Volume 3, Chapter 184 – You’ve Already Found Your Path to Death

This assassin had been hiding in Chi Xiyan’s shadow all along.

Everything Chi Xiyan had just experienced, the most embarrassing moment of her life, had all been witnessed by this assassin!

Moreover, this assassin had come for Yu Lizhi.

She had already found her path to death!

Thinking of this, Chi Xiyan’s hand movements became even faster.

Several spell talismans exploded on the constantly expanding and trembling shadow.

The shadow coalesced, transforming into a slender, graceful figure that leaped out.

It was a tall woman wearing dark-colored tight clothing. Her long hair was simply tied up, and her face was covered with black gauze, making her features indiscernible.

“I can’t… I’m dying of laughter… hahahahahaha!!”

“Can you perform that again?”

“Yes, yes! That one…”

“‘Mother, I’ll work hard to have a child with Shuangshuang!'”

“I can’t… I’m a professional assassin, no matter how funny things are, I can’t laugh… but… but…. HAHAHAHA…”

Listening to the female assassin’s mocking laughter, Chi Xiyan’s face alternated between flushed and pale. She was furious with embarrassment.

“Shut up! Assassin!”

Several spell talismans exploded in the space!

Lightning and flames filled the small courtyard.

The grass was ignited, buildings were struck down and collapsed!

Ye Xiaoqing transformed into a streak of black light, fleeing in all directions under Chi Xiyan’s spell bombardment.

“Eek!”

“When aristocratic young ladies get angry, they’re truly terrifying!!”

“Young Lady Chi, did I strike a nerve? Why are you so angry?”

Chi Xiyan maintained a cold expression, saying nothing.

Although she appeared to be suppressing the black-clothed assassin with talismans, giving her no chance to counterattack,

In reality, Chi Xiyan understood that the only reason she could put up any defence at all was that the assassin decided that she could.

This female assassin’s realm far surpassed Chi Xiyan’s.

Possibly Fifth Realm, or perhaps Sixth Realm?

Chi Xiyan wondered in her heart.

Yu Lizhi was just an ordinary person who had never cultivated. To deal with such an ordinary person, did they need to employ an assassin of this level?

Or had the person who hired the assassin already estimated the strength of the guards around Yu Lizhi?

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To hire an assassin of this level required no small price.

What kind of person would have such background and financial resources?

The more Chi Xiyan thought about it, the more alarmed she became.

All the clues seemed to be pointing toward a name she was unwilling to suspect.

“No… Now isn’t the time to consider this.”

Chi Xiyan forcefully suppressed the doubts in her heart. She furrowed her brows, focusing on dealing with the assassin before her.

As the Chi family’s young lady, Chi Xiyan naturally had precious treasures protecting her. Regardless of whether this assassin was Fifth or Sixth Realm, she couldn’t threaten Chi Xiyan’s life.

The only thing Chi Xiyan needed to consider was how to capture this assassin at the minimum cost.

Using Seventh or even Eighth-Realm immortal spell talismans now could easily turn the tide.

But if she used talismans of that level, even Chi Xiyan would feel the backlash.

Using them against a small Fifth or Sixth Realm assassin seemed too wasteful.

Moreover, once talismans of that level were unleashed, their power was beyond Chi Xiyan’s control.

The entire Lin Family Manor would be destroyed in an instant.

To avoid those uncontrollable consequences, Chi Xiyan hadn’t dared to use those high-level talismans.

This assassin had probably anticipated this point, which was why she tied Chi Xiyan down in this small courtyard.

“Heh…” Chi Xiyan chuckled softly.

If so, this assassin was underestimating her.

Did she really think that just because Chi Xiyan didn’t use those high-level talismans, she couldn’t deal with her?

You should know that what Chi Xiyan specialized in most was not magical treasures and talismans, but swordsmanship and pills.

Medicine could also be made into poison!

How could Fairy Xiyan, exceptional in both alchemy and sword, have gained her reputation in vain?

“Assassin, haven’t you noticed that your spiritual power circulation speed is getting slower and slower?”

A flash of shock passed through Ye Xiaoqing’s eyes. “You used poison?!”

As she spoke, Ye Xiaoqing’s movements suddenly slowed.

Chi Xiyan captured this opportunity. She raised her hand, and a sharp longsword appeared in her grasp.

On the sword’s edge, blue-green sword light flickered.

She stepped on starlight, her form flashing as her speed explosively increased.

On the blue-green blade, runes seemed to flow. In an instant, its edge blazed brilliantly.

This wasn’t an offensive a Fourth Realm sword cultivator could display!

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Chi Xiyan’s suddenly surging attack caught Ye Xiaoqing completely off guard.

She hadn’t expected that this wealthy young lady who had been throwing talismans would suddenly come up with a sword to slash at people. Nor had she expected that after gripping her magic sword, Chi Xiyan would suddenly unleash an attack far exceeding the Fourth Realm!

Ye Xiaoqing retreated repeatedly. The sluggish spiritual energy in her body prevented her from mounting a timely defense.

Under these alternating circumstances, she momentarily couldn’t withstand Chi Xiyan’s fierce assault.

Chi Xiyan crushed Ye Xiaoqing’s hasty defense, then followed with three sword strikes.

The first sword severed Ye Xiaoqing’s right arm, rendering her unable to grip a weapon. The second sword sealed Ye Xiaoqing’s dantian, making her unable to mobilize spiritual power.

The final sword rested against Ye Xiaoqing’s neck. With just a slight movement of the blade, it could remove Ye Xiaoqing’s head.

At this moment, Ye Xiaoqing’s face still showed disbelief.

“You… what did you do? This isn’t the power a Fourth Realm sword cultivator should have. Did you hide your true realm?”

The combat power displayed by this Chi family young lady had completely exceeded Ye Xiaoqing’s understanding.

At this time, Chi Xiyan’s face was slightly flushed, her forehead covered in sweat.

She breathed lightly, calming the boiling spiritual power within her body.

Hearing the black-clothed female assassin’s question, Chi Xiyan chuckled softly.

The opponent had already lost the ability to resist. She didn’t mind answering this small question for her.

“I am an alchemist,” Chi Xiyan said.

“Alchemist? Do alchemists have this kind of ability?” Confusion appeared first in Ye Xiaoqing’s eyes, then understanding. “I see, pills that temporarily enhance cultivation.”

As everyone knew, alchemists were few in number and weren’t skilled in combat.

Ye Xiaoqing had also assassinated quite a few alchemists. Alchemists always hid under others’ protection. As long as you bypassed those alchemists’ guards, the alchemists themselves weren’t worth mentioning in combat.

Even if forced to face enemies alone, alchemists generally used poisons and magical treasures to fight.

This was the first time Ye Xiaoqing had encountered an alchemist like Chi Xiyan who directly used pills to strengthen herself, then came up with a sword to slash at people.

“Young Lady Chi, you truly exceeded my expectations,” Ye Xiaoqing said. The half of her face that was visible was completely bloodless, but she still smiled lightly.

“However, Young Lady Chi, have you ever experienced cross-realm combat in life-and-death battles?”

“What do you mean?” Chi Xiyan frowned.

She discovered that although this woman had already lost combat ability under her sword, she remained terrifyingly calm.

Too strange. This didn’t seem like someone trapped in a desperate situation at all.

Or were all assassins this composed?

Just as Chi Xiyan vaguely sensed something was wrong, Ye Xiaoqing continued speaking.

“Young Lady Chi, let me teach you a lesson.”

“When high-realm cultivators battle low-realm cultivators, aside from the enormous gap in cultivation and spiritual power, there’s also a natural advantage.”

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“That is, the perceptive power of spiritual consciousness.”

Ye Xiaoqing smiled sinisterly. “I can perceive and predict all your attack paths, while you cannot detect my small movements.”

“Young Lady Chi, didn’t you already guess what my purpose in coming here was?”

“Then why did you make absolutely no preparations against it?”

Chi Xiyan’s pupils contracted slightly. She finally understood the source of that trace of unease in her heart.

“Zhizhi!!”

Chi Xiyan abandoned Ye Xiaoqing and whirled around, rushing out the door.

She saw Yu Lizhi supporting her mother, staggering toward the distance.

The old woman moved with difficulty, very slowly.

A shadow, under the illumination of sunlight, extended from the building’s doorway all the way toward Yu Lizhi.

Chi Xiyan was familiar with this sight. That female assassin earlier had also hidden in shadows like this.

At this distance, she couldn’t make it in time!

“Zhizhi! Run! She’s going to kill you!” Chi Xiyan fully activated her escape light, rushing toward Yu Lizhi.

Yu Lizhi had been supporting her mother all along, completely unaware of the danger behind her.

In the distance, the martial artist Lin Xiu was rushing over with his long spear. Seeing the scene before him, he immediately understood the current situation.

With one hand gripping his spear, he flicked the spear tip. Like a blue dragon emerging from water, it shot out electrically.

However, at this distance, no matter how fast Lin Xiu’s spear was, it couldn’t reach ahead of Ye Xiaoqing.

At the same time, hearing Chi Xiyan’s voice, the ordinary girl without cultivation turned around with a confused expression, her eyes full of clear bewilderment.

The shadow on the ground transformed into a graceful figure.

Ye Xiaoqing, her entire body shrouded in black energy, raised the dagger in her hand.

A streak of black fierce light shot out, aimed directly at that ordinary girl’s throat.

At this moment, Yu Lizhi, still unable to understand what was happening, stood frozen in place, supporting the woman beside her.

It was too late. Whether Chi Xiyan or Lin Xiu, neither could possibly reach ahead of Ye Xiaoqing.

No one could save Yu Lizhi.

Everything was too late.

Chi Xiyan’s heart filled with regret and resentment.

It was because she had fallen for that assassin’s scheme that the assassin had gained this opportunity.

It was she who had drawn Yu Lizhi into this turmoil among the wealthy families. It was she who had harmed Yu Lizhi.

If Yu Lizhi died here now, then all her previous efforts would have been in vain.

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Lu Zhuxin took in all the changing expressions on Chi Xiyan’s face.

She smiled lightly in her heart.

You’re so slow, my Eldest Young Lady Chi.

The current situation was all under Lu Zhuxin’s control.

Right now, Chi Xiyan was merely treating Yu Lizhi as a cousin who could be used.

What Lu Zhuxin wanted wasn’t just this little bit.

She wanted to continue getting closer to Chi Xiyan. She still needed an opportunity—an opportunity to completely bind Yu Lizhi to Chi Xiyan.

At the same time, it was an opportunity to advance Chi Xiyan’s attitude toward Yu Lizhi from exploitation to something deeper.

Lu Zhuxin had carefully considered that pulling a Heaven-Mandated Female Lead who leaned toward rationality over to the side of emotion wasn’t easy.

Besides requiring the accumulated emotions of daily interactions, it also required genuine feelings bathed in blood to move her.

Of course, all of this was for later.

At this moment, Lu Zhuxin stood frozen in place, waiting for Ye Xiaoqing’s killing strike.

In everyone’s eyes, Yu Lizhi was just an ordinary person. Such a killing strike didn’t require Ye Xiaoqing to infuse much power.

Just a light, faint wisp of spiritual power could take Yu Lizhi’s life.

The killing strike, which appeared incredibly swift in everyone’s eyes, moved as slowly as a crawling turtle under the protection of Lu Zhuxin’s Eighth Realm spiritual consciousness.

In her eyes, time itself seemed to slow at this moment.

The corner of Lu Zhuxin’s mouth curved in an imperceptible light smile as she silently recited in her heart.

“That’s right, now.”

A trace of barely detectable, faint demonic power gently bloomed.

The old woman standing beside Lu Zhuxin, as if experiencing a final burst of lucidity before death, suddenly had the cloudiness in her eyes recede.

She saw the fierce light Ye Xiaoqing was striking toward Lu Zhuxin, and panic appeared in her eyes.

“Don’t hurt my daughter!!”

Seeing her daughter in crisis, the old woman’s empty body suddenly produced a trace of strength from nowhere.

She used her aged, staggering body to shove the Yu Lizhi away from her.

Then, the fierce light flashed and blood splattered.

Everyone was shocked.

The black-haired girl collapsed on the ground, touched by the warmth splattered on her face with disbelief.

“Mo…ther…?”