Lin Yi's death may have been an inevitable ending. After he came to Donghai, he made too many enemies. Everyone he offended wanted him dead. After his death, many unsolved cases were solved. Recently, many cases of mysterious deaths with no clear truth were all attributed to him.
There was no other way; he had killed too many people, so he had to die in a grand manner to make it worthwhile.
Therefore, the news headline was: [Special Police Department Shoots and Kills Major Mobile Murderer on Riverbank in Eastern Suburbs!]
They wouldn't reveal the truth about Lin Yi's death, so naturally no one would investigate Ye Lihong.
After finishing her business that night, Hong prepared to leave. She arrived at Donghai International Airport and was waiting for her flight when an old man suddenly sat down next to her. This man was none other than Xie Laodao.
"Are you leaving already?"
Old Master Xie suddenly asked this question.
Ye Hong didn't react; she didn't think the old man was talking to her.
"Are you really not going to see your parents again?"
After Xie Laodao said those words, Ye Lihong's heart skipped a beat, and she finally looked at the person in front of her properly.
Are you talking to me?
There's no one else here.
"You know me?"
When Ye Lihong said this, her expression was extremely wary. Although she didn't think the police would track her down after killing Lin Yi, nothing is absolute. If the old man in front of her was here to cause trouble, she wouldn't mind sending him on his way.
Master Xie glanced at Ye Lihong's right hand movements and chuckled softly.
"What's wrong? You don't want to kill me, do you?"
Ye Lihong didn't say anything, but her expression said it all. If Master Xie wanted to keep her, she wouldn't mind doing so.
"Hehe, don't worry, I'm not with the police. I have no ill intentions towards you. On the contrary, I came here to help you."
"help me?"
His red eyes looked strange at night.
"Yes, I can help you."
"I don't need anyone's help. I can handle everything on my own."
Seeing Ye Lihong's confident demeanor, Xie Laodao couldn't help but shake his head.
His head-shaking gesture looked very provocative in the darkness; "Old man, what do you mean? You think I'm not good enough?"
"Have you forgotten how you killed that person last night?"
Master Xie asked with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lihong's face changed drastically. She looked at the man in front of her again, and this time, the sharpness hidden in the kind old man's eyes filled her with extraordinary fear.
She, who was always fearless in the face of death, trembled reflexively at the thought of the identity of the person in front of her.
"You...you are...the Celestial Mystery Master?"
Xie Laodao did not deny it, and said in a calm tone, "That's how people in the industry seem to refer to me."
Upon hearing his admission, Ye Lihong abandoned her attack.
"Senior, I have no grudge against you..."
"You little girl, how many times do I have to tell you? I've said I'm not here to harm you, but to help you."
Hearing him say again that he wanted to help her, Ye Lihong felt confused.
"Senior, I don't understand what you mean."
"It's okay if you don't understand, just come with me."
Xie Laodao stood up and realized that Ye Lihong hadn't followed him, so he couldn't help but go over and give her a whack on the head.
"Walk!"
Ye Lihong has always been a cold-blooded, emotionless killing machine. If an ordinary person were to knock her head like that, the other person would definitely be dead. But unfortunately, she really couldn't afford to offend this old man in front of her.
With a helpless sigh, he picked up his backpack and followed Xie Laodao out.
After stepping out of the airport, Ye Lihong couldn't help but ask, "Senior, where are you taking me?"
She had barely finished asking the question when she suddenly sensed something was wrong with her surroundings. Dozens of burly men were walking steadily toward the airport.
As they passed by the two, Xie Laodao pulled out a straw hat from somewhere and put it on Ye Lihong's head.
Then he spoke in a thick local dialect.
"You disobedient girl, come back with me right now! Go to work? What kind of work? You were born to farm!"
Several people had noticed Ye Lihong and wanted to come and check, but Xie Laodao's words dispelled their doubts.
It seems this woman is not their target.
Without the slightest suspicion, they walked into the airport terminal.
Seeing that everyone had left, Ye Lihong came to her senses; "Senior, who were those people?"
Xie Laodao watched their retreating figures and chuckled indifferently; "Just some people who want to take your life."
Ye Lihong frowned after hearing this.
She had also read the report about Lin Yi. Apart from the fact that she was the one who killed him in the end, the previous descriptions were basically correct. When she encountered Lin Yi, he was indeed powerless to fight back. In other words, it was the police who beat Lin Yi into this state. Lin Yi was stronger than her, and he had no chance of winning against this group of people, so there was nothing she could do.
If I had still been in the lobby and had run into this group of people, the consequences would have been...
Thinking of this, she bowed respectfully to Master Xie.
"Thank you for saving me, senior."
Master Xie waved his hand; "No need to thank me, in a way you have also helped me."
"Did I help you?"
Ye Hong had no idea when she had helped this legendary person; she couldn't understand it.
“My granddaughter almost died at his hands. You killed him, which naturally helped me. I’ve always been clear about right and wrong in my life. I won’t harm those who have helped me.”
Ye Lihong suddenly realized that the reason why Tianji Daoren took action was because his granddaughter almost died at Lin Yi's hands, and he used her to get rid of Lin Yi.
"Senior, why are you going to all this trouble? With your strength, you could easily kill him yourself. Isn't it a bit troublesome to have me do it?"
“Girl, that’s not how it works. Although he offended me, strictly speaking, he didn’t know about this, so it was unintentional. Since he didn’t mean to, I can’t necessarily take his life. You are different. He killed you, so for you, it’s perfectly reasonable for him to die at your hands.”
"ah????"
Ye Lihong was a little confused by Xie Laodao's words.
"Senior, you are ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking. You have probably killed more than twice as many people as I have. It's impossible that they all had grudges against you. Don't you think that's contradictory?"
To Ye Lihong, an assassin is an assassin. If you take someone's money, you have to help them deal with their troubles. It's only right and proper. What's wrong with that?
In this cruel world, the strong prey on the weak, and the big fish eat the small fish. No excuse is needed; they have been instilled with this idea since childhood.
Therefore, she naturally assumed that since Tianji Daoren was capable of taking Lin Yi's life, he could act at any time without needing to consider anything else.
Master Xie shook his head.
“Girl, those people really had no grudge against me, so none of them died at my hands.”
"Huh??? How is that possible?! As far as I know, you've completed many missions. Could all of this be fake?"
"It's true that I've completed many missions, but does that conflict with whether I've killed anyone?"
"Of course there will be conflict!! How can you complete your mission if you don't kill people?"
Ye Lihong was a little agitated. It felt like a poor student meeting a top student, who casually told her that she never studied and always guessed on exams. Who could stand that?
"You're wrong! Who says completing a mission necessarily involves killing someone?"
"Of course we have to! If you don't kill him, do you think he'll just die on his own?"
"Hahaha!"
Old Master Xie stroked his beard and laughed heartily; "Then tell me, if my mission was to kill Lin Yi, have I completed my mission?"
"Of course it wasn't done, because I killed Lin Yi!"
Are you sure?
"I……"
Suddenly, Hong thought of that yellow talisman and began to feel insecure, starting to doubt herself.
"Girl, there are many roads to Rome. There is more than one way to achieve a goal. As long as the final result is what you want, the process is not important."
Ye Lihong still didn't understand; "Senior, perhaps you are right about what Lin Yi did, but it's impossible that every target you've completed a mission for has an enemy, right?"
Ye Lihong herself was an assassin, and she knew very well that some people became targets not because they were vicious and wicked and deserving of everyone's death, but because they had offended some powerful figures and thus met their demise.
She had received several such assignments, but she ultimately chose not to take them on. The reason she had those few failed attempts was because of this.
The reason why the assassins on the Heavenly Ranking achieved their status was because they had never failed. Therefore, she did not believe that the Heavenly Mystery Daoist had never killed someone who did not deserve to die.
"You're right. The people who become targets aren't necessarily the ones who deserve to die, but I, an old hand, can still fake a death for them."
"Huh?? You mean... not all of your targets are dead?"
"That's right, the vast majority of them are still alive, living in another way."
Ye Hong was completely dumbfounded. How could he possibly do such a thing?
Seeing that Ye Lihong was deep in thought, Xie Laodao smiled and patted her on the shoulder, then glanced into the airport; "Let's go, we can talk as we walk, we can't stay here any longer."
Ye Lihong nodded. She had gone out with Xie Laodao before because she was afraid of him, but now she had too many questions.
As Xie Laodao walked, he said, “A person’s life is not necessarily black and white. Many times, many people are in the middle. I have never met an absolutely hateful person, nor have I met an absolutely kind person. What I do is to help them make statistics. If they have done too many things that deserve to die, then they naturally deserve to die. But if they have done great good deeds and only made some small mistakes, then it is not unreasonable to spare their lives.”
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