"We're about to leave Jade Mountain and reach Jade City. After entering the city, we'll go find the Jade City Lord and then return to the mountain gate via the teleportation array," Ye Feng said.

"Okay, sure."

Mu Yuqing nodded.

However, at that moment, Ye Feng's expression changed slightly.

“There’s an assassin,” Ye Feng said.

Almost simultaneously, a dark figure darted out from the woods beside the road and headed straight for the luxurious carriage at the front!

boom!

With a loud bang, the carriage exploded, and the two horses pulling it were instantly riddled with holes by the flying splinters of wood.

"Who are you, daring to assassinate me? You have some nerve!"

Lan Cailing flew into the air and engaged in a fierce battle with the assassin dressed in black.

The assassin held a red dagger in his hand, and as he struck, the dagger left crimson afterimages in the air.

A shimmering silver mirror floated above the back of Lan Cailing's head.

Whenever the assassin got close to Lan Cailing, the magic mirror would tremble slightly and shoot out a beam of white light.

Wherever the white light passed, trees and rocks were all reduced to dust!

However, the assassin was extremely agile, narrowly dodging the white light each time and launching an attack on Lan Cailing from another angle.

"Protect the young lady!"

The head of the guards shouted and flew into the air to fight the assassin. The other martial arts guards also joined the fray.

But these people were practically handing their lives to the assassin.

In just a short while, five guards were killed, and the guard leader was also injured by a punch and fell from the sky!

"You all step back! This is not a battle you are qualified to participate in!" Lan Cailing shouted.

So the guards all stepped back, looking at Lan Cailing with worried expressions.

The assassin charged at Lan Cailing again, a mocking glint in his eyes.

Lan Cailing made a hand seal, and the precious mirror behind her head trembled again.

This time, three beams of white light shot out simultaneously from the mirror.

However, the assassin suddenly increased his speed and appeared in front of Lan Cailing in an instant!

Just as Lan Cailing was about to be hit, Ye Feng suddenly snorted coldly, and the Snow Frost Sword flew out straight towards the assassin!

"You actually hired help?"

The assassin was taken aback, a look of shock and anger flashing in his eyes.

The next moment, Xuehan Sword was in front of him, shattering the red short sword in his hand!

puff!

The assassin spat out a mouthful of blood, but because his face was covered with a black cloth that could conceal his divine sense, the blood stained the black cloth red.

It seems that the red short sword is the assassin's natal weapon.

Suddenly, Ye Feng shattered his natal magical weapon with a single sword strike, causing him to suffer a backlash and be severely injured!

"You've escaped this time, but you won't live much longer!"

The assassin uttered these harsh words and fled, rushing into the woods without looking back.

Lan Cailing wanted to chase after him, but hesitated for a moment and finally stopped.

Lan Cailing then went to the carriage where Ye Feng and Mu Yuqing were and thanked them in person.

"Don't thank me, it was my senior brother who did it. You should thank him." Mu Yuqing said with a smile.

"It's nothing, Miss Lan, you don't need to take it to heart," Ye Feng said casually.

Lan Cailing cupped her hands in gratitude, saying, "It may be a small matter for Young Master Gong, but it truly saved my life! Don't worry, Young Master Gong, I won't let you go to waste. I will definitely repay you handsomely when we return to our family!"

The night wind waved its hand dismissively.

After Lan Cailing left the carriage, the caravan set off again.

Half an hour later, the caravan arrived at Jade City.

"The City Lord's Mansion is located in the center of Jade City, very close to the teleportation array. Moreover, judging from the route this caravan is taking, it will pass through the city, which is convenient for us," Mu Yuqing said with a smile as she lifted the curtain to look outside.

"That's perfect, let's do it now..."

Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, his expression changed slightly.

Night Wind had already seen that the teleportation array in Jade City was out of service, and several weapon refiners in long robes were busy repairing it inside.

Furthermore, a squad of Jade City garrison soldiers guarded the teleportation array.

"What's going on? Is there a problem with the teleportation array in Jade City?" Ye Feng asked in confusion.

"I'll go down and ask," Mu Yuqing said.

"Let's go together."

Ye Feng and Mu Yuqing got off the carriage, but before they even got close to the entrance of the teleportation array, they were stopped by the city guards.

The centurion, looking at Ye Feng and Mu Yuqing warily, asked, "Halt! What are you doing?"

"We're heading to Lonely Cloud Mountain and would like to use the teleportation array in Jade City," Mu Yuqing replied.

"It's unusable. The teleportation array is damaged and under repair," the centurion replied immediately.

"How did it break?" Mu Yuqing asked again.

The centurion sized Mu Yuqing up and down a few times and said, "Why are you asking this? The teleportation array is a core secret of our Jade City. Do you think I would just tell you that? Besides, I'm just a centurion, not a weapon refiner. How could I possibly know why the teleportation array is broken?"

Mu Yuqing was rendered speechless by the centurion's retort.

Night Breeze then asked, "So, when will it be fixed?"

"At least ten days, at most half a month," the centurion replied.

"So long?" Mu Yuqing frowned.

"This is already quite fast, isn't it? If our city lord hadn't sent his three weapon refiners to help, who knows when this teleportation array would have been repaired," the centurion said.

Mu Yuqing sighed softly.

There was a teleportation array that would have allowed us to return to Lonely Cloud City in no time.

But that's not possible now.

Without a convenient teleportation array, you'll have to obediently fly back yourself.

Although it's not impossible to fly back myself, it would only take four or five hours, after all, Jade City and Lonely Cloud City are only five hundred miles apart.

But if there's an easier option available, and it suddenly becomes unusable, anyone would be devastated.

Lan Cailing stepped down from the carriage and approached Ye Feng and Mu Yuqing with a smile, saying, "Young Master Gong, Miss Mu, if you don't mind, you can settle down at our Lan family first. It's getting late, so you should come with me to our family soon."

Lan Cailing extended a warm invitation, and Mu Yuqing could only nod in agreement.

Ye Feng then returned to the carriage with Mu Yuqing and followed Lan Cailing to the Lan family in Emerald City.

Before long, the caravan arrived at the Lan family's residence.

White ribbons fluttered around the Lan family mansion, and two white lanterns hung at the entrance.

Upon seeing this, Lan Cailing's expression changed drastically.

Ye Feng and Mu Yuqing, who were inside the carriage, also witnessed this scene.

"It seems something has happened to the Lan family," Ye Feng said.