Hearing this, the cold yin energy around Zhu Fenglan's body shook, and soil flew up. Mixed within were scattered white bone fragments that fell.
She pulled her feet out of the deeply sunken ground while hovering in the air. The old woman and two maidservants guarded by her side, warily watching the approaching Cangyuan Marquis.
"As if you could kill me!"
Zhu Fenglan suddenly laughed coldly. Looking at this man who had been trampled under her feet for many years, she didn't have much fear.
At the same time, two elderly figures suddenly rushed out from somewhere in the manor.
Their movement techniques were extremely fast, creating ear-piercing whistling wind sounds in the silent night sky of the manor.
The Cangyuan Marquis stopped and looked over, able to sense two powerful auras pressing toward him.
"Don't rush, bitch. I'll kill that bastard first, then it won't be too late to kill you."
The Cangyuan Marquis suddenly turned sharply. Corpse qi boiled around his entire body as he fiercely rushed toward the courtyard where Cang Yuning was located.
In the current situation, it was already somewhat difficult to kill Zhu Fenglan. He could only choose to first slaughter Cang Yuning to vent his anger.
However, just at this moment, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from the courtyard where Cang Yuning was located.
Immediately after, Cang Yuning was seen staggering out of the room. At this moment, his crotch was covered in blood, with several pieces of torn flesh faintly hanging down.
Behind him in the room, a heroic-looking young woman gripped a blood-drenched dagger and chased after him.
Her eyes were full of killing intent. She fiercely threw the dagger in her hand, transforming it into a silver cold light that shot directly toward Cang Yuning's back.
But unfortunately, enduring the severe pain, he barely reacted in time, shifting his body slightly to dodge this fatal strike.
The cold light dagger pierced into Cang Yuning's back, penetrating straight through to his chest.
At this time, seeing the Cangyuan Marquis approaching, Cang Yuning seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and hurriedly wanted to call for help.
But what greeted him was a slap from the Cangyuan Marquis wreathed in foul-smelling corpse qi, directly sending him flying. After spinning several times in mid-air, he was caught in the Cangyuan Marquis's hand, who gripped his throat.
"If you dare take one more step closer, I'll immediately slaughter this bastard."
The Cangyuan Marquis suddenly turned around, looking at the two elders and Zhu Fenglan who had chased to several zhang away, speaking with a sinister gaze.
Seeing this, Zhu Fenglan was forced to restrain herself and suddenly stopped, while urgently raising her hand to halt the other two elders.
The heroic-looking young woman with a ponytail also stopped at this moment. Her jet-black eyes surveyed the scene before her.
Sensing the powerful martial Dao auras on the Cangyuan Marquis and the others, her eyes narrowed slightly, but she no longer continued attacking Cang Yuning.
"Release Yuning, and I can spare your life."
Zhu Fenglan looked at the Cangyuan Marquis with a cold expression. He glanced at the weakly struggling Cang Yuning in his hand, his gaze falling on the other's crotch, and suddenly burst into laughter, "This bastard has already been castrated by someone. In the future, he can only be sent to the palace to become a eunuch. Bitch, what use do you still have for him?"
Hearing this, Zhu Fenglan's expression became gloomy to the point of dripping. She glanced at Cang Yuning, then looked at that heroic young woman, her eyes immediately filled with fierce killing intent.
"Nanny Rong, kill her for me!"
She spoke to the old woman who had followed from behind. Hearing this, the other party said nothing more. Her figure moved, and without hesitation, she killed her way toward the heroic young woman.
Regarding this, the Cangyuan Marquis's expression was indifferent. Looking at Zhu Fenglan and the other two elders, he said in a heavy voice, "All of you stand there and don't move!"
Speaking of which, he rapidly retreated backward while throwing the Cang Yuning in his hand toward the three people. Turning around, he fled toward outside the manor, abruptly letting out a burst of loud laughter.
"No!"
At this time, Zhu Fenglan suddenly cried out in shock and rage.
Cang Yuning, whom she had originally wanted to catch, suddenly exploded in mid-air amidst a mass of corpse qi, instantly torn to pieces with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Fenglan's entire person froze. Her hands stopped in mid-air, and her whole body began trembling.
"Kill him!"
"Kill that cur for me!"
Zhu Fenglan's face became ferocious as she roared hysterically.
Hearing this, both elders' expressions changed drastically.
They came from the Taiyin Yuan Sect and were trusted confidants of the sect's Fourth Elder. Entrusted by him to protect Zhu Fenglan and her son at Cangyuan Marquis Manor, they naturally also knew the hidden details.
Now that the Fourth Elder's son had been killed, they were equally shocked and enraged. Without another word, they immediately pursued the Cangyuan Marquis with full force.
At the same time, seeing the old woman coming to kill her, Shangguan Qingqing had also long since hurriedly fled toward outside the manor.
"Dying so easily, he got off cheap!"
Shangguan Qingqing looked back at Cang Yuning's corpse that had been blown to bits and pieces, muttering hatefully to herself.
She was not from the imperial capital but came from the Tianhe Blade Sect in Qing Province of Great Li.
While in Qing Province, a familiar female disciple from the sect had been defiled by a flower thief and cruelly murdered, her body abandoned in the wilderness.
After learning of this, she was filled with grief and rage. She originally thought the local Six Doors would quickly solve the case and capture that flower thief. However, after waiting bitterly for several days, there was no result.
Finally, she decided to investigate the flower thief's whereabouts herself to avenge that junior sister of hers.
Through her continuous investigation, she discovered that the flower thief not only committed crimes in Qing Province but had previously also wandered through multiple provinces committing crimes, all with identical methods.
Thus, Shangguan Qingqing followed the flower thief's trail all the way, finally tracking him to the Great Li imperial capital.
Moreover, through this journey of investigation, Shangguan Qingqing discovered some patterns in the flower thief's crimes.
Before each crime, he would scout the location and leave special marks at the victim's doorstep.
This time, she was extremely fortunate to discover in advance the marks he had left in front of a certain residence.
So she convinced the young miss of that household to perform a substitution scheme with her.
However, the unexpected appearances of Guan Shanxue and Nanny Rong occurred, and she didn't immediately take action.
After being brought back to Cangyuan Marquis Manor, she found an opportunity to catch him off guard and cut off his manhood with blade techniques as fast as lightning.
"You old woman, that flower thief has already been killed by someone. The injuries I caused him don't amount to anything anymore. Why do you keep pursuing me relentlessly?"
Shangguan Qingqing frowned and shouted toward the old woman behind her.
If Cang Yuning had been killed by her, then the other party pursuing her would be justified, but this matter clearly had little to do with her anymore. Continuing to pursue her was somewhat unreasonable.
However, the old woman didn't speak, only rapidly closing in with murderous intent.
Shangguan Qingqing was somewhat speechless. At the same time, from the corner of her eye, she glanced toward the fleeing Cangyuan Marquis not far away.
The next moment, her eyes suddenly widened.
The Cangyuan Marquis, his entire body wreathed in corpse qi and having almost transformed into a dark yellow streak of light in his escape, suddenly, for some unknown reason, flew backward at a speed several times faster than his escape, like a cannonball crashing into the two pursuing elders.
The two elders didn't react at all before being swept up by the terrifying force on the Cangyuan Marquis, crashing into the manor like falling meteors from mid-air, landing precisely in the courtyard where Zhu Fenglan resided.
This scene happened too quickly and was too shocking. When a thunderous boom sounded, Zhu Fenglan and the others only then noticed and were all suddenly stunned.
At this time, a young figure appeared in everyone's line of sight in an instant, approaching from far away.