"But all our men have been lost," Elder Chen roared.
"Yeah, all our men have been lost. Do we really have to throw ourselves in too?" Elder Zhao said, then looked at Qi Ruyi and continued, "Your current situation isn't good either. There's really no need to be stubborn at this moment."
Elder Chen exchanged a glance with Qi Ruyi and finally left with Elder Zhao.
After Xiaoying took out the last member of the Elders' Council, she said to Feng Yuqin, "Master, I've been completely exposed tonight. Aren't you afraid of trouble in the future?"
"I'm planning to establish the Dark Night Pavilion in the Desolate City. If I don't show people that I have some strength, anyone might come looking for trouble with me," Feng Yuqin replied. "Besides, I have two spiritual pets. If one is exposed, and if there's really any danger, don't I still have Xiaojin as a backup?"
"Master, do you really think Xiaojin is a backup?" Xiaoying said speechlessly.
"Xiaoying, what are you talking about? Why can't I be the master's backup?" Xiaojin protested from the space. "Although I'm not as powerful as you, my strength is not weak either, okay?"
"Where are you strong?" Xiaoying entered the space and asked Xiaojin calmly.
"How am I not strong? I've been upgrading as the master upgrades," Xiaojin said.
Feng Yuqin heard this as she entered the space. Her eyes narrowed slightly. "You're like Xiaoying, upgrading as I do?"
"Yeah," Xiaojin nodded. "It's just that I've always been lazy and haven't fought much. Maybe I can't fight beyond my level like the master, but I can handle those at the same level as me."
Feng Yuqin: "..."
Xiaoying said, "I thought only I could upgrade with the master. I didn't expect you could too."
Xiaojin rolled her eyes ungraciously. "I've told you before. The master's bloodline is very powerful and will affect the spiritual pets contracted with her. Since you can, I surely can too."
"So I've been working hard on my cultivation, while you guys just get the benefits for free?" Feng Yuqin said speechlessly. "Isn't God being too unfair?"
Xiaojin chuckled. "Master, actually, if you think about it, others have less talent than you. They spend more time on cultivation but are still weaker than you. Isn't that even more unfair?"
Feng Yuqin: "..."
So, was she just retorted by her own spiritual pets?
Seeing the situation was getting awkward, Xiaoying immediately asked Feng Yuqin, "Master, what should we do next?"
Feng Yuqin stroked her chin and thought. "I reckon Xia Hao will come here when it dawns."
"And then?" Xiaoying asked.
Feng Yuqin gave Xiaoying a calm look and asked, "Do you think I should just let it go after they tried to assassinate me?"
Xiaoying: "..."
Of course not. Her master was a vengeful person. Although the master had consolidated her cultivation with the help of these people tonight, they had truly come to assassinate her.
So the master definitely wouldn't just let it go.
After Xiaoying figured it out, she asked, "Master, are you planning to use these corpses to cause trouble for the Elders' Council?"
Before Feng Yuqin could say anything, Xiaojin spoke up. "Master, Xia Hao, the one you've been waiting for, is here."
When Xia Hao came in the morning, he heard the guild members talking about someone trying to assassinate Feng Yuqin last night. So he rushed over.
When he gasped and reached Feng Yuqin's courtyard, a strong smell of blood hit him.
He summoned his courage and pushed open the courtyard gate. What greeted his eyes were corpses everywhere.
Although he had mentally prepared himself on the way, he still slumped to the ground in fright when he saw the corpses all over the place.
"Elder Feng..." Xia Hao called out. He propped himself up again and then tremblingly rummaged through the corpses with both hands.
Since there were the previous assassins and the people arranged by Elder Lin and the others later, there were almost dozens of corpses here.
As Xia Hao rummaged, he called out Feng Yuqin's name. "Elder Feng, you can't be dead."
Feng Yuqin, Xiaojin, and Xiaoying were quite surprised to see this in the space.
After all, they didn't have much of an impression of Xia Hao.
But now it seemed that Xia Hao was much better than they had thought.
You know, there were quite a few people standing outside the gate looking in.
An ordinary person would avoid suspicion in such a situation, but Xia Hao not only didn't avoid it but also rummaged through the corpses to look for her.
She had been waiting for Xia Hao to see his reaction. Now his reaction was beyond her expectations.
She left the space. When she was about to open the door, the people outside were also discussing.
"Is Xia Hao stupid? How dare he rummage through the corpses here?"
"But there are so many corpses. It's so scary."
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen so many corpses in the guild. I'm afraid Feng Yuqin is probably in great danger."
"She's so beautiful. Maybe someone took a fancy to her beauty and sent so many people to kidnap her?"
"If that's the case, then Feng Yuqin might not be dead?"
"Xia Hao is looking for her, right? He still hasn't found her yet. We don't know if she's dead or not."
"If it's not because of Feng Yuqin's beauty but a vendetta, Xia Hao might be implicated too."
"Xia Hao has a good relationship with Sun Jian and the others. Now Sun Jian and Ke Ruxia have both defected to Feng Yuqin. We haven't seen them yet. Could they be dead?"
"If they're dead, we should see their corpses."
"Maybe they're not here anymore?"
"So Feng Yuqin is a jinx, right? She caused trouble for herself and even dragged Sun Jian and Ke Ruxia down."
"I heard that a man and a woman came in a few days ago and also stayed in Feng Yuqin's courtyard. We haven't seen them either. I'm afraid they had an accident like Sun Jian and the others."
"And the people from the Law Enforcement Hall should be showing up soon."
"It's almost dawn. The people from the Law Enforcement Hall must have gotten the news here."
"Should we remind Xia Hao?" someone said.
"Won't we be implicated?"
Many people present were still afraid of being implicated in Feng Yuqin's matter.
"Probably not."
"Xia Hao, stop looking. Feng Yuqin and the others must be dead," someone couldn't help but say to Xia Hao who was still rummaging through the corpses.
Xia Hao raised his eyes. His blood - red eyes stared at that person. "Elder Feng won't die, and neither will Sun Jian and the others."
Of course he heard what these people were saying, but all he could think about was finding Feng Yuqin and the others.
Now hearing them say it so directly, he glared angrily at that person.
"Ungrateful," the onlooker said angrily.
Xia Hao didn't think he was ungrateful. Instead, he continued to rummage through the corpses.
Just as he was almost done rummaging through all the corpses, Feng Yuqin's door opened.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Xia Hao subconsciously looked up. When he saw Feng Yuqin standing safely at the door, he was stunned.
He wondered if he was having an illusion.
"Are you looking for me?" Feng Yuqin's calm voice rang out.