Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

Upon seeing Lu Xuan and his group arrive, the assassins from Bixuewu immediately withdrew from the battle, but unlike the two who had been killed by Shangguan Yulong earlier, they did not turn around and flee.

Shangguan Yulong looked at the four assassins standing at the front, took two steps forward, and said coldly, "If you are willing to tell me who hired you, I can let you leave alive and promise not to pursue this matter any further!"

Seeing that the four remained silent, Shangguan Yulong laughed angrily:

"Although your Azure Blood Dock is elusive, it is not entirely without a trace! Now that you dare to ambush and kill the elders of the Myriad Sounds Pavilion and the Falling Clouds Sect, you must be prepared to bear the wrath of the two sects' joint attack! Furthermore, the Hall of Worship will not stand idly by in this matter, but will assist the two sects in bringing you to justice! I hope that at that time you will still be as calm as you are now!"

“Shangguan Gongfeng is right!” Lu Xuan stepped forward and continued to press, “Miaoyin Pavilion and Luoxia Sect are both friends of our Lu family. If we are to besiege Bixuewu, our Lu family will also do our part!”

"What a big tone!"

A clear, cool female voice rang out from all around the woods.

"Are you really going to besiege our Bixuewu with just two second-rate sects and a second-rate family? Do you really think our Bixuewu is made of clay? That any Tom, Dick, or Harry can threaten us at will?"

The woman's voice was like a demonic sound, sometimes as close as a whisper in your ear, and sometimes like an echo from afar, making it impossible to pinpoint the speaker's location or direction.

Upon hearing this sound, Shangguan Yulong and the others immediately became serious and alert to their surroundings.

The sound was so effective that it was clearly produced using internal energy!

As experts who had been immersed in the first-class realm for many years, they could tell from the voice alone that the speaker's internal strength cultivation had reached a terrifying level!

While looking around, Shangguan Yulong sneered, "A bunch of rats who only dare to live in the dark, have you forgotten how you were slaughtered by the Suspended Sword Pavilion more than 20 years ago? Now you dare to spout nonsense here. Aren't you afraid that our Hall of Worship will make the scene of the past repeat itself?"

"Shangguan Gongfeng is quite arrogant." The woman's voice was low and gloomy. "We, Bixuewu, certainly cannot afford to offend the Gongfeng Academy, but the person we want to kill has nothing to do with the Gongfeng Academy. I suppose the Gongfeng Academy wouldn't be so idle as to meddle in a Jianghu matter that has nothing to do with them."

"Who says it's unrelated?" Shangguan Yulong retorted sharply, "I am standing right here right now. If we start fighting, your Bixuewu will be condemned for assassinating a member of the Imperial Guard! As for the consequences—I think you know them!"

"Ha! Assassinate a high-ranking official—so what? Given the current state of the palace, I don't believe the Imperial Household Department would go to such lengths in the martial world for a mere outsider."

As soon as he finished speaking, several figures emerged from the woods behind Shangguan Yulong and the others, forming an encirclement with the original ten assassins.

Upon seeing the thirteen assassins from Bixuewu suddenly appear and block their retreat, Shangguan Yulong and Lu Xuan immediately realized that this was likely a trap deliberately set by the other side!

The purpose is to wait for those who came to provide support to jump in on their own!

Otherwise, if all twenty-odd assassins had been deployed, Yu Qiu and Du Ya's group would have been killed instantly, and they definitely wouldn't have been able to hold out until the assassins arrived.

Of the thirteen assassins who appeared afterward, three had already reached the first-class level, and the leader, a woman, had even reached the peak of the first-class level!

This woman was the one who spoke the voice just now.

The woman's words silenced Shangguan Yulong, who was filled with resentment.

The other party is right. Given the current situation in the Great Qian Dynasty, the Imperial Academy would never send people to besiege Bixuewu just for a non-family member like him.

Even if he were to perish here tonight, the Imperial Household Agency would not take any major action. At most, they would only put on a show for outsiders and would not truly care about his life or death.

The reason he said that was simply to intimidate the other party by using the name of the Gongfeng Temple.

But who knew that the other party not only had such a deep understanding of the imperial court and the Imperial Academy, but was also unusually bold, completely different from the rumored style of Bixuewu.

Seeing the arrogant attitude of the woman leading the Bixuewu, Yu Qiu, already enraged, raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Shangguan Gongfeng, no need to waste words with them! We're going to have a fight tonight anyway, let's just settle it with our skills!"

The furious Du Ya unusually chimed in, "That's right! These evil spirits will only bring trouble to the martial world if left alive. Let us take this opportunity to eliminate them all!"

Upon hearing this, the woman laughed sarcastically and said, "I think you old bastard are really blind and senile. Don't you even take a good look at the difference in strength between us and the enemy? It's still uncertain who will eliminate whom."

"--you!"

Du Ya was so angry at the woman's words that he trembled all over, wishing he could immediately cleave her in two with his sword.

Without further ado, Shangguan Yulong took out a short stick, about four fingers thick and a foot long, from his waist. With a forceful flick, the two ends of the stick instantly extended outwards by several feet, transforming into a seven-section long staff.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan and the others also drew their weapons.

The war is about to start.

Yu Qiu was the first to lose his composure. He raised his long sword and launched an attack on the two assassins who had previously surrounded him.

Following Yu Qiu's move, the others immediately sprang into action, engaging in a chaotic battle with the assassins of Bixuewu.

Like Yu Qiu, Du Ya made the same choice, charging directly at his former adversary the moment he took action.

Shangguan Yulong swung his long staff, aiming it at the woman who led the Bixuewu.

Lu Xuan and Lu Changfeng then engaged in a fierce battle with the two remaining top-tier assassins standing behind the woman.

Although Lu Xuan was at the peak of the first-class realm, he was getting old and had passed his prime. He could not unleash the full strength of his peak realm, so he could only temporarily fight to a draw with the assassin at the late stage of the first-class realm.

The assassin fighting Lu Changfeng was at the same level as him, both being mid-stage first-rate fighters. Therefore, it was difficult to determine who was stronger between the two in a short time, and they ended up fighting to a draw.

When Jiang Yuchuan arrived with Qi Changqing and Jiang Jihai, the two groups were locked in a fierce battle.

Jiang Jihai gave Jiang Yuchuan a look, then leaped up to a nearby tree and hid in the dense canopy.

Jiang Yuchuan and Qi Changqing jumped up together and hid on a branch near Jiang Jihai.

To prevent Qi Changqing from becoming too excited while watching the battle and losing his composure, which might be noticed by the group of experts below, Jiang Yuchuan secretly placed a concealment talisman on Qi Changqing's back after climbing the tree.