Chapter 784 Perpetrator’s identity

Chapter 784 Perpetrator's identity

Han Lei couldn't believe it when he read it and had even thought it was a trap set by the manor master who had already seen through his disguise. But as much as he found it difficult to believe it, the evidence was undeniable. His clan had been eviscerated because of a sky-grade artifact.

One of his clan members when exploring a ruin, ended up finding the sky grade artifact there. It was a defensive artifact that could protect a cultivator's body against the attacks of an early-stage core formation expert and could even handle a few attacks from a middle-stage core formation expert but with a limit, past that, and the artifact would be destroyed. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

In terms of abilities, it wasn't a standout. Han Lei in denial had even thought that maybe it hid more secrets within it like maybe was one of the keys to the legacy abode of some powerful cultivator, but it wasn't. About the only special thing about it was its design. The sky artifact was in the form of a hairpin that was made from the carapace of an emerald frost scorpion which gave the hairpin a beautiful ethereal lustre whenever the rays of the sun hit it.

When the Han Clan member got it, a lady saw it in his hands as he was appraising it. She made an offer for it in spirit stones which the Han Clan member was about to agree to but hesitated and asked if he could swap the spirit stones for something else. However, that hesitation landed him his death as the young lady had one of the servants she had with her, execute the clan member.

The hesitation shown by that clan member had angered her, and that anger continued to boil within her even after she had killed him. From that anger, she decided to contract the Night Viper Court.

Before taking any contract, the Night Viper Court always did its due diligence on its clients with the same care as it did on its targets to avoid falling into a trap. They had a pretty thorough detail on the young lady.

With countless organizations choosing to buy these ingredients rather than grow them themselves, the Sentinel Birchwood Pavilion grew with orders flooding in because of their quality that outdid most in the market.

The young lady's father was a vane person who tried to use his newfound wealth to find the prettiest lady to wed. His background as a farmer didn't open a lot of doors for him but with the growing reputation and wealth of his pavilion coupled with his growing strength, he eventually found one, the young lady's mother, whom he treated as a god up until her death when she died to some curse placed on her likely by a competitor or adversary of the pavilion.

After her death, the young lady's father poured all his attention and love on the daughter she left behind who looked dead similar to her mother. He spoiled her rotten, doing almost anything for her as long as she required it.

Growing up pampered by one of the most powerful rank 3 merchant organizations in the continent, that young lady, Yi Ai, showed zero hesitation to have the entire Han family destroyed over a hesitation to hand over a sky-grade artifact.

Because of her background, she had the funds to hire the services of the Night Viper Court, and the records even showed it wasn't the first time she engaged their services and neither was she the only one, as her father, Yi Wen, he had quite the number of dealings which was how Yi Ai knew about them in the first place.

With the reason for his clan's demise already uncovered, he bided his time. If he was to strike at both, it had to be successful on the first try. He could not afford to be negligent with the court or the Sentinel Birchwood Pavilion and he did so in a manner befitting of a seasoned assassin.