Chapter 176 Assassin

"I encountered an assassin…"

Bai Xiu looked into the distance and spoke slowly. As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of the Bai Clan's Extraordinary Team immediately became tense.

Little Sleeve encountered another assassination?

"However, I wasn't injured."

Bai Xiu said calmly, "On the contrary, that person… took a hit from me. He escaped very quickly."

"Did you see the opponent's face clearly?" Bai Zesheng asked with concern.

Bai Xiu shook his head.

The assassination just now happened too quickly!

The entire process only took a second or two!

A missed strike and an immediate retreat… This assassin's speed was unbelievably fast, even the fully activated [Thunder Realm Walker] couldn't catch up, which showed that the other party had planned for the failure of the assassination long ago.

The Second Elder pondered, "Could it be related to the Tundra…"

Bai Lu, as well as the other extraordinary individuals in this team, looked at Bai Xiu with concern.

This year, Bai Xiu had been in closed-door cultivation in the small courtyard.

Never leaving the courtyard a single step!

All for… the sake of preventing assassinations. There was no place quieter or safer than the ancestral home of the Nagano Bai Clan.

"Doesn't seem like it."

Bai Xiu said lightly, "His moves, his aura, are very different from the assassins on the Tundra… I can't see any connection."

"Besides, that assassin is already dead in Inta, isn't he?"

Bai Xiu shook his head and chuckled softly, "None of this matters anymore. The assassin has already fled far away. I was originally worried that he would make a comeback, but now it seems that he won't have the chance."

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed.

The atmosphere also became relaxed.

Bai Xiu himself was a top expert.

In addition to the fully staffed Bai Clan's Extraordinary Team, there were a total of fourteen extraordinary individuals here, each of whom had at least the strength of the peak of the second realm, the sixth layer of the deep-water area. With such an elite force working together… what was there to fear from an assassin?

"Little Sleeve, how did you disappear just now?"

Bai Lu asked curiously.

The team had stepped into the golden gate together, with the Second Elder and her in the lead, and Bai Xiu bringing up the rear.

However, as soon as they stepped into the golden gate, they were met with wind and snow. By the time the scene in front of them became clear, no one was missing from the entire team… except for one person.

Bai Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in return, "You… weren't teleported away?"

"Teleported?" Bai Lu was a little confused. She shook her head and said, "We were all acting together, and we've been looking for you ever since we entered the mausoleum."

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces.

Bai Xiu vaguely realized that something was wrong.

According to his own deduction, the rule here should be random teleportation… why did that powerful mental force specifically move him away?

"Perhaps we were lucky and didn't trigger the power of teleportation."

At this moment, Bai Zesheng spoke.

"The Qingzhong Mausoleum seems to have undergone a change… If I'm not mistaken, a vast Disaster Realm has enveloped this place."

The Second Elder raised his head and looked at the pale, thick dome above.

At this moment, snow was still falling continuously above the mausoleum.

Goose feather snow, and a cold wind like a knife.

"This should be the Disaster Realm. If you feel it carefully, you will feel that these snowflakes contain a kind of artistic conception, carrying annihilation, death… very much like the last volume of Gu Changzhi's breathing technique that has not yet been completed in the rumors." Bai Xiu took over the Second Elder's words and said slowly, "Great Cold."

There was a burst of whispers in the team.

Most of the extraordinary individuals of the Bai Clan did not feel such a delicate artistic conception.

However, this place did indeed have a strong sense of oppression.

"Great Cold Disaster Realm…"

A somewhat familiar term.

Only those who had seen Gu Changzhi's divine might knew how terrifying this word was.

Bai Zesheng looked meaningfully at the most dazzling young genius in the Bai Clan, and he said slowly, "It seems that the Ember Dream that crashed into the golden gate is buried in this Disaster Realm."

The Second Elder chuckled in a low voice, murmuring, "If the Qingzhong Mausoleum has produced a layer of barrier, separating the real world from the spiritual world, then dust to dust, dreams to dreams… it is reasonable for the Ember Dream to return to the Great Cold Disaster Realm."

The Bai Clan entered the mausoleum to do only two things: one was to repair the mausoleum, and the other was to seize the Ember Dream!

According to incomplete statistics, there should be more than ten wisps of Ember Dream that escaped from the Safety Committee Building. Finding one wisp would allow a practitioner to comprehend the spiritual dream left behind by the God Seat.

That was an opportunity that only occurred once a year in the entire Nagano!

The champion of the rookie battle needed to go through layers of battles. In fact, these were nothing to Bai Xiu. The Ember Dream was something that could be easily obtained, but this year, this kind of change happened.

The opportunity that was originally guaranteed had become something that needed to be taken by entering the mausoleum!

Therefore, before setting off, the biggest goal of this team… was to ensure that "Bai Xiu" could obtain at least one wisp of the Ember Dream.

Now, the goal had been achieved!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Zesheng was just about to say something.

"Second Elder… I want to find a place to comprehend this wisp of Ember Dream."

Bai Xiu raised his head and looked into the distance of the snowfield.

He held the small flame in his hand, the Ember Dream was jumping restlessly in his palm, like a small snake, but with the flashing of thunder, it vaguely transformed into a virtual cage, tightly confining it.

A smile appeared on Bai Zesheng's face.

He smiled gently and said, "Actually, that's what I was thinking too… Now that the mausoleum is covered by the Disaster Realm, it's empty and desolate. Perhaps we'll encounter other extraordinary individuals next, and holding the Ember Dream will inevitably attract envy."

"It's not appropriate to comprehend it in the mausoleum, is it?"

Bai Lu hesitated a little. She said slowly, "The assassin from before… hasn't been found yet."

Bai Zesheng shook his head and said lightly, "We have so many people, why should we fear a mere assassin."

"Now that we've obtained this wisp of Ember Dream, without the restrictions of the Safety Committee's rules, why do we have to comprehend it here? Who would dare to snatch something from our Bai family?"

Bai Lu looked at Bai Xiu and said seriously, "The environment in this damned place is too bad. If you comprehend it, something unexpected might happen."

"Little girl, you're still too young."

The Second Elder said indifferently, "You need to know that Zhou Wei is guarding outside the mausoleum right now… At the meeting back then, Gu Lushen's proposal was that everyone could enter the mausoleum to obtain the Ember Dream. The Safety Committee didn't object because the five families needed to repair the mausoleum, but in fact, after the turmoil in the mausoleum subsided, how would the Committee insist on recovering these Ember Dreams? Since we've taken this good fortune, it's best to comprehend it as soon as possible. We'll find a quiet place to protect Little Sleeve, and when he refines this wisp of Ember Dream, one of the major tasks of this trip to the mausoleum will be successfully completed."

Bai Lu couldn't refute.

She could only remain silent and then turn her gaze to Bai Xiu.

In the end, it all depended on Bai Xiu's choice.

Snow fell on the white clothes, making them even whiter.

Bai Xiu slowly turned his head and gave Bai Lu an apologetic look.

Bai Lu immediately understood.

She sighed softly in her heart and said nothing more.

Bai Xiu looked at Bai Zesheng and said softly, "In that case, I'll trouble the Second Elder to find a suitable place to protect me."

Bai Zesheng said with satisfaction, "Very good."

He started walking.

The gray linen robes of the Bai Clan's ancestral hall fluttered in the wind and snow.

Bai Zesheng walked at the front of the team. He took out a compass-shaped sealed item. In the current Great Cold Disaster Realm, mental power was severely sealed, and sealed items that could contact the outside world were completely ineffective… This sealed item was strange, and seemed to be able to guide the direction.

Walking and stopping like this.

The group came to the front of a snow mountain cave.

Noticing Bai Xiu's gaze.

Bai Zesheng raised the compass and said with a smile, "It's not some rare treasure… it's just an ordinary sealed item that can survey the natural environment of the surrounding area. The wind is weaker in this mountain cave. After entering, it should be a quiet corner. How about we meditate and comprehend here, Little Sleeve? What do you think?"

"Okay."

Bai Xiu nodded.

Bai Zesheng immediately entered the cave. With a flick of his sleeve, the compass was thrown out, suspended in the air, burning with a faint light, illuminating the front.

A group of extraordinary individuals all entered the mountain cave.

Even with the light of the compass, this snow mountain cave was still very dim, but as Bai Zesheng said, after entering the mountain cave, the sound of the wind and snow outside became much quieter, and the cold also receded.

Bai Xiu didn't say much. He found a clean place, held the Ember Dream, sat down cross-legged, and began to circulate the Breathing of Spring.

As expected of a natural genius.

As soon as the breathing technique was activated, anomalies were immediately born. A snow-white mental glow appeared above his head, with the faint sound of thunder roaring.

The few damp boulders in the mountain cave were dried by the hot thunderous breath in just a dozen seconds.

Bai Xiu slowly pressed the Ember Dream into the center of his brow.

The verdant flame instantly melted like ice and snow.

The scene of Gong Zi comprehending the "Ember Dream" last year… seemed to reappear in front of everyone.

The extraordinary individuals of the Bai Clan held their breath, waiting for the miracle to come.

In their opinion.

Bai Xiu's comprehension could never fail!

Whether it was mental power, or true strength, talent… he was a level stronger than Gong Zi.

Millions of people in Nagano were looking forward to this scene.

The mountain cave was extremely quiet.

Only the verdant flame and the thunderous light on Bai Xiu's brow seemed to merge… no one knew what kind of scene he saw in the Ember Dream at this moment, or what kind of dream he was immersed in.

What could determine the state of the comprehending person was the burning momentum of that wisp of flame.

The verdant flame was burning extremely fiercely.

Almost ten times that of Gong Zi's comprehension! Even bigger!

This small flame seemed to burn into a hair crown at the center of Bai Xiu's brow… just as everyone's faces were full of joy, and they held their breath and waited quietly, a gust of wind and snow suddenly came from outside the mountain cave.

The light of the compass went out instantly.

The mountain cave fell into silence.

Wind and snow poured in, and the light went out.

After that, there was no exclamation, no low roar, no sound at all, as if no one was here…

No.

There was indeed no one in the mountain cave…

To be precise, all the people who could make the above sounds were gone.

They evaporated out of thin air.

They disappeared in an instant.

This dim mountain cave was only left with two people.

One was sitting in the wind and snow, eyes closed in meditation.

His brow was burning with a vigorous "verdant firelight."

The other was standing outside the wind and snow, carrying a compass, like carrying a lantern, his back dragging long, long in the snow in the distance.

Bai Zesheng stood silently at the entrance, which was also the exit of the snow cave, silently gazing at this scene.

Those extraordinary individuals who were about to witness Bai Xiu comprehending the Ember Dream with him had all disappeared.

Or rather… they were teleported away.

Purple radiance flowed between the inner walls of the mountain cave, and an invisible mental force enveloped it.

This place had become a solid cage.

A tall figure slowly walked in from outside the wind and snow… Mr. Jin walked into the snow cave and stood shoulder to shoulder with Bai Zesheng.

He looked at the empty snow cave and said coldly, "Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"

Now, the Disaster Realm of this mausoleum was mixed with the mental power of the God Seat.

The followers of the Dionysus God Seat only needed to silently recite with their hearts through the token to resonate with the ethereal mental power… in order to achieve some simple wishes.

For example, walking normally and freely in this snowfield without violating the teleportation rules of the Disaster Realm.

This was the reason why the Bai Clan's Extraordinary Team had not dispersed.

It was also the reason why Bai Zesheng proposed… to take Bai Xiu to find a quiet place to comprehend.

"The only person I want to kill is him."

Bai Zesheng looked at Bai Xiu sitting in meditation in the mountain cave and said calmly, "Those children are innocent, and… they are all direct descendants of the clan."

Mr. Jin said lightly, "If Bai Xiu dies in the mausoleum, don't you think… Bai Xiaochi will let you go? Why keep these people, kill them all as a pledge of allegiance, and from then on join the Source Tower. Wouldn't your future be brighter?"

Bai Zesheng looked at Mr. Jin expressionlessly.

"I'm doing all this… just to make the future Bai family better and purer."

He said calmly, "I'm not interested in the Source Tower."

Mr. Jin didn't say anything more.

He re-drew his weapon from his waist… no longer a sword, but a knife.

That was his most proficient killing weapon.

"One last question."

Mr. Jin turned his head slowly and asked softly, "The files record very clearly that Bai Xiu was brought back from Jiangbei by you personally… Since you cultivated him, why kill him?"

In the darkness, his pupils flickered with a purple dim glow.

This question.

Made the environment in the cave fall into silence again.

In the wailing wind and snow, Bai Zesheng sighed softly.

"Does it take many reasons to kill a person?"

The Second Elder said in a hoarse voice, "I brought him out of Jiangbei, and then I regretted it… it's that simple."

Mr. Jin smiled.

Yes, it didn't take many reasons to kill a person.

But he really wanted to know the reason why Bai Zesheng did it. Now he knew.

All of this was because Bai Xiu was too strong.

This was originally a very good thing for the Bai family… but this ancient family, which had experienced six hundred years of frost, had too many people and too many thoughts, so that within the Elder Council, it was inevitable that there would be one or two extremely devout people.

Because of their own ancient bloodline that was still inherited, they developed extreme conversion, obsession, and belief.

For them, Bai Xiu's existence was no longer a good thing.

An extraordinary individual from the Jiangbei branch crushed all the direct descendants…

His personal brilliance was too great.

And his sense of family belonging… was too weak.

So, Bai Zesheng regretted it. He regretted bringing Bai Xiu out of Jiangbei, and he regretted even more that Bai Xiu had become the most dazzling genius of the Bai family, and even of Nagano and Dongzhou.

Mr. Jin came to the front of the big stone, ready to draw his knife.

An extraordinary individual who was immersed in spiritual comprehension was more fragile than a piece of paper… after their consciousness entered the dream, they would not realize what was happening outside at all.

No matter how talented or monstrous, there would be no exception.

Therefore, all it took was one knife to easily split Bai Xiu in half.

"Relax."

Mr. Jin said lightly, "Today, all of this will end. I'll kill Bai Xiu, and you'll continue to be your Second Elder. If you want to leave the Bai family in the future, the Source Tower will welcome you at any time."

Bai Zesheng watched this scene silently.

A year ago, when he drew his knife and slashed himself in Inta, his belief was still extremely firm.

But now, just when all of this was about to be completed… his mood became heavy.

That was the "peerless genius" he had cultivated with his own hands.

He was also the strongest extraordinary individual who had appeared in the Bai family since the bloodline had become thin.

Now… he was going to personally break this future towering tree.

Bai Zesheng was a little unbearable.

He couldn't bear to see the blood splattering, and he couldn't bear to see Bai Xiu's head fall to the ground, so he turned around slightly, turned his back to the snow cave, and finally took a deep breath, before opening his mouth calmly and decisively.

"Do it."

The震鸣 of the long knife being unsheathed! (translator note:震鸣 is a typo, probably should be 铮鸣)

A silver gleam instantly swept out of the mountain cave!

Snow-white blazing light激荡 out,夹杂 with flying snow,震 out dozens of meters away, with a heavy feeling of blood splashing.

Bai Zesheng, who was standing still with his back to the mountain cave, was stunned.

He lowered his head and saw a human head rolling slowly.

It wasn't Bai Xiu.

It was Mr. Jin's head.

Over there in the snow cave, endless thunder light was surrounding a young figure, white clothes were dancing, sitting cross-legged on the big stone in silent meditation, his body was wrapped in blazing thunder breath, and a slender thunder dragon was coiling on his shoulder.

The white-clothed youth softly asked.

"Will killing me really make the Bai family better?"

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(ps: 1, I'm really too busy this month, and the plot in the mausoleum is indeed complicated, my energy is limited, so it's tentatively one update these days. 2, to explain the reason for one update these days again, because of temporary changes, I'm currently preparing to move, I can only squeeze time to write, even if I write more, it will be used as a manuscript to save an emergency and will not be sent out directly, I hope everyone can understand tAt.)