The sleazy middle-aged man was an old member of the Jin family's herb-gathering team.

  He was now at the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining.

  In his youth, he cked sufficient resources.

  Now, as he aged, advancing became even more difficult. No matter how hard he tried, reaching the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining might be his limit in this lifetime.

  Since effort seemed meaningless, the middle-aged man chose to do nothing.

  Every time he earned spirit stones from mountain trips, he would spend them all on young dies practicing secret arts.

  His motto was that life is short, so why endure?

  Just during the day, Jin Wuqing had approached him.

  He wanted help investigating the identity of a cultivator.

  At the time, the middle-aged man was curious why Jin Wuqing suddenly wanted to investigate someone.

  But after seeing the scene, he understood.

  It turned out that Lin Ke'er, that young girl, had a lover.

  They were even kissing on the street, and it was quite passionate.

  Lin Ke'er was young and beautiful, with a slender waist and long legs, and a face that evoked pity.

  The middle-aged man had long known that Jin Wuqing had his eyes on Lin Ke'er.

  Previously, Lin Ke'er had been deying joining the team.

  The captain, Jin Zhaodi, was dissatisfied and pnned to repce her.

  But Jin Wuqing insisted on waiting for Lin Ke'er for over a month.

  Yet, the woman he fancied was throwing herself into another man's arms, kissing him passionately.

  If it were the middle-aged man, he would have tolerated it.

  Just find another female cultivator.

  Why hang oneself on a single tree?

  But Jin Wuqing, young and impulsive, had already decided to kill.

  And the middle-aged man easily found out Ye Chen's identity.

  After all, Ye Chen was too famous.

  The number one lick spirit at Silver Moon Market, even if you hadn't seen him, you'd have heard of him.

  The only one who would give all his resources to a female cultivator was this weirdo, Ye Chen.

  After understanding Ye Chen's identity, the middle-aged man hesitated a bit.

  Ye Chen wasn't a rogue cultivator but a descendant of a Qi Refining family.

  Rogue cultivators had no backing; if they died, the Law Enforcement Team wouldn't bother much.

  They'd just find a robber cultivator to take the bme, and that would be it.

  But a family descendant was different.

  Killing him might cause trouble.

  But Jin Wuqing was determined to kill.

  He even offered a medium-grade spirit stone to get the middle-aged man to act.

  After some hesitation, the middle-aged man agreed.

  In the mountains, killing and looting were things they had done often.

  There was no psychological burden.

  Moreover, he had cultivated a spell to conceal his aura and was skilled with flying daggers.

  The flying dagger was a low-grade magic artifact, silent and fast, capable of penetrating even defensive spells.

  And it was poisoned.

  If the enemy was unprepared, they could die from a single strike.

  And he was at the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, with rich experience in killing.

  And Ye Chen?

  He was only at the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining.

  All his good stuff was given to women.

  He could be killed with a wave of the hand.

  Jin Wuqing even borrowed his sister's storage bag.

  When the time came, they could just put the body in the storage bag and throw it into the mountains.

  There was no fear of being traced.

  There was absolutely no risk.

  At this moment, seeing Ye Chen enter the alley, the middle-aged man showed a cruel smile and immediately followed.

  As he moved, there was no sound.

  Standing in the alley, he saw Ye Chen walking leisurely ahead.

  Besides that, the deep alley was empty.

  The middle-aged man took out a simple and unadorned flying dagger from his bosom.

  Channeling his magic, the dagger fshed with light.

  The next moment, the dagger was decisively thrown, moving at an incredible speed.

  Even those at the mid-stage of Qi Refining couldn't see it clearly, only hearing a faint sound of wind.

  The middle-aged man had a hint of anticipation on his lips.

  This lick spirit, Ye Chen, must have quite a few spirit stones on him.

  And since he was an alchemist, he might have a lot of pills too.

  Tonight, he pnned to enjoy the company of the fairies Bing Ling and Huo Wu.

  To fully experience a night of fiery passion.

  But the next moment, the middle-aged man's face showed surprise.

  Because Ye Chen, who had his back to him, was suddenly surrounded by golden light.

  He actually blocked the flying dagger.

  Ye Chen blocked it?

  He must have a treasure on him.

  These damn rich families, taking all the resources from rogue cultivators, are filthy rich.

  Even a lick spirit like this has such a trump card.

  It's infuriating.

  The middle-aged man knew he was in trouble and immediately tried to recall the dagger and leave.

  If the one-hit kill failed, he had to leave immediately.

  Otherwise, if things got noisy, he couldn't escape the Law Enforcement Team.

  He'd be finished then.

  But the next moment, the middle-aged man's face turned to horror.

  Because Ye Chen, who was just dozens of meters away, suddenly turned and charged at him.

  Most importantly, his speed was unbelievable.

  In an instant, he was right in front of him.

  And in Ye Chen's hand, a blue long sword suddenly appeared.

  How is Ye Chen so fast?

  And he even has storage equipment.

  How rich are these damn families?

  This situation was completely unexpected, but the middle-aged man immediately activated his defensive spell.

  He pnned to withstand one strike and then run.

  However, the next moment, blood spttered.

  His defensive spell was as fragile as paper before Ye Chen's blue long sword.

  It didn't hinder Ye Chen at all.

  Ye Chen's sword was incredibly fast, not even making a sound.

  The arm holding the flying dagger was instantly severed.

  A high-grade magic artifact?

  How does this dead lick spirit have a high-grade magic artifact?

  The middle-aged man only wanted to escape now.

  But with Ye Chen so close, there was no chance to run.

  Ssh, ssh, ssh...

  The middle-aged man's arms and legs were chopped off by Ye Chen.

  He fell to the ground, left with only his body and head.

  ...

  Looking at the blood-soaked ground, with only the head still able to wail, Ye Chen, holding the Wind God Sword, let out a long breath.

  But his heart was still racing.

  His first battle in the cultivation world was indeed thrilling.

  Though it happened in an instant, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel tense.

  He even misjudged the angle while cutting the legs, going a bit too high.

  And the sword was too sharp.

  It directly turned the middle-aged man into a eunuch.

  The reason he didn't kill him was that Ye Chen hadn't seen the young man.

  This middle-aged man was with that young man who was spying at the time.

  The mastermind must be the young man.

  In Ye Chen's view, a man who would hire a killer over a woman was simply not fully developed mentally.

  A complete idiot.

  But such idiots are the most impulsive.

  So he had to eliminate the root.

  But Ye Chen knew nothing about the other party, so keeping a live one was necessary.

  Ye Chen retracted his long sword and coldly asked, "Who was the young man who hired you to kill me?"

  The middle-aged man y on the ground, his face ashen.

  Last night, he was comfortably lying in Yichun Tower.

  But in the blink of an eye, he had lost all his limbs.

  Even if Ye Chen didn't kill him, he wouldn't survive.

  The middle-aged man resented Ye Chen, but he hated Jin Wuqing even more.

  If Jin Wuqing hadn't gone crazy over a woman, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

  With storage bags, high-grade magic artifacts, speed spells, and defensive treasures, Ye Chen could easily be mistaken for a Foundation Establishment family disciple.

  The middle-aged man had no wife or children, nothing to worry about.

  Since he was doomed, he had to drag Jin Wuqing down with him.

  They could die together.

  "Jin Wuqing, it was Jin Wuqing who hired me."

  "He wanted to have Lin Ke'er, but she wouldn't go to the mountains because of you..."

  "So he wanted to get rid of you..."

  "He's at his sister's house, in courtyard number thirty-three in the Dingzi Alley area."

  "He's at the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, about to break through to the Sixth."

  "His sister, Jin Zhaodi, is at the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining."

  Ye Chen didn't expect the middle-aged man to spill everything so readily.

  He revealed it all in one go.

  Jin Wuqing?

  Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, almost Sixth?

  And he has a sister?

  Ye Chen wanted to eliminate the root but feared he couldn't win.

  However, Ye Chen never pnned to personally deal with the real culprit.

  Being targeted for assassination at Silver Moon Market, and having to catch the culprit himself?

  Then wouldn't the protection fee paid by the Ye family's shop be wasted?

  As a Ye family descendant, don't I deserve some respect?

  Is there no w?

  Is there no justice?

  So, Ye Chen raised his head and shouted, "Law Enforcement Team, come quickly, someone is trying to kill me..."

  CPDD