"Someone outside?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren couldn't help but be startled, and quickly looked outside, wanting to know who had arrived.
He was a seventh-rank异士 (yìshì), yet he had no awareness of the person outside. Just this fact alone made him certain that the newcomer's strength was definitely not below his own!
"Your perception is indeed sharp. I had already done my best to conceal my presence, yet I didn't expect you to sense me."
At this moment, a clear voice came from outside the private room. Then, a white-clothed man with a smile on his face, holding a paper fan, walked into the room and said with a smile, "The barrier you set up earlier was truly astonishing. I tried every method but couldn't glimpse your conversation with Arasaka Chōichi."
"I am very curious, what did you discuss?"
Ye Ling said indifferently, "That is not something you need to concern yourself with. Tell me about yourself, who are you here for?"
The white-clothed man smiled slightly and didn't dwell on Ye Ling and Arasaka Chōichi's matters. He pointed his fan at Jue and said, "I am here to take my unworthy disciple back."
Seeing the white-clothed man point at Jue, Wang Liren's eyes changed, and he exclaimed in surprise, "You are Jue's master?"
Just hearing the white-clothed man's words, Wang Liren's heart was already in turmoil!
What kind of joke was this?
Jue was the number one assassin in the Land of Yang, an eighth-rank cultivator, and had killed quite a few eighth-rank 异士 (yìshì). Yet now... the white-clothed man claimed to be Jue's master...
Then how strong was the white-clothed man?
Wang Liren couldn't imagine.
The white-clothed man cupped his hands and smiled, "Indeed, I am. The Lord of the Bushi, Sakura Moon."
Lord of the Bushi...
If Arasaka Chōichi were here, hearing Sakura Moon announce his name, he would probably be terrified and lose his composure!
In this era, only a very few people had heard of Sakura Moon. The vast majority of 异士 (yìshì) in the Land of Yang didn't even know this person was still alive!
Three hundred years ago, during the Edo period, Sakura Moon was the number one assassin renowned throughout the land!
Three hundred years ago, due to some conflict, the ten top 异士 (yìshì) of the Land of Yang, along with a hundred thousand troops, surrounded and attacked Sakura Moon, forcing him into a desperate situation.
At that time, everyone thought Sakura Moon was doomed, but after all his disciples were killed, Sakura Moon was as if divinely aided. With one person and one sword, he single-handedly slaughtered those ten top 异士 (yìshì) and the hundred thousand troops!
At that time, rivers of blood flowed, staining the sky!
Since then, Sakura Moon founded the assassin organization, the Death Warriors, and became the most terrifying force in the Land of Yang, a position it holds to this day.
In the past martial world of the Land of Yang, any 异士 (yìshì) who received a death notice from the Death Warriors, whether a feudal lord or a commoner, would die within a day, without exception!
After that, Sakura Moon disappeared, and his trace was no longer seen in the martial world.
Everyone thought Sakura Moon was dead, that a legend had long since ended.
But now, Sakura Moon had appeared at the Bamboo Underneath Residence!
Three hundred years ago, Sakura Moon was an eighth-rank 异士 (yìshì). Three hundred years later... Arasaka Chōichi dared not imagine what kind of terrifying figure Sakura Moon had grown into!
Ye Ling observed Sakura Moon, his eyes full of curiosity.
Although he didn't know Sakura Moon's history, he could still tell that Sakura Moon was a Red Dust Immortal.
The top expert in the Land of Yang.
Ye Ling hadn't expected that a mere assassin hired by Nie Yi would have a Red Dust Immortal behind him.
This matter was deeper than he had imagined.
What made Ye Ling even more curious was that the Bushi, who possessed a Red Dust Immortal, was not the strongest force in the Land of Yang...
Sakura Moon said to Ye Ling, "My disciple was inferior in skill and defeated by you. I have no complaints. Logically, as an assassin, Jue should have been killed by you after failing his assassination, and I shouldn't have intervened."
"However, Jue is extremely important to me. I hope you can be merciful and spare Jue's life."
Ye Ling said with a light laugh, "We never provoked your Bushi. Now your Bushi's assassin comes to assassinate us, and after failing, you come to ask for him back. You think we are so easily swayed?"
Sakura Moon said, "I naturally didn't intend to take him back directly. As long as you are willing to release my disciple, I am willing to grant you one request."
"A request?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow.
Sakura Moon: "I haven't drawn my sword in two hundred years. If you agree to release him, I am willing to become your sword and kill someone for you."
"An eye for an eye, I believe it is fair."
Ye Ling smiled and said, "What if I don't agree?"
Sakura Moon sighed slightly, put away his paper fan, and then a white jade long sword materialized in his hand.
An exceptionally powerful aura emanated from him.
Wang Liren, inside the private room, felt an unimaginable pressure from Sakura Moon, and even his soul trembled!
"This guy... is a killing machine by nature!"
Wang Liren was sweating profusely. Just looking at Sakura Moon made him feel as if his head no longer belonged to him.
He knew clearly that if Ye Ling wasn't here today, Sakura Moon would have no resistance if he drew his sword!
Sakura Moon looked at Ye Ling intently and said, "Sir, I have already said, an eye for an eye."
"Since you are unwilling to release my disciple, then I can only offend you and forcibly take him from your hands."
Sakura Moon knew very well that Ye Ling, who could easily defeat Jue, must have a cultivation at or above the Half-step Red Dust Immortal realm, and possibly even be a ninth-rank Red Dust Immortal!
The battle between him and Ye Ling today might destroy the entire East Capital!
But there was no other way, he had to save Jue!
Although Ye Ling was a formidable opponent, and Sakura Moon hadn't drawn his sword in nearly two hundred years, Sakura Moon was very confident in his sword.
Even gods in the sky could not escape his sword.
Seeing Sakura Moon's serious expression, Ye Ling's smile deepened, and he said, "You want to fight me, are you serious?"
"Naturally."
Sakura Moon said indifferently, "I haven't drawn my sword in a long time, but once it is unsheathed, it will surely draw blood. Please consider carefully and spare Jue's life."
"I do not wish to fight."
If possible, Sakura Moon did not want to make a move.
Unfortunately, Ye Ling had no intention of fulfilling Sakura Moon's wish.
No matter who Sakura Moon was or how good his attitude was, Jue had killed Qi Tan, and this was a fact.
Qi Tan was from the Dragon Department of Hua Guo. Jue killing Qi Tan meant he was an enemy of Hua Guo. Furthermore, Jue had previously attempted to assassinate Ye Ling...
With these two crimes combined, Jue was unforgivable.
Even if a god descended from heaven, it would be impossible for Ye Ling to spare Jue.
Today, Jue was destined to die!
And Sakura Moon, who wanted to save Jue, now intending to attack Ye Ling, would ultimately only meet a tragic end.
Looking at the serious Sakura Moon, Ye Ling shook his head and smiled, "I'm very sorry, this fellow on the ground..."
"You are not going back."
As Ye Ling's voice fell, demonic energy surged from his body and rushed towards Jue!
Boom!
In an instant, Jue was engulfed by the demonic energy!
Sakura Moon's face changed drastically!