Lu Yin stared at the masked man. "There's something I'm curious about. Can I ask you?"
The masked man sneered. "Go ahead."
"Looks like you don't plan to answer." Lu Yin glanced at the three masked men beside him. "Wake them all up."
Bu Jian Guang tapped them with his bamboo staff, and one by one, they woke.
Lu Yin lifted the flower in his hand. "I'll ask, and you'll race to answer. Whoever answers first gets to live; I'll kill the other three immediately. If no one answers, I'll kill one at random. Let's begin."
"What does this flower represent?"
All four masked men looked at him mockingly. None answered.
Lu Yin pointed at one of them. Bu Jian Guang swept his bamboo staff across, and the masked man died.
The other three's pupils contracted. They hadn't expected Lu Yin to actually kill him.
"Si Nan Academy's man, do you know who's backing us?" the first masked man to wake shouted, trying to threaten him.
Lu Yin wasn't bothered. "Same question again. I'll count to three. If you don't answer—" He suddenly fixed his gaze on the masked man who had just threatened him. "You die."
The masked man's gaze trembled.
"Three."
"You'll regret this."
"Two."
"We were ordered to find this flower's true form and kill it."
Lu Yin hadn't even counted down to one before the man spoke.
He was puzzled. "Why kill it?"
The masked man shook his head. "I don't know. We were only given the assignment."
Lu Yin smiled. "You're not being honest." As he spoke, Bu Jian Guang swept his bamboo staff across. The masked man died.
The other two masked men were horrified. They stared at Lu Yin in shock. "What he said was true. Why are you killing us?"
Lu Yin