The death of their leader meant that there was no one commanding the assassins. For a moment, they were in a state of disbelief.
They stood at the same spot helplessly.
They looked at Qin Yi. They really wanted to kill him but they were afraid of Gold Xiao’er’s frightening ability.
At a time like this, it was hard to make a decision.
On one side, they needed to remain professional. On the other, it was their life they were playing with.
Suddenly.
“Clang.”
One of the assassins threw away the long blade in his hand. His ruthlessness had disappeared entirely. He kneeled on the ground with a loud thud and trembled violently. He said pitifully, “Seniors, will you believe me if I say that this was all a misunderstanding?”
The moment this assassin finished speaking, the other assassins threw away their weapons and kneeled on the ground too.
Everyone kneeled. They had forgotten how they were trying to kill them some moment ago.
Qin Yi and Elder Lu picked up a long blade each and placed it next to the neck of the assassin closest to them.
The assassin felt the cold and icy blade pressing against his neck. Cold sweat kept dripping down his body and his hairs were all standing on its end.
However, he didn’t dare to use his Xuan Qi.
Once he made any movement, he believed that the long blade would slash his throat.
Hence, he just needed to kneel obediently now.
“Brother Gold, what do we do with these people?” Qin Yi stared at the assassins intently. He held the long blade tightly. He really wanted to kill these assassins immediately.
“There’s no need to be impatient.” Gold Xiao’er smiled and waved his hand.
He bent his back slightly and looked at the assassin in front of him. Then, he smiled and said, “You’re really cautious. I waited the entire night for you.”
“You are able to bear the strong cold wind at night. Not bad.”
The assassins felt cold sweat on their back when they heard this.
Now, they knew that the other party had been aware of their actions this whole while.
Was it because Gold Xiao’er’s cultivation state was too high or was there a betrayer among them?
However, without knowing what had gone wrong, the assassins couldn’t understand what was happening.
“Are you not done yet?”
Lu Xiaoyuan’s voice came from the other side.
She was rubbing her eyes with an unhappy expression on her face.
One of the assassins close to Lu Xiaoyuan lowered his head and looked at the long blade beside him.
In that instant, many thoughts went through his head.
He really wanted to use the long blade to catch Lu Xiaoyuan and use Lu Xiaoyuan to threaten Gold Xiao’er and his companions.
Based on his point of view, this little girl must be very weak.
However, this thought remained as a thought in his mind.
Gold Xiao’er was just beside him.
In front of this powerful person who was able to burn his leader alive with a wave of his hand, he didn’t dare to act rashly.
“I’m really bored. I want to play with them,” Gold Xiao’er smiled as he said.
“Okay.” Lu Xiaoyuan nodded. Then, she continued, “I wonder who sent them. If we know, we can kill the mastermind and steal his coins.”
Oh my god.
Zhou Ye gasped.
He felt that Lu Xiaoyuan’s idea was amazing.
“We don’t know who’s the mastermind at the moment.” Gold Xiao’er shook his head.
“Who is your leader?”
The assassins all pointed to the white ashes on the ground.
That was the ash of their leader.
“Huh?” Gold Xiao’er frowned slightly.
He thought for a moment and stopped furrowing his brows.
In this group of assassins, the assassin he burned to death had the highest cultivation state. He was probably their leader.
The assassins weren’t lying.
“Who’s the second-in-command?” Gold Xiao’er continued asking.
“Senior, I’m the second-in-command.” An assassin raised his hand timidly.
As he trembled, he really looked small, weak, pitiful, and helpless.
“Alright, let me ask you a question. Who sent you to kill us?” Gold Xiao’er nodded and asked.
“Erm… Senior, this is a misunderstanding. We found the wrong person.” The second-in-command bit the bullet and forced a smile on his face.
“You’re lying.” There was a faint smile on Gold Xiao’er’s face.
Gold Xiao’er lifted his right hand. A gold flame appeared on the center of his palm. Then, it slowly engulfed his entire palm.
As soon as the gold flame appeared, the temperature around the corridor started rising. The air around it started distorting because of the high heat.
“If you don’t say the truth, there might not even be any ashes left if I slap you.” Gold Xiao’er placed Zhou Ye on the ground lightly with his left hand. Then, he patted the second -in-command’s shoulder as he spoke with a serious expression.
“Gulp.”
The second-in-command swallowed a mouth of saliva.
“Senior, if I speak the truth, will you spare my life?” The second-in-command asked with hope.
“I swear on my Dao Heart that if you say everything you know, I will not kill you. And if I kill you, I’m not human.”
When Gold Xiao’er said this, he kept a stern expression on his face. He sounded as though he was really a human.
Shameless.
You aren’t a human to begin with.
Zhou Ye complained in his heart.
At the same time, he felt that he learned a new method to fool others in the future.
The assassin’s eyes lit up slightly.
Suddenly, he got a great idea. He said, “Senior, although you swore not to kill me on you Dao Heart, what about my brothers? What about the rest of the seniors?”
The assassins felt touched when they heard their second-in-command speaking up for them.
During crucial times, their second-in-command was still very reliable.
“I swore with my Dao Heart…” Qin Yi and Elder Lu exchanged glances with each other and started making an oath on their Dao Heart.
After the two of them finished speaking, all the assassins looked at Lu Xiaoyuan.
As for Zhou Ye, they neglected him entirely.
They never saw him displaying his skills so they didn’t care.
Even if the spirit herb was in the mid-stage of the Xuan Sea realm, it was still a plant.
If Zhou Ye knew what they were thinking, the progress of the situation might be different.
Honestly speaking, these assassins, who were all below the mid-stage of the Xuan Sea realm, were all little brothers to him.
“Is there a need for this?” Lu Xiaoyuan rolled her eyes when she saw the assassins looking at her.
“Master Deer, it’s just an oath. It’s nothing,” Gold Xiao’er smiled and said.
Lu Xiaoyuan crossed her hands in front of her chest and said nonchalantly, “Why do you need to use so much effort. You can just search the soul and you will be able to find all the answers you want.”
“Search the soul?!”
The assassins were all frightened when they heard this. Even Qin Yi and Elder Lu’s expression changed too.
In the human world, soul searching was a forbidden art.
Only those top-tier clans and people practicing the dark arts would know this soul searching skill.
It was said that once your soul was searched, you might turn into an idiot. In serious cases, your soul would dissipate, disallowing you from ever reincarnating.
It was a frightening forbidden art. Everything you did, whether you had forgotten about it or not, could be dug up.
The second-in-command’s expression was bad.
Once he got soul searched.
Everything he did in his entire life would be known to the other person.
Everything would be exposed.
“But I have never learned soul searching before,” Gold Xiao’er said with a helpless expression.
He wanted to do it too to save his effort but unfortunately, he never learned this skill before.
“I know how to do it. Let me do it.” Lu Xiaoyuan remained indifferent.
She raised one hand. Colorful holy lights surrounded her hand and a powerful aura flowed towards the assassins.
“Don’t! Senior, I will say it. I will tell you everything!” The second-in-command immediately got anxious.
It didn’t matter if Lu Xiaoyuan knew the soul searching skill. The most important thing was, he was really truly afraid.
This cute little girl was actually an old demon.
The world was too scary.
“Tell me what you know.” Lu Xiaoyuan nodded. She was very willing to give the second-in-command another chance.
“The person who hired us to kill you is the Duke of the South!” The assassin shouted.
“The Duke of the South?!” Qin Yi and Elder Lu exchanged glances with one another. They saw the disbelief in each other’s eyes.
“That’s right. It’s the Duke of the South. They say that if we kill you successfully, they will give us a huge sum of money. However, if we fail… everyone alive will die.” The second-in-command took off the scarf on his face as he spoke with a bitter smile.
On his face, there was a scar that was formed not long ago.
The rest of the assassins took off their scarves too.
Every single one of them had a scar on their face. The scars looked identical.
Besides Zhou Ye, everyone else knew what it was.
Once these assassins failed in their assassination, the men of the Duke of the South could find them using this scar after they escaped to kill them.
Moreover, there was a tinge of energy on each of the scars.
Those scars were done by a cultivator with a higher cultivation state. If not, these assassins would have been able to get rid of it.