In the auction house, the moment White Impermanence’s palm fell, Fengg Wanli finally raised his head. He looked at White Impermanence with a face full of smiles, seemingly finally remembering the two lines he had forgotten from the poem "Knight’s Journey".
"Killing a man every ten paces, leaving no trace over a thousand miles!
"When the deed is done, he brushes his clothes and departs, deeply hiding his identity and name!"
As his voice fell, the Sword Qi, Sword Momentum, and Sword Intent in the auction house instantly condensed together, forming a streak of sword light that swept across a thousand miles. Rising from the hands of the white-robed Knight, it instantly crushed the White Paper Umbrella above White Impermanence’s head.
Following that, a fiery red figure pierced through White Impermanence’s body like a rainbow striking the sun.
White Impermanence’s raised palm finally halted in place.
"You..." White Impermanence spat out a single word, utterly shocked and remorseful. He turned his head to look at the Knight standing quietly on a white horse beside Fengg Wanli, his eyes stinging slightly.
"This... is not Knight’s Journey!" White Impermanence spoke with difficulty as he felt his life force slipping away. He hadn’t expected to fall here, nor had he ever imagined that the woman named Hongxiu possessed such a terrifying Stealth Technique.
"This is Knight’s Journey!" Fengg Wanli smiled with difficulty. "However, the Zhao Guest is not the only one on the white horse; there’s another person!"
Subsequently, the Zhao Guest and white horse conjured from Fengg Wanli’s Martial Soul slowly disappeared, and the figure of Miss Hongxiu gradually emerged in their place.
"You... you are Character Ren... Thirteen!" White Impermanence stared at Hongxiu, who was smiling beautifully beside Fengg Wanli. He spoke through gritted teeth, his gloomy eyes filled with hatred and regret.
Then, White Impermanence collapsed to the ground with a thud. From beginning to end, he had never expected that the true killing blow would solely be Hongxiu, this seemingly frail woman. As for Fengg Wanli, the auction house guards, and the people of the Blood Robe Alliance, they were all merely a smokescreen.
In the corner of the auction house, Lin Huang was also somewhat shocked, not expecting such a terrifying reversal. Nor had he anticipated that a woman who looked so delicate and fragile could possess such methods and status.
An Assassin! Someone who could hide her figure within a white horse and leverage the momentum of "killing a man every ten paces" could only be an Assassin—the absolute top-tier Assassin in the East Spirit Realm.
And in the East Spirit Realm, there were very few top-tier Assassins. Coupled with White Impermanence’s unfinished words at the end, Hongxiu could only have one identity: the Thirteen Kills of the Character Ren!
After White Impermanence’s death, the Xuese Auction returned to its former calm. However, following this incident, the auction could no longer continue. Fortunately, Lin Huang finally obtained the Array Spirit Stone.
As for the Sea of Karma Flower, it was gone. More accurately, the Sea of Karma Flower was stolen—stolen by that hemp-robed youth.
Even Lin Huang, who had been in the auction house the entire time, did not know when the hemp-robed youth had left. At the time, he had been entirely focused on the battle between Fengg Wanli and White Impermanence. Everyone had ignored the hemp-robed youth.
Thinking of this, Lin Huang felt extremely frustrated, believing that he should have been the one to do such a thing! Now that the hemp-robed youth had left, how difficult would it be to find him again?
"He is a disciple of the Piaoxue Palace!" Just as Lin Huang was worrying, Fengg Wanli said, "If you want to get the Sea of Karma Flower from his hands, it will depend on your own abilities!"
"Piaoxue Palace?!" Lin Huang’s eyes lit up. If the hemp-robed youth was a disciple of the Piaoxue Palace, it would be much easier to find him.
"His name?" Lin Huang asked hopefully.
"You should leave the Blood Triangle," Fengg Wanli said with a wave of his sleeve. "Now that I, the Alliance Leader, have killed White Impermanence, the Blood Robe Alliance will face a great tribulation. If you stay in the Blood Triangle, I cannot guarantee your survival."
Lin Huang shook his head in disappointment, then left the auction house with many doubts. Who was Fengg Wanli? Who was White Impermanence? Who was the hemp-robed youth? Did Hongxiu belong to the Thirteen Kills of the Character Ren? Fengg Wanli seemed to be protecting the hemp-robed youth, and he also seemed somewhat decent toward Lin Huang. Why did Fengg Wanli want to kill White Impermanence?
A series of questions surfaced in Lin Huang’s mind, yet he couldn’t make heads or tails of them. He could only faintly sense a few clues. It seemed someone was playing a game of chess, plotting a grand scheme. And he seemed to have stumbled blindly into this scheme, becoming a pawn. But who was the chess player?
Thinking of this, Lin Huang couldn’t help but chuckle. He was a Martial Artist who hadn’t even reached the Earth Element Realm, yet he could become a pawn? This seemed rather implausible. As Lin Huang kept thinking... he eventually stopped thinking about it. It was meaningless!
For Lin Huang, the most important thing right now was to hurry to the Piaoxue Palace and find that hemp-robed youth. Whether through coercion and bribery or breaking and entering, he had to seize the Sea of Karma Flower! Lin Huang felt annoyed just thinking about the hemp-robed youth. Why the hell did he have to steal the Sea of Karma Flower for no reason?
At dawn, Lin Huang left the Blood Triangle.
Beyond the Blood Triangle was the Piaoxue Palace. It wasn’t until he entered the territory of the Piaoxue Palace that Lin Huang’s mind finally relaxed a little. After all, given the reputation of the Piaoxue Palace in the East Spirit Realm, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to provoke them.
The factions within the East Spirit Realm were intricately rooted and incomparably complex. Especially around the Qinglong Mountain Range, it was a chaotic mix of hundreds of forces. However, among these factions, there were very few that could be considered second to none: the Four Great Sects, the Ten Great Dynasties, and the Three Great Martial Marquises!
The so-called Four Great Sects were the Celestial Thunder Sect, Fengyu Tower, Piaoxue Palace, and Qianying Valley. Among the four forces, although their Sect Masters were only at the Realm of Half-Step Martial Marquis, behind them stood genuine Martial Marquis Ancestors—and more than just one.
The Ten Great Dynasties were the ten Courts that currently held the balance of power in the East Spirit Realm. In every Imperial Dynasty, there was at least one Martial Marquis overseeing it. Although their strength was inferior to the Four Great Sects, they commanded countless Dynasties beneath them, and beneath those Dynasties were countless empires, along with armies numbering in the millions...