Assassin Spotted!

Failing to buy rice seeds, Xian He had to settle for second best and buy some wild vegetable seeds to take back.

There were four types of edible wild vegetables on the Tianyun Plateau: shepherd's purse, purslane, ququcai, and dandelions.

Shepherd's purse, also known as earth vegetable, was intensely fragrant and light in flavor, making it suitable for blanching, quick-frying, and making filling; purslane was tender enough for water to be pinched out of it, making it the most fragrant choice for steamed buns or wild vegetable dumplings.

Ququcai was slightly bitter, and eating it raw relieved internal heat; dandelions were not only wild vegetables but also medicinal herbs, clearing away heat and internal fire, and they could be quick-fried or brewed into tea.

Compared to the expensive rice seeds, the wild vegetable seeds were much cheaper.

He bought an ounce of each kind of wild vegetable seed, spending less than a hundred Copper Coins in total.

Xian He tucked the paper package containing the wild vegetable seeds into his bosom and left the grain store.

Pushing his wheelbarrow, he walked home all the way, and the further he went, the more remote it became, and the fewer neighboring houses there were around him.

Xian He inexplicably developed a sense of desolate loneliness.

Hmm?

Suddenly, he stopped.

By the large tree on the roadside ahead, a stout one-eyed man was leaning. This man had a face full of crisscrossing flesh, bristly sideburns, and a ruffian-like appearance, and at a glance, he knew he was no good person.

Xian He secretly retrieved the Mountain River Society Diagram and kept it in his bosom.

Although One-Eyed Dragon is not a member of the Blazing Sun Hunting Team, he might be a muscle-for-hire paid by Xiao Yang. I have to be on guard!

Xian He pushed his cart and turned into the alley, intending to detour around One-Eyed Dragon.

To his surprise, the moment he reached the center of the alley, One-Eyed Dragon followed him in.

Tap, tap, tap!

Hasty footsteps came from behind, and Xian He whirled around abruptly to see One-Eyed Dragon charging at him with a gleaming dagger held in a reverse grip.

Xian He dropped his wheelbarrow and ran for his life.

"Stop right there!" One-Eyed Dragon shouted sternly.

Once Xian He ran out of the alley, his assassination attempt would likely be exposed and attract the Security Patrol of the Sky Fortune Tribe.

Therefore, he had to finish off the target right here in the alley.

"If you tell me to stop and I actually stop, wouldn't I lose all my face?" Xian He moved at lightning speed, like an arrow released from a bow, and reached the mouth of the alley in the blink of an eye.

Now it was no longer a simple matter of getting beaten up. They had resorted to blades, so the man clearly wanted his life.

He was not a brainless idiot, so naturally he would not obediently stand still and let an assassin stab him with a knife.

The cumulative damage-reduction ability of the Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Technique would only take effect after he suffered an enemy attack. The damage of the first attack would be taken in full, and from the second attack onward, the damage received would decrease incrementally.

If the assassin attacked bare-handed, he might still be able to fight him to the death, but since the assassin was using a dagger, he certainly would not fight him.

A dagger's armor-piercing and body-penetrating ability was extremely strong, far exceeding a martial artist's muscle protection. If it hit a vital spot, a single strike could achieve a fatal effect.

He still had a wife and child to support, and he could not die right now!

"Hundred Paces Flying Sword!"

Seeing that the target of his mission was about to run out of the alley, Du Feng stepped on the wheelbarrow, leaped up, and hurled the dagger in his hand with all his might.

The dagger had been dipped in potent poison, and as long as it grazed even a sliver of skin, that brat would undoubtedly die.

Hundred Paces Flying Sword was his signature ultimate skill, and countless Two-star Azure Obsidian and Five-star Azure Obsidian martial artists had perished under this move. As long as that brat was an Azure Obsidian martial artist and got hit, he would surely die.

"Hundred Paces Flying Sword?" Xian He turned his head in puzzlement and happened to catch sight of One-Eyed Dragon stepping on the wheelbarrow, leaping high into the air, and preparing to throw the dagger in his hand.

Not good! Hit the dirt!

The split second Du Feng finished predicting Xian He's movement path, aimed at his back, and threw the dagger, Xian He threw himself to the ground with extreme decisiveness.

Whoosh!

The dagger brushed past the top of Xian He's head. If he had bumps on the crown of his head, his skin surely would have been pierced and he would have died of poison.

Thud!

The dagger embedded itself in the ground.

Xian He felt his chilly scalp and, seeing no blood stains, let out an immediate sigh of relief.

Looking back and seeing One-Eyed Dragon chasing after him, he scrambled to his feet in a panic and picked up the dagger not far ahead.

Seeing Xian He pick up his Poisoned Dagger, Du Feng hurriedly stopped his cart and threatened, "Give me back the dagger, or I'll finish you!"

He was a Five-star Azure Obsidian martial artist, and Xian He was rumored to be a Two-star Azure Obsidian martial artist. Even if Xian He took his dagger, he still had the ability to counter-kill, though he had to be extremely cautious.

"The dagger is in my hands now. Who finishes who isn't certain yet!" Xian He sneered as he sized up the dagger in his hand.

This dagger had a bluish hue, as if it had been dipped in poison.

Damn it, he really did come here aiming for his life.

Since the bastard wanted to kill him, he would not show any mercy either!

Although One-Eyed Dragon's muscles were strong and thick, they lacked luster, meaning he was certainly also an Azure Obsidian martial artist, with physical strength at most a hundred pounds greater than his own.

Even if the man was a Five-star Azure Obsidian powerhouse, the strength gap between him and the man could be compensated for by the dagger in his hand.

Gripping the Poisoned Dagger, Xian He laughed dismissively. "Hundred Paces Flying Sword, my ass. Why don't you try Transcending Eight Directions!"

If One-Eyed Dragon had not shouted out loud before executing his move, he probably would have been hit.