Remnants, Assassination

As the boat passed Falling Goose Shoal, the river gradually widened.

The mountains on both banks were no longer so steep. A few villages occasionally came into view, cooking smoke curling upward amid the crowing of roosters and barking of dogs.

Lu Li leaned against the cabin wall, listening to the water outside while thinking about Jiao Yue.

A Xue Household retainer, Tenth Layer of Meridian Opening.

What was this man's background?

He closed his eyes and recalled information from the game.

The Xue Household had operated in Qing Prefecture for years, with deeply rooted and intertwined influence. Aside from their young master, Xue Shaokan, they had many collateral branches and retainers.

He vaguely remembered the name Jiao Yue, but he had not been an important character.

"Probably one of the Xue Household's peripheral thugs, specializing in dirty work."

Lu Li calculated inwardly.

Such people were not weak, but they would not be too strong either.

The Tenth Layer of Meridian Opening counted as first-rate in the martial world, but in his eyes, it was merely passable.

"Brother Li, what are you thinking about?"

Liu Yueling leaned by the window and turned to look at him.

"Someone who's coming to die."

"Coming to die?"

Liu Yueling blinked, somewhat confused.

"Mm. Someone hired river bandits to kill me. They failed, so he'll probably come himself."

Lu Li smiled, speaking lightly.

"Then... what do we do?"

Worry appeared on Liu Yueling's little face.

"What do we do? Wait for him."

Lu Li stretched and stood up.

"It would suit me perfectly if he came."

The Tenth Layer of Meridian Opening was comparable to the Drooping-Ear Monk's cultivation. His vital energy would surely be substantial.

Although after absorbing the vital energy from the Blood Pool, the eight hundred Buddhist Soldiers, the Drooping-Ear Monk,