Long Kui said solemnly, "Don't worry. I'll stay on full alert on the way to Yin Mountain Area. This won't happen again. Once you join Cold Immortal Sect, the price No Trespassing demands for an assassination will rise considerably. Bai Shao Hong may not be willing to pay it. Even if the assassination succeeds, he may not be able to bear the consequences once Cold Immortal Sect investigates. That person isn't known for being reasonable."
Long Xi nodded.
There was something they both knew but didn't say: even if Bai Shao Hong didn't hire No Trespassing assassins, he had plenty of other ways to deal with Lu Yin. He could still do so even after Lu Yin joined Cold Immortal Sect; his options would simply be limited.
Long Xi was in a foul mood. The repeated assassination attempts had left her exhausted, both physically and mentally. The more frequent the attempts, the greater Cold Immortal Sect's designs on the White Dragon Clan—and the less Cold Immortal Sect cared about them. What did that mean? It meant Cold Immortal Sect had grown powerful enough to break the rules governing the Four Sides Heavenly Balance.
A woman appeared in her mind. It was her arrival that had transformed Cold Immortal Sect: Bai Xian'er, a woman who stood above the entire Tree Starry Sky.
The name Yin Mountain Area alone suggested a gloomy place. In truth, it was indeed a desolate region.
Hardly anyone lived across this vast area, because it was unfit for habitation. Beneath the ground lay enormous poisonous swamps, which released miasma that blanketed the entire region.
A group of creatures had emerged from those swamps beneath Yin Mountain Area, making it a place where no outsiders dared tread.
Cold Immortal Sect had experts stationed throughout the region. Zhongping Realm