Chapter 250.

The arrow transformed into a residual shadow in the darkness, which Xu Qi’an’s eyesight could not capture, but his powerful mental power locked onto the arrow that glowed with a light green color.

It wasn’t true that the God Refining Realm was the minor pinnacle of a martial artist’s battle prowess, and martial artists of that realm had a super-sharp intuition of danger.

At the God Refining Realm, one basically said goodbye to being ambushed, underhanded, and sneak attacked.

Si Tian Supervisor’s magic weapon military crossbow, a murderous weapon capable of shooting the God Refining Realm ………. Xu Qi’an immediately judged the root of the opponent’s weapon, as he had also had such a magic weapon.

Subconsciously, he wanted to leap away from the horse and dodge the arrows.

“No, my filly can’t die here …….”

The thought flashed by, and instantly changed his mind, his right hand hitching towards his back waist, accompanied by the clear sound of a sharp blade coming out of its sheath, he backhanded his backward chop, accurately cutting off the arrow.

Clatter ….. In the subtle clatter of sliding tiles, two black-clothed men leapt up from the roof, one on the left and one on the right, pinning Xu Qi’an.

They held long, standardized swords in their hands, and the rolling daggers twisted the air to cut Xu Qi’an and the horse off together.

“Hyah!”

Sensing the crisis, Xu Qi’an clipped the horse’s belly in advance, prompting the beloved filly to gallop forward furiously, avoiding the two men’s pincer attack.

At the same time, he leapt up from his horse and landed lightly on the roof of a tavern.

“Bang!”

The two black-clothed men’s blade awnings chopped through the air, cutting deep blade marks in the ground.

God Refining Realm …….. Xu Qi’an glanced down and made a judgment in his heart.

And what concerned him even more was that the man in black hiding in the alley ahead was feared to be stronger than the Refined God Realm.

Strategic retreat!

This was the inner city, patrolled by night watchmen, and patrolled by the five guards of the Imperial City on a rotating basis, it was impossible for these three killers to stay for too long, the time left for them was even more limited than the time left for the National Football League.

As long as I don’t pester them, they won’t be able to take me down in a short period of time and will retreat on their own, at which time they themselves will immediately cast a lookout technique and take the night watchman to hunt the three and reverse the situation.

At that moment, Xu Qi’an once again had an image floating in his mind of that long, black-clothed man who had bizarrely appeared behind him and smashed his fist into the back of his head.

Crap, when did he appear behind me ……. Xu Qi’an’s body was faster than his brain, and he instinctively swooped and leapt off the roof.

At the same time, there was an explosion behind his ears like muffled thunder as his fist broke through the air.

Bang!

The qi wrapped in his fist exploded into rippling circles of qi in midair.

As the blow fell short, that expert seemed to be surprised as well, unable to imagine that this gong, who had just entered the God Refining Realm, would have such a keen sense of spirituality.

Xu Qi’an had just landed on the ground when he was greeted by two God Refining Realm knives.

Tink ….. He swung his sword to open two incoming slashes, landed on the ground, and quickly fled.

Prancing around on rooftops is too dangerous, and skillful use of alleys, houses, and other obstacles is a safer way to go.

But before he could run a few steps, the sound of cracking air behind him rapidly approached, and the image of the black-clothed man’s attack automatically fed into his mind.

Xu Qi’an gritted his teeth, twisted his waist, and slashed back.

Ding!

The long black and gold blade chopped at the fist, erupting into blinding sparks, Xu Qi’an’s right tiger’s mouth crumbled, and his legs slid out a dozen meters against the ground, the thick soles of his shoes detaching from the body of his shoes in a stabbing, pulling, cracking sound.

Sixth grade martial artist, copper skin and iron bones.

Despite anticipating it, Xu Qi’an’s heart still sank.

The mastermind behind this knows my level, so the killers sent out can almost eat me ……. It also knows my walking route, so it ambushes me on the road that I must take.

Who’s trying to kill me?

There was no time to think so much right now, the attack of the two God Refining Realm experts came right after them, the three of them were obviously a small team that worked well together, with the Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm playing the lead and the two God Refining Realms assisting, the attack was incredibly tightly connected.

Within fifty moves, I will die …… Xu Qi An s heart flashed with this terrible realization.

He paused in his haste, ignoring the decapitation of the one on the left, and made a stance to die with the one on the right, but strangely, the one on the right was frankly dying with him, while the one on the left, who clearly could have attacked, withdrew his sword and went back to defense.

Xu Qi’an turned around with a huff and chopped at the black-clothed man on his left, just in time to hit his cross-blocking blade.

Pfft ….. The right black-clothed man’s long stabbed into Xu Qi’an’s left shoulder.

“Cut!”

Xu Qi’an cursed.

His real target was the black-clothed man on the left, and dying with the black-clothed man on the right was just for show, but the other party was also at the God Refining Realm, and detected the crisis in advance.

Stealing a chicken is not a good idea.

Xu Qi’an kicked the black-clothed man on his right, the blade leaving his body and bringing out a stream of warm blood.

At this time, that Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm expert had instantly swooped in, his fist condensing qi and ferociously smashing into Xu Qi’an’s chest.

Boo!

There was the sound of something exploding in Xu Qi’an’s chest, and in the next moment, it was as if he had been hit by a heavy truck.

“Cough cough cough …..”

Xu Qi’an, who had stabilized himself, coughed up bloody foam, and his chest exploded with the gong of the magical weapon assigned by the night watchman’s court, as well as Song Qing’s heart protector.

With the double defense, it allowed him to block the full force of the copper-skinned and iron-boned expert’s strike and save his dog’s life.

“Standardized weapons, the Sithian Supervisor’s magical military crossbow, and you still dare to kill people on the street in the inner city, you’re the dead soldiers raised by some big shot, right?”

As he spoke, he swept his eyes around without moving.

The three men in black did not take Xu Qi’an’s words, not at all self-conscious as villains, and persistently pounced over.

Xu Qi’an turned and ran, burrowing into the narrow alley on his right.

The three black-clothed men chased into the alley and saw Xu Qi’an standing at the end of the alley, the long, sharp and unrivaled sword already retracted into its sheath.

“Why don’t you run away?” The Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm assassin asked.

The voice was hoarse and made a disguise.

“Can’t run away, so I plan to kill you here.” Xu Qi’an narrowed his eyes, satisfied with the width of the alley, allowing only one person to pass through.

One cut. He only had one cut.

The Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm expert frowned, gazing around and sensing the surroundings, not catching the footsteps of the night watchman or the patrolling soldiers.

But Xu Qi’an’s confidence made him instinctively wary again.

A bluff?

At that moment, he saw that gong who had first entered the God Refining Realm slowly press his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

Concentrate on one point and ascend to the top.

All emotions fall back and all chi is internalized, just like when a tsunami comes, the sea will ebb first.

At this moment, the three black-clothed men had warning signs in their hearts, and their intuition from the God Refining Realm told them: danger danger danger …….

Without hesitation, they followed their martial instincts and intended to exit the alley. But just then, a roar that pierced the eardrums and shook the spirit rang out.

The trio’s consciousness fell into momentary confusion, losing control of their bodies.

Immediately afterward, they heard a clear sound of sheathing like a dragon’s roar.

The Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm assassin was the first to break free from the shock of the lion’s roar, and immediately saw a thin line of blade light chopping at his face.

He only had time to interlock his arms, drumming his qi and muscles, and resisting hard with his impenetrable flesh.

………

“Snap.”

A gong of the Qi Practicing Realm sprinted across the rooftops, following the traces of vandalism until he found the alley.

He leaned down into the alley and saw the four men in the standoff, the three men in black standing motionless, and across from them, Xu Qi’an, who was leaning on his sword, panting heavily and sweating, a wisp of steam curling up from the back of his head.

“Over here!”

Tongluo shouted out, holding a sword in one hand and a military crossbow in the other, leaping into the alley and standing beside Xu Qi’an.

Two gongs on an adjacent ridge then arrived and entered the alley.

“Lord Xu, are you alright.”

The three-man patrol team greeted with concern, sensing that they hadn’t heard the heartbeats of the three black-clad men and judging that the assassins had perished.

“A few wounds, not a problem.”

Xu Qi’an gasped for breath, he had already taken the Power Pill before his three colleagues arrived, and his strength was slowly recovering, but he would have to rest for another quarter of an hour before he could resume walking.

The sword given by Supervisor Zheng was a perfect match for the Heaven and Earth One-Sword Slash.

The three gongs slowly nodded their heads and looked at the man in black, to be able to force Lord Xu, who was new to the God Refining Realm, into such a sorry state, one of them must be at the God Refining Realm.

At that moment, noisy and dull footsteps came, and a fifty-man Imperial Sword Guard rushed over.

“Lord Xu, you go back to the Yamen first to heal your wounds, and leave these three to us.”

The speaking gong went out of the alley and instructed the rushing imperial sword guards, saying, “You escort Lord Xu back to the robber’s yamen, and leave ten men behind to assist this official in disposing of the body.”

The small head of the Imperial Sword Guards clasped his fists and said, “Yes.”

When Xu Qi’an left, the three gongs returned to the alley, and when they touched the body, the originally stiff and motionless black-clothed man suddenly crumbled into two halves, his upper body separating from his lower body, and a diagonal wound appeared at his waist, flattening the incision.

All sorts of organs mixed with blood flowed all over the place.

The gongs frowned, a little in disgust, a little in surprise.

“I remember that Xu Ningyan’s mastery was some sort of extremely powerful blade technique that decapitated Zhu Yinluo with a single slash in the first place.”

“Yeah, it looks even more powerful now. This slash decimated three people, and of the three, one of them is definitely at the God Refining Realm.”

The three of them looked at the black-robed man at the front at the same time, and it was clear that this one was the strongest of the three.

“Huh, why doesn’t he have a weapon?”

The other two black-robed men were equipped with standardized long knives and military crossbows, but this black-robed man was the only one who was empty-handed and unarmed.

Was it picked up by Xu Ningyan?

With suspicion, they examined the body of the black-clad man alone, and a steel-like texture came from their fingers as they touched the remnants of the body.

The body still retains the state it was in when it was transporting energy before death.

“Hmm?”

A series of question marks simultaneously surfaced in the minds of the three.

There was probably a few seconds before they reacted, absurd and shocked emotions welling up inside them.

“Copper, copper and iron …….” A copper gong muttered.

…….

Half an hour later, the night watchman’s court.

Excalibur Hall.

When Zhang Kaitai, who was on duty this night, received the news, he summoned all the silver gongs to discuss the assassination of Xu Qi’an.

Silver Gong, who had just finished leading the team to survey the scene, reported, ”From the time of the assassination to the beheading of the enemy, the entire process did not exceed half a quarter of an hour. The three assassins seem to have known Xu Ning Banquet’s route and ambushed them on the road they must take.

“After a brief exchange of blows between the two sides, they chased Xu Ning Feast into the alley, and then they were killed with a single, clean cut.”

Zhang Kaitai nodded and looked towards the other silver gong, the one responsible for examining the corpse.

That silver gong said in a deep voice, ”The assassin used the most unusual standardized long knives, the three forbidden army battalions, and the five imperial city guards all use this kind of knife. Even the house guards of some princes and ministers’ residences use this as well. We can’t find out clues from the weapons.

“In addition, we found a magic weapon military crossbow from one of the assassins, enough to pose a threat to the God Refining Realm. But this still can’t be a breakthrough.

“The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War are seriously enriched, and the phenomenon of princes and ministers buying and selling munitions privately is equally frequent, and over the years, countless magic weapons and armaments have been leaked out of the country. It’s impossible to find out.

“If we were to investigate, it would involve half of the capital’s officialdom, and there would be so much resistance that I’m afraid even if His Majesty personally ordered it, it would most likely be fruitless.”

Zhang Kaitai nodded his head, as if he had expected it, and asked again, “What about the cultivation level of the three assassins?”

“Two God Refining Realm, one Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm.”

A sword kills the God Refining Realm and the Copper Skin and Iron Bone Realm ……. The hall was plunged into deathly silence.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhang Kaitai said, “Where’s Xu Ningyan?”

“Passed out after treating his injuries.”

Zhang Kaitai nodded, looked around the silver gongs and coughed, ”There is no need to be too concerned about certain minutiae, as silver gongs, you are all first-rate talents of the Dabong, and are no worse than anyone else. It’s just that occasionally ….. Occasionally, one or two freaks will appear, and cannot be measured against the norm.”

The silver gongs agreed with a few forced smiles.

Zhang Kaitai changed the topic, “Who do you guys think, the assassin could have been sent by.”

One of the silver gongs frowned, “For the time being, we don’t know who Xu Ningyan has been feuding with lately, and based on what we know, if we rule out it being a personal vendetta, then it’s highly likely that it has something to do with the case of Concubine Fu.”

……….

The next day, dawning.

Zhang Kaitai first went to visit Xu Qi’an, saw him sleeping, so he did not disturb, fetched last night’s order mandarins to write a good “Xu Qi’an assassination case” of the dossier, went to the Haoqi building.

After a pass, he arrived at the seventh floor and met Wei Yuan in the tea room.

This great eunuch in a high position, the trajectory of activities two points and one line: the palace – Ho Chi House.

Thanks to the intelligence network laid out by the night watchman’s yamen, Wei Yuan was able to know the world’s affairs without having to go out.

“Lord Wei, Xu Ning Banquet left the palace yesterday and was assassinated on the way.” Zhang Kaitai handed over the dossier.

Wei Yuan’s gaze condensed as he took the dossier without opening it immediately and asked, “How is he?”

“Suffered some injuries, nothing serious. It’s just that his energy is severely depleted and he’s still sleeping.” Zhang Kaitai said.

Wei Yuan nodded his head before he unfolded the dossier and quickly read it, raising his head to stare at Zhang Kaitai, “Two God Refining Realms and one Copper Skin and Iron Bone?”

It was like he was asking for confirmation.

Even Wei Gong such a person with great wisdom, but also often by the boy to make a mistake ah ……. Zhang Kaitai “hmm”:

“Brass tacks.”

Wei Yuan was silent for a long time and suddenly let out a light laugh, “Not bad, not bad.”

Zhang Kaitai smoothly said, “Could it be related to the case of Princess Fu?”

“The case of Concubine Fu is His Majesty’s family matter, it’s not good for a foreign minister to intervene, however, I will report this matter.” Wei Yuan closed the dossier and frowned.

He didn’t have many eyes and ears planted in the palace, after all, the palace was Emperor Yuan Jing’s territory, and planting too many eyes and ears would completely enrage Emperor Yuan Jing. Ever since the last time he was pulled out of the three pawns, Wei Yuan had temporarily given up paying attention to the palace.

The tacit understanding that should exist between the ruler and the minister should still be there, and Emperor Yuan Jing told him plainly: to inquire less about the situation inside the palace.

But after experiencing Xu Qi’an’s assassination case, Wei Yuan was a bit angry, he wanted to re-activate the palace’s eyes and pay personal attention to this case.

The sound of footsteps came from outside the staircase, Wei Yuan looked up and Zhang Kaitai twisted his head with it.

A black-clothed official lowered his head, entered the tea room, and respectfully said, “Duke Wei, orders came from the palace that at the beginning of the hour, there will be a pilgrimage.”

“Got it.” Wei Yuan nodded.

“Perhaps there is something important ……” Zhang Kaitai sensible rise: “Then humble servant first excused.”

The pilgrimage did not take place every day; usually, a diligent king would hold a great pilgrimage once every three days. The time was fixed.

In the case of a negligent king, it was once every five to ten days.

To the Yuan Jing Emperor here, basically do not go to the morning court, which day the mood is good, feel the need to take care of political affairs, will be sent a day in advance to convey the hundred officials.

A temporary meeting of the court, such as today’s, means that something big has happened.

Wei Yuan finished his cup of tea and summoned Nangong Qianru to enter the palace with this righteous son.

Arriving at the Noon Gate at six minutes past dusk, the square was filled with capital officials who were mingling and discussing the reasons for Emperor Yuan Jing’s sudden convening of the court.

Most are speculating whether it has anything to do with the case of Princess Fu, a major event in recent times.

This case is related to the Crown Prince, related to the national capital, and only such a thing would make the long idling Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly convene the court and gather the ministers to discuss.

“Wei Gong.”

The right royal inspector of the Metropolitan Police Academy greeted him, carefully looking left and right, and said in a low voice, “News has come from the palace that last night, His Majesty entered Fengqi Palace, and then stormed out.”

Wei Yuan’s expression stuttered slightly as he slowly nodded, “Uh-huh.”

…….

PS: Oops, just posted the announcement, the same day it hit me in the face, there’s a fight in this chapter, and fights are always especially hard to write. Sorry sorry sorry.

It’s still 10,000 words today, more first, then change.