Under the astonished gazes of Yu Shiqi and Nian Jiu, Zhong Lingqi just casually bandaged the wound on his shoulder and walked towards the steps where Nie Guijiang was.

"When the ferry master said it was over, did he mean to kill me?" Nie Guijiang asked in a low voice.

"Killing you is the result, but now I plan to enjoy the process." Zhong Lingqi suppressed his anger, "What you did today has touched the bottom line of my tolerance."

"It turns out that the bottom line of the ferry master is his wife and daughter. With all due respect, as the leader of Wangchuan, the bottom line of the ferry master is still a bit high." Nie Guijiang's answer was accompanied by the sound of drawing a sword.

"high?"

"You should give up more things, including human emotions. These should have been done from the moment you became our leader."

"I am a human being first."

"But what the assassins really need is a leader who kills without blinking an eye."

"like you?"

Nie Guijiang was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into hearty laughter.

"I should be like this," he said, "but I have known you for too long, and I have been affected by it unknowingly. I realized this, so... people who came to the imperial capital with the intention of cutting off unnecessary cause and effect

It’s not just you.”

Zhong Lingqi, who was about to step onto the steps, suddenly stopped.

The next moment, gunshots rang out from the walls on both sides.

Zhong Lingqi's body shook, and then he fell to his knees.

The tip of Nie Guijiang's knife was partially exposed from the steps. He stood at a high place and looked down, staring at Zhong Lingqi who was shot in both arms and bleeding profusely: "If an assassin wants to kill someone, the last thing he should use is

The method is to go to the duel with the opponent openly and openly with swords, and send a warning letter before going."

"you……"

"Remorse? Regret?" Nie Guijiang narrowed his eyes and asked, "My martial arts skills are not as good as yours, but your heart has been disturbed by too many irrelevant feelings, and even the murderous intention is no longer pure."

Yu Shiqi and Nian Jiu exchanged glances and rushed towards Zhong Lingqi together.

"Nie Guijiang!" Yu Shiqi held Qiu Ye behind his back, and purple thunder flashed from the condensed energy on the sword.

Nian Jiuzai rushed in from one side, stabbing with swords in both hands. When they approached the final tomb, they leaped up in tacit understanding, avoiding the trip wire hidden near the ground.

The black robe on Nie Guijiang rotated and shook, and the long knife in his hand drew a beautiful silver arc in front of him. Two sonorous sounds were heard, and Yu Shiqi and Nian Jiu's advances were repelled by his knife.

"Master Ferry, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep me with your two little friends." Nie Guijiang raised his hand and lowered the bamboo hat on his head, "Then I'll take the first step."

"Yun Zhongjian has arrived at the Imperial Capital. Do you want to lead Wangchuan to a dead end..."

Nie Guijiang, who had already turned half of his body, chuckled: "Isn't this the law of survival that we have always been willing to die in order to survive? If Yun Zhongjian has the courage to turn the imperial capital into a battlefield, then I will wait for the sect masters to come.

"

"Why do we need the sect masters to come in person to deal with you!" Yu Shiqi pointed his long sword forward and jumped out, the wind vortex surrounding the sword to form a cone tornado.

Nie Guijiang's eyes flashed sharply, and he used his backhand knife to stop Qiu Ye, who was stabbing towards him.

"What's wrong with your sword?" He noticed that the sword in Yu Shiqi's hand was still open, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Yu Shiqi didn't answer and tried to push away his knife. He turned around and slashed vertically with his sword. However, Nie Guijiang's left hand suddenly showed another short knife about one foot and seven inches long. It was sealed horizontally above his head and blocked Yu Shiqi's attack.

Sword Road.

The second sword! Yu Shiqi suddenly remembered the previous reminder from Meng Yuzhou. Nie Guijiang claimed to have six swords. Now he has seen two of them, the three-foot-long sword in his right hand and the short sword in his left hand. The remaining

Where are the four knives?

"I remembered that six years ago there was a woman who also used a sword without an edge, and was even invincible for a time." Nie Guijiang raised the corner of his mouth, "The female swordsman of the Liu family's Tianli Taichang, the one without an edge.

The sword is unstoppable."

Yu Shiqi gritted his teeth and tried to suppress the short sword in Nie Guijiang's left hand. The internal energy of both sides was wildly agitating on the sword, but he was still unable to gain the upper hand.

"The command not to kill is the compassion of the strongest, you... why?" Before Nie Guijiang finished speaking, he swiped forward with his right hand, forcing Yu Shiqi to retreat, and at the same time he raised his leg and kicked forward.

Yu Shiqi's horizontal sword blocked him, and Nie Guijiang kicked Qiu Ye Jian. The burst of dark energy pushed Yu Shiqi down the steps.

Converting the true energy into Yun Veins in time, he used the Yun Xing Root Bone Technique to offset Nie Guijiang's dark energy, and at the same time repaired the wrist muscles that were bruised by the force behind this kick. Yu Shiqi calmly waved the sword at his side.

"I use this sword not without the consciousness of killing people." Yu Shiqi once again stepped onto the stairs leading to the fourth level of the Dragon Pillar. "I just hope to inherit Senior Liu's ability to face the most vicious people with a sword without an edge.

courage."

"Courage..." Nie Guijiang pondered, "Is it courage or stupidity to insist on such a meaningless thing at the moment of life and death?"

He glanced at Yu Shiqi and shook his head: "That's all, no matter what you think, you can't stop me from moving forward."

After saying this, Nie Guijiang walked up the stairs without looking back, as if he was sure that Yu Shiqi behind him would not chase after him.

"Stop!" Yu Shiqi was about to catch up when he suddenly noticed chaotic footsteps behind him, as if someone was coming.

Nian Jiu helped Zhong Lingqi stand up. He turned around and saw a group of guys wearing brocade uniforms coming from below. For a moment, he couldn't tell the identities of these people.

Yu Shiqi held a sword and stood in front of Nian Jiu and Zhong Lingqi. He looked at the sudden appearance of the Jinyi guards with vigilance, and he also had doubts in his heart. It was not until he saw a familiar figure standing out that he confirmed the identity of these people.

The identity is genuine.

"Master Zhu." Yu Shiqi looked at Zhu Zhi, the commander of the Jinyiwei who had met once in Wuyue, "Why are you here?"

"Shouldn't I be the one to ask you this question?" Zhu Zhi said expressionlessly.

Nian Jiu said: "Yun Zhongjian is investigating a case involving a conspiracy to subvert the imperial capital. This is the reason why we are here."

"What a coincidence, I'm also looking for relevant clues." Zhu Zhi's eyes fell on the injured Zhong Lingqi, "Why is the ferry master here?"

"Do you suspect that I am the source of the turmoil?" Zhong Lingqi shook his head, "Nie Guijiang has already gone up, you are wasting your time."

"Nie Guijiang..." Zhu Zhi remembered this name. This was the person who succeeded him as the Youdu leader after he left Wangchuan and became a Jinyiwei.

"Master Zhu, what happened before is a long story, but now our goals should be the same." Yu Shiqi reminded, "Nie Guijiang must have some special purpose for going to the top of the Dragon Pillar..."

"In my opinion, there are many strange things about this Dragon Pillar itself." Zhu Zhi interrupted him. The guards he brought with him were carefully exploring the trip wires on the third floor and dismantling the mechanisms.

Work.

Nian Jiu and Yu Shiqi both agreed with his statement. As for what the conspiracy behind it was, I am afraid only Nie Guijiang knew it.

"Can I entrust Mr. Zhong to your Excellency?" Nian Jiu asked, "He has three wounds caused by matchlock guns. If Your Excellency still remembers the old friendship..."

Zhu Zhi did not hesitate, and raised his hand to summon two of his closest subordinates: "Take him back to the guardhouse for treatment."

"You don't seem to have asked me if I would like to go to your guardhouse." Zhong Lingqi laughed.

"Do you have a choice?"

Two Jinyi guards stepped forward, took Zhong Lingqi from Nian Jiu's hand, and helped him out.

"How many of my old friends are there among the Jinyi Guards today? Yinlin and Long Ye, they are all gone." Zhong Lingqi turned around at the door and said in a regretful tone: "Lately, I have been thinking about what I did for everyone back then.

To get this job, did you do the right thing or the wrong thing?"

Zhu Zhi was silent for a moment and said calmly: "More than ten years have passed, what's the use of regretting now?"

"In your opinion, which one is more comfortable, being an assassin or being a royal guard?"
Chapter completed!