Who Let Him Cultivate?!-Chapter 655 - 654 Assassin

"Well, if you let her go now and voluntarily surrender to the government office, you could still be considered as turning yourself in," Lu Yang walked back into the room, earnestly advising the murderer.

Clearly, the adjacent room was where the woman was staying; the assassin had climbed in through the window, intending to kill her but was caught by Lu Yang.

"You’re going to die too!"

The black-clad figure with the dagger, seeing Lu Yang return, flashed a glint of cold light in his eyes, only to be pinned to the ground by Lu Yang.

"I guess you won’t be turning yourself in either."

With a single hand, Lu Yang subdued the man in black, his tone calm.

The man in black couldn’t believe it; he hadn’t even clearly seen Lu Yang’s movements before he was subdued.

"Foundation Establishment Stage?!"

He, a ninth-level Qi Refinement assassin, was subdued in an instant; his opponent could only be a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!

At this point, the only option was suicide!

Lu Yang grabbed his head, broke off two of his front teeth—which contained deadly poison—and then picked up a rag from the ground and stuffed it in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide.

He also pressed several points on his body, sealing his meridians and rendering him incapable of moving.

The black-clad assassin was in despair. Who exactly was this uninvited guest—was he a bodyguard hired by the target? How could he be so familiar with suicide prevention?

Yet he had failed to notice that he had smeared a slow-acting poison on his dagger. When not active, no one could detect it, and once it took effect, not even a god could cure it. His target had already been stabbed by him; her life was not long for this world.

And even if it were noticed, it would be useless, for his poison was rare in the world, and he did not have an antidote himself.

Lu Yang took out a pill from his Identity Jade and handed it to the woman, whose soul was still in shock.

"You’ve been poisoned; the dagger was coated with a toxin called ’Green Ghost Binding Soul’. It will act in three days, and then the green ghost will claim your life, and it will be over. It’s not an extremely rare poison; my Detoxification Pill can cure it."

All these were leftover poisons from Elixir Cauldron Peak.

"Ah? Ah, thank you."

The woman numbly took the Detoxification Pill, feeling icy cool and very comfortable, which gave her heart some peace.

After calming herself, the woman looked at Lu Yang with gratitude, "Thank you, sir, my name is..."

"Stop, don’t tell me your name, where you come from, your identity, or why there’s an assassin after you. I am just a fellow guest next door; I don’t know anything. I see you have cultivation; I have nullified the assassin’s cultivation, so you can take him to report to the officials yourself."

Lu Yang interrupted the woman’s narrative with practiced ease.

Having wandered the martial world for many years, he thrived on creating trouble and could tell at a glance that she was a complication, potentially tangled in countless issues.

"Haha, Old Lu, I heard some noise over here and knew something was happening in your room!" A hearty laugh came from behind Lu Yang, belonging to Meng Jingzhou.

Meng Jingzhou entered the room, and his smile froze.

The situation in the room was straightforward and clear, showing what had happened at a glance.

How come it was him being the heroic savior again?

"Miss, did you run into some trouble that led to someone trying to kill you?"

Lu Yang was about to intervene, but then he heard the woman introduce herself:

"My name is Fu Ling, and I have come from Xuan City next door. My family runs a fabric business, and I’ve come here seeking to expand our family enterprise."

"Since childhood, I have shown a remarkable talent for business, and my father has often thought of entrusting me with managing our entire family business, a notion always obstructed by my stepmother."

"My stepmother believes that the family business should be inherited by her son, so she has constantly made things difficult for me, but fortunately, I have managed to overcome these difficulties."

"The assassin must have been sent by my stepmother; I owe my life to you, young master, for my escape from this calamity."

Lu Yang shook his head lightly, "This assassin shouldn’t have been sent by your stepmother."

Fu Ling was quite surprised, with bewilderment flickering in her eyes.

"Why does the young master say so?"

"Since you came here to expand your family business, your stepmother would at least wait until the trade routes in this city were established before getting rid of you. Killing you now would be akin to throwing away the industry here."

Fu Ling thought about it seriously and agreed that it was possible.

"Could it be because I went to the black market?"

"What do you mean?"

"The young master might not be aware, but there is a black market not far from here. I went to the black market tonight and saw a twenty-year-old glossy ganoderma which looked quite good, so I bought it. Could it be that I stumbled upon a deal and what I purchased wasn’t just glossy ganoderma but something else?"

"Can you show it to me?"

Grateful for having her life saved, Fu Ling trusted that Lu Yang would do no harm and took out the glossy ganoderma she had bought from the black market.

The glossy ganoderma was the size of a palm, dark red in color, with rings of patterns on its cap.

"Miss, you’re half right. This is indeed glossy ganoderma, but not the ordinary kind. This is a three-hundred-year-old Thunder Tribulation glossy ganoderma, which has been struck by lightning and survived a major disaster. Its appearance is quite different from that of ordinary three-hundred-year-old glossy ganoderma."

"It seems you’re quite lucky, Miss."

Lu Yang, being a friend of the Little Medicinal Kings, had learned a lot about plants from them.

"Still, this isn’t the reason for your assassination attempt."

"Then why?" Fu Ling’s eyes gleamed with confusion.

"The assassin had poison hidden in his front tooth. It’s clear that he is a professional killer, not someone driven by greed. He entered through the window with the intent to take your life."

After some thought, Fu Ling said, "I have a childhood sweetheart who is dear to me, and he is quite outstanding. A female disciple from a sect took a liking to my childhood sweetheart, but he rejected her. The reason he gave was that although the female disciple is quite excellent, if he hadn’t met me first, perhaps he could have fallen for her."

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"It might be possible that this female sect disciple sent the assassin to kill me."

Lu Yang pondered, and that seemed plausible; for the moment, he couldn’t find a flaw in this theory.

"Which sect does this female disciple belong to?"

The assassin, still twisting on the floor with a rag stuffed in his mouth by Lu Yang, wasn’t able to utter a word.

He had listened to Fu Ling and Lu Yang’s analysis for a while and finally spat out the rag.

"So, um, may I say something?"

All three of them looked down at the assassin in unison.

The assassin, feeling guilty under their gaze, still went on, "Miss Fu Ling, right? Sorry about that, it seems I’ve mistaken you for someone else. My target is in the room opposite; her name is Peacock."

Fu Ling: "…"

Lu Yang: "…"

Hearing what the assassin had said, Meng Jingzhou appeared to unravel the mystery, showing an expression of sudden realization, "So that’s how it is."

Lu Yang was baffled, "What do you understand?"

"I encountered a Tribulation Cultivator in my room. He was well-hidden, but I still discovered him. After I subdued him, he confessed that he was there to steal a glossy ganoderma."

At that moment, Shi Chan also walked over, "Hmm, I was looking to find the two Senior Brothers in their room; how come you’re both here?"

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"It’s like this, I came across a woman staying here in the corridor, named Peacock. She said she was being targeted by an assassin. Seeing that I possess cultivation, she requested my protection. I wanted to ask the Senior Brothers for your opinion."