Chapter 1481: Chapter 1459: Inner Sea Assassin (2)
"Alright, go back and wait for my news. Once I find a solution to the Taiyin Reversal, I will come back to you immediately."
Chen Nan showed a gentle smile, then swiftly flew away under everyone’s gaze.
Ling Shuanghua stood in place, watching the direction Chen Nan departed, without moving for a long time. No one noticed that at this moment, the corner of the Moon God Palace Master’s mouth had curled up in a conspiratorial arc!
"The Palace Master and the Second Palace Master are truly loving, they really are a perfect match."
"Indeed, the Palace Master never sought a Daoist partner over the years, but fell in love at first sight with the Second Palace Master. It’s a wonderful story."
The disciples of Moon God Palace whispered to each other, all feeling that Ling Shuanghua was incredibly devoted.
...
After leaving the Moon God Palace, Chen Nan summoned his flying boat, controlling it to fly while making his way to the Moon God Temple. On the way, he could practice his cultivation.
With tens of thousands of top-grade spirit stones in hand now, he no longer had to hold back and could fully dedicate himself to his cultivation.
Meanwhile, the Primordial Yin absorbed during dual cultivation with Ling Shuanghua had been stored in his body; this was a prime opportunity to refine that Yin energy.
However, the imagination was beautiful, but reality was starkly different.
Chen Nan had been away from the Moon God Palace for only three days when he was already being targeted.
Although he couldn’t detect it with his Divine Sense, the feeling of being secretly watched was something he was all too familiar with.
"Who on earth is it? Why are they watching me constantly?"
Confident that he hadn’t offended anyone since arriving in the Inner Sea, and with the Moon River Valley already destroyed, the only person he could think of was Lan Zhenyue.
"Shuanghua told me that Lan Zhenyue had always pursued her, even viewing her as his forbidden treasure. Now that I’ve taken the prize, he certainly won’t let it rest."
He was somewhat troubled, as Lan Zhenyue was a genuine demon king, at the Third-Layer Nascent Soul Realm, which was indeed terrifying.
Once he sensed someone was watching him, Chen Nan became more cautious, yet the person in the shadows never made a move.
This cautious method made Chen Nan feel a familiar touch.
Assassin!
Back when he was in the Nine Provinces Continent, he had been an assassin for some time, even advancing to the rank of C-level Assassin.
He was quite familiar with this routine of patiently stalking an assassination target, seeking a chance for a one-hit kill.
After much thought, Chen Nan finally slowed down the flying boat.
In the air behind the flying boat, an invisible figure was whispering.
"This person is quite cautious and seems to have noticed my presence. But why is he slowing down? Is he trying to lure me out?"
"Hmph, he underestimates this B-level Assassin, since you’re in a hurry to die, I’ll oblige!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, his figure disappeared like the wind, quickly closing in on the flying boat, soon spotting the figure on the boat who was cultivating.
It seemed like from the start, he had been cultivating without stopping.
The assassin showed no fluctuation of mana, yet he was already gathering momentum, with the mana within him circulating along specific meridians, unleashing all his potential.
When his power reached its peak, he suddenly appeared outside the flying boat, wielding a Blood Sword, his whole body emitting a sharp brilliance like lightning, piercing through the flying boat in an instant!
Swish!
The speed was incredible—from the moment he appeared to completing the assassination—it took less than a breath, which was too short for an unprepared cultivator to make any preparations.
The assassin turned around, wanting to admire another completed task, but as he turned, he was suddenly frozen in place.
Chen Nan on the flying boat had been pierced through, even the assassin had passed through his body, leaving a ghastly hole in him.
Yet the eerie thing was, not a drop of blood flowed from the hole, and where flesh should have been, there was a pitch-black color, like a shadow!
"Is this... a clone?!"
Cold sweat broke out on the assassin’s back. Though he was at the Sixth-Layer Golden Core Realm and had assassinated cultivators two realms higher, killing countless lives...
This was the first time he had seen such a situation.
"Where is the target? I’ve been watching continuously, could he have vanished into thin air?" The assassin looked around, extending his Divine Sense to its fullest, in a state of raised alarm.
At this moment, a fluctuation of mana suddenly appeared behind him. Without thinking, the assassin hurled his Blood Sword fiercely toward the fluctuation.
"Shoot, I fell for it!"
The Blood Sword missed, and a sword Qi flew off into the distance.
In that instant, Chen Nan unexpectedly appeared before the assassin, sweeping the Sword Chenyuan across the assassin’s abdomen, cutting open a wound.
Having succeeded, he quickly retreated, vanishing into the air once again.
This scene horrified the assassin. The methods Chen Nan used were ones he recognized all too well because they were the killing organization’s secrets: Concealing Technique!
Only killers within their organization were qualified to practice it, including the "Assassination Technique" he initially used.
Now Chen Nan, disappearing before him using the Concealing Technique, was undetectable even by Divine Sense, causing yet another cold sweat to break out.
"Could it be that I’ve come to kill a fellow?"
The assassin was just about to conceal himself when another strong wind came from behind, but this time he didn’t move, focusing intensely on what was in front of him.
"Do you think the same trick will work on me twice? Don’t underestimate me!"
He shouted harshly, attempting to draw Chen Nan out.
But suddenly, a cold sensation surged through the back of his head, followed by agonizing pain deep in his soul, as if a nail were driving into it, tearing his Divine Soul apart.
Chen Nan’s Secret Treasure, the Soul Destruction Nail, was the one attacking him!
The assassin nearly fell from the sky, fear gripping his heart: "Why is this person’s assassination skill even more practiced than mine?"
Before he could recover, Chen Nan ghostly appeared in front of him again, delivering a powerful punch that felt like being hit by a flying mountain.
With a spurt, the assassin vomited blood, not knowing how many ribs had broken, tumbling in the air countless times before finally stopping.
As he stopped, a nearly invisible thread wrapped around his body. Any application of mana made the thread tighten, almost cutting into his flesh.
Chen Nan gave a tug, pulling the assassin onto the flying boat, wearing a half-smiling expression.
"You answer to my questions, understood?"
The assassin, not wishing to die, nodded repeatedly.
"Are you an assassin?"
"Yes, I am an assassin of Yama Hall. Even if you kill me, Yama Hall will still send people after you; they won’t stop until the target is completed."
"As expected." Chen Nan felt odd in his heart. From the assassination techniques and concealment techniques used by this assassin, he suspected the assassin was related to Yama Hall.
Now it was confirmed, yet surprisingly, there was a Yama Hall in the Inner Sea; was it merely a namesake?
"Do you recognize this?"
Chen Nan took out a token from his storage bag, his C-level assassin token, which he had kept on him since he left in a hurry.
"Oh? So you’re also an assassin of Yama Hall? Isn’t it strange that family members don’t recognize each other? If I’d known you were from Yama Hall too, I wouldn’t have come."
The assassin quickly spoke, clearly trying to ingratiate himself with Chen Nan.
Chen Nan said nothing, just lowered his head in deep thought. Not only was the name the same, but the assassin tokens were also identical, obviously suggesting that Yama Hall in the Inner Sea and the Nine Provinces Continent was the same organization.
Perhaps the history of Yama Hall was more ancient than he imagined, predating the barrier between the Inner and Outer Seas!
