In middle age, one's comprehension becomes extraordinary.

Li Yuan disliked Zhuang Meng and his family, especially their short-sightedness and their spreading of rumors.

But Li Yuan did not want to easily become a pawn in someone else's hands.

If you want to become a pawn, you must first explain what benefits you can offer me.

Do you think you can just provoke me into submission with a few words?

After hanging up the phone, Chen Moying was at a loss for what to do.

The task that Li Yuan accepted will be key to her promotion and salary increase.

This was also the key to her demonstrating her value after she sided with Deputy Commander Zhou.

If this matter cannot be resolved, and you want to seek help from others, those others may not necessarily accept it.

These days, if you have no value, don't expect to be valued.

Hearing Li Yuan say this, Chen Moying sensed that Li Yuan was somewhat tempted.

But the distance between being moved and taking action is huge.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yuan thought about it carefully.

To be honest, the rewards offered this time are really good.

S-grade items are always in high demand but priceless, and there are many people who want them.

After obtaining it, you will definitely benefit from it and get the advantages.

The fact that they've managed to pull out something like this this time shows just how difficult the mission is.

What if the other party is intentionally making things difficult, and it's a task that's completely unsolvable?

Li Yuan didn't agree immediately because he wanted to learn more.

Once we've confirmed there are no problems here and avoided any potential pitfalls, then we can discuss other things.

That evening, Li Yuan rented a single room at a training center in the city.

I'm going to practice a bit to become proficient in both "Wiping the Knife" and "Mountain and River Protecting Body Qi".

In the training room, Li Yuan calmed his mind and began to practice the two sets of martial arts techniques.

Martial arts skills must be used in actual combat, which requires a high level of proficiency.

I have only studied it for about ten days, but those ten days are enough to apply it to actual combat.

In particular, Li Yuan could clearly feel the improvement that the "Scratching Knife" martial arts technique brought him.

Wiping away force deflects damage, leaving scratches and concealing hidden tricks.

He mastered the three levels of this top-notch sword technique in just ten days.

The improvement in martial arts combat skills will be most obvious.

To be honest, if he were to face Jin Fan with this level of strength...

That time with Shi Fenghe, I could have killed him.

After practicing for about two hours, Li Yuan felt he had almost mastered it, and some of his insights had been validated in practice.

Just as he was packing his things, a dark figure suddenly pushed open the door and entered, wielding a sharp blade and stabbing at Li Yuan.

The dark figure moved very fast, showing no sign of holding back.

Their move was aimed at taking Li Yuan's life.

The methods were ruthless and direct, without any unnecessary actions.

This style of operation is clearly characteristic of professional assassins!

A seventh-grade martial artist at the initial stage, specializing in assassination techniques!

The assassin before them was clearly handpicked.

When Shi Fenghe fought Jin Fan, everyone witnessed his strength.

Even though many people will still find reasons to say that this victory was rigged.

But any normal person knows that this middle school teacher is quite capable.

The assassins they send out are definitely not weak.

The assassin dispatched was a seventh-rank martial arts master, whose martial arts level was a whole realm higher than Li Yuan's.

Assassins always need to seize the initiative.

Seize the initiative to strike the enemy and annihilate their advance.

Just like at this moment, the assassin in front of me had been waiting here all along.

He had been waiting for an opportunity, a perfect opportunity to assassinate.

Li Yuan, who had just finished practicing, provided this opportunity.

This is a practice room; there are no cameras inside.

Martial arts training is a closely guarded secret. If the training room isn't afraid of being vandalized and the owner isn't afraid of losing their life, they can try installing surveillance cameras.

There were no cameras, and Li Yuan had just finished practicing his martial arts.

Martial artists usually train until they are exhausted before stopping.

Li Yuangang practiced his skills for a full two hours.

After two hours of intense physical exertion, a martial artist would be lucky to maintain 70% of their strength, right?

When practicing in the training ground, martial artists have few concerns and will train with all their might.

After all, only by going all out can one see whether their own strength has improved.

This situation gave the assassin an opportunity.

One is a full-force attack waiting for an opportunity, while the other has exhausted most of its physical and mental strength.

The sharp blade was already upon them in an instant.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan's counterattack came even faster.

The blade in the assassin's hand must be some kind of stabbing weapon, intended to kill the enemy with a single blow.

Li Yuanming clearly practiced for two hours, and he looked like he had just finished practicing.

But at this moment, he showed no signs of fatigue, and his strength seemed to have been unaffected in the slightest.

His long sword was already at the forefront, deflecting the force of the blow!

A seventh-rank martial artist is not an insurmountable enemy in his eyes.

The assassin probably didn't expect that, despite being clearly stronger than Li Yuan on paper, his assassination attempt would fail.

Despite his repeated attacks, he failed to injure Li Yuan.

The assassin even used a tactic of mutual injury, sacrificing his own injury to ensure Li Yuan was more severely wounded.

But Li Yuan seemed to have seen through his methods completely.

After injuring himself with the sharp blade in his hand, he completely dodged it.

In less than ten breaths, the assassin realized he had met his match.

He was already at the top of the assassin profession.

A seventh-rank martial artist can easily find respectable jobs with this strength.

A killer like him is hard to find.

Similarly, an assassin of his caliber rarely misses a shot.

What was originally an assassination attempt has now turned into a protracted battle.

Previously, it would have been very difficult for Li Yuan to keep him.

Unfortunately, I had already mastered the "wiping knife" technique.

The assassin bore numerous scratches and wounds from the fight.

The pain is bearable, but the loss of blood and energy gradually weakens the body.

My heart is filled with anxiety and worry.

Even assassins have an instinctive fear of death.

He started thinking about escaping, wanting to save his own life.

However, Li Yuan, a martial artist of the sixth rank, not only possessed strange and mysterious martial arts skills, but also made him difficult to deal with.

Even his signature agility, which he was so proud of as an assassin, paled in comparison to Li Yuan's skill.

Li Yuan's foundation was truly outstanding.

The strength of his physique is simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Two hours of practice only consumed less than one-tenth of the energy; it was more like a warm-up.

This assassin truly hadn't thoroughly investigated Li Yuan's strength.

The people who asked him to do these things also didn't understand.

Even if you don't know what kind of improvement you'll receive later, you should still be able to see that this assassin isn't qualified.

These people still look at themselves with arrogance.

He's just a middle school teacher; assigning him an assassin with a higher level of martial arts skill would be enough.

Their arrogance has led to the current outcome.

After Li Yuan gained the upper hand, he didn't give the assassins any chance at all.

They directly destroyed him, turning him into someone like Jin Fan.

This was immense torment for the killer.

It will also bring anxiety and worry to those behind him.