Chapter 1145: Each Harboring Ulterior Motives

"It's a deal." Li Zhangjun smiled slightly, and both sides raised their glasses.

In truth, both sides were harboring their own ulterior motives, using one another; Li Zhangjun was using these mercenaries to enter the cave, then planning to find a way to shake them off.

As for this group, they were using the map in Li Zhangjun's hands, and once they obtained the item, the brothers would kill Li Zhangjun directly; both sides' plans were extremely perfect and seamless.

Just as the people on both sides were harboring their ulterior motives, a figure flashed, and there was already one more person in the room.

"Who is it?" The big man's side lived lives of licking blood from the edge of a blade; it was impossible for them not to have any reaction.

The group of people scrambled to pick up the weapons in their hands, pointing them at the uninvited guest in the room.

But to these people's surprise, the person before them was a woman dressed as a lay Buddhist; she stood proudly in the room in a long robe, and facing a group of fierce and menacing men, she seemed not to be afraid in the slightest.

She was none other than Liu Lianxin's master, Jingxi Jushi.

"You have the map to the Cloud Void Realm of the Chuan Shu region in your hands?" Jingxi asked, staring at Li Zhangjun with a slightly taut face.

"That's right, the item is in my hands, who are you?" Li Zhangjun stared at Jingxi, not knowing where this woman had come from.

However, one must admit, although this woman was of a certain age and dressed strangely, her face and figure were still quite good.

Li Zhangjun himself was not a good person either; he narrowed his eyes: "Where did you hear this news?"

"It is good that the item is in your hands." Jingxi smiled slightly, and she raised her head: "Hand it over, and I will spare your life."

"What are you saying?" Li Zhangjun suspected he had misheard.

And the eyes of the people in the room all flashed with sharp light, involuntarily reaching their hands toward their waists.

This big man was a mercenary by trade; he was not a fool like Li Zhangjun.

The moment the other party spoke, the big man knew something was wrong; this woman was here specifically for their map.

The map to the Cloud Void Realm was currently locked in the safe, and this woman had appeared inexplicably; she was definitely an expert.

"I said, hand it over." Jingxi smiled faintly; having cultivated for a long time and being untainted by the world, her smile was exceptionally ethereal.

"Heh, you must be crazy." Li Zhangjun looked at Jingxi as if looking at an idiot: "You say hand it over, so I should hand it over? Can't you see how many people we have in this room?"

"Who are you?" The bearded man felt more and more that something was wrong; he already vaguely sensed a trace of danger.

But he still underestimated the woman before him; in his view, even if this woman was formidable, she was merely a woman after all.

"You mortal fools, even if I told you, you wouldn't understand. Since you won't hand it over, then don't blame me for taking it by force." Jingxi smiled slightly, and just as her voice fell, her figure moved.

The big man's reaction was also extremely fast; the instant Jingxi took her first step, he quickly pulled a pistol from his waist and pulled the trigger at Jingxi without hesitation.

Bang, bang, bang—three shots in a row; all three shots landed on Jingxi, but Jingxi was completely unaware. Her figure moved, she lifted her foot, took a step, and then brushed past the big man.

The moment she brushed past the big man, the big man's body stiffened, and he clutched his throat violently; a line of blood appeared on his throat, and fresh blood spurted out along his throat.

Not until he died did the big man realize that the few shots he had fired had only hit the afterimage left behind by Jingxi.

He prided himself on his marksmanship, but Jingxi's movement technique was faster than he could have imagined; it was precisely this underestimation of the enemy that caused him to lose his life.

"Big Brother..." All the remaining people were shocked, and everyone was filled with grief and indignation; the dozen or so people in the room reached for their waists simultaneously, intending to finish Jingxi off with a hail of bullets.

Then, Jingxi beckoned with her right hand, and a white Whisk suddenly unfurled; the white silk of the Whisk suddenly expanded, filling the room like a galaxy.

Swish, swish, swish... A dozen heads flew into the air. Jingjing put away the Whisk; her Whisk's white silk fluttered, yet it was not stained with a single drop of blood.

Having beheaded over a dozen people, the expression on her face never changed in the slightest; she simply pressed her palms together with one hand and softly chanted a Buddha name.

Then she turned around slowly and looked at Li Zhangjun, who was already so scared that his legs had gone soft.

"Where is the item?" Jingxi smiled faintly; that face untainted by the world remained very charming.

"It's in... in the safe." Li Zhangjun was scared pale; he pointed with trembling hands toward a safe beside him.

Jingxi pointed with her right hand, and with a *whoosh*, a beam of Buddha Light transformed into a sharp blade; with a *crack*, the safe, which even a cutting machine could not cut through, was split in two.

Although the steel plate, which was a full five centimeters thick, was cut in half, the items inside were completely undamaged; Jingxi had controlled her force to the extreme.

A map appeared in the safe that had been split in two; Jingxi beckoned into the void with her right hand, and with a *whoosh*, the paper flew into her hand.

Unfolding it to look, this paper was indeed the map attached to the will.

"It really is the map to the Cloud Void Realm." Jingxi's face revealed joy; she put away the map in her hand and then looked at Li Zhangjun: "It is rumored that your elder went there; out of a small team, he was the only one who returned alive. Is that so?"

"Re... returning to the Immortal, that is indeed what happened, but this matter was thirty years ago; I am not privy to it." Li Zhangjun said with a deathly pale face.

"Then did he not leave behind any notes or anything?" Jingxi asked, seemingly determined to get to the bottom of it.

"No, nothing, only a letter addressed to me, telling me not to go to that place easily." Li Zhangjun steadied himself: "Immortal, you have already obtained the item, I beg you to spare me; I am just a small person."

"Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen was right, I cannot control these things."

"Chen Yu?" Jingxi smiled faintly: "What a pity, you should have listened to him."

After Jingxi finished speaking, she slowly turned around. Li Zhangjun thought this matter was over, but before he could even heave a sigh of relief, suddenly, with a *crack*, his neck was twisted to the back; his eyes opened wide, and then he slowly knelt to the ground, breathing his last right there.

A string of Buddhist Beads appeared in Jingxi's hand; while softly chanting the Great Compassion Heart Sutra to ferry the departed souls, she slowly walked out the door.

After she stepped out, a blaze of fire shot into the sky; this expensive villa and the dozen or so lives inside were all reduced to ashes.

Jingxi stood before the fire, the Buddhist Beads in her hand spinning faster and faster, and her scriptures formed individual characters, then condensed into a passage of scripture, finally disappearing into the fire.

A dozen translucent shadows let out a roar of unwillingness within the fire, then turned into ashes and vanished.