I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 216 Assassin
The sword was too sharp, and Yao Zhizhang's hand was able to strike it without any hindrance.

He was stunned for a moment, and then a sharp pain came from the palm of his hand, making him scream loudly.

“Ah——what are you doing!!”

Yao Zhizhang covered his hand with broken fingers in pain and glared at Xie Yuan:

"You dare to hurt me? How dare you go against the Jinling Yao family! I'm going to make you... Young man, I advise you to calm down and think clearly about what you are doing."

He looked at Xie Yuan's expressionless face and his heart skipped a beat. He suppressed his anger and calmed himself down, and wanted to calm the other two down as well.

The most difficult ones to deal with are these young and inexperienced people. When they get angry, they don't care about the consequences. It is unwise to fight with them... Especially the warriors from these small places. They have little knowledge and don't understand what a noble family is.

Yao Zhizhang felt that he was of noble status and different from these common people, but he still had to be patient and coax the two of them, feeling really aggrieved.

He tried to persuade them in a gentle manner, but in his heart he was filled with hatred. He thought that once he got out of this situation, he would report it to his family and make the two of them suffer a fate worse than death.

If you offend a noble family, you must never let them off easily.

Xie Yuan knew what Yao Zhizhang was thinking without even looking, and said:
"Do you really think that you can scare anyone with the surname Yao?"

Yao Zhizhang's expression was uncertain:
"Brother Shi Yuan, listen to me, the Yao family..."

"No need to say more. I know the Yao family. I have taught Yao Tianchuan a lesson before. Don't say you are just a branch family. Even if you are from the original Jinling Yao family, if you dare to do these things, you will not be able to escape the sword in my hand today."

Xie Yuan said no more and pointed his sword at Yao Zhizhang.

Yao Tianchuan, the most famous genius of the younger generation of the family?

He can still fight against Yao Tianchuan and talk about lessons... How is it possible?

But when Yao Zhizhang saw that Xie Yuan's expression did not seem to be bragging, and a cold light was pointed directly at him, releasing an undisguised murderous intent, his heart sank slightly.

His face gradually turned pale, and he said with trembling lips:
"Who are you? How can you not be afraid of the Jinling Yao family? Impossible!
"Don't, let's discuss this properly! I'm from a noble family, and my family is willing to pay a large sum of money to redeem my life! You'd better follow the rules! Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!
"Who are you? Tell me your name! Who is so bold?"

Xie Yuan paused with his sword and said calmly:
"Then let you die knowingly. The one who killed you is Xie Yuan from Yunzhao Xiaoshi Village. And the one next to her... Oh, don't you know her name? Her name is Situ Qin.

"After you go down, you can ask your Yao family to come and settle accounts with us in your dreams. Don't forget it."

"!"

When Yao Zhizhang heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, his face turned pale, and he no longer had any hope of luck.

Why are these two people?

He naturally knew who they were. One was the lunatic who killed the official in front of Su Xing. Everyone in Yunzhou knew him.

And the other one is the daughter of the great enemy of the family, the King of Pingxi. Yesterday, he said he wanted to capture her...

Yao Zhizhang suddenly felt extremely regretful. If only he was not from a noble family, would he still have a chance to survive?
But the next moment, he could no longer think of the answer to this question.

Xie Yuan swung his sword and chopped off his head directly. Blood spurted out and dyed the beam red.

Seeing Yao Zhizhang's head and body separated, dead as hell, Xie Yuan still felt unsatisfied and only wished he could kill him twice.

He swung his sword, shook off the blood drop, sheathed the sword, and sighed:
"The wicked die too easily, which makes people feel uncomfortable."

Situ Qin shook his head and said:

"Yao Zhizhang is just a small fry. The ones standing behind them are the real evil."

She naturally felt the evil of the noble families much more deeply than Xie Yuan did. It was not just because of their different standpoints, but because she had seen too much over the years.

Outside, they could vaguely hear the sound of a large number of yamen runners approaching, but the two men took it lightly and quickly searched the study. However, when they saw the scraps of paper in the brazier, they realized that, as they had expected, all the valuables were burned.

The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Thinking of the evil deeds done by these sons of noble families and the ruthless demonstrations of the mysterious and powerful Mr. Qian, Xie Yuan's face became solemn.

He suddenly swung his sword, dipped it in Yao Zhizhang's blood, and wrote with his pen.

With a bang, the bailiff pushed the door open, only to find the study was empty.

In addition to Yao Zhizhang's decapitated body, there was a line of bloody characters written in a flamboyant style:
"Xie Yuan from Xiaoshi Village killed Yao Zhizhang from Jinling here."

……

The Wu River sparkles under the setting sun, as if covered with broken gold, so brilliant.

Xie Yuan and Situ Qin walked hand in hand along the Wu River. Looking at the beautiful river scenery, they thought about how many bones were buried beneath the river, and they felt a little depressed.

Xie Yuan sighed:

"Nothing was saved, nothing was found, and even all the clues were cut off..."

From the farm to Yao Zhizhang and then to the boat gang, all the related places were either burned down by a fire or dealt with in advance, leaving them with no valuable clues.

Xie Yuan experienced for the first time the swift response of the noble families.

Situ Qin listened to his annoyed tone and comforted him softly:

"Thank you, Escort Captain. Don't think like that. At least we can find out the source of the population loss in Wuhe River over the past few years and give them a clear conscience in the future."

Xie Yuan nodded with a heavy face, still a little annoyed:

"But if I had handled it better, perhaps fewer innocent people would have died."

Situ Qin's expression turned serious, and he turned around and looked at Xie Yuan:

"Thank you, Escort Captain, I feel like you still don't understand.

“Behind this matter are at least two great families, the Yao family of Jinling and the Qian family of Yongyang.

“Although I hate them, I have to admit that when aristocratic families do things, even if they are just setting up chess pieces thousands of miles away, they will never do small things.

“The two companies are cooperating in Wuhe. I think it’s not just about human trafficking. That would underestimate them.

"There must be some hidden story behind this. Mr. Qian was able to escape our combined efforts to hunt him down. He must be an elite member of the Qian family.

"Under this arrangement, we were able to quickly cut the Gordian knot, clear out the evil spirits here, and track them down. We confirmed that it was these two families, which was already a huge success.

“If it weren’t for your secret ability, if it weren’t for our extremely fast movements, if it weren’t for your extraordinary agility, I’m afraid we wouldn’t even have the chance to actually meet Mr. Qian, and the farm would be deserted, and we would still know nothing at that time.

"Thank you, Escort Captain. Although you are gifted, you have only just started out. You should be proud of yourself for being able to defeat the plans of the noble families at this level, but you must also be very careful. I can prove with my own experience that the noble families are not so easy to deal with. You must never underestimate them."

"As for the sacrifice of innocent people..."

Situ Qin was silent for a moment, then said calmly:
"Anyone could be killed in the face of a monster like this. It could be you, it could be me, or it could be an innocent passerby. Even my father would sacrifice himself when the time comes."

Xie Yuan heard her say this, and tightened his palm slightly, holding her soft hand, and exhaled:
"Okay, I was too greedy, you have a point."

Xie Yuan did have a natural attitude towards the aristocratic families because of his own talent and Situ Qin, and he also looked down on them a little.

After all, Yao Tianchuan, who was known as the Yao family's talented son, was also defeated by him and his sword heart was shattered by him.

But no matter how talented Yao Tianchuan is, he is just a young disciple of the Yao family and cannot represent the true strength of the Yao family. The half-crippled Yao family is already the last among the aristocratic families and cannot represent the true level of the other major aristocratic families.

Xie Yuan is now in the Yunshan Sword Sect, which is at its peak. He and his partner Situ Qin are both extremely talented, and they want to be enemies with the aristocratic families. He knows best how powerful the Sword Sect is. From the masters who take turns to attend classes and the talented fellow swordsmen who can be seen everywhere, Xie Yuan knows that this is undoubtedly a top sect.

However, he almost forgot that even the Yunshan Sword Sect was not necessarily a match for the aristocratic families in terms of strength and foundation.

Now that Situ Qin had solemnly reminded him, Xie Yuan also lost his impetuous mind and looked at these huge creatures seriously.

If he had previously only naturally disliked these several powerful families that had dominated the Central Plains for a thousand years because of Situ Qin and the stories that were spread everywhere, now he was really confronting at least two of them.

I guess the name Xie Yuan will be presented on the desks of those gentlemen.

very dangerous.

But Zhang Shan was not afraid.

In fact, there is no point in being afraid. Just do it. If it happens again, Xie Yuan will make the same choice.

When encountering injustice on the road, Xie Yuan had the strength to spare, so he could not ignore it. It was not his way to stand aside in fear of power.

Seeing Xie Yuan's clear and serious expression, Situ Qin also smiled slightly.

She knew that Xie Biaotou was a smart man and understood everything immediately without any further explanation.

Although Xie Yuan often took the initiative to ask about the Wuhe River incident over the past two days, Situ Qin hardly expressed much of his own opinion.

It wasn't that she didn't have her own opinion, but many of Xie Yuan's decisions really coincided with hers. Whether it was seeing injustice, killing evildoers, or sneaking in to investigate, the two rarely disagreed, even Situ Qin was surprised and excited.

The two of them just got along well with each other. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten along so well at first meeting and have not been able to get along like this until now.

Situ Qin looked at Xie Yuan with tenderness on her face. Suddenly she smiled sweetly, raised her fist, and waved it at Xie Yuan cutely:

"Thank you, Chief Escort. The Yao family died and the Qian family escaped. Today is our victory. Cheer up!"

The girl turned her back to the Wu River shining in the setting sun, letting the golden light shine on her delicate body, even her hair reflected a soft light.

Xie Yuan looked at the stunning beauty by the river cheering him up. This scene had become a painting, with his heart as the canvas, firmly engraved on it.

He smiled and was about to speak when his eyes suddenly opened slightly.

A faint shadow emerged silently from the Wu River, and with incredible swiftness, it thrust a dagger towards Situ Qin's back.

Xie Yuan's eyes clearly reflected Situ Qin and her shadow breaking through the water behind her. He saw every movement, every step, as if time had slowed down. However, he only raised his hand slightly, and the sword was already on Situ Qin.

Situ Qin seemed to have noticed something and turned back slightly, but it was too late.

Xie Yuan could see everything clearly, but he couldn't stop it. It all happened too fast, faster than a person could react.

The dagger in Shadow's hand stabbed Situ Qin's back, and then paused slightly.

A burst of intense light burst out from between the sword and Situ Qin's clothes. Situ Qin lunged forward, but was caught steadily by Xie Yuan and held in his arms.

With two snaps, the two rings on Situ Qin's hands broke into pieces. The fragments fell to the ground and lost their luster.

Seeing that he failed, the shadow flashed and in the blink of an eye he got behind Situ Qin and was about to stab her again.

A long sword suddenly stretched out, covering the shadow in a cloud of mist. Xie Yuan started to move as soon as he saw the shadow, and he had been waiting for a long time.

Shadow's eyes blurred and he saw a scene in front of him that was shrouded in mist and clouds. He was dazzled for a moment and seemed to pause.

But the next moment, he swung his dagger, splitting all the clouds in front of him and colliding with the sharp sword hidden in it.

Xie Yuan felt as if struck by lightning, and his hands felt as if a tremendous force had been applied. His sword instantly swung away, leaving an opening.

The shadow dagger flashed again, but it ignored Xie Yuan's flaw and continued to stab directly at Situ Qin next to him.

Situ Qin's face was solemn. He took a step forward and retreated explosively, using all his strength to narrowly avoid the attack.

The shadow waved his hands in the air without any pause, and in a flash he was about to catch up again.

However, he suddenly felt a powerful and sharp aura rushing towards him, and even with his well-tempered will, he trembled slightly.

This blow will hurt.

The shadow was a little surprised, and swung his sword back to face the axe light that seemed to be able to chop thousands of troops into pieces.

With a loud bang, a deafening sound exploded in the field. The ground was hit by the energy and suddenly cracked, and smoke and dust rose up.

Shadow swung his dagger and actually blocked Xie Yuan's sweeping attack!
But he was not completely relaxed. He couldn't help but shake his hands, glanced at Xie Yuan, and then continued to chase after Situ Qin.

Xie Yuan stood where he was, his whole body shaking violently. It took him a few breaths to recover. His pupils shrank and he looked solemn.

The three transformations of Qi and blood... It is definitely the realm of the three transformations of Qi and blood!
Situ Qin, having been stopped by Xie Yuan, had already stopped not far away and set up his guqin.

She held a long zither in her hand, her breath was calm, and when she saw the faint shadow rushing towards her, she was not afraid at all. She gently plucked the strings with both hands, and the music quickly became faster in a moment, and suddenly turned into a phantom.

Like a tornado approaching, the shadow suddenly stopped, seeming to reveal a solemn expression.

He danced lightly with his short sword to protect his body, and a dark light was emitted, facing the storm of piano music.

"Ding--"

A long and continuous sword chant was heard, which did not stop in front of the piano sound. It was the sound of the dagger and the piano colliding.

It turned out that if you listened carefully, it was not a single sound at all, but a continuous, dense, and uninterrupted sound of swords. It was so dense that it sounded like a single sound!
In an instant, the dagger danced countless times, blocking countless piano sounds, and then it slashed out with one sword, dispersing the last aftermath of the piano sound storm!
The storm dissipated, and Shadow was unharmed. He shook the dagger, pointed it at the ground, and stood proudly.

Situ Qin's devastating storm of piano sound and ferocious attacks that could kill opponents of the same level in seconds were not able to penetrate the shadow killer's sword force in the slightest!

The shadow took advantage of the break in Situ Qin's attack, shrank his body, and was about to attack again, but suddenly he felt a strong force coming from behind him.

He turned around suddenly and found that Xie Yuan's aura had inexplicably recovered to its peak, and even had a breakthrough, and his figure had become slightly larger.

Xie Yuan had a solemn appearance, holding a huge axe, and his figure rose one foot taller, like an arhat subduing demons.

He stared at the shadow, raised the giant axe slowly but quickly, and then slashed out with a force that was beyond his previous peak, sweeping away thousands of enemies!

Shadow's hair stood on end when facing the huge black axe blade. He stepped lightly, suddenly turned over and jumped up, and with a somersault, he avoided the death light that covered the ground.

Seeing that the assassin was finally afraid, Xie Yuan shouted and swung his axe again, as if he didn't care about his life, and chopped back into the air!

The harvest from the pagoda, the Xiao Huan Dan and the Da Jin Gang Wan, the effect is better than I could have imagined!

The assassin, who had nowhere to gain support in the air, saw the axe blade that could destroy thousands of troops covering the air again, and his expression became solemn.

His body was like a fallen leaf, and seemed about to be sucked into the axe blade. However, just before the black light reached him, he seemed to have really become a fallen leaf blown by the wind, and was blown a little by the air force, and passed lightly and nimbly over the axe blade.

Demonstrating such perfect body movements, Shadow moved headfirst and feet upside down, with his footsteps stomping heavily in the air.

"boom--"

As if there was a pedal in the air, he stepped on the air and made a loud bang, creating ripples!

The shadow suddenly increased its speed, and he completely avoided Situ Qin's arrows that covered the air. Before the two could react, he had already flashed in front of Xie Yuan and handed out his dull dagger.

The dagger instantly broke through the automatically activated Golden Bell Cover, stabbed directly into Xie Yuan's chest, and suddenly stopped.

A faint Buddhist chant was heard, and Xie Yuan felt his chest getting hot. A huge light burst out, which deflected all the assassins and daggers in front of him.

At the same time, the jade Buddha statue that Situ Qin gave him suddenly became dull and no longer warm.

If it happens again, this magic weapon that can defend against full-strength attacks from the Third Transformation Realm will end up like Situ Qin's two rings.

When Shadow saw that Xie Yuan also had such a wonderful magic weapon, his eyelids jumped.

However, he obviously felt that it would be difficult to kill Situ Qin in a hurry, so it would be better to first deal with Xie Yuan, the troublesome helper, and then concentrate on assassinating the target.

I don’t believe he can have a few more such defenses. Anyway, in my hands, I don’t think his opponent will last more than two rounds.

The shadow dagger danced again, transforming into an imperceptible gust of wind, lightly and swiftly wiping towards Xie Yuan's throat.

Although Xie Yuan was blocked by the Buddha statue, he had already reacted. His blood and energy began to flow, and a sacred and solemn golden light shield suddenly burst out, covering his body. Even thanks to the powerful Vajra Pill, it was much more stable than what he usually emitted.

The short sword hit the golden bell, making a melodious sound. The golden bell shook violently, with countless ripples, and it was almost impossible to see the appearance of Xie Yuan inside, but it finally stabilized.

A sharp breath rushed towards him, and the killer subconsciously wanted to dodge the axe blade that would either kill or injure him if he was touched. However, as soon as he made the move, he found that what was stabbed out was a sharp sword, with unparalleled power!
Why did you change weapons again?
The killer was a little surprised and was a little slow, so he had to raise his short sword with his back hand to block the long sword.

The dagger entered the white light emitted by the long sword, and suddenly it was like a traveler who had lost his goal in the mist, and for a moment he didn't know where to go.

Shadow was stunned for only a moment, but as he had extremely rich combat experience, he swung his sword in an instant to protect his body, and just in time, Xie Yuan's sword, which he had decisively attacked with, collided with his chest, making a ding sound.

Xie Yuan knew that the enemy was stronger than ever before, so he no longer tried to confuse his opponent with the power of clouds and mist as usual. Instead, he took a slight advantage and broke out of the clouds, his sword like a dragon, going straight for the enemy. However, he was still blocked by him at the critical moment.

He was awestruck, knowing that the killer's fighting skills were unique in his life. He did not dare to be careless. He shook his sword and used the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon with all his strength to cover the killer.

With the help of the ancient elixir in the ruins, Xie Yuan not only returned to the peak, but also broke through the limit. At this time, the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon, with the advantage, actually managed to cover the killer.

Every move of the killer was honed and refined, without any fancy moves, and his horizontal and vertical slashes were also very powerful; however, facing the profound swordsmanship of the Grandmaster, he had no corresponding moves to break the enemy, and could only defeat the enemy with force. But the Nine Styles of Cloud Dragon was best at constantly changing and avoiding the real and attacking the fake. At this time, Xie Yuan just turned his long sword into a dragon in the clouds, entangled with the killer, making the enemy, who was obviously a realm higher than him, feel powerless.

The killer was surprised, but if that was all he did, there was no way to stop him. He would be able to find a flaw and break out with his sword in a moment.

But every time this happened, Situ Qin, who was a little further away from the battlefield, would use the sound of his piano to stop the enemy at the right time, and his timing could be called perfect.

Situ Qin had excellent eyesight and a heart full of musical instruments. The power of the musical arrows she used was not necessarily great, but it was exactly the turning point of the score, with the ingenuity of using a little force to achieve a great result. She always cooperated with Xie Yuan and hit the killer just when he was about to break the situation, disrupting his rhythm and returning to the center of Xie Yuan's sword style.

After doing this several times, the killer found that he still couldn't break the deadlock easily, and he was shocked.

He quickly changed his strategy, shook his dagger, and suddenly burst out with a speed much faster than before, going straight for Xie Yuan's lower abdomen.

However, his move doubled its speed and power, yet it made no sound at all. The combination of overwhelming power and complete silence was originally contradictory, but in his hands, it was a perfect combination, a pinnacle display of assassination skills.

Relying on this killing move that unleashes all his strength in an instant, the killer had stabbed targets countless times before, including those who were more powerful than him, all by relying on this sudden, silent and stabbing killing move.

He ignored the long swords around him that were unclear and lurking with murderous intent, and decisively risked his life without caring about himself. He was confident that he could kill his opponent before the opponent's sword could hit him.

With such a huge difference in cultivation level, Xie Yuan couldn't react in time to this fatal sword strike.

He also could not see the sword's thunder-like trajectory, but only vaguely saw the killer's movements.

However, an idea flashed through Xie Yuan's mind, as if he had seen this fatal move somewhere before, and then, as if an idea suddenly came to his mind, he came up with a way to crack it.

His long sword hidden in the cloud and mist sword style suddenly turned and slashed upwards across his chest, just in time to lightly bump against the assassin's dagger.

Originally, with the second transformation realm against the third transformation realm, let alone such a collision, even if you slash with all your strength, it is not certain that you can deflect the sword even a little bit.

But just like hitting a snake in its most vulnerable part or grabbing a person who has a tendon, the swordsman's hand suddenly tilted and the dagger was almost sent flying.

He was horrified and couldn't understand why this happened!

However, before he could be horrified, the assassin saw that Xie Yuan's long sword, which had knocked his weapon crooked, was not stopping, and was actually moving towards his neck. Between the movement and the thrust, the sharp and cold blade was rapidly approaching his vitals.

At the critical moment, the assassin twisted his body strangely, moving his neck away and slightly sideways, so that his chest lightly brushed against the tip of Xie Yuan's sword, leaving a streak of blood.

The two people crossed each other's paths, and the assassin dodged and avoided the invisible force of the piano that was attacking from Situ Qin. It was as if he had eyes on his back, causing the girl to frown.

Shadow stood by the river, gently wiped his chest, and looked at the blood on his fingertips.

He looked deeply at Xie Yuan and Situ Qin, then slowly took a step back and silently sank into the surface of the Wu River, causing only barely perceptible ripples before quickly sinking back down.

The surface of the Wu River is calm, the setting sun is blood-red, the returning birds are chirping, and the whole place is peaceful and quiet.

If it weren't for the traces of energy explosions and fierce battles everywhere on the river bank, it would seem as if nothing had happened here, and everything that just happened was just an illusion.

Xie Yuan and Situ Qin looked at each other silently, and their tense mood relaxed a little.

"He is the Heavenly Rank Assassin from Qiufeng Tower."

Situ Qin frowned and said.

Xie Yuan nodded slightly, he also guessed the killer's origin.

The Dali imperial court has a good control over the folk underworld, and the world situation is stable for the time being, so cults and gray organizations have always been low-key, and there are no particularly ostentatious sects.

But in recent decades, there has only been one assassin organization that is powerful and flamboyant, almost disregarding the imperial court, and even named it "Qiufenglou" -

It not only means killing people like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, but also stands in stark contrast to the legendary Chunyu Tower in the Six Gates headquarters.

In response to such a blatant provocation, Chunyu Tower organized several roundups. Although there was some effect, it never caused any damage to this mysterious and powerful killer organization. They always hid for a while and then revived.

Over the past few decades, Qiufeng Tower's reputation in the underground world of the Dali Dynasty has been at its peak, and their strength is indeed strong. As long as the target is not particularly outrageous, their success rate is almost over 90%, and there have even been several successful assassinations of masters.

Judging from the methods of this terrifying assassin, he is obviously a famous, or even notorious, Heaven-level assassin from Qiufeng Tower, that is, a killer at the third level of transformation.

A Heavenly Grade Assassin cannot be qualified just by reaching the Third Transformation Stage of Qi and Blood, but must have assassinated at least several powerful Third Transformation Stage warriors before being given this title.

According to Situ Qin's judgment, this killer was most likely a top-level assassin from Qiufeng Tower, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to perform with such ease and extraordinary skills.

Xie Yuan walked to Situ Qin's side, still keeping a vigilant eye on the river, and then slowly exhaled:
"An opponent at the third level of transformation is surprisingly difficult to deal with."

Situ Qin was somewhat amused:
"Thank you, Escort Captain. Even I dare not look down on a warrior who has reached the third level of Qi and Blood Transformation. Even if he is weak, he has transformed three times. There are differences in the level of Qi and Blood in the same realm. The difference in progress between the beginning, the middle and the end is already difficult to overcome, let alone the great realm? Each realm has its own obstacles. It is not an empty statement."

However, she immediately looked Xie Yuan up and down with a look of surprise:

"But thank you, Escort Captain. This is the first time I've witnessed the power of your axe skills, and I really don't understand it... That's fine, but how did you break the assassin's sword at the end? You even injured a heavenly assassin one-on-one. How much cultivation do you have? You just broke through the second level of transformation. If you tell others, no one will believe it! Not to mention others, even if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it!"

Xie Yuan did not hide his plan from Situ Qin:

"I have gained some insights from Jianfeng. When facing sword moves, I often have a flash of inspiration and can turn defeat into victory."

After hearing this, Situ Qin was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little absent-minded, and murmured:

"Is it the power of the sword heart?"

Xie Yuan was somewhat surprised to see that Situ Qin had accurately called out the name of this ability:
"Do you know this thing? I thought it was just... I thought it wasn't common."

"It's rare. I've only heard that some legendary swordsmen have it, and... my father can do it, too. But apart from you, I haven't heard of anyone else in the world having this ability."

Xie Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard this. This... could be considered a kind of fate, right?

Situ Qin hesitated for a moment and smiled:

"But we worked together and actually managed to drive away the Heavenly Rank Assassin. And it was you who injured him and scared him away!"

She clapped her hands, looking excited:
"Nine times out of ten, a Heaven-class assassin would not miss, but he was defeated here. These people are really willing to spend a lot of money... but they came too quickly."

Situ Qin frowned slightly.

Xie Yuan deeply felt the horror of that Heavenly Rank Assassin, and felt it was not easy to repel him.

But he kept his eyes on the water. The two of them quietly moved away from the bank of the Wu River. After walking for a long distance, Xie Yuan said:

"Let's go back first. This time, I really know that the noble family is not easy to mess with."

Situ Qin nodded silently:
"So you regret it?"

"So next time I will be more strict and never let anyone get away."

Xie Yuan smiled.

Situ Qin smiled slightly:
"Among the eight great families, the Qian family is the best at escaping and they cherish their lives the most, so it is the most difficult to catch them. When my mother dealt with them, the Qian family suffered the least losses."

Xie Yuan nodded, gradually feeling a little tired.

He consumed a lot of energy and had to rely on Xiao Huan Dan and Da Li Jingang Wan to recover. Although both of them were obtained from ancient relics and were magical and could not be found in this world, after so long, the effect of Da Li Jingang Wan gradually dissipated. Xie Yuan only felt a little empty inside and his steps slowed down.

Or maybe my cultivation is too low… The second level of cultivation is just the entry standard. If I want to be really important, I have to practice more.

Xie Yuan thought silently.

As he walked on the official road, he could faintly hear the waves of the Wu River. Thinking of everything he had experienced in the past two days, his eyes gradually became deep.

Suddenly, Xie Yuan was stunned and stopped.

The Wu River is calm, where do the waves come from?
He suddenly felt that the sound of water seemed to come from nearby, as if... right under his feet.

"careful!"

A tender cry sounded.

With a bang, a big hole was blown out on the official road, and a stream of mud and water rushed into the sky, with the faint and unreality shadow mixed in it.

He thrust a dull sword towards Xie Yuan, but Xie Yuan anticipated it half a beat in advance, his eyes widened, and an inverted golden bell suddenly lit up around him!

However, the Golden Bell Cover was unable to block the assassin's full-strength attack. It only held the sword for a moment before it suddenly shattered into a sky full of golden light, like a dream.

The dagger stabbed at Xie Yuan's chest. Xie Yuan's eyes flashed, and he let out a low shout. Regardless of his own safety, he also stabbed the assassin's heart with the sword.

The assassin's sword stabbed first, and Xie Yuan only felt a burning sensation in his chest. The jade Buddha statue exploded directly, and a clear light lit up, helping him to block the attack.

Xie Yuan only felt a tightness in his chest, but was not injured. However, his sword was twisted by the shadow strangely, as if it had no bones.

Shadow retracted his dagger slightly, and in a moment he turned back to stab again, but a strong wind suddenly blew between the two of them, causing Shadow's hand to pause for a moment, and he suddenly retreated and fell into a large hole on the official road, disappearing in an instant.

"There is a hidden river underground!"

Xie Yuan said sternly.

Both of them were on guard against sneak attacks from assassins and stayed away from the Wu River, but they didn't expect the terrain here to be so peculiar!
Situ Qin bit her lip slightly, and together with Xie Yuan, she scanned the ground around them. However, the surroundings fell into silence again, so how could they see what was happening underground?
But they could guess that this heavenly assassin was like a shadow, lurking somewhere underground, ready to attack again at any time.

Xie Yuan's face was solemn. He took out two more pills and prepared to put them into his mouth.

The third level realm assassin is difficult to defeat, and the heavenly level assassin is even more difficult. We must find a way to resolve this hidden danger, otherwise both of them will be in danger.

Just as Xie Yuan was reaching out his hand, he suddenly heard Situ Qin's serious voice:
"You can't take the medicine anymore."

"But……"

"Put on the thing I gave you before, hold your breath, close your ears, and then heave your axe."

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, looking at Situ Qin's unprecedented serious expression, without hesitation, he took out two oval white jade stones and put them into his ears like earplugs.

In an instant, he could no longer hear anything from the outside world.

Seeing that he did as he was told and produced a big axe, Situ Qin nodded and placed his hand solemnly on the zither.

She was reluctant to use this score before, but now it seems she can't help it.

Her hand pressed gently.

Xie Yuan couldn't hear any sound at all, but when he saw Situ Qin's movements, he felt as if his heart had skipped a beat.

The ground seemed to tremble slightly, the water of the Wu River in the distance suddenly began to surge, and a cold wind blew on the flat ground.

A dark cloud just blocked out the last glimpse of sunset.

The sky and the earth suddenly changed color, Situ Qin gradually waved his hands, and the sound of blood and killing suddenly rang out on the official road.

The underground river suddenly surged up into waves, and the ground near the official road shook violently, as if a dragon was turning over.

Then, columns of water mixed with mud shot up into the sky, and countless fountains exploded all around. In the water columns that covered the sky, Situ Qin immersed herself in playing the piano, like a madman. Her hair was blown apart and danced wildly in the wind.

Xie Yuan had never seen Situ Qin like this before. He felt that there was a faint intimidating aura emanating from her, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a stream of water spurted out, and a figure popped out. However, the figure was stiff, eyes wide open, blood oozing from the mouth and nose, as if struck by lightning, as if it was temporarily immobilized by a spell, or as if it was shocked by something terrifying.

Situ Qin suddenly looked up and shouted.

Although Xie Yuan couldn't hear anything, he could see the opportunity for battle. His eyes immediately widened, and he took a step forward, pouring all the blood, energy, and internal energy in his body into the axe without holding back a single bit.

A terrifying axe light slashed out from the air and directly hit the shadow.

The killer watched the axe blade approaching, but he was unable to move and could only move his hands and feet in vain.

The axe blade flashed by without stopping until it reached high in the air and gradually dissipated, cutting many water columns that were rising into the sky in half, including the killer.

With two snaps, the killer broke into two pieces and fell to the ground. The body twitched a few times and then remained motionless.

The upper body was still facing this side, and Xie Yuan could not see clearly until then. It was an ordinary middle-aged man's face. He seemed to have seen it before, and it also seemed to be everywhere.

Situ Qin slowly withdrew her hand, with some difficulty. She confirmed that the killer was dead, breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly fell to the ground with her legs outward.

Xie Yuan looked at Situ Qin who was sitting like a duck and wanted to help her up, but as soon as he took a step, he stumbled and fell down himself.

The two looked at each other in silence, and suddenly laughed bitterly at the same time.

Xie Yuan sighed:

"So I have been hindering your performance?"

Sonic martial arts is best at group battles and attacking hidden enemies around, and is also the least afraid of assassins.

But at the same time, it is also the one that least needs companions.

Although he was given special earplugs in advance, Xie Yuan thought that Situ Qin's extremely precise and powerful musical arrows would be enough, but it turned out that he still needed a more powerful song.

Situ Qin looked pale and shook his head:

"This score... was given to me by my mother. I just started practicing it a while ago, and this is the first time I use it. I won't use this move unless it's absolutely necessary."

She looked at the water columns gradually dissipating around her, many of which were dark red. That was not only the killer's blood, but also the blood of many fish in the dark river and the surrounding animals.

"This song is too murderous... The eight great families will definitely not tolerate it. But I can only hurt this Heavenly Rank Assassin, and in the end, I will have to use your unparalleled axe skills to put an end to him."

Xie Yuan exhaled:

"You defeat the enemy and I kill the enemy. We work together perfectly."

The two looked at each other, both with excitement in their eyes.

A heavenly assassin from Qiufeng Tower, a powerful person at the third level of Qi and Blood.

Such an enemy was defeated by the joint efforts of two young men.

For a moment, Xie Yuan and Situ Qin felt that if they joined hands, they could defeat any powerful enemy.

Xie Yuan quietly extended his hand, and Situ Qin naturally extended her hand, and the two gently held hands.

The water rippled, and the scene slowly faded away.

A handsome young man in servant's clothes raised his head and casually poured the water in the jade plate into the river. Then he stood by the side of the boat and looked back in the direction upstream.

"He's actually dead?"

He said to himself in surprise:
"Originally, I thought that two people in the third transformation realm together might be able to take her down... Fortunately, I held back and didn't make a move. I had expected that. How could Situ Qin not have any hidden cards? And there is definitely more than one!"

He praised his own prudence and patience, feeling somewhat proud and somewhat fortunate.

After humming a few lines of the tune, he thought of the handsome young man again, and his expression instantly changed from joy to silence.

"Who is this kid? With this level of cultivation, he can fight against the Heavenly Rank Assassin of Qiufeng Tower. That axe is even more so, I don't know what to say. What level of Second Transformation can have such strength? I have to investigate it thoroughly later!
"It's troublesome enough to have Situ Qin alone. It won't work if we have another helper like this. We have to think of a way..."

It is ten miles away from the official road along the Wu River.

Li Tai and a faint shadow are confronting each other.

This shadow looked very similar to the killer that Xie Yuan and Situ Qin encountered. Both had dark figures and were not clearly visible.

However, compared to the assassin, this shadow was dimmer and its aura was more obscure. Even Li Tai could not see its true appearance clearly.

Li Tai's face was gloomy:
"Since Qiufeng Tower is also going to get involved, then the Pingxi Palace will take it over. Today, I will keep you here and see what your shameless face looks like!"

He drew out his sword, just raised it, and the next second he appeared in front of the shadow and slashed it down fiercely!
The shadow suddenly retreated ten feet to create some distance between them. Seeing Li Tai rushing towards him again, he suddenly dodged and made way.

Li Tai was stunned for a moment, frowned and said:
"how?"

"The mission failed. We lost money on this order. Goodbye."

The shadow shook for a moment, and suddenly turned into a faint light that was invisible to the naked eye, and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

"mission failed?"

Li Tai frowned, sheathed his sword, looked at the official road, and suddenly disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)