When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

The other two assassins exchanged a glance and immediately vanished into the darkness.

Lin Xuan ignored them and instead walked step by step toward the remaining assassin.

The assassin struggled to sit up, a cold smile forced from his blood-stained lips, and said, "Come closer, and I'll tell you."

Lin Xuan silently moved closer.

"Crouch down, come here." The assassin beckoned to Lin Xuan with his finger.

Lin Xuan was not afraid and stepped forward.

"The people who sent us to kill you are... Die!"

The assassin suddenly threw a folding cloth at Lin Xuan. The cloth hit Lin Xuan's face and landed on the ground, from which a plume of green poisonous smoke shot out.

"Hahaha! This poison is incurable, Lin Xuan, you're dead!"

The assassin bled from all seven orifices, yet let out a triumphant laugh of triumph.

However, Lin Xuan calmly picked up the folded box and, amidst the assassin's increasingly shocked expression, sucked out all the remaining poison gas inside.

"The bone-dissolving powder tastes so-so."

Lin Xuan said without changing his expression, sucking out the poison gas from the folded box and casually tossing it aside.

Ouyang Chengdu's spirit wine not only enhanced Lin Xuan's cultivation and soul power, but also granted him immunity to all poisons.

The assassin stared at Lin Xuan, speechless, as the blood flowing from his seven orifices gradually turned black.

"You...you...what kind of monster are you?" The assassin stared at Lin Xuan in disbelief, his body convulsing uncontrollably before finally succumbing to the poison and dying.

Almost at the same moment, the remaining two assassins suddenly appeared behind Lin Xuan and stabbed him with their knives.

One knife was plunged into the back of the head, and the other into the back of the heart.

These are all crucial points.

At the critical moment, the two knives suddenly stopped.

The two assassins' eyes became dull and blank, and their bodies seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.

Lin Xuan slowly stood up, casually turned around, and looked at the two assassins behind him who were frozen in place.

Two soul-destroying wolf fangs were stuck in the ground beneath their feet.

The second level of the Mind Control Technique, combined with the poison of the Soul-Destroying Wolf Fang, can easily control martial artists who lack soul power.

Lin Xuan placed his hands on the tops of their heads and used mind control to read their memories.

Immediately, a memory flooded into Lin Xuan's mind.

……

In that memory, Lin Xuan saw a masked man who threw a bag of gold ingots on the ground and said, "Help me kill someone."

The assassin leader opened the bag, glanced at the gold ingots inside, and smiled, asking, "Who does the master want us to kill?"

"Lin Xuan, son of the Prince of Zhenbei," the masked man said.

"Who?" The assassin leader's voice suddenly rose. "Doesn't my lord know that the Prince of Zhenbei is a loyal subject of the Great Qing, who devoted himself to the Great Qing until his dying breath?"

The masked man sneered and said, "Someone like you wouldn't care about such things, would you?"

"My lord, you misunderstand. The Lin family is full of loyal martyrs, and the Prince of Zhenbei only has Lin Xuan as his son. If we kill him, the Prince of Zhenbei will have no heir..." As he spoke, the assassin leader sighed, feigning grief, "It will cost more money."

The masked man snorted coldly, then threw out another bag of gold ingots, saying, "I want to see his head before the martial arts tournament."

……

My memory ends here.

Lin Xuan withdrew his hand, looked at the two assassins, smiled slightly, and said, "It's a pity that you don't know who that masked man is, but fortunately your memories have told me the location of your leader."

He walked past the two assassins without looking back and gave his final orders.

"Now, let's kill each other."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the two assassins suddenly plunged their blades into each other's hearts, dying instantly.

On the high wall of the alley, two experts clenched their fists, poised to make a move, but their faces were filled with surprise.

They looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"Young Master... doesn't seem to need our protection much."

……

Upon returning to the Lin residence, Lin Xuan opened the door and saw Yun Xiyue sleeping on his bed.

Yun Xiyue was woken up and saw that it was Lin Xuan who had returned. She panicked and quickly got out of bed.

Normally, she sleeps in the side room, but because the side room is too cold and damp, she can't stand it, so she secretly comes to sleep in Lin Xuan's main room.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xuan suddenly returned.

Having already been suppressed by Lin Xuan, Yun Xiyue felt a deep-seated fear of him. Therefore, when she was discovered secretly sleeping in Lin Xuan's bed, she showed a panicked expression.

"I...I just came here to rest for a while," Yun Xiyue explained.

Lin Xuan ignored her and went to the table on his own. He took out the remaining Soul-Destroying Wolf Fangs from his storage pouch and used a knife to carve them into the shape of hidden weapons.

While the poison of the Soul-Destroying Wolf Fang combined with the Mind-Control Technique is certainly effective, its shape is clearly unsuitable for launching as a concealed weapon.

Therefore, Lin Xuande modified them all into shapes suitable for launch.

Seeing that Lin Xuan ignored her, Yun Xiyue felt both relieved and extremely aggrieved.

She was, after all, a stunning beauty, and countless wealthy young men in Qingzhou City pursued her.

Some even say she is the most beautiful woman in Daqing.

This stunningly beautiful woman, adored by countless men, was being ignored by Lin Xuan, which deeply hurt Yun Xiyue, who felt that Lin Xuan was insulting her.

Women are always so strange. If you take the initiative, she'll think you're being too eager; if you ignore her, she'll think you're insulting her.

Women and petty men are the most difficult to deal with; if you get close to them, they become disrespectful, and if you keep your distance, they resent you. The ancients were truly right.

After transforming all the wolf fangs into Soul-Slaying Nails, Lin Xuan looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction and placed them one by one into his storage pouch.

Yun Xiyue sat to the side with a pout, complaining in her heart: All you do all day is mess with that broken bone nail. I'm such a stunning beauty right next to you, and you don't even care. Lin Xuan, are you impotent?

After making all the preparations, Lin Xuan left the Lin residence to find the leader of the assassins.

He needs to figure out who is trying to harm him, and by the way, clear away all obstacles before the martial arts competition begins.

Soon, Lin Xuan followed the memories of the two assassins and found their hideout.

It was a cave, and there was a faint light coming from inside.

However, two skilled assassins were lurking outside the cave. They were the guards of the hideout and would kill any strangers who approached.

Only those introduced by acquaintances know of their existence, and they will exchange secret signals with them before entering dangerous areas.

Lin Xuan walked to the entrance of the cave and suddenly heard a fox cry.

That was the code.

Lin Xuan responded directly to the code: "You beast, your voice is powerful."

Then, Lin Xuan safely entered the cave.

The cave passage was narrow at first, barely wide enough for one person to pass through, but after walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious area.

In the center, a bonfire burned, with a thick soup simmering on it. Several people stood around the fire, dressed in black robes with cloaks covering their heads, revealing only their long hair and chins.

"What are you waiting to be beaten up for?"

This is their slang, which Lin Xuan had seen in the memories of the two assassins. It means "Who are you and what do you want?"