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

"Who?"

Qin Yu suddenly opened his eyes. He turned to look behind him and immediately saw Chu Xiu attacking with a sword. His pupils contracted, and his expression turned furious. He shouted, "Chu..."

He was a peerless swordsman at the peak of the seventh level of the Earth Immortal Realm.

He could tell at a glance just how powerful Chu Xiu's sword strike was.

The spatial conception of a state of perfection.

Such power of artistic conception actually appeared in a martial artist at the peak of the seventh level of the Immortal Ascension Realm.

This sword strike is so powerful that even those at the peak of the seventh or ninth level of the Celestial Realm, let alone those at the Ascension Realm, would have no chance against it.

Although his injuries have been temporarily suppressed, the power he can wield is even less than that of Chu Xiu.

He could only hope that Wang Hao could hear the commotion inside the room and come to his rescue as quickly as possible.

however!

In a blink of an eye.

Qin Yu's head had already been severed by Chu Xiu and fell to the ground.

His eyes widened in disbelief. He never imagined that he, a peak seventh-level Earth Immortal, would die at the hands of Chu Xiu, a martial artist who hadn't even reached the Celestial Realm.

If he hadn't been seriously injured by Qi Tianchen...

Don't say that Chu Xiu is only at the peak of the seventh level of the Immortal Ascension Realm. Even if Chu Xiu were at the peak of the ninth level of the Celestial Realm, Qin Yu would still not be afraid!

After all, Chu Xiu possessed the spatial conception of the Perfect Realm.

He also possesses the supreme and unparalleled state of mind of perfection!

boom!

The door was broken.

Wang Hao appeared in the room and immediately saw Qin Yu, who lay dead with his eyes wide open. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he cried out in a hoarse voice, "Brother-in-law..."

just.

Chu Xiu was nowhere to be seen in the room.

After killing Qin Yu with a single sword strike, Chu Xiu had already left using the Five Elements Escape Technique.

Wang Hao is different from Qin Yu.

Wang Hao was an official appointed by the imperial court, and also the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

They all held extremely high status within the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even if Chu Xiu wanted to kill Wang Hao, he would only take action against Wang Hao after obtaining evidence of Wang Hao's crimes.

Otherwise, it would be breaking the rules.

The Wang family of Taiyuan will certainly not let this go easily.

Chu Xiu even had to worry that the Wang family of Taiyuan might directly raise an army in rebellion.

But Qin Yu is different.

Qin Yu was merely a江湖人士 (jianghu ren, a person of the martial arts world), and did not hold any official position in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even though everyone knew that Qin Yu's death might be related to Chu Xiu, or even that Chu Xiu was the one who killed him, they could only endure it.

One after another, figures appeared from various parts of the Ministry of Rites' residence and came out of the room.

These figures were all at least at the first level of the Celestial Realm, and some were even at the peak of the ninth level of the Celestial Realm.

They were heavily guarded around the courtyard, yet they had no idea when someone had infiltrated and killed Qin Yu.

In an instant.

These experts from the Taiyuan Wang clan had beads of sweat on their foreheads and their eyes were filled with fear.

Perhaps Chu Xiu's cultivation level is not a threat to them.

However, given their elusive abilities, if someone really wanted to kill them, could they withstand it?

Even the most terrifying assassin in the world is far less frightening than Chu Xiu, right?

Not bad.

They had already guessed that the person who killed Qin Yu, the master of the number one manor in the world, was none other than Chu Xiu, the Marquis of Champion and Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

"What a fine Chu Xiu! What a fine Marquis of Champion!"

Wang Hao stared intently at Qin Yu's corpse, gritting his teeth and speaking with extreme anger.

A peerless swordsman at the peak of the seventh level of the Earth Immortal Realm, whose true combat strength was comparable to that of a peak ninth level Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, was killed just like that!

The Wang family of Taiyuan has truly suffered heavy losses this time!

However, Wang Hao also felt a chill in his heart, a chill that went straight to the bone.

Chu Xiu was able to sneak into the residence of the Vice Minister of Rites without anyone noticing, and kill Qin Yu right next to him.

what does this mean?

This means that if Chu Xiu wanted to kill him, he could kill him just the same way!

"Guards, take my brother-in-law's body back to the Qin family in Huaiyin!"

Wang Hao took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said in a very heavy voice.

Although Qin Yu is dead, the Wang family of Taiyuan must not sever ties with the Qin family of Huaiyin because of this.

There are still many hidden masters among the Qin family of Huaiyin.

Among them are experts at the Human Immortal Realm and even the Earth Immortal Realm.

"Yes."

A Celestial Realm level retainer responded with a strong and resounding voice.

Wang Hao nodded slightly, turned and left, without looking at Qin Yu's corpse again.

Since Qin Yu is dead, he has no value to him anymore.

Sending Qin Yu's body back to the Qin family of Huaiyin was already an act of kindness from the Qin family of Huaiyin.

This is the ruthlessness of powerful and influential families!

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Chu Xiu seemed to appear out of thin air in the study of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

at this time!

"Congratulations, host. For killing Qin Yu, the head of the Qin family of Huaiyin and the head of the number one manor in the world, and for persisting in doing positive things, you have been rewarded with 180 years of power to ascend to immortality and 50 Taiyi Golden Pills."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes."

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, and he said with a look of surprise.

With this power to ascend to immortality for 180 years, he can reach the peak of the eighth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm, taking another step closer to the Celestial Realm.

Fifty Taiyi Golden Pills are also a huge surprise, in addition to the thirty Taiyi Golden Pills awarded last time.

He already possesses eighty Taiyi Golden Pills, enough to allow the Embroidered Uniform Guard to produce a group of unparalleled geniuses, or even prodigies.

The voice just fell.

A vast and powerful force of ascension appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian.

This allowed his cultivation level to naturally reach the peak of the eighth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm.

The commotion within the residence of the Vice Minister of Rites could not possibly be kept secret.

Soon, news spread throughout the capital that an assassin, without alerting anyone, had killed Qin Yu, who had been severely injured by the Imperial Preceptor Qi Tianchen, inside the heavily guarded residence of the Vice Minister of Rites.

The entire capital city was completely shaken.

Qin Tianjian.

Swish!

"Teacher, you guessed right."

"The Marquis really killed Qin Yu."

Yan Qingfeng appeared on the ninth floor of the Imperial Observatory and bowed to Qi Tianchen, who was reading a book, with a look of admiration.

"The Marquis's character is just like mine back then, he's vengeful and never holds a grudge!"

"Since Qin Yu came here to cause him trouble and wanted to kill him."

“Then, Lord Marquis will naturally not let Qin Yu go, and he certainly won’t wait three years.”

"A gentleman seeks revenge without delay!"

Qi Tianchen said with a smile on his face.

"...Teacher, isn't it true that a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years?"

Yan Qingfeng's forehead was covered in black lines. He felt as if all the years of studying had been for nothing.

"shit!"

"Are we really going to have to wait ten years?"

"How many decades of life can we afford to waste!"

"And how do you know the enemy won't be dead ten years from now?"

"Then what kind of revenge are you going to take?!"

"We martial artists should be able to unleash our fury and spill blood!"

"It's a pity, though. I'm currently the Director of the Imperial Observatory, so sometimes it's not appropriate for me to use lethal force directly."

Qi Tianchen said with a regretful expression.