Chapter 1: The Yang Family's Trash

  Yang Lei got up and left the room after calming down his turbulent emotions.

  Looking at Xia Zhu and Chun Lan sitting leisurely in the courtyard, enjoying the cool breeze and appreciating the moon.

  "Master, everything has been arranged." Seeing Yang Lei come out, Xia Zhuang and the others quickly stood up and said to him.

  "Don't be so nervous, I won't say anything to you." Yang Lei motioned for them to sit down. Now that he thought about it, the cultivation of these two maids was indeed a bit lacking. One was a second-stage martial artist and the other was only a first-stage martial artist. Thinking about it, he still had some pills left over from his alchemy, so he took out three bottles of pills. Among them were three bottles of Tong Mai Dan, and in one bottle there were two Di Yuan Dan. Of course, these were all 100% success rate pills. These pills would be of great help to the two women's cultivation.

  "This elixir will help you improve your cultivation. As my maids, your cultivation is too poor and it's embarrassing for me." Yang Lui handed the elixir to Xia Zhu and added: "You can use the elixir to improve your own cultivation, but don't tell anyone about it. If others find out, then you might as well be dead."

  Xia Zhu took the dan medicine with great joy, nodding repeatedly to Yang Lei's entrustment, guaranteeing again and again that only a fool would leak this matter.

  "Alright, go and cultivate now, strive to break through as soon as possible." Yang Wei waved his hand.

  "Yes." The two women happily returned to their own room and began to cultivate.

  Yang Lei was alone in the courtyard, drinking tea.

  Suddenly a bad premonition arose, Yang Lei furrowed his brow and stood up.

  "Who is it? Come out."

  Hawk Eye

  As soon as the real Eagle Eye started, it discovered the opponent, who was hiding in a large tree not far behind him, and there was actually a masked man.

  Yang Lei sneered, this guy still thought he hadn't discovered him, if he didn't have his real hawk eyes, he really wouldn't have been able to discover it, but unfortunately, his real hawk eyes could see through all disguises, even if his disguise technique was extremely powerful, it was completely useless.

  Then he performed an appraisal technique.

  Tianxing Building, Silver Medal Killer Ninth, Cultivation Wu Huang Third Stage, skilled in disguise and assassination.

  It turned out to be an assassin, and it was the Silver Assassin of Tianxing Building. Yang Lei's heart sank, this time they actually sent an assassin, and it was from Tianxing Building, which made things complicated. The rules of Tianxing Building were that once a mission was accepted, it would be carried out until completion, unless the employer cancelled the task, otherwise it would be a fight to the death.

  It's too troublesome, this is to find trouble for oneself. The killer who comes to kill oneself must be Yang Bing or Yang Tianlei and others. Oneself has only offended them and no one else, this point Yang Lei is very clear about.

  As a killer, Yang Lei would never have any mercy on his own kind.

  The Soul-Chasing Bow shot out an arrow like lightning towards the masked man.

  The masked black-clad assassin was taken aback, hastily retreating backwards, but this arrow came too quickly, dodging and evading were not possible, a dagger flashed.

  "Ding."

  The arrow was blocked.

  One arrow was blocked, which was within Yang Lei's expectations. A Wu Huang third-grade killer, if he didn't even have this skill, how could he become the Silver Killer of Tian Xing Lou?

  Shoot another arrow.

  The arrow shot from Yang Lei's hand transformed into a black streak, like a meteor flying towards the killer Chu Jiu, its speed was so fast that it was hard to see clearly.

  Shan, this time the silver medal killer suddenly flashed out on the ninth day, leaving Yang Lei unexpected.

  At this time, Yang Lei put away the Soul Chasing Bow. This guy's dodging speed was so fast that even if he used the Soul Chaser again, it wouldn't have much effect.

  Jian Yang put away the Soul Chaser Bow, and Chu Jiu's eyes flashed with a hint of light. He then charged towards Jian Yang, instantly appearing in front of him.

  "On the ninth day, the Silver Killer of Tianxing Building, I'd like to see what methods you have." Yang Lei said coldly, gripping the Wind Concealment Knife in his hand.

  At the beginning of the ninth, he was shocked to hear this and his movements slowed down for a few moments. He didn't expect Yang Yue to know his identity, let alone his name. His name was absolutely confidential, only known by his superiors. Had Tianxing Tower betrayed him? Or was he his superior? But that's impossible too, his superior was a middle-aged man, while Yang Yue was just a sixteen-year-old boy, the gap was too big.

  Opportunity.

  At that moment when Chu Jiu was stunned, Yang Wei's knife moved swiftly, as fast as lightning, and directly cut towards Chu Jiu's neck.

  And at the beginning of the ninth, he was indeed the silver medal killer of Tianxing Building. At the moment when the knife edge was about to touch, his body dodged slightly and barely avoided this fatal blow. However, Yang Lei's knife grazed his scalp, cutting off a large handful of hair.

  At the beginning of the ninth hour, cold sweat burst forth, if I had been a bit slower, then my head would have been relocated.

  Seeing that Jiujiu had dodged the surefire attack, Yang Lei was also shocked, but his attacks wouldn't stop just because of this. This was a battle, where one side would emerge victorious and the other defeated, not a test of skills. So, Yang Lei launched his finishing move.

  "Fengdao Qi Sha, Si Sha He Yi."

  Translation: "Seven Kills of the Wind Blade, Four Kills Combine as One."

  Yang Lei's knife transformed into a long, slender blade that slashed towards Chu Jiu with no fancy moves, this knife was several times faster than before.

  On the ninth day, he knew that dodging was not possible, so he tightly grasped his dagger. In his heart, he secretly cursed, this guy looked like a Martial King of the sixth stage, but his actual cultivation was terrifying, even those mid-term Martial Emperors were no match for him.

  On the ninth day, he swung his sword in an attempt to block this terrifying slash.

  "Clang." The dagger and Wind Shadow Knife met, a massive force instantly sent Chun Jiu flying backward, then he spat out a mouthful of blood, his internal organs severely injured, turning to flee.

  Yang Lei retreated three steps back, seeing that the initial nine were about to run away. Where would he give them this opportunity? He put away the Wind Concealment Knife and held the Pursuing Soul in his hand, with the bowstring pulled full moon tight.

  "Whoosh——"

  This arrow, Yang Lei infused a vast amount of true energy, its speed more than double that of before.

  The sound of arrows piercing flesh followed immediately.

  Then there was a scream, and on the ninth day, he was knocked to the ground, twitched twice, and then didn't move again.

  Yang Lei slowly walked towards the ninth, with a cold smile in his heart. This guy was still pretending to be dead. The system didn't send any upgrade notifications, and Yang Lei could clearly determine that this guy was still alive, at most just injured. Trying to use the method of playing dead to deal with himself? That's simply a fool's dream.

  "Master, who is he?" At this time, Chunlan walked out, still holding a pot of hot water in her hand, emitting a steaming vapor.

  Yang Lei's eyes rolled over, and a plan came into his mind.

  "Spring Orchid, bring over the hot water in your hand."

  Although she didn't understand what Yang Lei wanted to do, Chun Lan still handed it over as instructed.

  Yang Lei held the hot water, mobilized his true energy to heat it up a bit, raising its temperature, and then took out a medicinal pill. This was one of the special pellets Yang Lei had refined during his idle time, which didn't have any other effects but could make people feel unbearably itchy.

  After putting the dan medicine into the hot water, Yang Lei poured the water from the kettle towards Chuyi. In his heart, he was secretly delighted - you were pretending to be dead, right? Let me make you die a pleasant death.

  The elixir refined by Yang Lei is called the Desire to Live or Die Pill. After taking it, one will feel an unbearable itch all over their body, and not only that, but also an itch in their heart, hence its name. Previously, Yang Lei had also been curious and refined it out, but after refining it, he hadn't found a test subject yet. This time, Chujiu was like a free experimental white mouse delivered to his doorstep.

  The scalding hot water suddenly splashed onto Chuyi's body.

  For a cultivator at the Martial Emperor Realm, it's not just that boiling water can't scald him, even if he were to be branded with red-hot iron, he might not necessarily be injured.

  But this is not ordinary hot water, but hot water with special seasonings.

  After sticking to the skin, Chu Jiu suddenly felt unwell, his whole body began to itch, getting more and more severe. As an assassin, a little pain was absolutely no problem, he had undergone such training many times, but this itch was not ordinary, it was like someone was scratching his heart with a feather duster, and his body was also itching, in short, that feeling was unbearable.

  Barely twenty seconds later, Chu Jiu could no longer bear it and started rolling on the ground, scratching non-stop.

  "Mr. Chujiu, this feeling, this taste is so refreshing, why don't you continue pretending to be dead?" Yang Lei looked at him like that, and his heart felt very refreshed.

  Assassinate me, this is the outcome.

  This feeling, this punishment, is no worse than the Qing dynasty's ten great cruel punishments. I reckon that legendary life-and-death talisman would feel about the same.

  "You... kill me, kill me." Chu Jiu begged.

  "Tell me, who sent you to kill me? I'll make it quick and painless for you." Yang Lei said calmly.

  "I don't know, I just accepted the task, I don't know anything else." The ninth day was unbearable agony, his body had already been scratched by him until it was bloody and raw, his skin torn to shreds.

  Chun Lan couldn't bear to look at it anymore and hastily turned her head away.

  This appearance, even Yang Wei himself was stunned, he didn't expect that the elixir he refined, the Desire Heaven Desire Death Dan, would be so terrifying, it truly lived up to its name.

  "You're not saying anything? If you don't say anything, just slowly enjoy it then. This feeling is great, right? I can tell you, the name of this medicinal pill that's making you feel this way is called 'Desire Heaven Desire Death Pill'. It can make people feel like they're in heaven and hell at the same time, from head to toe." Yang Lei said with a smile as he saw him not speaking.

  "Kill me...... you killed me......" At this time, the ninth was already on his last breath, but that feeling still tormented him.

  Yang Lei sighed, this Tian Xing Lou had extremely strict rules and was also very clear, wanting to get anything from these killers' mouths was basically impossible.

  And so tormenting him like this, tormenting him to the end, had become a great evil, drew out the Wind Shadow Knife, and with a light swing, a blade of energy ended the life of Chū Kyū.

  "Ding, congratulations player for killing Wu Huang's 4th stage assassin, experience +3,500,000, internal energy +35,000, points +35,000."

  "Ding, congratulations player on acquiring Stealth."