A Professional Avenger

“That day, when I was about to marry Xiao Li, I remember he took out a wax pill and lit them.
After the scent burst out, all the hundreds of people present were unable to move.
This kind of miraculous poison, I wonder what is it?”

He didn’t know if it was just his imagination, but Ning Songhua felt the Lin Yuetian in front of him was a little weird.
He could even talk about the massacre of his own family in such a calm tone, something he would have never been able to before.

“That’s our Demonic Sect’s secret formula.
Don’t you Righteous Sects also have all kinds of strange techniques? Don’t feel wronged just because you’re hit by one yourself.”

Lin Yuetian merely nodded.
“So, Did you bring it with you today?”

Feeling perplexed, Ning Songhua quickly denied, “Why would I?”

“Left Protector Ning.” Lin Yuetian laughed.
“You are Sect Leader Xiao’s right-hand man, and can even be regarded as his good friend.
He sent you out under his command but didn’t give you such a life-saving drug as reassurance? I don’t believe it.”

“Then, don’t believe it, no one is forcing you otherwise.” Ning Songhua simply cut off the conversation ruthlessly.

Seemingly unaffected, Lin Yuetian kept his gentle demeanor, and replied softly,

“Alright, I will stop.
Left Protector Ning, then let us talk about other things…for example, right now, do you feel the root of your tongue numbed and tingled? Does your waist feel sore and your legs soften? Do you feel your limbs begin to weaken? Does your ear start ringing, and your heartbeat accelerates? Do you feel dizzy, as if your brain has overheated? Do you realize that you can’t draw out your internal strength anymore…”

With each word Lin Yuetian spoke, Ning Songhua’s expression continued to become uglier and worsened.

“…Now, you even feel like you’re about to lose your footing, I suppose?”

Ning Songhua collapsed even before Lin Yuetian finished his speech.

Fortunately, Lin Yuetian’s reflex was good.
He quickly shoved a chair under him, and the Left Protector of the Demonic Sect was saved from kissing the ground below.

“You didn’t bring any poison, but I did.” Lin Yuetian said calmly, blowing out the candle at the corner of the table.

The drug he bought in the System Mall was colorless and odorless.
It is worth 100 points.
To spend the drug efficiently and implement a thrifty lifestyle, Lin Yuetian who wanted higher income but lesser expenditure; had spent a lot of time melting the drug into a pair of candles.
The drug was concealed, and it could even be saved and used for another time.
After all, the items bought from the System Mall as long as it wasn’t used up, it could be brought and used in another world as well!

“How dare you…!”  Ning Songhua’s muscle was all numbed, he couldn’t speak loudly at all.
All he could let out was a muffled angry voice.
“…I’ve never expected you to be so shameless and resorting to such a trick…If you have the ability, just fight me directly, fair and square…!”

“Naturally I have no such ability.” Lin Yuetian didn’t hesitate to straightforwardly admit it.

Ning Songhua, “…”

Feeling infuriated, but unable to do anything, eventually Ning Songhua decided to change his tactic, and gently coaxing,

“…Young Master Lin, our Sect Leader actually cares about you very much.
Truthfully, I came here to find you because he heard that a dangerous Assassin appeared in this City recently. The Bloody Step, this person’s origin is mysterious, his martial arts are superb, his methods are ruthless, and he doesn’t distinguish between right and wrong.
Young Master Lin, ever since the day you left, Sect Leader has always been thinking about your whereabouts and your well-being.
Now that you are in the same City as the Assassin, he is worried if others who are condemning you as Wulin‘s sinner will pay The Bloody Step to kill you.
I have been sent to protect and prevent any trouble from befalling upon Young Master Lin thereafter…”

Originally, Ning Songhua disapproved of Xiao Li’s action, thinking that Xiao Li cared too much about Lin Yuetian.
He decided to just kill Lin Yuetian, that’s why he had deliberately left the matter about Xiao Li behind.
He was planning to take care of this Young Master Lin here before later reporting to his Sect Leader, saying that Lin Yuetian would rather die than come to see Xiao Li.
This way, it’s good for everyone.

Unexpectedly, the situation had completely derailed from the way he initially anticipated.

In this case, Ning Songhua cleverly revealed the unsaid matter about Xiao Li’s real command at once, expecting Lin Yuetian to be soft-hearted when hearing the truth.

“Well…Send my gratitude for your Sect Leader’s kindness.” Lin Yuetian politely expressed his sincere appreciation.
“However, there’s no need.”

He slowly drew out the long sword from his possession.
It was the long sword from the Zimu pair that he had never once drawn when he killed people for money during this period.

His movement was painfully light and unhurried, making sure there was no abnormal noise that could startle humans or birds outside.

The moon hung in the midnight sky and was exuding a pale light.
It seeped through the paper window and dimly illuminate the Sword in a misty luminous.
In another moment, the glint of a sharp blade flashed, revealing Lin Yuetian’s face briefly.

Young Master Lin was a handsome young man with doe-like eyes.
In Ning Songhua’s memory, Lin Yuetian had always been smiling.
When he laughed, there was even a pair of small tiger teeth showing up.

At this moment, however, there was no expression on Lin Yuetian’s face…not even hatred.

He looked incredibly calm, indifferent, and almost feel like he was completely in leisure, as if he was about to do everyday chores like eating, drinking, or sleeping.

“…There’s no need for your Sect Leader to worry, because I am, The Bloody Step.”

The long sword was fully drawn out.

Ning Songhua didn’t even feel the slightest pain.
He just felt a cold sensation on his throat as if he was dipped into ice water, and soon his body lightened.

His vision swirled as the angle his eyes faced changed abruptly.
Ning Songhua could even see his own headless body for the last second.

What he thought in his mind was,

‘Worthy to be the Young Master of the Lin Clan, truly a young talent…Such swift swordsmanship…’

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The Lin Clan residence, since the former Wulin Alliance’s leader, is Father Lin