The men in black ignored Sheng Wanwan and, after confirming her identity, charged at her with their long swords raised.

Sheng Wanwan formed a hand seal and softly chanted a spell. Immediately, streaks of white light, invisible to mortals, flashed from her hands, quickly spreading out and entering the brows of several men in black.

The men in black, who had been charging aggressively, were instantly frozen in place, as if struck by a spell.

"Hehe... The people who sent you are so stupid! Don't they know that Wanwan is not an ordinary child?"

"You actually sent ordinary people like you to assassinate me? You really underestimate me!"

Sheng Wanwan smiled smugly, jumped off the big yellow dog's back, and walked to the frozen man in black.

She circled the men in black, scrutinizing them closely. Their eyes were filled with terror and bewilderment; they never imagined this little girl possessed such formidable abilities.

"Speak, who sent you? What is your purpose?" Sheng Wanwan asked, feigning authority. Although her face looked quite young, her eyes revealed a wisdom and composure beyond her years.

The men in black naturally wouldn't answer; they were frozen in place by a spell and couldn't even speak, only able to express their fear with their eyes.

This kid is absolutely amazing, incredibly amazing.

If they had known this child was so incredibly capable, they wouldn't have taken the job.

Upon seeing this, Sheng Wanwan scratched her head. How could she forget that the immobilization spell prevented people from speaking?

So she released the immobilization spell from one of them, and the person tried to run away.

Suddenly, a talisman was stuck to his head, and he was frozen in place again.

"Tell me, who sent you?" Sheng Wanwan asked again.

This time, the man in black with the talisman on his arm finally spoke: "Our assassins from the Assassin's Guild have professional ethics. You can kill or torture us as you please, and we will not disclose our employers' information!"

The man with the talisman on his arm spoke with great pride, completely unaware that his words had inadvertently revealed his true nature.

Upon hearing this, the assassin behind immediately cursed his foolish accomplice in his heart.

But they couldn't speak; they could only glare at the man in black at the front.

"Hehehe... The Assassin's Guild? That's great!"

As Sheng Wanwan spoke, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen.

This was a cinnabar pen she used when she was a child to learn how to draw talismans. Sheng Wanwan used the cinnabar pen to write a few large, crooked characters: "The man in black is an assassin from the Assassin's Guild, and he wants to kill Wanwan. Wanwan is too busy to deal with this. Please, uncles and aunts who see this note, report it to the authorities! Thank you!"

After writing these words, Sheng Wanwan was exhausted. The characters used in this era were traditional Chinese characters. Although she could barely understand them, she was small and her grip on the pen was not steady, so writing them was really difficult.

After she finished writing, she looked at it. The handwriting was a bit ugly, and there were several characters she didn't know how to write, but she could still barely make out what she was trying to express.

Sheng Wanwan blew on the cinnabar on the paper to make it dry faster, and then pasted the paper with the cinnabar writing on it onto the chest of one of the assassins.

He clapped his hands in satisfaction and peeled the talisman off the black-clad man in front of him.

Knowing Sheng Wanwan's prowess and realizing he couldn't escape, the man in black stood still, looking at her and asking, "What do you mean? Let me tell you, I will never betray the Assassin's Guild!"

The man in black puffed out his chest in a show of loyalty, glancing at a masked man among the other men in black as he did so.

It's as if they're saying, "Boss, look how loyal I am! Can you give me a bigger bonus?"

"I want to leave the city, Uncle in black, can you take Wanwan out of the city?"

Sheng Wanwan smiled sweetly, her voice both cute and soft.

The assassin in black stared at the little girl, wondering what she took him for. He was an assassin, after all!

Is the harmless smile she gives her because she's sure she can't do anything to her?

"Little brat, we're here to kill you, and you actually want me to take you out of the city?"

"That's right! Uncle Assassin, you can't kill me now, can you? I heard that your Assassin's Guild has some very bad rules! If you can't kill the target, you have to keep chasing them."

If they can't kill them, they'll send in a new wave of more skilled assassins, and the previous batch, because of their incompetence, will be executed by the Assassin's Guild, right?

Sheng Wanwan recalled the description of the Assassin's Guild in the book and blinked her big, cute eyes as she spoke.

"You little brat, you're so young, yet you know so much! Are you trying to tell me to betray the Assassin's Guild and take you out of the city? Let me tell you, even if I die, I will never betray the Assassin's Guild!"

The assassin stood tall and proud, appearing utterly loyal to the Assassin's Guild.

As he spoke, he glanced at the leader behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Looking at his expression, Sheng Wanwan laughed: "Uncle Assassin, are you afraid of the person behind you if you don't betray us? Are you afraid that he will send the news of your betrayal back to headquarters? And then you won't be able to get the antidote, right?"

Don't worry, if you dare to kill me, you'll basically have no chance of survival. Not only you, but even the Assassin's Guild will be wiped out by the Emperor! If you don't come with me, I'll leave you here until the government officials come to take you away tomorrow, and then you'll be doomed.

It'll be different if you take me out of the city! If you succeed in taking me out, I'll give you a universal antidote pill. With it, you won't be affected by the Assassin's Guild's poison pills anymore.

"Once you send me out of the city, you'll be a free bird! Nothing in this world will be able to bind you anymore! You can quit being an assassin and find a beautiful place to live a good life!"

"So, how about it? Would you like to consider my suggestion?"

Sheng Wanwan spoke patiently and persuasively.

She knew that the reason this not-so-bright assassin in front of her didn't betray her was because the Assassin's Guild gave them a poison pill every year.

This poison pill requires an antidote once a month, otherwise the person will die from rotting flesh all over their body.

That kind of death is a hundred times more painful than being beheaded, so if members of the Assassin's Guild are captured, they usually commit suicide rather than let the enemy capture them.

If captured, they would not only have to endure torture to extract a confession, but also have to watch their skin slowly ulcerate, eventually dying from the pain or infection.

Judging from the fact that the assassin in front of us hasn't committed suicide yet, we know that this assassin is afraid of death.

So if Sheng Wanwan gives him a chance to survive, he will most likely choose to help her.

Sure enough, the man in black remained silent for a while before finally nodding.

Seeing that he had agreed, Sheng Wanwan told Da Huang to go back to rest, while she was carried by the man in black and sped towards the north gate...