"No! No, no, no! Qiao Suinian, there might have been a misunderstanding between us before, please listen to me!"
Qiao Shan hurriedly tried to explain, but before he could finish, he suddenly felt a chill in his lower abdomen, as if he had been slid across by a piece of ice.
"Really? So we had a misunderstanding! Why didn't you say so sooner? Huh? Why didn't you say so sooner!" Qiao Suinian hugged Qiao Shan, looking heartbroken and full of regret.
Qiao Shan opened his mouth as if to say something, but the bloodstain on his waist and abdomen suddenly enlarged, and half of his body rolled to the side. It was clearly Master Tang's lower body—his dead buttocks.
"Oh! Qiao Shan! Why didn't you say so sooner! Why didn't you say so sooner that there was a misunderstanding? Why did you do this to yourself!" Qiao Suinian watched Qiao Shan slowly breathe his last in her arms with great pain.
Li Xingchen and his group were completely dumbfounded.
What's going on?
Wasn't Qiao Shan just dominating Qiao Suinian, easily crushing her with one hand? Why did the battle turn around so suddenly? Qiao Shan died with just one slash?
The whole process went like this: Qiao Suinian got off to a bad start, made a series of blunders, got into a tough fight, struggled desperately, collapsed completely, and his defeat was inevitable. Things were still normal up to this point, but the next second, Qiao Suinian suddenly started giving his acceptance speech.
How is this any different from Gojo Satoru suddenly and inexplicably being cut in half at the waist?
When Qiao Suinian slowly raised her eyes to look at them, Li Xingchen and his group finally reacted. They felt as if poisonous snakes were crawling up their calves, sending chills down their spines.
"You all saw me accidentally kill Qiao Shan, none of you can live! You all must die!"
Qiao Suinian, holding a knife, was about to kill Li Xingchen and the others.
"Escape...escape!!!" When he shouted "escape" for the first time, Li Xingchen was too scared to make a sound. By the second time, it was almost hysterical.
Rat Lord has already escaped, and Qiao Shan has also died at Qiao Suinian's hands. Their mission can be described as a complete failure. Moreover, they are no match for Qiao Suinian, and staying would only be a pointless death.
With Li Xingchen's command, everyone scattered and fled. Qiao Suinian only chased after two sides before he was exhausted. He could barely stand up by supporting himself with the Dragon Spirit Demon Blade, as if the blade that had just killed Qiao Shan had used up all his strength.
After a long while, Qiao Suinian asked in a low voice, "So, have they all left?"
"Don't worry, they've all left." Guan Yan slowly emerged from the hidden space; she was a rare space-type mage.
"Phew! Finally, I don't have to act anymore, I'm exhausted." Qiao Suinian stretched, a contented smile on her face. "Now that Qiao Shan is dead too, I wonder how that old man Qiao Luan will react when he hears the news? I'm really looking forward to it."
"You're truly shameless. I've been in Kyoto for so long and I've never seen anyone more shameless than you. First, you killed Rat Lord's rats so he wouldn't receive the news that Yuntian Pavilion was going to deal with him, and then you jumped out to save Rat Lord and do him a favor." Guan Yan couldn't help but shake her head.
"Speaking of which, they should thank me. If I hadn't taken care of all of Rat Lord's rats for them beforehand, given their efficiency, Rat Lord would probably have escaped to the outskirts of Kyoto before they even reached the black market." Qiao Suinian was not ashamed but proud.
"But there's still something I don't understand. You could have killed Li Xingchen and his group, so why did you let them escape?" Guan Yan asked.
"Whether those people live or die is a minor issue. Although I asked the Martial God Ma Zhenguo to keep the news from Jinling a secret, it's only a matter of time before it gets out. After all, there are too many people and too much gossip. Before the news gets out, I need to do more things."
Qiao Suinian smiled.
"Alright, I should go find Master Rat now. You can handle things here. Remember to send Qiao Shan's body to the Qiao family while it's still hot."
Since Master Rat said he owed him a huge favor, how could he not ask for it back? That's not in Qiao Suinian's character.
Although Rat Master hid very well, Qiao Suinian still found him in the bustling city. When he found Rat Master, he was having his ears cleaned in the shop.
As the saying goes, true hermits live in the city. Even if Qiao Shan and his group were still alive, it wouldn't be easy for them to find Rat Master. Moreover, the sewers in this kind of bustling city are perfect hiding places for rats.
At least Qiao Suinian was discovered by rats the moment he stepped into this place.
"Master Rat, it's so good that you're alright." Qiao Suinian breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw Master Rat.
At this moment, Rat Lord's wounds had been bandaged, but his face was still somewhat pale. He raised his eyes and stared straight at Qiao Suinian.
"Kid, the more I think about it, the more something seems off!"
Looking at Qiao Suinian's honest and simple face, Rat Master suddenly understood what he couldn't understand before.
"Those rats and scoundrels I encountered near Yuntian Pavilion weren't dealt with by any experts from Yuntian Pavilion at all; they were clearly killed by you, weren't they? Is that why you were able to appear before me at such a crucial moment?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Suinian's face flashed with astonishment, which then slowly transformed into shock, anger, confusion, doubt, and chill.
Heartbreak, true heartbreak, is not about making a scene or having a big argument; true disappointment is not about shedding tears.
"Hehe... I never thought that in your eyes, Master Rat, I was just this kind of person. Well then, I won't bother you any longer."
Qiao Suinian felt utterly hopeless. A bitter smile tugged at the corner of her mouth as she turned to leave.
"etc!"
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