Chapter 69: An Unexpected Joy

Chapter 69: An Unexpected Joy

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Several stabs landed in quick succession, each one fatal.

Scarlet Thorn pulled back the thin quilt and, upon seeing the mangled, flesh-and-blood humanoid Puppet, her face paled in horror. "It's a trap!"

It was not Qin Xuan she had stabbed, but a Puppet.

Realizing this was a setup, Scarlet Thorn turned to flee.

Beneath the Puppet, a small tower, swirling with mist, hummed with sound.

A barrier formed in an instant, locking down the space in this area.

From within the small tower, Qin Xuan's figure gradually emerged.

He stood by the bed and waved his hand, dismissing the humanoid Puppet.

Rubbing his chin, he stared with great interest at the female assassin before him, who was dressed in night-traveling clothes that hugged her curvaceous figure. He asked curiously, "These days, do assassins have to have such alluring figures?"

Regardless of her looks, her figure alone was not inferior to Shangguan Si's.

Graceful and curvaceous, her allure was even more pronounced, accentuated by the tight night-traveling clothes.

"Villain, die!"

Upon seeing Qin Xuan, Scarlet Thorn's beautiful eyes narrowed, and her killing intent was fully exposed.

The Treasure Artifact in her hand cut through the air, slashing straight toward his neck.

Clang!

Qin Xuan extended two fingers, clamped onto the dagger, and with a single shake of his arm, snatched it away and casually tossed it aside.

He raised his hand and effortlessly pinched Scarlet Thorn's delicate chin, forcefully lifting her face up. He laughed coldly, "Who sent you?"

Scarlet Thorn's face showed pain. She never expected that with her impressive Yin-Yang Realm cultivation, she would be so vulnerable in front of Qin Xuan.

Having been captured, she had no intention of struggling further. She closed her beautiful eyes and retorted angrily, "Villain, kill me or slice me as you please, but don't think you'll get any information out of me!"

As a professional assassin, she had a strong code of conduct. If a mission fails, death is the only outcome!

"Oh ho, got a bit of a temper! It's rare to see such a dedicated assassin." Qin Xuan became interested. He used his hand to lift Scarlet Thorn's delicate, petite chin, tilting her face up. A smile played on his lips, and his eyes held a lewd glint as he said:

"You've got backbone, that's for sure. I just wonder how long you can keep your mouth shut."

He didn't waste words, saying unhurriedly, "Tell me the whereabouts of Shangguan Ying, and I can let you leave safely."

A mere Yin-Yang Realm female assassin was of no concern to him.

Furthermore, even if he managed to extract Shangguan Ying's location and then killed this assassin, who would accuse him of breaking his word?

As a great villain, could he really be held hostage by morality? As long as he had no morality, no one could kidnap him!

Scarlet Thorn's entire body tensed. Feeling Qin Xuan's hand acting so wantonly, her delicate body trembled like chaff in the wind.

She bit her vibrant, red lips, her voice trembling, "I don't know Shangguan Ying's whereabouts, and I am not an assassin arranged by those Aristocratic Families. If you have the ability, just kill me!"

Her trip this time was solely for revenge. It had nothing to do with anyone else!

【Daughter of Luck Scarlet Thorn's humiliation has risen, rewarding the Host with 8000 Villain Points!】

Hearing the notification of the reward, Qin Xuan's gaze was somewhat dazed. This female assassin in front of him was actually a Daughter of Luck?

That shouldn't be right. Logically speaking, this kind of Daughter of Luck wouldn't collude with those Aristocratic Families. How could she have come to assassinate him?

Qin Xuan applied pressure with his palm, turning Scarlet Thorn's chin red, and said coldly, "Why are you killing me?"

Scarlet Thorn did not hide her true purpose. In her beautiful eyes, intense hatred burned, and she sneered, "You took advantage of a precarious situation and killed the severely injured Saint King Leng Li. Everyone has the right to punish you!"

Qin Xuan probed his consciousness back into the ancient prison-suppressing tower, staring at Leng Li, "Your person?"

Leng Li's red eyes were filled with confusion, "I have no idea."

She had been watching the commotion from inside the ancient prison-suppressing tower. To think the drama had ended up involving her?

She racked her brains but couldn't recall this female assassin at all. Let alone having any connection, she had never even met her before. She also didn't know why this female assassin would come to assassinate Qin Xuan for her sake.

Qin Xuan, harboring doubts, then instructed the System, "Investigate the information on this female assassin for me."

【Daughter of Luck Scarlet Thorn detected.】【Consume remaining Villain Points to acquire information on Scarlet Thorn? Do you wish to proceed?】

Qin Xuan sized up the Daughter of Luck before him, weighed the decision for a moment, and finally made his choice, "Yes!"

As the Villain Points were deducted, a stream of cool information flowed into his mind.

When Qin Xuan opened his eyes again, his gaze toward Leng Li held a bit of surprise, "I didn't expect you to have so many followers."

Leng Li had not lied; she truly did not know this Scarlet Thorn before her.

In Leng Li's past experiences, the word 'kill' had defined her entire life. Those who wanted to kill her, Leng Li killed them. Those who spoke ill of her behind her back, Leng Li killed them. Even if they just crossed paths and had a minor friction, Leng Li killed them too.

Too many people had died at Leng Li's hands, many of whom were experts. These experts killed by Leng Li had disdained life and had enemies everywhere. After they were killed, the mortal enemies of these experts naturally felt grateful to Leng Li.

Subtly, they gathered together and formed a killer organization called Hidden Kill. Coincidentally, the Daughter of Luck, Scarlet Thorn, was one of them.

Scarlet Thorn had indirectly received great favor from Leng Li. Upon learning the news that Leng Li had been killed by him, and knowing he had come to the Ziyang Imperial Capital, she had traveled day and night to kill him!

Leng Li hurriedly distanced herself, saying, "This matter has nothing to do with me. I don't know this assassin, and I have no intention of making you my enemy again."

She had finally managed to bury the hatchet with Qin Xuan. She didn't want to be implicated again. If she were dragged down by Scarlet Thorn, wouldn't that be unjust!?

"I don't intend to hold it against you." Qin Xuan withdrew his focus, a smile playing on his lips, his eyes holding a lewd glint as he playfully looked up and down at Scarlet Thorn's curvaceous figure, and asked, "Leng Li didn't intend to help you; she only killed that Saint because of a grievance. Is it really necessary for you to avenge her?"

Scarlet Thorn's eyes widened in shock. She didn't know how Qin Xuan had learned her background, and she said indignantly, "If not for Saint King Leng Li, I would never have been able to avenge my father's murder in this lifetime! You took advantage of a precarious situation and caused the death of Saint King Leng Li. You deserve to die!"

She only knew that she had received great favor from Saint King Leng Li. Leng Li was her great benefactor. Qin Xuan had killed her benefactor, so he deserved to die!

"Fine, you're stubborn." Qin Xuan rolled his eyes, too lazy to waste more words.

He knew better than anyone the nature of these Daughters of Luck. They were stubborn; once they had made up their minds about something, eight bulls couldn't pull them back, let alone him, the great villain they regarded as a mortal enemy.

Originally, he had intended to kill Scarlet Thorn. But just a moment ago, in order to investigate Scarlet Thorn's information, he had spent a large amount of Villain Points. Every injustice has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. This debt would ultimately have to be settled by Scarlet Thorn.

Qin Xuan used the ancient prison-suppressing tower to Seal the flow of Yuan Qi within Scarlet Thorn's body. The smile on his lips grew increasingly playful as he continued to close the distance.