All four knew they had been set up!
Therefore, they fled outwards at top speed!
But just then, a powerful aura suddenly enveloped the four. As this formidable presence appeared, the ground in the area twisted bizarrely!
Ye Guan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He turned to look. Dozens of zhang to the right stood a black shadow!
Big Sister stared at the shadow. “Earth Law Realm!”
Earth Law Realm!
Hearing this, Xu Qin and Li Qian both frowned.
Who had set this trap?
At that moment, the shadow’s aura suddenly locked onto Ye Guan. “You should have let him finish speaking! That way, you would have died a relatively easier…”
Slash!
Before the shadow could finish, a burst of air explosion suddenly rang out in the field!
The next moment, a sword pierced straight through the shadow’s forehead!
And Ye Guan had somehow appeared in front of the shadow!
Big Sister and the others were shocked!
Ye Guan stared at the man before him, frowning slightly. “Earth Law Realm, so weak?”
Big Sister and the others: “……”
The man stared at Ye Guan in disbelief. “Such a fast sword……”
Ye Guan pondered briefly, then said, “I only used thirty percent of my strength!”
He paused, then added, “I did not know the Earth Law Realm was this weak!”
The man’s expression froze. He was about to say something when Ye Guan suddenly slashed out.
Slash!
The man’s head flew off!
Ye Guan took the man’s storage ring, then looked at Big Sister and the others. “Go!”
“Wait!”
Big Sister suddenly rushed to Ye Guan. She took a token from the man’s corpse. Upon seeing it, her face instantly turned extremely ugly.
Ye Guan looked at the token and froze.
On the token were two words: Guanxuan!
This belonged to the Guanxuan Academy!
When Xu Qin and Li Qian saw the token, their faces also turned ugly. Li Qian looked at the man’s head. “I recognise him. He is the grandson of the academy’s Sixth Elder.”
Ye Guan looked at Li Qian. “Sixth Elder?”
Li Qian nodded. “The Sixth Elder of the Elder Council! He holds real power!”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Bury him!”
The three looked at Ye Guan in astonishment. Ye Guan said calmly, “What else can we do?”
The three exchanged glances, then nodded!
Just then, footsteps suddenly sounded from the side, followed by a mocking laugh. “Good, very good! Killing and silencing witnesses. Excellent!”
The four turned to look. Not far away stood a young man in brocade robes. He was handsome, but the smile on his face was somewhat sinister.
Seeing the young man, Big Sister and the others’ faces turned ugly.
Xu Qin said gravely, “Zhang Jin!”
Ye Guan looked at Xu Qin. “He has backing?”
Xu Qin nodded. “The grandson of Zhang Lü, the Grand Elder of the Elder Council in the Guanxuan Academy!”
He paused, then added, “The Grand Elder is the most powerful person in the Elder Council. In the Guanxuan Academy, his strength is second only to the Dean!”
Ye Guan fell silent, pondering inwardly.
At that moment, Big Sister looked at Zhang Jin and smiled lightly. “I never expected the grandson of the academy’s Grand Elder to stoop to such despicable acts.”
How could she not see that this trap had been set by Zhang Jin?
What was the fastest way to make money?
Naturally, killing and robbing!
Zhang Jin glanced at Big Sister and chuckled. “Do not slander me! I only saw you kill the grandson of the Sixth Elder, and not only that, you were about to bury him!”
He pointed at the distant corpse. “Tsk tsk, look, all the evidence is here!”
Big Sister’s face darkened!
Zhang Jin smiled. “Who do you think the academy will believe? You or me? I think……”
Just then, a sword light flashed.
Seeing it, Zhang Jin’s face changed dramatically.
Slash!
Zhang Jin tried to flee, but Ye Guan’s sword pierced straight through his forehead. Blood slowly flowed down the blade!
By then, Ye Guan had appeared in front of Zhang Jin. He took a transmission talisman and storage ring from Zhang Jin’s hand, then looked at Big Sister. “Bury him too!”
Big Sister and the others froze!
Zhang Jin, not yet fully dead, stared at Ye Guan with venomous hatred. “You dare kill me! You actually dare kill me! Do you not know my grandfather is the Grand Elder?”
Ye Guan nodded. “I know! Brother Li Qian just told me!”
Zhang Jin roared, “Then you still dare kill me!”
Ye Guan said calmly, “If I do not kill you, I fear you will call your grandfather to beat me!”
Zhang Jin’s expression froze. He died completely.
At that moment, Big Sister and the others walked over. Li Qian looked at Zhang Jin’s corpse, hesitated, then said, “Brother Ye, you have caused big trouble!”
Big Sister glanced coldly at Li Qian. “What do you mean ‘you’? Is it not ‘we’?”
Hearing this, Li Qian quickly said, “Yes, yes, we. I misspoke…… Really no other meaning! Just a slip of the tongue, awkward!”
Ye Guan smiled faintly, then said, “If we had not killed him, what do you think would happen?”
The three fell silent.
Ye Guan said softly, “He would go back and report, then we would be targeted by his grandfather. His grandfather would definitely use the Guanxuan Academy’s power against us. As for right or wrong, I think it does not matter to them. They would not care who was right or wrong. By then, our situation would be countless times worse than now, especially for you. You have families. It might even implicate them!”
He paused, then added, “Killing them is not for momentary satisfaction but to stop the loss in time!”
Stop the loss in time!
Hearing Ye Guan’s words, the three shook their heads with a smile.
But thinking carefully, Brother Ye was not wrong!
If Zhang Jin had really gone back, that would have been endless trouble!
At that moment, Xu Qin suddenly said, “Brother Yang, I think we can pin these two deaths on Ji Xuan!”
Li Qian nodded slightly. “I think so too! After all, Ji Xuan already has a blood feud with the academy. Blaming her would be completely reasonable. The academy would not suspect!”
Ye Guan shook his head. “Forget it!”
The two looked at Ye Guan. Ye Guan said, “We have no grudge against Ji Xuan. Doing this would be dishonourable.”
Hearing this, Li Qian and Xu Qin were about to say more when suddenly, a change occurred. Two cold gleams silently appeared in the field.
Ye Guan was greatly alarmed!
Such fast speed!
Without hesitation, he thrust out his sword!
Clang!
With a sound of metal clashing, Ye Guan retreated several zhang. As he stopped, the air sword in his hand shattered. At the same time, his right arm felt numb!
Just then, a miserable scream rang out from the side!
Ye Guan looked over. Li Qian had lost an arm! Li Qian collapsed to the ground, face pale, eyes full of horror!
Ye Guan turned to look. On a treetop not far away sat a woman. She wore a snow-white short cotton jacket on her upper body, her arms exposed. Under the moonlight, they were crystalline like jade, incredibly beautiful. Her lower body was in snow-fur long pants. Though sitting, one could tell her legs were very long!
Most striking was her full head of hair. Unlike others, all her hair was silver, glistening transparently under the moonlight, breathtakingly beautiful.
In her right hand, between two fingers, a flying dagger spun continuously, flashing with blade light.
Seeing the woman, Big Sister suddenly exclaimed in horror, “Silver hair, flying dagger. You are…… Ji Xuan!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan froze!
Ji Xuan?
This was the previous generation’s academy chief, Ji Xuan?
Ye Guan was also shocked. He had not expected to encounter this legendary figure from the academy here!
He had to admit, this woman’s strength was truly formidable!
Among his peers, aside from that Ye Guanzhi, she was the strongest he had ever seen!
Beside him, Xu Qin’s face was also pale. If Ye Guan had not blocked that dagger for him earlier, he might have been finished!
On the tree, Ji Xuan’s gaze fell on Ye Guan. The corners of her mouth lifted. “I never expected the academy to produce a sword cultivator nowadays, and quite a strong one at that!”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Your strength is also extremely powerful!”
Ji Xuan stared at Ye Guan. “You have decent principles. I did not want to kill you originally, but unfortunately, you are from the academy. Since that is the case, you must die!”
As her voice fell, Ye Guan felt himself locked by a mysterious aura!
He knew it was Ji Xuan’s aura, but it was strange, coming from all directions, making it impossible for him to trace the source!
At that moment, Big Sister quickly said, “Miss Ji Xuan, he is not from the academy!”
Hearing this, Ji Xuan was slightly taken aback, then looked at Ye Guan. “He is not from the academy?”
Big Sister nodded and quickly explained, “Yes! Like you, he was originally meant to join the academy. He came first in the lower realm’s martial exam, but because of interference from the An family and the True Dragon Clan, the academy turned a blind eye. So he did not join the Guanxuan Academy!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan looked at Big Sister in surprise. “Big Sister, you know my identity?”
Big Sister rolled her eyes at Ye Guan. “Brother, do you think we are idiots? You are a sword cultivator, and so strong! In recent years, sword cultivators have been rare. The most famous recently is you, and you call yourself Yang Guan…… You might as well have told us directly!”
Ye Guan gave an embarrassed smile, feeling awkward!
In the distance, Ji Xuan stared at Ye Guan and smiled. “Interesting. The academy actually missed a genius like you!”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Miss Ji Xuan, we have no malice towards you. About my friend’s earlier offence……”
Ji Xuan suddenly jumped down from the treetop. She smiled. “Block one of my daggers, and I will let your friend’s matter go!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Alright!”
Beside him, Xu Qin said tremblingly, “Brother Ye!”
Li Qian also quickly said, “Brother Ye, no!”
Ye Guan looked at Li Qian. “Then shall I leave?”
Li Qian’s expression froze.
Ye Guan smiled faintly. “It is fine.”
Li Qian smiled bitterly. “Brother Ye……”
Ye Guan turned to Ji Xuan. “Miss, make your move!”
The corners of Ji Xuan’s mouth lifted. “Be careful!”
With that, she suddenly raised her jade hand. In an instant, a cold dagger gleam was already at Ye Guan’s face!
Incredibly fast!
Slash!
With a tearing sound, the flying dagger appeared over a dozen zhang away, where an ancient tree slowly split and fell.
Big Sister was stunned, then quickly looked at Ye Guan. He was still standing there, but sideways!
And on his forehead was a shallow blood mark.
Still alive!
Big Sister immediately breathed a sigh of relief!
Ye Guan was silent.
He had not tried to block it head-on. This woman’s flying dagger was too strong. An air sword could not stop it, and he did not want to use the Path Sword. So he chose to dodge.
However, he had still underestimated her speed!
At this moment, Ye Guan felt a sense of crisis!
Of course, more than that, he felt excitement!
He did not want to be invincible!
Danger and failure were what allowed better progress!
In the distance, Ji Xuan stared at Ye Guan. After a moment, she gave a thumbs up. “If we were in the same realm, I definitely could not beat you. Truly impressive!”
Ye Guan glanced at Ji Xuan. “Your flying dagger is also incredibly powerful!”
Ji Xuan smiled, then said, “The academy missing you is a huge loss! I am leaving!”
With that, she turned to go.
Ye Guan suddenly said, “Miss, wait!”
Ji Xuan turned to look at Ye Guan. “Hm?”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “May I ask you a question?”
Ji Xuan smiled. “Ask! But I may not answer!”
Ye Guan nodded, then said, “You do not seem like a bad person!”
Ji Xuan smiled faintly. “And then?”
Ye Guan looked at Ji Xuan. “I am quite curious what the academy did to you back then to provoke you into such a killing spree!”
Big Sister and the others also looked at Ji Xuan, curious!
Ji Xuan smiled. “Why do you want to know? Just out of curiosity?”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Your dagger just now did not use full strength and had no killing intent. I could tell you held back! I know Miss Ye Guanzhi from the academy. She is from the main academy and a very good person. If you suffered injustice, if I meet Miss Ye Guanzhi in the future, I can mention it to her!”
Ji Xuan stared at Ye Guan. “Do you know why I am here?”
Ye Guan shook his head.
Ji Xuan opened her palm. A token suddenly appeared before Ye Guan. On it were two large words: Ye Guan!
Beside them, Big Sister suddenly exclaimed in horror, “Assassination order!”
She looked at Ye Guan. “Someone has put an assassination order on you!”
Ye Guan was silent, hands clenched. In his heart, he said, “Tower Master, is it the clan my father married into that has come?”
Little Tower was silent for a moment, then said, “Probably not!”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “Why?”
Little Tower fell silent.
Damn!
How should I continue fooling you?
Just then, Ji Xuan smiled. “Young Master Ye, do you know who wants to kill you?”
Ye Guan shook his head.
Ji Xuan smiled. “They offered thirty million gold crystals as reward!”
Ye Guan was silent. He was worth quite a bit!
Ji Xuan smiled, then said, “I was tempted, but after meeting you, I think you have decent principles. You act ruthlessly but with a bottom line. I appreciate you, so I will pass on this job!”
Ye Guan looked at Ji Xuan. “Do you know who issued the assassination order on me?”
Ji Xuan shook her head. “No! The employer’s identity is confidential! For you now, it is not important! What matters is you must leave the Sin Abyss, because soon, all the assassins and powerhouses in the Sin Abyss will come for you. No, they are already on their way!”
Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “How do their strengths compare to yours?”
Ji Xuan blinked. “Definitely not as strong as me. Joke’s on you, I was once the number one of the Central Divine Continent’s younger generation!”
Ye Guan nodded. “Good that they are not as strong as you!”
He smiled faintly. “Tower Master, I am going to fish for enforcement!”
Little Tower: “……”
Ye Guan looked at Ji Xuan. “Miss, are you short on money?”
Ji Xuan nodded. “A bit!”
Ye Guan said seriously, “Soon many people will come to kill me, and these people must be rich. They come for money to kill me, so they must be bad people with poor principles. Do you want to team up with me? We counter-kill them together, then split the spoils fifty-fifty?”
He paused, then added, “I will be the bait, you ambush from behind. We slaughter them!”
Big Sister and the others: “……”
Ji Xuan stared at Ye Guan for a moment, then said, “That could work!”
Big Sister and the others: “……”
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