Reminder

A hit landed, but Chu Qing didn't stop.

Because something was wrong!

Chu Qing was an assassin; he had no intention of interrogating the person in front of him.

Having thrown himself into the Sin Mirror Platform, he understood these people very well.

Getting information from their mouths was harder than climbing to heaven.

Unless he possessed martial arts like the Life and Death Talisman, which would allow for torture to extract confessions, there was no hope. Otherwise, he wouldn't even consider it.

What's more, Chu Qing knew who stood behind him.

Therefore, he didn't need any information at all.

Thus, his previous sword strike was never intended to be held back... he just wanted the opponent dead!

Chu Qing used the Swift Flying Sword, deeply understanding the three principles: fast, accurate, and ruthless.

By all rights, with this strike... he should be dead!

Yet, he was still alive.

Although an arm was severed, he was, after all, still alive.

If this person had been prepared, could they have dodged his sword?

Who is he?

These questions didn't linger in Chu Qing's mind for long. The moment he realized the opponent was not simple, the thing he had to do was very simple...

Draw sword!

The assassin, whose arm had been severed, landed on his feet without falling.

His body didn't even sway slightly from the pain.

His feet slid along the ground, using the momentum of his landing to retreat. At the same time, he lightly swung his left hand, which held the sword, backward. The Long Sword flew out of his hand. Just as his palm was level with the Hilt, he reached out to grasp it.

"Since you've severed one of my arms, you shall pay with your life!"

Calmness was the most basic quality of an assassin.

Therefore, even though the change happened too quickly, he had already analyzed the current situation in an instant.

Someone had ambushed him, and this person's sword was extremely fast.

However, by severing his arm, the attacker must be feeling complacent... this was an excellent opportunity to counterattack!

Compared to this, who was the person ambushing him, and why were they ambushing him here?

These questions were all irrelevant. He could ponder them after killing the assassin.

Everything happened in the flash of lightning. Just as the assassin from the Sin Mirror Platform was about to grab the hilt, thinking they had secured victory, what greeted them was a sharp edge.

The sound hadn't arrived, but the sword had!

Chii!

The Long Sword pierced through the throat, followed by a horizontal slash of the blade... half the neck was cleanly severed, and blood sprayed out like rain.

The masked head naturally fell to the side, its eyes still flickering with disbelief.

Did I miscalculate?

Why wasn't he even slightly relaxed?

And, even though I fell from a height, how could he gather energy in mid-air to strike again?

But these questions were destined to be taken to the underworld with him.

With a clang, the assassin's sword finally fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Everything was over.

In a life-or-death struggle, a moment's delay meant the difference between life and death.

Chu Qing saw that the assassin had completely stopped breathing and let out a soft sigh of relief.

The Golden Goose Skill wasn't some martial art for escaping or climbing walls. Its effect during combat was astonishingly significant.

If he hadn't used the Golden Goose Skill to gather energy just now, this sword strike wouldn't have been so fast.

"After all, this is an assassination attempt on someone like Chu Yunfei. Those arranged to be here are indeed not ordinary individuals."

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

He felt a little unhappy...

The room, which had been cleaned spotlessly, was now dirtied.

The Sin Mirror Platform, they really deserved to die.

He walked up to the corpse and checked it. There was nothing on the body.

But this was normal.

Assassinating Chu Yunfei wasn't that easy. How could an assassin who came here leave anything on them?

What if he failed and was killed, wouldn't that just benefit the other party?

As for why Chu Qing was able to find the letter and silver on those assassins in the first place... it could only be said that they didn't take Chu Qing seriously, believing this was a sure thing and that Chu Qing would undoubtedly die.

Thinking of this, the veins on Chu Qing's forehead twitched, and he felt even more displeased.

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

One of his purposes for coming here was to remind Chu Yunfei that people from the Sin Mirror Platform were coming to kill him.

Although the arrival of that person gave him other plans, the matter of reminding Chu Yunfei would not change.

Now, directly giving him the corpse of a Sin Mirror Platform assassin, was there a better reminder than this?

Of course, in the meantime, he still had to make some noise. Otherwise, on this particular day, by the time Chu Yunfei came here and discovered the corpse, it would likely be too late.

Stepping out of the room, Chu Qing flew onto the rooftop.

He removed a few roof tiles and threw them into the courtyard.

After doing so, he belatedly realized:

"Am I considered to be 'lifting tiles from the roof'?"

The sound of the shattering tiles was not small, and it quickly attracted the attention of the Chu Family. A servant pushed open the courtyard door and saw the broken tiles on the ground at first glance. He then saw the assassin's corpse, half-hidden by the door.

His face immediately changed:

"This is bad, something's happened!"

He didn't bother to go in and check and hurriedly went out to call for people.

In a short while, many servants who heard the news gathered here.

There were also martial artists searching everywhere. But when they jumped onto the rooftops, Chu Qing had already moved elsewhere.

Just then, a young man, Graceful as Jade, parted the crowd and stepped into the small courtyard.

The servants and guarding martial artists around him saw him and all bowed:

"Young Master."

Upon seeing the corpse in the room and the surrounding environment, Chu Tian's expression became extremely grim.

But he did not lash out. Instead, he carefully examined the scene.

A moment later, his brow furrowed:

"Such a fast sword..."

He stood in the spot where the Sin Mirror Platform assassin should have been, and looking up, he saw Chu Qing's desk.

The bloodstains scattered around the desk caught his eye.

He suddenly looked up, gazing at the crossbeam:

"Attacked from above... one sword severed this assassin's arm.

"Then descended swiftly, and without hesitation, delivered another strike, piercing his throat and simultaneously lopping off half his head.

"So ruthless, so decisive!

"So sharp!"

As these thoughts crossed his mind, he suddenly turned to look at the assassin's sword:

"The position is wrong... he tried to counterattack, but failed.

"Two formidable individuals, one decisive in action, with swift and fierce swordsmanship, the other, despite having an arm severed, remained calm and planned a counter.

"Their speed in adapting to the situation is admirable... but why cause trouble in my Third Brother's room?

"And, the style of these two... seems somewhat..."

Turning around, he leaped onto the roof.

In his field of vision, it was empty. His thoughts raced, and he glanced at the people in the courtyard. Then, his eyes went blank for a moment, and he murmured:

"Who exactly was it?"

"Big Brother!"

Chu Fan's voice suddenly called out.

Chu Tian snapped back to reality, sighed, and leaped down from the roof. He saw Chu Fan and Junior Sister Wen approaching together.

What surprised Chu Tian somewhat was why Junior Sister Wen was carrying a carrying pole on her shoulder?

"Where did Miss Wen get that?"

Chu Tian subconsciously asked.

Junior Sister Wen, seemingly with the same expression towards everyone, uttered two words without any ripple:

"Found it."