My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

The little girl squinted her eyes in happiness, praising him indistinctly.

"Sister Qingyi, the meat you grill is a hundred times better than Zhang's grilled meat in the West Market of Chang'an!"

Luo Qingyi was overjoyed by the praise, her cheeks flushing slightly.

"If you like, I'll bake for you every night from now on."

A sumptuous late-night snack took almost half an hour to eat.

They ate all three large plates of snowflake beef ribs and drank two bowls of crystal honey syrup.

Only then did Sizi put down his chopsticks with satisfaction.

"Oh dear, I've eaten too much, my tummy is all round."

Sizi lay sprawled on the soft couch, touching her belly, which swelled up like a small ball.

The little girl let out a burp that smelled of cumin.

"Don't go to sleep right after eating, or you'll get indigestion."

Luo Qingyi stood up with a smile, "I'll go to the inner room to get you some medicine to aid digestion. Please sit for a while."

"Uh-huh."

Sizi nodded obediently.

After Luo Qingyi entered the inner room, Si Zi felt that the room was a bit stuffy.

She climbed off the soft couch, put on her little shoes, and decided to take a stroll in the yard to enjoy the night breeze and digest her food.

Seeing this, Fatty Four lazily followed his little master out with his cat-like steps.

at this time.

Beneath the towering walls outside the Cherry Blossom Garden.

The night was deep, so dark that you couldn't even see your own fingers.

A dark shadow, like a ghost, was pressed tightly against the base of the wall.

It was Shadow One, the assassin who infiltrated the Luo family wearing the Shadow Ring.

Along the way, Shadow One's journey was extremely frustrating.

As a former high-ranking Golden Core stage assassin, he used to fly on his sword and shrink the distance between people when carrying out missions.

When you encounter something like a courtyard wall, you can just lightly touch it with your toes and fly over it, leaving a blur in mid-air.

But today.

His spiritual power was completely sealed, turning him into a mortal who was not much stronger than an ordinary strong man.

He not only had to evade the sight of the Luo family's patrolling guards, but also had to carefully scale walls and ridges like a worldly thief.

The three-zhang-high bluestone courtyard wall of the Luo family was not even a threshold for him in the past.

But for him now, it has become an insurmountable barrier.

"Damn it..."

Yingyi gritted her teeth and used both hands and feet to firmly grip the moss in the cracks of the bluestone bricks.

His fingernails were bleeding from the force he used.

His forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, and his breathing became heavy.

He hadn't experienced this kind of weariness from his ordinary physical body for nearly a century.

It was not only tiring, but also extremely humiliating.

But he had no way out.

For the survival of the family, and to fulfill the ancestor's entrustment.

He has to climb over!

at last.

Shadow One's fingers gripped the glazed tile at the very top of the courtyard wall.

He suddenly did a pull-up, flipping most of his body onto the top of the wall.

He was like a giant bat, clinging to the wall, panting heavily.

"It's a success..."

A ruthless killing intent flashed in Yingyi's cold eyes.

He looked down at the interior of the Cherry Blossom Garden.

The courtyard was quiet, with only a few spirit stone lanterns in the corner emitting a faint light.

That phoenix spirit egg, and that damned little girl, are in the house up ahead!

Yingyi took a deep breath, composed himself, and prepared to leap off the high wall.

To carry out a silent assassination.

however.

Just as he rolled over, his legs dangling in the air, preparing to let go and jump down.

He suddenly froze.

Yingyi looked down at the ground, which was still three zhang (approximately 10 meters) above his toes.

A sudden wave of dizziness washed over me.

broken.

He forgot a fatal problem.

He's just a mortal now!

It is more than three zhang tall, equivalent to the height of a three-story building in the secular world!

Previously, with true energy protecting his body, he could jump down three zhang (approximately 13 meters), or even three hundred zhang (approximately 120 meters), and land lightly and silently.

But now?

If I just jump straight down like that...

That was definitely a "crack" sound, and both legs were broken on the spot!

Let alone assassinating the little girl, the screams she makes upon landing would probably immediately attract all of Luo's hundreds of guards!

"this……"

Shadow One hung in mid-air, his hands gripping the glazed tiles on the wall tightly.

Neither advancing nor retreating is an option.

Jump down? Your legs will break.

Climb back? If the mission isn't completed, the ancestor will skin him alive.

A ruthless and merciless top assassin.

At this moment, a seemingly ordinary courtyard wall actually made me break out in a cold sweat.

His strength was rapidly depleting.

The veins on his hands bulged, and his muscles began to spasm and tremble involuntarily due to prolonged tension.

"Damn it... Is there anywhere I can get help from...?"

Shadow One frantically groped along the wall in the darkness, trying to find a protruding brick to step on.

However, the walls of the Luo family's house were so smooth that there was nowhere to step.

Just as his fingers were about to give way and he was about to fall in despair, facing the tragic end of broken legs.

Sudden.

In the darkness, a small wooden stool was lifted up from below without warning.

It landed precisely under Yingyi's right foot, which was kicking wildly.

A solid, heavy sensation came from the soles of my feet.

Followed by.

A soft, sweet, and innocent child's voice, full of naivety and curiosity.

A faint sound rang out beneath Shadow One's feet.

"Uncle."

"Come down on this little stool, be careful not to fall."

This sudden sound.

In the dead of night, when all is quiet, it is more terrifying than a death warrant from the deepest hell.

The hairs on Yingyi's body stood on end like steel needles.

My heart clenched suddenly, almost leaping out of my throat.

In a state of extreme terror.

He acted entirely on his body's instincts.

He slammed his right foot heavily onto the small wooden stool, and using the reaction force, he did an extremely awkward backward roll.

With a "thud," it fell onto the lawn in the yard.

Ignoring the mud and grass clippings on their bodies.

Like a frightened wildcat, Yingyi scrambled to his feet and took three or four steps back.

He looked up in terror, staring intently ahead.

By the dim light of the lantern in the courtyard.

He saw it.

A little girl wearing a light pink silk nightgown and with two cute little buns on her head.

She was holding a small wooden stool and standing less than five steps away from him.

Beside the little girl's feet, a fat orange cat was squatting, licking its paws and washing its face.

One person and one cat.

She just stood there quietly, looking at him with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"Thank you... thank you so much..."

Shadow One's brain had completely shut down, and an extremely absurd thank you uncontrollably popped out of his mouth.

After thanking him, he finally realized what had happened.

Pointing at the little girl in front of him, his finger trembled like a leaf.

"You...you...you..."

He said "you" several times, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

The Shadow Ring clearly shielded me from all my aura and senses!

Even a Nascent Soul stage expert wouldn't be able to detect his existence!

How did this little girl discover herself?!

They even thoughtfully prepared a stool for him to stand on beforehand!

The man in black looked utterly bewildered, as if he'd seen a ghost.

Sizi tilted her little head, her big eyes filled with great confusion.

The little girl casually placed the wooden stool she was holding on the ground.

Then he carefully examined the "uncle" in front of him, whose clothes were torn by the wall bricks and whose face was covered in dust.

Who are you?

Sizi stretched out her chubby little finger, pointed at Yingyi, and asked an extremely fatal question in a childish voice.

"In the middle of the night, instead of sleeping, you climbed over the wall into your sister's yard..."

"Did you come here to steal some beef ribs?"