Happening Upon It By Chance

Feeling utterly deceived by the system, Shen Yi cursed under his breath, but quickly calmed down to re-evaluate his current situation.

The secluded cultivation time wasn't a waste, in truth.

Every bit of effort he put into his saber techniques and internal energy would be internalized into his muscles, bones, and blood.

However, with his saber techniques perfected and his inner cultivation nearly complete, Shen Yi's progress would inevitably enter a relatively slow bottleneck period.

Blindly investing in secluded cultivation time would only prove inefficient.

And to break through this bottleneck.

On one hand, Shen Yi needed to find secret medicines to cleanse his marrow and completely eliminate the disadvantages of starting martial arts too late.

On the other hand, according to the path he had comprehended during his secluded cultivation, Shen Yi needed to draw nourishment from the strengths of various schools.

As for the remaining eight months of secluded cultivation time.

It wasn't much, but it wasn't little either.

He'd keep it for now, for future needs.

Thinking this, Shen Yi felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him, his eyelids drooping, and soon he drifted off to sleep.

He was simply too tired.

Late at night.

The moon was hidden, and the stars were sparse.

Only the faint chirping of insects accentuated the silence of the deep night.

The sleeping Shen Yi felt as if a pebble had been dropped into his calm spiritual platform, rippling outwards in layers.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

And abruptly sat up.

Two steps took him to the small window beside the wooden door.

Outside, a group of dark figures gathered silently at Old Jiang's doorstep across the way, like nightingales descending.

Someone whispered:

"Boss, we've searched the downstream of Clear River carefully."

"We didn't find Qin Jianghe's body."

"We found a small boat covered with withered grass in the reeds, and followed the trail..."

"The tracks end before this house."

"He must be hiding here."

The leader looked at the silent courtyard wall, waved his large, fan-like hand, and said indifferently:

"Find him."

Someone asked:

"Boss, what about the others?"

"Kill them."

The voice, as calm as stagnant water, easily decided the fate of Old Jiang's family.

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes.

His hand rested on the hilt of his saber, slowly tightening his grip.

Although he didn't know who these dark figures were looking for, or why they were so cruel as to easily slaughter other people's lives.

But according to Shen Yi's nature.

He wouldn't stand idly by.

Even if it brought trouble, he would follow the dictates of his heart.

To repay the kindness of the meal he had just received.

What's more, in his eyes, these people were automatically equated with secluded cultivation time.

Such a slaughter that aligned with his heart.

Shen Yi would naturally act righteously without hesitation.

Thus, just as the group of dark figures leaped over the wall.

Shen Yi suddenly kicked out!

Bang!

Accompanied by a crisp crash!

The wooden door behind the man suddenly broke free from the wall and hurtled towards his face!

The sound was like thunder, exploding in the quiet night.

Not only did it shock the group of assassins, causing them to turn their heads.

But it also abruptly woke Old Jiang's family from their sleep.

What?!

The leading man turned his head in terror, the crisp sound of metal already reaching his ears.

With a crash, the door split in two before the man.

A beam of snow-white light shone forth.

Like starlight gathering, descending from the heavens, falling upon the boundless wilderness, this is called, "Stars Hang Over the Wilderness."

It was a vertical slash!

The leading man barely managed to react.

Raising his hand with extreme speed.

Clang!

Shen Yi's saber heavily struck a steel fork that was entirely black, and at the point of impact, two streams of inner force exploded.

Vibrating and stirring up a surge of air.

Shen Yi's heart stirred; judging from the feedback of inner force, the opponent was also a second-rate expert.

However, Shen Yi was prepared and waiting.

While the opponent was responding in haste.

The stalemate between the two's inner force only lasted for a breath.

With a bang!

The black-clothed man was immediately sent flying backward by Shen Yi's saber, crashing through the wooden door with a loud noise and falling into Old Jiang's courtyard.

"Boss!"

The other men in black cried out subconsciously.

Before the words had finished, Shen Yi had already stepped over the threshold with his saber.

Like a cheetah, he pounced with his saber.

The leader of the men in black was, after all, a second-rate expert. He flipped over and jumped up, cursing under his breath:

"Damn it, Qin Jianghe must be inside."

"Leave someone to help me, the rest of you go inside and find him!"

"Yes!"

The leader immediately twisted his steel fork, twirling out several shadows of the fork, and went head-on towards Shen Yi.

The two immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

On the other side, one of the four shadows in black quickly came to the man's side, brandishing his blade to assist.

The other three were like vicious wolves.

Pouncing towards the various houses in the front and back yards.

The Old Jiang family had actually been awakened long ago.

But how could they dare to show their faces.

As for Qin Jianghe, whom they had rescued.

They were already worried about their own lives.

They didn't have the mind to worry about others, and Old Jiang had even begun to regret it. Why did he have to act like a hero!

Bang!

The doors of the side room and the main room were kicked open at the same time.

Three men in black stepped into the rooms with fierce momentum, and everywhere they looked, both rooms were empty.

Axiu was hiding in the closet.

One hand covered her mouth.

A pair of bright eyes watched the flickering light outside through the cracks in the closet, filled with fear.

She could hear the approaching footsteps.

Each step seemed to be stepping heavily on her heart.

Causing her heart to beat faster and her breathing to quicken.

"Hehe, this is a girl's room..."

"Little girl, don't hide, I know where you are."

A lewd and coarse voice came from the wardrobe, making Axiu's hands and feet grow even colder.

The other party's heavy breathing was like that of a wild beast, Filled with endless greed and covetousness.

Tap.

Axiu heard the other party's footsteps getting closer and closer. The light and shadow from the crack in the wardrobe flickered for a moment, and then, it became dark.

Thump, thump, thump.

It was her own heartbeat, So clear in the darkness.

"Hehehe..."

A wanton and arrogant lewd laugh rang out outside the wardrobe, and then with a pa sound, the wardrobe door was suddenly flung open.

A fierce and lewd ugly face abruptly appeared in front of Axiu. A rough voice was like a booming bell:

"Little girl!"

"This old man has found you!"

Axiu's mind immediately crashed, and she let out an instinctive, ear-piercing scream that almost pierced the night sky.

"Ahhhhh!"

In the courtyard.

Shen Yi was fighting two opponents alone.

He wielded his saber, creating layers upon layers of saber shadows, colliding with the leader's steel fork and another black-clad figure's long saber.

The perfected Wind Severing Blade.

Allowed Shen Yi to fight more with less, without losing ground in the slightest. Moreover, as the Array Breaker Art circulated, he constantly accumulated fighting spirit.

His saber momentum became increasingly heavy.

Each strike and stance caused the black-clad leader's hands to go numb, his arms to tremble, and several more wounds were added to his body.

If there was no support from others, Defeat was only a matter of time.

The black-clad leader cursed inwardly, Those bastards are taking forever to find one person.

Little did he know, Only a few short breaths had passed since he began fighting Shen Yi.

Suddenly, Axiu's terrified scream from the side room resounded in everyone's ears.

Shen Yi hesitated for almost no time.

With a tremor of his blade, he shook open the black-clad leader's steel fork.

He spun around, stomping his foot on the ground.

His figure was like a fierce tiger, crashing through the window into the side room.

I'm so stupid.

Why am I bothering with a tough nut to crack?

As Shen Yi pondered, a flash of bright saber light was already like a full moon sinking into the river, vast and mighty, spreading towards the black-clad figure standing in front of the wardrobe.