Xie Na

They all enjoyed themselves for a couple of days before a mishap had occurred.

Ding Hu had gotten missing.

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3 days earlier

Xie Clan Emerald City,

One of the strongest clans of the city with the patriarch at the 4th layer of the essence gathering realm, the clan enjoys a lot of influence in the city.

Currently, a bunch of disciples was carrying ornaments towards an isolated manor of the clan.

"You dimwits carry them properly" A tall middle-aged man with gray hair comes out.

He has a chiseled face and chestnut style hair, dressed in luxurious clothing he appears to be arrogant and condescending.

"Forgive me senior"

One of the disciples grumbled.

"Do your job properly, if even a single item is damaged. THE CONSEQUENCES will be unimaginable"

After yelling at them he starts roaming around the clan compound.

"Deacon Xie Na looks so angry today " The disciple who got yelled at lamented.

"What do you know! he is always like that"

"Yeah he always scolds disciples, he has crippled and killed people for the smallest of instances. Even the elders of the clan avoid him"

Meanwhile, with Xia Na's cultivation base at peak qi transformation realm, he could hear the disciple's whispers.

However, his only response to that was clenching his fists a little.

After scouring the compound and scolding everyone to his heart's content, he made his way to another isolated mansion just like his.

"Brother Gongsun have the orders arrived"

Xia Na barged in without a care in the world and started yapping his mouth.

Raising his eyebrows, he sensed something is wrong.

The house felt ghost-quiet, apart from the heavy breathing of an individual.

He made his way towards the hall and screamed in shock.

"BASTARD"

He saw Gongsun lying there on the floor, dead.

His face was sunken with a greenish hue in his skin, His eye sockets were hollow.

He seemed to have been poisoned for a prolonged period of time or maybe given a really strong poison.

Xie Na thought to himself, before bringing his attention to a handsome young man lying in his own pool of blood beside Gongsun.

The former at least had steady breathing and his foundation wasn't damaged yet.

"Who is it dammit" Xie Na was about to kill the young man when suddenly he stopped right dead in his tracks.

After he got a good look at Ding Hu's face he got to a realization.

"He is with Long Chen" Xie Na exclaimed with a bitter smile before sheathing his sword.

Long Chen's incident with the Qin Clan made highlights in the imperial city.

Unlike the former who kept a lower profile, the latter had lost a lot of face and credibility.

People were aware that Long Chen and his companions were traveling discreetly.

So their pictures were forwarded around these circles, courtesy of the Qin Emporium Staff.

Xie Na took out a rope and tied the young man, who happens to be Ding Hu.

He took out a strange talisman and reported his finding to someone outside of his clan.

After that, he barricaded the place to not let anyone catch a whiff of his actions.

About an hour later he got a response.

"Your highness what do you think ?"

"Well, I am sure you know what needs to be done. Also, don't worry I will protect you. All you have to do is frame the Xie Clan and escape to the imperial city."

Xie Na's forehead got covered with sweat he knew that his employer was trustworthy.

He had seen enough examples to gauge out the truth, the orders were inclined with his natural wishes but somehow he felt a little reluctant.

'Smack'

He clapped his 2 cheeks and his eyes narrowed with viciousness.

(A.N- Cheeks on his face ;)

"I shall obey your orders"

"Good you are a smart man, you know what to do. No matter what Long Chen must die"

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Xie Clan Hall,

The Patriarch was discussing an important matter with the council of elders.

There were a total of 7 people and were discussing very crucial info.

'Bang'

The outer door burst open and Xie Na came barging in while dragging Ding Hu.

Immediately everyone raised their eyes in displeasure, everyone except Patriarch Xie Tian.

Who happened to be the biological brother of Xia Na, the former mildly smiled at Xie Na.

"What happened little brother"

Xie Na tightened his fists in annoyance, the look of disregard and condescension his elder brother gave him, made him sick to his stomach.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Someone assassinated Gong Sun I have captured the assassin, this is done by a rival clan. I beseech patriarch to execute him in public to send a message across"

"WHAT, who dares to ?"

"Which clan dares to disregard "

"Patriarch this means war"

"Silence" The patriarch shouted in a small voice, but it made everyone shut up.

"We shall execute him in the afternoon" The patriarch smiled while saying that.

Everyone nodded their heads, Despite the mannerism of the patriarch he was possibly one of the most ruthless people in the city.

His nickname being the smiling devil, his viciousness had even ruined the life of his own biological brother Xie Na.

Xie Na meanwhile saw all of this from the sidelines, from everyone's reaction he could say they cared little about Gongsun and more about their own face.

He just sneered inside and turned his attention to his brother, a vein immediately popped on his forehead.

His hatred for his brother exceeded anything in the world.

This was common knowledge amongst the clansmen despite being common knowledge.

The only reason the patriarch never went for his life was because of an oath their parents made him swear.

Xie Na's heart devil has made him incapable of traversing the essence gathering realm making the higher up of the clans completely disregard him.

Even going so far as to treat him like a clown, by not taking him seriously.

'I will show these bastards what is what'

A couple of hours later,

The sun was shining in all of its glory, just before the outer gates of the clan, a guillotine had arranged.

Ding Hu was placed just beneath the blade completely unconscious.

Surprisingly his face looked very different, he had a face mask on that no one except Xie Na knew about.

The patriarch had done a thorough investigation during this period to make sure that Ding Hu really broke in.

He found plenty of evidence making him believe Xie Na's story.

It was expected after all Ding Hu definitely left some trails behind.

All clan members including but not limited to non-blood-related servants and maids were also there.

This was to let the other clan's spies get the news fast.

Xie Na meanwhile was standing at the corner, acting as if all this charade had nothing to do with him.

"Deacon Xie Na, I have done the task"

A servant bowed to Xie Na.

"Good now leave and never come bag," Xie Na said while handing a bag to the servant.

"My fellow clansmen, it saddens me to announce that our guest elder Gongsun has passed away. Condolences to his friends and family.

An assassin had the nerve to sneak into our clan, for his deed.

We shall execute him today"

The Clansmen immediately burst into murmurs, this act was extremely shameful for the Xie Clan to bear.

The Patriarch did not even bother to interrogate Ding Hu, as an old fox knows that such an assassin will commit suicide instantly.

"Touch him if you dare"

A thundering roar was heard from the outer gates of the clan.

"Let the fun begin" Xie Na muttered in a small voice while hideously smiling.