Chapter 14 Attack to Kill
The a.s.sa.s.sin did not antic.i.p.ate his carefully premeditated attack would be blocked and became momentarily distracted. Soon after, he brandished a long sword and advanced toward Ling Xiao to kill him.
“Wicked thing, you dare!” Ling Tao arrived at the last moment, wielding the pike and thrusting it at the a.s.sa.s.sin.
The a.s.sa.s.sin had to give up pursuing Ling Xiao, flipping the sword in hand to parry Ling Tao’s pike, and then jumped high up in the sky, intending to escape.
Ling Tao’s murderous spirit is strong; someone unexpectedly dares to murder his nephew in broad daylight. He let out a roar and circulated his xuan strength, causing golden light to envelop his entire body as he thrust the pike towards the a.s.sa.s.sin.
The a.s.sa.s.sin let out a strange cry and had no choice but to stop. He slashed down continuously with his long sword and releasing dozens of sword beams.
“Bang!”
“Boom!”
Bright rays of light blossomed midair.
Although the a.s.sa.s.sin blocked Ling Tao’s moves, his body had been injured in several places and his aura was already locked by Ling Tao. Only if he’s faster than Ling Tao, or else he definitely cannot escape Ling Tao’s pursuit.
“Why do you keep trying to harm my nephew? If you don’t provide a proper explanation today, you’ll be pushing up the daisies.” Ling Tao’s pike pointed at the a.s.sa.s.sin in the black cloak whose head is tightly covered in cloth.
“Humph! We’ll have to see if you have the ability.” The a.s.sa.s.sin said in a controlled voice. At the same time, he flourished his long sword creating two yellow-colored sword flowers as he charged towards Ling Tao.
“Insignificant talent.” Ling Tao sneered disdainfully, sweeping away with the pike in his hand, immediately shattering the two yellow-colored sword flowers.
However, Ling Tao did not expect this was only his opponent’s ruse. When Ling Tao blocked the sword flowers, the a.s.sa.s.sin turned around with his fastest speed and disappeared without a trace.
Ling Tao angrily slammed the pike onto the ground, and then turned around and rushed to Ling Xiao’s side.
Bai Yu Xi couldn’t stop crying, holding Ling Xiao as blood sprayed from his mouth.
Contrary to expectation, Ling Xiao forced a smile and consoled. “Don’t cry. Young Master has a tenacious life; I’m still not dead.”
Ling Xiao used all his strength to counter the attack, but his opponent still managed to shake him so hard that his internal organs turned once over. The meridians he had barely managed to stabilize last night begin emitting a swelling pain once again, making him truly depressed!
“Good kid. Let’s go. Third Uncle will bring you home first.” Ling Tao praised, lifting Ling Xiao onto his shoulders before his figure launched towards Ling Xiao’s home.
Bai Yu Xi found herself alone before she could react, before running back home slightly stunned.
Very quickly, Ling Tao brought Ling Xiao back home.
Ling Zhan tried his best to comfort Meng Xi Yun, but Meng Xi Yun was beside herself in tears.
“Do not worry Sister-in-law. I have a Moisture Returning Pill here; Xiao’er will be all right.” Ling Tao took out a small bottle from his waist and then poured out two pinky-sized, black medicine pills from the bottle.
Moisture Returning Pill is a high-grade spirit pill that possesses meridian healing and energy restoring properties; it is a martial artist’s essential live-saving medicine. Don’t underestimate the small size of the medicine pill; it’s worth a thousand gold coins.
“That’s great. Quickly, quickly let Xiao’er take it.” Meng Xi Yun insisted.
Ling Tao took the two medicine pills and placed it in Ling Xiao’s mouth and then set him down on the bed.
“Good. Let’s go outside first. Xiao’er should be stable after taking the Moisture Returning Pill.” Ling Zhan glanced at his son and then said to his wife.
After the three had returned to the hall, Ling Zhan could not help but ask Ling Tao what happened.
Ling Tao did not conceal anything and laid it all out.
Ling Zhan’s brows creased as he said, “According to what you said, the other party’s strength is about equal to you?”
“That ought to be right. He immediately withdrew after his strike failed to hit the mark; I went all out but can only force him to stop momentarily. It goes to show that the a.s.sa.s.sin’s strength is not inferior to me.” Ling Tao said and nodded.
Ling Zhan thought deeply and muttered to himself, “Could it be the same person?”
“Big Brother, what did you say?” Ling Tao asked.
“I thought if the opposite party was the same person that ambushed me twelve years ago, but his strength doesn’t appear to be the same. The one that initially attacked me had at least the power of a peak xuan warrior. Otherwise, it would be impossible to end up this way by my strength back then.” Ling Zhan said.
“I also don’t quite understand. But I think there’s no one else besides the Li Family that will do this kind of thing.” Ling Tao said.
“My son really has a hard life!” Meng Xi Yun can’t help but say in frustration.
“Elder Sister, rest a.s.sure, I’ll return to the family and ask father to increase Xiao’er’s protection. We cannot let any mishaps happen to Xiao’er again.” Ling Tao comforted, then turned around and left Ling Zhan’s home.
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Inside the room, the Moisture Returning Pill started to show its effect after Ling Xiao took medication.
A gentle and refreshing medicinal strength begin to distribute in his internal organs, slowly moisturizing Ling Xiao’s meridians and blood. Meanwhile, Three Parts Return Vital Energy starts healing automatically. Although the speed was slow, it worked perfectly together with Moisture Returning Pill’s medicinal strength to achieve the optimum effect.
Aside from steadily moisturizing the meridians, the xuan strength is also gradually recovering.
Two hours later, Ling Xiao’s complexion slowly regained a healthy color, his countenance relaxed.
Four hours later, Ling Xiao opened his eyes, and then quickly sat cross-legged and immediately cultivated Three Parts Return Vital Energy.
Moisture Returning Pill is refined from more than ten first-grade spirit gra.s.ses. Other than healing, it can also restore energy.
The Moisture Returning Pill not only stabilized Ling Xiao’s injured meridians, but it also restored his xuan strength to peak conditions. Ling Xiao realized that the Moisture Returning Pill’s still very potent and can be exploited, so he began cultivating without hesitation in an attempt to break through the eleventh meridian in one fell swoop.
Three Parts Return Vital Energy—three different kinds of internal skills—continuously extracted and compressed the medicinal properties.
Ling Xiao lost count of how many times this repeated but felt the opportune moment has arrived. All of the energy compressed into an orb and surged toward the eleventh terminated meridian.
“Rumbling.”
“Kacha.”
After sustaining injuries twice, he finally broke through the eleventh meridian with the Moisture Returning Pill’s efficacy.
Ling Xiao jumped out of bed and laughed heartily, “Haha, I didn’t expect I’d be able to break through. If only I can break through the last meridian, then I’ll be able to store xuan strength. d.a.m.n, it feels good!”
The eleven meridians’ gentle and warm xuan strength began to moisturize his internal organs, making him even more full vitality and energy.
Right now, Ling Xiao does not have the slightest appearance of being injured. Instead, he seems high-spirited and full of fighting spirit.
Just then, the door was pushed open.
“Xiao’er, are you all right?” Meng Xi Yun immediately ran over and asked with concern.
Ling Xiao felt his heart warm, nodded and said, “Mother, I’m all right.”
“You scared mother to death. Don’t go out again. You can obediently stay at home and play.” Meng Xi Yun still had lingering fears.
“I understand, Mother. I won’t make you worry from now on.” Ling Xiao agreed.
At this moment, Ling Zhan spoke, “You have to thank your Third Uncle this time, or you might not have come back.”
Ling Xiao gave a knowing smile and said, “Father, I know. Where’s Third Uncle?”
“He’s returned to the inner court.” Ling Zhan said.
Ling Xiao casually acknowledged before asking where Bai Yu Xi is. As it turns out, the girl is in the kitchen preparing soup to nurse his body.
After chattering away with his mother for a while, Ling Xiao was called to the study by Ling Zhan.
Ling Zhan said solemnly, “Xiao’er, although you can cultivate xuan strength, I hope you that you do not become too ostentatious in the future.”
How could Ling Xiao not understand his father’s uneasiness? He obediently nodded and replied, “Father, I’ll remember.”
“Good. It was because your father was too reckless back then that lead to where I am now. You inherited your dad’s personality and suffered the same trauma. Therefore, I hope you can draw from these two lessons and learn to endure silently. When we have the strength to stand above everything, all our enemies will have to give way in the face of superior strength. If they dare to appear then, they only come to throw their life away.” Ling Zhan lectured.
Ling Xiao can be considered to be experienced in this area, and immediately understood his father’s painstaking efforts, talented people need to remain low-key is the hard truth! When his strength reaches a point where others cannot threaten, sweep across all directions in one fell swoop!
“It seems that I better not be so rampant later, or else I might not be so lucky if I encounter this kind of attack again.” Ling Xiao silently admonished himself.
In a jungle outside Falling Stone City, the a.s.sa.s.sin who attacked Ling Xiao pulled down the black cloth wrapped around his head, exposing a hideous face. Most people would be afraid by the sight.
Suddenly, this a.s.sa.s.sin turned this head and shouted, “Who’s here? Don’t try to sneaky.”
A masked man wearing a gold chang pao calmly came out from the other side. A strange design is painted on the mask and the two blood-thirsty fangs in front of the mouth make people tremble in fear.
The a.s.sa.s.sin tightened his grip on his long sword and watched the masked man wearing a gold chang pao and asked, “May I ask who you are sir? Why not reveal your true ident.i.ty?”
“The masked man said in a cold voice, “A dead man is not eligible to see my face.”
“You sure know how to talk big!” The a.s.sa.s.sin shouted. His entire person jumped high up in the sky as he waved his long sword, producing yellow-colored sword beam that exploded violently toward the masked man.
The yellow-colored sword beam cut down all the trees in half wherever it goes up till it arrived at the masked man.
“Boom…”
The a.s.sa.s.sin saw the masked man fall to his move and let out a sigh, “Turns out to only be an idiot.”
“Is that right?” The a.s.sa.s.sin just finished when he heard echoes of the masked man’s faint voice.
The a.s.sa.s.sin faced the masked man, and can’t help but be startled. His adversary had directly absorbed his all-out attack intact. Fear began to well up in his heart.
He only had one thought in his mind, “run.”
At this moment, the masked man issued a bitter laugh, his figure flashed and instantly arrived in front of the a.s.sa.s.sin as a dried up old hand squeezing the a.s.sa.s.sin’s neck.
The a.s.sa.s.sin exposed an alarmed expression, “You…you’re a spirit…”
Before he finished saying “master,” the masked man directly snapped his neck.
“Dare to harm my grandson; death is too good for you.” The masked man left these last words and disappeared from the jungle.