Chapter 65: A Death Trap?

The feathers flying toward Han Jiuli and the others were all blown away by a sudden, violent gust of wind.

Yet, the attacker's momentum did not cease.

A figure like a ghost emerged. In the dim light, the person suddenly lunged at Su Xuan. As they struck, one could vaguely see a sharp feather-blade between their fingers.

Han Jiuli was a palace guard with considerable experience.

Combining this with the feathers that had fallen from the sky earlier, his heart instantly turned cold, and he realized what was happening.

This was clearly someone attempting to assassinate Mr. Su!

Earlier, at the residence of Left Sima Liu Yi, the Vulture had appeared abruptly. Although he was killed by Mr. Su, he had ultimately been negligent, failing to notice the Vulture quietly infiltrating Liu Yi's residence.

Thinking of it now, he felt a lingering fear.

Now, seeing someone intending to assassinate Su Xuan, he immediately drew the standard-issue longsword hanging at his waist, charged forward, and swung his blade at the attacker.

Just as his sword was about to strike this ghostly figure, his blade missed.

It missed, literally.

The opponent's speed was simply too fast—faster than the speed at which he swung his sword.

The opponent's goal seemed to be purely to kill Su Xuan, or rather, to make killing Su Xuan the top priority.

Before that, they could temporarily ignore the guards like Han Jiuli who were protecting Su Xuan.

Su Xuan knew the opponent's goal and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Although he knew Ji Wuye was bold enough to defy heaven—in the original story, after Han Fei ruined his plans, he had sent people to assassinate Han Fei.

One must know, Han Fei's status was extraordinary; even if he wasn't valued by the Han Wang, he was still a well-deserved royal grandson.

Yet Ji Wuye didn't care.

So, what did it matter if Ji Wuye sent someone to assassinate him?

In the end, although he was favored by the Han Wang, there was a prerequisite for all of this: he had to be alive.

A living Su Xuan was the true Immortal Master; a dead Su Xuan was nothing more than a corpse with no value.

In a flash of thought, Su Xuan flicked his sleeves, and violent winds surged again, artificially condensing into layer upon layer of obstacles before him. At the same time, he pulled back, temporarily widening the distance between himself and the attacker.

He was not seeing the attacker for the first time.

Earlier today, he had seen them once in the royal court: it was Mo Ya, the leader of the Hundred Birds organization, who was also a sharp blade under Ji Wuye's command.

The earlier case of the ghost seeking a life was his doing.

Mo Ya had been watching Su Xuan for a long time.

Since the death of Jade Tiger, Ji Wuye had harbored murderous intent toward Su Xuan. He had once ordered Mo Ya to send a message through secret channels to the Tide Siren, commanding her to finish off Su Xuan, but the Tide Siren had unexpectedly failed.

The task of killing Su Xuan was then transferred to him.

Unfortunately, Su Xuan had stayed in the palace, so even after accepting the task, he couldn't find a good opportunity.

Until... Liu Yi died.

Su Xuan was recommended by Zhang Kaidi as the chief investigator for Liu Yi's case.

In order to investigate the cause of Liu Yi's death, he had to leave the palace. Of course, this wasn't necessarily a good opportunity, but for Mo Ya, as long as Su Xuan stayed outside the palace for even a moment longer, he would eventually find a chance.

Earlier, because Ji Wuye also wanted to see what Su Xuan could uncover and wanted to know the true culprit behind Liu Yi's death, he hadn't acted rashly against Su Xuan.

But once the true culprit behind Liu Yi's death was confirmed to be the Vulture.

Su Xuan, invited by Lady Hu, left the palace again to go to Liu Yi's residence, giving Mo Ya a perfect opportunity.

When Su Xuan entered Liu Yi's residence, he had been hiding in the shadows the whole time.

At the same time, the fact that the Vulture had infiltrated Liu Yi's residence and was subsequently killed by Su Xuan surprised him greatly. He hadn't expected that just after the Grand General had ordered them to find the Vulture's whereabouts, he would run into the Vulture here, and that the Vulture would be dead.

Immediately, he realized this was a god-given opportunity.

There was no better chance to kill Su Xuan than this.

By killing him on the way back to the palace, he could pin all the blame on the already dead Vulture.

He would claim that because Su Xuan had uncovered the truth about his murder of Liu Yi, the Vulture had harbored a grudge and laid in wait, then attacked Su Xuan on his way back to the palace.

Although Su Xuan was proficient in many mysterious methods, his martial arts were merely average, and he and his few guards would all be killed by the Vulture.

They, the people of Hundred Birds, would arrive too late; although they would successfully kill the Vulture, Su Xuan would already be dead, and they would be unable to save the situation.

In a short time, Mo Ya had even thought of the excuse.

As for the fact that Su Xuan had encountered Han Fei after leaving Liu Yi's residence, and that Han Fei and the others had also seen the Vulture's corpse.

He had a new explanation.

When the Vulture was still one of the Three Wolves of Broken Hair, he had once faked his death, a trick that had fooled Liu Yi.

This person was proficient in the art of faking death to escape the world, so Su Xuan killing him hadn't been a real death.

It was him faking death, intending to escape.

Later, because he discovered it was a perfect opportunity, he launched a sudden attack on the road, killing Su Xuan in one blow.

Mo Ya had thought of the excuse well, but when he actually launched the attack on Su Xuan, he found that Su Xuan was even stronger than he had imagined.

First, a wind arose for no reason, blowing away the hidden weapons—those "feather-blades"—he had used to attack the guards following Su Xuan. But that didn't matter; those guys would be dealt with by Bai Feng. His task was simply to kill Su Xuan.

However, when he rushed in front of Su Xuan, this endless wind brought him great trouble.

It made it impossible for him to rely on the wind to push his light-body technique to its limit. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====