Such a person could engage in friendly conversation with him in such a public setting, which would be greatly beneficial for his future development on Jiufeng Mountain.

"Brother Lu, rest assured! The message will surely be delivered."

Lu Chengze nodded and then quickly left.

…

Xu Guang watched Lu Chengze's departing figure, a small bamboo tube appearing in his hand.

Inside, there was the faint sound of wings flapping.

Inside was a startled moth.

Obtained from the false Illusion Woman.

This thing may seem inconspicuous, but it has a miraculous effect in tracking.

Initially, he didn't pay attention to this thing, only kept it because the Illusion Woman carried it with her.

During this time, after changing his profession to Plant Master, he studied it in his spare time.

Finally, he understood the insect's effect.

He then took out the bowl previously used by Lu Chengze, placing it in the startled moth bamboo tube.

A moment later, the startled moth took flight.

…

At first, Lu Chengze wasn't in a hurry to descend the mountain; he couldn't appear too deliberate. The dignity and composure of a Taiyi Alliance Inner Sect Disciple had to be maintained.

Especially within other sects' territories.

His every word and action represented the Taiyi Alliance.

Xu Guang was also not in a hurry, trailing behind him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to make a move, but this place was too close to Jiufeng Mountain.

He followed for two whole days.

Xu Guang did not bring General Wei, and he wasn't afraid of being recognized.

They had already left the borders of Mingjiang Prefecture. In the distance, Lu Chengze was resting for a short break on a piece of bluestone.

He had been traveling for a long time, yet the constant sense of crisis that kept flashing in his mind persisted.

Someone had caught up?

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the distance.

Everything appeared perfectly normal.

Xu Guang still wasn't in a hurry.

…

"Junior Brother Lu leaving ahead?"

Shao Yu was a bit surprised. Lu Chengze had come specifically to Changsong Prefecture to find him. He thought Lu Chengze had something urgent, but he left already?

However, Lu Chengze's strength wasn't much weaker than his, so there was no need to worry about him, and he did not pay it much mind.

He was just pondering the significance of Wan Lingxiao asking him to find the Ghost-faced Spear.

The person known as the Ghost-faced Spear, he actually had heard about, originally from the Dark Tower, ruthless and heartless, with no idea how many Jianghu experts had died at his hands.

One could say he killed from the Seventh Grade all the way to the Innate level.

How could such a person be connected to a Zhenren from the Sword Seal Institute like Wan Lingxiao?

And why not use Jiufeng Mountain's disciples, but instead send Taiyi Alliance's people?

It's somewhat strange.

…

Another day passed.

Lu Chengze seemed to have stayed here for a long time.

The sun rose and set.

The sunset was like blood.

It was currently September, the tree crowns standing tall like canopies, with sunlight faintly filtering through the gaps in the trees, falling on the ground.

A pair of eyes suddenly appeared in the gaps of the leaves.

Soon after.

A figure slowly descended from the tree—it was… Lu Chengze!

His gaze fell on the Lu Chengze sitting on the bluestone, and he frowned.

No one?

Then where did the sense of crisis in his heart come from…

As he pondered, the sense of danger triggered by his sixth sense went into overdrive again, reminding him of the time when he was poisoned by a snake in his childhood and death seemed imminent.

He turned back in disbelief, only to see a silhouette in the distance on a mountain peak, bending a bow and drawing an arrow.

Who the silhouette was, didn't matter anymore.

Because the arrow had already been released!

Thousands of meters apart, yet that arrow…

Like a giant dragon engulfing the world, swallowing the qi of the heavens and earth, accompanied by thunder, with winds and clouds following.

Like a tiger roaring in the human world, or the cosmic stars swirling around.

In an instant, the originally clear sky became overcast with dark clouds looming overhead, with a thunder dragon seemingly within the clouds, stirring up wind and thunder, illuminating the world.

Such a momentum…

Lu Chengze's eyes nearly burst, Zhenren?!

What merit or virtue did he have to make a Zhenren personally take action?

Judging by the might of the attack, it wasn't just an ordinary Zhenren either.

The battle instincts formed in his mind over many years, which should have been effective in facing an attack, were completely absent at this moment.

There was only one thought in his mind.

This arrow, he couldn't catch!

Run!

He could only run!

As for how to escape?

He couldn't care less about that now.

With this thought, he turned to leave, but in the middle of his run, he suddenly paused, and astonishingly split into two!

The top-secret martial technique of the Taiyi Alliance - Taiyi Nine Stars!

One heads to the distance, while the other rushes towards the arrows.

Behind the arrows, a shadow also runs, seemingly turning into light, leaping constantly on the treetops, forming wonderful rays of light.

The arrows fall!

Like a dragon descending!

The world is without light.

What made Lu Chengze despair was that his afterimage did not deceive this arrow. He took a desperate gamble, doing the opposite.

Unexpectedly, the arrows were as persistent as a maggot on the bone, unavoidable.

"Xu Guang!"

He suddenly saw that the one frantically chasing here was his previous assassination target, Xu Guang!

It turned out to be... him!

The next second—

BOOM!!!

Only the sound of a great roar was heard, a water dragon fell from the sky, then flames shot into the sky as if trying to control water with fire.

But it was only for an instant; the flames dissipated, turning into countless specks of light.

The arrow landed from Lu Chengze's shoulder, with the force of a thousand tons compressing his entire body and nailing it to the ground.

Lu Chengze's body collapsed.

Despair had already appeared in his eyes.

But at this moment, an invisible spiritual power, like an unseen hand, suddenly pulled back Lu Chengze's consciousness that was about to disperse.

Miraculously, his consciousness regained some clarity.

A figure landed.

It was Xu Guang.

He carried a black great bow on his back, a streak of white appeared at his temple.

For this strike to be lethal enough, he used the City-Breaking Bow.

Although such a consumption of lifespan is troublesome for others, for him, it's just a trifle.

As long as he uses the Scattering Technique once, his lifespan lost unnaturally can be easily replenished by the Jade Cicada Molt Divine Technique.

He didn't care.

"A grand inner sect member of the Taiyi Alliance, yet a Dark Tower assassin, how ironic. Whose bounty did you take?"

Xu Guang asked.

Lu Chengze sneered, "Do you really think I would tell you?"

"And do you want your reputation to be shattered after your death?"

Lu Chengze fell silent; he had the Essence of Departing Fire on him, a rare item that could temporarily grant Qi Force attributes. Few possess such a thing in Jianghu.

His identity as the Second Watch Assassin Fire Throat in the Dark Tower, derived from the fire, an arrow that seals the throat.

This identity must not be exposed.

"I don't know; I'm just guessing, it's people from the Celestial Destiny Sect. Besides the Spirit Cleansing Pill and Spirit Crystal, they've also offered a slot for the Spirit Refining Pool. I suspect there are people from the Celestial Destiny Sect in Jiufeng Mountain, holding high positions."

Xu Guang frowned, unsure if Lu Chengze's words were entirely true.

He thought of a technique from the Jade Cicada Nine Tribulations.

Enchanting Soul Tribulation.

But...

Lu Chengze's body had already collapsed, and a divine thought without a body is like a rootless duckweed.

Just as he was about to attempt, his divine thought had already dispersed.

Xu Guang let go of his palm.

His eyes inexplicable.

"Damn it!"

This news, to him, was not good.

It was highly likely to be true; handling a slot like that is not simple.

This slot, Lu Chengze probably wouldn't use himself but would trade it away to hide himself.

Xu Guang didn't want to think about how Lu Chengze would clear his name after getting the slot; he just wanted to know if the high-ranking insider at Jiufeng Mountain had any involvement in the bounty on him?

He pulled out his Cold Meteor Arrow, which could be reused.

After some thought, he also found a suitably thick tree branch, stabbed it down following the previous wound, making it look like he died from a spear-penetrating wound.

Then, with the Celestial Register and other items obtained from Lu Chengze, he quickly withdrew.

...

Cutting off the white hair at his temples, quietly returning to Jiufeng Mountain, Xu Guang quickly entered a state of dormancy.

General Wei noticed something, showing worry on his face.

Xu Guang gently reassured, "I'm fine, it's just that the person from last time, I killed him."

A cold gleam appeared in General Wei's golden eyes, dissatisfied with Xu Guang acting alone.

Xu Guang gently reassured.

At Jiufeng Mountain, he was like an invisible man; a few days of absence, and no one knew.

Only an outer sect disciple Qingfeng asked where he had been, he righteously replied that he had an insight regarding Fuyu and spent the past few days in closed cultivation.

Qingfeng, knowing his situation, instantly beamed with joy upon hearing this.

His relationship with Xu Guang was quite good. After Xu Guang officially received his talisman, his seniority would rise, wouldn't that mean his treatment would improve at the Wanhua Institute?

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Xu. Next time we meet, I'll have to call you Uncle."

Xu Guang smiled, completed his daily experience sign-in, and returned with General Wei.

Sure enough, a few days later, news came that inner sect true inheritor of the Taiyi Alliance, Lu Chengze, died outside the Mingjiang Prefecture's border, and the Taiyi Alliance was furious, issuing a Jianghu bounty order.

Responders were numerous.

Soon after, more rumors emerged.

Lu Chengze was a Dark Tower assassin.

Out of consideration for the Taiyi Alliance's face, this naturally wouldn't be openly spread in Jianghu, but within Jiufeng Mountain, some people were quietly discussing it.

This was also the rumor Qingfeng quietly informed him of.

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