The corpse in the room had completely disappeared, and not even a drop of blood was left behind.
The battle was too fast, and it was a one-sided slaughter. Therefore, it didn't cause any damage to the surroundings. It looked no different from before the battle.
Even if an expert in the field of investigation came, it wouldn't be easy to reconstruct the battle. Thus, to a certain extent, the Yuwen family's search was stopped, and some troubles were avoided.
What was even more tragic was that Yuwen Wutian had contacted the assassins of the Bloodpiercing Tower on his own accord. Apart from him and his entourage, no one related to the Yuwen family knew about it. Furthermore, the Bloodpiercing Tower wouldn't provide any information to the Yuwen family. This led to the Yuwen family's frantic search after learning of Yuwen Wutian's death, but to no avail. Only by chance did they learn of the killer's name, but that was already a year later.
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Apart from Chu Mu himself, no one else knew of Yuwen Wutian's death. He quickly left, leaving no trace behind. Returning to his room, he began his cultivation and breaking through the God-Sealing Blood Curse.
The next day, Chu Mu went to the Small Pellet Pavilion as usual. He had already made all the necessary preparations.
Refining pills once again, the following days were peaceful. As for the Yuwen family, they wouldn't find out about Yuwen Wutian's death so quickly, because Yuwen Wutian often went out to play for half a month. Moreover, the Yuwen family knew that he had come to a low-grade city this time, so there shouldn't be anyone here who could threaten him.
The business of the Small Pellet Pavilion was still booming. Chu Mu continued to refine pills during the day and returned to the courtyard at night. However, in order to make things easier for the assassins of the Bloodpiercing Tower, he left the Small Pellet Pavilion late at night to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Understanding Chu Mu's intentions, although Nalan Fenghua and the others were worried, they didn't hold him back.
The first few days were peaceful, but on the fifth night, Chu Mu was suddenly ambushed on his way back to the courtyard.
It was the same Dark Sword Light, and it was also an attack that blended into the darkness. However, it was much faster and fiercer than the previous Golden Thirteen Assassin. Moreover, this assassin's speed was much faster, and his movements were much more flexible and strange. He immediately retreated after his attack failed, but he didn't hide immediately. Instead, he used a long-range attack. The thin sword blended into the darkness of the night and shot through the air like a hidden weapon. It was extremely dangerous.
The strength of this assassin was obviously more tyrannical than the previous Golden Number 13. He was at least twice as strong, and his methods were also more unpredictable. He did indeed bring a little trouble to Chu Mu.
Darkness was extremely beneficial to the assassins of the Bloodthorn Tower. Not only could it help them hide better, but it could also increase their strength, allowing them to unleash the full power of their Darkness Profound.
After tangling with this assassin for a while, Chu Mu discovered that this assassin was determined to not give up until he killed him. Even if he escaped, it was to prepare for the next attack. Sometimes, he even didn't hesitate to injure himself. His purpose was to exchange injury for life.
However, this assassin's strength was still inferior to Chu Mu's. After a probing exchange, Chu Mu finished off the assassin with a single sword strike. Like before, the assassin's heart was pierced, and his heart was crushed.
There wasn't anything good in this assassin's spatial bracelet. There was only a token of the Bloodthorn Tower with the word 'Seven' below it. In other words, this assassin was ranked seventh among the Bloodthorn Tower's gold-ranked assassins.
Two gold-ranked assassins had died in a row. Moreover, they were top level assassins. This was a huge loss for the Bloodthorn Tower. One must know that their assassins were trained from childhood. It wasn't easy to train them to become gold-ranked assassins.
Chu Mu didn't tell Nalan Fenghua and the others about the seventh gold-ranked assassin's ambush. Nalan Fenghua and the others saw that Chu Mu was safe and sound every day, so they didn't ask. In their hearts, they hoped that the Bloodthorn Tower's assassins would never come.
Chu Mu continued to refine a large amount of pills every day. He would sell some of them and store some of them. Currently, the Little Pill House's stock of pills had reached an astonishing number.
Time passed. Ten days had passed since the seventh gold-ranked assassin's death.
"Miss, when I opened the shop this morning, I saw this thing on the door." Nalan Fenghua and Chu Mu arrived at the Little Pill House early in the morning. The shop assistant immediately came over with a red card and handed it to Nalan Fenghua.
Nalan He was wearing gloves that had a certain degree of anti-poison effect. When he opened the red card, he was startled. Then his expression changed. He handed the card to Chu Mu.
Chu Mu took a look. There were two swords drawn on the card, one bright and one dark. It seemed to be a projection of the sword. Below the two swords were two words: Gold One. In addition, there were two hours left.
"Gold One … is an assassin from the Bloodthorn Tower, right?" Chu Mu closed the card and asked casually.
"He's an assassin from the Bloodthorn Tower. He's also the most powerful gold-ranked assassin in the Bloodthorn Tower." Nalan He was experienced and knowledgeable. He also knew a lot about the Bloodthorn Tower. His expression was solemn as he said frankly, "It's rumored that Gold One is the most special assassin in the Bloodthorn Tower. Not only is his strength extremely tyrannical, but it's also because before he makes a move, he'll give his target a card. The card has his unique symbol, one bright and one dark, two swords, Gold One, and the time of the assassination."
As he spoke, he walked into the Little Pill House.
"That's quite special." Chu Mu said. Sending a card and specifying the time of the assassination almost turned into an open kill.
"Gold One sends out a card to give the target enough time to prepare. Once, there was a target who had reached the Peak of the Origin Realm. After receiving the card, he spent a lot of money to hire more than ten Origin Realm experts. It's said that two of them had reached the Peak of the Origin Realm to protect him. In the end, when the time came, Gold One attacked and killed the target. The experts who were hired to protect the target were all killed on the spot. Not a single one survived." Nalan He said with a tone of fear.
Chu Mu was a little surprised. Gold One was indeed very powerful, but he was also very arrogant.
The reason why assassins were assassins was because they were good at assassination. When an assassin exposed himself, it was no longer an assassination, but an open kill. Such an assassin, no matter how powerful he was, would sooner or later kick an iron plate.
Of course, anyone could kick an iron plate one day. However, those who were too arrogant usually did not have a good ending.
"Gold One was very high-profile before he attacked. So far, he has attacked ninety-nine times and has never failed. Therefore, the card he sent out is called the Absolute Kill Card. It means that once the card is sent out, it will definitely kill the target." Nalan He said in a very serious tone. His eyes were filled with unprecedented worry.
"This time, I'm afraid he will fail." Chu Mu said with a smile. The price of failure was obvious, and that was death.
Compared to the other people's worries, Chu Mu did not care at all. He put away the card and went into the alchemy room to refine pills without any pressure.
Nalan Fenghua and the others were thinking about how to help Chu Mu. No matter how they thought about it, they still could not find an answer. Gold One was too powerful. Even with several Complete Origin Realm warriors, they still could not protect the target. Unless they could invite someone stronger than the Origin Realm. However, it was impossible for them to do so.
In Gold One's Absolute Kill Card, the time set was three days later at midnight. No matter where Chu Mu was, Gold One would find him and kill Chu Mu.
For some reason, the news of Chu Mu receiving Gold One's Absolute Kill Card was known by the people of the Heavenly Pill Building.
"That's great." Yan Lie, the owner of the Heavenly Pill Building, suddenly clapped his hands. He felt happy from the bottom of his heart.
The Small Elixir House occupied most of the low-end pill market in Border City, causing the daily profits of the Heavenly Pill Building to decrease significantly. Although this was the inevitable result of the alchemy competition, the people of the Heavenly Pill Building were very unwilling.
If it weren't for Chu Mu's tyrannical strength, the Heavenly Pill Building would have already used all kinds of methods to suppress the Small Elixir House.
Everything was because of Chu Mu, a terrifying warrior, keeping watch.
If Chu Mu died, the Small Elixir House would lose its support. At that time, the Heavenly Pill Building would have the final say in how they wanted to knead it.
The owner of the Heavenly Pill Building wanted to express his deepest gratitude to the person who asked the Bloodthorn Tower to deal with Chu Mu.
"Gold One's Absolute Kill Card. Chu Mu, this time, no matter how strong you are, only death awaits you," Yan Lie muttered to himself. His eyes were shining. He seemed to have already seen Chu Mu's death. Under the suppression of the Heavenly Pill Building, the Small Elixir House would fall apart and eventually perish. The Heavenly Pill Building would once again occupy the pill market in Border City. While he was happy, Yan Lie was also shocked by Chu Mu's strength. To be able to make the Bloodthorn Tower's Gold One move, it meant that Chu Mu's strength must be very strong. He estimated that he was much stronger than the average Complete Origin Realm expert. He secretly rejoiced that the Heavenly Pill Building did not make the wrong decision. Otherwise, provoking an existence stronger than the average Complete Origin Realm swordsman would be a terrifying thing.
Everything would be known in three days.
If Gold One killed Chu Mu, then everything would go according to his plan. If Gold One did not kill Chu Mu, then he would report it to the Heavenly Pill Building's headquarters. From then on, Chu Mu would be listed as one of the people that could never be provoked. Furthermore, he would not be able to touch the Small Elixir House.
An existence at the level of Gold One was still unknown to ordinary people. Therefore, the Border City was relatively quiet.
Soon, one day passed and everything was peaceful. Then, the second day passed and the third day arrived.
On this day, Nalan Fenghua and the others began to become very nervous. They were restless, as if they were the ones who were going to be assassinated. On the contrary, Chu Mu's face was calm. He did not take it to heart at all. If it were not for Nalan Fenghua and the others being nervous, he would have forgotten about Gold One's Absolute Kill Card.
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