The person who threw the hidden weapon was named Shi Yanran, the wife of Gongsun Qian, the well-known Wanxia Lou (Ten-Thousand Sunset Tower) Master. And the man she had just killed was both her lover and a disciple of Wanxia Lou.

Shi Yanran had made a name for herself in the martial world at the age of twenty with her unique dart technique. At the age of twenty-three, she met and married the Wanxia Lou Master, who was already over fifty years old.

Ten years passed in a flash. What changes occurred during these ten years... Let's not go into too much detail. The saying "a pear blossom weighing down a sea棠" (yī duǒ líhuā yā hǎitáng - a young girl with an older man) is enough to summarize it.

The dead scholar in green, named Wang Ao, was twenty-four years old this year. He joined Wanxia Lou three years ago. Because he was handsome and refined, he was "chosen" by his shimu (martial aunt/master's wife) at first glance and accepted as a "closed-door disciple." The two began an improper relationship.

However, this Wang Ao was definitely not just a gigolo; he also had his ambitions. When he first entered Wanxia Lou, he was eyeing Wanxia Lou's ultimate technique—the Wanxia Shen Gong (Ten-Thousand Sunset Divine Skill). With his relationship with his shimu, he had even more confidence.

About a year later, Wang Ao felt that the time was ripe and began to subtly try to get Shi Yanran to steal or copy the Wanxia Shen Gong manual for him.

Shi Yanran was not stupid. Although Gongsun Qian was unaware of her affair, he was not so muddled that he wouldn't notice if the sect's secret manual had been touched, so she definitely wouldn't dare to do such a thing. On the other hand, Wang Ao repeatedly mentioned the matter, and eventually, it became a kind of threat.

Therefore, Shi Yanran had the intention to kill...

This time, the two great swordsmen were having a swordsmanship debate at Cangling. As one of the most powerful sects in the martial world, Wanxia Lou would naturally not be absent from this good show. And the adulterous couple, the Master's wife and the closed-door disciple, naturally followed the Master into town.

Therefore, there was the scene from before.

As Feng Bujue said, in this town, killing a person or two at night was something that neither heaven nor earth cared about, and people cared even less. As long as the corpse was disposed of after the murder, preventing anyone from identifying the killer from the wounds, everything would be fine.

Shi Yanran had originally planned to do just that. She pretended to invite Wang Ao out for a secret rendezvous at night, but in reality, she wanted to kill him. But little did she know that the cunning Wang Ao had long sensed something was wrong and had taken precautions. As soon as she was about to strike, he immediately ran away.

But after all, Shi Yanran's martial arts were far superior to Wang Ao's, and the latter ultimately failed to escape. However, before he died, he happened to appear in front of Feng Bujue and the others.

When Feng Bujue stepped forward to look at the corpse just now, Shi Yanran thought to herself, "Oh no!" There were many people in the martial world who recognized her dart technique. Now, with eyewitnesses, a murder weapon, and a corpse... the murder would definitely be exposed, and once the murder was exposed, the affair would inevitably be revealed as well.

At that moment, what Shi Yanran thought was... might as well go all the way! Anyway, these people looked like they had no martial arts skills at all, so it wouldn't hurt to kill them all. Just consider yourselves unlucky!

Buzz, buzz, buzz... Several rather strange sounds rang out around Feng Bujue.

A shower of darts suddenly attacked from mid-air, but just as they were about to hit Feng Bujue's body, they were blocked by an invisible barrier. If you looked closely, you could see that the surface of Feng Bujue's body was rippled by the hidden weapons, creating waves of transparency.

This was clearly the "buffer" attribute of the [Echo Armor] at work once again. As mentioned earlier, the sound barrier had a very significant defensive effect against high-speed, multi-point attacks. The hidden weapon attack at this moment met these two conditions. As for the power... even K3-Chitie's close-range jab barrage was blocked by the sound barrier back then, so this long-range scattering attack was naturally not a problem.

Shi Yanran never expected such a turn of events, and she completely didn't understand how Feng Bujue had defended against the darts she threw.

Feng Bujue, on the other hand, was secretly rejoicing. If the other party had used close combat to attack directly, his survival points would likely have suffered a heavy loss. Fortunately, the other party chose to attack with hidden weapons, which instead left him unharmed.

With this one attack and one defense, the situation had already changed.

Shi Yanran originally thought that Feng Bujue, who had no internal energy at all, would definitely die if he was hit by the darts. She was eager to kill and silence them, so while throwing the darts, she had already rushed out of the alley, preparing to deal with the other four people in the distance. Who would have thought that after being attacked by her darts, this kid was standing there completely unscathed, and he had conjured up a unique weapon (actually just a pipe wrench) that she had never seen before. All of this forced her to be wary.

As for Feng Bujue, he just instinctively took out his weapon and looked up. What came into his eyes was a woman, dressed in white martial attire, with a light gray mink coat draped over her shoulders, and a silver belt around her waist. Although this woman could not be called a beauty, her delicate face and figure could be considered top-notch. Her age, in her thirties, added a bit of graceful charm to her.

"This female xia (knight-errant), let's talk things over..." Feng Bujue had basically understood why the other party was attacking him in these few seconds. He cleverly said, "I don't know you..." He pointed to the corpse on the ground, "I don't know him either." He cautiously kept a certain distance from Shi Yanran, "What happened just now has nothing to do with me." Seeing that the other party's movements had stopped, as if she dared not rashly approach, he felt a little relieved, "My friends and I... can pretend that we didn't see anything and leave quietly. You can dispose of this corpse as you wish."

Shi Yanran had already decided to kill, so how could she be swayed by these few words? She snorted coldly, "Hmph... don't you think it's too late to say this now? You've already seen my face." Her gaze moved to Wang Ao's corpse, "You've also seen his face. That's enough." Her idea was correct. She had no reason to believe that these strangers would keep what happened a secret. If they really kept the secret, it would basically mean... that this secret would evolve into a bargaining chip of threat.

"Then there's nothing I can do..." As Feng Bujue said this, he turned his face slightly and raised his voice slightly. This was obviously a signal to his teammates to prepare to attack.

A red glow suddenly appeared, and Feng Bujue instantly erupted with a strong burst of energy. He was quite wary of the combat power of the NPCs in this script and dared not be careless in the slightest. Therefore, he activated the [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu] (Spirit Consciousness Gathering Technique) at the beginning of the battle.

Shi Yanran, on the other hand, was even more nervous than Feng Bujue. At first glance, the other party had no internal energy at all, but the invisible force that had vibrated away the darts from the air just now was a skill that only experts with extremely profound internal strength could use. And the red, tangible qi at this moment was a technique that she had never seen before.

Now, Shi Yanran had no time to think about it. She wanted to kill the other party, and since this kid did have some skills, she would use all her strength to see if he would die or not!

She secretly circulated her zhenqi (true energy), bent her knees slightly, and unleashed a strike with her wrist. This time, only one dart flew towards Feng Bujue, but its momentum was fierce and unparalleled. The sound of it breaking through the air was like a sharp whistle, and the attack aimed directly at Feng Bujue's throat.