Chapter 59 Why do you need to take off your clothes to heal wounds?

"I almost died once, have you?"

These two sentences were deafening, plunging Yan Chu into a long silence.

He asked with a deep, haunting gaze, "Were you also crushed by something?"

Red Dot on Smooth Sand's breath hitched. "How did you know?"

A complex expression appeared on his slightly sallow Face, a mixture of fear, shame, nostalgia, and hatred.

Yan Chu continued to ask, "Did that thing have rearview mirrors?"

"Rearview mirrors? What are those?"

Red Dot on Smooth Sand was full of questions, then said with a venomous tone, "It was an ugly freak like a fat pig, how could it have any rearview mirrors?"

Yan Chu realized, "So it really was a tank!"

"What on earth are you talking about?"

The new terms constantly popping out of Yan Chu's mouth left Red Dot on Smooth Sand bewildered, and his temper inevitably grew irritable.

"I almost died, so I value my life more!"

"To tell you the truth, that strike of yours made me feel threatened. If you don't want your woman to die, put down the saber! Let's have an honorable fight!"

"Heh!"

Yan Chu shook his head and laughed. "Forget it, we're simply not on the same wavelength!"

"But as an assassin, you're actually afraid of death? If you're afraid of death, you shouldn't be an assassin!"

"The Lian Family actually spent money to hire someone like you to kill me. It seems they aren't very smart!"

"Hmph, what do you know?"

Red Dot on Smooth Sand sneered. "In private, I have another nickname: The Money-Taker Who Does Nothing!"

"Ever since I escaped death, I changed my style of doing things and became much more low-key."

"If I really encounter a target I can't handle, I'll turn and leave, then hide away. The employer won't be able to find me at all!"

"They aren't willing to publicize that they hired someone to commit murder either, so for the past ten years, my reputation has been obscure, and I've lived very comfortably."

"To be honest, if the Lian Family hadn't arranged the meeting at a restaurant where many people saw us making the deal, I wouldn't have wanted to come."

"But if I didn't come, my reputation would be ruined. So, for the sake of everyone's Face, you'd better cooperate obediently!"

After he finished speaking, both Yan Chu and Su Zhirou fell into silence.

Yan Chu looked at Su Zhirou, his eyes seemingly asking, "This is the number one assassin of Longhua Prefecture from ten years ago?"

Su Zhirou seemed to have forgotten even the bleeding on her neck, her eyes innocent. "I don't know either! It's just what I heard from others!"

"Alright!"

Yan Chu let out a sigh.

"What are you still waiting for?"

Red Dot on Smooth Sand urged with a harsh voice, "If you don't drop the saber now, I really will kill her!"

As he spoke, the tip of the sword pressed forward again, and blood dripped down the sword body, which looked like a branding iron.

Su Zhirou's delicate brows furrowed, clearly in some pain.

Yan Chu's hand gripped the saber hilt as he said slowly, "As an assassin who follows a comedic path, you shouldn't use a woman to threaten me!"

"Now I have one more thing to tell you: sabers and swords have no eyes!"

His tone was calm, but a sudden chill appeared.

Red Dot on Smooth Sand suddenly felt a chill in his heart, instinctively sensing that something was wrong.

He had once been a top assassin, after all, and still possessed an assassin's instincts.

"Wait a minute!"

Red Dot on Smooth Sand hurriedly spoke, wanting to make peace with Yan Chu.

But Yan Chu didn't give him the chance at all.

Clang!

A saber light flashed, like the Grim Reaper swinging his scythe. This strike was stunning and decisive, magnificent yet terrifying.

If it were the Red Dot on Smooth Sand from ten years ago, this strike might not have been able to kill him.

But now, he had long since lost the heart of a top swordsman and had become a commoner.

So, he couldn't block this strike!

Not only could he not block it, he couldn't even see it clearly!

The wind suddenly stopped flowing.

Red Dot on Smooth Sand suddenly snapped back to his senses—it wasn't that the wind had stopped flowing, but that he could no longer feel the wind.

His head rolled onto the ground, and blood from the headless corpse spurted up like a fountain. Su Zhirou had already been pulled into Yan Chu's arms a step ahead.

[You have slain a five-star assassin who intended to attack you. Extremely gratifying. Experience +3000, Tianshan Snow Lotus +1]

"Oh? Another drop?"

He had just gotten 20 Bodhisattva Snake galls, and now a Tianshan Snow Lotus—both belonged to the category of Heaven And Earth Treasure.

The Bodhisattva Snake galls were fine; they could strengthen the Physique and enhance power, and should have some effect when used to Cultivate the Thirteen Protectors Hardened Golden Bell Shield.

The Tianshan Snow Lotus wasn't as useful to him.

The main effects of this item were healing and detoxification, along with some youth-preserving properties.

But he practiced the Nine Yang Divine Art and had swallowed viper precious blood, so most poisons were useless against him.

However, he could still keep it for now; it might come in handy in the future.

Looking at the decapitated Red Dot on Smooth Sand, Yan Chu was also impressed.

This guy was a freaking five-star assassin?

He lived wretchedly and died absurdly!

"Mm~"

At this moment, Su Zhirou let out a muffled groan in his arms.

On her fair, slender neck, that small blood hole was still bleeding. Although not fatal, her Face had become somewhat pale.

Yan Chu hurriedly sealed her acupoints to stop the bleeding, then carried her to a quiet place to begin healing her...

"Husband Yan, what are you doing?"

"Don't be afraid, I'm helping you heal."

"Why do you need to take off clothes for healing?"

"Because the one I practice is the Nine Yang Divine Art..."

...

Half a day later, the two walked out of a dense forest. Yan Chu looked refreshed and heroic.

To speed up Su Zhirou's recovery, Yan Chu had her swallow the Tianshan Snow Lotus he had just obtained. Already extremely beautiful, she now looked even more radiant and incomparably glamorous.

Of course, the Tianshan Snow Lotus was a miraculous medicine after all, and it was also of great benefit to Su Zhirou's Physique.

That was why she could withstand Yan Chu's relentless impacts during the healing process, and the vigorous heat brought by the Nine Yang True Qi was also relieved—it was a win-win situation.

"Let's go!"

Yan Chu scavenged the banknotes from the corpses, found the white horse from before, and got back on with Su Zhirou in his arms.

Their destination was Longhua Prefecture City.

Su Zhirou's aunt was one of the owners of the Mingtong Trading Company. Yan Chu would leave after delivering her there.

Next, he was going to pull off some big jobs!

Having Su Zhirou by his side would only slow down the speed of his saber!

...

Not long after Yan Chu and the other departed,

a man in black appeared beside the corpse of Red Dot on Smooth Sand.

Looking at Red Dot on Smooth Sand, whose eyes were wide open even in death, the man in black shook his head helplessly.

This man could never get over the hurdle in his heart.

In these ten years, his swordsmanship had not only failed to make any progress but had instead regressed beyond recognition.

Then he felt the residual Saber Qi in the corpse, and his expression couldn't help but change slightly.

"What a terrifying strike!"

That young "azure nether blade demon" actually possessed such powerful saber techniques? It seemed he was a rare Genius of the saber Dao.

The man in black chuckled and teased, "Since you killed Number 20, you'll have to take his place!"

"Young man, I have high hopes for you!"