Xuanxia

Chapter 432 Pathfinding
On the streets of the capital, lines of horse-drawn carriages and horses were moving slowly forward, and the streets were bustling with people.

A large restaurant not far away is doing brisk business, with people coming and going at the door. The waiters' shouts of welcoming and seeing off guests can be heard through the street, and the aroma of food in the lobby can be smelled from three miles away. It is a lively and prosperous scene.

In such a crowded and bustling crowd, naturally no one would notice a drunkard.

He looked extremely ordinary, he walked unsteadily, reeked of alcohol, held a broken wine jug in his hand, and burped from time to time - there were many such drunkards in the capital who got drunk in broad daylight, and passers-by didn't care much except to look at them with disdain and walk away.

The drunk man held onto the wall of a building on the street and staggered towards the restaurant, but when he was not far from the restaurant, he stumbled and fell into an alley beside the street.

This alley was probably connected to the restaurant's back kitchen, and was also the back alley where the restaurant processed leftover food. Although it was only a few steps away from the main street, it was stinking and full of rats and ants. Several beggars and homeless people with evasive eyes huddled in the corner of the alley.

The drunk fell into the back alley with a dazed look in his eyes.

He picked up the wine jug and gulped down a few gulps of wine, as if he wanted to go out. However, every time he turned around, his feet would fall. So he turned around and around, but could not turn back to the original direction. Instead, he walked deeper and deeper into the back alley.

So he stumbled over to a beggar.

The beggar had disheveled hair and smelled bad. He was holding half a fish that had been left over by someone else in his hand and chewing it slowly.

Just as the drunkard came to the beggar, they both suddenly moved at the same time!

The wine jug in the drunk's hand turned into a bolt of thunder and smashed towards the beggar; the beggar's hand trembled, and the fish he was holding fell to the ground, but a very thin dagger slipped out of his sleeve and stabbed towards the drunk!
In the split second of the fight, the drunk was still a fraction faster.

When the tip of the sword was still half an inch away from the drunkard's throat, the wine jug exploded into pieces on the beggar's head.

The beggar's head collapsed visibly, and before he could even groan, his eyes immediately filled with blood. His body swayed and he fell to the ground with a thud.

The drunk bent down and picked up the dagger from his hand.

The whole process took only a breath or two, and the beggar fell to the ground with a large pool of blood flowing from his head.

The other homeless people and beggars in the back alley all looked over here with confused, puzzled and frightened looks.

The next moment, the drunk man was holding the dagger and walking towards the nearest homeless man.

The drunk man was none other than Wu Yan.

During this period, he has been looking for "Wuli Village".

That day on the Yifang Bridge, he confirmed through lip reading something he had known for a long time - there were many people lying in ambush around the various Nebula Chamber of Commerce's industrial bases, waiting for him to fall into their trap.

Therefore, in recent days, Wu Yan has been hanging around several Nebula Chamber of Commerce's industrial bases.

However, today was actually his first time taking action.

As a killer, he knew very well that if he didn't take action, it would be fine. But once he took action, he had to achieve his goal, otherwise he would immediately become passive.

Over the past few days, he had been hiding in the dark and observing several industrial bases of the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, and concluded that most of the people around those bases were assassins from Xiyu Pavilion.

But the person he was looking for was not someone from Xiyu Pavilion.

What he was looking for was the person from the so-called "Wuli Village".

It was not until two days ago that Wu Yan finally confirmed that there must be people from Wuli Village near this restaurant.

Of course, needless to say, this restaurant is owned by the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, and there are many Xiyu Pavilion assassins lurking around it - such as the beggar he had just killed.

But at the same time, there are some people who get along very well with these Xiyu Pavilion killers.

They wore similar disguises and hid in similar places, like killers trained in the same place.

Only someone like Wu Yan, who grew up in Xiyu Pavilion and was familiar with the styles and habits of Xiyu Pavilion's killers, could tell the difference between these people. After confirming that these people were not from Xiyu Pavilion, he also changed his identity and approached them quietly.

Then... he "smelled" a certain scent from these people.

Wu Yan had seen this "smell" before... on that scholar, that bald old man, and those people who walked onto the overpass in the middle of the night to look for him...

Therefore, they are people from Wuli Village.

In the back alley of this restaurant, many assassins from Xiyu Pavilion and Wuli Village are lying in ambush!
Wu Yan glanced at the shivering beggars and homeless people in the back alley, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Soon, he came to the nearest homeless man.

The homeless man huddled in the corner, his eyes wide open, shaking with fear.

Wu Yan looked at him calmly, but did not take any action. He turned his head and continued to move forward.

But just as he turned around, the homeless man who had been "scared" just now suddenly moved!
This time, the others didn't wait.

The homeless man pulled out a dagger from each of his sleeves, held it in his hands, and stabbed at Wu Yan's waist like lightning.

At the same time, other beggars and homeless people in the back alley, regardless of gender, age or status, all rushed over!

The back alley was deep and winding, with the overlapping eaves of a large restaurant above it. The few beams of light shone through the gaps in the eaves, casting patches of light in the alley.

The next moment, a flash of cold light appeared, and the swords and knives swept across the light spots. The sharp edges deflected, and the sunlight was reflected and projected onto Wu Yan's eyes.

Wu Yan's expression did not change, he just closed his eyes calmly.

The dagger was raised in his hand, and he wiped out the swords that were stabbing at him from all directions.

Puff!

There was a fleeting sound as the blade cut through flesh, and blood dripped onto the ground.

Wu Yan's sword did not collide with any sword. It was like a leaf drifting with the waves in the stormy sea, inconspicuous, but always able to float around everything and go where it wanted to go.

So, it slit the throats of those people... Of course, not all of them.

When the people around Wu Yan fell one after another, there were still two people standing.

But it was not because they were strong enough, but because Wu Yan did not cut their throats, but only cut off their wrists!

With low groans of pain, the two men's right hands holding the knives were severed at the wrists. After the others fell to the ground, their hands that were lifted into the air fell to the ground one after another.

The two men's eyes quickly filled with blood and their faces became ferocious.

But before they could do anything, Wu Yan attacked with lightning speed and hit them hard in the vital parts. The two men's eyes rolled back and they fainted.

After advancing to the sixth realm, Wu Yan's speed and strength have greatly increased compared to before... In the past, facing such a situation, he might have to suffer a lot of injuries to achieve such a result.

But this time, not even the corner of his clothes was torn.

After killing a group of people and knocking out two people, Wu Yan did not stop. He quickly threw the bodies into the smelly ditch in the back alley and bandaged the wounds of the two unconscious people... Next, he wanted to find out the location of Wuli Village from these two people.

Soon after he left, the smell of blood in the stinking ditch attracted a large number of rats, ants and cockroaches, which pounced on him greedily and bit him mercilessly.

Sorry, I was too busy at work this morning and forgot to update on schedule. I was an hour late. I punished myself by eating an extra bowl of rice at noon ()
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