Lingxiao Pavilion were quickly rushing towards the Battle City.

When they came here, Yang Kai and Ying Jiu only took less than two days, including the time to search for them. But now when returning, Yang Kai estimated that it would take at least four or five days. After all, the strength of these fellow disciples was somewhat uneven. Although many had advanced to the True Yuan Realm, there were still quite a few at the Lihe Realm and Qidong Realm.

Yang Kai was not in a hurry either. He just chatted and laughed with Su Yan, walking in the front to lead the way, enjoying this pleasant time of having nothing to worry about.

After not seeing Su Yan for more than a year, the bond between the two of them in body and mind not only did not fade but became even stronger.

As he walked shoulder to shoulder with her, Yang Kai could even sense that the true essence within their bodies was undergoing some very peculiar blending. From time to time, when a thought emerged in one of them, it seemed as if the other could faintly guess it. This feeling was rather wonderful.

Being of one heart and one mind, and having a telepathic connection, it was probably not far off.

At this moment, nearly two thousand li away from the Battle City.

A large group of people and horses were lurking in the thick grass, quietly waiting.

The leader was Qiu Ziruo of the Qiu Family in the Central Capital, and also the half-brother of Qiu Yimeng. Qiu Ziruo was originally an ally of Yang Shen, the sixth son of the Yang Family. However, that night when Yang Shen’s residence was attacked by Yang Kai, the command flag was taken away, and he was forced to withdraw from the competition. The forces under Yang Shen were then handed over to Yang Ying, the seventh son, and Qiu Ziruo followed Yang Ying.

A few days later, Yang Ying voluntarily abstained, and the martial artists under his banner gathered at Yang Zhao’s residence.

Counting it up, Qiu Ziruo had changed his allegiance three times, and his heart was extremely depressed. Although this change of allegiance was also a last resort, for him, it was a loss of face. At the very least, his judgment of people was very problematic. Whichever Young Master Yang he followed, that Young Master Yang would be eliminated.

At the beginning, before the battle for the heir apparent began, he discussed the trend of the battle for the heir apparent with Qiu Yimeng and Qiu Shoucheng, the head of the Qiu Family. Qiu Yimeng was optimistic about Yang Kai and did not hesitate to temporarily leave the family and lead a group of remnant soldiers and weak generals from the Autumn Rain Hall to defect.

Facts have proved that Qiu Yimeng chose a good ally！

And Yang Shen, who was favored by Qiu Ziruo and Qiu Shoucheng, failed to hold out until the end.

Qiu Ziruo is also holding a sigh of relief now vowing to assist Yang Zhao in winning the battle for the throne to stabilize his position as the heir of the family.

Besides Qiu Ziruo, Kang Zhan from the Kang family is also here.

These two are both young masters of the eight great families in Zhongdu and the future masters of the eight great families.

To deal with Yang Kai, it won’t be able to hold down the scene without the people of the eight great families coming forward. So the two were sent out by Yang Zhao.

As for Yang Zhao himself, he must stay in the war city. If he leaves, he might repeat the same mistake as Yang Shen’s elimination.

And beside these two people are Xiang Chu from the Xiang family and Nan Sheng from the Nan family. The grudges between these two families and Yang Kai are countless and unclear. Learning that they are going to send troops to deal with Yang Kai this time, they naturally volunteered to avenge their previous humiliation.

Yang Zhao readily agreed.

In addition, there are three or four forces with not weak strength. All of them have gathered here！

“Brother Kang, is the news obtained by the second son accurate？ That Yang Kai wouldn’t act so recklessly, would he？” After waiting for more than a day without any movement, Qiu Ziruo couldn’t help but feel a little impatient.

Upon hearing this, Kang Zhan chuckled and said, “Brother Qiu, just wait patiently. Since the second son said so, there must be no problem.”

Qiu Ziruo couldn’t help but look at Kang Zhan with some doubts： “Brother Kang seems to hold the Second Young Master in high esteem.”

Kang Zhan smiled faintly. “I’m not afraid of Brother Qiu’s ridicule. In fact, when the fight for the throne began, I originally wanted to form an alliance with the Second Young Master. Because I think that with the Second Young Master’s means, he is someone who can accomplish great things.”

“Oh?” Then why did you choose the Seventh Young Master? Qiu Ziruo raised his eyebrows, a little confused. At the beginning, Kang Zhan was the ally of the Seventh Young Master Yang Ying, but with Yang Ying’s abstention, he defected to Yang Zhao’s.

“There’s no way.” Kang Zhan shook his head with a bitter smile. “The Second Young Master chose Ye Xinrou of the Ye family, so I could only choose someone else.”

A hint of understanding and ambiguity flashed in Qiu Ziruo’s eyes, and he nodded. “Beautiful women always have some advantages.”

“Yes. As for beautiful women, all men like them, especially Ye Xinrou’s delicate appearance.” Kang Zhan licked his lips.

Qiu Ziruo also laughed hehe. As the young masters and ladies of the eight great families in Zhongdu, the two of them also knew quite well about Ye Xinrou’s character and background, and naturally knew that the relationship between this woman and Yang Zhao was not ordinary.

Precisely because of this, Ye Xinrou is now highly valued in Yang Zhao’s residence. As Yang Zhao’s allies, the status of Qiu Ziruo and Kang Zhan, who defected later, is not as good as that of Ye Xinrou.

However, they don’t care much about this. After all, their own status is not low either.

“This time’s news, it is said that it was the woman who personally went to Zhongdu to inquire about it.” Kang Zhan smiled obscenely. “The Youdaoplaceholder0 miss of the Ye family personally makes a move. Couldn’t she handle a mere deputy leader of an underground force? I’m afraid that just by giving a little sweetness, he would be charmed and lose his soul.

“That’s true.” Qiu Ziruo nodded, thinking that if Ye Xinrou used the beauty trap on himself, could he keep the secret？ Especially in a situation where his life was at stake.

“Even if Yang Kai is smart and capable, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have thought that based on just a few clues, the second son would be able to infer that he left the War City！” Kang Zhan smiled lightly. “He thought he did it flawlessly, but in fact there were still some flaws.”

“No one is perfect！” Qiu Ziruo shook his head slightly. “Yang Kai is about the same age as us. If he were too perfect, would we still be able to live？”

“That’s right.” Kang Zhan nodded with a smile. Although he said so, it was still undeniable that Yang Kai’s methods were remarkable. If it weren’t for the second son’s meticulousness, perhaps this rare opportunity wouldn’t have been seized.”

“Young Master Xiang, Young Master Nan, the Ying Jiu beside Yang Kai will have to rely on the experts of your two families to restrain.” Kang Zhan suddenly turned his head and said to Xiang Chu and Nan Sheng.

Xiang Chu nodded slightly and said lightly; “It’s my duty！”

A hint of cruelty and viciousness flashed across Nan Sheng’s face. Stroking his severed finger, he said coldly, “This time, our two families are sending out two peak Divine Movement Realm experts just to restrain that Ying Jiu. As long as I can avenge my severed finger, all the people of my Nan family will follow the orders of the two young masters！”

Kang Zhan glanced at him and nodded slightly, not saying anything more.

There is a peak Divine Movement Realm evil spirit in Yang Kai’s residence. It is precisely because of the stimulation of that evil spirit expert that Yang Zhao asked the Xiang and Nan families to each send a peak Divine Movement Realm expert to assist.

Such experts generally rarely appear in the battle for the throne.

After all, in the first-class forces, there are not many peak Divine Movement Realm experts. If they are damaged in the battle for the throne, it is also a considerable loss for those forces.

However, Xiang Chu and Nan Sheng obviously hate Yang Kai to the extreme. Facing Yang Zhao’s request, they also hate agreed.

Those two powerhouses have only been in Yang Zhao’s residence for about a month. Their original intention was just to take precautions and suppress the evil spirit expert targeting Yang Kai’s residence. Unexpectedly, they will come in handy this time.

Although Ying Jiu is a blood servant of the Yang family and his strength is also at the eighth level of the Divine Movement Realm, two peak Divine Movement Realm experts should be enough to restrain him, right？

Everyone is full of confidence in this battle.

They never expected that at this moment, Ying Jiu has already become a peak Divine Movement Realm figure.

Constantly, people were sent out to scout the movements and situations around. Everyone held their breath, restrained their own auras, and quietly waited.

One day later, finally, news came. Approximately a hundred or so people were approaching this way and would probably arrive here in just half an hour.

Kang Zhan’s expression shook and he loudly shouted: “Everyone, whether the matter succeeds or fails depends on this battle. If we can eliminate Yang Kai here, after returning to the mansion, the Second Young Master will surely look at us differently. I hope everyone can bring out all their abilities and must not underestimate the enemy!

Everyone nodded in unison.

“A surprise attack？” Qiu Ziruo’s expression was excited as he asked.

Kang Zhan glanced at him, his brows slightly furrowed, and shook his head, saying： “Our scouts can discover them, and surely they have also been discovered by them. There is no way to launch a surprise attack.”

“Fight openly! I want to make Yang Kai regret offending me, Nan Sheng!” Nan Sheng sneered, and his true essence fluctuated violently.

“That’s right, we’ll just fight openly！ After today, there will be no such person as Yang Kai in the fight for the succession！” Kang Zhan loudly shouted： “Set off！”

Thirty miles away, Yang Kai’s expression was gloomy. He thought about it again and again but still didn’t know where he had gone wrong.

Yang Zhao only inferred his actions based on some movements of Pang Chi, the leader of the Zhujie Gang. How could Yang Kai have thought of that？

Just now, when he discovered that someone was spying on them in the distance, he immediately realized that something was not quite right.

The other side was able to block their way back so clearly, obviously knowing where they had gone！ Pang Chi couldn’t have betrayed him. He should still be detained in the residence by Qiu Yimeng, and Qiu Yimeng wouldn’t leak the news either.

Then the problem lies with the others in the Bamboo Knot Gang！

In an instant, Yang Kai had a conclusion in his heart.

It seems that it will be necessary to clean up properly after returning.

However, even so, Yang Kai has no regrets at all！ If given another choice, he would still choose to come out and greet the people from Lingxiao Pavilion by himself.

Just to see Su Yan one day earlier！

Sensing the change in Yang Kai’s mood, Su Yan couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong？”

Yang Kai smiled slightly and shook his head, saying, “It’s nothing, it’s just that there are probably some people blocking the way ahead.”

Su Yan’s face immediately turned gloomy.

Last time when she made an appointment with Yang Kai to travel around the world hand in hand, it was disrupted by Qiu Yimeng. They had been separated for more than a year. This time, she had just met Yang Kai not long ago, and now she encountered some troublesome things again. Su Yan hated those who disrupted her time with Yang Kai to the bone.

“Who is blocking the way？” Several uncles from Lingxiao Pavilion behind immediately became nervous.

“Probably the troops of my second brother.” Yang Kai took a light breath. Yang Wei should not do such a thing, nor did he have the capital. By this inference, the people blocking the way ahead should be the subordinates of Yang Zhao.

“Several Martial Uncles, there might be a fight later. You don’t need to worry about me, just protect the disciples of the sect.”

“Can’t we avoid them？” The current strength of the people from Lingxiao Pavilion is too weak. Several Martial Uncles obviously can’t engage in a battle.”

“They came prepared. We can’t avoid them.” Yang Kai shook his head helplessly, feeling a burst of anger in his heart.”

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