Chapter 5: Breaking and Killing Machines

  The sky is low and dark, a starless night, the mountain range at night is like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, swallowing all the creatures that despise it.

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  Several dark shadows, like night owls, jumped a few times and arrived at the front of a low-hanging thatched hut halfway up the mountain. In an instant, one of the black-clad men made a hand gesture, and the others instantly surrounded the hut, quietly reaching for the bed. One of them raised a long knife as if to chop down on the bed. The empty room inside made several people frown. One of them reached into the bedding and felt around, with a fierce glint in his eye, saying: "There's still warmth, let's chase."

  A few people turned around and chased up the mountain. By the thatched cottage, in a thicket of bushes, Ping'er's eyes were wide with terror, unable to speak. How did Miss know someone would come to kill them? If Miss hadn't just called out to her, wouldn't she have been hacked to death by those people? Her eyes looking at Yun Qing were filled with emotion.

  Yun Qing didn't speak or move, wondering who these people were and why they had come for her at night. She was already "dead" and "buried", so who was still so uneasy that they sent someone to take her life? Who was this person and what deep grudge did they hold against her? Yun Qing quickly reviewed the memories left by her previous incarnation again, was it the Second Madam or Shen Ce Fei? Or perhaps someone else? If the Second Madam had sent people to bury her, then that only left the women of the Huang Wang Fu. Thinking of this, Yun Qing's eyes narrowed dangerously. Whoever it was, she would let them know the consequences of provoking her.

  "Miss, how did you know someone would come?" Xiang'er asked in a low voice.

  "I knew it." Yun Qing said, staring ahead without turning back, her flat and calm voice didn't reveal any emotional fluctuations. Eh, Lian'er was stunned, how could she have guessed that?! And can't she not guess so accurately? She found that since the young lady woke up, she seemed to have become a different person, cold and detached, yet wise and perceptive, seemingly not putting anything in her heart, but actually everything was within her expectations. Such a young lady made it impossible for Lian'er to see through. "Th..." Lian'er's words had just come out when Yun Qing covered her mouth. Looking at the several black shadows returning from ahead, Lian'er widened her eyes again in surprise, the young lady was really amazing, she knew again!

  "Big brother, it seems those women really ran away." a man in black said gloomily.

  "You few, go and search around, that pregnant woman can't run far." The black-clothed man who seemed to be the leader gnashed his teeth as he ordered the other three. He had thought it was just a matter of killing a pregnant woman, but unexpectedly, that stinky woman managed to escape, if he couldn't complete the task, how would he explain himself to his master when he returned?

  "Yes." Several people quickly dispersed in all directions. The curtain opened her eyes wide and stared at the black-clothed man walking towards the direction where they were hiding, her small hands tightly grasping Yunqing's collar, what to do?

  Yun Qing's lips were tightly pursed, and a cold glint flashed in her clear eyes. She had actually killed with a counterattack; if she hadn't anticipated the situation, this time she would have probably fallen into her own trap.

  As she watched the black-clad men getting closer and closer, Xiang'er's heart was about to jump out. "Miss, wait a minute, I'll go distract them, you take advantage of the opportunity to escape with the young master."

  The curtain looked at Yun Qing, and a hint of determination and shallow sorrow flashed in her eyes. She was willing to die for Miss, but after she died, who would take care of Miss? Yun Qing didn't speak, but felt a warmth in his heart. This silly girl was indeed sincere, even if she went, it would only add one more person to send to death. He stared intently at the black-clad man getting closer and closer in front of him, thinking quickly in his mind. There were four people in total, if they were together, he would definitely not be a match for them, but now that they were separated and being taken down one by one, perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope. Perhaps she could...

  Yun Qing pondered a countermeasure while holding down her restless body with one hand.

  The man in black approached step by step, Yun Qing estimated the distance, five meters, four meters, three meters, two meters, one meter. A night bird was startled and flew away with a flutter. Now! Yun Qing quickly jumped up, grasped the hairpin in her hand and stabbed it at the chest of the man in black. The man in black felt the killing intent coming, raised his long knife to block Yun Qing's attack, Yun Qing quickly changed moves, dodged from the side of the man in black, the hairpin in her hand had already been inserted into the man's waist and quickly pulled out. The man's waist was numb, almost fell down, Yun Qing turned back and followed with a spinning kick, kicked the man to the ground, threw the blood-stained hairpin at the man, the man was furious, just about to get up and counterattack, but saw a sharp object flying towards his face, knew it was bad, just wanted to dodge, but his hands and feet were already numb. Only saw a silver light flashing in front of him, the hairpin had shot into his brow, the eyes exposed outside the black cloth were full of horror and disbelief.

  After Yun Qing killed the black-clad man, she felt a disturbance in the air and quickly hid behind a nearby bush. A black figure rushed over from a distance, looked around, and upon seeing the black-clad man's corpse on the ground, his eyes flashed with fury. He raised his knife and charged at Yun Qing, who seemed to anticipate his move and instead advanced forward. She dodged the long knife and swiftly grabbed for the black-clad man's knife. The black-clad man sneered: "You don't know life or death, so I'll fulfill your wish." He changed his chopping motion to a slashing one, aiming directly at Yun Qing's throat. Yun Qing arched her body to avoid the knife and switched from grabbing to using her palm to fiercely chop at the black-clad man's dantian. The black-clad man secretly cursed in his heart, thinking that she was ruthless and merciless, trying to destroy his dantian. He sidestepped and drew his knife to block. A martial artist relies on their dantian to gather energy; if it is destroyed, they become a useless person. However, Yun Qing's move was just a feint, and with a flash of movement, she appeared behind him. There was a "crack" sound, and the black-clad man's movements stiffened as his robust body fell to the ground at Yun Qing's feet, his eyes filled with incredulity.

  "If you want my life, that depends on whether you have a life to take it with." Yun Qing turned around coldly and didn't look at the black-clothed man again. She walked over to the first black-clothed man, bent down, reached out and pulled out the hairpin, wiped it on the black-clothed man's body twice, and then inserted it back into her hair. This body was still too weak, the fight just now had already consumed a lot of her physical strength.

  She walked to the side of the curtain, lifted her hand and gently closed the curtain's lower jaw. The curtain looked at Yun Qing's calm and clear eyes, shining with a crystal-like luster, strong, confident, and radiating a soft, lunar glow that dazzled people, as if nothing could intimidate her. Unlike the former miss who was timid, weak, and wouldn't dare tell Master about the injustices she suffered, and would hide away crying when things happened.

  Now she can no longer see the former weakness in her, such a young lady makes her feel strange, but she still likes the current young lady. I believe Master would be delighted to see this young lady too. Just now she thought it was certain death, but the young lady jumped out and fought with the assassin, which master wouldn't let their servants stand in front of them when they encounter danger? Although the young lady knocked down the assassin, her heart is still very moved, she vowed that from now on she must take better care of the young lady and the young master. What she doesn't know is that Yun Qing's heart has already regarded her as a family member, so naturally he wouldn't let anything happen to her.

  Lian'er's heart changed, Yun Qing didn't know, she held Lian'er's shoulder and looked into her eyes saying: "Wait a minute, no matter what happens, you must not come out, nor make a sound." The bloody smell would soon attract the other two people, she had to settle Lian'er and Xiao Zai first. Lian'er glanced at the young master in her arms and said: "Yes, miss, don't worry, Yun'er knows what to do." Now the only thing she could do was protect the young master well, not causing trouble for the miss.

  Yun Qing covered the curtain, stood up on a tree, and her dense hair flowed down behind her. A strand of mischievous hair brushed across her face, bringing a faint ripple, like a mountain spirit. In the dark night, there was a faint smell of blood, and two black shadows quickly moved towards this side. When they blinked, they had already arrived at the side of another two corpses. One person squatted down to examine the bodies of the two people, and a hint of doubt appeared in their eyes. One person was killed by a sharp object piercing through their brow, while the other person's body had no wounds. When did such a person appear in the capital? The two exchanged a glance, and at the same time, a sense of vigilance rose in their hearts, cautiously sizing up the surroundings.

  "Are you looking for me?" A cold voice came, with a hint of chill.

  Two men in black clothes simultaneously felt a shock, and someone was beside them without their notice. If the person wanted to take their lives, wouldn't they have... Actually, they didn't know that Yun Qing, although lacking internal energy, was skilled in the exquisite art of concealment, making it difficult for the two to detect her. Yun Qing silently sized them up, satisfied with the shock in their eyes. In a high-level confrontation, the greatest taboo is to show weakness in one's aura, as a slight disadvantage can lead to a huge difference. What Yun Qing wanted was to first intimidate them mentally, because she knew that when she had just killed those two men, she had taken advantage of their underestimation, which allowed her to easily subdue them. However, now these two men were already on guard, and it would be impossible for her to launch a sneak attack, so she needed to overpower them with her aura first.

  "Are you two looking for me?" Yun Qing's mouth corners rose slightly, and a flash of light in his eyes quickly disappeared.

  "Who are you? My brother was killed by you." a man in black shouted.

  "Yes, how is it." Yun Qing said in a cold voice.

  "We had no feud with you in the past, nor any grudge recently. Why must you take such ruthless action?"

  "The black-clad man's voice had a chill to it, and he said coldly. The black-clad man didn't want any unnecessary trouble, and Yun Qing must have had a reason for appearing here out of the blue. His eyes, looking at Yun Qing, already held a hint of wariness."

  No grudges in the past, no resentment recently, then what are they doing here tonight? Don't tell her it's to appreciate the scenery. Yun Qing's mouth curled up with a cold smile. "No resentment? Then let me remind you, what did you come for? Should I thank you instead?" Not giving the black-clothed man a chance to speak, Yun Qing continued: "And I didn't even use my full strength, just 'lightly' stabbed and 'tapped', they died because they were no match for me."

  The man in black scowled, what a brazen woman! She killed their brothers and still had the nerve to speak so boldly, not even putting them in her eyes. And yet, it seemed that was indeed the case - one had his forehead pierced by a sharp object, while the other had no injuries at all. It seemed that was indeed the case, stabbed once and slapped once. Who gave the wrong message? Wasn't she supposed to be a weak and feeble woman with boundless strength? But the person in front of her was not fat at all, but rather a slender and elegant woman who claimed to be the one they wanted to kill, causing them to lose two brothers. "Who are you?"

  "Who am I? Aren't you two clearer about it?" Yun Qing looked at the two people in front of him with disdain.

  "Hmph, you're quite bold, no matter who you are, tonight is your death sentence." Since they encountered him here and he killed their two brothers, they couldn't let him off. The eyes exposed outside were filled with malice and killing intent. In their opinion, their brother's death at Yun Qing's hands was entirely because Yun Qing had played some trick on him, and it was their brother's fault for underestimating him. Looking at Yun Qing's delicate face, cold and charming, the black-clothed man's eyes gleamed with lust: "Less nonsense, tonight I will make you beg to live but be unable to, and beg to die but be unable to." The back of his hand grasping the knife bulged with veins.

  Yun Qing didn't say a word either, just coldly staring at the two people under the tree, with a flash of disgust in her heart, tightly clenching a hairpin in her hand.

  Can't live, can't die, okay then.

  The two saw Yun Qing remain unmoving, and with a knife in hand, they leapt towards the tree. The two saw Yun Qing unaffected, but the black-clothed man's eyes gleamed with lust, only to be replaced by ruthless determination in an instant.

  Cloud Qing remained still until the blade was close to her face, then she suddenly moved, leaning back to avoid a sword thrust aimed at her face. With a swift motion, she stabbed the hairpin in her hand into the leg's acupuncture point of the attacker, who felt a numbness in his calf and fell from mid-air. Another person saw this and swung their long knife towards Cloud Qing's chest, but she didn't bother to dodge the blade that was close to her face. Her body was too weak at the moment; if the two men joined forces, she would definitely be no match for them. She had to take down one of them first, so she dodged the vital spot and turned around to pounce on the person who was falling. The long knife passed through Cloud Qing's shoulder, leaving a trail of red plum blossoms on her white dress.

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  Slow in speech, quick in action, Yun Qing stretched out his right hand and instantly probed the 5th thoracic vertebra of the man in black, pinching it in his hand, then fell to the ground.

  With just a "crack", the black figure's eyes widened instantly, and the lustful glow in his eyes also disappeared. He let out a shrill cry and fell to the ground at Yun Qing's feet. Yun Qing looked at him with an expression devoid of any warmth.

  One move! Just one move! Instant kill!

  The black-clad man, who was still rejoicing over his injury to Yun Qing, looked at the small figure in disbelief. Cold and ruthless, with a deadly hand, she was like a killing god. Her eyes were full of surprise, and she hadn't even seen how she had made her move, yet she had already killed his brother. The shrill cry sent chills down people's spines. Damn it, she wasn't human at all! In the instant that the black-clad man was stunned, Yun Qing moved forward again, with a killing aura approaching. The black-clad man knew he was in trouble and hurriedly used his internal energy to dodge, but unfortunately, he found that he couldn't move his hands or feet. A high-level battle, decided in an instant, Yun Qing had already pinned the hairpin in her hand into his acupoint, fixing him in place. Looking at Yun Qing's icy eyes, a flash of panic appeared in them.

  "Do you want to die or live?" The cold voice was devoid of any emotion, but it sounded like a death knell in the black-clad man's ears. "Who sent you?" The black-clad man remained silent. "Or perhaps you'd like to taste what it's like to be worse off than dead." When Yun Qing's small hand touched his back, the black-clad man's body trembled involuntarily, but he still didn't speak up. If they failed in their mission, they would also face certain death upon their return.

  Looking at the calm and collected black-clad man, Yun Qing didn't get angry, and even had a hint of a smile on her lips. "How could you die like this? I've heard of a punishment called 'lingchi', where they use a sharp knife to cut off pieces of flesh from your body, one by one, without bleeding, but feeling the pain until 3,600 cuts are made, watching as your own flesh is cut away piece by piece, turning into a skeleton, and finally dying in agony." Yun Qing's description was as gruesome as possible, her soft voice carrying an air of enchantment, but to the black-clad man's ears, it was like devilish music. Damn, this woman isn't human, she's a demon, looking at how she didn't even blink when saying such terrifying words.

  Yun Qing held the long sword of the black-robed man, his eyes scanning the body of the black-robed man as if considering where to strike first. The evil smile at the corner of his mouth was accompanied by a bloodthirsty charm. The black-robed man finally couldn't bear this mental torture and let out a loud shout, his pupils suddenly enlarging, and he actually died of fright. Until death, the black-robed man did not know that they had only come to kill a pregnant woman, but instead encountered this killing god.

  With a disdainful curl of her lip, she thought to herself: "You're so timid and yet you still want to learn how to be an assassin? It's a miracle you haven't died yet." She gazed forward, narrowing her eyes as they shot out a sharp glare. A hint of bloodthirsty allure played on the corners of her mouth, and she thought to herself: "One day, I'll dig that person out."