Imperial henchmen? Never been struck by the sword of the Six Doors (a secret police agency).

Inside the tent

"Tonight, I'll trouble you, Wu Bo, to keep an eye on Chu Yi's movements, and also Yan Xia. Have the guards ready." Li Junsu sat in the main seat, his tone calm.

"I understand, young master." Li Wu nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Yes, young master." Li Yanxia bowed even more respectfully upon hearing this.

Although he didn't know what his elder brother had just said, he knew that the second son of the Chu family and Chu Dali's deputy would poison Chu Dali in the camp.

He only needed to be in charge of when to charge, just like his elder brother was in charge of the mine's profits and communication with the master, while he only needed to manage the brothers in the camp.

“Very good, we’ll move out tonight.” Li Junsu looked at Li Yanxia, ​​who had been lost in thought, and gave a resounding reply. He glanced at Li Changchun and then got up to leave.

......

On the carriage.

"You two brothers have done a great job dividing up the responsibilities," Li Junsu praised.

A brilliant strategist and a capable general are a perfect match. What he needs is not why we are attacking the Chu family camp tonight, but simply to obey orders.

"Hehe, Yanxia and I are at roughly the same level, and he might even advance to the Sect Master realm a step faster than me." Li Changchun proudly praised his younger brother.

My own silly younger brother is single-minded, but this single-mindedness is actually quite good in training martial artists. Otherwise, Chu Dali, who is at the Sect Master Realm, wouldn't have asked what benefits there would be in conquering the Li family.

"You still need to work harder. Your defense is okay, but your offense is lacking. You'll perish sooner or later," Li Wu reminded him.

“What Lord Wu says is true,” Li Changchun immediately agreed.

"Alright, let's wait for the show tonight." Li Junsu closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

He was really looking forward to tonight's big show.

......

Night comes quickly.

The Li family's main hall.

"Young Master, Chu Yi has already set off," Li Wu called from outside the door.

"Let's go." Li Junsu, dressed in a black outfit, picked up the fluorescent white short knife from the table.

......

Chu Family Camp

"Ready?" Chu Yi looked at Cheng Liang.

"We're ready. We'll make sure he doesn't leave alive," Cheng Liang said confidently.

"You plan to send the guards first?" Chu Yi asked.

He frowned when he came in and saw the guards with wary eyes.

"He's been poisoned and can't kill many guards. We'll intensify our military drills then, and Li Changchun won't have time to support the Li family. Besides, he's only at the Inner Realm, so he's not very useful," Cheng Liang explained.

"Is it possible that Li Changchun knew we were practicing military formations?" Chu Yi asked.

"That's impossible. Most of the time, Chu Dali used his cultivation level to slaughter everyone," Cheng Liang assured him, patting his chest.

"Alright, let the guards go first." Chu Yi nodded upon hearing this.

He thought it would work to weaken Chu Dali once again by using the garrison.

"Hide quickly, he should be here soon," Cheng Liang instructed.

......

Inside the Li family camp.

"Aren't we leaving now?" Li Yanxia looked at the three people who were resting with their eyes closed and scratched his head.

"No rush, let's wait a bit longer. If we go now, Chu Dali might find us." Li Junsu calculated the time and spoke calmly.

Li Junsu opened his eyes only after enough time had passed between the outskirts of the city and the camp.

"Let's go." Li Junsu waved his hand.

"Let's go!" Li Yanxia called out as she went outside.

.......

The Chu family's camp.

"What do you want with me so late at night?" Chu Dali lifted the tent flap and sat down casually.

He was just about to relax when he was summoned by someone sent by Cheng Liang.

"My lord, we..." Cheng Liang said, respectfully handing over a bowl of wine.

"What's wrong with us?" Chu Dali drank it without even looking at it, then wiped his mouth.

"It seems the Li family has designs on us again," Cheng Liang said.

"What? Are they looking for death?" Chu Dali laughed upon hearing this.

He really didn't know whether to praise the Li family for being too bold or for having their brains squeezed by a door.

“They really are…” Chu Dali said, when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and then he reached out and cried out.

"You..." Chu Dali looked at the blood on his hand, immediately used his internal energy to protect his internal organs, and then looked at Cheng Liang and spoke coldly.

"Make your move." Cheng Liang waved his hand, and the guards immediately rushed into the tent, protecting Cheng Liang behind them.

"Hahaha! Good, you eat and use things from the Chu family, and now you want to betray the Chu family with him?" Chu Dali immediately realized what was happening, stood up, and laughed heartily.

The guards froze upon hearing this.

“He didn’t betray the Chu family.” A gentle voice rang out as Chu Yi slowly walked into the tent. Beside him, Pin’er’s eyes shone as she looked at the elegant Chu Yi.

"Hahahaha! You want to kill me with such a piece of trash? I begged for your armor, I added the food, and even the drinks were paid for by me."

"Come on, tell me, are you going to kill me!" Chu Dali's voice, delivered with his inner force, resounded throughout the surroundings.

He didn't know why Cheng Liang would betray him, but he wasn't afraid of such underhanded tactics.

On the high slope.

"You do have some guts," Li Wu said, looking down at the camp below.

"Go ahead and make a scene, the bigger the better," Li Junsu said with a smile.

Chu Family Camp

The guards wavered upon hearing this.

"At that time, will these two be able to help you get more armor to save your lives, or will they be able to let you eat better?" Chu Dali asked quietly.

"Kill him!" Cheng Liang roared, looking at the wavering crowd.

Upon hearing this, the guard swung his sword and slashed at Chu Dali.

With a clang, the broadsword was deflected.

"Erniu!" The guard who had been thrown back looked at the guard who suddenly blocked Chu Dali's way, and was shocked and angry.

"Sorry, Yellow Dog, my parents taught me from a young age... that one should never be ungrateful." Erniu drew his knife.

Upon hearing this, the already wavering guards drew their swords and turned them against their former comrades.

One faction is driven by ambition and the other by a desire to repay a debt of gratitude. Former friendships are gone, and they are now ready to fight to the death.

"Kill them all, kill all the traitors, and you'll be richly rewarded." Chu Dali's hand gleamed with golden light as he spoke coldly.

"Stop hiding it, he's just putting on a brave face." Cheng Liang said, then pulled out a large knife.

"Understood." Chu Yi unfurled his fan, his eyes turning icy.

On the high slope.

"It's really lively." Li Junsu looked at the flames soaring into the sky below, listening to the intertwined sounds of fighting and shouting, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Young Master, we seem to be acting like scoundrels," Li Wu said with a hint of helplessness.

"This was bound to happen sooner or later. I was just trying to help them bring it forward. It's better to have a short, sharp pain than a long, drawn-out one." Li Junsu spouted a perfectly reasonable bunch of nonsense.

Li Wu was rendered silent by the ordeal.

......

At midnight, the shouts of battle below gradually subsided.

In the end, the seemingly invincible Chu Dali actually died from poisoning, dying standing up with blood flowing from all seven orifices.

Chu Yi and Cheng Liang fell to the ground, stopping in their tracks as Chu Dali approached in fear.

"Ha...haha...we won!" Cheng Liang gasped for breath, wiping the blood from his forehead.

"Master!" Pin'er rushed over to help the disheveled Chu Yi up.

Suddenly, a round of applause came from afar.

"Kill." Chu Yi and the others turned their gazes, and after the handsome man at the head finished clapping, his icy tone chilled everyone in the camp.

"The Li family!" Chu Yi's eyes widened in horror.

"All of this is..." Chu Yi, realizing what was happening, looked at the man she didn't recognize at all. Before she could finish speaking, the moonlight began to shine.

He felt as if he had returned to his childhood, to his mother who was bullied to death by the matriarch of the household, and to his father whom he had never met.

"Child...you must become a great person..." Mother's last words and that rainy night seemed to come back to me.

He actually... wanted to stay by his mother's side forever. The days when he chased butterflies around his mother when he was a child were perhaps the days he truly lived.

"I'm sorry, Mother, I've broken my promise." Chu Yi's last thoughts ended there.

The gleam of the blade was as sharp as moonlight.

With a swift knife, Li Junsu felt the sharp blade in his hand slice through skin, flesh, and finally sever the head.

"I have arrived, world." Li Junsu thought to himself as he looked at the headless corpse that had been swiftly sliced ​​and whose blood gushed out like a pillar after a short while.

From this day forward, he is truly a member of this world.

He didn't know what obstacles he would encounter on his path of pursuing martial arts, or how many corpses would appear, but as long as someone dared to stand in his way...

Then go die.