33: Injuried

"Rest assured, I will be fine."

"I fear death more than anyone, so I will never do anything risky."

Zhang Qingxiao patted Zhou Yun on the shoulder and comforted her with a smile.

After leaving home, Zhang Qingxiao took a winding path and circled around first.

The weather was getting colder, and it was nearly the middle of the night; basically, every household had already turned off their lights and gone to sleep.

On the road, he didn't encounter any other Cultivators at all.

Upon arriving near Wang Si's home, Zhang Qingxiao became even more vigilant.

Wang Si's home was not small; it had two courtyards, front and back, with Cultivators guarding the entrance.

Taking advantage of the night, Zhang Qingxiao silently snuck into the courtyard and soon discovered the patrolling Cultivators.

Hiding in a dark corner, he observed for a while, roughly figuring out the patrol patterns of Wang Si's subordinates, before slowly making his way to the backyard to find the room where Wang Si was resting.

Outside the room, there were four subordinates guarding it; the defense could be described as very tight.

Zhang Qingxiao made a rough estimate and ultimately decided to silently eliminate these four gatekeeping Cultivators first before going in to assassinate Wang Si.

Patiently hiding in the backyard, he waited for the patrolling Cultivators to leave, then Zhang Qingxiao immediately and carefully approached the backs of two of the Cultivators.

Holding a Magical Artifact longsword in one hand and condensing a Spirit Arrow Technique in the other, he launched an attack on these two Cultivators almost simultaneously.

The two of them had never even considered that someone would come to launch a sneak attack at this time.

Without any reaction, they were killed by Zhang Qingxiao.

Zhang Qingxiao quickly held the two of them up to prevent them from making any noise when they fell to the ground.

After dealing with these two, Zhang Qingxiao repeated the same trick, quickly arriving not far from the side of the two people at the door, continuously condensing two Spirit Arrow Techniques, finding the right moment, and striking instantly.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The Spirit Arrow Techniques pierced through their foreheads and hit the wooden door behind them, making two soft sounds.

At this moment, Zhang Qingxiao couldn't care about anything else; he hurriedly stepped forward, opened the door, and rushed into the room.

He fired two Spirit Arrow Techniques at the man and woman who were struggling on the bed.

"Ah!"

"Who is it!"

"Looking for death!"

One of the Spirit Arrow Techniques surprisingly failed to pierce Wang Si's skull, and Zhang Qingxiao immediately knew things were going wrong.

He hurriedly stepped forward, holding the Medium Grade Magical Artifact longsword in his hand, and stabbed down fiercely.

At this moment, golden light lit up around Wang Si, who was on the bed.

Zhang Qingxiao knew this was the opponent triggering a Golden Light Talisman.

There was no time to consider anything else; a purple-blue Fireball Technique instantly smashed onto the spiritual energy shield formed by the Golden Light Talisman.

"Boom!"

The sound of the fireball exploding rang out, and the Golden Light Talisman dimmed slightly in an instant.

"Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"

"I can give you Spirit Stones, don't do it."

While Wang Si was speaking, his hand quickly reached toward the Magical Artifact and attack Talisman by the pillow.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing Wang Si's movements, Zhang Qingxiao instantly condensed a Fireball Technique and an Ice Technique, attacking the opponent.

As the fireball exploded, the spiritual energy shield formed by the Golden Light Talisman collapsed instantly, and the Ice Technique followed, freezing Wang Si's hand that was holding the Talisman and Magical Artifact.

At the same time, Zhang Qingxiao's Spirit Arrow Technique and Magical Artifact longsword quickly stabbed toward Wang Si.

"Ah!"

Wang Si wanted to dodge, but discovered his arm was frozen to the bed and he couldn't move at all, so he could only try his best to avoid being stabbed in a vital spot.

He dodged the longsword but couldn't dodge the Spirit Arrow Technique.

The Spirit Arrow Technique directly pierced through Wang Si's shoulder, making him unable to help but let out a cry of pain.

Zhang Qingxiao was preparing to take advantage of his illness to end his life when he suddenly felt an extremely intense sense of crisis approaching.

The Golden Light Talisman and Body Protection Talisman he had already prepared were triggered simultaneously.

Subsequently, he heard the sound of the Golden Light Talisman and Body Protection Talisman shattering.

A small sword only seven inches long appeared behind him.

Zhang Qingxiao dared not be careless in the slightest and again quickly condensed two Spirit Arrow Techniques, shooting toward Wang Si's vital spots.

The Magical Artifact longsword in his hand was swung rapidly to block the Flying Sword's attack.

However, how could a Magical Artifact longsword compare to a Flying Sword?

Just by touching it once, the Magical Artifact longsword was directly snapped in two.

Seeing the Flying Sword attacking him again, while the two Spirit Arrow Techniques he fired directly pierced through Wang Si's forehead.

Wang Si collapsed on the bed, his eyes wide open.

The Flying Sword stabbed into Zhang Qingxiao's shoulder before it stopped.

Zhang Qingxiao ignored the pain in his shoulder, snatched the Storage Pouch on Wang Si's body, as well as the Magical Artifact and Talisman by the bedside, and ran outside the room.

The commotion here had long since attracted the attention of the patrolling Cultivators in the courtyard; seeing someone come out, they immediately launched an attack.

"Wang Si has already been killed by me; if you don't want to die, hurry up and get out of my way."

Zhang Qingxiao triggered another Body Protection Talisman and another Golden Light Talisman, condensed several Spirit Arrow Techniques, and shot them toward the gathering Cultivators.

While the crowd was stunned, he quickly rushed out of the courtyard.

Disappearing into the vast night.

This time, Zhang Qingxiao miscalculated slightly and suffered some minor injuries.

After killing Wang Si, he didn't immediately go to find Luo Fei.

It is better to be safe than sorry.

He deliberately took a detour twice before returning home.

"Husband, you are injured..."

Zhou Yun had been at home, waiting for Zhang Qingxiao in a state of unease.

Seeing him return with blood on his body, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury."

"Just apply some Golden Sore Medicine, and it will be fine."

Zhang Qingxiao felt a warmth in his heart seeing Zhou Yun care for him so much and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Brother Zhang, you are injured?"

"I have some Golden Sore Medicine left behind by my grandfather here, hurry up and apply it."

Liang Qiaoer also ran over from her room, holding a small jade bottle in her hand.

"You two don't need to be so worried; it really is just a minor injury."

Zhang Qingxiao was somewhat amused.

"Husband, don't move, I will apply the medicine for you."

Zhou Yun carefully removed the clothing from Zhang Qingxiao's shoulder, and seeing the deep wound on his shoulder, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

She carefully applied the medicine for Zhang Qingxiao, her eyes brimming with tears, and kept muttering, telling him not to go out and take risks in the future.

Zhang Qingxiao nodded with a smile and agreed, though his heart was thinking about other matters.

He had already killed Wang Si, and not notifying Luo Fei now might instead arouse Luo Fei's suspicion.

After thinking it over repeatedly, Zhang Qingxiao still decided to go to Luo Fei's place in person.

After resting for a moment, he comforted Zhou Yun and Liang Qiaoer for a while longer, promising repeatedly that he would not take risks, before changing into a clean Dharma robe and arriving at Luo Fei's residence.

He told Luo Fei the news that he had already killed Wang Si.

"Brother Zhang, I will arrange for people to eliminate all of Wang Si's capable subordinates to prevent future trouble."

Knowing that Wang Si had been killed, Luo Fei was even more in awe of Zhang Qingxiao and hurriedly arranged for his subordinates to take action.

"Don't think about controlling all of Wang Si's territory."

"Your current strength is insufficient; the more territory you control, the more dangerous it is."

"This time, only control the small area close to your current territory and develop slowly."

Zhang Qingxiao was worried that Luo Fei would get hot-headed and want to control all of Wang Si's territory, so he instructed him very seriously.

"Thank you for the reminder, Brother, I know what to do."

"After I deal with Wang Si's subordinates, I will send all the items on them to you, Brother."

Luo Fei nodded solemnly; he knew his own situation better than anyone.

This time, he had also lost a few capable lieutenants; wanting to swallow up Wang Si's territory in one go was basically impossible.

Seeing that Luo Fei had taken his advice to heart, Zhang Qingxiao didn't say anything more.

After tossing and turning for half the night, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

It wasn't until he had discussed life with Zhou Yun three times in a row, and the sky was slightly brightening, that he fell asleep contentedly wrapped in the quilt.

At noon, Zhou Yun came over to change the dressing, and seeing that the wound had already scabbed over, she finally felt truly relieved.

Thinking of those shameful actions from last night, she couldn't help but feel a bit distracted.

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