Twenty-sixth: I don't carry a pig-killing knife

  "Why don't you just kill him? In case he doesn't die this time, he'll be a trouble for you in the future."

  "I don't kill pigs." Qin Yu replied succinctly.

  "Pig?" Shi Huang wondered.

  "Yes, that Jin Gongzi is simply a fool, daring to go and assassinate Wang Jianzhu, and even injuring his friend in front of him... And most importantly, he was actually discovered! This pig-like teammate, Shen Qiuniang and Mo Nu don't even want to bother with him, why should I dirty my own hands?"

  Zhang Ren blinked his small eyes.

  "Team members like pigs..." Shi Huang shook his head and smiled, "This phrase is quite incisive! However, this kid said another sentence that's most important, Little Zhang you must remember it well."

  Zhang Ren hastily turned his head to listen to his teachings. Qin Yu also smiled and looked at Shi Huang.

  "......has been discovered!" Shi Huang clicked his tongue, "As an assassin, this is a big taboo. Moreover, having been discovered by the master and chased after, instead of escaping on one's own, you actually came running over to drag down other friends, truly stupid like a pig."

  "Right, I will definitely not be a teammate like a pig, I... want to be a teammate like a wolf!"

  "Go ahead, you'd better remain a pig, die early and be reborn early." Qin Yu gave him a sideways glance.

  Zhang Renyi was stunned and didn't understand what his senior brother meant.

  "Like a wolf? The most classic reputation of wolves is to gnaw on the corpses of their comrades who died in battle!"

  However, Qin Yu always felt that Shi Huan seemed a bit off.

  He's so strange, how could he suddenly have this feeling? What's wrong with him?

  Tan Yun smiled and stretched out her left hand, with something in her palm.

  "Old master, return the object."

  "Tan Yin, who is your father?" Shi Huang didn't mean to stretch out his hand, he just stared at Tan Yin and suddenly asked a sentence, as if it was completely unintentional, just a casual remark.

  Zhang Ren looked at Qin Yu with great curiosity, and this he also didn't know.

  It seemed like someone's throat moved slightly.

  After Qin Yu's successful promotion, his already keen senses were further enhanced.

  Something is off, really off!

  Oh, I see... Is it him?

  Three points related to this person popped up in my mind: appearance - conversation - inquiry.

  So that's how it is!

  Has his true identity been seen through by Yan Xiang?! How could it be him?!

  That's really impressive!

  Tan Yun's eyes stared straight at Shi Huan's shoulders, her gaze crystal clear.

  "He's a... someone similar to you! I remember him, but I hate him, so I don't want to say."

  Shi Guang lowered his head, thinking for a moment, then nodded silently.

  "Good!"

  Then, the two of them no longer dwelled on this topic.

  Shi Guang looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back and said, "I'm going to Shen Nong Ding now, are you coming or not?"

  "I'm going." Qian Yun lowered his left hand and put it in his pocket, then nodded, "Such a good opportunity, I naturally won't miss it."

  Shi Huan's face showed a satisfied smile. This kid was the one he liked the most, and it was because of his straightforward personality that never beat around the bush.

  "But I won't appear with you in front of the old man again." Qin Yu's face suddenly revealed a few hints of an eerie smile, "Otherwise, it'll be hard to get along back home!"

  Anyway, you've already guessed it, so I won't hide it anymore.

  Shi Yun thought for a moment and hummed softly.

  "Alright then, with your current strength, you can take care of yourself, so I'll be off first."

  ……

  Zhang Ren looked at Shi Huan's small back disappearing into the distance and asked: "Senior brother, why didn't you pull out that needle?"

  "Brother, use your little brain! I'm going to pull it out. Can Wang Jianzhu and Shi Lao still speak nonsense with their eyes open?"

  "So they were actually talking nonsense all along?" Zhang Ren exclaimed in surprise, for those were the world's top-notch masters! The impact was simply too intense.

  "What do you think? Those who know the times are heroes! Take a good look, dear!" Qian Yun glared at him with her two eyes, "Besides, going to that place to pull out needles... is not worth it."

  "Yes, senior brother. Then shall we go to Shennongding now?"

  "They agreed to meet at Chen time, it's still early now. I'll wait for a while."

  "Who is it?"

  Tan Yun looked at Zhang Ren, he should have never seen Xi Zilan before.

  "Fellow traveler."

  "A girl?"

  "Can't tell, your brain has grown another circle!"

  "Big brother, you're here again... I'm ignoring you."

  "Well, you're going back to Shenmu Town anyway, so don't bother with me."

  "Ah, why?!" Zhang Ren pouted, infatuated with the girl and forgetting about his friend. What kind of girl was she that made Shixiong not want to bring him along?

  Tan Yun whispered a few words in Zhang Ren's ear and finally said, "Be careful with everything, don't let the Lai family see any flaws."

  "Uh..." Zhang Ren muttered, nodding his head, "Brother, isn't that girl pretty?"

  "Of course it's beautiful, and Brother Qian will introduce one to you too." Qin Yu was very generous and didn't think there was any difficulty at all.

  Zhang Ren's small eyes sparkled instantly.

  "Is there a little butterfly sister as beautiful as you?"

  "Oh... right, you already have Xiao Die, why are you asking me to introduce someone?" Qin Yu had actually forgotten about this earlier arrangement.

  “……”

  "Don't worry, even if you're with Xiaodie, your senior brother will introduce you to new people, and they'll be even more beautiful girls!"

  "Senior brother... don't back down."

  "If you don't leave quickly, I won't acknowledge you."

  "I'm going, I'm going!" Zhang Ren jumped high, with a quilt on his shoulders, and ran back to the village quickly, led out the red horse, mounted it, and headed northwest, returning to Shenmu Town.

  ……

  The play Zhilan has finally arrived.

  Last night before leaving, she said that before Wang Shi's second Jie's martial arts competition, she would definitely come back.

  Tan Yun believes her.

  Xie Zilan was still wearing the cyan-black cloak that Qin Yu had given her, which had been carefully altered to be more feminine and suited her figure.

  Xie Zilan arrived riding a dark-maned horse. After dismounting, she looked pale on her small and pretty face.

  "Are you okay? Xiao Lan." Qin Yu felt that Xi Zhi Lan's pale face was a bit abnormal.

  "How did you know?" Xi Zilan was shocked, she hadn't told Qin Yu what she was going to do.

  "Haha, you have a teammate like Jin Wei, what else can't be guessed?"

  "Jin Wei, you've run into him again?" Xie Zilan's face showed hatred. "If he hadn't been distracted by killing others, Wang Yue might not have escaped. Later, it was also him who fled in fear first, and we suffered a great defeat."

  It was like this all along.

  "That's all settled, no grudges or grievances, I've taken care of everything for you!" Qin Yu patted Xi Zhi Lan's shoulder, embellishing the story of what happened after she left last night, without even hiding the part about using deceitful tactics and shooting a hidden projectile to injure Jin Wei.

  Xie Zilan heard that he flew the needle into Jin Wei's lower body, and his pale face suddenly turned red with excitement: "You've all leveled up? That's amazing! Even Jin Wei can't beat you."

  "How can you go off topic like that? I was asking you, what about the assassination of Wang Yue? Are you injured?" Qin Yu said with a bad tone.

  "This...” Xi Zhi Lan hesitated, not wanting to say it, but after thinking for a moment, she told the truth. "I didn't get hurt because my brother protected me later. However, out of the seven of us who went, only I and Jin Wei escaped alive, the other five are all dead."

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  P.S: No ticket, the author is going to die...