PFC Chapter 57 Bounty
Chapter 57 Bounty
Seeing that Xie Yan had seen through her plan, she still tried to make a move, but an inconspicuous pebble shot out from the shadows and struck her pressure point.
A-Mo froze on the spot. Xie Yan thoughtfully helped her sit up straight before asking, "Why did you want to kill me?"
She pursed her lips, closed her eyes, and remained silent.
Seeing that she was determined not to speak, Xie Yan wasn't angry. She stroked her chin and continued, "I don't think I know you. You went to such lengths to pretend to be a trapped person just to kill me. Judging from your expression, you don't seem to be here for revenge. Someone sent you to kill me, didn't they?"
The girl's tightly closed eyelashes trembled slightly.
"Could they have any information about where I am? Let me think, the people I've been in contact with recently..."
Xie Yan seemed to understand something, then smiled knowingly and said, "You're an assassin from Fengyun Tower, aren't you?"
Amo suddenly opened her eyes, but before she could even open her mouth, Xie Yan swiftly and firmly clamped it shut.
Then everyone saw that the girl who had been sitting next to Xie Yan was suddenly blocked by his people, and Xie Yan even raised his hand as if to support the girl's chin.
To onlookers, their posture made them look like a pair of lovebirds unable to resist each other.
Shocked by what he saw, Yu Bai immediately reacted, standing up and blocking Chu Ling's view of Xie Yan.
Chu Ling: "?"
Chu Ling was originally facing a bonfire, but Yu Bai blocked his way, and Chu Ling ended up standing directly in front of the bonfire.
Noticing Chu Ling's puzzled look, Yu Bai forced a laugh and said, "Oh dear, I feel... my back is a little wet..."
Chu Ling raised an eyebrow at him.
Yu Bai continued with a forced smile, praising, "As expected of the Prince's fire, it's so big and hot that it warms my back and makes me feel less cold."
Chu Ling lazily tapped his knee with his finger and said, "That's because your back is really on fire."
Yu Bai: "!!!"
His colleagues looked at him in awe, silently giving him a thumbs up: "As expected of you, to protect the brotherhood between the Prince and Young Master Xie, you went to such lengths. We will never forget your sacrifice."
Meanwhile, Xie Yan smiled and held A Mo's chin, then with a forceful movement, dislocated that delicate jaw.
Amo: "!!!"
Using the light from the inexplicably larger flames, Xie Yan glanced into her mouth and sighed softly, "It really is the poison from Fengyun Tower."
Xie Yan pulled the hairpin off A Mo's head, put it into her mouth, picked out the pill, and held it up to her eyes for a closer look.
"This is a pill with the character 'earth' in it. It seems your ranking isn't very high."
Xie Yan smiled, but her eyes were devoid of any emotion. "The difference between the Earth-character pill and the Heaven-character pill is that the Heaven-character pill can die without any sensation. The Earth-character pill, on the other hand, will suffer excruciating pain before death, enduring immense suffering as punishment."
Amo's eyes were wide open, filled with shock.
"Since you didn't bite it when you were subdued, you must value your life quite a bit. But if you don't tell me the truth, I'll give it back to you."
Xie Yan shook the hairpin in her hand and pressed the contents of it against A Mo's tongue.
She sighed regretfully, "Oh well, remember to remind me when you're going to bite. I'll stay far away, otherwise you'll bleed me all over."
Feeling the pill getting closer and closer to her throat, Amo shook her head with all her might in terror.
Xie Yan stopped what she was doing, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a half-smile, "Want to talk about it?"
She nodded vigorously.
Her jaw was reattached, but Xie Yan still didn't release her pressure points.
"It's a request from the building."
Amo swallowed hard before slowly speaking again: "I don't know why, but recently, a lot of bounties have come to the building, all specifically targeting your head."
"The host accepted the order and first sent many people to search for your whereabouts. Then, seeing that Number Two of the Heavenly Rank suddenly left without a word, he guessed that you were here based on her movements."
"And since I was closest to another assassin, I arrived first."
"Another assassin?" Xie Yan tossed the hairpin into the fire and sat back down. "Is it the old man who's still lying there?"
Amo shook his head. "That old man was just someone I grabbed randomly. I don't know who the other person is."
As she watched the pill melt in the fire, she asked with lingering fear, "Are the Heavenly and Earthly medicines really different?"
Xie Yan blinked. "Oh, I was just kidding you. They're all the same."
Amo: "..."
"If we don't even give people a quick death, then Fengyunlou would have gone bankrupt long ago."
Amo: "..."
“However,” Xie Yan changed the subject, turning her gaze to the four strangers.
"I think the other person should already be here."
The wind howled outside, and a light snow, accompanied by fine hail, began to fall, drifting in through the broken doors and windows.
Xie Yan got up and was about to go to Chu Ling's side when she suddenly heard a heavy footstep coming from outside the door.
"Bang!"
The dilapidated temple door was pushed open again, accompanied by a cheerful voice—
"Senior brother, come quick! Let's come inside and take shelter from the snow!"
"Huh? There are quite a few people in here!"
A young man carrying a sword jumped in, looking at the crowd in the temple with surprise.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people carrying swords and dressed in the same clothes followed closely behind and entered.
The man at the head of the group, with his handsome features and gentle face, paused for a moment when he saw the group of people in the temple. He hesitated for a moment, then glanced around before his eyes met Xie Yan's, who was standing there.
The man bowed and said, "We were just passing by when we saw the snow and came to take shelter. We apologize for disturbing you all."
Xie Yan smiled at him and waved her hand, "No need to disturb you, we're all just passing through. Meeting is fate, please go ahead."
"What this young master says is true. Meeting is fate, so why not become friends?"
At this moment, the husband of the couple exclaimed "Bravo!", looked the group up and down, and then said, "You all look very dashing. May I ask which school or sect you belong to?"
The young man in the lead first gestured for the others behind him to rest for a moment before nodding and smiling at the man, "We are disciples of the Azure Water Sword Sect."
"Oh? May I ask if you are Shen Yulin, the eldest disciple of Daoist Qingyun?"
The man stood up in surprise.
"That is indeed me." The young man nodded.
"I never expected it to really be Young Master Shen!" The man walked over and exclaimed, "I've long heard of Young Master Shen's great name, but I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to meet him today."
"It's just an empty title, you don't need to be so polite," Shen Yulin said with a slight smile, inviting the man to sit down.
"Young Master Shen is too modest. I suppose you and your group are here to attend the Martial Alliance Conference."
The man said with a fawning smile, "Young Master Shen, you are a young prodigy, and you have also received the true teachings of Daoist Qingyun. The position of alliance leader is rightfully yours!"