Chapter 46: Chapter 43 Night Battle_1
"Such a generous reward, the Zhou Clan, being a martial chef family, sure are wealthy."
Lu Yan twitched his tongue in secret after hearing this.
To know that the price of a piece of Mutated Nine-section Heart Meat is only around forty thousand taels.
Everyone couldn’t resist the temptation, even the Martial Marquises of various feudal lords were tempted, and all partook in the search.
In the large courtyard, only Lu Yan was left, everyone else had gone out to look for traces of the female assassin.
An assassin capable of killing a Martial Marquis, even when said Marquis was poisoned, must possess extraordinary abilities, most likely a Fifth Limit Breaker.
For an ordinary martial artist to take down such an assassin would be nothing short of wishful thinking.
But Zhou Hezhen managed to injure the assassin before his death. There’s a chance the assassin might be severely injured now, this would create an opportunity to strike.
This gave some hope to martial artists below the Fifth Limit Breaking.
Even those below the Third Limit Breaking, although they knew their chances of capturing the assassin were slim, as long as they found some trace of the assassin, they would still get a reward of ten thousand taels.
Ten thousand taels, how long would it take to accumulate that much from their monthly salary?
Take the Red-clad Guard for instance, their monthly salary for Second Limit Breaking is fifty taels, they would need sixteen years to save up ten thousand taels.
Was Lu Yan not tempted? He was. He initially went out for a few rounds, aimless like a headless fly, but he soon calmed down.
With so many people hunting, even if they did find the assassin, the chances would still be too small, it would be better to stay at home and cultivate.
Night fell, and the Red-clad Guard still had not returned.
In the practice room, Lu Yan practiced Gale Hand and Vajra Body, both of which left him drenched in sweat, preparing to go to the well to wash up.
In the darkness, a figure approached him.
Lu Yan squinted his eyes, his muscles slightly tense, and then relaxed once he recognized the approaching person.
It turned out to be a maid, one of the dozens of servants hired by the Liu Family.
Lu Yan remembered this maid.
About twenty years old, with a graceful stature, but a sizable birthmark on her face, which marred her beauty.
"My lord."
The maid saw Lu Yan and bowed slightly.
"Why are you awake this late?" Lu Yan casually asked.
"I am about to go to bed."
The maid responded.
Suddenly, Lu Yan sniffed, staring at the maid, "Are you injured?"
Because, he smelled the scent of blood from her.
"My lord is really astute, you noticed it so quickly. I accidentally cut my finger while slaughtering a chicken earlier."
The maid lifted her hand, indeed there was a wound on her finger, which was fast forming a scab.
"Well, you should rest early to avoid affecting tomorrow’s work, so it won’t make the other lords unhappy."
Lu Yan advised.
"Thank you for your concern, my lord."
The maid bowed again, about to leave, but was stopped by Lu Yan.
"Wait, your birthmark, its location seems to have changed."
Lu Yan suddenly commented.
Subconsciously, the maid touched her face, a flicker of surprise in her eyes, but only for a moment, quickly hidden by the night’s darkness.
"My lord must be joking, how could the location of my birthmark change? Could my lord have seen wrongly?"
The maid forced a smile.
"Yes, I must have seen wrongly since it’s too dark. Never mind, go to sleep."
Lu Yan waved his hand in dismissal.
"My lord should also rest early."
The maid curtsied, then continued on her way.
They brushed past each other.
Right after that, Lu Yan whipped around violently, launching a chop towards the maid.
Unexpectedly, the maid also turned around at the same time, a dagger already in her hand, thrusting towards Lu Yan. Her speed was even faster than Lu Yan’s.
"So there really is something off."
Lu Yan’s pupils contracted, twisting his arm, transforming his palm into a claw, grasping at the ’maid’s’ wrist.
But the maid’s change in response was even quicker. Her petite body twisted slightly, switched positions swiftly, advancing on Lu Yan, her dagger slashing towards Lu Yan’s throat.
A shiver shot through Lu Yan, he stepped back rapidly while throwing a punch towards the ’maid’s’ arm.
The maid flicked her wrist, positioning the dagger towards Lu Yan’s wrist in an incredible manner.
This time, Lu Yan did not retreat nor dodge, the Vajra Body activated, turning his entire arm golden in an instant, appearing cast of golden bronze.
Sizzle...
The dagger slashed across his wrist, actually eliciting sparks, and as Lu Yan’s wrist trembled, the immense force passed through the dagger and surged toward the opponent.
The opponent retreated by five to six meters while Lu Yan stepped back three times.
Lu Yan felt a slight stinging in his wrist. Upon a glance, he found a streak of blood.
But it was shallow; it just broke the skin, seeping a bit of fresh blood.
"What vigorous Qi-blood, the result of a top-notch martial arts cultivation."
Lu Yan assessed in his heart.
At the moment the dagger hit his wrist, the accumulated Qi-blood on his wrist could not resist and shattered in one blow.
Luckily, his hands had been toughened and hardened by the Iron Thread Fist and Shattering Stone Palm, coupled with the boost from the Vajra Body, allowing him to block the opponent’s dagger.
Otherwise, his entire hand could have been sliced off.
"Unexpectedly, the usually unnoticeable Red-clad Guard, actually has such strength, it seems, you’ve fooled everyone."
The servant girl wore a cold expression, full of killing intention, and charged Lu Yan at an extremely high speed.
"Hmph, so you’re the female assassin."
Lu Yan snorted coldly, fearless, and threw a punch at her.
As both were about to close in, the ’servant girl’ suddenly swung her left hand.
Swish swish swish...
A bunch of black needles as thin as ox hair shot toward Lu Yan.
In the dark night, they were barely visible, even with Lu Yan’s keen eyes, he could only make out a blurry shadow.
Some aimed for his chest, some his throat, and some his eyes...
Thump!
Lu Yan’s leg muscles bulged, he pushed back quickly, extending his palms in front of his head, while the Vajra Body was pushed to its limit, his height rapidly increased from 1.9 meters to just over 2 meters, his whole body turning golden yellow.
Ding! Ding! Ding!...
The black needles as thin as ox hair hit his palms and body, but hitting as if they struck metal, making a clinking sound, and were all repelled.
Splutch!
The servant girl closely followed the black needles, her dagger slashed across Lu Yan’s abdomen, leaving a wound.
Luckily, the wound wasn’t deep, the Vajra Body quickly caused the muscles to convulse and stop the bleeding.
Woosh!
After striking, the ’servant girl’ twisted her body, reached behind Lu Yan, and thrust her dagger.
Lu Yan didn’t turn back, his sturdy body fell backward, like a mountain collapsing, crashing onto the opponent.
The opponent was startled, evaded in time, while Lu Yan twisted his waist forcefully, morphing his body, raised his left arm, and smashed a fist at her.
This punch hit her dagger, the formidable force pushed her back by more than ten steps.
"Five times limit breaking, top-notch martial arts, but running out of steam, indeed her bone strength was influenced."
Lu Yan had a thought in his mind.
Considering this...
"Missy, today let me show you what is called violence aesthetic, endure this."
Lu Yan propelled himself with his legs, his giant body charged at her and his tremendous fists, as violent as a storm, pummeled her.
Agile movements, tricky and unconventional attacks, every move aiming at his vitals, was not Lu Yan’s forte.
Since the opponent was running out of steam, then he would break her with force.
No matter how she dodged, Lu Yan just swung his fist.
After all, his hands were incredibly hard, analogous to a large hammer, he wasn’t afraid of her dagger.
It was just a scratch at worst.
Hitting with fists wasn’t enough; he unpredictably raised his leg to kick as well.
The ’servant girl’, with a height of about 1.7 meters, appeared like a lamb to be slaughtered in front of 2 meters tall Lu Yan.
Several of her position changes were in vain, Lu Yan’s sudden kick almost hit her, she barely dodged to the side, but Lu Yan landed a hook punch.
In the panic, the ’servant girl’ had no choice but to cross her hands in front of her body to block Lu Yan’s punch.
Thump!
This punch heavily landed on the servant girl’s arms, her body flew out and hit the ground hard.
Taking the upper hand with one move, Lu Yan marched forward, leaped high, and stomped heavily.
The servant girl quickly rolled backward to evade the strike, but Lu Yan stepped on the ground and charged again, his right foot also kicked forward.
The servant girl had just managed to block Lu Yan’s punch, one of her arms was already broken, she could only raise her other hand to block.
Snap!
The other arm of the servant girl also broke, her body flew out like a rubber ball, hit a rockery, then slid on the ground, coughed up mouthfuls of blood, her face ashen, her breath weak, she was severely injured.
But Lu Yan wasn’t relaxed, the opponent was a female assassin, who knows what tricks she had, so he rushed over and punched her in the abdomen again.
One punch, shattered her body-protecting Qi-blood, the servant girl coughed up several mouthfuls of fresh blood, rolled her eyes, and fainted.
