"Auntie, is it time to have a meal?"
The voice of the little fat black man rang out accompanied by the sound of knocking on the door at the same time as Yun Shan released her embrace of Su Qiluo.
The little girl with tear stains still on her face snuffled and blinked.
"Sorry, auntie, for making you see me in a funny state."
"It doesn't matter. It's good to cry when you're sad."
Yun Shan affectionately stroked Su Qiluo's hair, while gently saying: "Young miss, we should have our meal now."
"Alright."
After venting her emotions, Su Qiluo very obediently nodded her head.
Seeing Su Qiluo's understanding appearance, Yun Shan sighed again in her heart.
What a well-behaved child, how could she have encountered so many bad things!
Although she thought this, Yun Shan still said towards the outside: "Fine, come in."
"Yes!" Yue Yun immediately pushed open the door, bent at the waist as he entered the room, and stood still at the door, blocking it tightly.
The two servant boys carrying trays bowed as they brought the trays into the room, quickly coming to the table. With one hand supporting the tray, they individually placed the dishes from the trays onto the table.
Yun Shan stood behind Su Qiluo, looking indifferently at the two servant boys serving the dishes, with no emotion in her eyes, only scrutiny.
"Esteemed guest, everything has been served."
When all the dishes were on the table, the servant boys held the trays in both hands, and respectfully spoke to Su Qiluo in front of them.
Su Qiluo nodded, and also said to Yun Shan: "Auntie, give them some reward money."
"I understand, young miss," Yun Shan took out a coin purse from her body at the same time, and also took out a few silver coins to give to the servant boys in front of her. After receiving the silver coins, the servant boys kowtowed repeatedly in thanks.
"Thank you esteemed guest for your reward, thank you esteemed guest for your reward."
"Mm, you can leave now!"
Yun Shan nodded slightly. The two servant boys exchanged a look with each other, then slowly turned and left.
Yun Shan indifferently watched the two servant boys leaving slowly. Her brows knitted into a frown.
"What's this, do you think the reward was too little?"
Facing Yun Shan's questioning, the two servant boys hurriedly turned around and fawned: "No no no, the esteemed guest has given us too much, we don't feel at ease taking this money."
"Alright, what I've given you is yours, hurry and leave, don't hinder my young miss from her meal."
"Alright, we'll leave right away, right away."
The two servant boys quickly left the room. After they had gone, Yue Yun also closed the door.
Yun Shan ignored the little fat black man. Su Qiluo picked up her bowl and chopsticks, and also beckoned Yun Shan: "Auntie, come and sit down to eat together."
"Young miss, don't hurry to eat just yet."
Yun Shan reached into her clothes, and took out a needle case.
"Aunt Yun, is something not right?"
Seeing Yun Shan take out the needle case, Yue Yun also quickly came to Yun Shan, a concerned expression on his face.
Yun Shan glanced at the little fat black man, remaining silent as she took a golden needle from the needle case.
Seeing Yun Shan's actions, Su Qiluo was a little puzzled: "Auntie, what are you doing?"
"Young miss doesn't know, the dishes you eat every day, they all have to go through being tested for poison, before they are brought before you.
In the Su Residence and Yun Residence, there are specialized poison testers. Since we've come out, without the poison testers around us, we have to use specially forged golden needles to test the dishes."
Yun Shan explained a few sentences to Su Qiluo, and Su Qiluo also blinked her eyes, "Then auntie, go ahead and test them."
"Mm, with true essence infused, this golden needle can detect most poisons in the world."
As Yun Shan spoke, the golden needle pinched between her thumb, index and middle fingers shook violently.
At the same time the golden needle shook, Yun Shan flicked it with her three fingers.
The golden needle in her hand immediately transformed into a streak of golden light, piercing through Yue Yun's brow. With a flash of golden light, Yue Yun immediately collapsed on the ground, and Su Qiluo was also shocked.
"Auntie, this Yue Yun!?"
"Fake!"
Yun Shan squatted down, pressed the only arm she had left on the little fat black man's head and groped for a moment, directly pulling out several needles.
As these needles were pulled out, the little fat black man's face immediately changed shape, quickly distorting. Half the face became the appearance of someone else.
Looking at the corpse lying on the floor, half with Yue Yun's face and half with someone else's face, Su Qiluo also understood some things.
"Auntie, how did you see through it?"
"Yue Yun would never dare to speak up before I say anything, and never dare to approach within five steps of me. Every time he saw me he was extremely respectful, never daring to raise his head, and never daring to look me in the eye."
"Also, when this guy entered, he directly stood guarding the door. Although there was no issue with etiquette, his intention of blocking the door was too obvious."
"And Yue Yun usually carries a beastly medicinal smell on him that ordinary people can't detect. That smell is left from his long-term exposure to beastly medicines."
"I have been fastidious since birth, and am extremely sensitive to smells."
"This assassin's skills at changing his appearance were very good, but there were still shortcomings in the details."
Speaking to here, Yun Shan also sighed.
"It's also because we've only been in Jing Yun City for a short time, this assassin didn't have time to closely observe us. If they had observed for a few more days, fully understood Yue Yun's various habits, I likely wouldn't have noticed."
Speaking to here, Yun Shan also quickly put away the needle case, and also said to Su Qiluo beside her: "Young miss, it's unsafe here, we have to leave quickly."
"Go where?"
Su Qiluo subconsciously asked. Seeing the completely confused expression on Su Qiluo's face, Yun Shan sighed in her heart.
In the end she was still a child, it was understandable she was lacking when dealing with this kind of situation.
"No matter where, we have to first leave Jing Yun City!"
Right after Yun Shan finished speaking, a strange fragrance suddenly permeated the room.
The moment this fragrance arose, Yun Shan's expression changed.
Smelling this fragrance, Su Qiluo only felt her inner energy circulation becoming sluggish, and her fingertips were also gradually becoming numb.
"Auntie..."
Su Qiluo's speech also became unclear. Seeing this, Yun Shan's beautiful face immediately surged with strong gloomy air.
"Young miss, don't be afraid!"
As Yun Shan spoke, she also quickly took out a pill from her body, and stuffed it into Su Qiluo's mouth.
"Keep it in your mouth, don't swallow it. I'll take you away right now!"
Just as Yun Shan was about to pick Su Qiluo up, the window was suddenly pierced through, and several pitch-black round objects were thrown in.
Seeing these pitch-black round objects, Yun Shan immediately grabbed Su Qiluo and dove into the inner room.
The instant the two entered the inner room, the round objects immediately exploded open. Firelight instantly flooded the entire room, countless fragments and steel sand spraying out along with the firelight.
With a deafening boom, the firelight burst through the doors and windows, surging outward. At the same time, two figures, one big and one small, shot out along with the flames.
Protected by true essence, Yun Shan gave most of her protective true essence to Su Qiluo. Her body twisting and turning like a wild goose in flight, looking at the destroyed guest room, a cold light flashed through Yun Shan's eyes.
"To actually use Leihuo Pearls, these people are really bold!"
Right after she finished speaking, the sound of arrows breaking through the air also entered Yun Shan's ears.
Without even looking, Yun Shan sent out her true essence, waving her empty sleeve.
Yun Shan's empty sleeve suddenly billowed up as her arm twisted. As her arm twisted, it encircled her body, slapping away all the incoming arrows.
"They even arranged strong crossbowmen?"
Yun Shan grit her teeth. Lowering her body, she landed in the rear courtyard of the inn.
Yun Shan had just landed when two figures wielding long sabers charged out from the diagonal, coordinating seamlessly. As the long sabers in their hands stabbed forward, the fierce saber aura also rushed at Yun Shan.
"Get lost!"
Yun Shan shouted sharply. With a wave of her sleeve, snapping the long sabers the instant the two figures also flew back even faster than before.
The two of them crashed onto the ground, the residual momentum sending them sliding several zhang along the ground, leaving behind a trail of mangled flesh and blood.
After casually killing the two Yun Shan at this time, without even catching her breath, even more assassins charged out.
Each one had a grim expression, their eyes filled with killing intent, as they fearlessly rushed towards Yun Shan.
"You dare attack a young miss of the Su family, you've got some nerve!"
Yun Shan utilized her inner energy to affix Su Qiluo onto her body, freeing up her only remaining arm. Her hand's index and middle fingers were bent, her thumb also bending to hold down those two fingers, while her forefinger and pinky stood up.
"Du!"
As that syllable left Yun Shan's cherry lips, her inner energy radiated outwards. The direction her fingered hand was pointing towards instantly caused the air to vibrate and the light to distort.
Puff puff puff puff...
Several assassins' bodies exploded, turning into clusters of blood mist.
Yun Shan's fist seal remained unchanged as her arm bent again, blasting towards another group of incoming assassins. The assassins rushing towards Yun Shan suddenly had an ominous feeling and quickly halted their steps to twist their bodies.
But even so, three of them still exploded into blood mist. Amidst the permeating blood mist, Yun Shan didn't care about her energy consumption at all as she continued flinging out fist seals in succession.
Wherever her fist seals went, the air vibrated and light distorted. No matter what, nothing could escape the fate of being pulverized from afar.
"This woman is using the Yun family's secret Yunhe Seal! Its might is enormous but it also heavily taxes inner energy. Don't rush to attack her!"
A yell came from the distance and upon hearing it, almost all the assassins simultaneously reached into their clothes at the same time, taking out Leihuo Pearls that had been previously tossed into the guest room.
Seeing the assassins take out Leihuo Pearls, a murderous look flashed across Yun Shan's face.
"You think you're the only ones with those things?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Shan reached behind herself into her clothes and took out a red cylinder the thickness of a child's arm.
When this red cylinder appeared, all the assassins faltered for a second as they were taking out their Leihuo Pearls.
"Retreat, that's a Fire Locust Gun!"
Before this sentence was even finished, Yun Shan raised the red cylinder over her head. Inner energy surged into it and in an instant, several cracks split open on its surface, unfurling like a blooming flower.
The Fire Locust Gun that had just finished transforming immediately sprayed out dense jets of fire.
The spewing fire was not only extremely fast but also had formidable penetrating power. One could immediately hear the sounds of penetration with a "du du du" the moment the firelight flashed.
Furthermore, the emitted firelight could indiscriminately penetrate everything it touched, instantly turning it into a sea of flames.
Aside from the three chi radius around Yun Shan, over half the guest house's backyard had become an inferno. Some assassins who failed to dodge in time were burnt to cinders on the spot.
Right after the fire erupted, Yun Shan tossed away the Fire Locust Gun. The thing was single-use so it had to be discarded after firing.
Not only was it very technically demanding to use, the requirements to utilize it were also extremely strict—no inner energy meant no usage for most people.
After throwing away the Fire Locust Gun, Yun Shan made a beeline towards the stables she hadn't aimed at earlier and picked out a tall, robust steed. She charged out of the sea of flames on horseback.
In just a few breaths, the cloud-riding Yun Shan had vanished into the alleys. The assassins who had survived the Fire Locust Gun's sweep glanced at each other, just about to give chase when an authoritative yell rang out.
"Alright, stop chasing!"
The voice echoed from an unknown location.
"Our mission is accomplished. What remains are others' tasks that we shouldn't compete over."
"This time, Plucking Stars Building mobilized 300 assassins. That woman can't escape with the girl!"