Celestial Peak

Shockingly, the Wang family was in a very silent state at the moment. No signs of movement could be heard from noon till night. However, the atmosphere of the Wang family manor was tense.

Butler Sun was at the back garden standing peacefully with his hands on his back. He was silently meditating, not showing his emotions whatsoever. His eyes were closed and his countenance held a tranquil look.

But then, he suddenly opened his eyes wide open.

"How many Shadows managed to come here?"

He spoke as a man clad in black suddenly appear behind him, Butler Sun turned to look at the man as the man explained in a very low voice.

"Twelve shadows has made it, master. Seven half-step nascent soul shadows and five pinnacle-nascent soul stage shadows. Those who were too far or is currently undertaking very important missions did not had to opportunity to report back to us."

Butler Sun nodded his head.

"That is fine. We are currently in the Blazing Wing Continent not in the [Shadow Pavilion] after all. Have you completed the mission I ordered to the remaining energy palace Shadows earlier?"

The man behind him took out a scroll and passed it to Butler Sun. Butler unfurled the scroll and started reading its content. Upon reading the scrolls, he smiled and started mumbling to himself.

It took thirty minutes for him to finish contemplating. He turned around and waved his hands. As he did, another twenty or so men clad in black appeared, the twenty or so Shadows bowed before him respectfully.

"Good! It has been a few years since I issued a brand new mission so listen. The Demon Blood Cult has dared injure young master of the Wang family. The Wang family is the Grand Master of the Shadow Pavilion so the young master is your young lord. As retainers of the Wang family carry out a mission for its honor.

"Seek out the fourteen branches of the Blood Demon Cult and slaughter them all. However, you will leave the main headquarters they have in the Hideous Ghost Valley, for that is the place of my and the master's anger.

"You are ordered to kill any member of the Demon Blood Cult but never touch any civilian or hostages they may have. Obliterate the Cult but avoid any unnecessary casualty.

"I will give you until dawn to complete this mission without fail. Do it quickly and destroy the lands of the Demon Blood Cult before dawn, I shall head to the Hideous Ghost Valley to meet the master as soon as I settle it with the young miss. Now, Go!"

With a wave of his hands, the Shadows in front of him vanished and disappeared into the night. They blended into the dark and left the Kingdom without anyone even noticing their presence.

Butler Sun then went ahead to Wang Ling's courtyard. He opened the door to his room and found Wang Yue who was diligently watching over Wang Ling. There was nothing going on inside the room.

Wang Ling's bloodied body was already cleaned up by the other maid. She had nothing to do other than watch over Wang Ling's current condition and act upon any irregularities that may occur.

Butler Sun looked at her and smiled. It was the first smile he had shown all throughout the day. Beside Wang Yue was Qiqi who was constantly with her.

He didn't want to break her concentration from 'watching over' Wang Ling but he had no choice but call out to her.

"Young miss."

Wang Yue turned around and saw Butler Sun by the door. She walked up to him and said: "What is it Butler Sun?"

"I'll be heading out, I will be going to the southern garrisons to meet with the master, your father. While I am gone, I shall entrust the well-being of the young master to you."

Wang Yue nodded her head vigorously as she accepted the task of taking care of Wang Ling. Once she got back to her original position, she didn't even let a single drop of sweat liner on Wang Ling's exposed skin.

She moved like the wind and took care of Wang Ling's needs as fast and efficiently as she could.

Butler Sun took note of her being distracted and called over Qiqi who was by the corner. She brought her outside so the two of them can have a serious conversation.

""I'll be going out to meet the master now. You will act as the young miss' protector as always. No harm must come her way or else you will be punished. Also, you can show your true skills and cultivation if a special circumstance is to arise. Qiqi, I'll be going now."

He said as he disappeared from sight. Qiqi looked at a certain direction and saw a disappearing figure. She bowed down towards that figure and went back to execute the duty she was given.

Butler Sun did not go the Southern garrison like he had said but directly went to the entrance of Hideous Ghost Valley.

Night, The southern borders.

The southern garrison is in an uproar. The sudden news of their one and only General Wang stepping down had practically reached the ears of every soldiers in that place. The soldiers were just about to demand an answer to the Captains and Commanders, but a sudden order to meet at training area 'A' came about.

Training area A was the largest area of the whole southern garrison. The formation drills are mostly conducted here so it was really spacious. It managed to accommodate all the hundred thousand soldiers.

The hundred thousand soldiers were all lined up into their squads and into their battalion. None of them were wearing their armor nor they were carrying their weapons but because of their buffed body, they still looked like experience soldiers.

"Is the General really going to step down from being our General? Isn't he still young? He even looks younger than my son-in-law so how come he's retiring already? Did the Kingdom somehow screw him over?"

"I don't know the reason by I hear that he's originally supposed to retired by the end of the year. But something happened that made him step down as early as today. I don't know what it is thought but it has something to do with the First Young Master of the Wang family."

"The First Young Master? Do you mean the one who don't have his own mind?"

"No, he had regained his own mind and had 'awakened' from his ling time daze. However, I heard from the talks of the first and second Commander that someone injured the First Young Master."

News travels fast in the south. Especially if it has something to do with the general. They view him with utmost respect that surpasses even the King so they are all really keen about these kind of news.

There were also member of the nobles in the southern garrison who frequently receives news from the Kingdom so they were all pretty much updated.

Many held their own opinions about the General's sudden stepping down of his position. Soon, the whole hundred thousand lined up soldiers were talking loudly with one another. That is until one of the General's Vice General stood in front and shouted: "Silence!"

The whole army quietened. They made no sound as they looked at Vice General. The Vice General who shouted was wearing golden armor, and by his side was the other Vice General who was wearing silver armor.

These two were the Vice Generals of the southern army, they were hailed as the Silver General and Golden General respectably.

The Silver General stepped forth as he spoke with amplified voice.

"I know that all of you must be aware that the General is going to leave us today. The General would have left already but he wishes to first speak with his army before he departs."

After finishing his piece, he and the Golden General made a path for a somewhat young look man. The man looked really simplistic as his clothes contained no design. His bearing and external looks were the only things that made him look exceptional.

However, as soon as this man came out, the air of the whole army change. In front of this man, the army had the image of a tiger ready to pounce at their enemy if they are given the chance.

They had to look good in front of the general, or so did their mindset went.

Wang Shu Qing looked at these men and nodded his head in approval. With this he felt that even if he left, his promise concerning the raising of an elite army is complete. He smiled as he spoke in a loud and amplified voice.

"Good day to you my soldiers! I know you have your concerns and opinions about me stepping down but it I must do this for I have a battlefield of my own, I know some of you might wish to join me but this other battlefield of mine does not concern you soldiers.

"The Azure Skies Kingdom southern border is not my battlefield and I am only a temporary General. I have promised you king that I will create an elite army that can protect his Kingdom and after twenty years, I have created it. My job here is already done so I must go back!

"This is my last address to you as your general! I will be stepping down from my position and will let the Golden General Hosu take over! I shall bid you farewell and I hope to meet you again in this life!"

With that, he disappeared from the sight of his soldiers before they can even make an uproar. Golden General Hosu and the Silver General looked at one another and smiled as they nodded at one another.

They started settling the matter for the General. The newly appointed Golden General Hosu was made to address about the truth for the General's sudden action of stepping down from his position.

Of course he did not know anything about the contract and only knew about the stuff about the thing with his son. He explained how the First Young Master was attack and how General Wang Shu Qing had to take him somewhere else so he can help him get better.

The soldiers took their words and somehow merged it to what Wang Shu Qing had said. They took what General Wang Shu Qing had said to them about going to another battlefield and the issue about him taking care of his son.

In the end, the soldiers thought the battlefield the general will be going to is… "Fatherhood".

However, what they didn't know is that the battlefield he was talking about was something they cannot hope to fathom. And right now, although Wang Shu Qing was not going to the battlefield he spoke of, he was still going to have some m'inor skirmishes' he needed to resolve.

Wang Shu Qing went ahead and left for the Hideous Ghost Valley.

The night after Wang Ling was attacked, the Demon Blood Cult experienced a huge devastating fate. All fourteen branches of the cult were destroyed one after the other.

The kidnapped women and children were taken away and all of their disciples were slayed without mercy. As if that wasn't enough, the building of their branches shattered and razed to the ground.

Only the main headquarters were the old cultivators and sect master resides remains.

The Demon Blood Cult was collapsing at an extremely fast rate and before the dawn of the next day, every branch of the Demon Blood Cult disappeared in the Blazing Wing Continent.

At the moment, the sky was still dark. A figure dressed in white robes descended and stood in front of the Hideous Ghost Valley's entrance.

It was Wang Shu Qing. Not long after his appearance another figure descended from the sky, it was Sun Wu.

Sun Wu saw Wang Shu Qing and immediately got on his knees as he started apologizing for his mistake.

"Master, please forgive this lowly one for failing to protect the young master. My negligence has caused the young master to lose an arm and have his body bore the qi of hell. Please, punish this lowly one."

He was someone who stood beyond the Saints. But that same man was kneeling in front of the Wang family Head. Wang Shu Qing looked at Sun Wu with warmth and showed him a smile.

However, he knew that he must give this man a punishment or else he will take this mistake he caused to the grave. He looked into Sun Wu's eyes and spoke in a serious manner.

"Sun Wu, knock upon their doors. Your punishment will come later I will deal with these people first..."

"Yes, master!"

Sun Wu looked at Wang Shu Qing and hurriedly nodded his head. With a boom, the ground he was kneeling had become a depression as he found himself on sky.

Spreading his senses to the entire Hideous Ghost Valley, he managed to locate the Demon Blood Cult's headquarters without trouble.

The headquarters lay on top of a mountain and was surrounded by cliffs making it place that was easy to defend and hard to attack. Sun Wu smiled as he took a spear from his storage ring.

He drew back his arms and made his muscle bulge. He looked ahead and then smiled.

"The slaughter for the young master starts… NOW!" he threw the spear towards the direction of the Demon Blood Cult's headquarters.

Shiiiiii! Boom!!

A path was cleared and the front gates of the headquarters were busted open. The surrounding hill became ruins. Sun Wu controlled his strength so the whole Hideous Ghost Valley was spared.

Nonetheless…

They had announced their presence.