Staring intently at the ghost-like young woman who appeared on the windowsill, after a long while, Xiao Yan murmured in surprise, "What is she doing here?"
"Heh heh, looking at this situation, it seems her goal is the same as yours," Yao Lao chuckled, his voice a bit muddled.
Frowning, Xiao Yan completely retreated into the shadows, then hesitated slightly and secretly asked, "Xun'er's strength... how did it become so powerful? Looking at the speed of her appearance, I'm afraid she's no weaker than a Great Dou Master?"
"Her true strength is indeed as you usually see, but she is clearly using a secret technique now, allowing her strength to increase for a period of time. With her background and identity, possessing such a miraculous secret technique is not surprising," Yao Lao said with a calm smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan was slightly surprised, then gave a bitter laugh. In his heart, he once again sighed and shook his head helplessly at Xun'er's mysterious background. Not mentioning it again, his gaze pierced through the curtain in front of him, intently watching the somewhat eerie room.
Inside the room, Xun'er's ghostly appearance had not yet caught Liu Xi's attention. This fellow was consumed by lust, his eyes shining as he stared at the beautiful woman on the bed, her spring-like beauty fully revealed, his hands fumbling to remove his clothes.
Just then, Liu Xi's hands, which were removing his clothes, suddenly stiffened. As a Six-Star Dou Practitioner, he finally realized something was amiss. After a slight hesitation, he slowly turned his neck, his gaze falling upon the wide-open window.
On the windowsill, the young woman in a golden robe leaned lazily against the sill, a pair of eyes sparkling with golden flames, indifferently looking at the disheveled man in the room. On her fair hands, golden flames danced like spirits, following a strange trajectory.
Liu Xi stared blankly at the young woman under the moonlight, slowly shifting his gaze, stopping on her delicate, small, yet cold face. In his eyes, an intoxicating haze involuntarily appeared. Although he knew the situation was not right at the moment, every time he faced the young woman whose appearance was almost flawless and whose aura was ethereal and otherworldly, Liu Xi couldn't help but be a little distracted.
But in an instant, Liu Xi suddenly turned around, his feet heavily striking the ground, his body shooting like an arrow from a bow, frantically rushing towards the main door. Under this eerie atmosphere, feeling a cold sense of death approaching, his lust was finally completely extinguished. Although Liu Xi was arrogant, he didn't truly believe that the mysteriously appearing young woman had specifically come to chat with him at this moment.
Although the room was quite spacious, at Liu Xi's speed, it was only a few short seconds from the bed to the door. Seeing the wooden door within reach, a hint of joy appeared in Liu Xi's eyes. As long as he escaped the room, he could shout loudly. By then, if Jia Lie Bi heard his cry for help, he would surely rush to his rescue.
However, just as Liu Xi touched the door, a sudden sharp pain shot through his legs, and his rapidly fleeing body instantly tilted, finally crashing heavily onto the ground. Several teeth, along with fresh blood, were spat out by Liu Xi.
Looking down with a terrified expression, he saw two fist-sized blood holes on his legs, which had appeared at some unknown time. The edges were charred black, and a faint smell of burning flesh wafted out.
"Help! Someone is trying to assassinate me!"
Liu Xi's thigh was so painful he almost fainted, but at this moment, he gritted his teeth and screamed desperately.
"It's useless. The room is already covered by my aura. No one can hear you." On the windowsill, the girl said indifferently, her finger lightly flicking, and a golden flame needle-like object condensed at her fingertip. It seemed that the injury on Liu Xi's thigh must have been caused by this.
"You... what exactly do you want to do? What do you want? Money? Elixirs? I'll give you anything, just spare me!" Staring at the young girl in terror, Liu Xi's face was pale. The threat of death had finally extinguished his lust.
Indifferently glancing at Liu Xi, who was struggling on the ground, the young girl lightly jumped down from the window and slowly walked over.
Watching Xun Er jump down from the window, Xiao Yan then realized that Xun Er's original black hair only reached her waist, but now it hung down to her beautiful buttocks, obviously due to that miraculous secret technique.
In the spacious room, a golden robe symbolizing nobility, the young girl indifferently walked towards Liu Xi, who was still groaning on the ground. When she reached him, her footsteps stopped. She lowered her head, then lightly smiled, her smiling face startling Liu Xi.
"Didn't you want someone to capture me?" Slowly sitting down, Xun Er's gentle voice contained a faint chill.
Liu Xi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, cold sweat pouring down his face, almost soaking it due to extreme fear.
"I actually really hate killing people..." Looking at Liu Xi's frightened expression, Xun Er suddenly sighed softly.
Hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Liu Xi's eyes, but before he could speak to beg for mercy, the young girl suddenly sneered, throwing him into the abyss of despair.
"I actually don't mind some meaningless gazes, but why did you still insult him with words? What right do you have to insult him? Even if he might not care about a speck of dust like you, you absolutely cannot! Absolutely not!" As the young girl's tone suddenly turned cold, the golden flame needle-like object suddenly left her hand, finally transforming into a golden lightning bolt that fiercely pierced Liu Xi's chest. Instantly, a blood hole rapidly appeared.
Struck by a heavy, fatal blow, Liu Xi's pupils constricted, his pale face slowly darkened, and his eyes were wide open, looking extremely terrifying.
Indifferently glancing at the corpse that was slowly losing its vitality, Xun Er stood upright, letting out a soft sigh. A helpless expression appeared on her small, cold face, and she murmured in a low voice, "If I weren't afraid of Brother Xiao Yan blaming me for being meddlesome, this Wu Tan City would have long ago been without the Jia Lie Clan. How could there be so many troublesome things..."
Lightly shaking her head, Xun Er's gaze casually swept across the room. Her figure moved slightly, reappearing on the windowsill. Her soft body leaped up, finally disappearing into the night.
"Tsk tsk, this girl looks gentle and charming, but I didn't expect that once she wants to kill, she's so decisive and swift. Hehe, it seems you've found a treasure this time." Not long after Xun Er disappeared, Yao Lao's teasing voice echoed in Xiao Yan's mind.
Smiling bitterly and shaking his head, Xiao Yan sighed, "Tonight, it seems I came for nothing."
"Heh heh, not necessarily. Although that young lady showed no mercy in her attack, she is still too young and lacks experience after all," Yao Lao said with a calm smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Yan was stunned and asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that?"
"Just wait and see..." Yao Lao smiled mysteriously, then fell silent.
Seeing Yao Lao's demeanor, Xiao Yan could only shake his head helplessly, continuing to retreat into the shadows, his eyes fixed on every movement in the room.
In the slightly dim room, apart from the breathing of the unconscious maid on the bed, it was completely silent.
After waiting for more than ten minutes again, Xiao Yan's brows began to furrow, but when his gaze accidentally fell on Liu Xi's corpse, his pupils suddenly constricted.
By the main door, Liu Xi, who had originally lost all signs of life, suddenly had a very slight, almost imperceptible tremor in his hand. After a moment, his tightly closed eyes slowly opened, and the gloom on his face had actually receded considerably.
"Hiss..." Looking at the blood hole in his chest, Liu Xi took a light breath of cold air, his eyes filled with venomous hatred. "That damned woman, if I hadn't stolen a 'Gui Xi Dan' from my master when I left, I would have truly lost my life here today."
Struggling to extend his hand, Liu Xi pulled out a small jade bottle from his bosom. He carefully poured out some white powder from it and sprinkled it on his wound. Then, he pulled out another light green medicinal pill and swallowed it without hesitation. After performing these small actions, Liu Xi's complexion became even paler.
"This severe injury will probably take half a year to fully recover. Tomorrow, I'll have the Jia Lie Family send me back to invite my master. As long as Master helps, the Xiao Family will absolutely not live another day. By then, I want to torment that woman to death!" Gritting his teeth ferociously, Liu Xi's pale face was filled with venomous hatred.
"Excuse me, a slight interruption, but you probably won't have the chance to go back..." Just as Liu Xi was fantasizing about the tragic state of the noble young lady being trampled by him, a calm laugh suddenly echoed in the room.
The sudden sound made Liu Xi's body stiffen abruptly, his face changing rapidly as he struggled to turn his head.
A figure completely enveloped in a black robe, like a ghost, slowly walked out from the darkness.
"This fierce girl, it seems she still wants me to handle some aftermath." The young man's laughter came from beneath the black robe. He gently extended a hand, and a strange white flame slowly emerged.
"Exotic Flame?" Seeing the strange white flame, Liu Xi's pupils constricted, and he cried out in shock.
"Congratulations on answering correctly, here's your reward."
Smiling, the black-robed figure waved his hand, and the white flame instantly left his grasp, shooting out like lightning to envelop Liu Xi. In a short time, before Liu Xi could even let out a cry, he was quickly burned into a pile of... ashes.
From then on, the name Liu Xi, the first-grade alchemist, had completely vanished from this continent.
With a cold flick, the black-robed figure waved his hand, and a surge of energy swept away the ashes on the ground cleanly. Only then did he leisurely leap onto the window and glide away into the air.
Leaving the Jia Lie Family without alarming anyone, the black-robed figure lightly tapped his toes. His body, which had just shot out several tens of meters, suddenly paused. He let out a helpless sigh and slowly raised his head.
On the opposite rooftop not far away, a young woman in a golden robe casually dangled her smooth, pale legs. Her pupils held a faint golden flame as she lazily stared at the black-robed figure who had stopped above.
"Who exactly are you?"
With an elegant finger, she brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead that had been ruffled by the night wind. The girl lifted her slender chin, her voice soft, slowly echoing throughout this small corner of the world.