Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

As soon as Qin Lie said this, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

Lu Chen also placed his hand on the Demon-Suppressing Blade.

"Qin Lie, what's wrong with this water?"

Before Qin Lie could speak, the waiter spoke first.

"Sir, you wouldn't dare say that. You've already checked the water tank, and the horse has drunk from it. I just brought you a few bowls of tea; what's wrong with that?"

Qin Lie grabbed the waiter's hand.

"I didn't say the water in the tank was wrong; I said the bowl you handed us was wrong."

The waiter's smile vanished instantly.

He suddenly hurled the tray in his hand at Qin Lie's face.

"Let's do it!"

Several rough porcelain bowls came crashing down on Qin Lie's face, and Qin Lie immediately retreated.

Li Hu reacted even faster, grabbing Qin Lie's shoulder and pulling him backward.

The water bowls smashed on the ground, shattering into pieces, and the water spilled all over the ground.

Although it still looks like clear water, at this point no one would consider it ordinary water.

"Even colorless and odorless silver needles can't detect it, so you're not using ordinary poison."

The waiter didn't answer, because he had already started backing away. At the same time, the tea stall owner also moved.

He kicked over the bucket next to him, pulled out a short knife from under the bucket, and lunged at Qin Lie.

At the same instant, the hunchbacked old man also raised his pipe.

The tip of the cigarette stem split open, and several thin needles shot out from inside, heading straight for Qin Lie's chest.

They acted quickly and decisively, without wasting a single word.

This was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but a pre-planned assassination.

Qin Lie didn't have time to draw his sword, so he could only dodge to the side. Several thin needles grazed his sleeve and flew past, embedding themselves in the tree trunk behind him.

Qin Lie's heart tightened; if such a needle were inserted into his body, the consequences would certainly be severe.

He had barely dodged when Lu Chen drew his blade. With a flash of light, the back of the blade slammed heavily into the waiter's knee.

click!

Xiao Er screamed and immediately knelt on the ground.

On the other side, Li Hu had already rushed in front of the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper hadn't had time to thrust his short knife out.

Li Hu raised his foot and kicked.

boom!

The shopkeeper was sent flying backward, crashing into the table behind him, shattering the teapot and teacups on the floor.

The hunchbacked old man still wanted to use hidden weapons.

Xu Qinghe raised her hand and flicked out a talisman, which stuck to the old man's back.

The old man's body stiffened abruptly, and the pipe in his hand fell to the ground with a thud, from which several fine needles that hadn't yet been fired rolled out.

In just a few breaths, all three were pinned down.

At this moment, Qin Lie finally managed to draw the Demon-Suppressing Blade from his hand.

He glanced at Lu Chen and the other two, with only one thought in his mind.

Having teammates is such a wonderful thing!

If I had encountered this situation alone today, I would probably be dead by now.

Li Hu walked up to Xiao Er and stepped on his back.

Xiao Er's face turned pale with pain, but he gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Li Hu looked down at him.

"You dare poison the people of the Demon Suppression Division? You really have a death wish! Kid, tell me, who sent you?"

The waiter didn't answer, and Li Hu kicked.

The waiter groaned, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Li Hu sneered.

"Still being stubborn. Let me tell you, the Demon Suppression Division is no ordinary government office."

"If you were just ordinary bandits, we could follow the rules and take our time."

"But if you dare to assassinate the Demon Suppression Division members on the way, don't blame me for being ruthless. Tell me who sent you!"

The waiter raised his head, his gaze not falling on Li Hu or Lu Chen, but directly on Qin Lie.

Li Hu wanted to ask more questions, but the waiter suddenly chuckled.

The laughter was soft and carried a hint of mockery.

His expression changed, and he immediately reached out to pinch the waiter's chin.

But it was too late. Black blood trickled from the corner of the waiter's mouth, his body twitched a few times, and then he fell silent.

On the other side, the shopkeeper who had been kicked over by Li Hu, and the hunchbacked old man, also began to convulse almost simultaneously.

Li Hu rushed over and grabbed the shopkeeper by the neck, but he stopped breathing after only a few breaths.

Xu Qinghe squatted down to examine the hunchbacked old man.

"He's dead. He must have had poison hidden in his teeth. He bit into the poison sac as soon as the mission failed."

Enraged, Li Hu kicked the shopkeeper's corpse.

"Damn it, I can't get anything out of them now!"

Lu Chen didn't speak, but walked up to the waiter, squatted down, grabbed the waiter's wrist, and glanced at the inside of his wrist.

There was a very small black line there, the line looked like a raindrop, and below the raindrop was a thin knife mark.

"The Misty Rain Pavilion!"

Qin Lie was taken aback.

"What exactly is the Misty Rain Pavilion?"

Lu Chen stood up, his tone tinged with apprehension.

"Yanyu Tower is an assassin organization, but it is not an ordinary assassin organization."

"They will hunt anyone who can afford the price."

"The most troublesome thing is that they will relentlessly attack, wave after wave, until the target is killed."

"Our Great Xia Dynasty, together with several surrounding dynasties, once joined forces to wipe out the Misty Rain Pavilion, but every time after the extermination, it would rise from the ashes and even retaliate fiercely."

Upon hearing this, Qin Lie also sensed something unusual.

"So, you're saying I'm being hunted down by the Misty Rain Pavilion, and there's a 100% chance I'll die?"

"But who would hire someone to kill me?"

Qin Lie was truly puzzled; why was he being hunted down?

To say that he killed the original owner of the body wouldn't be accurate, because before he arrived, the original owner was an idiot and could never have offended anyone.

It's unlikely they came to kill him. He'd only been in this world for a few days; he hadn't had time to offend anyone.

Qin Lie looked at the three corpses on the ground, his expression rather grim.

Before the assassination attempt, he had always thought the most troublesome task was the Broken Wind Gorge mission.

But it seems that trouble has already come his way before he even reaches Broken Wind Gorge.

These three people were disguised so well that there was no way to tell their true colors.

This is also what gives Qin Lie the biggest headache.

If a monster charges at him, he at least knows how to draw his sword, but if it's poison, he doesn't know when it will end up in his mouth.

Lu Chen glanced at Qin Lie.

"Are you scared?"

Qin Lie didn't force himself to stay upright.

"I am indeed a little scared. You just said it would be a fight to the death. Who wouldn't be scared in that situation?"

"It's normal to be afraid. The most troublesome thing about Yanyu Tower is that they almost never fight head-on with anyone."

"If you can use poison, you will never draw your sword; if you can launch a sneak attack, you will never fight head-on."

"What should I do now? Will they keep chasing me?"

"Of course. After the first mission fails, there will most likely be a second one, until they successfully kill you."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Qin Lie's expression darkened even further.

"Does that mean I'll have to sleep with one eye open from now on?"

Li Hu walked over carrying a knife.

"Alright, kid, stop scaring yourself. You're not just some ordinary martial artist; you're a member of the Demon Suppression Division."

"If Yanyu Tower dares to accept the mission of hunting down demon hunters from the Demon Suppression Division, then it's not just going against you alone; it's slapping the Demon Suppression Division in the face."

"If the Demon Suppression Division can't even protect its own people, what kind of demon suppression is it? They might as well just take off their plaques and go home to farm."

Lu Chen patted Qin Lie on the shoulder.

"I will report this matter when I get back, and the department will naturally send someone to investigate."

"Li Hu is right, you don't have to bear this all by yourself. But you can't be careless until the investigation is complete."

"I understand. What I mean now is that I will not only have to guard against demons, but also against people."

Li Hu grinned.

"So you'd better be careful from now on. You can't judge a book by its cover. Who knows, I might be an assassin from the Misty Rain Pavilion too."

"Alright, Brother Li, stop making things worse. I'm already upset enough."

Xu Qinghe had already done a quick check on the three corpses.

He kept writing something down in the notebook, and after he finished writing, he looked up at Qin Lie.

"Qin Lie, from now on, don't eat anything given to you by strangers, don't drink water poured by strangers, and don't let strangers get close to you."

"You don't need to remind me, the bowl of water just now already made that clear enough."

"I know, but I still want to remind you to be careful when a woman gets close to you. In the assassination records I've read, quite a few demon hunters have died at the hands of women."

Qin Lie was stunned for a moment, while Li Hu burst out laughing on the spot.

"Qinghe, you're being redundant by saying that."

"That kid is a blockhead. You might as well try to seduce me instead of him. I'm easier to fool than him."

The group searched behind the tea stall for a while and actually found some things.

Several human skin masks, several packets of drug powder, and a portrait that wasn't very detailed.

The person in the portrait is Qin Lie.

Li Hu took the portrait and glanced at it.

"It's drawn quite realistically, except the eyes are a bit small."

Qin Lie took the portrait and glanced at it; his expression turned even more grim.

"We've only been gone a short while, and they already have portraits of us."

"This shows that this wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; we planned to kill you today at least before we left the city."

"Are there people from their organization within the Demon Suppression Division?"

"We can't be so sure. It's not a secret that we left the city today. Many people saw us, even pedestrians on the street know."

"The Misty Rain Pavilion is very skilled in this kind of reconnaissance. They don't necessarily need anyone from the Demon Suppression Division. They just need to keep an eye on the side door and know when you come out."

Qin Lie fell silent, looking at the portrait in his hand.

Who is it?

Is it Liang's Trading Company, or the demon clan behind Langya Mountain?

Zhang Erniu's face flashed through Qin Lie's mind, but he quickly suppressed the thought.

Zhang Erniu did not like him, but a place like Yanyu Tower was not a place that an ordinary person could easily come into contact with, let alone Zhang Erniu, who was paralyzed.

He simply couldn't understand who he had offended that was so irreconcilable.

"Alright, stop overthinking. The matter at Broken Wind Gorge is more urgent. We'll settle the score with Misty Rain Pavilion when we get back."

"Ignore these rats for now. Once we get back to Dongxuan City, we'll dig up their nest."