1268 Taking Another Chance (1/2)

Tang Ahlang got up with glistening eyes. He looked at Tang Xiu's indifferent expression and then respectfully said, ”Master, I'd like to have another chance to fight.”

”How many methods have you come up with from the last fight?” Tang Xiu asked.

”11!” Tang Ahlang replied respectfully.

Tang Xiu's brows raised and he nodded with satisfaction. ”You finally didn't disappoint me. You want another chance, so I'm going to give it to you. Let's go!”

”Where to?” Tang Ahlang asked.

”To the place I'm going to give you this chance.” Tang Xiu smiled.

2 days later.

Tang Xiu took Tang Ahlang to South Korea, the pair of master and disciple rushing towards their destination as two cars sped up to the airport.

”Has the investigation been carried out?” Sitting in the car, Tang Xiu asked while gazing at the scenery passing by.

The Great Tang Empire's intel operatives gave a few documents to Tang Xiu and replied with a respectful expression, ”Your Majesty, Ximen Wandai Clan has built a secret base in the Southern part of South Korea, where he has been training assassins since. Each of these assassins is an elite among elites, and there's a total of 23 instructors as well as supervisors in charge of training them, all of whom are practitioners. Five of them are comparable to a Golden Core Stage expert. Aside from the two experts of this clan who drift from place to place often, they can be regarded as the top experts in the country.”

”This Ximen Wandai name doesn't seem to originate from South Korea, no?” Tang Xiu said.

The intel operative shook his head and said, ”This clan is indeed not a native of South Korea. Their origins are Chinese. Like the Joyous Palace in Japan, they were unable to stay in China in the past and then migrated here. The centuries of development led to the separation of nationality from their origins and eventually made them form an independent force that can sway this country. It can be said that the Ximen Wandai Clan is the one that holds the true power in South Korea. Further, we found from our investigation that the ancestors of the Ximen Wandai Clan should be from China's Sichuan Province in the past. Also, their most known expertise is… face-shifting.”

Face-shifting?

Tang Xiu recalled a particular art spread out among the folks in China's Sichuan Province, then another thought flashed in his mind as he smilingly said, ”Ah, it seems that the plastic surgery service in South Korea didn't come out of nowhere. Face-shifting, huh? That sounds interesting!”

The intel operative couldn't help but chuckle at his comment and immediately said with a smile, ”What you said does make sense, Your Majesty. This subordinate is really dull and was unable to make such a conjecture previously.”

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The Southern region.

The secret assassin base of the Ximen Wandai clan was located in a forested hill along the coast. The hilly area itself was not high, but the forest here was dense and covered a large area.

When the car stopped at a fork in the road at the foot of a mountain, the agent got out of the car and opened the rear door for Tang Xiu. Then, he said respectfully, ”Your Majesty, given our investigations, this is the most suitable entry point to successfully enter the area, though we'd need to cross six lines of defense to get there. Would you like this subordinate to lead a team and clear all the enemies at those lines of defense?”

”No need.” Tang Xiu shook his hand and said, ”You're to wait for us here.”

Having said that, he grabbed Tang Ahlang and quickly disappeared into the woods.

The winding river had a clear and transparent freshwater, and a few colorful fishes swam freely in the creek water. Several snow-white hares could be seen running on the river bank scaring several birds away.

Tang Ahlang halted his pace when he spotted two military tents across the river and several big men in black uniforms around them.

”I won't move, everyone there will be your enemy.” Tang Xiu said, ”Go! I want you to hone yourself in the fight and become stronger.”

”Understood!”

Tang Ahlang nodded in response and his eyes flickered. His figure turning into a flying arrow, he suddenly appeared outside the tent on the opposite side of the river with a sharp dagger in his hand. As a flickering blade light flashed, the throats of two big men in black uniforms were easily ripped open.

”Who are you?!”

An angry roar came from the surroundings, shouting in Korean, which neither Tang Xiu nor Tang Ahlang understood.

Tang Ahlang didn't even bother to pay attention to the other party's shouts. His figure flickered once again and another black-uniformed man fell to the ground. When several big men were killed, Tang Xiu appeared in front of Tang Ahlang and faintly said, ”You're a cultivator, not some assassin.”

Tang Ahlang stared blankly for a moment. He immediately understood Tang Xiu's meaning and nodded. ”I understand what you mean, Master. I'll use cultivators' custom to kill the enemies, then.”

”That's not what I meant.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, ”You have to use anything you're good at to kill your enemies, and you must keep your vigilance and stay on guard all the time. If the other party hides their strength and you only resort to using such sneak attacks with a dagger, you are be bound to suffer a great deal later.”

Tang Ahlang thought for a moment and felt that Tang Xiu's was right. He immediately unleashed his immortal sword and controlled it to hover around him before traversing deeper.

At the second line of defense.