I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 114 Starry Sky Thorn

"They had nothing on them, yet their methods of concealing their presence were so sophisticated, and they dared to brazenly enter residences in the inner city to carry out assassinations. They must be assassins from the Blood Blade Tower."

Wu Ming briefly searched the black-clad man's body. Apart from the two swords, there was nothing on the body, and Wu Ming did not recognize his appearance at all. Based on the information from various sources, there was an 80-90% chance that he was an assassin from the Blood Blade Tower.

Wu Ming wasn't too surprised to be attacked by assassins from the Blood Blade Tower. After all, he had offended many people, including two disciples of the Black Fiend Sect. Some of them were bound to come after him.

Fortunately, the assassin sent by Bloodblade Tower was only a third-stage blood clotting expert.

But Wu Ming knew in his heart that this was not a fluke, but because he had been hiding his Daoist techniques. If he had not had any Daoist techniques, and was only a newly promoted third-stage Blood Condensation cultivator, he would not have had any chance of survival against that black-clad assassin and would have surely perished at his hands.

The opponent's strength was extremely terrifying, even stronger than Shen Lian. If measured by martial arts techniques, one would probably need to cultivate the Thunderclap Spear Technique to the eighth move to fight against him. Among martial artists who had achieved the third stage of blood coagulation, he was already considered a master among masters, the very best of the best. Unfortunately, he was still no match for the flying sword controlled by the Bingzi Secret Technique.

Swish.

Wu Ming collected the body of the man in black.

Then, in a flash, he arrived at the distant courtyard corridor, bent down to check on the maid Xiaomei's condition, and frowned slightly.

Although he was inside the house, his soul sense had detected the man in black entering the courtyard and he had clearly seen the process of the man capturing Xiao Mei. It was slightly unexpected that Xiao Mei, a girl who was only eleven years old, could not reveal his residence under the threat of the man in black and instead tried to shout loudly to attract attention.

Although he acted in time, Xiao Mei's body still crashed into a pillar when the man in black swayed her, and she was seriously injured. Wu Ming only needed to examine her briefly to determine that her young body had multiple fractures and that her internal organs had also been impacted.

This is actually a kind of luck.

After all, given the man in black's strength, killing an ordinary person like Xiaomei would be a matter of a snap of his fingers. He simply didn't care about Xiaomei's life. It was only because he acted in time that Xiaomei was spared and didn't die on the spot.

"Ming'er, what happened in the courtyard? A servant heard some noise coming from here."

Just as Wu Ming was checking on Xiao Mei's condition, Wu Qi's voice came from outside the courtyard. It was the sound of the fight from before, which had alerted the servants on night watch. However, since it was Wu Ming's backyard, they dared not enter without permission, so they went to report to Wu Qi.

Upon hearing Wu Qi's words, Wu Ming bent down and picked up Xiao Mei, saying in a deep voice, "A petty thief broke in to steal, but I've already dealt with him. It's nothing serious. Father, you should rest first. Xiao Mei is injured; I'll take her to get treatment."

After all,

Wu Ming took a deep breath, leaped onto the courtyard wall, and carried Xiao Mei towards the direction of the Censorate.

He had taken in Xiaomei, a maid, outside the brothel, on a whim, but tonight she behaved in such a way that Wu Ming was quite impressed. Under these circumstances, he would naturally do his best to see if he could save Xiaomei's life.

Nowadays, most clinics are closed late at night, but the Shenxing Division has night patrol officers responsible for nighttime defense, as well as medical officers on duty day and night to prevent any conflicts from occurring at night and to provide timely treatment for the wounded.

The Wu residence was not far from the Ministry of Justice, and in a short while, Wu Ming arrived at the Ministry of Justice and reached the clinic within it.

"I am Wu Ming, a patrol officer from the Night Patrol Division. Please take a look at this child's injuries."

Wu Ming placed Xiao Mei in the clinic and showed his patrol officer's badge to the night-duty medical officer at the clinic.

"Yes."

The physician was initially surprised to see Wu Ming enter dressed in plain clothes, but upon hearing Wu Ming introduce himself and seeing the waist token in Wu Ming's hand, he quickly stood up and responded. Not daring to delay, he immediately stepped forward to check on Xiao Mei's condition.

After only a brief examination, he frowned and said in a low voice, "Reporting to you, sir, this child seems to have suffered a severe blow. Five ribs are broken, and her internal organs have been impacted. It will be very difficult to treat her. We need to use 'White Jade Powder,' which costs two hundred taels of silver. Moreover, she is too weak. Even if we use this powder, I only have a 30% chance of success."

"Please continue to treat the patient, and record the medicine or powder used in the treatment under my name."

Wu Ming said to the physician.

Seeing Wu Ming nod, the physician immediately stopped hesitating and went to fetch the medicine powder to begin treatment.

Wu Ming sat in the clinic all night until the next morning when the physician finally brought good news: Xiao Mei's injuries were severe, but thanks to the effective medication and her strong will to live, she had survived and the most dangerous stage had passed. She only needed to be slowly recuperated to gradually recover.

Upon receiving this news, Wu Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although in this world, the life of a servant girl is nothing, and it wouldn't cost more than a few hundred taels of silver to buy a top-quality maid from a brokerage, Xiao Mei's performance last night had already earned his approval. If she survived, he planned to make her his personal maid and have her work in his backyard in the future.

Just as Wu Ming left Xiao Mei in the clinic to recuperate, he stepped outside and was summoned by the head of the department, Liu Muyuan. He immediately put everything else aside and headed straight for the central building of the Department of Cautious Punishment.

The building has five floors.

Director Liu Muyuan sat behind his desk. Seeing Wu Ming enter, he slightly raised an eyebrow and said:
"Did something happen at your residence last night?"

Hearing Liu Muyuan inquire about last night's events, Wu Ming wasn't surprised. Although he had brought the situation under control and hadn't caused much of a commotion, Liu Muyuan was the head of the Censorate, and even the slightest disturbance would be difficult to conceal from him. Besides, even if Liu Muyuan hadn't asked, he would have proactively explained what had happened last night. After all, he was no longer a lowly patrolman with no background, but a powerful patrolman backed by the head of the Censorate.

"Reporting to Master, an assassin broke into my residence last night..."

Wu Ming gave a general account of what happened last night, omitting the fighting part and only saying that he relied on martial arts techniques combined with the Divine Firmament Daoist method to finally win and deal with the attacking assassins.

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Liu Muyuan's eyes. He didn't seem to care much about the assassin, but instead keenly noticed the words "Divine Firmament Dao Technique" and asked, "Have you mastered that Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman?"

"I only mastered the first secret rune."

Wu Ming lowered his head and answered.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed deep in Liu Muyuan's eyes, but he remained expressionless and asked Wu Ming to demonstrate. Wu Ming dutifully demonstrated the first thunder talisman of the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman, causing some lightning to appear in the void.

"good."

Seeing that Wu Ming had indeed mastered the thunder talisman secret patterns of the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman, Liu Muyuan smiled and said, "This ancient thunder magic is powerful, but it is also extremely difficult to master. You have managed to cultivate your primordial spirit to the third level using some minor methods circulating in this city. You are indeed exceptionally talented. You have mastered the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman in just a few days. With this orthodox thunder magic, given time, you will surely be able to roam the world freely."

"Well, you don't need to worry too much about last night's assassination attempt. Blood Blade Tower has its own rules. They will not make consecutive assassinations, whether they fail or not. Even if the assassin dies at your hands, they will not retaliate."

Liu Muyuan said,

Suddenly, he flicked his sleeve, and a silver thorn flew out from the cuff, landing on Wu Ming.

Wu Ming reached out and caught it. He saw that the spindle-shaped thorn was silver-gray, and there were faint starlight on its surface. With his soul perception, he could also sense some mysterious patterns contained within it.

"This is the Star Luo Thorn I crafted for you. When used in conjunction with the Star Luo Weapon Control Technique, it can unleash considerable power. You can use this for self-defense until the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique is fully developed."

Liu Muyuan said to Wu Ming.

"Thank you, Master."

Wu Ming had already identified the flying dagger in his hand as a magical artifact. In terms of quality, it was almost comparable to the killing weapon in the Demon Subduing Diagram that he often used, but it lacked that strong killing aura, so its power would be much less when wielded.

But since it was bestowed by Liu Muyuan, he naturally wouldn't refuse it, and it could also be used as his public magic weapon in the future.

"Alright, you may leave now. That Divine Thunder Technique is both a skill and a path. Using this technique as the core of your cultivation can also temper your primordial spirit. Now that you have mastered the basics, you should focus on cultivating this technique from now on."

Liu Muyuan nodded slightly to Wu Ming.

"I will follow Master's teachings."

Wu Ming immediately bowed and took his leave from Liu Muyuan before leaving the office.

Liu Muyuan watched Wu Ming leave, a glint of light in his eyes, and murmured, "He actually managed to master the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman. In this small region of Jingye City, I never expected to encounter such a genius..."

The words fell.

He suddenly stood up again and turned his gaze to a certain direction in the inner city, which was the location of Bloodblade Tower.

Staring in the direction of Bloodblade Tower, a hint of indifference flashed in Liu Muyuan's eyes.

"Blood Blade Tower..."

Liu Muyuan usually had no intention of provoking the Blood Blade Tower, a powerful force that spanned the entire Yong Kingdom, and he would turn a blind eye to its actions. However, this time the situation was different. The Blood Blade Tower's assassination attempt had fallen on Wu Ming's head, and he could not ignore it. His disciple still needed to grow and could not be ruined by the Blood Blade Tower.

Although he couldn't do anything to Blood Blade Tower, he at least wanted to make Blood Blade Tower not dare to easily accept Wu Ming's hidden offers!

Silently

Liu Muyuan disappeared from the building.

Half an hour later, Liu Muyuan returned to the fifth floor of the building and sat down behind the desk with a normal expression.

No one knows where he went during that half hour, nor what happened during that half hour. All that is known is that Bloodblade Tower still accepts bounties from everyone in Jingye City, including Wu Ming. However, the base amount of silver required for Bloodblade Tower to accept Wu Ming's bounty again has reached a full ten million taels, which is fifty times more than before.

(End of this chapter)