Xuanxia

Chapter 497 Experienced
Wu Yan’s cane is certainly not an ordinary cane.

The moment he stabbed out, a sharp sword tip popped out from the bottom of the cane.

Of course, this was not his own thing... but the weapon of a Wulizhuang killer he had captured. Wu Yan thought it was pretty good, so he borrowed it to use.

Anyway, the rapier he had used before was not suitable for chopping and cutting.

The cane stabbed into the bushes fiercely, but Wu Yan did not feel like he had stabbed anyone.

A very faint rustling sound was heard among the bushes, getting farther and farther away from him - it was the person who had just hidden here, retreating rapidly.

How could Wu Yan let him leave? He chased after him without hesitation!
In the blink of an eye, he was in the dense forest.

The dense forest had so many branches and leaves that it was impossible to see the mysterious man's appearance clearly. One could only determine his whereabouts based on the slight sound of the branches and leaves rustling.

Wu Yan held his breath and concentrated, trying to catch the subtlest sounds in his ears, like the sound of wind and birds singing in the forest, which might be missed if he was not careful.

More importantly...don't let yourself become the other party's prey.

What’s interesting is that the direction in which the mysterious man escaped seemed to be deliberately avoiding the Wuli Village area, always staying on the outer edge of the Wuli Village maze, neither close nor far.

Wu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly...

This person is most likely not the killer from Wuli Village.

Judging from this man's powerful hiding and escaping skills, is he from Xiyu Pavilion?
It doesn't look like either.

Who is that?
He was thinking in his mind, but he didn't slow down at all.

Finally, after breaking through a dense forest, an open area in the mountains suddenly appeared. The sunlight shone on Wu Yan's face, allowing him to see clearly the fleeing person in front of him.

The man was dressed in black, with a black cloth covering his face, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes. He was thin but appeared extremely agile.

After seeing the figure clearly, Wu Yan took a deep breath, and the true energy in his body circulated, and his speed increased suddenly!

Seeing him approaching, the man in black suddenly stopped, quickly pulled out two short sticks from his waist, and waved them to greet him.

Wu Yan was calm, and the cane in his hand instantly turned into sword lights, intertwining with the short stick of the man in black.

The weapons collided, and the man in black immediately groaned and retreated several steps.

"Six realms?"

A low, doubtful voice came from under the black cloth from the man in black.

Wu Yan was also a little surprised—this man in black was clearly only at the fifth realm.

But the concealment skills he just displayed, especially the lightness skills when escaping... were not inferior to any assassin from Xiyu Pavilion!
No, even stronger!
Where did this person come from?

Wu Yan frowned slightly, gripped his cane tightly, and was about to attack again.

But at this moment, the man in black suddenly spread his hands, opened his middle door, and said softly: "Wu Yan... I have no hostility towards you."

Wu Yan's pupils shrank, and he paused, with the tip of his cane stopping less than an inch in front of the black-clothed man's throat.

"who are you?"

he asked in a low voice.

"I'm a person who happened to meet you." The man in black said calmly, "I'm not coming for you."

"But you recognized me." Wu Yan's eyes were serious.

"Yes."

The man in black smiled and said, "Your disguise is very good. I didn't recognize you before you made your move... But how could all the assassins in and outside the capital not know you?"

"..."

Wu Yan was silent for a moment and slowly retracted his cane, but his vigilance and murderous intent did not diminish in the slightest.

But he could indeed feel that the man in black had no intention of killing at this moment.

"You are a killer." He said in a deep voice: "As a killer, you have no hostility towards me, but you lurk around Wuli Village. What do you want to do?"

"This... doesn't seem to have anything to do with you."

The man in black smiled and said, "We just met by chance. I am not curious about your affairs, and you should not be curious about mine."

Wu Yan frowned slightly.

But he didn't think so.

If he had encountered this kind of thing in the past, after confirming that this person had nothing to do with him, he would indeed choose to turn around and leave and never ask again.

But now he is no longer the killer in Xiyu Pavilion who only cares about killing people.

A killer who is at the fifth level of Wuqiao and whose origin is unknown, whose hiding and escaping skills are better than most people in Xiyu Pavilion, is also interested in Wuli Village...

Can he become his companion?

After a moment of silence, Wu Yan spoke up: "You were hiding outside Wuli Village, were you planning to kill someone?"

"kill?"

The man in black smiled softly: "How can I kill their people... Don't ask, I won't tell you, okay, goodbye."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. "We can join forces." Wu Yan suddenly said, "I want to kill someone."

Hearing this, the man in black was obviously startled and turned his head away.

"What did you say?" he asked in surprise.

Wu Yan said calmly: "I say, we can join forces."

"Join hands?" The man in black sneered as if he had heard the funniest joke, "The most dangerous assassin in Xiyu Pavilion is actually looking for someone to join forces with?"

"Even when Xiyu Pavilion goes on a mission, they don't always send one person alone." Wu Yan said calmly: "No matter how powerful a person is, he still needs companions."

"..."

The man in black was silent, as if he was thinking.

After a moment, he turned back and said calmly: "This... is not impossible."

Wu Yan's eyes lit up slightly.

"But with our strength, we cannot break into Wuli Village, nor can we find out the secrets inside." The man in black said leisurely: "You are stronger than me, but you are still far behind."

Wu Yan tilted his head: "How strong do you want it to be?"

"How strong..."

The man in black hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Perhaps, with you, that person, and the people behind him, we can really..."

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and reached out to tear off the black mask.

This is a middle-aged man with gray hair on the temples. His face is covered with old scars of varying depths. The scars even spread to his neck and onto his body covered by clothes.

"It's fate, after all."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I met your woman not long ago."

"My woman?" Wu Yan was startled at first, then his eyes suddenly tightened: "Zhu Mei!"

"take it easy."

The middle-aged man chuckled: "She is safe - if you join forces with me, you will not only be joining forces with me."

Wu Yan looked at him in a daze.

He was not stupid and figured it out in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the middle-aged man suddenly mentioned Zhu Mei. There was only one possibility...

"You know Fu Qingzhou!" Wu Yan blurted out: "You and Fu Qingzhou... are friends?"

"friend?"

The middle-aged man's eyes darkened slightly, and he sneered: "No, I am his elder."

"Fu Qingzhou..." Wu Yan whispered, "Does he have a grudge against Wuli Village?"

"It is."

The middle-aged man said leisurely: "You will entrust the woman to him, so you must trust him. How about coming with me and explaining this matter?"

Wu Yan was silent.

He actually doesn't like Fu Qingzhou.

When I was a killer, every time I met him, nothing good happened.

But Wu Yan had to admit that this man's strength was far beyond his expectations.

When they first met, Fu Qingzhou was just a weakling who had just entered the third realm on Wandu Mountain and could do nothing.

When they met again, although he was not as strong as himself, he was able to use his wisdom to make his mission fail.

When they met for the third time, Fu Qingzhou...had become stronger than himself!

Not only that, he has become the so-called hidden dragon and the strongest among the younger generation.

More importantly, this person is a man of his word, kind and virtuous, and a trustworthy person.

If not for this, Wu Yan would not have asked him to protect Zhu Mei.

If we join forces with him...

"it is good."

He said solemnly: "I'll go with you to see him."

The middle-aged man, Tang Min, smiled slightly and nodded.

But just as he was about to turn around and lead the way, a gloomy laugh suddenly sounded in their ears.

"You guys can't go anywhere."

(End of this chapter)