Reminder

Having succeeded with one strike, Chu Qing did not stop.

Because something was wrong!

Chu Qing was an assassin. He had never intended to interrogate the man before him.

Having joined the Mirror of Sin, he understood this bunch well.

Trying to get information from their mouths was harder than climbing to heaven.

Unless he possessed a martial art like the Life and Death Talisman, allowing him to torture a confession out of them, there was no point even thinking about it.

What was more, Chu Qing knew who stood behind him.

So he did not need any information at all.

That was why he had not intended to show mercy with that sword strike... He only wanted the other man dead!

Chu Qing used Ah Fei's Fast Sword and understood deeply the three essential words: speed, precision, ruthlessness.

By all rights, that sword strike... should have killed him!

Yet he was still alive.

Though one arm had been severed, he was alive nonetheless.

If this man had been prepared, could he have avoided Chu Qing's sword?

Who was he?

These questions did not linger long in Chu Qing's mind. The instant he realized the opponent was no simple man, what he needed to do was very simple...

Draw his sword!

The assassin whose arm had been severed did not fall when his feet touched the ground.

His body did not sway in the slightest from the pain.

His feet scraped along the ground as he used the force of his landing to slide backward. At the same time, his sword-holding left hand flicked lightly behind him, sending the longsword from his grasp. Just as his palm aligned with the hilt, he reached out to seize it.

"Since you severed one of my arms, you must repay it with your life!"

Calmness was the most basic quality of an assassin.

Thus, although the change had come far too quickly, he had analyzed the current situation in an instant.

Someone had been lying in ambush, and this person's sword was exceedingly fast.

However, after severing his arm, that person would surely relax... This was the perfect chance to counterattack!

Compared to that, who had ambushed him, and why had they done so here?

Such questions were irrelevant. He could consider them after killing the man.

Everything happened between sparks and flint. Just as the Mirror of Sin assassin was about to grasp the sword hilt, believing victory was within his grasp, what came at him head-on was a flashing edge.

The sound had yet to arrive, but the sword was already there!

Sshhk!

The longsword pierced through his throat, then the blade swept sideways... Half his neck was brutally sliced open, and blood sprayed out like rain.

His masked head naturally drooped toward the other side, while bewilderment still flickered in his eyes.

Had he misjudged?

Why had the other man not relaxed in the slightest?

And though he had clearly leapt down from above, how could he gather his breath again and strike in midair?

But he was destined to carry those questions only to the underworld.

With a clang, the assassin's sword finally fell to the ground, ringing out crisply.

Everything was over.

In a fight to the death, being a single instant slower was the difference between life and death.

Only after seeing that he had completely breathed his last did Chu Qing let out a soft breath.

The Golden Goose Technique was not some martial art for fleeing or climbing walls. Its use in combat was simply astonishing.

If he had not used the Golden Goose Technique to gather his breath just now, that sword strike could not have been so fast.

"After all, this was an assassination of someone like Chu Yunfei. As expected, anyone sent here was no ordinary person."

Chu Qing sheathed his sword and glanced at the corpse on the ground.

He felt somewhat unhappy...

The room he had cleaned so thoroughly had been dirtied.

The Mirror of Sin truly deserved to die.

He walked over to the corpse and searched it. There was nothing on it.

But that was only normal.

Assassinating Chu Yunfei was no easy matter. Why would an assassin who came here leave anything on his person?

If he failed and was killed, would that not simply benefit the other side?

As for why Chu Qing had initially found that letter and silver on those few assassins... it could only be said that they had not taken Chu Qing seriously. They believed this was a sure win, that Chu Qing was bound to die.

At that thought, the veins on Chu Qing's forehead throbbed, and he felt even more displeased.

After finishing this, Chu Qing did not deal with the corpse.

One of his purposes in coming here was to warn Chu Yunfei that people from the Mirror of Sin had come to kill him.

Although that person's arrival had given him other plans, his intention to warn Chu Yunfei would not change.

Now that he could directly give him the corpse of a Mirror of Sin assassin, was there any better warning than this?

Of course, he still had to make some noise first. Otherwise, by the time Chu Yunfei came here and discovered the corpse today, it would likely already be too late.

Stepping out of the room, Chu Qing leapt onto the roof.

He removed several roof tiles and threw them into the courtyard.

Only after doing so did he belatedly realize:

"Does this count as climbing onto a roof to tear off tiles?"

The sound of the tiles shattering was not quiet, and it quickly drew the Chu Family's attention. A servant pushed open the courtyard gate, and the first thing he saw was the shattered tiles on the ground. Then he spotted the assassin's corpse, half-hidden by the door.

His face immediately changed drastically.

"Something's wrong! Something happened!"

Without bothering to go inside and inspect it, he hurried off to call for people.

Before long, many servants who had heard the news gathered there.

Martial arts instructors also searched everywhere, but when they leapt onto the roof, Chu Qing had long since changed locations.

At that moment, a young man with the bearing of jade parted the crowd and stepped into the small courtyard.

The surrounding servants and martial arts instructors all bowed when they saw him.

"Young Master."

When he saw the corpse in the room and the surrounding scene, Chu Tian's expression became exceedingly grim.

Yet he did not lose his temper. Instead, he carefully inspected everything.

A moment later, his brows furrowed slightly.

"What a fast sword..."

He stood where the Mirror of Sin assassin should originally have been standing and looked up. There was Chu Qing's desk.

The blood scattered beside the desk entered his sight.

This made him suddenly raise his head and look toward the beam.

"He struck from above... One sword severed this assassin's arm.

"Then he leapt down and, without the slightest hesitation, struck again, piercing his throat and taking half his head in passing.

"How ruthless, how decisive!

"How sharp and fierce!"

At that thought, he suddenly turned to look at the assassin's sword.

"The position is wrong... He wanted to counterattack, but failed.

"Two formidable people. One struck decisively, his sword fast and ruthless. The other, even after having one arm severed, remained calm and plotted a counterattack.

"Their ability to adapt in battle was admirable... But why make trouble in my third brother's room?

"And the styles in which these two acted seem somewhat..."

Turning around, he leapt onto the roof.

There was nothing in sight. His thoughts turned as he looked again at the people in the courtyard. Then his eyes went vacant for a moment, and he murmured:

"Who could it be?"

"Big Brother!"

Chu Fan's voice suddenly rang out.

Chu Tian came back to himself, sighed, and leapt down from the roof. He saw Chu Fan arriving together with Junior Sister Wen.

What left Chu Tian rather stunned, however, was this: why was Junior Sister Wen carrying a shoulder pole on her shoulder?

"Where did Miss Wen get that?"

Chu Tian asked instinctively.

Junior Sister Wen seemed to wear that same expression toward everyone. Without the slightest ripple, she uttered two words:

"Picked it up."