The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, I know who he is!"

Dugu Yanyu suddenly spoke up.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and said with interest.

He had been trying to guess whether the man in the blue robe was from a powerful family or a military general.

Judging from the demeanor of this man in the blue robe, he doesn't seem to be a military general.

However, if he is not a military general, then he may come from a powerful and influential family.

There are many talented archers from powerful and wealthy families, but they may not necessarily join the army; they may instead become officials in the imperial court.

Therefore, being good at archery does not necessarily give one the qualities of a military general.

The man in the blue robe's expression changed slightly.

"My lord, if I am not mistaken, he should be Yue Jinghong, the sect leader of the Four Symbols Sect!"

"In the martial arts world, there are very few sects that are skilled in archery."

"The Four Symbols Sect is one of them!"

"However, the Four Symbols Sect has two great unique skills: the Four Symbols Arrow Manual and the Sky-Supporting White Jade Hand."

"When I saw the black-clad man at the peak of the sixth level of the Celestial Realm make his move, I guessed it must be the Sky-Supporting White Jade Hand from the Four Symbols Sect!"

A glint of light flashed in Dugu Yanyu's eyes, and he said with a serious expression, "But at first, I wasn't sure."

It wasn't until I saw the man's archery skills that I truly recognized him.

The archery technique he used was the Azure Dragon Divine Archery Technique from the Four Symbols Archery Manual!

The Four Symbols Arrow Manual contains four arrows: Azure Dragon Divine Arrow Technique, White Tiger Divine Arrow Technique, Vermilion Bird Divine Arrow Technique, and Black Tortoise Divine Arrow Technique!

Within the Four Symbols Sect, the Four Symbols Sect elders, who possess the Sky-Supporting White Jade Hand, are capable of cultivating it.

Only the Four Symbols Arrow Manual has always been able to be cultivated by the sect leader of the Four Symbols Sect.

This is the most supreme martial art of the Four Symbols Sect!

Yue Jinghong clearly specializes in the Azure Dragon Divine Arrow Technique, which is why he didn't use the other three divine arrow techniques just now.

It is said that if anyone can master all four divine archery techniques in the Four Symbols Arrow Manual, they will have a chance to comprehend the Four Symbols Divine Arrow Technique!

The power of the Four Symbols Divine Arrow Technique surpasses that of any single divine arrow technique, reaching a level of power that is truly earth-shattering!

As Dugu Yanyu spoke, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Yue Jinghong's forehead, dripping down to his feet and making the ground beneath him wet.

"Yue Jinghong?"

"The Four Symbols Sect?"

"You are so brave!"

"You dare to assassinate me in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid I'll raze your entire Four Symbols Sect to the ground?"

Chu Xiu's lips curled into a playful smile as he looked at Yue Jinghong with a mocking gaze.

"Please, Lord Marquis, spare the lives of our Four Symbols Sect..."

"I... I can offer up our Four Symbols Sect's Four Symbols Arrow Manual and Sky-Supporting White Jade Hand, just begging that Your Excellency will spare our Four Symbols Sect's life!"

"I can die, I can die in front of the Marquis!"

"As long as Lord Marquis spares the Four Symbols Sect's life, that's enough!"

The golden giant bow and golden arrow in Yue Jinghong's hands fell to the ground. He knelt down in front of Chu Xiu with a thud and pleaded urgently, "They know nothing. Even the elders and stewards of our Four Symbols Sect who were summoned by me to assassinate the Marquis, I only told them my true purpose for summoning them here."

We disciples of the Four Symbols Sect know nothing about this.

"Please, Your Excellency, spare them this once!"

As she spoke, Yue Jinghong took out two dark yellow books from her inner clothes, held them up with both hands, and looked at Chu Xiu expectantly.

"Speak, who exactly sent you to assassinate me?"

"If you tell me, I might just spare the Four Symbols Sect's life!"

Chu Xiu said with an indifferent expression.

Yue Jinghong hesitated for a moment, then said, "My lord, actually, I don't know who it is either."

"You don't know who it is?"

Chu Xiu smiled and looked at Yue Jinghong, saying, "Do you think I'm easy to fool, or are you very confident in your deception skills?"

“Reporting to the Marquis, I truly do not know who sent me to assassinate you.”

"Because the person who sent me never showed up."

"He just told me that if I could bring people to Danyang County and eliminate the Marquis outside the Wanjian Pavilion secret realm, he would support the development of our Four Symbols Sect."

"They could even let me join the army and make me a general."

"At the very least, it will allow me to become a fifth-rank general!"

"Let our Four Symbols Sect flourish and prosper!"

Yue Jinghong said with a bitter expression, "The reason I trust this person is because he gave our Four Symbols Sect a batch of pills."

This batch of pills are all pills cultivated by experts at the Immortal Ascension Realm or even the Celestial Human Realm.

With this batch of pills, our Four Symbols Sect will be able to produce at least five, or even six, more experts at the Celestial Realm level in the future.

The fact that he could so easily give away such valuable pills meant he must be either from a powerful family or a sacred sect.

Those from the most prestigious families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, such as the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families, are the most likely candidates.

Because he promised me that I would become a fifth-rank general.

However, I never met this person.

He always sent notes via messenger.

The person who delivered the note was a mountain dweller from the vicinity of our Four Symbols Sect.

I even asked the villagers, and they had never seen this person's true face.

All he knew was that someone had asked him to deliver a message, and that he would be paid ten taels of silver for each delivery.

Dugu Yanyu and the others frowned, wondering how much truth Yue Jinghong's words were.

Is it half true and half false, or is it all false?

Or perhaps it's all true.

"Soul-stealing technique!"

Chu Xiu suddenly looked into Yue Jinghong's eyes and said.

The words just fell!

Yue Jinghong's eyes became blank, and she was completely controlled by the Soul-Capturing Technique.

Controlling Yue Jinghong, a martial artist at the peak of the ninth level of the Celestial Realm, would not have been an easy task, even if he was not good at close combat.

However, he was now filled with fear and had already made a mistake. He had no power to resist the Soul-Seizing Technique.

Dugu Yanyu and the others were stunned for a moment. They had not expected that Chu Xiu would have the Soul-Capturing Technique.

"Yue Jinghong, is what you just said true?"

Chu Xiu looked at Yue Jinghong calmly and asked.

"Your Excellency, it is all true. I have not concealed anything in the slightest."

Yue Jinghong said with a blank expression.

laugh!

With a soft thud, Yue Jinghong's head rolled to the ground.

The two dark yellow books in his hand had already fallen into Chu Xiu's left hand.

Chu Xiu sheathed his longsword and two secret manuals, and looked at Dugu Yanyu and the others, saying, "Dugu Yanyu, I have a task for you!"

Since Yue Jinghong wasn't lying, and he couldn't find out who was behind it all through Yue Jinghong and the others, there was no need to keep him around.

Not only Yue Jinghong, but also the two men in black who were captured alive were in the same situation.

"Please give the order, Your Excellency!"

Upon hearing this, Dugu Yanyu bowed respectfully.