Last night, Ye Liuyun’s words, plus the psychological suggestion planted through Illusion Heart Magic.
Now that Qi Yuanliang said this.
It was as if a nerve in Shi Xing’an had been struck, and his mood suddenly shifted.
"???"
But Qi Yuanliang hadn’t caught on yet.
Seeing Shi Xing’an suddenly turn his hostility toward him.
Qi Yuanliang was still a bit confused, like, how’d I get dragged into this, weren’t we talking about Ye Liuyun?
For some reason, an uneasy feeling started to rise in Qi Yuanliang’s chest.
The next moment.
"Lord Thousand Households Shi! I think you—"
Just as he was about to keep talking.
But before he could finish, Shi Xing’an seemed to be triggered, just quietly standing seconds ago, suddenly snapped.
"Enough, Qi Yuanliang! You’ve always just treated me like a tool, haven’t you!"
Shouted at so abruptly,
Qi Yuanliang was stunned for an instant.
First reaction was, how’d you know, he really did treat this Shi Xing’an as nothing but a tool.
But then the second reaction was—
Oh hell, what the fuck are you, that you dare yell at me?
"Enough, Lord Thousand Households Shi, do you even know what you’re doing right now?"
He instantly frowned, scolding Shi Xing’an.
And that scolding, paired with the Illusion Heart Magic’s influence, made Shi Xing’an’s last shred of reason snap.
"You all look down on me, huh! Everyone looks down on me, just sees me as their tool, right!"
Shi Xing’an lowered his head, muttering softly.
At the same time, his hand on the hilt at his waist was gripping tighter and tighter.
"Hm?"
Qi Yuanliang finally knew something was off.
With his Innate Perfection cultivation, Qi Yuanliang could already see traces of spell influence on Shi Xing’an.
What the hell, Shi Xing’an’s been controlled by a spell?
No way!
"You—"
He was about to keep talking, but in the next instant, Shi Xing’an made his move.
"Swish!"
He drew the saber at his waist and slashed straight toward Qi Yuanliang.
"Go die! Go be buried along with my son!"
"Shi Xing’an!"
Qi Yuanliang never expected Shi Xing’an to actually attack, eyes popping wide.
,,,
Inside the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it had just been peaceful and quiet.
But then—
"Bang!"
With a shattering sound, the doors to the Southern Governor Qi Yuanliang’s office were blasted open.
The commotion drew everyone’s eyes.
"It’s on!"
Ye Liuyun, waiting a long time already, heard the noise and instantly opened his half-closed eyes.
He squeezed into the crowd.
Missing a spectacle like this would be a real shame.
"Boss, wait for us!"
Si Nan and Shi Sheng, already curious, couldn’t help themselves after seeing Ye Liuyun’s reaction.
Without any hesitation, they chased after him.
A lot of people still had no clue what was going on.
But just as they reached the Southern Governor’s place, they saw Shi Xing’an and Qi Yuanliang fly out of the room together – especially Shi Xing’an, still got his saber out, looking ready to kill.
A bunch of people watching this couldn’t help but have their jaws drop.
"Holy shit!"
"What the fuck just happened?"
"Shi Xing’an with these balls?"
No one saw this coming.
Shi Xing’an, the guy who always bullied the weak and sucked up to the strong, now showing this gutsy side, charging straight at the Southern Governor?
But the current Shi Xing’an didn’t care at all how the others saw him.
He just raised his blade and rushed at Qi Yuanliang.
"Qi Yuanliang, you killed my boy, it’s you and me, till death!"
That shout made a bunch of people turn, eyes wide at the Southern Garrison Commander’s Office—what the hell.
From the sound of it, was it the Southern Governor Qi Yuanliang who actually killed Shi Xing’an’s son, which is why Shi Xing’an flipped?
A lot in the Embroidered Uniform Guard knew Shi Xing’an only had one son—now he’s gone, no wonder he’s furious.
",,,
Qi Yuanliang was just as frustrated right now.
Damn it, whoever killed your son, go find them, why are you shouting at me?
Logically, as an Innate Perfection martial artist, he sure as hell shouldn’t be afraid of a newly-Postnatal-level Shi Xing’an.
But the problem is—
This whole time, he’d only shown the strength of a Postnatal in public.
If he suddenly revealed his Innate cultivation, wouldn’t that be announcing to everyone that he’d been faking it? The goody-two-shoes reputation he built up would be gone in an instant!
"Ah, shit."
Shi Sheng and Si Nan, tagging along with Ye Liuyun,
Both watched this unfold, totally confused and speechless.
Wasn’t their boss Ye Liuyun the one who attacked Shi Chong? What’s this got to do with the Southern Governor?
They couldn’t begin to imagine how Ye Liuyun pulled this off.
But whatever.
Seeing Shi Xing’an so hell-bent on killing Southern Governor Qi Yuanliang, not letting up at all,
The two of them immediately switched into spectator mode.
As for helping? No way in hell.
"Shi Xing’an, do you realize attacking your superior is a capital crime."
Qi Yuanliang’s face was utterly miserable.
He’d thought he had everything under control, whether scheming against Ye Liuyun or anything else, Qi Yuanliang always felt like he was running the whole show, everyone just chess pieces on his board.
But now?
Qi Yuanliang suddenly felt like he was no longer the player, but just another piece being moved.
What the actual fuck is going on.
"So what? My son’s dead, I don’t want to live either. Weren’t you just using me as a tool? Well now this tool is going to take you down with me."