Chapter 87: with translation of chapter title

One against five, and each of them had Seventh Grade Eighth Layer, Fan Shaoying is quite capable but not a fool, knowing he's no match, the moment he beat back the people he immediately grabbed Li Miaozhu's hand and rushed out.

"What's going on? Why did so many experts suddenly appear? It seems they came to capture us."

"It's likely they came for you, after all you have medical skills; we must go to the Taishou Fu immediately, only then can we be safe."

Fan Shaoying saw clearly; she herself had no special value, and only Li Miaozhu would attract these experts to seize her.

"Two ladies, run quickly; we'll block them."

Dozens of ambush troops rushed out from the left and right alleys, blocking the five Seventh Grade experts who had come in pursuit; however, the moment they clashed, the difference in strength killed several of them.

If these were recruited soldiers, they might still hesitate or even flee, but the soldiers summoned by the system only die in battle and never flee, so they actually managed to block the advance of those five Black Shadow Tower assassins.

"Damn, how did these soldiers arrive so timely? Could it be that we were exposed earlier?"

"Cut the nonsense, quickly kill them, pursue, we must bring the person back, otherwise the prince will let our whole family die without a burial place."

"You can't go back anyway; how could you possibly bring the person back? I'll send you on your way now."

When the two assassins were about to speak, a sudden voice sounded, and Shen Tianxing appeared before them.

Shen Tianxing's Suodu was too fast; the moment the voice sounded, several flashes of cold light passed, and the system's alert tone rang in Shen Tianxing's ears.

Congratulations, Host, for slaying five Seventh Grade experts, gaining 1,000,000 Killing Value; item drops: three Level 5 Ruby, three Level 5 Yellow Gem, three Level 5 Green Gem, Residual Chapter 5 of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and 50,000 silver.

Congratulations, Host, for completing the Side Quest, protecting the medical sage Li Miaozhu. Reward: 500,000 Killing Value, activate the secondary profession Medical Technique, five advanced catapults, five advanced ballistae, summoning token for superior first-tier troops, and 50,000 silver.

The system's alert tone made Shen Tianxing show a satisfied smile, especially the Residual Chapter 5 of the Nine Yang Divine Skill plus he still had an unused selectable residual chapter, which perfectly allowed him to raise the Nine Yang Divine Skill to the sixth level.

As for the catapults and ballistae, they are good for siege warfare; the superior first-tier troops, although merely cannon fodder, tens of thousands of cannon fodder are still quite good.

Moreover, these cannon fodder can be resurrected, each needing only 5 Killing Value to revive; thus spending 50,000 Killing Value brings another 10,000 cannon fodder onto the field.

"Shen Tianxing has seen his great-aunt, little aunt!"

Shen Tianxing was very polite; after dealing with the assassins, he turned and clasped his hands in greeting to the two.

The remaining ambush troops quickly carried away the assassins' corpses, whereupon Fan Shaoying and Li Miaozhu finally let out a heavy sigh of relief, and gentle smiles appeared on their faces.

"Thanks to Tianxing's timely arrival, otherwise we'd really be in danger; we're practically family now, you don't need to be so polite."

Fan Shaoying spoke, and Li Miaozhu nodded with a smile.

"The great-aunt already said there's no need to be so polite; why are you still being polite with me? I've already sent someone to notify Hongyue and the great-uncle; you two should first follow me back to the Taishou Fu."

"Alright, I didn't expect Sun Zhongquan's reach to extend to Leiming City; it seems Tianxing still needs to strengthen his defenses, but it's indeed hard to notice a few experts sneaking into the city."

Fan Shaoying was merely reminding Shen Tianxing purely, with no other meaning; Shen Tianxing naturally understood, and nodded with a smile.

"I will strengthen defenses, but this time the people Sun Zhongquan sent are not intending to kill the little aunt, but plan to abduct him; thus it's likely that Sun Zhongtian is ill, or perhaps the young emperor is ill, requiring the little aunt to provide medical treatment."

If this fails, there will be another attempt; overall it's still too dangerous, better to stay at the Taishou Fu; anyway, in two days I and Hongyue need to clarify things, and it's convenient for the family to live together.

When heading to the Taishou Fu, everyone mounted their horses, with Shen Tianxing leading the way and meanwhile putting forward his idea.

"Although that's the case, we still need to listen to our father's opinion, after all he is the head of the family; let's discuss it after we reach the Taishou Fu."

Fan Shaoying understood the bigger picture and knew when to advance or retreat; naturally she knew she couldn't decide on this matter herself, but since Shen Tianxing said so, it should be fine.

"Good!"

Everyone soon arrived at the Taishou Fu, where Yang Hongyue and the rest of the Yang family were waiting.

Seeing that Fan Shaoying and Li Miaozhu were unharmed, the other Yang family members also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; Yang Hongyue's elder sister Yang Hongxiu and third younger sister Yang Hongxue each stepped forward, taking hold of their respective mothers' hands.

"This time, too, we owe our safety to Tianxing's timely arrival."

Fan Shaoying truthfully reported; Li Hongxiu and Li Hongxue looked gratefully at Shen Tianxing, one is 19, the other 8 years old; one has a beautiful face like flowers and moon, the other looks well-behaved and cute.

Li Hongxiu is more versatile, with a Martial Dao Realm of Sixth Grade Eighth Layer, and she is the unrivaled female talent of Jingcheng; proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, her looks are like a celestial maiden, the only regret being that she has yet to meet a suitable match.

Li Hongxue is only eight years old, yet she already possesses the strength of fourth rank, first level; her martial arts talent can be said to catch up to Yang Hongyue, and her future achievements may even surpass Yang Hongyue's; she is a lively and active little girl.

"Young man Shen, your great kindness to our Yang family is truly immense; I don't know if marrying off my granddaughter would be enough; why not also take Hongxiu as a wife?"

Yang Tieqiang was purely joking; Yang Hongyue rolled her eyes, Hongxiu's face also turned slightly red, Yang Xingzhao merely shook his head helplessly, but unexpectedly Fan Shaoying stepped forward and took those words seriously.

"Father's words are reasonable; the daughter-in-law feels that Tianxing is indeed someone one can entrust one's life to, letting Hongxiu and Hongyue marry him together would also be fine, if it weren't for Hongxue being too young, I think it would be acceptable."

In an instant, all fell silent, and Shen Tianxing was also dumbfounded; he admitted that Hongxiu looks a bit better than Hongyue, and her personality is that of a learned, reasonable, gentle and lovable person, but he does not possess the outstanding strategy like Yue Qingxue.

Hongxiu belongs to the type of woman who is more home-oriented, a typical lady from a prestigious family.

Even Hongyue was dumbfounded; how come there are more and more? The Emperor hasn't even ascended the throne yet, the Three Palaces and Six Courts are almost complete, and this is already the fourth.

Yang Tieqiang felt it made sense, nodding repeatedly; Yang Xingzhao also frowned there, stroking his chin in contemplation, seeming to somewhat agree. Of course, in practice he listens to his wife on everything.

Moreover, Yang Xingzhou, who usually seems unnoticeable, was gazing at his own daughter Yang Hongxue with a face full of regret; Li Miaozhu likewise looked at her own daughter, similarly appearing somewhat regretful.

Hongxiu's face turned red all the way to the base of her neck, she lowered her head and said nothing, but her heart was pounding; actually he still has some affection for Shen Tianxing, but he hasn't shown it, mainly because he is her cousin's husband.

Shen Tianxing patted his forehead, full of embarrassment, wondering whether to proceed or not; as a result, Yang Tieqiang hammered the decision.

"I think it's fine; let's happily decide this way, let Hongxiu and Hongyue marry together."