The leaders of the two great families were dumbfounded by the news from their spies.
To assassinate Ye Xuan while he was protected by Luo Zhan, a First Layer Earth Martial Artist and instructor at Xingxuan Academy, and three Third-Layer Martial Master captains of the City Guard, they would need to dispatch at least two or three of their own elder-level experts.
But elders were different. They were high-ranking figures in the two great families and couldn't be dispatched so easily.
More importantly, the two families were already facing the wrath of the City Lord's Mansion and were struggling to cope. Sending experts to kill someone right under the noses of a Xingxuan Academy instructor and three City Guard captains would be like pouring oil on the fire. It would be a complete slap in the face to both the Xingxuan Academy and the City Lord's Mansion.
If that happened, the very foundations of their families could be damaged.
