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Chapter 582: Settle Accounts After Autumn

Translator: chuchutrain Editor: DavidT, Rock

In the end, out of the 120,000 soldiers that remained in Xiao FengYang's middle army after the first battle, the casualty count numbered over 50,000. The people who escaped were less than 7,000, with the remainder being taken as prisoners of war!

However, even as the victor, the number of deaths and injuries sustained by the Ling Family were almost equivalent to the Xiao Family. Naturally, to accomplish the entire task in one fell swoop, the price one needed to pay could be imagined. The deceased included 5,000 Blood Iron Warriors and Wang Han who Ling Tian had left behind! Out of the 24,000 cavalry, more than 5,000 died, and the injured were not even in the statistics!

The huge price paid this time made everyone unable to put on expressions of joy, even though they won the battle!

A Pyrrhic victory, not just in name but in reality!

This was also the first time since Ling Tian had been reborn in this world that he had lost so terribly!

Wang Han and company originally should not have died, for they were all bedridden due to their previous wounds. However, upon realizing that the situation was not in the Ling Family's favor, they had borne with their injuries and rushed out to hold the fort on one side, gaining precious time for Meng LiGe's troops to rush over. The price was that all 5,000 of them gave their lives in return!

Out of the five generals within the 5,000 strong Blood Iron Warriors, only Wang Han's corpse could still be barely recognized. The rest had been muddled in with the meat paste that was thousands of humans lumped together, no longer able to be told apart.

Upon receiving the news, Ling Tian sighed to himself, keeping silent for a long time.

This could actually be considered the first battle towards stepping on the stage of world domination. However, it was just this one battle, and he had already lost five men under his personal command! Five good people! One of them was even one of the three leaders of the Blood Iron Warriors! How much blood of his brothers would he have to spill further down the road?!

Ling Tian was never stingy about money, power, or wealth. But he hoarded his personal subordinates, his brothers-in-arms, like how a rich man hoards gold!

Even after successfully destroying the ancient unbreakable ravine pass, and even achieving victory twice in a row, he was supposed to be ecstatic and jubilant. But he remained silent and moody!

"Wang Han!! Brother Wang… it's all my fault! I should have been the one to request to stay in Sobbing Ghost Pass…." Feng Mo and the rest pounced on the corpses of their fellow brothers, bursting into tears. Feng Mo and Wang Han had been together ever since Ling Xiao assumed command, and they had taken care of each other for almost two decades! Twenty years of brotherhood, how was it a small thing? To be best buddies for the past twenty years, then suddenly see his closest friend ice-cold just like that, not moving even when shaken! What sort of feeling would one experience?

If it was possible, Feng Mo would rather have traded his life for Wang Han's, than to accept the fact that his good brother would never wake up ever again!

And for Ling Tian, even with two lifetimes, he never had this sort of experience before. But he, above everyone else, understood the sincerity behind this feeling, and how valuable it was! He could also empathize with Feng Mo's current agony, his deepest regret, and anger!

The cold autumn wind blew, and heaven and earth shared the pain of the people. Everyone on the battlefield quietly stood up one after another, saying their final farewells to their brothers lying there. Even those grievously injured, or with broken limbs, would run the risk of their injuries worsening to stand up straight, looking at their brothers one last time!

Countless corpses lay neatly in rows, with the blood on some not even dry yet.

Ling Tian bowed deeply before taking a few steps forward and gazing at the huge army standing at attention. His eyes brimmed with tears and his voice trembled as he addressed the crowd. "Brothers-in-arms, I am Ling Tian! Today we have won, obtained a complete victory! But so many of our dearest brothers have also left us because of this victory. In my heart, I feel the agony as much as all of you here. This is because those brothers lying on the ground are also the brothers of me, Ling Tian! I'm not going to spout any hypocritical bullsh*t, like I would rather not have this victory just to see all of them happy and well, this would just make me a hypocritical bastard who steps on and profanes the sacrifice of our brothers!" Under the urging of his internal energy, his voice traveled far and wide, clearly heard.

From the crowd came sounds of stifled choking.

"It's just that, when I see all our brothers who have passed on, I suddenly feel a sort of pride! That's right, pride! Sincere pride!" Ling Tian's voice took on an inspiring tone. "Our dead brothers, every one of them died from injuries to the chest, from the front. What does that mean?" His eyes, like lightning, stared at everyone in front of him.

"This means that none of them were cowards, and all of them charged bravely and met with death fearlessly. They all died amid the fighting! They are all true warriors! And this also means that each and every brother, while fighting, was looking after the backs of their own partners!" Ling Tian screamed out. He suddenly spun, pointing at the ground as he hollered, "Do you see that! These are OUR BROTHERS! To protect their brothers, they would not hesitate to sacrifice their lives! With such good brothers, what do we have to be afraid of? We can safely entrust our backs to them! All those soldiers who sacrificed themselves died so that the rest of their brothers could continue living! I'm proud of that! Because they have succeeded! I'm also proud of all of you because all your brothers are role models! They are all people that will always have your back, life and death, BROTHERS!"

The choking sounds had gradually turned to sniffing as tears dripped down ceaselessly.

"Now I announce, let us bring our brothers, our unyielding heroic spirit, back to Sky Bearing!" Ling Tian had a burning gaze. "Our lives have been exchanged through the sacrifice of our brothers! We have to put in our utmost effort to take care of all the families of our brothers who have died in battle so that our partners in the underworld will be able to rest in peace! Also, we have to bring their final wishes, their heroic spirit, to war against the world, clinching victory after victory, to reassure them their sacrifice was not for nothing!"

"Their heroic spirit will live on! Brothers, rest in peace!"

"Their heroic spirit will live on! Brothers, rest in peace!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers hollered at the top of their voices in one go. All of them had on emotional expressions, with tears flowing down their faces.

Amid the raucous hollering, Meng LiGe took a cursory glance at the number of casualties before bidding farewell to Ling Tian and returning first to Sky Bearing. While they won this war, they had after all sacrificed so many men. Sky Bearing would be in a depressed mood because of this, and Ling Tian would thus definitely not choose such a time to return. He simply said, "Old Meng, where there's war, there will be sacrifice. Having one person or ten thousand dead, it's still a death. This has just begun, and there will be bigger stages for us in the future. After you return to Sky Bearing, you have to begin to prepare in consideration for the bigger picture. We can afford to be sad when people die, but we cannot be dragged down by it. Remember this point."

Meng LiGe nodded before mounting his horse. Before he left, Ling Tian added, "This time, for the soldiers who died on the battlefield, the family will be compensated three times the usual amount. See to it for me. We'll use the finances from the Ling Family Courtyard, tell Supervisor Xiao that I gave the command."

Upon hearing the title 'Supervisor Xiao', Meng LiGe's body shuddered for a bit, as he stared at Ling Tian with a complex expression. He sighed in the end, and with a bitter smile, rode off. Along with him was half of the surrendered Xiao soldiers as well as the Second Master of the Xiao Family, Xiao FengYang.

Ling Tian naturally understood why Meng LiGe gave such a look. This war, while sudden, was after all one fought with the Xiao Family, and they had even captured the Second Master as a prisoner. Furthermore, they had even destroyed the Xiao Family's land for a good 1,500 kilometers along with the Xiao Family's protective screen which was the Heavenly Water Ravine pass. While Sky Bearing was suffused in a depressing atmosphere, it would soon pass. However, for the Xiao Family, it was just starting!

But now, the person in charge of the Ling Family's finances was the only princess of the Xiao Family, the granddaughter of the Xiao Family's head. Let's not talk about Ling Tian having to worry about such a complicated matter, even Meng LiGe got a headache just thinking about being in Ling Tian's shoes.

He could only wish his monarch good luck!"

After sending off Meng LiGe, Ling Tian looked at Yu YanHai, before warmly smiling as he greeted, "Uncle Yu, it's been hard on you this time."

Yu YanHan let out a small smile, yet replied in a very stern tone, "How could Young Noble address me so casually? I was only carrying out orders, compared to those brothers in arms who died in the war for us, my hard work pales in comparison to them.

Ling Tian could not help but laugh. This General Yu was well known for loving his soldiers as though they were his children, and furthermore, he was an old-fashioned man through and through, just like Lao Fu Zi 1 , cutting an extremely distinct line between superior and subordinates. He was initially a minister in the imperial court, the same rank as Ling Xiao, and hence could accept it when Ling Tian called him uncle in the past. However, after Sky Bearing changed hands, Yu YanHan was now under them, thus his eccentric behavior flared up and would not allow Ling Tian to address him as uncle anymore.

Ling Tian was helpless against his attitude, and in fact was extremely impressed with him.

"Haha, since that's the case, then hear my order, General Yu!" Ling Tian straightened his face.

"Old man is present!" Yu YanHan cupped his fists together, his face stern.

"I command you to reorganize the troops present and repair the Sobbing Ghost Pass. In addition, gather all the soldiers and horses from the nearby three cities, and command them to proceed towards the East. The moment the flood from the Blue Jade River decreases, you have to seize control of the Heavenly Water Ravine pass before the Xiao family does so! There can be no mistakes!"

"This subordinate receives the order! I dare to use my head as a guarantee that I'll accomplish the task even if I die! I will not let the deaths of my men be in vain!" Yu YanHai swore violently.

Ling Tian could only helplessly smile. He thought to himself, 'Would I dare to ask for your head even if you did fail?'

Gazing at the receding figure of Yu YanHai in the distance, Ling Tian suddenly realized there was another person standing there: The Great Demoness Li, Li Xue.

Our Young Noble Ling's face immediately turned dark as he tried to rein in his anger. He originally hoped that Li Xue would go back and console Xiao YanXue, but instead, she stayed here on her own initiative.

"Why are you not leaving? Quickly get lost, there are still a lot of matters waiting for you back there!" Ling Tian glared as he rudely said.

"Hmph!" Li Xue only snorted, "You don't dare to go back and face her yourself, so you want me to go and extinguish the fire for you first? How is there such a good thing in the world? I'm not your scapegoat, do you take me for a fool?"

From past to present, the person who was said to understand Ling Tian the most was not Old Madam Ling, Chu Ting'er, or even his lover Ling Chen or his best brother Ling Jian!

Being a person of two lifetimes, he could lie to the world, but wasn't Li Xue also a person of two lifetimes?

Ling Tian nearly burst in anger. It turned out that this lass had long ago seen through his own calculations, and knew what he wanted her to do, so she pretended to be silly and stayed back instead.

"Come here!" Ling Tian broadened his footsteps, walking towards his tent.

"Not going! You think I'm a fool!" Li Xue seemed to have grown roots on her legs, fixing herself in place. With her intelligence, she knew that she would not have a good time now that Ling Tian was angry. So why would she listen to him?

"Are you trying to rebel?! Since you're not a fool, then this young noble here will make you into one!" Ling Tian suddenly reversed direction, appearing in front of Li Xue in an instant and sealing her acupoints before hoisting her up. He personally knew how hard it was to deal with Li Xue and was afraid that he would have to expend a lot of effort. So he suddenly attacked when her guard was down, aiming straight to seal her cultivation.

"Let me down! This is molestation! Catch the pervert!" Being carried over his shoulder, Li Xue was angry and embarrassed and unconsciously started using the old catchphrases from her past life as her tiny fists pounded repeatedly on his back. However, because her acupoints were sealed, it was just like massaging his back. Ling Tian snorted and shrugged, causing her body to slip downward instead. It was ok for him to be hit on the back, but this situation would be too inelegant!

Thus, Ling Tian carried her like a burlap sack over his shoulder. Li Xue's face happened to be situated near his buttocks, and every time Ling Tian walked, her face would briefly come into contact.

This caused her face to turn as red as a monkey's bottom, and she started to furiously scold, "Ling Tian, you… you rogue! Quickly put me down! You you… wait, see if this lady here will forgive you!"

At this time, Ling Tian had already reached the tent door, but he suddenly stopped and ridiculed her, "I advice you not to struggle so much. These past two days, I've eaten too much barbecued meat, causing my stomach to feel pretty uncomfortable with diarrhea every day. If I suddenly lose control of myself and let everything go, I'm afraid…

"Stop talking! You disgusting pig head!" Before he could finish, Li Xue had already taken a 180-degree change. She had no choice, with such an embarrassing position where her head was plastered right at his buttocks… If he really let go… then wouldn't it…

Grinding noises came from Li Xue's mouth, as she really did not dare to speak another word!

Having succeeded in his ploy, Ling Tian secretly chuckled to himself. For someone of their level, their organs were actually many times stronger than a normal person, so how would he ever have the runs? However, it was not that Li Xue did not know of this, it was just that she did not dare to bet on it. After all, an internal energy expert was also able to control every part of his body, so if he controlled himself to fart out…

At this point, both of them entered the tent, but he did not put Li Xue down, instead pulling her calf a little so that she shifted to a more comfortable position. After that he nonchalantly asked, "On the battlefield, I asked you to shock the world, so why didn't you? And you obviously knew why I wanted you to rush back, so why stay? Give me a reasonable explanation!"

Now that the war had ended, there was finally some excess time, thus Ling Tian began to settle his scores at this opportune moment. He was still brooding over the fact that Li Xue refused to allow him to shock the world, doing as he pleased. Such a fun event was actually few and far between!

"Put me down and I'll tell you the reason." Lying on his shoulder, Li Xue deeply inhaled his manly scent, and she couldn't help but feel hot, her heartbeat also increasing.

"Pa!" Li Xue suddenly yelped in shock. It turned out that Ling Tian had unceremoniously smacked her crisply on her buttocks, sniggering as he replied, "Say it! Spill the beans now! Or else I'll beat you some more."

Li Xue exerted fiercely, trying to push herself off Ling Tian, but with her internal energy sealed, what struggling could she do? Ling Tian, however, was infuriated by her struggling and could not help but start smacking her more to remind her who was in charge.

As he slapped, he began to settle into a rhythm. Right now, summer had just ended and autumn was settling in, so Li Xue was not wearing thick clothes at the moment. When Ling Tian's palm came down, it was as though he was slapping on her bare skin, with so much smoothness and buoyancy in his palm. Whenever he slapped, he could even feel her skin ripple with the impact, causing him to involuntarily get excited. He threw the thought about punishment to the back of his head as his hands both took turns to start smacking her.

Left hand, then right, then left again… as he smacked, Ling Tian began to get into a rhythm just like beating the drums, which caused him to feel even more excited.

Ling Tian would naturally withhold most of his strength, and neither could he bear to use much strength, but his smacking produced an extremely crisp sound that was pleasing to the ear. Li Xue initially yelped non stop, struggling continuously, but it was unknown why she suddenly lost strength midway, as her face grew redder and her body hotter. Following every hit from Ling Tian, her body would tremble involuntarily in response, and soft moans would escape uncontrollably from her mouth every now and then.

A musky fragrance started to fill up the whole tent at this moment.

It was the scent of a woman in heat!

Ling Tian finally discovered something fishy and lifted her over his shoulder to take a look. What he saw was a lass that looked as though she had become boneless, lying on him without resistance, her body flushed red and hot to the touch. The famous demoness did not seem to match up to her current appearance!

This gave Ling Tian a huge shock, as he suddenly recalled something. His body convulsed as though an electric shock had run through him, and he quickly threw the delicate body in his arms onto the military bed as though he was holding onto a hot potato.

"Owww."

The so-called bed was actually just a simple mattress placed on the ground, and of course was incomparable to their big beds at home. With Li Xue bereft of strength, landing on the bed hurt her, and her eyes immediately snapped open. Upon seeing Ling Tian, her face flushed like a ripe peach, but she did not leap at Ling Tian for revenge. Instead, she grabbed the bedding near her, and not caring if it was clean or dirty, buried her head inside it.

After a long while, choking sounds came softly from under the blanket, increasing in volume.

An ambiguous atmosphere filled the entire room all of a sudden.

Ling Tian looked awkward and could only twist his hands in embarrassment as he stood by the side. He was already scolding himself repeatedly in his heart,'Was this how an elder brother should treat his sister? What sort of attitude was that, why was I so muddled in the head, and why did my hands have to be so dirty?' He had no idea how to right the situation! In the end, he cleared his throat and coughed twice, but not knowing what to say, he coughed again.

The tent seemed to suddenly turn into a ward for tuberculosis patients, with repeated coughs coming out from it.

After what seemed like half a day of silence, Ling Tian was praying for Li Xue to come out and say something, so he could follow up the train of thought. However, out of his expectations, not only did Li Xue not poke her head out, the choking sounds seemed to have intensified.

Finally, Ling Tian noticed that her crying sounds had subsided somewhat, and on tenterhooks, opened his mouth to ask, "Are you… in pain?"

The moment the words came out, Ling Tian almost felt like slapping himself. What sort of words were those? Wasn't this merely reminding her of what he just did! How stupid!

How stupid could he get?!

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, an earth-shaking change occurred! Li Xue pulled the covers away, angrily sitting up. "Still not going to unseal my acupoints? What are you waiting for! Are you going to do THAT once more?!"

Uhhh…. Ling Tian blinked repeatedly in disbelief. 'She was just crying one second ago, but suddenly became so barbarous? My goodness, it seemed like my brain is messed up, and my eyesight having problems, I… must have heard and seen things…'

Seeing his startled expression, Li Xue's face turned red once more and she suddenly pounced onto him, grabbing his arm and biting down hard…

"Ah ouch…." Ling Tian let out a howl of misery, like a lone wolf at night.

Biting his arm, Li Xue spoke in an unclear voice, "Are you awake? Want another round?!"

"I'm awake, awake, very awake…" Ling Tian did not dare to use his internal energy to withstand for fear of damaging her teeth. This bite was firmly clamped down, causing him to shiver in pain as he pleaded, "My dear grandaunt… please let go of your royal mouth, before we talk!"

Li Xue finally let go of his arm with a satisfied expression and stood up. Ling Tian did not dare to tarry, immediately unsealing her acupoints.

Li Xue snorted as she loosened her limbs. Looking at Ling Tian, she blushed once again, before pretending nothing happened as she snarled, "Still want to question me? Settle accounts? Speak, why are you not speaking now? Are you mute?! Oh great young noble Ling?!"

"No, I wouldn't dare…" Ling Tian sighed in his heart, rubbing his bite wound gently as he silently cursed, 'Women in the villages are all tigers, one should avoid them if they ever see one…'

Chapter 583: Freak Accident

Translator: DavidT Editor: DavidT, Rock

"You don't dare to? Do you think that this matter is over just because you say that you don't dare to?! I haven't settled this score with you yet." Li Xue's face turned cold and she looked at Ling Tian with an unfriendly expression, "You actually dare to treat me with such disrespect and think that matters would be over with just a single 'I don't dare to'? Don't you want to say something else? If I let you give me an explanation, will Young Noble Ling be able to give me a good explanation?"

"How am I being disrespectful?" Ling Tian knew that it was impossible for him to wiggle out of this situation and could only twist logic, "It is only proper for an older brother to teach his disobedient younger sister a lesson! Rotten lass, do you still want to get beaten?" As Ling Tian said that, he swung his fists ferociously.

"Cheh, who is your little sister? You shameless fellow!" Li Xue wasn't afraid of Ling Tian the slightest and sneered, "How is this Miss your little sister? We have all been born into a new world already. My surname is Li while yours is Ling! Don't try to randomly claim kinship! Is this young miss correct? Hmm?"

"You… you… what do you mean by this?" Ling Tian said with exasperation. He could tell that this lass was not going to let go of him today.

"Hmph! In Western Han, you did not seek this Miss's agreement and took a peek at my pure body. Even if we were biological siblings, how can an older brother look at his younger sister's pure body?" Li Xue's face turned red but she continued, "When we were in Northern Wei, you also did not avoid the taboos between men and women. Today, you went even further and actually started smacking me?! Speak, just what do you want?!"

Li Xue's eyes turned red and she started sobbing, "I am also a pure and chaste young lady. If you repeatedly act in such a manner, how am I going to continue living? Why is my life so miserable!" As she finished, tears were already streaming down her cheeks.

She was indeed someone of the 21st century. If it was anyone else in this world, it would be impossible for her to speak these words so fluently. Even if these words would leave her mouth, she would definitely be embarrassed to death. However, Li Xue was actually able to spout these words without pausing for a single moment and did not even forget to put up a brilliant show. She had even lamented about how bitter her life was and was obviously forcing Ling Tian to give in.

"Haiz… haiz!" Ling Tian stomped his feet and he glared at Li Xue, "Big sister… aren't your tears too readily available? They can be summoned whenever you want? How is your life miserable? How did I take a peek at your pure body? When we were traveling together, I also allowed you to take a look at my body as you wished! Go and continue lying to yourself!"

"Cheh! Who would believe you? I don't care! You have to take responsibility for this matter! You must, you must, you must!" Li Xue growled ferociously.

"My goodness!" Ling Tian scratched his head and said with a headache, "Big sister, have you forgotten already? The two of us are…"

"Are what?" Li Xue wiped her tears dry and grunted, "Even in our previous life, we only had the same surname and belonged to the same sect. As for blood ties, we would probably have to go eight generations back before we could find some blood ties. Even within our family, there are more than one or two couples with similar 'blood ties' to ours! Just like Ling ZhenTing and Ling MengYun, aren't they three generations closer as compared to us? Ling MengYun had to call Ling ZhenTing uncle but they were still married in the end! You are also aware that as long as two individuals are separated by three generations, they cannot be considered to have any ties between them! We were all just forced to live in a rotten big yard together. Even if we don't talk about our previous life, in this current life of ours, you are young noble Ling Tian of the Ling Family while I am the villager Li Xue. With just this point alone, there aren't any blood ties between us. What is considered impossible between us and what are you still wary about? Speak!"

Ling Tian felt like pulling his hair out and he paced about in a crazed manner, "That's different! How can they be the same as us? We…"

Li Xue's face turned pale and tears welled up in her eyes, "I knew that you were still filled with hatred towards me. You still hate me and have not truly forgiven me! Even after I chased after you to this world, you have not forgiven me yet. Am I right? Thus, you can marry all the women in the world except for me. Am I right? You are taking revenge on me! You just want me to spend my life in loneliness, am I right?"

Li Xue inched nearer and nearer to Ling Tian and tears continued flowing down her cheeks with a crazed stubbornness in her eyes, "Ling Tian, you pretentious gentleman! On one hand, you claim that I am your younger sister but on another hand, you are performing the acts of a male-female relationship with me. After all these, you use the best excuse of us being siblings. Hahahaha… so this is how you are going to take your revenge on me! Am I right? Say something! Why aren't you saying anything?!"

"No! It isn't like that!" Ling Tian was forced into retreat and he finally let out a roar. His eyes were filled with craziness as though he was an injured beast, "Ever since I met you, I have not hated you any longer. You know that clearly in your heart but you still chose to use this matter to force me? WHY?!"

"You are asking me why?! Why don't you tell me why?! I am still a woman and I need a broad chest to lean on. What should I do?!" Li Xue patted herself on the chest and a fuzzy look could be seen in her eyes, "Ling Tian, you are a man who transmigrated into this world. It wouldn't matter who you choose to marry! In the three continents, all the countless beauties are waiting to be chosen and waiting to be attracted to you! Because of your peerless talents and unparalleled martial arts! To the women of this generation, you are like the most potent poison! You can play with the universe in your palm with your knowledge and can be said to be omnipotent. No one would be able to imagine that the knowledge that you have displayed is only comparable to a college student! However, you have actually created a storm in this world. Thus, you have succeeded!"

"But what about me? I am different from you! Even if I know more than you and am more knowledgeable than you, what is the use of all my knowledge? I am still a woman after all! In terms of scholarly or martial arts, in this foreign world, apart from you Ling Tian, who else in our generation will be able to surpass me? What other man in the world would be capable of attracting me? Who else would be worthy of me marrying him? Do you think that there would be such an individual in this world?"

Ling Tian shook his head bitterly without replying. With Li Xue's conditions, there wouldn't be anyone in the world capable of attracting her. In terms of knowledge, there wasn't a single person! In terms of martial arts, only a few old fellows in the world would be comparable to her. As for winning against her with confidence, only Justice would be capable of doing so.

While Justice's age wasn't known, he definitely wouldn't be too young. Furthermore, even if Justice's age was similar to Li Xue, she definitely wouldn't like him.

Because there was Ling Tian as a reference after all!

How would she be able to find someone more outstanding than Ling Tian?!

Ling Tian never imagined that a few casual smacks would create such huge trouble for him!

In fact, these few smacks of Ling Tian were only a stimulus to light the gunpowder between the two of them!

"Did you know why I framed you back then? You never asked me this question before!" Li Xue said depressedly.

"Why you would frame me?" Ling Tian was taken aback for a moment before laughing bitterly, "This matter happened so long ago and we are no longer in the same world any longer. What is the point of mentioning this matter? It is meaningless."

Li Xue ignored Ling Tian and continued, "I must say it because I hated you! I really hated you! We grew up together since we were young and my body was always extremely weak when I was little. Do you remember? Every time we went out to play, you would always take good care of me. Do you remember? No one else would worry about me but you. Do you remember all of this?"

"Ever since I was young, I loved to be around you. Do you remember that when I grew older, I became more beautiful and the others also began playing with me? Every time I was with you, I would wear the most beautiful dress that I had and would comb my hair for a long time because I wanted you to see the most beautiful me. However, you were like some crazy maniac. The more dressed up I was, the more you ignored me. Every time I went out, I would be the prettiest one with everyone else gathering around me. However, you became further and further away from me! Why?!"

Ling Tian felt his heart shake. Thinking back about the past, he muttered under his breath, "At that time, I always thought that you were too vain…"

Li Xue's eyes widened and she looked at Ling Tian with disbelief. After a long while, she let out a bitter laugh, "I see. So I was wrong, I was wrong… Your parents died when you were young and you had no one to care for you. The family didn't give you much money and you did not have any beautiful clothes to wear. Your lifestyle had always been frugal and you naturally couldn't stand my extravagance. No wonder! Why was I so foolish back then?"

"The more you ignored me, the more I became anxious. I didn't know what I did wrong and could only think of all the possible methods to appear in front of you and attract your attention. I would even act unreasonably just so you would accompany me for a longer period of time. However, you ended up ignoring me even more and so I scolded you and wanted to beat you up. However, you did not retort a single word or fight back against me. Do you know that I cried for a full three days after I returned?"

"Three days later, I wanted to find you to apologize. However, I couldn't find you and found out after asking that the family had sent you on a mission."

"From then on, the time that you spent in the family became less and less. Do you remember, you were 14 then, right? However, do you remember who would meet you first when you returned? I would always be the first! Do you remember?" Tears streamed down Li Xue's eyes, "I would always rush out with joy to meet you and to receive you but your eyes would always be filled with coldness or even disdain. At the very end, it was even filled with hatred, extreme hatred! Every time you looked at me, you would escape as though you had seen a ghost. I didn't even have a chance to speak with you! I don't understand and do not know what I did wrong! Was it wrong for me to like you?"

"Where did I go wrong?!" Li Xue asked again before diving into the pillow and bawling her eyes out.

"These days carried on for more than three years! A full 1198 days! At that time, the family decided about my marriage. I was truly anxious, anxious to the point I wanted to die! At that time, I went to find you and wanted you to take me away or give me an idea. However, do you remember what you did?"

"I escaped secretly and found you at Luoyang. However, you did not even give me a chance to say anything, turning around to leave immediately! At that time, I could not keep up with your speed and we fought for the first time. At that time, you were far stronger than me and you injured me. After injuring me, you left immediately without saying a thing!! I waited a full day and night in the snow! A full day and night!! Did you know?! Ling Tian?"

"It was during that day where my heart turned completely cold." Li Xue wiped off her tears and continued as though she was narrating someone else's story. "However, I didn't want to give up and I wasn't willing to marry someone else. When you returned, I secretly put an aphrodisiac into your drink. Ling Tian, I loved you. Even if I couldn't marry you, I wanted to give my purity to you! However, you actually scolded me for being shameless. Your words were extremely vicious… Do you know what you said back then? You scolded me for being a shameless bitch! You said that I wasn't much better than a prostitute!"

Ling Tian broke out in cold sweat and his face contorted! He could naturally remember what he said back then. Now that he recalled what he said, he had the urge to bang his head against the wall!

Why was he so foolish back then? However, things were just so coincidental. How would he know the truth behind the matter?!

"After that day, I fell extremely ill! I also truly understood what hopelessness meant. For a long time after that, I was filled with hatred towards you! I hated you to the bones! I hated you to the point I wanted your death! Do you know how scary a woman's hatred is?"

"That day, Ling Chao and the rest sought me out for a discussion about framing you. Without a second thought, I immediately agreed with them! At that time, I hated you far too much and I wanted misfortune to fall on you! I wanted you to be taught a lesson! Ling Tian, that was truly how I felt back then. Was I very childish?!" Li Xue smiled.

"After framing you, I began fantasizing happily about how well I would treat you after seeing you and how I can let you know about my love for you. I childishly thought that they would only beat you up and lock you up for a while. I even thought that you wouldn't need to go out and risk your life after this and could accompany me at home. I even fantasized about how I should explain matters to you and what excuses I should come up with. However, I never imagined that when I saw you again, they had already transformed you into such a state! They had actually snapped off your tendons and crippled your inner core, transforming you into a complete trash. When I saw the vicious look in your eyes, I immediately fainted."

Ling Tian fell into a daze as he recalled his past life, "I thought, I thought… I thought that you were feigning pity and wanted to harm me…" Thinking about the cold-blooded gazes and heartless actions of his family members and the young lady by the door who suddenly fainted… Ling Tian let out a mournful groan.

"Only at that time did I know how much misery I had caused you! After that, I fell sick for a long time and had countless nightmares. I lost all my appetite and became extremely listless. When I tried finding you again, you had already disappeared. Thus, I sneakily went out to find you and saw… saw that you were picking up leaves on the ground. Seeing how you had to sleep on the streets, I no longer had the face to meet you. I could only secretly let you pick up some money and secretly send you some food. However, I did not dare to let you know that it was my doing. However, you thought that it was Ling Meng'er who was helping you."

"I may be the only one who knows that Meng'er helped you. I believe that I am the only one who would pay attention to a trash like you. At that time, I also thought that this was for the better. If you knew that I was the one who helped you, with your temper you would probably rather starve to death than accept my aid. Ling Meng'er had only aided you once back then. How would she ever notice your existence? However, this also gave me the chance to pose as Ling Meng'er to take care of you. Until once, I saw that Ling Chao and the rest beating you up. Only then did I remember that they were the ones who wanted me to harm you. They were the true culprits! I wanted to take revenge against them! They were the ones who harmed you and harmed me! I want to make them lead a miserable life! At that time, I wasn't their match. After you fell unconscious back then, I treated your injuries and began my revenge. I almost went crazy at that time and my means were also vicious. In a single month, I disfigured all the women that they loved! I wanted them to have a taste of how it felt like for their loved ones to be harmed!"

"After accomplishing all of this, when I went to find you again, I could no longer find you! I could no longer find you again… wuwuwu… everyone said that you died…"

"As such, my heart died again and I became like a lifeless corpse. When my family wanted me to marry Huang JiaYun, I agreed without the slightest bit of hesitation. Without you left in the world, there wouldn't be a difference regardless of who I married! On the day of my marriage, you suddenly appeared and brought about a gigantic explosion with you! You destroyed everything! Ah ah, looking back, that feeling was truly mystical. Can you tell me why you disappeared back then?"

Ling Tian laughed bitterly, "Meng'er took me away and we planned my revenge in secret. Meng'er's motive was to gain control of the Ling Family. Up until the day of your wedding, I had always thought that she was the one who took care of me all those years and I agreed to help repay her the favor. Since there wasn't any meaning for me to remain alive at that time, I decided to fulfill her wishes. Thinking about it, Meng'er was definitely extremely bewildered about why I agreed to her plan so easily." Ling Tian laughed with self-mockery.

"Oh, no wonder." Li Xue seemed to have come to a realization, "No wonder all of those who were close to Meng'er did not come to my wedding. It turns out that she was the biggest winner of this event. The matters of the world are truly mystical. No, she truly deserves to be the biggest winner. She rendered you aid at the time when you needed it the most and I also made use of her identity to take care of you. Without her, you wouldn't have the chance to take your revenge. She deserved all of her rewards!"

"I originally thought that everything would be over after my death. Who would have thought that the yellow springs road truly exists and that I would meet you on there as well! And you, actually said that you had forgiven me!" Li Xue's bitter expression was suddenly filled with joy and happiness, "At that time, I was overjoyed and cried by the side of the road for a while. Following that, I heard you calling out my name and running past my side. Tian'ge, ever since we were 13, that was the first time you called out my name, Xue'er."

"I had always been waiting for that day. Waiting for the day when you forgave me. After waiting for such a long time, I finally heard your forgiveness. Even if I was only a soul, I wanted to be together with you! Tian'ge, do you know that I almost exploded with joy when you called my name? I finally got to see such a day!"

"At that time, I shouted out behind you but you didn't hear me. After you ran past me, you finally turned back to see me. After that, I saw that you wanted to run to me but were unable to do so. Then, you began spinning like a top before disappearing. I became extremely anxious but I was unable to find you. You weren't in front of me and I thought that you were behind me. However, I couldn't take a single step back and so I tried copying you by spinning on the spot. I never imagined that when I woke up, I would be in my mother's womb…"

"Ever since I came into this world, I believed that you were definitely in this world as well. I really wanted to find you but I didn't dare to and was afraid. After hesitating time and time again, I decided to wait until my Divine Ice Formula was completed before going to find you. At that time, I would be able to aid you at the very least. When I was young, I had always read novels of people transmigrating and knew the large benefits a transmigrator had. I knew that you would definitely shine brightly in this world as well. So, I hid in the depths of the mountains. I was truly afraid that if I appeared in this world, I wouldn't be able to control myself and would snatch your glory. I was afraid that you wouldn't love me anymore if I did that. I was even more afraid that you weren't even in this world…"

"I was extremely fortunate that the heavens did not give me an ugly appearance. I was also fortunate that you were truly in this world. The luckiest thing was the fact that we did not have any blood ties in this life. When I went out to pick herbs, I saw you being chased…"

"I originally wanted to follow after you and never reveal my identity. I wanted to gain your approval to become your wife. Even if I could only become a concubine or maid, I would be satisfied. However, you still managed to tell from my martial arts and movement techniques."

Li Xue looked at Ling Tian with love in her eyes and a tinge of resentment, "But this pig head here actually asked me to find someone else to marry! While you actually go around womanizing with so many beauties. The most infuriating thing was the fact that you asked someone like me who has no status or title to comfort your beloved woman! You you you… you are going to anger me to death! You still dared to beat me at such a spot and said that you are a bigger brother teaching your little sister a lesson…"

Li Xue began wailing and dived into Ling Tian's embrace, crying out all of her grievances from both of her lifetimes.

Ling Tian immediately felt his heart surging and did not know what to feel. Looking at this beautiful lady reprimanding him while wailing, Ling Tian felt his heart aching.

After missing her for a lifetime, would he still miss her again in this life? Could he have the heart to disappoint such a love for him?

Since she had followed him into this world, just what should he do?

Was he really going to allow her to marry someone else? Could he really bear to do so?

Ling Tian let out a long sigh as he looked at the trembling beauty in his embrace. His arms which were curled around her waist tightened slightly.

Li Xue let out a soft moan and immediately felt Ling Tian's strength. Lifting her head up, she looked at Ling Tian with a burning gaze. She then stood on her tiptoes and gave Ling Tian a kiss.

With their lips connecting, Ling Tian immediately felt a tinge of saltiness from Li Xue's cooling lips. That was the taste of Li Xue's tears. Ling Tian's heart clenched up and he hugged Li Xue tightly, returning her kiss crazily.

Li Xue's body trembled and she lay in Ling Tian's embrace with satisfaction. Shutting her eyes, tears silently rolled down the corner of her eyes…

A long while later…

Ling Tian let out a long breath and said, "How sweet."

In response, Li Xue's small fists hammered twice onto his chest to signify their master's whining.

Following that, Ling Tian lowered his head again…

After a long time that was enough to suffocate a whale…

Li Xue struggled free from Ling Tian's embrace with her hair in a complete mess, her face flushed red, and breathing ragged. Her two proud peaks were trembling and her eyes were in a daze. One of her hands was placed on Ling Tian's chest weakly and her face was full of happiness.

Ling Tian chuckled and Li Xue could feel Ling Tian's chest trembling slightly. With her face completely red, she hammered Ling Tian twice on his chest. If Ling Jian and the rest were to see the current Li Xue, they would definitely be startled.

Was this gentle and tender lass really the demoness that everyone in the Courtyard was afraid of?

Ling Tian smiled and grabbed onto Li Xue's hand and placed it in his palm. He then stroked Li Xue on the forehead and said, "Xue'er, I am a little puzzled."

Li Xue's body trembled and tears rolled down like rain!

Ever since the two of them met in this world, Ling Tian had never called her Xue'er and had never used this name on anyone else. Take for example Xiao YanXue. Even though her pet name was called Xue'er, Ling Tian had still changed it for her.

Li Xue knew that even if all of the happenings of their previous life were forgotten by Ling Tian, it was still a thorn in Ling Tian's heart. A thorn which could not be plucked out. From the way he was unwilling to call her Xue'er, Li Xue could tell.

Now, this name which Li Xue had not heard for a long time had finally left Ling Tian's lips again. This was enough to show that this knot in Ling Tian's heart was finally untied! Ling Tian had finally accepted her!

Chapter 584: Arrogant Assassin

Translator: DavidT Editor: DavidT, Rock

Li Xue wiped off her tears and forced a smile, "What are you puzzled about?" Her voice trembled like her agitated mood.

How could Ling Tian not feel her trembling voice? He sighed tenderly in his heart and hurriedly changed the topic, "In our previous life, our world practices monogamy. Why would you not be conflicted about the idea of polygamy?"

"Monogamy?" Li Xue let out a self-mocking smile, "Are you lying to ghosts? Tian'ge, you are also someone who grew up in an aristocratic family. Did you really not know? Even if we are talking about the seniors of our previous life, how many of them only had a single wife? Almost all of the elders had a good three to five wives at the very least. Which one of them didn't have a few mistresses on the outside? Monogamy? Are you cracking a joke?"

"Not to mention an aristocratic family like ours, it would be an embarrassment if a small boss didn't have at least one mistress! Even the small public security bureau officer would have a couple of girlfriends for sure!" Li Xue chuckled, "It wouldn't be easy to find a loyal husband even if he didn't have money or status. As for those with money and status… ah ah, I don't need to say anything more."

Ling Tian smiled, "I am not talking about anyone else but you. Do you not have any thoughts?"

Li Xue snorted and pinched Ling Tian on the arm before whining, "Of course I have my thoughts! But so what if I have my thoughts? Would you abandon your other lovers for me? Would you? You don't need to answer this question and we all know the answer in our hearts. I won't mind."

Li Xue snorted, "Besides, we are already in a different world where the strong would reign supreme. You are walking the path of the monarch and if you only have a single wife, people would think that you are crazy."

Ling Tian let out a long sigh of relief, "This world is truly great."

Li Xue's eyes widened in anger and she suddenly questioned angrily, "Be honest, could it be that you are fighting for hegemony just so you can set up a harem of 72 concubines and have a new concubine every night?!"

"No!" Ling Tian said with a righteous look and shook his head seriously, "How can this be possible? Am I someone like that? Besides, how could 72 concubines be sufficient? I need to have 3000 beauties in my harem at least."

"You! I will bite you to death! I didn't use enough strength before or otherwise how could you dare to be so arrogant?!" Li Xue flew into a rage and pounced forward brandishing her 'claws'.

"You said you wouldn't mind. How can you bite me? I will bite you first! Wuwu…"

Mmm, the two of them were biting each other. See no evil, hear no evil and do no…

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Just when Ling Tian was filled with the sweetness of springtime, Eastern Zhao was already engulfed in flames. Famine spread across the land with bitterness in the eyes of the people.

Shen RuHu's army had finally come into contact with DongFang JingLei and he joined up with them. At this moment, DongFang JingLei was being chased after by the forces of the Eastern Zhao army and he had less than 5,000 subordinates still alive.

Following that, both parties did not say a single word and charged at each other in a chaotic battle.

Shen RuHu's purpose was simple. He wanted to create as huge of a mess as he could to buy some time for the troops at Sobbing Ghost Mountain. Since he wasn't willing to talk, he would make the battle as intense as possible. Only if the battle was intense would attention be drawn to their battle.

Just when both parties were having a huge battle, Ling Jian was clad in a full set of black robes and snuck into Eastern Zhao territory. He was like a floating spirit and a sharp arrow, headed straight for the hinterlands of Eastern Zhao.

His target was the temporary residence of the Eastern Zhao Emperor, Blazing Sun City!

The temporary capital of Eastern Zhao, Blazing Sun City!

The sun set in the west and the autumn winds rustled. The boundless darkness descended onto the continent again.

Ling Jian who was hiding in a shrub had his usual calmness and was expressionless. His eagle eyes were locked on the imposing city gates before him. He was like a deity above the nine heavens gazing emotionlessly down on the world.

During his current trip with Ling Tian, especially after he climbed up to the peak of the mountain with Ling Jian, he had received quite a bit of enlightenment. Even after he faced humiliation from Li Xue, his sword dao which hadn't had the slightest bit of improvement lately finally had signs of breaking through.

Especially after he witnessed the tall peak that was once under his feet collapsing before his very eyes. In Ling Jian's heart, he also felt a large obstruction in his heart collapsing!

There are only things which cannot be imagined but not things which cannot be accomplished!

From that moment on, Ling Jian felt his eyes lit up and his future was limitless. All the sword, blade, fist, and movement techniques that Ling Tian taught him in the past no longer had any mysteries to him. All of his previous doubts and questions had been cleared up in that single moment without any obstructions left behind.

At that moment, Ling Jian was overjoyed and had a strange feeling of nirvana!

Ling Jian could clearly feel that his martial arts had taken another large step forward. If he were to fight Li Xue again, Ling Jian was confident that even if he wasn't able to beat her, he definitely wouldn't lose!

This was a breakthrough in his mental state and also a restoration of his confidence!

Ling Jian's confidence scaled up another level and reached entirely new heights!

He had the confidence to challenge any expert in the world!

On Ling Jian's skinny shoulders, the hilt of a sword could be seen sticking out. On top of it, a black sword tassel drifted around in the winds like it was the flag of a demon. As it drifted around, its ferocious teeth were revealed.

Ling Jian finally climbed out of the shrubs and his cold gaze was like an unbreakable sword, fixed on the dark distant city.

Ling Jian sped across the wilderness like a wisp of green smoke.

His cold gaze seemed to indicate endless bloodshed in Blazing Sun City!

The night was no longer lonely!

Even with Ling Jian's character, he couldn't help but feel his blood boil.

In the past ten years, Ling Jian led the First Pavilion despite his young age and his feats spread across the entire continent. From an unknown assassination organization to the current First Pavilion. Furthermore, the prestigious might of the First Pavilion Head had spread across the continent. There wasn't a single person on the continent who didn't know about his name! However, no one knew that the leader of the number one assassin organization was actually such a young youth!

In the past ten years, there were thousands who had died under Ling Jian's sword! The boundless killing had already thoroughly tempered Ling Jian's spirit! In Ling Jian's eyes, things that would shock ordinary people were no more than a daily occurrence to him.

In this world, there weren't many things capable of making Ling Jian have a change in expression. At the same time, the people who Ling Jian cared about were as rare as phoenix's feathers and unicorn's horns. Regardless of how difficult the mission was, Ling Jian had never shrunk in fear or failed a mission!

With regards to killing, regardless of who it was, Ling Jian had absolute confidence. The series of continuous victories he experienced over time had already bred a desire for victory which disdained everything else! Even when he faced Yu ManLou back then, Ling Jian charged forward with absolute confidence and would not be agitated in the slightest!

Regardless of how powerful Yu ManLou was, he was no more than a family head of an aristocratic family! Even if this family head was more prestigious than all the monarchs of the world! However, he was still a family head after all. All of these years, there had been more than one family head who had died under Ling Jian's sword. Towards the title 'Family Head', Ling Jian was already numb.

Even though Ling Jian almost died in the Yu Residence back then, the current him was far stronger. The Ling Jian of today would probably not fail again! There wasn't anyone in the world that Ling Jian did not dare to kill!

The person who Ling Jian wanted to assassinate today was an even higher existence! He was the monarch of a nation, the ruler of Eastern Zhao, DongFang MingRi!

This time, Ling Jian truly had a completely different feeling. The excitement that he rarely felt before killing someone had sprouted in his heart today. Ling Jian had killed all kinds of individuals before, from ordinary commoners to the prime minister of an empire. However, he had never killed the monarch of a nation!

He originally had the chance to do so when massacring the Northern Wei imperial family. However, he missed the opportunity because he wanted to personally kill Wei ChengPing and Ling Chi snatched the opportunity to kill the monarch of Northern Wei. Even though there wasn't any challenge in killing the Northern Wei monarch!

However, the chance was currently in front of him! If he was able to successfully kill the Eastern Zhao monarch under the layers of protection by his guards, Ling Jian would definitely feel a strong sense of accomplishment. What Ling Jian chased after was the instant sense of accomplishment and the emptiness that followed after.

It was only at that time when Ling Jian was the happiest. Just like how Ling Tian killed the powerful Family Head of the DongFang Family with a single blow!

Ling Jian could already imagine DongFang MingRi dying under his sword with his blood spurting in all directions and his head flying up into the sky before being caught by him.

If this assassination could be completed successfully, Ling Jian's next target would be the number one expert in the world, Justice!

Borrowing the cover of the darkness, Ling Jian did not even need to pass through the city gates. As though there were invisible stairs by the city wall, Ling Jian flew up dozens of feet into the air. Like a black bird, he silently flew up the city walls before making use of the shadows to avoid the patrolling guards. After avoiding a dozen patrol squads, he then carefreely walked on the streets of Blazing Sun City.

Blazing Sun City at night was completely silent as though it was a dead city. Because night had just fallen, the night watchman had not come out. As compared to the bustling Sky Bearing City, Bright Jade City, and Gold Jade City, Blazing Sun City was completely different.

Occasionally, there would be a couple of patrol squads looking in Ling Jian's direction, and Ling Jian would casually hide in the shadows. There were even a few patrol soldiers who would brush by Ling Jian's sleeves but not notice him in the slightest. They never imagined that the most frightening assassin in the world was just a step away from them. If they were to find out about this, these soldiers would probably lose their sleep for the next couple of months. How is this any different from brushing past the god of death?

During those few encounters, Ling Jian even made preparations to silence these soldiers. However, these soldiers were filled with laughter and conversation, not noticing Ling Jian in the slightest. This made the number one assassin who wanted to kill extremely depressed. With such soldiers and patrol squads, Ling Jian felt that he could bring 10,000 soldiers in and they would not even notice it!

They were short-sighted to the point they were almost blind!

Or perhaps it could be said that they just couldn't be bothered!

With the smoke of battle still rising to the skies, these guards were actually so relaxed and undisciplined! Ling Jian was astounded at his target. It wasn't difficult to train a bunch of elite soldiers. As long as one had the time and skill, one would be able to train up a bunch of troops to the embryonic form of elite soldiers. They would then require the baptism of a single battle and would become freshly minted elite troops.

However, it was truly puzzling why Eastern Zhao would spend so much money and grain to train up an unruly mob. Even if one did not understand military discipline, they should not train up a bunch of pig-like soldiers, right? The military trainers of Eastern Zhao truly have some ability, Ling Jian praised in his heart. If those military trainers knew that they were able to receive the praise of the number one assassin in the world, who knows if they would feel pride or grief?!

After strolling a couple of rounds in the city like a ghost, from the tightness of the security, Ling Jian could already determine that DongFang MingRi was currently in the City Head Mansion. Since the target was already located, Ling Jian began studying the geography of the place. He planned his route of advancement and also his route of retreat.

There were truly many patrol squads in Blazing Sun City and there were a couple of times where Ling Jian's whereabouts were almost found. Such a feeling of being on edge was one that made assassin Ling extremely uncomfortable. Thus, he might as well jump out in the open to take a look at the urban landscape of the city. To see what route he could take to the City Head Mansion, what retreat route he could take, where he could escape to if he was injured, where the dead ends where…

Should one praise Ling Jian for being bold because of his skill, or should one scold him for being foolishly bold?!

At the very end, Ling Jian had even taken his sword off his back to use it as a ruler. As he was measuring the distance, a patrol squad coincidentally passed by and the dim yellow lantern light shone onto Ling Jian's body.

Ling Jian felt a tinge of depression in his heart and stood still without bothering to avoid the light in the slightest. With his mood being bad, it wouldn't be too bad of an idea to kill a few to vent his frustrations. As for alerting DongFang MingRi, it wasn't too big a matter. At the very most, it would be slightly more difficult for him to assassinate DongFang MingRi. However, it would also allow him to find the mythical feeling of hovering between life and death.

Ling Jian held onto his sword and he looked at the approaching twenty or so soldiers with a pair of frosty eyes. His eyes grew colder as the troops approached and his sword about the leave its sheath!

Right at this moment, something which was completely out of Ling Jian's expectation which made Ling Jian not know whether to laugh or cry happened. The leader of the patrol squad approached Ling Jian with his lantern. Seeing that Ling Jian did not avoid him in the slightest together with Ling Jian being dressed in black, glaring at them ferociously with the overbearing manner of an expert, the leader looked at Ling Jian with shock. Just when Ling Jian was about to unsheathe his sword, the patrol squad leader suddenly bowed down to Ling Jian respectfully, "It has been tough on Sir."

Ling Jian was dumbfounded and flew into a rage, "Do you recognize me? What Sir? Hmm?"

That leader bowed down and said in a soft voice, "Please appease your anger Sir, this subordinate will leave immediately. I definitely wouldn't dare to disturb Sir. May Sir forgive us."

Ling Jian was completely depressed and grabbed the leader by the sleeves and scolded, "Have you seen me before?! Why are you so certain that I am your officer? Why are you so careless?! Let me tell you, I am an assassin! An assassin who is here to kill your monarch! Do you understand?!"

That leader laughed dryly and wiped off the sweat on his forehead, "Sir really knows how to joke… hehehe. Looking at Sir's prestige, Sir is definitely an expert among experts! How would we be so blind to mistake Sir for an assassin? With Sir present, how would there be any assassins? Please stop joking with us! If Sir wants to find someone to joke with, this subordinate can find two beauties for Sir!"

Ling Jian was dazed by the leader's words and released his sleeves. Ling Jian suddenly understood what the leader meant and roared with anger, "What nonsense are you talking about! Look at how spineless all of you are! Hmm? Are you guys patrolling or taking a stroll? If you guys patrol the place in such a manner, what can you guys find? A bunch of b*st*rds! Even if an assassin was right before your eyes, you guys wouldn't be able to recognize him! Scram for me!"

"Yes yes yes. This subordinate will scram immediately. This subordinate will scram… hehehe." He then bowed respectfully again before fleeing quickly.

A sound of anger sounded from afar, "F**k! He dares to say that I am spineless? Isn't he a ball-less eunuch? Coming out every day to deceive people? He still wants to fool me? Even if I am spineless, I am still much better than that ball-less thing! He only knows how to harm little kids every day! Cheh! He still has the cheek to reprimand us!"

"Leader is wise. If not for leader's wisdom, we wouldn't know how to deal with that darn eunuch who likes to keep catamites…"

"That's right, that's right. Look at his deadpan face. Apart from the palace, where else can he come from? That fool still thinks that he can become a turtle after putting on a tortoise's shell… what a joke!"

"Hahaha…" a wave of laughter sounded.

Eunuch? Ball-less? Keeping catamites?! Becoming a turtle after putting on a tortoise's shell?!!

These words thoroughly enraged this number one assassin to the point his lips trembled and limbs turned cold! Is this what they think of me?!

Just when Ling Jian wanted to turn around to vent his anger he could no longer find them. After throwing off Ling Jian, these fellows were afraid that the eunuch might end up asking them to find a catamite for him. In order to avoid trouble, they escaped quickly at the very next intersection…

Ling Jian snorted and his deadpan expression turned completely red from anger. In order to vent his anger, Ling Jian swung his sword down hard at the wall beside him.

A series of footsteps sounded and another squad arrived. Seeing Ling Jian standing up proudly in the middle of the road, they were first taken aback before bowing down respectfully as though they saw a devil and quickly fled.

Ling Jian laughed from extreme anger.

Weren't the guards of the Blazing Sun City too preposterous?!

The patrol guards truly couldn't be blamed for their negligence. It was truly a problem of the Eastern Zhao Empire.

Before DongFang JingLei staged his rebellion, he had once sent a powerful swordsman to assassinate DongFang MingRi. This swordsman created huge chaos in the Eastern Zhao palace and it was also because of this chaos that DongFang JingLei had the opportunity to chase the imperial family out of the Imperial Palace.

The number of casualties that this swordsman caused was incalculable. The beauties of the imperial harem were largely weak and defenseless. In the face of a martial arts expert, they were naturally diced up like vegetables without the slightest bit of retaliation. DongFang MingRi's most beloved concubine was also killed on that night. As for the Eastern Zhao monarch DongFang MingRi, he also suffered heavy injuries from the incident.

After this assassination incident, a huge alarm bell went off in DongFang MingRi's head! DongFang MingRi truly realized that in the face of a martial arts expert, the defenses of his imperial palace were truly lacking.

Being chased out of his capital had become the biggest humiliation of DongFang MingRi's life! As the monarch of a nation, he was treated like a traitor and escaped like a dog without a house. How could he ever endure such a humiliation!

As for the reason, DongFang MingRi naturally understood that the successful rebellion was because of the chaos created by the assassination. From that day on, DongFang MingRi hated the word 'assassin' to the bone and was also filled with caution.

Ever since he moved into Blazing Sun City, DongFang MingRi began a series of anti-assassination operations. He would instruct the experts of his palace to dress up as a black-masked man, roaming around the streets to test the wariness of the soldiers. Thus, these soldiers would always be on edge, afraid that they would miss an 'assassin'.

This was also a form of practice to prepare for the unexpected!

Naturally, the experts of the imperial palace were reprimanded fiercely by DongFang MingRi for allowing the assassin to enter the palace without anyone knowing. As such, these experts vented their anger on the soldiers and resented them for being useless. With regards to them being punished for the soldiers' dereliction, all of them were filled with rage.

Now that they received a command from the emperor to pose as an assassin, they naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity to take revenge for their grievances. In the past few days, with the excuse of it being an exercise, they tortured the whole imperial army badly. There were even some experts who had some deficit to their bodies and were screwy in the head. They caught some of the better looking soldiers to tease them and the entire imperial army was filled with a grievance but had no place to vent it. After this continued for a while…

Every time the soldiers saw a young man clad in black, they would avoid them like the plague. With Ling Jian acting as though he was causing trouble, standing in the alley openly while waving his sword… when had they ever seen such an arrogant assassin?

Chapter 585: Assassinating Monarch Zhao

Translator: chuchutrain Editor: DavidT, Rock

'There must be something strange about these things going on! This must be the experts of the palace coming back to find fault with us. Darn it, we can't afford to offend them, and yet we still can't even hide from them? Isn't it good enough that we move away every time we see you?' All the guards present had a belly full of fire as they internally cursed the other party's mothers even while they maintained their smile. They courteously bowed before escaping for their lives because with one look you would know that these experts had some problem in their head. Even if they were to dress up as assassins, they should at least be more professional! What assassin would swagger so openly, asking for the guards to take a look, just so they would greet them? Forget about it, thinking about it would only give them the chills!

As a result, in the deep dark night within Blazing Sun City, an extremely weird situation was seen where a true assassin held his weapon as he paraded through the place openly as though it was the right thing to do. The funniest part was the imperial guards that were supposed to arrest the assassin actually ran away from him as quickly as they could the moment they saw him. Let's not even talk about interrogating or arresting him.

Of course, the actual reason remained unknown by our First Pavilion Head!

However, whatever he saw already made him wish to explode in anger. 'This lord here is looking for people to kill to solve his frustration!' But everyone just had to run away from him, none of them coming over to seek death!

At this intersection with three different directions, each held a troop of guards that had pulled back inside. Every now and then, they would stretch out their heads to take a look, and upon seeing the expert still standing there, they would immediately retract their heads as though things would be fine so long as they continued hiding…

Ling Jian was speechless as he looked at the most spacious fork in the road. Both his hands idly held on to the sword as he looked up into the sky. 'Am… Am I still an assassin? Even from the ancient times till now, what assassin has been so domineering? What assassin would be so bold as to clash head-on and fight in the open, as and when they wished… what am I even thinking?!'

Was this what it was to completely throw away any and all the misgivings one had, going where and when they wished to freely? Looking at the tiny heads from far off carefully surveilling the surroundings, Ling Jian felt as though his whole brain was stuffed with wool, and he was depressed beyond belief!

'Who can tell me, what the h*ll is going on?!' Ling Jian raged.

Assassin, killer… as the name implied, it was no honorable job. All those that had done so had carried it out in utmost secrecy, waiting when everyone's nerves were stretched taut and they were all in panic, then to burst out and slaughter the target in one blow before vanishing once again. This was treating even the highest of experts as trash, this was what unrestrained really was! This was the type of satisfaction that tens of thousands sought!

This was where the true value of an assassin shone!

Just like how his young noble assassinated the DongFang Family Head, DongFang JingTian in one blow, that was the highest realm of an assassin!

But now… what was this all about?!

The moon had already risen, and it was the time when Ling Jian was supposed to be carrying out his mission. However, he found out that he could not muster up any strength to do so. There was no longer the excitement of the past, as though he was sent on a mission to assassinate a corpse. There was no satisfaction in doing so!

'Just treat it as though this assassin had run a long way over just to slaughter a pig's head!' The great killer Ling sighed in defeat, leaping over the wall and slowly vanishing.

He finally left!

The demon left!!

That sick pervert left!!

From the three roads simultaneously came the sound of relief, followed by endless cursing.

"Dammit, that idiot almost suffocated me to death."

"That's right, if you dress as an assassin, then be more like one! Who does this sort of thing? Does he think that we're as foolish as him?"

"That person is sick in the head, hoping for us to go and interrogate him about his outfit. F**k his mother! Does he think we are idiots?"

"I really don't understand those eunuchs from the palace. Aren't they just missing the piece of meat in their pants? How could they be so perverted? F**k!"

"Hahaha…."

"All right, let's hurry and go on patrol, if something really happens, then that would be bad."

Everyone left, opening their eyes wide to seriously do their patrolling duties. Every now and then there would be a short burst of laughter, as one of them thought about the stupid expert who tried to trap them earlier…

As for the fool that they were referring to, oh, that was also our First Pavilion's Head, great killer Ling! At this moment, he was lazily sashaying through the Lord's manor in Blazing Sun City.

He went in completely unimpeded, without any danger, not alerting anybody along the way whatsoever!

In fact, all the experts and guards of the Imperial Family had the same thought: Why would there even be so many assassins? Did they really think that assassins could be found like cabbages? The traitors had long been chased away by DongFang Jing Lei, their numbers only numbering a few thousand. They did not even have enough manpower to fend for themselves, and they still wanted to employ an assassin? For what? Even if the assassination succeeded, with the amount of manpower they had left, how could they come back? Furthermore, the DongFang family had already been cleansed inside Blazing Sun City, so why would they have to be so unnecessarily suspicious?

Making a mountain out of a molehill! Deliberately looking for problems where there are none!

Right now, however, Ling Jian was completely in awe!

On the tree he was hidden, two 'experts' were leaning on either side of the tree, their thunderous snoring resounding through the surrounding hundred feet around them…

On a side room at the Southern Courtyard, there was a lamp flickering, as conversations and laughter continuously poured out from within…

"There are five leaders…"

"Sixth of Sixes, ease in success… 1

"I saw a seven!"

"Eight horses make up a team…"

"One heart for respect…"

"Three orchards side by side…"

From the East, another room lit up, as a man held on to his pants while he drunkenly walked out topless. He stumbled around till he reached the latrine, but actually did not go in, instead letting go of his pants and revealing a white pair of buttocks. He actually placed his hands behind his back, letting out a deep sigh of relief as he stuck out his hips! "Chi… chi" The sounds of water tinkling was heard as a beautiful arc of water shot in front of him like an arrow…

Hmm, peeing with his hands behind his back, 'without support!' 2

Ling Jian's eyes nearly popped out at the sight!

This… was this still the temporary residence that the Eastern Zhao monarch lived in? Ling Jian opened his mouth in shock and anger, unable to stop himself from cursing out, "F**k this sh*t!"

Thinking about this, Ling Jian thought something was fishy, as how was this a residence of the Imperial Family? Looking to his left and right, Ling Jian suddenly dashed out, covering the mouth of the guy who was exposing his white buttocks while urinating outside the latrine. Before anyone could see, he had dragged him into the latrine, and a horrid smell assaulted his nose…

That guy was having the time of his life peeing, and upon being captured so suddenly, he panicked. The originally straight water flow became a 'torrential downpour', spraying all over the place and completely wetting his pants…

Ling Jian held on to his nose, lowly cursing. He shot a disgusted look at the smooth body of this wastrel, and picked him up in disdain, pressing him down into the latrine pit.

Ling Jian perfectly controlled his strength, just enough to allow the guy to sink up to his neck. If he exerted more, it would cause some splash… and it would raise a stink.

The bloke wanted to scream, but Ling Jian's eyes flashed as the point of a sword was suddenly stuffed down his throat. The cold metal was laid firmly on his tongue, giving the person a sense of fear so strong that he could not help but lose control of his bowels. Luckily, Ling Jian had stuffed him down the latrine pit earlier, so it seemed like he had planned it perfectly…

The bloke almost felt his soul leaving his body, and he pleaded through his eyes. However, because the sword was still in his mouth, he did not dare to even twitch a muscle, and could only allow two streams of sparkling tears to silently seep out.

"Where is DongFang MingRi? Speak!"

"Wu… wu…"

Slowly withdrawing his sword, Ling Jian kept it pointed at the man's mouth as he coldly repeated. "Speak."

"His Majesty… His Majesty is behind in the back courtyard. The City Lord has a tunnel dug from the main study room of that courtyard, connecting to a mountain resort about five hundred meters outside…" Under the extreme shock and fear, the man trembled and unconsciously spilled everything he knew.

"Such a secretive matter, how would you even come across it?" Ling Jian frowned his brows as he became suspicious. Not only did the person come clean so quickly, he did it in such detail! This wasn't normal!

"This, this subordinate is the head of the Imperial Guards. When we just arrived in Blazing Sun City, it was the City Lord who first received us…" The man's face turned bitter as he stared at the sword coming ever closer to him, "Sire, please spare my life. I've said all there is to say, please pity me, I have an ailing eighty-year-old mother at home and a newborn child to look after…"

"Which room has the tunnel? How do you operate it?!" Ling Jian pinched his brows together to stop himself from laughing out loud. 'This man isn't even in his thirties, but he actually claimed to have an eighty-year-old mother. Wasn't that as good as saying that his mother was around fifty when she gave birth to him? Really an old oyster producing a pearl! Furthermore, he had a month-old baby, which gave him some credibility… wait, what? What's wrong with me today? Why am I nitpicking about these small matters?!'

"It's just… just at the room opposite the osmanthus tree. There's an inner room inside, and if you shift the wardrobe, there's a stone tablet behind. Behind that is the hole, which allows two people to exit or enter side by side…"

"Are there any people there guarding the area?"

The man made a face as he replied, "The guards should all be at the West Wing… drinking. That has been the case for the last few days…"

"What the f**k!" Ling Jian finally lashed out at him. "To be useless to such extent, you guys are really talented at it, geniuses!"

Seeing the blood fountain splashing from the man's throat, Ling Jian still remained expressionless as he placed his sword on the man's head, slowly pushing his frozen frightened face into the latrine pit… covering it up totally…

'An eighty-year-old mother, a month old baby? Sorry about that, this daddy here has been holding in his frustration for too long, so just take it as you were unlucky!'

Ling Jian sharply exited the latrine in impatience, quickly scaling the tree and blending in under the lush leaves. He exhaled and inhaled in great breaths. The smell inside the latrine was almost enough to knock out the great killer, and he had to hold in his breath till the interrogation ended, causing him to nearly suffocate as well…

He swore to himself that he would never come to Eastern Zhao to carry out any more missions in the future. 'This daddy here would rather cross the seas and oceans to Heavenly Wind just to assassinate someone than to come to this sh*thole of a place… if there are more missions here, Ling Chi shall take them! Didn't he mention that he likes to kill monarchs? Then let him, I've had enough anyway…'

Ling Jian no longer hesitated and leaped off the tree in a flash, and like a sash fluttering in the wind, gently landed outside the door. His right hand pushed forward, and the door soundlessly opened, the wooden horizontal barricade behind it having turned into a pile of wood shavings.

"Whozzat?" A vague and blurry voice sounded out, thick with sleep.

"It's me." Ling Jian quickly darted in.

"Oh, it's so late already. What are you… WHO are you?!" The person in bed bolted up at the last part, upon realizing that Ling Jian's voice was foreign to him. However, before he could scream, Ling Jian's blade had already caressed his throat, and using the bedsheet to cover his wound, he wrapped the victim up before stuffing him under the bed.

He then dashed into the house, and pushing with his left while bracing with the right, the huge wardrobe actually slide to the side without a sound.

On the wall was placed a large limestone tablet. Ling Jian slowly exerted his strength, pushing the tablet aside to reveal a round hole over two meters high. He clicked his tongue as he stared at the hole thinking, 'What's with the large hole? A huge horse can even be squeezed through it, no wonder the Emperor would deign to lower himself to squeeze through a tunnel!'

Before entering the tunnel, Ling Jian made sure to carefully put the stone tablet and wardrobe back to their usual place. In the darkness of the tunnel, a dim light shone up ahead. On the two walls were actually lined with Night Illumination Pearls the size of a finger!

'It seems like this Blazing Sun City Lord really knows how to rake in the dough! To actually have so many Night Illumination Pearls, what a huge sum of money this is!'

With contempt in his eyes, Ling Jian plucked every single pearl without restraint as he walked along the path, collecting over a hundred pearls in total… all these would fetch quite a tidy sum when he went back. As the young noble would put it, even the smallest locust is also a type of meat!

In a short moment, Ling Jian found himself in a clean and elegant little courtyard. When he was inside the tunnel, he had already sensed that a great defense had been constructed around this area, which caused him to regain his former cautiousness. Instead of moving rashly, he only hid in a flower bed near the tunnel, and the vividly blooming flowers served the purpose of hiding Ling Jian's figure.

While he moved, Ling Jian surreptitiously activated his inner energy, and the stone tablet originally covering the exit silently moved back to its original spot.

The shifting of positions gave Ling Jian a pleasant surprise because he could feel the difference in his degree of control at this moment. Among the field of chrysanthemum flowers, nary a petal was touched by his actions, but he still managed to hide his actions flawlessly. This was a sort of miracle that should be unachievable based on his current standard. Ling Jian also felt bewildered, as at that moment he felt as though he was one with the flowers, a sort of mysterious feeling.

To Ling Jian, this was a completely new realm. This was when he discovered what Ling Tian was actually talking about. To use all your surroundings as though they were part of you, even if it was a piece of dust, there was still some use in it. This was the deeper meaning Ling Tian mentioned!

Ling Jian had barely hidden when he heard the sound of wind fluttering against clothes as a few shadows sped towards his current location. They viewed their surroundings a little suspiciously, with their bodies tensed and senses heightened, not the least bit remiss.

While Ling Jian was absolutely silent in this operation, the experts had been guarding around the area all these while. They still had a sort of sixth sense which told them that something was wrong.

"Strange. I thought I sensed someone sneaking in, but why haven't I spotted anyone? Even if it's my misconception, how could there be a coincidence where all of us sensed wrongly?!"

"That's right, I sensed something wrong too. However, there's only one exit in this flower garden, and there's nothing suspicious at all. In such a short time, how could anyone successfully hide in this place? But if no one is present, then what's with our senses?" Another voice was heard mumbling to themselves in confusion.

"Could it be that we're just too nervous these past few days?" a third voice consoled. "Ever since the monarch insisted on shifting over here, the atmosphere has been anxious and tense, and even if a worm were to drop down there would be a hell of a commotion." He paused a while before proudly continuing, "But since we people are all here, let's not talk about some third-rate thief, even if the famed Pavilion Head of the First Pavilion were here, it would be impossible for them to escape all of our gazes."

The others snorted and approved of the latter's bragging.

"Then it was probably a false alarm," one of them decided, before laughing. "However, I really wish that so-called Pavilion Head would come around here. Who knows, maybe we could kill them to let off some steam?"

A sigh rang out, coupled with the lonely tone of someone at the top, "That's right, without opponents, and with only us six brothers to spar, it gets a little dull sometimes. However, with our strength, how many such opponents actually exist?"

"This is also an inevitable situation." A sigh came out sounding bleak and lonely. "Even after surveying the entire world, there's actually not a single sword that can match me. To speak the truth, such a life is really meaningless."

The rest collectively sighed as well, and one of them remarked, "Big brother doesn't have to be so downcast, it is a prerequisite for an expert to understand loneliness, and for us to have reached such heights, feeling a little solitary should be normal."

"I only hope that the First Pavilion will not disappoint this old man, or else this life will be too uninteresting," one of them replied, with the demeanor of a first-rate expert.

As the three of them walked away while laughing, Ling Jian heard one of them laughing out, "… what First Pavilion, it's just a laughingstock! Let's not talk about the First Pavilion, so what if it's Heavenly Justice from the Beyond Heavens? They speak about it as though it's so grand, a medallion for a life, and yet they can't even deal with the kid Ling Tian who's less than two decades old! In the end, they're just stronger ants. Do they really treat themselves as number one in the world? Don't forget that other than ants, there are still many strong creatures."

'I've seen many shameless people, but not one that's so shameless!' If not for the fact that Ling Jian was trying to conceal his tracks, he would have shot out a wave of true energy at them! Those three jerks dared to boast so excessively! Confidence might be a good thing, but when it has reached such extreme levels, then it would only be the root for disaster. Heavenly Justice was merely a 'stronger ant' in their eyes??! If Justice were to hear this phrase, his expression would be delightful to behold. Oh, young noble also mentioned that Justice did not have good temper; one wrong word from Yang Wei, the Young Master of the Yang family, and he had been killed by Justice! Imagine what would happen if he had heard what these guys were saying!

Ling Jian silently spat out in contempt, scolding a few sentences of them viewing the sky from the bottom of a well as well as being full of foolish conceit. Let's not even mention Justice, even Ling Jian himself had the assurance to take on the three of them with just himself! The reason was simple, 'This daddy was right under your noses and you couldn't even spot me, so what reason do you have to think so highly of yourselves? And Justice would be more than one notch higher than me, to the point that even though my young noble had just broken through, he was still inferior to that perverted martial addict. This was the meaning of frogs in a well, right?'

'Most likely, those old fogeys have gotten used to living in the DongFang Imperial Court, and have thought to themselves as the strongest in the world. Their brains have long been muddled, and they do not realize just how high the heavens are, or how deep the earth goes!'

'Seeing one small spot can sometimes show you the whole situation. Within the DongFang Imperial Court, if they are only comprised of such 'experts', then they are no match for this lord at all!'

If he didn't witness it himself, Ling Jian would never have believed that there existed people that were so arrogant and conceited in this world! If it were three youths, then that would make sense, but those three were old fogeys!

Ling Jian twisted his mouth in disdain. 'These sort of people, if killed, would only dirty one's sword!' Just as the trio was walking away, Ling Jian took the chance and congealed his energy, floating up directly from his lying down position and bouncing up to the top of the building before plastering himself just like a piece of paper on the rooftop.

While he wasn't afraid of these so-called 'peerless experts' together with their companions, Ling Jian did not want to alert DongFang MingRi to his presence. With the airtight security they had, if exposed, he would lose his chance of assassination.

He lay there without moving for a long time until he met with a window of opportunity where he figured out the direction towards the main residence from his current spot. While this mountain villa was quite large, Ling Jian knew that with the status as Emperor, he would not lower himself to stay where his subordinates lived. Thus, the place he resided in would have to be the main residence, which was facing the South!

This was common sense, and this also showcased the pride of a monarch in DongFang MingRi. Even if he knew that someone would come to assassinate him, he would still choose to reside in this room. Although that being said, the reason why he even came to here in the first place was to avoid being assassinated!

Ling Jian gathered his mental energy, slowly sending out a thin thread of divine sense as he detected movements down below.

DongFang MingRi's elite troops were outside of the compound, patrolling the area. These patrolling soldiers were far more severe and strict compared to the ones outside this residence!

Inside the courtyard, there were more than ten strong sources of divine sense, scattered around as they scanned the area now and then. However, their senses all converged onto one point, which was the master bedroom of this residence.

Ling Jian knew that his window of opportunity would be extremely small. The moment someone found out about the corpse hidden under the bed, then the fact that an assassin had infiltrated would be exposed. Ling Jian couldn't pin his hopes on it not being discovered until dawn. After all, for someone to be suddenly missing would certainly attract attention after a while.

From the time that he took action until someone found out would be a short amount of time. He had to lock on to his target and carry out his plan in the fastest time possible!

Suddenly, Ling Jian's ears picked up some sounds.

"Oh…. Your Majesty…" The room to the left suddenly sounded out with some soft moans, clearly transmitting into Ling Jian's ears. DongFang MingRi was inside that room with a woman!

"My beloved concubine… you're really smooth down here…" A man's voice, filled with lust, sounded out heavily in response.

"Your Majesty… is… too good at this, ohhh…" The woman let out a lovable moan, and as though she had bitten onto something, she muffledly continued, "It's too big… even though… it's pretty swollen… uncomfortable…"

"Uncomfortable? I'll show you what's uncomfortable!" DongFang MingRi seemed to have gotten worked up, his panting getting more pronounced. The sound of flesh meeting flesh continuously sounded, followed by the creaking of the bed… a man and woman simultaneously groaned at the end of this symphony, as though they wanted to die but could not die…

Even at such a jittery time, with so many problems, this monarch of Eastern Zhao still had so much excitement. This made Ling Jian feel a little strange.

'How unlucky!' Ling Jian never thought that he would come across a live pornographic scene. Even though he was a bachelor and had not experienced such scenes himself, he was after all an assassin, and he excelled in searching for the weaknesses of his targets. At the point when a man and woman finished their lovemaking was when both of them were the weakest!

Thinking about the disgraceful performance below, a cold smile surfaced on Ling Jian's face. In the period where his martial arts had reached a high level, it had been almost three years since he had been in this kind of a situation. He might as well allow the DongFang Emperor to die in the arms of a beautiful woman. This was the saying of 'If one dies under a peony, he would become a lascivious ghost, and if an emperor were to die because of his lust, then he would become an unfettered spirit!

Ling Jian's sense had fully locked onto those two, waiting for the opportune moment. When the two of them had intertwined with each other and dozed off, he started to rotate his energy to a maximum. This was followed by his figure flashing like lightning as he appeared in the air above that particular room, before dropping straight down!

At this moment, Ling Jian did not care about holding back and keeping himself concealed! His speed had reached the maximum, and this movement of his actually created a sonic boom behind him! The roof tiles below him all rattled as though a typhoon passed by, dislodging and spinning into the air.

His domineering true energy was released without restraint, just like the Thunder God from the Nine Heavens, smashing down with his hammer straight towards the particular roof!