Chapter 740 - 305: Settling Old Scores
Tranquil spring night, a clear breeze and bright moon.
The Duke Jingye Mansion is adorned with one hundred and eight red lanterns: thirty-six in the front courtyard, thirty-six in the middle courtyard, and thirty-six in the rear courtyard. Under the cloak of darkness, a faint crimson glow flickers.
Originally, it should have been a festive atmosphere, but in such stillness, it seems so eerie, as if the thousand-year-old mansion has become a grave, intending to bury the people within.
The wind gently brushes past.
In the deathly silence, in the courtyard,
the red lanterns leap one after another, causing the shadows to expand and contract.
Vaguely, under the cover of dark red light, wisps of pink smoke flow along the edges illuminated by the lanterns, extending throughout the entire Duke Jingye Mansion.
The red and pink are distinctly separated, yet intertwined.
Suddenly, a streak of cold white light flashes— a long blade from the pavilion by the pond in the rear courtyard, in the blink of an eye lands in the front courtyard!
Chen Ke stands with hands behind his back.
Unlike the usual appearance of an old butler, at this moment, he exudes a composed demeanor, with a demeanor that seems to look down upon the world.
"Oh dear~ such a heavy scent of blood~" Wen Renying’s coquettish laughter echoes over the mansion, somewhat surprised, but more so full of confidence, "Truly worthy of the renowned ’Blood Slaughter’ Chen Ke~"