Hearing this, Feng Yuqin said indifferently, "Just use poison directly. There's no need to waste time on them. Your current task is to spare more time to improve your alchemy skills. Especially Su Bing, you should at least reach the fourth level. It would be even better if you could reach the fifth level."
"Yes, my mistress." Su Bing replied, feeling a great deal of pressure.
Although her alchemy talent was quite remarkable in the Western Song Kingdom, it all depended on who she was compared with.
If she was by the mistress's side, her strength was somewhat inadequate.
So she must work hard.
"Aqin, this is the first time I've used your poison." Yan Xiao said excitedly.
"You'll like it after using it." Feng Yuqin said with a smile. "The poisons I've refined recently have all been processed. They're extremely toxic and come in a wide variety. I can ask Xiaoying to give you a briefing."
"Master, let me take them then." Xiaoying immediately emerged from the space and said.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Go. There must be some powerful people in this guild. I'll feel more at ease with you protecting them."
"Yes, master." Xiaoying led Yan Xiao and Su Bing out of the courtyard.
The courtyards here were all independent.
It was also night now, so as long as they were careful, it would be difficult for ordinary people to notice.
After all, ordinary people wouldn't come to the elders' courtyards.
If they wanted to set up the poison, they would surely have to cover the area around the courtyard.
"Yan Xiao, someone's coming." Xiaoying detected a murderous aura approaching through his spiritual sense. There were about a dozen people.
When they got closer, he confirmed the number. "There are twelve of them."
"So many?" Yan Xiao thought that these people were all here to kill Feng Yuqin. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "If they dare to lay a hand on Aqin, don't blame me for being merciless."
Yan Xiao poured out all the remaining poison in his hand. Su Bing had the same thought as Yan Xiao. If they dared to hurt her mistress, she wouldn't show them any mercy.
Seeing this, Xiaoying twitched the corner of his mouth violently. "These people are really going to have no way back today."
"That's exactly what I want." Yan Xiao said with a murderous look in his eyes.
"They've entered the poisoned area." Xiaoying dutifully reported the situation outside to them in a timely manner.
"Let's go. Get out." Yan Xiao and Su Bing exchanged a glance and immediately rushed out.
The dozen or so people didn't expect Yan Xiao and Su Bing to be so bold as to rush out. The leading man said, "Get out of the way. We're here to kill Feng Yuqin."
This remark completely enraged Yan Xiao and Su Bing. "Then we'll kill you first."
These people thought Yan Xiao and Su Bing were as stupid as fools.
There were only two of them, while there were more than a dozen of them. It was simply suicidal.
As the two sides engaged in battle, some of the killers soon began to show signs of poisoning.
Bang!
Bang, bang, bang!
One after another, they fell to the ground.
"What's going on?" The leading man was a bit stronger, so he showed no signs of being poisoned.
"What did you do to them?" The leading man stared at Yan Xiao and asked.
Yan Xiao snorted. "I just poisoned you."
Hearing this, the leading man instinctively wanted to flee.
And he actually did.
He thought that if he didn't flee, he would surely die here.
It was a pity that he reacted too late.
After he had run only a few steps... Bang!
Like the others, he was directly poisoned and fell to the ground.
The poison quickly spread through their hearts.
Thanks to Feng Yuqin's poison and the element of surprise, all the dozen or so people died outside the courtyard.
"What should we do with these corpses?" Su Bing looked at Yan Xiao and asked.
Yan Xiao stroked his chin and thought for a while. "How about throwing them outside the Elders' Council?"
Su Bing twitched the corner of her mouth violently. "Is it really a good idea to provoke them like this? Besides, there are more than a dozen of them, and only two of us. We'd have to make several trips, and it's easy to be discovered."
Yan Xiao pointed at Xiaoying. "With Xiaoying here, one trip is enough."
Xiaoying: "..."
So had he really fallen to the point of carrying corpses?
Could he refuse?
He really didn't want to carry corpses!
However, thinking that the people in the Elders' Council had dared to send people to assassinate his master, it would be a good idea to give them a little deterrence.
Just like that, Yan Xiao and Su Bing quickly carried the more than a dozen corpses onto Xiaoying's back. It was as spectacular as a human pyramid.
...
The Elders' Council was brightly lit tonight.
Normally, everyone would have gone back to rest at this time.
But tonight they had sent people to assassinate Feng Yuqin.
So everyone wanted to get the news as soon as possible.
However, it had been two hours since the people they had sent out, and there was no sign of them. This was completely abnormal.
"Could something have happened?" Elder Zhao looked at Elder Lin and asked.
"It should be impossible." Elder Lin said. "The number of people we sent was more than that of Feng Yuqin's group. They couldn't have failed."
"Dad, why don't I go and take a look?" Lin Sixue volunteered.
She also thought her father's words made sense. They had sent more than a dozen people. Even if Feng Yuqin's whole group fought, the chance of them winning was not high. So she really wanted to see Feng Yuqin's miserable state.
"Go and come back quickly." Elder Lin nodded.
Not long after Lin Sixue left, she came back with a pale face.
"Xue'er, what's wrong?" Elder Lin saw that his daughter's face looked very strange and immediately stepped forward with concern.
"Dad, outside..." As Lin Sixue said this, a look of horror flashed in her eyes.
Most of those people had died from poisoning. Their death was painful, and their faces were full of purple and green pockmarks. It was extremely terrifying.
"What's outside?" Elder Lin asked. The others also noticed that Lin Sixue was acting strange.
Qi Ruyi rushed out first.
Seeing this, the other elders also followed. After Elder Lin helped Lin Sixue sit down on the side, he also went out.
When he saw the scene outside, a look of shock flashed in Elder Lin's eyes.
"How could this happen?" Elder Lin said in disbelief.
"These were the people sent to kill Feng Yuqin, but they ended up dead and were quietly thrown at the door of the Elders' Council. She's provoking us. We must not let her go." Elder Chen said angrily.
"To be able to move more than a dozen people here without alerting us, this Feng Yuqin is not simple." Elder Zhao said with a solemn expression.
"Let's deal with this first, and then we'll discuss what to do next." Elder Lin said.
...
On the other side, Feng Yuqin also learned what Yan Xiao and the others had done from them.
"I guess they won't send anyone over for the time being. You should seize the time to practice." Feng Yuqin said. "Cousin, there's an empty room over there. You can go to that room. Su Bing can stay in my room."
"This... isn't it inappropriate?" Su Bing was a bit hesitant to stay in the same room as Feng Yuqin.