The Condor Heroes: The Quanzhen Sect has produced a vengeful master!

Cheng Ying quickly caught up to the stairs and was about to go upstairs.

The figure in gray was nowhere to be seen on the stairs.

Tatata!

Cheng Ying moved lightly and quickly stepped onto three steps, just as she was about to continue upwards.

Meow!

A meow came from the room. It turned out that the inn's cat was sitting on the railing at the corner of the stairs and had been startled by Cheng Ying.

The cat leaped down the stairs at incredible speed.

He was about to jump past Cheng Ying.

The cat's body was in mid-air, and the next moment, its head separated from its body out of thin air.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Cheng Ying's expression changed drastically. She stopped abruptly in her tracks and looked back to see the cat's corpse already lying on the steps.

Cold sweat immediately dripped down Cheng Ying's forehead as she turned to look at what was in front of her.

A series of fine blood droplets were flowing downwards in a straight line out of thin air.

The blood droplet was caught by a thin thread, almost invisible to the naked eye, lying across the stairwell, with two iron nails at each end holding it down.

You wouldn't notice it unless you looked closely.

At that moment, Cheng Ying's neck was almost half a step away from the silk thread.

She took out the dagger she always carried with her, tested the silk thread, and found it to be both incredibly tough and extremely sharp.

They can actually cut off a cat's head.

Cheng Ying's heart was pounding, and her face was pale. If it weren't for that cat passing by, she would probably be dead by now.

It was a trap set by that man in gray! Cheng Ying immediately understood.

Oh no, what's that person's purpose? Could it be Brother Wang?

Cheng Ying used her dagger to remove the silk threads in front of her, then waved the dagger to make sure there were no more threads before going upstairs.

She looked around at the top of the stairs, but couldn't see the man in gray.

Ignoring the screams of alarm from someone on the stairs behind her who had discovered the dead cat, Cheng Ying hurried back to her room.

At this moment, Wang Jiuling is focused on treating Shi Jingqing.

His forehead was covered in beads of sweat, clearly indicating that he had expended a lot of energy.

"What's going on outside? I heard someone's voice?" Ma Guangzuo came over. He was protecting Wang Jiuling and couldn't go out.

Cheng Ying frowned and told Ma Guangzuo what had just happened. Even now, she was still terrified.

Ma Guangzuo gasped.

"what?"

"What should we do? Should we go find that person?"

Ma Guangzuo grabbed a large knife from the side. "I don't care what kind of silk threads they are, I'll cleave them in two with one stroke!"

Cheng Ying turned to look at Wang Jiuling and Shi Jingqing on the bed. At this moment, Wang Jiuling was in the critical stage of his cultivation. His forehead was covered with fine sweat, his body was surging with true energy, he could not speak, and his eyes were fixed straight ahead.

Cheng Ying calmly shook her head. "No! We don't know that person's background yet."

Moreover, Brother Wang is currently in the crucial stage of using his internal energy to save people, and interrupting him would put him in danger.

Besides, what if that person harbors ill intentions towards Brother Wang and tries to harm him while we're away?

"We can only stay here and wait for Brother Wang to finish his cultivation before leaving!"

They had no choice; this was all they could do.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Sir/Madam! Your hot water is ready, it's downstairs at the counter!"

The shopkeeper asked me to inform you to go and pick it up!

It was the waiter's voice.

Ma Guangzuo turned to look at the door, hesitating whether to open it. But Cheng Ying stopped him.

Cheng Ying stared at the doorway. "Something's wrong!"

"If it's a hot water issue, since the waiter knows our room, he should have just brought the water up."

"Instead of telling us to go downstairs."

"Ignore it!"

Ma Guangzuo nodded, and the two ignored what was happening outside the door.

But after a short while, the innkeeper's voice rang out again from outside the door. "Is the guest in? Your water is ready! I've brought it to you!"

"Just leave it at the door! We'll get it ourselves later!" Cheng Ying frowned and shouted loudly towards the door.

"Okay!"

The shopkeeper's voice came from outside the door, then fell silent. Cheng Ying looked at Wang Jiuling, who was still practicing his internal energy on the bed, and a look of worry flashed in her eyes.

She had no intention of going out to fetch water.

At that moment, a figure stood quietly at the door; it was Mr. Huang.

But at this moment, his clothes and even his appearance have changed drastically, so much so that even if Cheng Ying stood at the door, she probably wouldn't recognize him.

The voices of the waiter and the shopkeeper just now came from his mouth; it was truly amazing.

He was frowning as he looked at the door.

Mr. Huang knew how skilled Wang Jiuling was in martial arts, but he still had to come because of Shi Songzhi's orders.

After leaving Cuiyun Mountain, he arrived at the town at the foot of the mountain and quickly found an inn.

He bumped into Cheng Ying at the counter again, and he originally intended to kill Cheng Ying quietly first.

He is skilled in scheming and will use Cheng Ying's death to plot against Wang Jiuling.

Even if they fail to succeed because Wang Jiuling's martial arts are too high, killing those close to Wang Jiuling will still achieve their goal of revenge.

He just didn't expect that the cat's appearance would disrupt his plans.

Now the other party is on guard.

Mr. Huang originally planned to use his disguise skills to hide and observe the situation.

Because he knew Wang Jiuling's martial arts skills, he knew that if the other party knew that someone was plotting something, he would definitely go out to find him.

Mr. Huang did not want to confront Wang Jiuling directly.

To his surprise, Cheng Yingming had clearly gone back to her room, and Wang Jiuling should have come out to check on the situation.

But after all this time, Wang Jiuling still hasn't made a move...

It seems like they don't care about safety at all?

"What's going on? Is he scared? But this isn't the Qingyangzi we've heard about..."

Mr. Huang took a step back. He was walking, but he didn't make a sound at all; it was eerily quiet.

He retreated halfway before suddenly stopping.

"Hmph, I've already alerted the enemy, yet you still won't come out. Let me test you to see if it's a trap or something else. Could it be that you're unable to come out for some reason...?"

Click!

With a soft click, the wooden box in his arms opened.

Mr. Huang took out two tightly wrapped porcelain jars, which contained kerosene.

After removing the cotton cloth wrapping, Mr. Huang stepped back seven or eight paces and threw the kerosene can directly at Wang Jiuling's door.

The jar shattered instantly, spilling kerosene onto the door and the floor in front of it.

The next second, Mr. Huang threw the tinderbox in his hand, which landed on the kerosene.

Whoops!

When the kerosene came into contact with the fire, it instantly ignited and set the entire door ablaze.

Mr. Huang stepped back and watched the scene quietly.

Inside the room, Cheng Ying just heard the sound of something breaking at the door when she saw flames rise.

"not good!"