The invisibility talisman is truly effective. In front of cultivators at the Golden Core stage, the others couldn't sense them. Several people entered the cave, and inside was a long passageway. Oil lamps were placed on both sides, burning with mermaid oil. It was said that this oil could burn for a thousand years without extinguishing.
Feng Chu and Ji Wuye were both shocked. They both knew that mermaids on the Tianchen Continent were already extinct. Anyone who could afford to use such resources was no ordinary person.
Although Ju Xun was unfamiliar with the Tianchen Continent, he knew the preciousness of this mermaid oil. Only royalty had the qualification to use it. It was also extremely rare in the Upper Realm! The group passed through a passageway and encountered a fork. Just as they were deciding which path to take, Ji Wuye suddenly waved his hand, and everyone held their breath. Indeed, they could faintly hear the voices of many people ahead. Ju Xun tried, but the divine sense was blocked here, making it impossible to investigate.
The group walked for a hundred meters along the passage where the voices came from, and found that the area suddenly opened up. Inside was a large cave. It was estimated that forty to fifty people were sitting on the open ground, with a man in the leading position giving a speech on a high platform. Ji Wuye's expression was solemn. The cultivation of all these people was at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, and some were even at the Nascent Soul stage. If a fight broke out later, with only their six people, it would be difficult to escape. Although their cultivation was high, they couldn't withstand the sheer number of enemies. A small ant, though small, can shake a tree! Never underestimate anything. This was the experience Ji Wuye had gained from countless battles!
Ju Xun and Xiaobai, as if sensing their brother's thoughts, unhesitatingly extended their palms to Ji Wuye.
Ji Wuye looked at the identical bottles placed in the palms of the elder and younger hands. He looked at the two of them with confusion.
"Brother Wuye, this is Divine Immortal Brew! It's very useful," Xiaobai transmitted to Ji Wuye.
Ju Xun also nodded at him.
"Zhu Si, your mission failed this time, and you lost over a dozen brothers. What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Hall Master, the information for this mission was inaccurate. The opponent's cultivation was very high. With only two Great Perfection Nascent Soul cultivators, they killed over a dozen of our men. I suspect the employer had malicious intentions." Zhu Si was the man who had led Ji Wuye and the others.
"This is not an excuse for mission failure." The Hall Master on the platform spoke with an imposing aura that carried pressure.
"Hall Master, I have already lured them in. You can try them yourself." Zhu Si endured the pressure, and his unhealed internal injuries worsened.
"What? You have a great deal of courage! You dare to lure people into the hall? Guards, seal all entrances and exits immediately!" The Hall Master was furious. That was Fairy Ye, and not to mention her, the Nine-Tailed Fox divine beast beside her was enough for their group to handle. He had concealed the information and deliberately assigned Zhu Si to complete this SSS-level mission, and incidentally, to eliminate Zhu Si.
"Hall Master, it's too late. They've already arrived. You deliberately assigned the SSS-level mission as a mid-level one, intending for my brothers to die, didn't you? Humph, I, Zhu Si, am not to be trifled with. You are not fit to be a Hall Master if you are seeking personal revenge!"
The crowd below was in an uproar. This was serious. They had been infiltrated, and they never expected the Hall Master to harm his own people. Discussions erupted.
"Hall Master, is what Zhu Si saying true? Our brothers risk their lives fighting, and you still act like this. We must report this to the main hall!" a small leader shouted.
"Yes, acting like this, how can we still work for the hall..."
"Everyone, don't listen to Zhu Si's nonsense. He just wants to shirk responsibility. Mission failure means returning to the training hall for re-training and punishment!"
"Hall Master, if you want to know if I'm lying, the formation has already given a warning. The people who came in are the targets of this mission. Why don't you have a spar with them and find out! Haha!" Zhu Si sneered, and then said:
"If you want my life, then let's see whose life is harder, and who dies first!"
"Zhu Si, well done. You are betraying our Assassin Hall. I, the Hall Master, will have you flayed alive!
"Hall Master, why do you need a reason to accuse someone!
"Guests who have come here, why don't you show yourselves? You must be curious about who the mastermind behind the attack on you is?" Zhu Si suddenly shouted to the surroundings!
Ji Wuye's face was filled with rage. They had been played by this person? Very good, it had been a long time since anyone had challenged him like this. He now understood what his sister had said: their exposure was both accidental and intentional. Feng Chu was also surprised. This person was a talent, to be able to think of such a method.
Ji Wuye clenched the purple bamboo bottle in his hand. He wanted to see how useful this Divine Immortal Brew was. Ju Xun understood his brother's intentions. She also didn't want a fight. If the cave collapsed during a battle, it would be disastrous. She didn't want to be buried!
Ji Wuye flashed and landed on the high platform, suddenly appearing. The Hall Master was horrified. He hadn't expected Zhu Si to be telling the truth. The people below immediately became vigilant:
"Who are you, sir? How dare you trespass into our branch hall? You have such great courage!" The Hall Master, seeing that he was alone, shouted sternly!
"I am the one you want to kill. I am standing here now. Come and kill me! If you don't, then honestly tell me, who hired you to attack us? Otherwise, I will make you regret ever being born into this world!" Ji Wuye looked at the Hall Master with cold eyes, as if he were looking at a dead man!
Xiaobai gazed at her Brother Wuye with starry eyes. This was what her sister meant by handsome and domineering!
The Hall Master wanted to use his spiritual power but found that his limbs were weak and he couldn't exert any force. His heart was in turmoil:
"You, you poisoned me? Guards, capture him quickly!"
Before the words were even out, the black-clothed figures below suddenly fell to the ground, one by one, all powerless. They didn't know when they had been ambushed!
"Ah, I can't use my spiritual power."
"Me neither..."
What kind of poison was this, colorless and odorless, that could hinder one's spiritual power and leave them at the mercy of others! Zhu Si was also shocked. He had grown accustomed to life and death on the edge of a knife, but to die so miserably felt stifling! However, seeing that the Hall Master could not escape either, he felt a surge of satisfaction:
"Hahaha, this is great. I, Zhu Si, have no regrets even if I die today."
"What are you laughing at? Do you think I will let you go? Speak, why did you attack our flying ship?" Ji Wuye asked coldly.
Zhu Si instantly felt a chill down his spine.
"Young master, I was ordered to attack a purple flying ship and kill a fairy named Ye Ju. As for why? I don't know myself!" Zhu Si thought of how the Hall Master had concealed most of the information when he received the mission, causing most of his brothers who had risked their lives to die. He deeply hated the Hall Master.
"You are the Hall Master. Speak, don't force me to act! My temper is a little bad!" Ji Wuye took out a chair from his spatial ring and sat down. The Divine Immortal Brew that Xiaobai gave him was indeed very useful. He had only scattered one-third of it, and dozens of people had fallen. He was still on guard at first, but now he relaxed...
The Hall Master of the Assassin Hall regretted it immensely. This mission was not originally assigned to this branch hall. He had intended to eliminate Zhu Si, who had always opposed him, but unexpectedly attracted this great killing god. The assassins in the entire branch hall were completely unable to fight back. Could the mastermind be the Assassin Hall's archenemy, the Misty Pavilion? Were they deliberately setting a trap to have them wiped out? They deserved to die!