The door creaked open, and a middle-aged man walked in.

Dressed entirely in black, he seemed to blend into the darkness outside.

His eyes were sharp, as if he could capture every detail of his surroundings.

Lan Hua was slightly surprised, sensing that the person in front of him was no ordinary person, and that he felt a sense of familiarity with him.

"An assassin? Could it be an assassin?"

Since his cultivation level increased dramatically and he entered the Danxia Realm, there have been very few people who have surprised him.

The alliance leader, Sun, is an individual whose strength is impossible to discern. He has not yet come into contact with the other experts in the alliance.

The man in black smiled slightly. "You must be Lan Hua?"

Lan Hua did not get up. Being in the Xuan Yu Alliance, the possibility of being assassinated should be very small.

"Indeed, coming directly to the alchemy room, you must have something important to discuss."

"Why don't we sit down and talk?"

The man in black nodded slightly and walked straight to a chair to the side, his footsteps very soft.

Even when an ordinary person walks quietly, one can still detect a hint of caution.

However, the person in front of me did not seem to exhibit any deliberate behavior; it was definitely the result of years of training that gave him this habit.

Lan Hua smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you must be an assassin!"

After speaking, he waved his right hand, and a cup of tea flew from the guest table to the man in black.

The man in black took the tea, a strange look flashing in his eyes, seemingly surprised by Lan Hua's judgment.

"As expected of Lan Hua, she has such insight and vigilance in such a short time since joining the Burial God Alliance!"

Lan Hua thought to herself, "As expected, this person is also an assassin from the Burial God Alliance."

"Who exactly are you?"

The man in black said calmly, "Assassin codename: Shepherd!"

Lan Hua's expression changed drastically, and she exclaimed in surprise, "The Shepherd, the third-ranked assassin on the Blood List of the Burial God Alliance?"

“That’s right, it is me. My real name is Su Mu!” the man in black said.

"Su Mu?"

Lan Hua asked curiously, "Why did you enter the Half-Heaven Realm, Senior? Was it because you were being hunted down by the Burial God Alliance?"

Su Mu nodded and sighed, "Yes, we were really being chased so hard by those assassins that we were forced to cross the border!"

Lan Hua felt a little strange. The information about the assassins of the Burial God Alliance was kept secret. Unless the Burial God Alliance made it public, no one would know his identity as an assassin.

However, Su Mu knew his identity, unless this person had also recently arrived in the Half-Heaven Realm and secretly watched the life-or-death duel between Lan Hua and Duan Yu.

Su Mu noticed Lan Hua's question and laughed, "Don't guess, I've seen your duel on the Road of No Return!"

"really!"

Lan Hua revealed a look of realization and laughed, "Senior was being hunted down by the Burial God Alliance, yet you still had time to watch my duel!"

Su Mu laughed and said, "It was precisely because I saw what the Burial God Alliance did to you that I completely abandoned the Xuanhuang Continent, left my homeland, and came here!"

Lan Hua knew that the Burial God Alliance was powerful and influential, and that if they stayed in the Xuanhuang Continent, they would eventually be discovered.

“A very important question!” Lan Hua said.

Su Mu seemed to have known what Lan Hua was thinking, and smiled, "I came to find you to tell you the answer to this question!"

"Please explain in more detail, senior!"

Su Mu's smile faded, and he said seriously, "The reason I'm being hunted down is because I discovered a great secret of the Burial God Alliance!"

"But is it about the Owl Sect?" Lan Hua asked curiously.

Su Mu frowned slightly. "You know about the Owl Sect too? How much do you know?"

Lan Hua laughed and said, "Not much. I was once hunted down by the Owl Sect. All I know is that the Burial God Alliance is controlled by the Owl Sect!"

Su Mu continued, "That's indeed not much, but it's already quite remarkable that you even know this news!"

"Because I inadvertently entered the core of the Owl Sect, I discovered the Owl Sect's greatest secret: the Owl Sect actually has nine leaders, known as the Nine Strategists, whose strength and strategies are all top-notch!"

"Nine calculations?"

Lan Hua was taken aback. "Which nine counts?"

Su Mu shook his head and said, "I only know two of them. One is the leader of the Burial God Alliance, who personally controls the Burial God Alliance Blood Ranking!"

"The other person is a master of the Killing Realm. The Killing Realm experts who appeared thirty years ago and recently were the work of the Owl Sect!"

"What?"

Lan Hua was extremely excited. If what Su Mu said was true, then this was indeed a bolt from the blue.

Who would have thought that the Lord of the Killing Realm was also a member of the Owl Sect, and one of the Nine Calculators? No wonder he has extraordinary abilities.

Su Mu said, "The two of them working together can truly scheme against the world and stir up the winds and clouds of the Xuanhuang Continent. They are truly terrifying!"

“Yes, what is their purpose in doing this? Is it to control Xuanyu?” Lan Hua asked.

Su Mu shook his head, not knowing.

Lan Hua asked curiously, "Senior said that the Owl Sect has nine calculations, but you only mentioned two of them. What about the other seven?"

"I really don't know!"

Lan Hua muttered, "That's strange. Senior accidentally entered the core of the Owl Sect, but only knew two of its calculations. That's a bit unreasonable!"

Su Mu suddenly stood up and sighed, "Whether it's reasonable or not, I've finished my tea and said my piece. I should go back to my room!"

Lan Hua also stood up and said, "Senior, why did you tell me about the Owl Sect?"

Su Mu paused for a moment. "Perhaps it's because we're in the same boat, but you seem to be in a worse situation than me, being scorned by the whole world. That's really pitiful!"

Lan Hua remained silent.

"How many spirit stones did you spend to sneak here, senior?"

"Sixty thousand!"

Lan Hua laughed and said, "Then you're in a bit of a predicament. I only have 50,000, plus one other person!"

"Damn it, I've been ripped off!"

After Su Mu walked away, Lan Hua sat down again, pondering the matter of the Nine Calculations.

"Damn it, they even have the Nine Calculations! The strength of the Owl Sect is simply heaven-defying!"

"Could it be that there are only two possible outcomes in the Xuan Yu Realm?"

The next day.

Lan Hua was awakened early in the morning by a series of urgent bell tolls. Knowing that something serious must have happened, she quickly took the Great Rejuvenation Pill and rushed to the main hall of the Xuan Yu Alliance.

As he expected, there were five more people lying in the hall, their breaths faint.

"What's going on here?"

After saying this, Lan Hua quickly gave everyone the Great Rejuvenation Pill to save their lives.

Upon seeing Lan Hua, Yao Feiyang sighed, "They were carried down from the Mountain of the Dead again!"

Lan Hua frowned slightly. "Why is it Dead Spirit Mountain again? What's going on?"

Sun Hongwei said, "A rare spirit has recently appeared on Mount Death Spirit. Many forces in the Half-Heaven Realm want to capture that spirit and use it as a weapon spirit!"

"With so many forces entrenched in the Dead Spirit Mountain, it's normal for conflicts and casualties to occur!"

"Mount Necropolis, spirits?"

A strange light flashed in Lan Hua's eyes as she became curious about the Dead Spirit Mountain and the spirit body that everyone was fighting over.

Back in her dormitory area, Lan Hua approached Su Mu and asked him about the spirit artifact.

After all, they've lived to be almost a hundred years old, so they have some experience.

Su Mu smiled and said, "The strength of a spiritual weapon is closely related to its spirit. Even among high-grade spiritual weapons, a good spirit can give the weapon additional damage!"

After saying that, he added, "Why are you asking this?"

Lan Hua laughed and said, "Because my spirit bow is also missing a weapon spirit!"