Fairy, you call this repaying a debt of gratitude?

When the goal that had occupied his life for several years suddenly came to an end, Shen Wei felt a great sense of relief.

He had never felt this way before, not only in his two lifetimes, but also when he finished the college entrance examination in his previous life.

Of course... it's just a feeling that's similar, and both can make people feel bitter and resentful, just to different degrees.

Now that the great revenge has been taken, there seems to be no need to maintain the identity of an assassin.

Those days of living on the edge should have ended with Gu Hanfeng's death.

At this point, his thoughts unconsciously drifted to Ji Lingyuan.

He came alone to seek revenge this time, without saying a word to her. It wasn't because he didn't trust her, but because he genuinely didn't want to involve her.

The path to revenge was fraught with peril, and no matter the outcome, he never considered going back.

If we fail, the worst that can happen is death.

Even if he wins, his reason will be surrendered to the monster in his chest.

However, he never expected things to turn out this way.

Gu Hanfeng was far more vulnerable than he had anticipated. For the past seven years, he had been scheming and testing the waters day and night, thinking that he would be facing a fierce and decisive battle.

Unexpectedly, Gu Hanfeng was so easily defeated. Ten years have passed, and he is still stuck at the Nascent Soul stage, without making any progress.

All the painstaking investigations and preparations over the years have now become superfluous.

Also, there was that strange girl I met at the Gu residence—Gu Hanfeng's daughter, who was determined to die.

Whether by coincidence or for some other reason, the evil dragon in his chest suddenly became docile after he met her.

Before this, it was so violent and powerful that it had even indirectly controlled his reason, making him cruel and bloodthirsty.

He hadn't even realized it, and now that he's come to his senses, he seems to have been influenced far too much.

What he perceived as the exercise of free will was, in reality, largely the result of the subtle and pervasive corruption of the evil dragon.

He recalled the scene when he slaughtered the entire Gu family. Those who had no grudge against the Gu family and were merely temporary laborers hired to do odd jobs all died under his sword.

No matter how those people knelt down and begged for mercy, crying and pleading, he never stopped wielding the black longsword in his hand.

Looking back now, it seems I did the same beastly thing as Gu Hanfeng.

He wouldn't make excuses for himself, nor would he say that the killings were all controlled by the evil dragon, and that he had no intention of hurting anyone.

What's done is done. Blood debts must be repaid in blood; it's only right and proper. He should pay for it.

But he also knew that only life could repay a life, and he had too much blood on his hands to repay.

Of course, only human life can repay a debt, and he seems unable to repay it.

It's not that he values ​​his life, it's just that his life has never been entirely in his own hands.

Even if he wanted to commit suicide to atone for his sins, he would have to ask the monster in his chest if it agreed.

Well, in the end, he still wanted to live, not just for himself.

Fortunately, he wasn't exactly a gentleman to begin with. No one can expect someone who has been a hitman for seven years and whose hands are stained with blood to have a strong sense of morality.

Before leaving, he left all the spirit stones he had with Ji Lingyuan. Now, if he wasn't going to be an assassin, it seemed impossible to do without spirit stones.

He then looked up at the girl beside him. She was hugging her knees, her figure was unusually thin, and she was wearing his large black robe, which made her look very petite.

At this moment, she stared blankly at the ground, as if everything around her was irrelevant to her.

"What's your name?"

Shen Wei's voice was low and deep, the previous hostility gone.

The girl didn't look up, but simply answered softly:

"Gu Lengyue".

"Alright, Gu Lengyue, he must have accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the years."

Shen Wei pointed to Gu Hanfeng's corpse, "As his daughter, I think you should know something about this."

Hearing this, Gu Lengyue finally raised her head, her eyes filled with disgust as she looked at Shen Wei.

"Ha, you're not only hypocritical and lecherous, but also greedy. You're the worst of the worst."

Shen Wei neither refuted nor showed excessive anger, but simply spoke calmly:

"Consider it payment for keeping you by my side; your father won't need it anyway."

Shen Wei secretly observed that Gu Lengyue seemed to have very little affection for Gu Hanfeng.

The girl didn't react much whenever he mentioned Gu Hanfeng.

There was neither sadness nor anger.

It seems that, to her, the one who died was just a stranger.

"I never said I wanted to follow you."

"Your opinion doesn't count."

"Article 299 of the Great Zhou Dynasty's calendar states that privately abducting and trafficking young girls is a capital offense."

"Heh, I have hundreds of lives on my hands, so one more charge doesn't matter."

"..."

"Scumbag, go to hell."

Gu Lengyue stopped talking and just stared at him fiercely, completely unlike her previous vulnerable self.

"Fine, if you won't tell me, I'll do it myself."

Shen Wei was too lazy to argue with her anymore. After speaking, he slowly released his divine sense and, in a short while, accurately located the place where Gu Hanfeng had hidden his savings.

A secret chamber concealed by an array.

Before arriving, Shen Wei had conducted a thorough investigation into Gu Hanfeng, clarifying his identity and background.

Gu Hanfeng was initially just an insignificant, ordinary rogue cultivator with mediocre talent and slow progress in cultivation.

However, due to some unknown opportunity, his cultivation suddenly soared to the sky, and in just a few years he joined the ranks of first-class cultivators, gradually gaining fame in Zhongzhou.

He was eventually chosen by the sect leader of the Weishui Sect and accepted as a personal disciple.

The Weishui Sect is located on the edge of the Central Continent, but it is powerful and is almost the first-tier sect below the five great immortal sects.

The fact that Gu Hanfeng was able to become the personal disciple of the sect leader of the Weishui Sect shows how highly valued he was at the time, and how much the sect leader had high hopes for him in the future.

No one expected that, in the end, Gu Hanfeng would do this whether he had been planning it for a long time or was forced into it by circumstances.

He actually killed the sect leader who had been so kind to him with his own hands, and then ruthlessly slaughtered all the disciples of the Weishui Sect, leaving no one alive.

He killed the sect leader who had placed great hopes on him, and slaughtered all the disciples of the Weishui Sect.

From then on, Gu Hanfeng's name spread throughout the martial arts world, but his reputation was extremely bad, with everyone calling him ungrateful, cruel, and bloodthirsty.

However, this was just a rumor from thirty years ago; time has passed and years have gone by.

Few people can still remember these old stories clearly.

Afterwards, Gu Hanfeng went into hiding, settling down in a remote city in Zhongzhou. He became increasingly low-key and faded from the public eye.

No one could have imagined that he would secretly accumulate so much wealth in such a small town.

As Shen Wei probed with his divine sense, the image of numerous spirit stones, cultivation techniques, and magical treasures buried deep behind the dark room clearly entered his mind.

With that thought in mind, Shen Wei no longer hesitated and turned to walk towards the location of the secret chamber.

To his surprise, Gu Lengyue followed behind him without saying a word.

The two remained silent the whole way, finally stopping in an inconspicuous side room of the Gu residence.

Beneath their feet lay a secret chamber concealed by a secret method.