Chapter Four Hundred and Ninety Three – Qing Lin (1/2)

Chapter Four Hundred and Ninety Three – Qing Lin

“Elder.”

Lu Shu’s respectful voice came from outside the door.

“Come in.”

The wooden door creaked open without any wind. Li Shu respectfully walked in and first bowed towards Elder Shen.

“What? Looking at A Shu’s face, it seems that you are worried about something.” Elder Shen asked Li Shu with a warm expression. Li Shu was an inner sect disciple and deeply liked by the sect leader so even he had to give him some face.

“I’m not afraid that Elder will laugh. But for some reason, this disciple feels slightly unconfident.” Li Shu grimaced.

He had only taken over this mission in the recent few years but he knew more than Elder Shen. From the moment the location of the ruins had been divined, the sect had sent Lu Zhen and the others to set up Xu Ling Sect. All the signs indicated that the sect wanted the Sun Shen Temple ruins.

He finally learned later that there was a wondrous treasure inside the Sun Shen Temple ruins that was extremely important to the sect. However, he did not know what treasure it was. For this, the sect even sent out a yuanying elder!

In his experience during the many years he had been in the sect, the yuanying elders were all in deep seclusion and only focused on cultivation. It was hard to even get see their face. This was the first time he saw a yuanying elder out on a mission.

It was possible to see from this just how much importance the sect placed on this mission`s success.

If there was any misstep in the mission this time, he naturally would not escape the judgment of “unable to carry out matters.” This would be extremely disadvantageous for his future in the sect. The sect leader paid great attention to him but in reality, there were many disciples like him.

Elder Shen said with a smile, “A Shu does not need to worry. Before leaving, the sect leader made a special divination and did not see any sudden changes. As for the Masked Assassin, even though he has some small fame but this old man has a slight grasp on the situation. The other two yuanying have pretty good cultivation, but in other matters, they amount to just that.”

In his tone, he was extremely disdainful of the two yuanying from Cloud Sea Jie.

The worry on Lu Shu’s face decreased greatly. The sect leader’s godly divination had never been disproven before. Just yesterday, he had received the sect leader’s paper crane. There was only gentle motivation on the paper crane, and nothing else. If there really was change, how could the sect leader not know?

It seemed that he was really worrying too much.

“Elder is right, losing composure like this, this disciple needs more training,” Li Shu said.

Elder Shen was not concerned and said with a smile, “A Shu’s personality is cautious. Not bad, not bad. When this old man was the same age as A Shu, this one was even less skilled at keeping one’s composure. There are four more days until the shen temple opens. A Shu should have a good rest in these days to be in the best condition.”

“Yes!” Li Shu responded. The elder’s tone was warm but the meaning in the words was still for him to stop thinking nonsense.

There should not be anything that would go wrong in the span of four days.

———

“I heard you failed?” a middle-aged person with a white face and no beard said with a smile, “That is rare. If this spreads, this person might become famous.”

In front of him, the Masked Assassin was wordless like a wooden puppet and the pale white mask was frightening to look at.

“Why did you think of attacking this person? Did you discover something?” the middle-aged male asked with curiously.

He had jumped in fright when he received the news. He and the Masked Assassin had worked together for a long time and he understood the other well. The Masked Assassin walked in the darkness but was not a murderous person. Other than the targets of assassination, he almost never acted against other people.

He had actually attacked a complete stranger, how could he not be shocked? What was even more shocking was that he had failed!

The middle-aged male’s first response when he heard this was, impossible! Even when the topic had heated up later on, he still did not believe it until now.

The response of the Masked Assassin proved the truth.

“Intuition,” the masked assassin treated words as though they were worth gold and gave the one word answer.

“Intuition?” The middle-aged male was shocked. He had thought of countless possibilities but this was not among them.

“He will affect my target.” The Masked Assassin’s voice was hoarse and unpleasant to hear like the sound of sandpaper rubbing.

“Affect your target?” The middle-aged male was astonished. But as one who was familiar with the other, he instantly understood what the other meant. “You mean that you intuitively feel that he would affect our matter?”

“Yes,” the Masked Assassin responded.

The middle-aged male became silent. He knew that the Masked Assassin had many curious qualities. This was also one of the reasons he never failed.

The Masked Assassin’s intuition felt that the other would affect their target, this caused the middle-aged person to feel it was fantastical.

But for some reason, the middle-aged male believed slightly in it.

“Should we think of a way to kill him?” the middle-aged male inquired.

“Formation is strong,” the Masked Assassin said.

“Then what?” the middle-aged male asked.

“Don’t know.”

The middle-aged male was speechless..