Chapter 190

September 20th, this day was destined to be a day to be remembered.

A bloody day.

Starting from the Wei hour on September 20th, genius disciples of major forces began to encounter assassinations.

The first to encounter assassination were the true transmission geniuses of the Cangming Star Palace from last year and this year.

Yu Xingye, the first true transmission disciple of the Cangming Star Palace, was poisoned to death.

Yu Xingye was known as the supreme genius produced by the Cangming Star Palace once every ten years and had previously been called the genius disciple most likely to pluck a Gold Star for the Cangming Star Palace.

Subsequently, thirteen assassination incidents occurred in succession within the Cangming Star Palace and the Great Chu territory.

Counting Yu Xingye, a total of three were successful, two were counter-killed, two genius disciples were crippled, three were severely injured, and others were slightly injured.

Just a quarter of an hour later, Lin Xun, a genius disciple of the Tianyang Star Palace, encountered two waves of assassination in succession, but both failed.

The Tianyang Star Palace had once admitted that one of the Gold Stars plucked this year came from their Star Palace, and this Lin Xun was the disciple most likely to pluck a Gold Star.

Subsequently, Li Guyan, the true transmission top scholar of the Tianyang Star Palace from last year, was assassinated and left severely injured and dying.

Within the Great Hong territory of the Tianyang Star Palace, sixteen assassination incidents occurred; a total of four genius disciples of the Tianyang Star Palace were successfully assassinated, one was crippled, five were severely injured, and others were slightly injured.

The assassinations on the Chen Guo side happened immediately afterward.

In comparison, the number of assassinations on the Chen Guo side was the lowest, and the losses were also the lowest, with only one disciple killed and one crippled.

On the Zhen'e Star Palace side, at the same time the Chen Guo National Dao Academy disciples were assassinated, more than ten waves of assassinations also occurred in succession.

The Zhen'e Star Palace controlled the barbarian territory, so the assassinations were the most tragic.

A total of fifteen assassination incidents occurred; among the fifteen assassinations, only two assassins escaped alive, and other assassins were either counter-killed or voluntarily chose to die while surrounded.

The results were also the most abundant.

Five genius disciples of the Zhen'e Star Palace were killed, three were crippled, and three were severely injured.

Because on the barbarian side, once an assassin was exposed, there was no possibility of hiding, so at the beginning of the assassination, many assassins used methods of mutual destruction.

Dahai, the number one barbarian youth (meaning a warrior like an eagle), encountered consecutive assassinations and was severely injured and dying.

Da'an, the number two barbarian youth, encountered an assassination and died on the spot.

Within just one or two hours, the major forces acted as if they had agreed, taking action together, clearing each other out; of course, there was also a suspicion of revenge.

For a time, everyone was on edge!

Inside the main hall of the Cangming Star Palace in Chen Guo, Star Lord Zhang Zhen looked at the battle report before him, his expression livid.

Killed in battle!

The Fifth-Tier Gather Battle Sixth-Layer expert arranged to assassinate Xu Jin had actually been killed in battle.

Not to mention being killed in battle, the current information obtained was that Xu Jin was actually unharmed.

This surprised him greatly.

With the appearance of four Gold Stars, the Cangming Star Palace directly issued a clearing mission, and the first target of the mission was Xu Jin, the top scholar of the autumn examination of the Chen Guo National Dao Academy!

Judging from the various evidence at present, the possibility of Xu Jin plucking four Gold Stars in a row was not high, but the possibility of plucking a Gold Star in the future was extremely high.

Not only because of Xu Jin's previous performance but also because of the bizarre situation in the Third-Tier Purple Wind Star Domain.

After the Selection Battle ended, Zhang Zhen organized thirty Refine Star Ninth-Layer disciples to kill their way into the Purple Wind Star Domain to investigate the situation.

They had to figure out what had happened in the Purple Wind Star Domain.

And incidentally, try to see if they could conquer the Purple Wind Star Domain.

But the information fed back shocked Zhang Zhen and the high-level officials of the Cangming Star Palace directly.

Inside the Purple Wind Star Domain, it had already become a mess.

Wang Zihao, whom they had previously controlled, had died, and the Thunder Feather Heart in his body was also missing.

What shocked them the most was that the Fourth-Tier Condense Star experts of the entire Purple Wind Star Domain resisted their invasion to the extreme.

Before their Cangming Star Palace disciples killed their way in, the Condense Star experts in the Purple Wind Star Domain were divided into three parties, fighting every day.

But after their Cangming Star Palace disciples killed their way in, the Purple Wing Clan experts in the Purple Wind Star Domain actually acted in unison against outsiders.

Originally, the elite Refine Star disciples summoned this time were the cultivation base of the main hall of the Cangming Star Palace in Chen Guo; although there were thirty Refine Star Ninth-Layer disciples, the number of top geniuses was very limited.

They only killed their way in for three days, and after seven Refine Star disciples were killed in battle, the other disciples had no choice but to return.

But it was not without gains.

They still obtained a lot of information.

The death of Zihao, the king of the Purple Wind Star Domain, had a great relationship with a male disciple of the National Dao Academy.

They didn't know his name, but they bought a portrait of this male disciple with a Ding Shen Gold Elixir.

The portrait wasn't great, but Zhang Zhen recognized it after just one look; it was Xu Jin.

It was Xu Jin, the top scholar of the autumn examination of the Chen Guo National Dao Academy.

Zhang Zhen naturally reported it to the Star Palace; it just so happened that the Four Gold Star incident occurred, and the high-level officials of the Star Palace decided to execute a clearing plan, so Xu Jin was conveniently listed as the first target by Zhang Zhen.

He chose two Fifth-Tier Gather Battle mid-stage experts to execute it.

They were originally looking for an opportunity, but they didn't expect that the secret line reported that Xu Jin had left the National Dao Academy and had actually left the city.

They directly sent two Fifth-Tier Gather Battle experts to forcibly kill Xu Jin.

With two Fifth-Tier Gather Battle experts serving him, let alone Xu Jin, a Refine Star expert, even an ordinary Fifth-Tier Gather Battle early-stage expert would be finished.

But what they didn't expect was that in the actual execution process, the two assassins acted separately, each chasing one.

The one chasing Ying Ge discovered something was wrong and fled back.

But the subordinate, a Fifth-Tier Gather Battle Sixth-Layer expert who was chasing Xu Jin, was directly killed in battle!

He was killed by Xu Jin!

This made Zhang Zhen extremely angry.

You must know that Xu Jin was the first clearing target of the Cangming Star Palace; Zhang Zhen originally thought he could make a contribution by this, and even if he were assigned elsewhere, he wouldn't be assigned to the front line.

But who would have thought that he failed.

And he even lost a Fifth-Tier Gather Battle Sixth-Layer expert!

Fifth-Tier experts, no matter which Star Palace or force they were in, were the backbone.

At this moment, Zhang Zhen was naturally both shocked and angry!

The contribution wasn't made, and he added the crime of handling things poorly!

At the same time, the entire state apparatus of Chen Guo was also operating at full speed.

But Xu Jin, who was inside the National Dao Academy, received an extremely stunned piece of news.

Two waves!

After the Chunyu Division and the Danxia Guard inspected the scene, they only found the corpses of two waves of assassins.

The corpses of the second wave of assassins mentioned by Xu Jin and Ying Ge did not exist.

But that didn't mean Ying Ge and the others were lying.

The battle traces of the second wave of assassins existed, but the corpses were gone.

This made Xu Jin instantly think of the mid-stage Condense Star assassin he had discovered hidden in the dark.

The disappearance of the corpses should have something to do with this mid-stage Condense Star assassin hidden a hundred meters away.

But in this way, the source of the second wave of assassins would be very difficult to investigate clearly.

At the same time, the source of the first wave of assassins had already been investigated clearly by the Chunyu Division—the Baidou Divine Sect!

The first wave of assassins were all assassins of the Baidou Divine Sect, the kind with high cultivation but average actual combat ability.

On the body of each assassin, a thick Baidou star power could be sensed; compared to the star power obtained by normal cultivators through cultivation, this kind of star power was very mixed.

Besides this, each of them carried the unique Star Dou True God statue of the Baidou Divine Sect.

Not just anyone could pretend to be a believer of the Baidou Divine Sect.

At present, the Chunyu Division had already started to follow the clues to see if they could find the branch altar of the Baidou Divine Sect in Dachen Wan Yi or inside and outside Dachen Wan Yi based on relevant identities and clues.

The Chunyu Division was extremely concerned about this matter.

The reason was very simple; the sudden appearance of these seven Fourth-Tier experts of the Baidou Divine Sect outside Dachen Wan Yi, the imperial capital of Chen Guo, itself explained the problem.

Thorough investigation.

It must be thoroughly investigated!

"Xu Jin, a Commander of the Chunyu Division responsible for this case wants to find you to ask about the relevant case details; the Grand Master has already approved it, so you should come to the Feiyan Study Hall," suddenly, Xu Jin received a starlight message sent by his teacher, Liu Zhou Qingzhu.

Xu Jin naturally had to go over.

Not long after, Xu Jin arrived at the Feiyan Study Hall, and his teacher, Liu Zhou Qingzhu, had already greeted him.

"Say whatever you have to say, don't be afraid! In the eyes of others, the Chunyu Division is a tiger or a wolf, but when they come to our National Dao Academy, they are just like cats and dogs," Liu Zhou Qingzhu said.

Subsequently, his teacher, Liu Zhou Qingzhu, brought Xu Jin to a side hall of the Feiyan Study Hall.

Inside the side hall, a man and a woman were waiting.

When he saw this man and woman, Xu Jin was slightly startled; he didn't recognize the man with the sinister face, but he had an impression of this woman.

Guan Yiqing!

That female shopkeeper whose figure was very full, just like a ripe peach.

She was introduced to Xu Jin by Brother Niu, who was a Star-Patrol Guard at the time, for Xu Jin to go over and buy information; he didn't expect to meet her again in Dachen Wan Yi.

Seeing Xu Jin staring at her, Guan Yiqing stood up and smiled gracefully, "Greetings, Lord Xu!"

"Do you know each other?"

The sinister man spoke suddenly, his voice cold and low, with a bit of a grating sensation; it felt extremely uncomfortable to hear.

"Lord Xu, this is Commander Zheng Xie, one of the eight Commanders of our Chunyu Division," Guan Yiqing hurriedly introduced to Xu Jin, and finally added, "Lord Zheng, Lord Xu is from Jinshan Prefecture City and has met with this subordinate once.

It's just that when we met, I was a wine shopkeeper, while Lord Xu was a disciple who had just barely star-pointed not long ago!

World affairs are mysterious; I didn't expect that in just a month or two, Lord Xu would already be famous in Dachen Wan Yi," Guan Yiqing said.

"Greetings, Commander Zheng," Xu Jin cupped his hands, and only then did he look at Zheng Xie; this person made people very uncomfortable.

His eyebrows were gloomy, the corners of his mouth were low, and his face was covered with a layer of obscure light, which seemed to make people naturally unable to pay attention to him. "Sit."

Zheng Xie pointed to a chair placed in the center of the side hall, which made Xu Jin raise his eyebrows; this seemed a bit like an interrogation posture.

But after thinking about it, there was no need to dwell on these things; since the Grand Master had agreed, he would just answer their questions.

"Xu Jin, what were you doing at the Ying family warehouse at the West City Pier?" Zheng Xie asked directly.

"Picking up goods."

"What goods?"

"Iron essence and copper essence."

"What are you doing picking up iron essence and copper essence?"

"Doing business."

"What business?"

This series of questions made Xu Jin frown, "Commander Zheng, is this important?"

"It is very important."

"I took over a weapon-forging shop and want to reopen it."

"As far as I know, you haven't learned weapon-forging skills?" Zheng Xie stared at Xu Jin and asked.

"If you open a cafeteria, must you know how to cook?" Xu Jin leaned his back against the chair, put his hands behind his head, and stared at Zheng Xie with burning eyes.

In this series of questions from Commander Zheng, he felt that he was more like a prisoner than a victim!

Zheng Xie, who was contradicted by Xu Jin, narrowed his eyes slightly, "Iron essence and copper essence are militarily controlled materials; I have checked, and you don't have the relevant documents in your hand."

"Commander Zheng, I want to remind you that I am a victim, not your prisoner!" Xu Jin frowned and said.

"Reselling iron essence and copper essence is a major crime! According to Chen Guo law, those who resell over a thousand catties of iron essence and copper essence will be exiled to a First-Tier Star Domain for ten years," Zheng Xie stared at Xu Jin and said.

Xu Jin's expression suddenly turned cold; he didn't expect that the investigation would reach him, which was really interesting.

"Then exile me!"

Xu Jin was not polite at all.

Zheng Xie's face became even gloomier; after thinking for a few breaths, he spoke again, "Xu Jin, only if you tell me all the relevant information can I follow the clues to find the real murderer! Speak, who exactly are you reselling this batch of iron essence and copper essence to?"

Xu Jin's eyes moved instantly.

Zheng Xie's rhetoric was a bit ruthless.

Xu Jin was not stupid!

The crime of reselling iron essence and copper essence could be big or small; if resold to people of other forces and countries, it could be judged as treason at the highest level.

Just as Xu Jin was thinking, a cyan light flashed, and he saw a cyan shadow like a poisonous python bombarding Zheng Xie; it was Liu Zhou Qingzhu who had killed her way in directly.

Whip shadow mountain.

Each strike made Zheng Xie retreat a step and spit out a mouthful of blood; three whips in a row made Zheng Xie spit out three mouthfuls of blood.

The next instant, Liu Zhou Qingzhu put her hands on her hips and pointed at Zheng Xie, scolding him angrily, "The Grand Master let you in to investigate the case, not to handle Xu Jin! Iron essence and copper essence, this is a task entrusted to Xu Jin by the Danxia Hall; if you have the ability, go investigate the Danxia Academy!"

Zheng Xie stood up in a sorry state, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said hatefully, "Vice Rectifier Liu, Chen Guo law is before us; even the Grand Master must comply! Iron essence and copper essence are B-level militarily controlled materials of our Chen Guo; Xu Jin reselling them privately, the suspicion is huge..."

"Huge your ancestor!"

Liu Zhou Qingzhu was instantly furious and was about to attack when suddenly, a voice rang out in the void, "Zhou Qingzhu!"

He couldn't see the figure, only hear the voice.

But this voice, whether it was Xu Jin or Liu Zhou Qingzhu, was recognized immediately upon hearing it; it was the voice of Grand Steward Peng of the Danxia Academy.

"Old Peng." Liu Zhou Qingzhu retracted her whip and stood solemnly.

"Zhou Qingzhu, you've become useless!"

Liu Zhou Qingzhu; "???"

"Please instruct me, Old Peng, where am I useless?"

"For such filthy things, if it were your previous personality, even if you didn't beat him to death, you would have beaten him to a cripple; now you only made him spit a few mouthfuls of blood. I see, Zhou Qingzhu, you are getting old before you are married!"

The four words "getting old before being married" made cold sweat appear on Xu Jin's forehead.

He didn't see it, but Grand Steward Peng's mouth was quite poisonous.

In one sentence, he hit Liu Zhou Qingzhu's dead spot.

Not to mention an unmarried older woman, even if she were married, if you dared to say she was old, she would dare to fight you to the death.

Not to mention Liu Zhou Qingzhu, who was unmarried!

The four words "getting old before being married" were like Liu Zhou Qingzhu's violent switch.

"Old Peng, you are ruthless enough!"

The next instant, a terrifying aura erupted from Liu Zhou Qingzhu's body; in an instant, she turned into four, and four figures bombarded Zheng Xie from all directions!

Zheng Xie and Liu Zhou Qingzhu's cultivation was the same; both were at the peak of the Fifth-Tier Gather Battle Realm!

But even though they were both at the peak of the Fifth-Tier Gather Battle Realm, the gap in combat power was extremely huge.

Liu Zhou Qingzhu was suppressing Zheng Xie and beating him!

"Liu Zhou Qingzhu, I am ordered to investigate the case, how dare you!"

"This old lady is already old, so what if I slaughter you today?" The furious Liu Zhou Qingzhu attacked crazily; the next instant, Xu Jin heard the extremely crisp sound of bones breaking.

It was Zheng Xie being killed by Liu Zhou Qingzhu and constantly flying backward; in the blink of an eye, he broke a leg and an arm.

Even so, Liu Zhou Qingzhu was still holding back.

Otherwise, with Xu Jin's discernment, Zheng Xie would have been beheaded by now.

Of course, there was also the reason that Zheng Xie didn't dare to attack with all his might.

As for Guan Yiqing, she had already been frightened and had shrunk into the corner of the main hall like a quail, not daring to make a sound.

Zheng Xie was also forced into a corner by Liu Zhou Qingzhu; suddenly, taking advantage of a mouthful of blood being sprayed out, this mouthful of blood instantly turned into a blood shadow, pounced on Liu Zhou Qingzhu, and the moment he dragged Liu Zhou Qingzhu down, Zheng Xie fled for his life.

He wanted to escape from this side hall!

Inside the National Dao Academy, he really didn't dare to fight back.

Even if he were lucky enough to take a little advantage from Liu Zhou Qingzhu, the National Dao Academy had many experts, and he would have to pay it all back.

Moreover, he didn't have such confidence.

He just wanted to escape!

In his heart, he already regretted taking this errand.

Seeing that Zheng Xie was about to escape from this side hall and dash out of the hall door.

Suddenly, a starlight handprint fell from outside the hall door, directly slapping Zheng Xie, who had just escaped the hall door, to the ground.

Crack, crack, crack!

Under Old Peng's starlight handprint, the sound of bones shattering rang out in a piece.

"You come over."

This sentence was said by Old Peng, who had just appeared, to Guan Yiqing.

Guan Yiqing, who was shrunk like a quail, came over tremblingly, her pleading gaze sweeping over Xu Jin.

She didn't want to be as miserable as Commander Zheng.

Looking at that appearance, she didn't know how many of his bones were shattered; even if he could recover, he would probably suffer a great deal.

"Before coming, who did he see? Or rather, was there any abnormal behavior?" Old Peng asked.

While asking, another starlight handprint had already condensed and hovered over Guan Yiqing's head; the latter was almost scared to the point of collapsing, looking at her chest very nervously; if this were to bomb down, wouldn't it blow her up!

"Old Lord, before coming, Commander Zheng saw an attendant, but what the identity of this attendant is, this small one doesn't know," Guan Yiqing's ability to adapt to circumstances was first-class.

"No wonder!"

Old Peng sneered, "Go, send him back, and tell Luo Bing that I disciplined these useless things under him for him! Is he blind, or is his heart black, to actually appoint such goods as a Commander?

Tell him, if there is a next time, I will personally loosen his bones for him!

Also, bring him a message: counting this batch of Xu Jin's, the iron essence and copper essence that I transferred and resold from the Danxia Palace this year exceeds one hundred thousand catties!

Don't exile, let him come directly to execute me according to state law!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!" Guan Yiqing said hurriedly.

"Did you remember the words?"

"Remembered."

"Can you bring the original words?"

"Yes!"

"Good, if one word is missing, I will slap you! Take this thing and go!"

Old Peng waved his hand, and Guan Yiqing dared to carry Commander Zheng Xie; only after carrying him did she discover that Commander Zheng Xie was still alive, but he was like a puddle of mud, and all the bones in his body had been shattered!

To recover from this, he would have to suffer a great deal!

This strike was ruthless enough!

Xu Jin watched this scene and suddenly discovered that these few people in the National Dao Academy all had the attribute of protecting their own!

"Zhou Qingzhu, you could even let him run out the door; I think you are really a bit old!"

Leaving behind such a sentence, Old Peng disappeared and went away in an instant.

Only Liu Zhou Qingzhu, who was blown up by anger but unable to attack, was left there gasping for air; those surging waves were truly exaggerated!

At the same instant, Old Peng's voice transmission also rang out in Xu Jin's mind.

"Xu Jin, don't worry, just cultivate well; the Dao Academy will investigate the murderer! As for other small problems, the Dao Academy will naturally bear them for you."

(End of chapter)