Chapter 1163

Lu Yang noticed Fang Zhige grabbing Liu Yu's wrist, his eyes full of amusement, and kindly reminded them.

"It's good that your love buds are opening, but I'd like to remind you: you're still young, whether practicing martial arts or cultivating immortality, you must keep your kidney water abundant to ensure your cultivation speed."

"I have a friend who, to cultivate without getting close to women, progressed so quickly that everyone who saw him praised him as a peerless genius of the age, and I heard his net worth recently increased by ten billion." Hearing Lu Yang's reminder, Fang Zhige realized he had been rude and quickly released Liu Yu's wrist.

No, the matter isn't over yet!

"Lu Teacher, be careful, there are assassins nearby!"

Although Lu Teacher is also at Foundation Establishment stage, facing a Foundation Establishment assassin is still nearly fatal.

"Assassin? Where?" Lu Yang jumped in fright—where did the assassin come from? He's only at Unity stage now; if he encounters a Tribulation Transcendence stage or higher assassin, it would be more ominous than auspicious. The three stood in the courtyard for a while, still no sign of Luo Shi.

Fang Zhige doubted—this shouldn't be. Why hasn't Luo Shi made a move? Is it because Luo Shi sees Lu Teacher is also at Foundation Establishment and dares not act?

This isn't Luo Shi's style—Luo Shi always completes his tasks perfectly, having killed more than a handful of Foundation Establishment cultivators; how could he possibly retreat at the sight of difficulty? "Alright, alright, let's go to class—parents earn money with difficulty, so you can't skip class like this." Lu Yang feigned anger and pushed the two toward the martial hall.

When the three returned to the martial hall, the segment about the Qiongqi tribe had just finished, and the first half of class ended. Recently, Lu Yang's classes have been: first half watching illusory bubbles, second half teaching fist techniques.

Fang Zhige attended class in a daze, left class in a daze, still unable to figure out where Luo Shi went or why he hasn't acted yet.

Returning to Liu Yu's home, as agreed, he honestly recounted his past: "Actually, I was raised as an infant by the Assassin's Alliance; we've practiced assassination techniques together since childhood..."

"I always thought our Assassin's Alliance was righteous, killing only those who deserved death, but during the final trial, I came into contact with the truth of the Assassin's Alliance and made up my mind to escape it..."

While Fang Zhige spoke of his past, his mind kept thinking about Luo Shi.

At that moment, the Luo Shi Fang Zhige had been thinking of was hanging from a tree; in the far north, where it snows year-round, a thick layer of snow had already piled on Luo Shi's head. "Want to confess honestly?" Lu Yang lowered Luo Shi and dragged him into the small hut.

Luo Shi's eyes, looking at Lu Yang, were full of fear. As a veteran assassin, before assassinating Fang Zhige, he had already investigated Fang Zhige's social connections, including the change in the fist technique instructor.

Lu Doudou, Foundation Establishment stage, of unknown origin, well-versed and knowledgeable.

"Kid, let me go now, and I'll pretend nothing happened. Since you're well-traveled and knowledgeable, you should have heard of our Assassin's Alliance's origins..." "Wait, what is the Assassin's Alliance?" Lu Yang ran through the factions he knew—none were called the Assassin's Alliance.

"You don't even know the Assassin's Alliance? You ignorant fool—people say you're well-versed, but that's all there is to it. Our Assassin's Alliance is backed by the Jiuyou Sect; anyone who dares oppose us will surely end up with no bones left."

"You're from the Jiuyou Sect?" Lu Yang was surprised—we've already found jobs for the Jiuyou Sect, yet they're still up to no good? Thinking this, Lu Yang stopped wasting words with Luo Shi and directly used soul-searching to uncover the Assassin's Alliance's origins.

Indeed not empty boasting—it truly is the Jiuyou Sect.

Lu Yang took out the Jiuyou Token to send a message to the Jiuyou Sect: just now, the Assassin's Alliance assassin tried to kill me, claiming your Assassin's Alliance is your Jiuyou Sect's force; please investigate, hoping we avoid any misunderstanding.

Then Lu Yang looked at Luo Shi's corpse, pondering how to dispose of it. "Forget it—let it be fertilizer."

Lu Yang dug a pit in the courtyard; earlier, to make wooden swords, he had dug up the trees in the yard, so now he could bury Luo Shi underneath and plant saplings on top. His tree-growing technique can't make trees grow quickly, but with Foundation Establishment stage as fertilizer, the saplings should grow vigorously.

"Is the Assassin's Alliance a force of our Jiuyou Sect?" Jiuyou Sect Sect Leader Mu Mu Baiyi saw the words on the Jiuyou Token, and cold sweat broke out across his back. Though he has now broken through to Tribulation Transcendence stage, facing this light sentence on the Jiuyou Token still made him tremble with fear.

The Young Sect Leader Lu is pointing at him.

The problem is he has no impression of this Assassin's Alliance.

Soon, Stone Vice Sect Leader was summoned by Mu Mu Baiyi; he also hadn't heard of this Assassin's Alliance as some force that popped up out of nowhere. Mu Mu Baiyi, seeing this, simply summoned all three Vice Sect Leaders to have them investigate the Assassin's Alliance's origins.

"Found it! Found it!" another Vice Sect Leader shouted.

"How exactly did this Assassin's Alliance come about?" everyone asked urgently.

"Three hundred years ago, a rudder master of our sect had a son-in-law with some cultivation talent, but felt constrained in the Great Xia, so he went to the far north and established an organization called the Nine Ghost Alliance there."

"Under the Nine Ghost Alliance are nine minor forces: Nether Ghost, Ferocious Ghost, Assassin's Alliance, Dead Ghost, etc., and the Assassin's Alliance is one of them." "The leader of the Nine Ghost Alliance should be at mid-Yuan Infant stage, possibly even mid-Yuan Infant Great Perfection."

"The Nine Ghost Alliance gives tribute to our sect every year, so there's at least some incense-related connection."

Mu Mu Baiyi's expression was strange: "You mean, an unknown assassin from the subordinate assassination organization of a group whose highest cultivation is only Yuan Infant stage wants to assassinate the Young Sect Leader Lu, who is backed by two immortals and four half-immortals?!"

How did this connection come about? "Sect Leader, what should we do?"

Mu Mu Baiyi glared: "What should we do? Hurry up and destroy that Nine Ghost Alliance nonsense—what incense connection? This minor force has nothing to do with us!" "Stone Vice Sect Leader, you go."

"Yes."

Stone Vice Sect Leader immediately arranged the matter.

"Huo Shenhua, pick two clever Nascent Infant stage cultivators to go to the far north—also, don't kill indiscriminately; the Young Sect Leader Lu probably doesn't like killing innocents." "Yes."

"Xiao Liu, take twenty Nascent Infant stage cultivators with me to the far north." "Yes."

"Hey, Huo Ye, what wind blew you here?" The Nine Ghost Alliance leader, hearing Huo Shenhua was visiting, was so frightened he didn't even bother to dress properly, scrambling up from bed to rush out and greet him. Facing Huo Shenhua, the Nine Ghost Alliance leader trembled, daring not to be the slightest bit negligent, his heart filled with unease and dread, not understanding why this lord would come to the far north.

This Huo Shenhua is, in legend, Stone Vice Sect Leader's red man, serving as the head manager of the barbecue shop, showing how highly Stone Vice Sect Leader values him.

Huo Shenhua didn't answer, merely giving the Nine Ghost Alliance leader a cold stare, frightening him so he plunged to his knees, dragging the nine minor leaders of the Nine Ghost Alliance to kowtow with him. "Huo Ye, this, this is..."

"In your next life, open your eyes—don't provoke those you can't afford to provoke."

When Lu Yang lay in bed, pondering his future course arrangements, the Jiuyou Token transmitted Mu Mu Baiyi's reply: the Assassin's Alliance belongs to the Wuqing Sect's forces, a deliberate frame-up by the Wuqing Sect against our sect, and our sect has already eradicated it completely.

Lu Yang put away the Jiuyou Token and continued pondering his course arrangements.