Master of Strange Dao

"Sir, you are right."

The trusted aide beside him was trembling with fear, with not a hint of humor in his heart. He only felt that his master had become increasingly terrifying and ruthless.

To avenge the An Family, he had now managed to persuade the two deans of Langya Institute to personally take action and capture the An Family in one sweep.

Moreover, nominally, it was absolutely correct, and no one could criticize it.

"This tea truly requires the right environment to bring out its flavor. See, this ordinary tea now allows me to taste flavors that I had never experienced before."

Song Chengyue smiled with great satisfaction. He had wanted to deal with the An Family for a long time.

The enmity between them wasn't borne overnight; given the chance, the An Family would make him suffer endless misfortune, and vice versa.

However, he never dreamed that it would end like this.

This was far more comfortable than personally getting his hands dirty.

"Pass down the order, the An Family is putting up a desperate resistance. Once the two masters from Langya Institute break the formation, keep your eyes open. If even a dog escapes from the An Family, I will find someone responsible.

As for the rest, handle it according to the old rules. Whether this round brings wealth to everyone or costs someone their head depends on how you all proceed."

Drinking his tea, Song Chengyue glanced towards the west.

Was this enough of a commotion?

Reflecting on it, Song Chengyue felt it still wasn't enough; he wanted to crush the An Family to a point where they could never recover.

Tomorrow, he intended to let everyone know about this incident.

And in the meantime, he wanted to see who stood behind the An Family.

He didn't believe the An Family had capabilities profound enough to stir up so much quietly.

There surely were more undisclosed individuals within the Langya Institute.

There was nothing he could do about that; there were only a few places the Jinyi Wei couldn't infiltrate, and Langya Institute was one of them.

However, since such a matter had arisen, he believed the Langya Institute's internal workings would surely respond discreetly.

He only needed to pay attention to the intelligence.

Number seven had provided him with intelligence. Presumably, he would also be quite interested in who was behind the scenes.

Look, this back-and-forth was beginning.

Add a few more actions like this, build good relations with all parties, and his wishes might just be realized.

...

On the other side, merely a few days later, Yu Ziqing received intelligence from King Xiang.

He indeed hadn't anticipated that the old Song would play such a significant hand, leading two deans of Langya Institute to raid a home.

First to raid and annihilate, then seek evidence; yet he managed to find some.

Whether the evidence was found in the An Family, or in the pocket of old Song's pants, no one seemed to care.

Certain taboos were avoided by most in the Evil Dao, for those who approached them, met death.

Feng Buju arrived to oversee the resettlement of the Yin Family people.

Everyone refrained from hasty actions, and everything proceeded quietly.

In recent days, Yu Ziqing, with the Yin God, kept watch constantly, aiming to find that faceless one again.

Regretfully, it never reappeared, nor did he mention it to King Xiang.

He merely inquired of King Xiang,

"Dazhen's Faceless Men, why haven't I seen them?"

"You won't see them. They wear masks at all times and never appear before people. From the moment they don the mask, all their former identities are discarded; they are only the Faceless Men.

My Second Uncle is unlike Emperor Li or Emperor Qian; the Faceless Men are merely for gathering intelligence and maintaining stability, not capable of much else.

You wouldn't encounter them outside Dazhen."

"Oh, I thought this name corresponded to some special Dharma Method, like how the Shadow Department's name corresponds to Shadow Great Escape."

"Haha, what are you thinking? There's no such Dharma Method, and the Jinyi Wei has no Jinyi Dharma Method either," laughed King Xiang heartily.

Yu Ziqing laughed as well.

In his mind, that faceless entity was like a blank canvas. Except for that black robe, the face could bear anyone's visage.

As time passed, all that remained of his impression of that individual was this. This was primarily because he had drawn it down.

Else, Yu Ziqing felt he might only retain a shadow of an impression.

If they met again, he might not even recognize them.

When Yang arrived, he would certainly ask Yang if there were any Dharma Method capable of achieving this.

That type of Dharma Method made him exceedingly uneasy.

Luckily, Lou Huai remembered that person's aura, proving they were indeed human.

Henceforth, he should bring Lou Huai along during outings; quite useful.

On another side, Feng Buju settled the Yin Family's affairs and sat with Yin Busi.

"Do you know who those people are?"

"I don't. Even that seal wasn't placed by us, not by your family either."

"Neither of our families placed that seal?" Feng Buju's expression darkened, as this was hardly good news. "An ancient seal?"

"I don't know; I only know that seal is quite strange. Even if my big brother and the others exerted their full effort, it wouldn't be deciphered in a short time."