Dead!
The two words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in the minds of Madam Yan and Bai Qiuxue. At that moment, their minds were blank except for the word "dead".
Dead meant that apart from Bai Leng and the five warriors of the Eternal Realm, the others … were all dead.
Bai Xi was dead and so was the Old Man of Heaven Prison!
The Old Man of Heaven Prison was dead?
This was a joke. How could a powerful warrior that ranked No. 3 on the Northern Desert Warlord List die?
He once fought against three enemies and injured two Royal Family Patriarchs. How could a god of the Thousand-island Lake die?
For everyone at the Thousand-island Lake, nobody could kill the Old Man of Heaven Prison unless he died of old age.
Even Lu Renhuang at the Human Sovereign Realm couldn't kill him. Who could kill him at the Northern Desert?
Madam Yan and Bai Qiuxue knew very well that the Old Man of Heaven Prison would not be the No. 1 warrior on the Northern Desert Warlord List.
If so, who could kill him?
The three Royal Family Patriarchs and Yu Huashen?
Madam Yan didn't believe it and neither did Bai Qiuxue.
The two of them looked at each other and quickly thought of two people.
The No. 1 and No. 2 on the Northern Desert Warlord List. Only these two could kill the Old Man of Heaven Prison.
"The first one is impossible!"
Madam Yan ruled out the first one at once because he was the Chief Steward of the Northern Desert Temple.
It was a well-known fact that the temple never got involved in any conflicts between forces.
Since the beginning of the human era, the temple had been standing in the world. Nobody had ever heard of the temple getting involved in conflicts.
"The second one?"
Madam Yan soon thought of the second one. Her eyes grew colder. The second one was the Chief Steward of the Heaven Punishing Auction House, Du Zixue.
Others might not know the background of the Heaven Punishing Auction House but Madam Yan did. The background of the auction house was profound.
The entire world, including many cities at the Central Plains, had an Heaven Punishing Auction House.
The reason why the auction house could enter the Heaven Prison City was that the Family behind it was powerful enough.
The Du Family!
At the northern Central Plains, one of the four giants, the Sixth-rank Du Family!
A Fourth-rank Family must have three warriors of the Fate Wheel Realm, a Fifth-rank Family must have three warriors of the Eternal Realm and a Sixth-rank Family must have three warriors of the Noble Lord Realm.
This was the basic requirement. Usually, Fifth-rank Families would have warriors of the Noble Lord Realm.
The three Royal Families, the Bai Family and the Yu Family all had Noble Lord Realm warriors. It was just that there were not enough for three.
Although the Du family was only a sixth-rank clan, the clan leader was at the Renhuang Plane.
Therefore, no force in the Northern Desert dared to offend the Du Family. The Heaven Punishing Auction House of the Du Family easily opened to all the big cities in the Northern Desert.
The Du Family owned many auction houses in the Northern Desert. Such a large business, of course, needed a powerful warrior to hold the fort.
The Chief Steward of the Du Family here was Du Zifeng, a warrior at the peak of the Noble Lord Realm. He was recognized as the second most powerful warrior of the Northern Desert, more powerful than the Old Man of Heaven Prison.
"Du Family, very good Du Family!"
Madam Yan gritted her teeth and shouted. The temple would not do anything. The three Royal Family Patriarchs and Yu Huashen could not kill the Old Man of Heaven Prison.
The only explanation was that Du Zifeng, the Northern Desert Chief Steward of the Du Family, was involved.
"It's over, it's over …"
However, Autumn Snow did not think of revenge. Instead, she slumped weakly on the chair, repeatedly muttering these two words.
Her very soul began to tremble. She was very afraid.
It was not that she was afraid of death. She was afraid that everyone in the Bai Family would be killed and the Thousand-island Lake would be bathed in blood.
The Thousand-island Lake was the shame of the three kingdoms. As long as the Thousand-island Lake existed, the three Royal Families would be disgraced.
Without the Old Man of Heaven Prison and Bai Xi's death, the Thousand-island Lake no longer had the strength to fight against the three Royal Families.
Not long afterward, the armies of the three Royal Families would swarm into the Thousand-island Lake and dye the clear water red.
Run?
The Thousand-island Lake was located in the middle of the three kingdoms. It was almost impossible to run away.
All the disciples of the Bai Family would die and they would be torn apart by the three Royal Families.
The three Royal Families and the Yu Family would not let a single disciple of the Bai Family escape. They would cut the weeds and wipe out the roots.
"Report —"
Another shout came from the distance. A team leader rushed over like a gust of wind. He got down on one knee and said, "Madam, Lord Leng asked you to make arrangements for your funeral. Do it now.
In less than 10 days, the armies of the three Royal Families will arrive. "
"Got it. Off you go."
Madam Yan waved her hand helplessly. She seemed to have lost her soul.
She abruptly rubbed her face, causing her hair to become a little messy. She took a deep breath and said, "Bai Ding, pass down my order. Now, I will take over the entire Bai family and start the Hidden Dragon Plan."
Any Big Family would have a way of retreat. At least, they would preserve some hope so that the Family would not be wiped out.
They would send some elite disciples away and take away some wealth and Mystical Materials.
The Hidden Dragon Plan was an evacuation plan.
"Someone, send a message to Xiashuang to come back!"
"Seal off the Bai Emperor Mountain!"
"Seal off the Heaven Prison City. Only people can enter but not leave. Seal off all information."
"…"
Madam Yan pulled herself together and began to give out orders calmly.
As the fourth most important person of the Bai Family, Madam Yan knew clearly that she could not panic or feel sad. Every order she gave could save the lives of many people of the Bai Family.
"Hidden Dragon Plan?"
Bai Qiuxue had been with the Old Man of Heaven Prison so she knew about the plan.
Tears slid down from her eyes and a bitter smile appeared on her face.
The Hidden Dragon Plan was for the disciples of the Bai Family to sneak into a small world in the Thousand-island Lake and then seal off the small world.
As long as the passageway connected to the small world was destroyed in some special way, people from the outside would not be able to get in.
Similarly, the people of the Bai Family would never be able to get out.
Unless a heaven-defying powerhouse appeared and refined that small world.
Would it be possible for a powerful warrior to come out of the small world if there was a lack of Mystical Materials in the small world?
Bai Qiuxue's eyes dimmed down. She would rather die a heroic death than to drag out an ignoble existence in the small world.
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"Whoosh!"
At the God-down City, a man flew towards the backyard of the Lu Mansion like a ghost.
He was wearing a Ghost Mask and his movements were unpredictable. He looked no different from a ghost.
"Bang!"
He directly pushed open a door. Lu Li, who was cultivating inside, woke up in shock.
Lu Li and Ming Yu looked at each other. Lu Li's heart sank. He asked, "Ming Yu, what is it?"
Ming Yu's tone was unprecedentedly solemn. He quickly said, "Something big has happened. Young Master, we must leave the Thousand-island Lake as soon as possible."
Lu Li raised his eyebrows and asked, "Tell me more details and as soon as possible … how soon?"
"The Old Man of Heaven Prison is dead and so is Bai Xi.
In 10 days at most, the armies of the three Kingdoms will attack the Thousand-island Lake. "
Ming Yu didn't go into specifics, just some simple words. He thought about it and said, "I will go out for a bit. Make some arrangements. In three days, we will leave the Thousand-island Lake and go to the Central Plains."
"They are all dead?"
Lu Li was shocked. He thought about it and asked, "Three days?
How many can you take with you?
Can you take all of the Liu Family? "
"No!"
Ming Yu said with certainty, "I can take two or three at most. Otherwise, we will not be able to leave.
Young Master, you make the arrangements. I will go and take care of my own business. "
With that said, Ming Yu turned into a ghost and flew away.
Lu Li frowned. It didn't matter to him if he left sooner or later. He could just leave, but what about the Liu Family?
"Ten days?
Ten days is too short! "
Lu Li sighed. The time was too short. How nice it would be if he had more than half a month.
By then, Ye Cha and the others would have come out from closed-door cultivation. Even if the armies of the three Royal Families were here, Lu Li could still protect the God-down Island.
Now, if Ming Yu were to stay, he would be torn into pieces by the armies of the three Royal Families …
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