Lin Yinan flicked her wrist, her longsword flashing with countless sword flowers, deflecting the hidden weapons and poison needles flying towards her one by one.

Su Yunzhi quickly pulled Su Yunru to the corridor.

"Aru, go back quickly!"

"Brother, what are you doing here? Those people are obviously after Lin Yinan." Su Yunru grabbed his sleeve and earnestly advised him.

“Go back quickly and find your husband. I will go help her.”

Su Yunzhi broke free from her hand. He hadn't brought his sword with him today, so he grabbed a carrying pole from under the eaves, turned around, and rushed out.

Standing on the osmanthus tree, Lin Yinan soon saw dozens of men in black riding on swords from mid-air, landing on the roof in the blink of an eye and surrounding her.

"You're Lin Yinan?"

Lin Yinan's sword tip sharpened, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. "You want to kill me, yet you still have so much nonsense to say!"

Taking advantage of her distraction, she quietly took out a silenced pistol from her spatial storage and hid it in her sleeve.

After several days of investigation, they were certain that the person in front of them was Lin Yinan.

The assassins exchanged glances, then sprang into action, their attacks ruthless and vicious, clearly intent on killing her.

Lin Yinan stepped forward, his hand gripping the pistol swiftly aimed at the people in front of him, and fired rapidly. Immediately, three or four people fell from mid-air.

The remaining people were highly skilled in martial arts, had learned from their companion's experience, and knew how to locate people by sound. As a result, none of the last bullets in Lin Yinan's pistol hit them.

Lin Yinan threw the pistol into the spatial dimension, drew her sword, and charged forward, instantly entangled with her opponent. The longsword swept through the air, its sword energy, infused with internal force, crackling like lightning and thunder, bursting forth with countless sparks.

The shockwave sent countless tiles flying to the ground, shocking pedestrians on the street.

In an instant, people scattered and fled the streets.

The chaos in the city quickly caught the attention of Yun Dong, a lookout at the city gate. He looked towards the Longtan Hotel and saw several figures fighting on the roof.

Yun Dong immediately recognized the slender figure as Lin Yinan.

He summoned his men and instructed them, "Keep a close watch on the city gates. Detain anyone suspicious. I'm going to help the city lord."

As soon as he finished speaking, he swiftly darted away.

Su Yunzhi's martial arts skills were not high; he had only learned some self-defense techniques and lacked internal strength, so he was unable to get onto the roof.

Seeing the assassin lying on the ground howling, he quickly picked up a carrying pole and knocked the man unconscious.

Just as he was about to go find the rope, he saw Zhang and the others hiding under the eaves.

"Second Aunt, I knocked out a few thieves in the backyard. Go and get some rope."

Zhang hurriedly agreed and turned around to take out several bundles of sturdy hemp rope.

After tying the people up, Zhang was still not satisfied and kicked the men several times.

"You bastards! We're living a peaceful life, we haven't done anything to anyone, what are you doing here?"

The enemy was numerous, and even though Lin Yinan was highly skilled in martial arts, his arm was quickly bruised and his clothes were torn by sword energy when he was fighting against more than a dozen people. The fighting scene was incredibly intense.

Yun Dong, who had just arrived, quickly joined the battle. One of the enemy's experts glanced at him and chuckled dismissively, "Lord Lin, I advise you to give up resistance and surrender obediently. You'll suffer less."

"I didn't expect your family to go to such lengths for me!" Lin Yinan reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

To her surprise, the powerful families of the South actually kept such skilled assassins.

Since we've gone against her, none of us will leave alive today.

"Who told you to refuse a toast and then suffer the consequences? Why do you have to cause trouble for our master instead of enjoying your peaceful life?"

"Since that's the case, I'll make sure you never leave alive."

Lin Yinan's eyes were filled with intense killing intent, and there was a hint of bloodlust in them. This feeling made her feel as if she had returned to the scene of facing a zombie apocalypse.

The two sides clashed again, swords flashing and dust and stones flying everywhere.

A moment later, Yunye and Yun'er arrived, along with Lin Yiheng.

Looking at his sister covered in blood, a rare cold glint flashed in Lin Yiheng's eyes. Anyone who dared to hurt his sister would be torn to pieces.

Their figures darted through the air, moving so fast they almost formed a blur. Each attack left an invisible trail in the air, a crisscrossing pattern resembling a giant chessboard.

With their addition, the tide of battle was quickly turned.

After a short while, the black-clad assassins were either dead or wounded.

Those who were still breathing were ruthlessly severed by Yunye, their tendons severed, and thrown aside.

Fifteen people came in total. Two were caught off guard and killed by her gun, and two were injured.

Lin Yinan was exhausted. She sat on the ground for a while, then stood up shakily, pulled out her dagger, and tried to dig the bullet out of the dead man's body.

"Anan, you're injured. Take a rest first. Tell me what you need and I'll help you."

Lin Yiheng stepped forward to support her and took the dagger from her hand.

Lin Yinan didn't stand on ceremony and whispered a few words in his ear. Lin Yiheng then went forward to dig the bullets out of the corpse.

Su Yunzhi had already picked up the spent cartridge cases that had fallen to the ground and handed them to her.

"Anan, this is what you dropped."

Lin Yinan took the bullets and counted them. She remembered that there were only nine bullets left in the chamber. Su Yunzhi found exactly nine spent cartridges, not one missing.

"Thank you!" Lin Yinan said, pursing her lips.

Compared to her fighting against more than a dozen assassins, Su Yunzhi felt utterly incompetent; his kung fu was even inferior to Lin Yiheng's.

Yunye frowned as he looked at the assassins bound like dumplings. He hadn't expected them to clash with the aristocratic families so soon.

"Sister-in-law, what should we do with these people?"

"Drag them away and interrogate them. If they can't get anything out of them, kill them. Leave no survivors."

Lin Yinan wanted to see how many more people the Yu family could send to assassinate her.

She kills one if one comes, and kills two if two come.

It's important to understand that training such skilled assassins is extremely difficult, requiring a significant investment of manpower and financial resources.

"Do you know their origins?"

Yunye had just returned to Longtan two days ago and hadn't had a chance to go to the military camp on the mountain today.

Lin Yinan nodded, "Yun Si wrote to me. Besides the Yu family and the Fan family, there shouldn't be a third family. They're really willing to spend a lot of money."

"Okay, I understand."

As Yunye spoke, he and his guards dragged the man away, leaving only a pool of blood.

Looking at the mess at Longtan Hotel, Lin Yinan said to Zhang, who was standing under the eaves, "Second Aunt, have the manager take some people to clean up the place. We'll close for the next couple of days. Later, I'll have Uncle Qingxiang bring some people to fix the roof."

"Don't worry, I'm here. Are you alright?"

Zhang's brows were furrowed, her face filled with worry, and her eyes kept scanning the woman, wishing she could immediately pull her into the private room to check her injuries.

Hearing her words of concern, Lin Yinan's expression softened considerably.

"It's nothing serious, just some superficial injuries."