Soon, it was deep into the night.
Lu Xiaoyuan didn’t make any sounds when she was sleeping. She slept like a dead pig, not making a single movement.
Zhou Ye was cultivating seriously.
As for Yaoyao, she was cultivating seriously like Zhou Ye.
Zhou Ye wanted to reach the manifestation stage so he worked really hard.
…
Early in the morning.
The entire Zhenhai city was still extremely dark. In most corners of the street, you wouldn’t be able to see your fingers if you stretched your hand out.
The leader of the assassins yawned.
They had been sitting in the cold wind for an entire night.
If their cultivation state wasn’t high enough, they might have already caught the flu.
The leader of the assassins felt that they shouldn’t have left their home so early. They should have gotten a good rest at home and started on this job after they felt fully rested.
The important thing was that he was afraid of missing the timing. Missing the timing meant missing an opportunity.
As a professional assassin, he must do his job perfectly since he was paid to do it. He mustn’t miss any opportunity.
“Let’s go!” the leader said in a low voice. Then, he rushed towards the direction of Yuelai Inn.
His toes lightly tapped on the roof as he flew further and further away like a feather.
Just by looking at this, once could tell he was a skilled assassin.
The rest of the assassins followed him.
The weakest assassin among them was at the early-stage of the Xuan Sea realm. They mustn’t be underestimated.
In the room at the inn, Gold Xiao’er suddenly turned energetic.
He had waited for a long time. He almost got impatient and slapped the assassins to their death.
However, if he did that, it would be boring.
On the roof of Yuelai Inn.
The assassins unsheathed their long blades. Their faces were all covered but the eyes that they revealed were filled with ruthlessness.
They were a bunch of heartless assassins.
“Swoosh!”
The leader of the assassins jumped down lightly. He pushed his toes in the air and entered the corridor.
His actions were very smooth. Gold Xiao’er really wanted to give him a thumbs up and a compliment: Brother, your skills are really not bad.
The rest of the assassins moved swiftly too. All of them arrived at the corridor.
The leader of the assassins turned his head and pointed at two of his men. Then, he pointed at Lu Xiaoyuan’s room and pretended to slit his neck with his thumb.
His intention was clear: the two of you would kill the people inside this room.
The two assassins nodded. They prepared themselves with fierce gazes.
The leader of the assassins looked at them and waved his hand. The rest of the assassins closed in on Qin Yi’s room secretly.
The leader of the assassins knew that as an assassin, he must do his job perfectly.
He raised his dagger and slid it into the gap between the door carefully. He moved it up and down slowly.
In the room.
Gold Xiao’er opened his eyes and looked at Qin Yi who was cultivating beside him.
“Brothers, it’s time to welcome our guests,” Gold Xiao’er opened his mouth.
Elder Lu was very vigilant. He opened his eyes immediately.
Qin Yi’s reaction was still a little slower.
“Go and open the door.” Gold Xiao’er had a smile on his face.
Elder Lu and Qin Yi exchanged glances with each other. They didn’t say anything. They just jumped down the bed and slowly walked towards the door.
Outside, the leader of the assassins stopped in his tracks.
What did he hear just now?
Oh my god, were they discovered already? They hadn’t even done anything.
“Charge!” The leader of the assassins kicked the door open and howled.
“Charge!” The other assassins raised the long blades and dashed into the room.
At the same time, the two assassins in charge of Lu Xiaoyuan’s room pushed the door open and ran in.
“Splat.”
The moment they entered the room, the assassins got stunned. They looked at their feet.
“Who actually placed excrement at the door?”
Zhou Ye got stepped on without any warning. When he heard this sentence, he exploded in anger.
Little brother, do you know how to speak properly?!
He was furious. He slapped the tip of his leaves on the ground and pushed himself up.
The assassin stepping on him was pushed back by a huge force. They were dumbfounded.
“What is this?”
The assassins were flabbergasted when they saw the glowing Zhou Ye.
“It looks like… a spirit herb?” the other assassin said with uncertainty.
The first assassin: …
“No matter what it is, kill it first!”
Zhou Ye sneered.
Who do you think you are? How dare you try to kill me?
The assassins slashed their blades at Zhou Ye.
“Swoosh.”
“Clang!”
The bright long blade hit Zhou Ye’s body. Sparks were formed.
The two assassins got dumbstruck.
This spirit herb was so powerful?
Zhou Ye didn’t expect himself to be so powerful either.
“I’ll kill you instead.”
He raised his two leaves.
The sea of Xuan Qi in his dantian started churning. Then, huge waves were formed.
Rays of green light exuded from Zhou Ye’s body.
This was the natural light of Xuan Qi.
Strings of Xuan Qi congregated into many green leaves in a blink of an eye. They looked very real.
Every leaf was the size of a palm. However, the sharp edges on them were frightening.
Then, he swung his leaves like his arms.
“Swoosh!”
All the Xuan Qi leaves flew out rapidly.
The two assassins finally regained their senses. They hurriedly raised their long blades in front of them horizontally.
They instilled Xuan Qi into their blades, forming a protective glowing shield on their blades.
“Crack!”
A leaf broke the shield. Then, it hit the long blade with a ‘clang’.
The part of a sword that got hit started to crack like a spider web.
The assassin looked at his long blade and suddenly felt a little sad.
This was his comrade in battle, something that had a higher status in his heart even when compared to his wife…
Flames of anger spurted out of his gaze. He was prepared to use his ultimate move.
However, that leaf had slashed his throat before he could do anything more.
The first assassin died instantly.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
The leaves made from Xuan Qi turned the two assassins into sieves. The wall, which was made of wood, was covered with small holes.
The ground was soon drenched with blood.
Looking at this gruesome scene, Zhou Ye tiptoed with his roots calmly and walked towards the door.
Lu Xiaoyuan got woken up by the noise.
She glanced at the door and pouted with her small mouth.
She waved her hand and everything was cleaned.
As for Yaoyao, from the moment she woke up, she remained stunned.
Lu Xiaoyuan waved her hand again and colorful lights shot out. They formed a shield.
This shield was sound-proof.
Then, she laid down.
She didn’t care and she was very lazy.
Most importantly, she knew that with Gold Xiao’er around, nothing serious would happen.
Since nothing serious would happen, she should just sleep.
…
Outside the door.
The leader of the assassins squinted as he looked at Elder Lu and Qin Yi, who were in a heated battle with his men.
In the corner of his eyes, he noticed that many green rays of lights were flashing in the room beside them. Looking at the lights carefully, he noticed that they were leaves.
A huge amount of blood was spurted on the walls too.
There’s a powerful cultivator there!
The leader of the assassins slowly turned. He stared intently at the door while gripping his long blade tightly.
“Tap… tap.”
The sound entered his ears. The leader stared at the door.
Based on the location of the sound, the person had walked out of the door. However, he didn’t see anyone!
Could it be a ghost?
At the entrance, Zhou Ye was unhappy when he saw the leader of the assassins.
He really wanted to ask the leader, ‘Why can’t you shift your gaze down. Why are you staring at the empty spot above my head? What are you trying to do?’
He felt that the leader of the assassins was looking down on him.
He needed to educate this leader.
Zhou Ye stopped moving. The sound of footsteps stopped too.
The leader of the man in black was puzzled.
He looked right and left. Finally, he discovered Zhou Ye.
“So it’s a spirit herb. The grade is quite high too…” The leader of the assassins got excited immediately.
He could see Zhou Ye’s cultivation state.
He was at the peak of the Xuan Sea realm so Zhou Ye wasn’t his match.
“Swoosh!”
The leader of the assassins turned his left hand into a claw and struck at Zhou Ye.
He moved so quickly that it was hard to see him clearly.
Just when Zhou Ye felt that he was about to get caught, he heard a slash, and the situation instantly changed.
“Cling, clang.”
“Ah!” The leader threw away his long blade and clutched his left wrist with his right hand. He kneeled on the ground in extreme pain.
In that instant, his left hand was chopped off.
Gold Xiao’er appeared in front of the leader. He picked Zhou Ye up calmly.
Zhou Ye looked at Gold Xiao’er.
Lu Xiaoyuan was already treating him like this but now, even Gold Xiao’er was treating him this way.
Sad.
“You’re brave,” Gold Xiao’er turned around slowly and said to the leader of the assassins.
The leader of the assassins had perspirations on his forehead. The cut on his arm was still hurting. The excruciating pain made him unable to speak.
“Do you have any last words?” Gold Xiao’er looked down on him.
The leader didn’t want to die.
He really wanted to tell him that this was all a misunderstanding.
“It’s also alright if you don’t have any last words.” Gold Xiao’er glanced at the leader.
“Poof!”
Before the leader could reply, golden flames erupted on the leader’s body, and he was burned into ashes in a blink of an eye.
“Why would I even give you a chance to say your last words?” Gold Xiao’er said with disdain.
The other assassins were all stunned.
Why was this person so ruthless? He didn’t even allow their leader to say his last words.