" The deity is Lin Jiang, the younger brother of the great Elder of the Lin family. "
The words of Lin Jiang were rude and direct, he didn't seem to hide the fact that he had already killed most of their people secretly living in several hideouts.
Even he was arrogant to the point that he was treating himself as a God by constantly adding, 'deity' after every few sentences.
Although listening to the Dominering voice, Qu Riou and the man in black were dissatisfied and angry to the extreme, they didn't show it on the surface but endured it in silence.
Seeing everyone including Qu Riou suddenly went silent, Lin Jiang made a dissatisfied face but after a moment of pause said again.
" You have another wish left. What do you want from me just say it directly, don't be so shy and hesitant. "
Though on the surface his words were quite generous and easy going but in fact, in his eyes Qu Riou and her people were nothing different from sacrificial lambs that were given a final meal before beheading.
" Since my Lord is already so directed then, I will also not go around beating the bush, just tell me what is the reason that led you to kill my companions ? "
Qu Riou asked with a polite face but in reality her tone was already too cold and nearby people may feel the terrifying killing intent hidden in it.
Hearing the question, the old man gave a look as he already expected it but the fact that she didn't even flinch in front of him and asked with such an expression made him admire her a little and giving a soft chuckle, he said with a teasing tone.
" Girl, If I don't guess it wrong then, You must be the daughter of the 'killer group' leader, Qu Shu. "
However it didn't take a moment for his expression to change in an instant, and with a look of hatred that almost made Qu Riou believe that she must have killed Lin Jiang's father, he said :
" And my actions this time are also related to that man's good deeds. That son of a bi*ch dares to parasite the body of our family's most talented junior making him a waste in an instant and subsequently, not only did he embarrassed us but also created trouble time and time again to the point our relationship with the Higher ups of the Northern region was completely broken. "
" Fortunately, at the critical time we discovered his existence and were about to send him to the next life... But as if this wasn't enough, that bastard swallowed that Junior's soul, and after possessing his body disappeared somewhere out of our sight. "
" Result, our family was almost annihilated by our enemy because of not handing this troublemaker to them. However, we somehow managed to survive and now as the representative of the Lin Family I came here to retaliate against Qu Shu and I believe that he will definitely appear once I killed all of his compariots. "
It may be due to the fact that this was the last wish that Qu Riou asked for, Lin Jiang forgot about pretending to be a 'deity' and explained the cause and effect in great detail, even his true emotions were reflected in the depths of his eyes.
Anyways, the people present are going to die in a minute or two then, who will bother to talk about his duplicity to the others.
Qu Riou's face under the veil suddenly bursts out in a joyous smile and even the low voice of a person's giggling can be heard from time to time and suddenly she said in a mysterious tone.
" So That's how it is. Then, My Lord..You could also leave for the place where you sent our people."
" That's right. Go to hell !!!!!!!! "
As soon as Qu Riou's words ended, the man in the black suddenly appeared behind Lin Jiang and his sword went straight to his neck.
Lin Jiang's expression suddenly turned ugly, In normal times neither this kind of people can approach him so easily nor he needs to mobilise his energy to shield against weak enemy as there is a Qi armour protecting his body for twenty four hours a day but at this moment, he found out his body was not responding to his thoughts and the Qi's protection was also immediately neutralized.
Though he could get free of this state in a matter of seconds but for the cultivators a thousandth of second's disturbance is more than enough to let him die several times.
And in this case everything happens so quickly that it didn't take a hundredth of a second for the man in Black's sword to reach the back of his neck.
At the last moments of his life, he had nothing but a single regret of how his body suddenly became like this.
Suddenly, he noticed a green rune flickering in Qu Riou's eyes and immediately understood, she must be the reason behind this strange condition.
He seems to have greatly underestimated the low level ranked cultivator as such he forgot about some special physique and techniques that give the heirs of a well known powerhouse barely a momentary edge over the higher ranked cultivator.
Clang !! Clang !!
After the sword came in contact with a strong Human cultivator's tough skin, the sound of two metals colliding with each other was suddenly heard in the sky.
Looking closely, the man in black robes has his sword broken into two pieces and a hand with slight scratches on it was holding him by his throat.
This hand doesn't belong to Lin Jiang or anyone previously present at the site but a new Oldman that suddenly appeared out of thin air and is similar to Lin Jiang in both strength and looks.
Seeing this Qu Riou's face changed greatly because she didn't see when this person appears but only a moment later realised the situation had become like this.
Her most trusted aid and junior brother was suddenly in the grasp of another old man with unfathomable strength, letting them miss the most crucial moment to get rid of one enemy..Pity, maybe using the same tactics they can get rid of the other one if they were to be passed on killing Lin Jiang but now everything has ended when they failed to kill one but let the two get together.
" Little Jiang... What do you think would happen if I didn't come along with you ? Won't you die a dog's death in vain ? "
Another old man from Lin Family, named Lin Ru asked with a grin on his face but the hands holding the person's throat suddenly tightened several times, resulting the man's body was unable to bear this kind of pressure and from his neck to top of head suddenly blasted into small pieces and fall down on the 'villagers' below them.
In the end, the one who died a dog's death becomes the target in the palms of his hand not his own family members.
" Ahhhhhhhhhhhh " Qu Riou suddenly gave a heart piercing battle cry and immediately charged against the two with all the forces and Qi she can currently gather but the two old men didn't even treat her as an ant as such they only raised one finger in her direction.
In a moment, a majestic pressure like destroying the heavens, shattering the earth and disdaining the mortals was pressed against her and she suddenly found difficulty in controlling Qi inside the body and unlike the situation with the old man , she immediately fell down on the ground.
As if this wasn't enough to make her feel despair, the sky above immediately brightens in the darkness of the night with the emergence of countless sword beams that were condensed by the two of them and immediately charged towards every single life that was moving below and to them it doesn't really matter if that was human or not.
Boom !! Slash !!
Boom !! Slash !!
Everything happened so fast that no one in the 'Black Jade' understood what was actually going on and by the moment they figured it out that there was an enemy attack, the beams of sword light had either pierced through their chest and head, destroying thier heart and the brain at the same time or some unlucky fellows directly become the targets of some sword light exploding right in front of them, even not leaving a corpse to bury them.
And it didn't take much time before everything below was destroyed and seeing this devastated state of the 'black Jade' village, Lin Jiang and Lin Ru were pretty much sure that no one will be alive after an attack of this scale and after giving a nod to each other, both of them ripped a dimensional rift and disappeared from there.
After a full ten minutes of their disappearance, a figure suddenly walked out of the 'Black Jade' villages, the body is covered with several life-threatening injuries and wounds and even there are chances of it's fall at the moment but it didn't stop for even once but kept walking till it can clearly see the village from afar.
Being trained as a capable Assassin since childhood Qu Riou had never felt what crying and tears feels like but looking back at the place that was her home for more than two and half decades, her eyes for the first time were moist and heart was in more pain than the injuries on body.
However, even if this kind of experience is new to her, it is completely useless now.
After all, without the support of her father she already had a hard time in trying to live a life but now all of her close ones have also died then, how could she think of living when she can't be at peace while being incapable of taking revenge for them?
Originally, She might also be able to kill a few heirs of the Lin family to vent out the dissatisfaction in her heart but with all these life-threatening injuries she can only wait for the death to come by itself, not to mention it takes time and energy to reach Dawn city where the Lin Family's core people live which she obviously don't have much left .
Suddenly she found her vision was becoming blurry and she clearly knows if she were to sleep for this once then, she might never wake up, gritting her teeth she tried her best to see the devastated village in front of her, at least she will remember this hatred and will definitely come back for the revenge in the next life.
And with the technique she had practiced with her father, it shouldn't be a problem to reawaken her memory at that time.
Thud !!
Suddenly her body fell on the ground with a heavy sound and her eyes were also closed but she hadn't died yet but only fainted because of losing most of her vitality.
However without other people's help it is indeed possible for her to die at any moment only to realise her revenge in the next Reincarnation.
...
An hour later.
Two black silhouettes appeared in the sky above the 'Black Jade' village, their body is wrapped in a black mist hiding their true appearance and it was difficult to tell whether they are male or female but the looks in their eyes behind the black mist was that of surprise and astonishment.
Even though their Cultivation is as unfathomable as the two figures from the Lin Family, even slightly stronger than them but they aren't the type of people who will cause this kind of massacre even to the point of involving unrelated parties.
However, the thing that made them more shocked was the 'Survivor' that have managed to pass through this kind of tough situation, though her vital signs are pretty weak at the moment.
Taking two steps they decided to approach her without a moment of delay and instantly appeared right in front of her.
With a tactical understanding between the two of them, one of the two black figures squatted down and reached out to hold Qu Riou's hand and tried to supplement Qi and vitality in her body with his own.
It didn't take long before the sound of heavy breathing could be heard as Qi Riou's condition become slightly better and seeing this the two black figures give each other a nod and taking a blue coloured pill out of the spatial ring, put in her mouth.
Surprisingly, the wounds and internal injuries on her body also started to heal on a speed visible to the eye, her body trembled slightly and even the long eye lashes behind the veils have a moment in them but even after a lot of time passed away she didn't show any signs of waking up.
" I guess her spirit seems to be damaged by the sudden outburst of emotions. Although, she is out of life-threatening danger and might recover from it but it will take at least a few days before she gradually wakes up. "
The figure who fed Qu Riou the healing pill looked at her face for a moment before he accessed the situation and told the person alongside him in a masculine voice.
Hearing this the other person didn't feel much surprised but said a few words with a look of hatred and anger.
" Those damn traitors first tried to assassinate our young master and now they are behaving so unscrupulous that they will even dares to murder so many innocent life at once. Damn it ! Damn it ! "
The first person seems to have expected this reaction but instead of calming him down, he said with a helpless sigh.
" That's right. This time they have crossed the line by too much but what can we do ? On the surface, the Lin family have surrendered to us. However, among those clansmen there are a lot of people who are dissatisfied with us and they don't even know the depths of Su family's background such that they dares to plot in secret. But it is also our incompetence that we didn't figure out who exactly is the person leading them from within the Lin Family."
As soon as the word fell, the two of them seemed to have noticed a moment in their communication stone and seeing that the person contacting them was someone from Su Yang's palace they felt surprised as it wasn't not some one else but Wang Wu, the man who is practically considered Su Yang's right handed person, and without hesitation they immediately took the stone out and reported the current situation to him.
...
Meanwhile,
Wang Wu on the other side tilted his head in a little shock.
After all, the current situation is almost similar to what Su Yang had predicted and only told to him in secret.
No matter, how fiercely 'Lin Family' attacks the Killer Group, there will definitely be a survivor amongst them and they need to be sure to get rid of this person.
At first, everyone including him thought Su Yang was a bit overly cautious and just laughed it off in their heart but still obeying his order, sent two people disguised as Lin family to kill all the remnants of Killers group and just in case another two people to be on standby secretly.
However, unexpectedly his conjecture turns out to be true. Among all of the hideouts they have destroyed so far, only this one had a survivor and it is also Qu Shu's daughter Qu Riou, which is more unexpected.
More importantly, they didn't tell it in detail fearing Qu Riou might be able to listen to it all but the two people shrouded in black mist have felt several existence on a similar level to them lurking nearby in this barren land and vaguely they can tell their goal is saving Qu Riou's life.
As for the reason, they don't know about it.
So, instead of taking a risk of having their mission failed they thought of securing her themselves lest a variable appears in their planning.
It's not like they have yet decided to kill her later on their own but are thinking of presenting her in front of Su Yang, asking for his opinion on what to do next with her as she seems to have some kind of special physique and as Qu Shu's daughter, there is no doubt about her latent cultivation limits.
And with all the information they have revealed deliberately, there must be some room for her manipulation while concealing their real plan and she might become a person under Su Yang's wings.
Even if there are loopholes inside the information but for a person who is almost blinded by the hatred, it will be extremely hard to detect it on her own unless somebody told her the truth.
But that's practically impossible because most of the people involved in this operation are the most trusted people around Su Yang and the wind of it happening is not even disclosed to his father. After all, even as a father and child there are some secrets that are not good to be shared with each other.
" I see. You can take this 'Victim' with you maybe she had seen the faces of the perpetrators behind her village's destruction and can recognise them, it might be of help to us in bringing justice for the dead and punishing the evil people who dares to roam freely in our Honarable Emperor's reign. "
Wang Wu said after a light Cough. He has already noticed Su Yang unlike his two parents seems to attach great importance to the reputation and as his capable aid Wang Wu must also follow his footsteps as such he also ordered while standing on the morality side.
...
The two people on the other side didn't think if there was anything wrong with these words but after saying 'Alright' put back the communication stone in the respective spatial ring.
Although being the person assigned to do the dirty work for the Emperor and his heir in secret is their duty, they must also take care of the fact that the earlier two are free of any dirt because of these people's actions.
And such they are often told to use a word play to make their actions look more righteous and justified.
As in this case, Wang Wu may look righteous but if you were to break his words into several segments it would mean differently like this.
1.) Qu Riou is indeed an victim who had seen the attacker's face and know his identity but the fact if it was real or not can be actually ignore and they can target that specific identity.
2.) The Evil who roams freely, in Wang Wu's eyes is the beast named Lin Tian who for now is out of everyone's reach not the person who destroyed 'Black Jade' village.
3.) As for bringing justice to the dead, Currently this is a game more absurd than anyone in the Lin family and Killer group could imagine.
Soon following the orders from the other side, one of the two black figures using Qi lifted Qu Riou in air and they too like the previous two 'Lin' family members opened a dimensional rift to enter it with her only to leave
this barren land in a matter of few seconds.