Chapter 57: Wen Xing Is Stabbed
Full-time assassins and part-time assassins are completely different. There are many part-time assassins in Yunzhong City. They may work as assistants in a shop or as independent cultivators selling goods by the roadside. They may take on temporary assassination jobs from time to time.
The techniques and secrets practiced by full-time assassins are specifically designed for assassination. They emphasize secrecy and quickness, aiming for a single fatal blow.
Cao Yang is one of the most powerful assassins in the Dark Night Organization at the Building Foundation Period level. The targets he has killed at this level are no lower than twenty. He is extremely skilled in assassination techniques.
He knew that Wen Xing had obtained some valuable treasures, so he specifically came here to hide and wait. As soon as he made a move, he gave it his all.
Wen Xing reacted very quickly, but he was still a step too slow. Seeing the cold light approaching, he wanted to dodge, but the cold light appeared right in front of his throat.
"Thunk"
At the moment when the dagger was about to touch his throat, a red light burst out from Wen Xing, forming a shield. Although the dagger pierced through the shield, it had already lost a major part of its force and its angle was off, causing the blade to cut Wen Xing's neck.
"Mountain Shaking Fist"
Wen Xing instinctively used a punching technique and hit the assassin. With the force, Wen Xing stepped back several steps and took out a bag of powder from the storage bag. He applied it on his neck.
By this time, his neck was bleeding profusely, but as soon as he applied the powder, the bleeding immediately decreased. The assassin, Cao Yang, had disappeared by now.
"Impressive stealth technique."
Wen Xing expanded his awareness and searched every inch of his surroundings, but he couldn't find the assassin's hiding place. He took a sharp breath, knowing he had encountered a tough opponent.
Wen Xing didn't dare to move, not even to reach for his weapon. He was afraid that any movement would reveal a weakness and invite the assassin's deadly strike.
Time seemed to freeze here, every minute and second passing with great difficulty. Wen Xing was already mentally activating the storage bag but dared not move. He anxiously observed everything around him.
"Puff."
After a moment, the assassin, Cao Yang, launched another attack. Suddenly, a fiery dragon appeared in the air and spewed towards Wen Xing. Wen Xing' expression changed drastically, and he swiftly moved to the left.
"Swish."
And a cold light appeared on his right side, cutting his arm. Taking this opportunity, he took out his flying sword and shield. With a surge of spiritual power, the shield split into four and protected him from all sides.
"Friend, I wonder who I, Wen, have offended to make you use such a deadly move against me."
Wen Xing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the shield protecting him. He spoke to the empty surroundings, but there was no response at all.
"Friend, we all seek wealth. How about we make a deal? I, Wen, will pay to buy my life, and you can name the price."
"How about 30,000 spirit stones?"
"50,000?"
"100,000?"
Wen Xing saw the other party remain silent and gradually increasing the price. 100,000 was indeed not a small sum. With just an ordinary income of a Building Foundation cultivator in a year, without any industry or skills in Pills, Talismans, Items, and Formations, they would only have a few thousand spirit stones at most.
Cao Yang, hidden in the darkness, didn't move at all. He was not swayed by Wen Xing' offered price. He was a professional assassin, trained to resist these kinds of temptations. If his will could be easily shaken, he would already be dead and not an excellent assassin of the Dark Night Organization.
Cao Yang was like a hunting cheetah, waiting for his prey to make a mistake. If they were not careful, it would become a weakness in his eyes.
Wen Xing was furious when he realized that the assassin was not moved by his threats. In his storage bag, he had many treasures. This was the reason he told Li Ruoxu before that he was not afraid of the later stages of building foundations. But now, he had all these treasures and no chance to use them. He didn't know where the enemy was, but he could feel the intense desire to kill, which made him too scared to make any sudden movements.
Time slowly passed, and the wound on his neck had already scabbed over. The Pill King Li Ruoxu's medicine was not just a reputation. But the wound on his arm was still bleeding, drop by drop, forming a small puddle on the ground. Wen Xing felt his entire arm going numb.
"Let's go all in."
Realizing that staying in this stalemate would only be more harmful to himself, Wen Xing suddenly became determined. He connected his mind to his storage bag and quickly took out dozens of first level premium spiritual talismans. He activated them in all directions.
"Boom!"
The different types of spiritual talismans had various attack methods. At this moment, Cao Yang also made his move. He used a golden light talisman to cover his own figure, concealing his presence as he silently approached Wen Xing.
"Bang!"
His dagger pierced through Wen Xing' shield and then plunged into his chest.
"Succeeded"
Cao Yang felt happy in his heart, the feeling of the dagger piercing into the flesh was unmistakable.
However, in the next second, a scary feeling rose in Cao Yang's heart. His face changed drastically, and he quickly activated his spiritual power, wanting to retreat as fast as possible.
But it was too late. Wen Xing let out a sinister laugh and shouted, "Heartbreaking Thunder Talisman!"
"Boom"
The second-grade high-quality Heartbreaking Thunder Talisman hit Cao Yang solidly. He flew out like a cannonball and crashed heavily on the ground, covering a distance of seventy to eighty meters.
However, at the moment of landing, Cao Yang quickly stood up, then dashed straight towards a distant place.
"You can't run!"
Enduring the intense pain, Wen Xing activated his flying sword. With one strike, the sword emitted a beam of light, directly cutting Cao Yang down from the air.
"Puff"
Cao Yang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He was heavily injured by the Heartbreaking Thunder Talisman. Although he suppressed his injuries with a secret technique, the sword strike completely overwhelmed him. He felt an intense chill all over his body, just like the winter when he was seven years old.
That year, his father suffered serious injuries and the family lost their source of income. His mother had to go out and work, leaving him alone at home to take care of his father. However, the weather changed suddenly; clear skies turned into a snowfall. By the time his mother returned, he was almost frozen to death. The feeling of coldness was something he would remember for the rest of his life.
"Who are you?"
Wen Xing approached Cao Yang and removed the mask from his face. Wen Xing didn't recognize him.
At this point, Cao Yang was exhaling more than inhaling, and when he tried to speak, only dark blood came out.
"With an alchemist present, you can't die."
Wen Xing sneered and took out a pill from his storage bag. He stuffed it into Cao Yang's mouth and used a little spiritual energy to guide the pill into his stomach.
"This pill is called the Five Elements Revitalizing Pill, a high-grade third-tier pill worth eighty thousand spirit stones. You can't even die if you wanted to. Consider yourself lucky."
Wen Xing said to Cao Yang that he didn't know who the assassin was, but he knew that this person was definitely a skilled assassin. He wanted to capture him and interrogate him slowly to find out the real culprit behind the scenes. Since there is an enemy, they must eliminate him completely and not leave any future troubles.
Cao Yang's wounds began to stabilize, and he looked at Wen Xing's chest in disbelief. He wondered how a mere Building Foundation Period could injure his heart and still survive. As far as he knew, even with a golden core, a broken heart wouldn't hold up for long.
Wen Xing followed Cao Yang's gaze to his own chest, smiled, and then used magic to pull out the dagger. Without the dagger, there was no gushing blood, but instead, a white light appeared. Within the white light, Wen Xing's wound quickly healed.
"You've never seen it before, right? I haven't seen it either. My master said the pill in my body is called the Eternal Life Pill, a sixth-grade pill. As long as I'm not dismembered, I won't die. Even Nascent Soul Ancestors from Zhonghang Sect and Cloud Sword Sect came to beg for this pill, but my master didn't give it to them."
Wen Xing smiled and said that Li Ruoxu was really willing to go all out for him. This sixth-grade pill's value cannot be estimated with spirit stones anymore. Even the Nascent Soul stage would be extremely envious of it, but he kept it on himself.
"Hehe..."
Cao Yang had a desperate look on his face. Even if Wen Xing had a big backing, he would still be doomed today. But who let him be backed by Pill King Li Ruoxu? This kind of pill shouldn't have appeared in the hands of someone in the Building Foundation Period.
Now all he could do was to sacrifice himself to protect his wife and children. As long as he died, the Dark Night Organization wouldn't trouble his family, and Wen Xing wouldn't know his identity either.
"Dying is not that easy."
Cao Yang sneered and knew that the assassin wanted to shatter his meridians and commit suicide. But he was heavily injured and couldn't mobilize any spiritual power. Although Cao Yang was reassured, he personally sealed off his dantian meridians.
After resting for a while, the wounds on Cao Yang's body were no longer visible. Although they hadn't completely healed, they were much better. He picked up Cao Yang and flew towards Yunzhong City.
Wen Xing was now grateful that there was only one assassin. If there was another person, he might have been in trouble.
The distance from here to Yunzhong City was not far, less than an hour. Wen Xing arrived outside Yunzhong City carrying this blood-stained person. Naturally, the city guards didn't let him in, and Cao Yang didn't forcefully enter either. Even if the two major factions gave face to his master, they couldn't break the rules on the surface. He had already sent a message talisman, and Li Ruoxu would come out.
Soon, Li Ruoxu came out. Wen Xing immediately said, "Master, your disciple was attacked and luckily captured the assassin. Please make a decision for your disciple."
Wen Xing' tearful voice made Li Ruoxu both distressed and annoyed. This disciple really knew how to cause trouble. But when Li Ruoxu scanned the assassin with his divine sense, he frowned.
Wen Xing also noticed Li Ruoxu's expression and immediately realized something was wrong. He quickly lifted the assassin and was stunned. The assassin was already dead.
"How is this possible? I gave him a Five Spirit Revival Pill and sealed his meridians."
Wen Xing shouted, how could he have died? Was the pill given to him for nothing? His master couldn't possibly give him counterfeit goods, right?
"He is a man."
Li Ruoxu sighed and reached out to uncover the assassin's clothes, revealing a horrifyingly injured abdomen. The internal organs in the abdomen were all crushed.
"Um, um..."
Wen Xing instantly understood what had happened. His Heartbreaking Thunder Talisman had hit the assassin's abdomen, but it didn't completely crush the internal organs. During the process of returning, the assassin himself reached into the wound in his abdomen and crushed the internal organs. Throughout the entire process, he didn't make a sound.
