A chilling killing intent lingered in the room, but before it could be released, loud laughter could be heard from outside.

"Haha, An Qingwan is finally dead! Heart-Destroying Hand, well done, well done!"

Several people walked in, people that Jin Xueyi and the others had never seen before.

They laughed heartily, more heartily than ever before.

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The description in the previous chapter seemed to smoothly lead everyone to believe that Cao Ling and Cui Sanbian were thinking of Sikong Tingxue. Actually, Cao Ling was specifically described as petite and delicate, while Sikong Tingxue was quite large. _(:3⌒?)_

Sixty-eight Sikong Tingxue: Whoever killed her, I'll kill their entire family! [3k]

The change came too suddenly.

Although Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu had roughly figured out that Cui Sanbian and these suddenly appearing people had joined forces to kill An Qingwan, but...

They simply couldn't accept this outcome.

That An Qingwan.

An Qingwan, whose swordsmanship was almost divine.

How could she end her life this way?

Although many heroes in this world have indeed died tragically at the hands of villains, they still cannot accept it when such a thing actually happens to them.

Jin Xueyi felt as if she were being sunk naked into an icy lake, and everything around her, everything on her body, froze at that moment.

But beneath the ice lies a raging fire.

That was the flame of anger.

Lan Xiaogu was naturally impatient, and now that she was in this situation, she took out her whip without saying a word, ready to give Cui Sanbian a good beating first.

However, the whip still failed to be used.

The group of people who came in from outside were surprisingly skilled in martial arts.

Although they are not as good as Lan Xiaogu individually, when they stand together, Lan Xiaogu feels like she is being stared at by a fierce tiger.

This is no ordinary tiger; it's a venomous tiger!

"What did you do to my Gu worms?"

Lan Xiaogu stared at those people with a livid face.

She summoned her Gu worms, wanting them to ambush those people.

But no matter how she called out, she received no response, which was unprecedented.

The Gu worms weren't everything to Lan Xiaogu, but they were definitely her most trusted companions. Now that An Qingwan had fallen and her most trusted companions had gone missing, she began to panic uncontrollably.

"Your methods are indeed impressive, but they're no match for us!"

A man dressed in a blue robe, resembling a scholar, laughed heartily, his laughter as radiant as that of Maitreya Buddha.

He turned to Cui Sanbian and said, "Heartbreaker, what are you standing there for? We'll watch them here. Go and put An Qingwan's body into the coffin we prepared beforehand. Miss will only be satisfied if she sees her body with her own eyes!"

Cui Sanbian, who was called out, did not move.

He muttered to himself, "It wasn't me, I no longer intended to kill her, it wasn't me..."

The scholar in the blue robe frowned, about to reprimand him, when Jin Xueyi's roar came.

"Why? Since you're here practicing medicine and helping people, and since you dared to refuse Cao Ling, it shows you're not a bad person at heart. If that's the case, why did you harm Miss An? She not only saved you, but also many, many other people. You, you..."

Jin Xueyi pointed at Cui Sanbian, her whole body trembling.

Cui Sanbian's mouth was slightly open, his old face filled with shame and indignation.

"Hahaha."

At this moment, the scholar in the blue robe laughed again.

“He doesn’t dare to say it, so I’ll say it for him. Anyway, Miss didn’t intend to hide it; she just wants to see you all in despair and pain!”

The scholar in the blue robe pointed at Cui Sanbian: "You all think he's a kind person, but do you know who he is?"

Lan Xiaogu and Jin Xueyi looked completely bewildered.

The scholar in the blue robe said, "There are countless villains in the martial world. It is not uncommon for villains to kill dozens or hundreds of people. Cao Ling of the Flying Serpent Gang, whom you just killed, is one of them. And he is no worse than Cao Ling!"

"what?"

"He was able to remove the poison from Cao Ling's body with just one glance, not because of his superb medical skills, but because he was a master of poisons! He was originally a disciple of the Hundred Wood Sect. More than twenty years ago, the Hundred Wood Sect colluded with local powerful clans in the Brazil area to cause trouble. During the two years of turmoil, countless people suffered unbearable pain because of a poison he developed."

At this point, the scholar in the blue robe suddenly let out a strange laugh.

Jie Jie.

"If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal, since he didn't personally administer the poison. But he just couldn't bear to see so many people suffer, so he betrayed the Hundred Wood Sect and joined the imperial court, hoping to save those who had been poisoned. Unexpectedly, the antidote he concocted not only failed to save people, but also caused hundreds of deaths!"

Lan Xiaogu and Jin Xueyi stared wide-eyed.

The scholar in blue robes said, "How could he have imagined that the leader of the Hundred Woods Sect had been on guard against him all along? Therefore, he deliberately added something to the poison he had developed. Not only did the antidote he concocted fail to cure the poison, it made the poison even more potent. His move immediately caused chaos throughout Brazil. If the imperial court had not reacted in time, the entire Shu region might have been engulfed in war."

Lan Xiaogu shouted, "His name isn't Cui Sanbian, it's Jiang Yunqiao!"

The scholar in the blue robe looked at Lan Xiaogu with surprise: "You actually know him?"

Lan Xiaogu said, "Isn't he already dead?"

The scholar in the blue robe said, "He didn't die. He wanted to die, but he didn't. He hid. He changed his name and hid here. He's eking out a living here. He..."

"No, that's not me!"

Just then, Cui Sanbian suddenly roared, his body trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with bloodshot red as he looked at the scholar in the blue robe, his appearance crazed.

The scholar in the blue robe said, "That's you!"

Cui Sanbian shook his head frantically, his eyes blurred with tears: "No, it's not!"

The scholar in the blue robe had a ferocious expression: "Jiang Yunqiao, you can't escape. Even if you are a master of medicine, even if you cure many people now, you still can't escape! The people you killed are dead and will never come back to life! Ask yourself, if you could really escape, why did you agree to cooperate with us to kill An Qingwan just because we threatened to expose what happened back then?"

Cui Sanbian said, "That's because you kidnapped my daughter..."

The scholar in the blue robe shouted angrily, "Bullshit! You had to agree to cooperate with us first. We only kidnapped your daughter to prevent you from going back on your word. Jiang Yunqiao, how long are you going to keep deceiving yourself?"

"I, I, I..."

Cui Sanbian's breathing became more and more rapid. After questioning himself for a long time, he seemed to suddenly go crazy and began to tear at his hair.

"I deserve to die. I shouldn't have been born. I should have died long ago."

The scholar in the blue robe said, "Since you know you deserve to die, what are you waiting for? Go! That's your fate, a fate you can't escape!"

Cui Sanbian stopped.

Before he could react, Jin Xueyi had already started scolding him.

"enough!"

Jin Xueyi was panting heavily, her eyes even redder than Cui San's.

"Sikong Tingxue orchestrated all of this, didn't she? Where is she hiding now? Tell her to come out, tell her to get out here!"

The scholar in the blue robe glanced at Jin Xueyi with a sneer: "You think you're worthy of making Miss show her face?"

Jin Xueyi gritted her teeth: "Beast, beast! Miss An saved her in Jiangling and spared her life. Is this how she repays Miss An?"

Hatred churned within him.

She experienced that feeling once again.

The last time was when she saw her parents' bodies.

She hated the group of scholars in blue robes.

She hated Sikong Tingxue, who had caused all of this.

She hated this world full of killing.

She also hated herself.

Why does she always feel so helpless in this situation?

If she were stronger, she could have killed these people immediately to avenge An Qingwan.

If she had been any stronger, An Qingwan would never have died.

Now, she can neither save An Qingwan nor avenge her.

She wished she could immediately commit suicide and follow An Qingwan in death.

But she knew she couldn't just die like that; she had to fight for that sliver of a chance, that sliver of a chance to avenge An Qingwan.

She was no match for the scholar in green robes and the others, but she had something else in her possession: the veiled message that An Qingwan had taken from the fake Huanxi Daoist.

"Miss Lan!"

A loud roar suddenly exploded in the room.

Lan Xiaogu was startled awake.

"I'll cover you for the rest of the time. You don't need to worry about anything else, just find a way to escape from here!"

Lan Xiaogu was stunned and said, "What are you talking about? You will die. And you're telling me to run away? Do you think I'm a coward who's afraid of death?"

Jin Xueyi gripped her sword tightly: "I know you're not afraid of death, I know you want to avenge Miss An, but that's precisely why you're leaving. Right now, only you in the whole world can avenge Miss An. My martial arts are too weak; even if I escape, it will be useless. You're different; you're already a master. If you master the martial arts we learned in the bamboo forest, you'll definitely be able to kill Sikong Tingxue and avenge Miss An!"

Lan Xiaogu said, "No, I can't leave you behind. If we have to leave, we'll leave together. They are very powerful, but we still have a chance to escape together."

She has never actually been this loyal before.

She's an assassin.

For an assassin, the more loyal they are, the faster they will die.

Jin Xueyi scolded, "Foolish! If you stay, you'll only die with me! I have no desire to live anymore because I have nothing left, but you are different. Besides avenging Miss An, you have many things to do. Have you forgotten? You still have to prove to your mother that you are right, and you still have to become the richest person in the world. Go, go now! All the money I leave behind after I die is yours!"

Lan Xiaogu suddenly fell silent.

She really didn't want to die.

She does indeed have many things she wants to do.

but……

"Walk?"

The scholar in the blue robe suddenly laughed.

"Do you really think you can leave? I thought you could come up with something interesting after all that you've said, but it's nothing but fools comforting themselves."

Amidst the laughter, he secretly gave a wink to the people behind him.

The group split up and surrounded Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu.

Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu were so anxious that they didn't notice that they had deliberately left a loophole, a loophole that was enough for Lan Xiaogu to escape.

Jin Xueyi said urgently, "Miss Lan, don't hesitate any longer!"

Lan Xiaogu clenched her fists tightly, and her exposed toes curled up into a ball.

She gritted her teeth, about to speak, when suddenly a bone-chilling cold came from outside.

Despite it being a summer night, everyone in the room felt as if they had fallen into the dead of winter.

Not only were my hands and feet ice cold, but my heart also felt like it was being pulled up by something, unable to go up or down.

Everyone knew someone was coming.

But no one expected that it would be that person who arrived at that moment.

Sikong Tingxue.

That woman with snow-white hair and a cold demeanor, who instilled fear in countless people.

She was standing at the door at that moment.

Her face was cold, as cold as the snow and ice beyond the horizon, so cold that it froze one's blood.

She said, "She is mine, only I can kill her. Anyone else, no matter who kills her, I will kill their whole family!"

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