When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

Faced with the assassins' encirclement, Lin Xuan immediately withdrew his consciousness.

Upon regaining consciousness, the assassin cried out in alarm to see his comrades charging at him. He immediately went into self-defense, yelling, "Are you all insane? You're going to kill me instead of that kid?"

However, the assassins adhered to the principle of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free" and refused to listen to the other party's explanation.

Seeing that they were going to kill him, the assassin was forced to fight back.

These assassins were all at the Spirit Profound Realm, while the assassin who had just been controlled by Lin Xuan was at the mid-stage of the Spirit Profound Realm, and the others were basically at the early stage.

Therefore, even when surrounded, the assassin would still have a fighting chance.

Seeing them kill each other, Lin Xuan almost laughed out loud. He silently hid to the side, watching the tigers fight from the sidelines.

Before long, the group of assassins were either dead or wounded, some fled, while others remained to fight.

Soon, they were both badly injured and fell into pools of blood.

Seeing that most of them were dead, Lin Xuan went out to search their belongings.

Suddenly, an assassin opened his eyes and grabbed Lin Xuan by the neck.

"Hold!"

Lin Xuan was taken aback; it was too late to escape.

The assassin grabbed Lin Xuan by the neck, stood up, and lifted him up.

Lin Xuan gripped his arm tightly, his feet lifted off the ground, and his consciousness gradually faded.

Just as life and death hung in the balance, a whooshing sound rang out as an arrow pierced the archer's head, the protruding arrowhead carrying the assassin's blood and eyeball, and went straight to Lin Xuan's nose. The strong smell of blood instantly filled Lin Xuan's nasal cavity.

thump!

The assassin immediately lay down on the ground, and Lin Xuan was able to break free, collapsing to the ground and frantically breathing in the fresh air.

If that arrow hadn't been shot in time, Lin Xuan would probably be dead here tonight.

"Cough cough cough!"

Lin Xuan covered his neck and coughed a few times.

"It seems that using soul skills alone is not enough. I need to refine the Supreme Bone as soon as possible, otherwise I will surely die if someone gets close to me!"

"The flaws of soul cultivation are too obvious, no wonder this cultivation style is so unpopular."

Da Da Da~

Just then, hurried footsteps came from not far away.

Lin Xuan looked up and saw a man and a woman emerge from the darkness and jog up to him.

"Your Highness, we've come to rescue you," the man said.

Lin Xuan nodded and looked at the woman.

The woman was dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, her stunning figure almost bursting out of her clothes.

Her clothes were so ill-fitting, so tight that every detail was clearly visible.

"Your Highness." The man came over and helped Lin Xuan up.

Lin Xuan said to him, "Let her help me up. There are still assassins to deal with. Go check on them in the north."

"Yes." The man immediately ran north.

The woman slowly walked up to Lin Xuan and helped him up.

"Your Highness, I... ah~"

The woman couldn't help but let out a soft gasp, as a strong hand slapped her buttocks.

The woman was both ashamed and angry, and her face immediately turned red.

"Girl, you're so big..."

"You lecherous scoundrel... Pfft!"

"You're so careless."

Lin Xuan gave a cold laugh.

The woman looked down in surprise and saw a dagger piercing through her chest, the blood quickly staining her clothes.

She never imagined that just because of Lin Xuan's deliberately created illusion of lust, she would panic and pay the price with her life.

thump!

The woman lay face down on the ground, and blood quickly pooled in her eyes.

"Young." Lin Xuan coldly stared at the woman's corpse. "She has good talent, but unfortunately, she lacks experience. She doesn't seem like a professional assassin; she seems more like a disciple of a sect."

Lin Xuan began to search the woman's body, and eventually found several pills on her.

"Gathering Yuan Pill, a first-grade pill, can assist in cultivation and increase cultivation speed slightly. It is generally used more by martial artists in the Foundation Establishment stage, and most sects will issue it to their disciples."

Lin Xuan put away the Gathering Yuan Pill and then went to check the other pills.

Just then, footsteps were heard.

Lin Xuan was certain that the man had returned.

But Lin Xuan knew that if he tried to run, he would definitely lose to the man, so he chose to play dead.

Lin Xuan smeared the woman's blood onto himself, then lay down and pretended to be dead.

Before long, the man returned and was stunned by what he saw.

"Junior sister?"

The man stared in disbelief at the woman's corpse, then glanced at Lin Xuan's corpse beside him, and walked towards Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan was facing down, and he heard the man's footsteps getting closer and closer.

He tried to use mind control to control him, but the man was in a highly tense state, so mind control had no effect on him.

Just then, the man suddenly drew his sword, gripped it with both hands, and stabbed it straight into Lin Xuan's back.

At the critical moment, Lin Xuan rolled away to dodge, exclaiming in surprise, "Good lad, you even know how to finish off someone! You're smarter than that little girl."

"You killed my junior sister," the man said coldly.

Lin Xuan said, "You came here to kill me anyway. You were outmatched and died. Who can you blame?"

The man slowly stood up, his cultivation level erupting instantly, and flames slowly rose from the blade of his sword.

Yellow-rank intermediate martial skill, Blazing Sword Technique.

Whether it's martial arts skills or soul skills, their levels are the same, from highest to lowest: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

Each level is further divided into three grades: low, medium, and high.

Upon seeing them unleash the Blazing Sword Technique, Lin Xuan immediately knew their origins.

"Heavenly Fire Palace!" Lin Xuan said, "You dare to use the martial arts of the Heavenly Fire Palace, you must think I'm doomed today, right?"

"That's right. So what if you know we're disciples of the Heavenly Fire Palace? In my eyes, you're already a dead man."

Having said that, the man stopped arguing and thrust his sword at Lin Xuan.

Faced with the man's attack, Lin Xuan neither dodged nor avoided it, but instead revealed a relaxed smile.

Just as the sword was about to pierce Lin Xuan's body, the tip stopped less than half a finger's distance from his chest.

The flames on the sword slowly dissipated, and the man's gaze also became unfocused.

The man stood there blankly for a moment, and then blood slowly flowed from his seven orifices. He died on the spot.

Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, looked into the distance, and said, "We're a little late."

"If I act too soon, they'll all escape," said Master Xiaoxiang.

Lin Xuan slowly stood up and said, "The Nalan family sent assassins to silence us, which shows they have a guilty conscience. Now you know whether I'm telling the truth or not, right?"

Master Xiaoxiang nodded and said, "I never expected that Nalan Xiao would dare to plot against me. He's incredibly audacious!"

Seeing that Master Xiaoxiang was about to fight the Nalan family like dogs, Lin Xuan revealed a satisfied smile.

As for how Lin Xuan knew that the assassins were sent by the Nalan family, he naturally guessed.

Moreover, for Lin Xuan, whether or not the assassins were sent by the Nalan family was completely unimportant.

All he needed to do was convince Master Xiaoxiang that these assassins were sent by the Nalan family to silence him.

As for who sent those assassins, Lin Xuan didn't care who sent them!

Anyone who can make Xiaoxiang Shangren fight with the Nalan family is considered to have been sent by the Nalan family.