Chapter 23: The Gold Medal Mission (Part 2)

  In a dimly lit room of an old mansion, there was only one candle on the desk. The faint light of the candle illuminated half of the man's face who sat in front of the desk, and as the flame flickered, the man's facial features became blurred.

  Only that pair of eyes, a pair of eyes emitting a cold and stern light, was so captivating that it made one's heart tremble. At this moment, those eyes were staring at the desk in front of them, while their hand held a pen and continued to write.

  After a moment, he put down his pen.

  Suddenly, the candle flame lit up, illuminating the man's clear face - handsome and pale. At a glance, although this man was already in his forties or fifties, he still gave off an impression of being handsome but frail. However, paired with those eyes, the man's entire demeanor changed.

  This person is Zhen Xu, the absolute genius of the imperial family's intelligence department, a powerful figure who makes even the head of the intelligence department feel nervous, and also the person whom Xiang Guang admires the most.

  Zhen Xu took out a square jade from his bosom, the jade emitted soft colorful light, as if there were some marks on the surface of the square jade. Zhen Xu carefully looked at those marks and shook his head slightly: "Tongtian Map, this is the first piece of Tongtian Map, unfortunately, I have studied it for half a year but still haven't made any progress, let's give it to the Emperor, the Emperor must be impatient."

  Zhen Xu took an iron box from the edge of the table, put the secret letter and the square jade into it, then covered the iron box and locked it with a key.

  "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

  Suddenly, Xu Lian continued to tap on the iron box several times, and the iron box made a series of clicking sounds. After that, the lock disappeared, just like the principle of the iron box where the Qin family stored their secret books. If others didn't know how to open it, it would be useless.

  At this moment, outside the house, in the center of the courtyard of this ancient mansion, a person wearing a silver mask was standing.

  Qin Yu closed his eyes.

  "Tongtian Map." Qin Yu's heart moved, his incredible sensory ability allowed him to perceive everything in the house tens of meters away with perfect clarity, including the exact location of each iron box that Zhen Xu had clicked on, all of which Qin Yu remembered clearly in his mind.

  Qin Yu's soul was nourished by the Meteoric Tears, making it as strong as that of a cultivator. The strength of his soul granted him an extraordinary sense of perception, which was also known as 'Lingzhi' among cultivators. As his soul grew stronger, the range of his Lingzhi would also expand further.

  Qin Yu walked silently without making a single sound, and at this moment he held his breath again. For a while, Zhen Xu in the house didn't even know Qin Yu was outside.

  "Little brother, quickly send the iron box into the palace, it must be fast. This key should be hidden well. Inside is the Tian Tian map, don't let anyone know." Zhen Xu suddenly said.

  A man who had been in the dark corner all along came out, and this man gave people a feeling as if he were a young boy. However, Zhen Xu knew that the young-looking man in front of him was actually over 40 years old, and had been following him for more than 20 years.

  Zhen Xu's two great generals - Nalan Feng and Nalan Dan.

  Nalan siblings are very strange, although they are already over 40 years old, but still look like young boys and girls. According to Nalan siblings' speculation, it is estimated that it has something to do with a kind of spiritual fruit they ate when they were young. The Nalan siblings only listen to Zhen Xu's orders, and even the Emperor Xiang Guang doesn't put them in their eyes.

  "Brother, don't worry. I'll put this key together with my keychain." Nalan Feng took out a bunch of keys and threaded the iron box key onto it. Suddenly, Nalan Feng took out another key from the keychain, seemingly very solemnly placing it on his chest.

  "Little brother, you're still like this." Zhen Xu said with a faint smile.

  Nalan Feng's eyebrows twitched as he said, "Big brother, being prepared is better than not. Even if someone killed me, they would definitely think the key was in my chest pocket and wouldn't suspect that the real key was among those on the keychain. Moreover... I've placed this keychain on one of my subordinates."

  "Wind, you're always so self-righteous." A cold and clear voice sounded, and a cool woman also walked out of the dark corner of the room, her tongue licking the palm of her hand, in which was...

  "Heart." Qin Yu's body shook violently outside the house, and his eyes involuntarily flashed with a hint of severity. Qin Yu's spiritual sense clearly saw what was in the woman's palm.

  A very small heart, probably not an adult's.

  "Nalan Feng slightly furrowed his brow and said, 'Dan, can't you change your habit? Even if you're eating infant hearts, don't do it in front of us, okay? I've told you who-knows-how-many years ago, but it's been completely useless."

  "It's useless to know and yet you still talk about it, and once you start talking, it's been so many years, more than twenty years, it seems like you never stopped. Wind, you're really boring." Nalan Dan said coldly.

  "Friend, what brings you to my place at this late hour?" Zhen Xu suddenly said calmly, his voice clear and loud, echoing throughout the entire mansion. However, it was strange that all the other servants in the mansion seemed to be dead asleep, not one of them got up.

  Qin Yu smiled slightly, earlier because his spiritual awareness had discovered the infant heart in the woman's palm, he was shocked and his breathing became disordered, and was immediately noticed by Zhen Xu.

  "What's going on? You're saying I'm here to do something, aren't you?" Qin Yu asked calmly. Qin Yu had always taken on assassination tasks, but he never did it secretly; instead, he would always openly kill his opponents in broad daylight. This time was no exception. Although Qin Yu discovered that Nalan Feng and Nalan Dan were also innate masters.

  Pong!

  The door of the house suddenly opened, and a black light shot up into the sky, then fell to the center of the courtyard, where it became a young man in black clothes. At the same time, another black light shot up into the sky, then fell beside the young man in black clothes, revealing a young woman also dressed in black.

  Then, a middle-aged man with a pale face and a white robe walked out slowly, looking very weak at first glance. But with those cold eyes, he seemed like a lone wolf that sent chills down people's spines.

  "Silver Medal Killer?" Zhen Xu slightly furrowed her brow as she looked at Qin Yu.

  "To be precise, I am the Silver Killer Meteor." Qin Yu said calmly. Qin Yu had never cared about telling his opponent his killer name, after all, killing them was also to let them know who killed them, wasn't it?

  "Shooting star?" Zhen Xu's mouth corners slightly curled up, "Dare to come and kill me, and just now in the courtyard for so long without being discovered by me, you should be a pre-heavenly expert. However, it's strange, I actually can't see through you." Zhen Xu said with a hint of surprise.

  Qin Yu glanced at Nalan siblings and then at Zhen Xu, saying: "I'm also surprised. A small Eastern Domain's three states' intelligence leader being a congenital master is already impressive, but he has two more congenital masters under him. The entire Chu royal court only has about a hundred congenital masters, yet you have three."

  "You talk too much." Nalan Dan suddenly said, "A killer shouldn't talk too much."

  "Assassins shouldn't just openly kill people, right? The lady who likes to eat infant hearts." Qin Yu smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, your actual age should be older than what a 'miss' should have. Or should I call you 'madam'?"

  Nalan Dantong's face changed instantly, she hated it most when others mentioned her real age.

  Qin Yu glanced at the house with the open gate, he knew that on the desk inside the house there was an iron box containing the Heavenly Map, of course to get the Heavenly Map, Qin Yu must kill the three people in front of him, and these three were all pre-heavenly experts.

  Nalan Dan glanced at Zhen Xu, and Zhen Xu nodded slightly.

  "What is a killer meteor? Unfortunately, the life of a meteor is always short-lived." Nalan Danleng sneered, and then his body moved, completely enveloping Qin Yu in a cold wind, for a moment Qin Yu was surrounded by several residual shadows.

  This was Qin Yu's first life-and-death battle with a pre-heavenly expert, and there were two other pre-heavenly experts watching from the side.