In the midst of lightning and flint, the tea cup in Yu Ling's hand suddenly roared out and hit the slender dagger with a "snap".

"Wow--"

Tea splashed everywhere in an instant, and the smile on Zong Qi's face suddenly stiffened. Half of his hair and robe were soaked, dripping with water.

However, his reaction was not slow, and he quickly turned around a second before the crowd started to commotion, avoiding the assassin's next blow.

By the time Zong Qi turned around, the assassin had already disappeared among a group of women, and it was completely unclear who had done it.

But following Yu Ling's gaze, Zong Qi quickly zeroed in on a female disciple who lowered her head and rubbed the hem of her clothes. Her face was very pale and she seemed to be frightened.

Yu Ling attacked with several small knots one after another, and the female disciple couldn't help but groaned, and immediately pushed away the crowd and fled outside at lightning speed.

"Catch her!" Zong Qi shouted, and everyone suddenly became excited. It has to be said that the female disciples of the Fire Refining Sect are indeed very different. After witnessing an assassination, not only did not one of them scream, but they were all very excited.

Look.

However, the assassin was extremely fast, and the outflanking and interception by everyone did not pose a problem to her at all. She was about to break through the door with just a dodge.

Yu Ling was just about to make a few more small knots when a ray of cold light suddenly flashed in the air, like dewdrops under the sun briefly reflecting the splendid light at a specific angle.

No one could see clearly what happened. It seemed that in less than a blink of an eye, the female assassin's head fell to the ground. The blood from the canopy was spraying freely, but the break in her neck was as smooth as a mirror, which was creepy.

"Who killed him?" Zong Qilue was a little dissatisfied. He originally wanted to arrest him alive and ask.

Everyone looked at me and others, then shook their heads in unison.

Yu Ling originally wanted to check the strange corpse of the female assassin, but after thinking that as a soul master, she should deliberately avoid such bloody scenes, so she stood still and did not move.

Except for him, everyone else did not avoid suspicion at all, and they all came to the corpse and pointed.

Zong Qi knelt down and studied it carefully, and finally picked up a thin dark red silk thread from the pool of blood, his expression extremely solemn.

The answer is obvious. The murder weapon is this seemingly inconspicuous red thread, but when Zongqi pulled hard, the red thread fragilely split into two parts, indicating that its material was not tough.

This female assassin was a Xuanwu Breaker, but her head was severed by an ordinary silk thread. This at least proved that the person hiding in the dark was obviously above the Vajra Realm.

"There are still people who do good deeds without leaving their name these days?" Everyone was surprised. The person who took action was regarded as helping Zong Qi, but in the end he never showed up, as if he was invisible.

Moreover, the King Kong Realm is properly at the elder level, but now during the annual meeting, all the elders should be at the Holy Fire Hall.

Yu Ling also glanced at the red line, vaguely feeling that everyone's thinking had fallen into some kind of misunderstanding, but he also couldn't tell the truth behind it.

Zong Qi put away the red thread, shook his head and said helplessly: "Maybe he was with the assassins, and he killed her to silence her to prevent the secret from being leaked."

"It's also possible." Everyone agreed.

"I'm really sorry. Look how much I've ruined the fun. You can have fun, eat and drink. I'll pay for all the expenses afterwards." Zong Qi stood up calmly.

, he cupped his fists and smiled at everyone.

"Oh, Senior Brother Zong is too polite. How can I blame you for this? You are considered a victim." A female disciple with an attractive figure smiled charmingly and leaned over.

Zong Qi held her waist without restraint and cast a meaningful look at Yu Ling.

Seeing how quickly he had regained his composure, Yu Ling felt that he was not very surprised by the assassination.

"Quick, quick, please clean up this puddle on the ground before it becomes too bloody and scares our soul master brother." A female disciple said with a teasing smile.

Yu Ling felt dizzy when he saw the group of women around him. The key was that the female disciples of the Fire Refining Sect were more abnormal than the other, and he really had no interest in having too much contact with them.

So before many people could react, Yu Ling waved goodbye to Zong Qi neatly and walked out of the door in a flash.

"Ah, why did he run away? Catch him quickly!" Someone shouted, and a large group of warblers followed him out of the door.

Fortunately, Yu Ling could discern everyone's actions through his soul power, so after turning a few corners, he had already left everyone far behind.

Yu Ling's weak profound energy was completely squeezed out in the blink of an eye. He had to stop and take a few breaths. Thanks to the explosive power of the Holy Fire Art, it was still a question whether he could outrun those female disciples.

Just when Yu Ling was adjusting his inner breath, his wandering soul force suddenly noticed two somewhat familiar breaths.

Yu Ling subconsciously looked up and saw the ghost-like Xie Huaishan drifting into a house in the corridor on the third floor of Hehuan Courtyard, and standing inside the door was Xie Zian, dressed in white like jade.

Yu Ling felt an inexplicable fear in her heart, and was about to turn away and leave, but Xie Zian was keenly aware of his gaze, and immediately walked out and leaned on the railing, smiling and waving to him, as if to invite him.

It stands to reason that Yu Ling is now from the Ministry of Earth and should avoid Xie Ziancai as much as possible, but without borrowing his power, plotting against Pei Tianling becomes an almost impossible goal.

So after hesitating for two seconds, Yu Ling nodded, turned around and climbed up the stairs to the third floor.

"Why is Junior Brother Yu here?" Xie Zian asked with a gentle smile.

"I was dragged here by others," Yu Ling said casually.

"Think about it. When you come to a place like this, you really can't tell who is taking advantage of whom." Xie Zian teased and raised his hand to signal him to come in and talk.

But the appearance of Xie Zian and Xie Huaishan here is really something weird.

Yu Ling did not ask, because Xie Huaishan's empty and strange eyes were looking at him coldly, as if he did not welcome this uninvited guest, and even had a faint murderous intention flashing through him.

Yu Ling had gradually come back to her senses, and a somewhat bizarre guess emerged in her heart.

"I heard that my junior brother, like Brother Xie, is working in the Ministry of Earth Affairs?" Xie Zian sat in the main seat and seemed to be asking out of pure curiosity.

"Well, actually there is nothing for me to do." Yu Ling speculated on Xie Zian's intentions.

Xie Zian didn't show the slightest intention to target Pei Tianling, he just asked about some trivial things.

Yu Ling faintly felt that the silent Xie Huaishan on the side was becoming more and more murderous. Although he concealed it very well, Yu Ling had been struggling between life and death for so many years and could not be more sensitive to the hostility of others.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Xie Zian did not get into the main topic. Instead, he ended the conversation, stood up and said, "Then say hello to Senior Brother Pei for me. I have some important things to do, so I will go ahead."

Xie Zian left as soon as he said so, and Yu Ling was caught off guard. It wasn't until his back disappeared in the corridor that Yu Ling suddenly realized Xie Zian's sinister intentions.

Only Yu Ling and Xie Huaishan were left in the spacious room. Warm light poured in from the window, but they were forced back three feet by the condensed atmosphere.

"You shouldn't betray the Dark King." Xie Huaishan said slowly.

His eyes seemed to be lit with white will-o'-the-wisps, and the black pupils were completely covered, making him look as terrifying as a ghost.

"What about you?" Yu Ling gathered all her soul power, but the soul sea defense line still trembled.

Under the gaze of those ghost eyes, he felt that everything in front of him was falling apart, becoming extremely blurry and distant. Only the eyes burning with ghost eyes were deeply imprinted in his field of vision, and he could not get rid of them no matter what.

Yu Ling had the illusion of being half asleep and half awake. Xie Huaishan's voice seemed to ring from the horizon: "I am following the orders of the Dark King, but you have no reason."

Xie Huaishan stared at Yu Ling coldly. He was just a little short of breaking through the opponent's soul sea defense line. In fact, he was surprised that an early-stage soul master could persist for so long.
Chapter completed!