Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

After Hou Jichun fell, Luo Qingwu was completely free of any psychological burden.

The Dusk Sword in her hand was getting faster and faster. In just three breaths, she had dealt with these old friends who were unable to fight back.

"Very good! You saved the Luo family."

Zhou Yiqiao's body appeared behind Luo Qingwu at some point, and he grabbed the hilt of the Muk Sword. He urged his spiritual power to absorb all the blood on the sword and took it into his body.

Luo Qingwu came back to her senses and hurriedly bowed to Zhou Yiqiao. There was only confusion and gratitude in her words.

"Thank you for your help, Master Zhou. If the Luo family can survive this crisis, Qingwu will definitely let my father come to thank us in person."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded slightly, his gaze lingered on Luo Qingwu for a moment, and then spoke again.

"You can only be regarded as barely clearing the Luo family of suspicion. If you want the Immortal Emperor to completely let your Luo family go, you need to do more."

"Please speak clearly, Master Zhou."

Things have come to this point, Luo Qingwu did not act pretentiously and took the initiative to ask.

Zhou Yiqiao showed an admiring look of a teachable boy and continued to answer Luo Qingwu's question.

"It's very simple. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just gave us a list, but the Second Princess and I don't know the specific locations of these people."

“As long as you can find a way to lead us to find them, then not only will the Immortal Emperor let the Luo family go, but your Luo family might even be able to make further progress in the Great Xuantian.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingwu sneered at the beautiful vision that Zhou Yiqiao had painted for the Luo family.

In her opinion, it was a mistake for their Luo family to be one of the Eight Pillars of the State. Even if the family survived, it would be badly damaged and would no longer be as glorious as before.

The so-called going one step further is completely ignorant of the seriousness of the matter and is a way to seek one's own death.

But even so, he still agreed with Zhou Yiqiao's statement.

After all, in the current situation, no matter how stupid one is, one can understand that the most important thing for the Luo family now is not to discuss the future, but to get rid of the current crisis.

"Don't worry, Master Zhou. My father has also arranged some personal guards to enter Canglong Ridge. Next, I will have them approach several other forces and find the traces of these people for Master Zhou and the Second Princess."

After she finished speaking, she clapped her hands, and then a group of veiled women walked out of the darkness and dragged all the corpses on the ground to the corner.

But in the blink of an eye, the scene where nearly a hundred bodies were lying on the ground was cleaned up.

Zhou Yiqiao knew that Luo Qingwu took the initiative to expose the secret guards because she wanted him to express his temporary submission, so he nodded with satisfaction, and then took the still weak Luo Lishang away from the killing ground temporarily.

In the next half day, Zhou Yiqiao helped Luo Lishang recover, while he gave some of the information given by Luo Ang to Luo Qingwu, asking Luo Qingwu to investigate the personnel information in the intelligence.

When Luo Lishang recovered, Luo Qingwu happened to bring the content that Zhou Yiqiao wanted to know.

"Most of the people that Master Zhou asked me to investigate left for the camp after receiving the summons from Luo Ziyan and Luo Shanhu. Only a small number of them have not left for various reasons."

"But even if this part exists, almost everyone will go to the appointment early tomorrow morning."

Zhou Yiqiao chuckled and was not surprised by the information Luo Qingwu had collected.

Although the eight great families are collectively called the Eight Pillars of the State, there is still a gap in strength between them.

Among them, the Sheng family and the Rong family are the ones that Luo Fengtian needs to marry to maintain stability. Naturally, they are the two strongest families among the eight.

Behind them are the Luo family where Luo Qingwu is, the Hou family where Hou Jichun is, and the Yu family where Yu Poyun is.

From the fact that the young men from these three families can usually come into contact with people in the palace and are often solicited by the princes and princesses, it is known that these three families have considerable power among the eight great families.

Of course, the candidates supported by the Hou family and the Yu family have always been the Third Princess and the Sixteenth Princess, two people who have common interests and are in the same camp as the Sheng family and the Rong family.

Therefore, even if they had the power to resist the Sheng family and the Rong family, they would definitely not go against Luo Ziyan and Luo Shanhu at such a critical moment.

As for the remaining Yuwen family, Su family, and Gao family, although they are still called the Eight Great Families because of the title of Eight Pillars of the State, they have actually lost their competitiveness long ago and have become vassals of the Sheng family and the Rong family.

To sum up, even though Zhou Yiqiao and his men have only been fighting against Luo Ziyan and Luo Shanhu, in fact, the opponents they are facing are almost equal to the power of the entire eight great families.

"As expected of the Eight Pillars of the State, except for your Luo family, the remaining seven great families are all tightly bound together by interests. Even if they are dissatisfied with each other, they will not turn against each other."

Zhou Yiqiao sighed, then looked at Luo Qingwu and teased.

"Your Luo family was excluded because this old fellow had already seen that you, Luo Qingwu, would join my team?"

Luo Qingwu's face changed slightly when she heard this. She was silent for a moment before she slowly spoke as if answering a question that was irrelevant.

"My father's actions are always mysterious. As a junior, I can't figure out what he means."

Seeing that Luo Qingwu's answer was boring and serious, Zhou Yiqiao waved his hand and turned the topic back to the disciples of the Eight Pillars.

"Just tell us which people are easy to clean up and which ones cannot be moved for the time being."

Luo Qingwu answered truthfully.

"Among the children of the Yuwen family, the Su family, and the Gao family, only Luo Ziyan and Luo Shanhu followed their lead. After hearing their summons, they went to gather immediately."

"Apart from the Luo family's disciples who have been pacified by me, only some of the Hou and Yu family's disciples who think they are quite powerful have not yet set off. These people are either waiting for a better opportunity or observing the situation."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded, a gleam of light flashing in his eyes.

"These young men who have not yet left are our opportunity."

Luo Lishang also agreed with Zhou Yiqiao's analysis. She turned to Luo Qingwu and asked.

"Can you pinpoint their location?"

Luo Qingwu nodded, took out the map compiled by his secret guards, and pointed to two locations on the map.

"The Hou family is here, the Yu family is here, they are all gathered around the strongest person in their family, and no other people are taking action for the time being."

"Okay, let's start with these two."

After confirming the locations of the two places, Zhou Yiqiao stood up decisively and made a decision.

Since the goal is to eliminate all the descendants of the Eight Pillars in Canglong Ridge, if we can eliminate more of them now, the final decisive battle with Luo Ziyan, Luo Shanhu and the others will be easier.

Luo Qingwu nodded, and immediately ordered his subordinates to get ready, and the group headed towards the target direction in a mighty manner.

......

Night falls and the sky is filled with stars.

Under Luo Qingwu's leadership, everyone quietly lurked outside the two valleys.

"This direction is where the Hou family is stationed. According to the information sent back by the spies, this group of people is currently led by Hou Wei of the Hou family."

Luo Qingwu lowered her voice and explained the situation to Zhou Yiqiao and Luo Lishang.

Zhou Yiqiao nodded. His eyes were as sharp as a knife, piercing through the night, as if he could directly see the movements of the Hou family in the valley.

"Hou Wei is a man of high cultivation and leadership ability, but he is stubborn and arbitrary. The other members of the Hou family have no ideas of their own at all."

"If we can subdue him first, the rest of the Hou family will become a bunch of idiots and won't be a concern."

Luo Qingwu continued.

Luo Lishang nodded slightly, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.

"Then follow the plan and take down Hou Wei first."

After the three of them had made their decision, they dispersed and prepared for their actions.

Luo Qingwu was responsible for luring away the outer Dragon Elephant Guards and Hou family guards, while Zhou Yiqiao and Luo Lishang were responsible for sneaking into the valley and taking Hou Wei's life.

"Whoosh!"

The three of them disappeared into the night like arrows, each carrying out their own tasks.

Luo Qingwu's actions went very smoothly. After deliberately exposing her identity, she decisively killed a Dragon Elephant Guard and attracted most of the guards' attention.

Zhou Yiqiao and Luo Lishang took advantage of the chaos and quietly approached Hou Wei's tent.

Hou Wei also felt the commotion outside the tent at this moment. When he was about to go out to check, he found a dark shadow suddenly rushed in from outside the tent and rushed towards him quickly.

"who!"

Hou Wei roared, his arms instantly solidified into hard stone, and he punched forward violently.

Unexpectedly, the other party was one step faster than him. He smashed the stone on his arm with a palm and then kicked Hou Wei in the abdomen.

Hou Wei flew backwards and hit the pillar of the tent heavily, making a loud noise. He just wanted to struggle to get up, but found that he was suppressed by a powerful force and could not move.

“You…who are you?!”

Hou Wei looked at the black shadow in front of him in horror, only to see Zhou Yiqiao and Luo Lishang slowly approaching. Their faces looked particularly grim under the light of the fire.

"The one who took your life."

Zhou Yiqiao said in a cold voice, the Dusk Sword in his hand already pointed at Hou Wei's throat.

"I am also the internal response that the Immortal Emperor has planted in the Eight Pillar States."

Just when the Dusk Sword was only an inch away from his throat, Hou Wei suddenly shouted.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao's magic sword stopped in mid-air. His pair of dark pupils flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Hou Wei thought he was saved and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he saw the Dusk sword pierce his neck without hesitation.

Hou Wei's head tilted and he died with his eyes open.

"Mr. Zhou, why are you doing this?!"

Luo Lishang didn't expect that Zhou Yiqiao would actually kill someone directly, and was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Yiqiao retracted his sword and said indifferently.

"Zhou has not received any information from the Immortal Emperor about other helpers, so I cannot confirm the authenticity of these words."

"Even if he has evidence, at this critical moment, Zhou will not put a person who has no trust in his team."