But the suicide squad's purpose was not what they thought at all—to seek peace.
He was only trying to help Gu Mu find the hiding place of the leader of the martial arts alliance.
Now, what's in front of us is just a decoy, which goes against the purpose of the assassins.
The assassin stood up: "Since the alliance leader is so insincere, then I think there's no need for us to negotiate anymore."
The stand-in panicked.
He pulled open the birdcage on the left, a secret signal between him and the leader of the martial arts alliance.
There is a bird on his left and a bird on his right; the bird on his left is blue, and the bird on his right is red.
If the leader of the martial arts alliance sees a blue bird, it means he has been discovered and the leader needs to come in person to negotiate.
If it's a red bird, then run away!
"No!" The stand-in stood up and said, "The Alliance Leader is coming right now."
The assassin then sat down and waited for a while.
Sure enough, within moments, the leader of the Jianghu Alliance, the head of the Yunjian Pavilion, and the owner of the money shop all came over.
They were overjoyed, thinking the assassins were there to negotiate with them so they could benefit from both sides.
But unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the door,
The assassins drew their swords and began fighting them directly.
However, the Jianghu Alliance leader and his group were prepared. They immediately took a few steps back to avoid the attack, and then frowned as they looked at the assassins.
"Your Majesty, you're not here to negotiate?" the Jianghu Alliance Leader said, slightly annoyed.
They've been tricked.
"If we don't do this, how can we force you to show yourselves, you bunch of clowns?" the assassin said calmly. "Is it really so great that you're afraid of His Majesty that you hide away, only sending your decoys to appear, and don't even dare to show your faces?"
"Aren't you His Majesty?" The leader of the martial arts alliance noticed the assassin's choice of words.
Generally, "Your Majesty" is only used when others address you as "Your Majesty".
No one referred to himself as "Your Majesty".
The assassin chuckled and tore off his human skin mask: "Of course, but I'm afraid His Majesty has already wiped out everyone in your mansion."
Upon hearing this, the Cloud Sword Pavilion Master frowned and glanced at the Jianghu Alliance Leader: "My people send me a message every incense stick's time, but I have been waiting for almost three incense sticks' time and have not received a message from him."
"Stop talking nonsense, your fate will be the same as theirs anyway!" The assassin chuckled, then drew his sword and continued to slash at them.
The assassins couldn't kill them, they could only hold them back, but that was enough.
Gu Mu is on his way to this place.
...
"Oh no! We've fallen into a trap! He must have told His Majesty about this place. If we continue like this, we'll probably be surrounded!"
"Stop fighting him, let's go!"
After a few rounds, those people suddenly realized what was happening and shouted loudly.
But at that moment, Gu Mu had already arrived.
Gu Mu, holding a long sword, quickly stood before them with his agile figure.
"Too late. Today, you will all die here!" Gu Mu said with a smile.
Even if he is the leader of the martial arts alliance, so what?
Today, these three top masters of the martial arts world will also die here.
Because at this moment, Gu Mu is already an existence in this world so powerful that there is no way to counter him.
Gu Mu is a person, and he can die.
But there is probably no one in the world who can kill him.
...
The news of the simultaneous deaths of the Jianghu Alliance Leader, the Cloud Sword Pavilion Master, and the Money Shop Owner quickly spread throughout the Jianghu.
These three are the most outstanding figures in the martial arts world.
Even when fighting one-on-one, they are very strong.
But no one expected that they would die at the same time.
Soon, the news was being spread throughout the teahouse.
One tea drinker, after listening to the storyteller's tale, asked suspiciously, "You're not exaggerating the story, are you? In my opinion, it was just infighting. The three of them must have hurt each other, which is why they were killed by someone else when they were seriously injured."
The storyteller immediately retorted: "Even though the leader of the martial arts alliance died an dishonorable death, the three of them still held great prestige in the martial arts world, and there was never any infighting between them! After all, such masters clearly understand the stakes and wouldn't be so reckless. You can't slander them out of thin air!"
"Then, if the three of them ganged up to fight someone else and were killed at the same time, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the prestige of the martial arts world and a further insult to their previous reputation?" The tea drinker was also somewhat dissatisfied, and he immediately retorted.
"That depends on who killed them. What if it was His Majesty who killed them?" the storyteller quickly replied.
Is that His Majesty?
The tea drinker immediately fell silent.
That's alright then.
To die at His Majesty's hands... Thinking about it carefully... it suddenly seems quite normal.
But as normal as it may seem, a commotion soon broke out in the teahouse.
Since ancient times, the martial arts world and the imperial court have not interfered with each other because the two sides' forces check and balance each other, and neither side would benefit from suppressing the other.
But now, His Majesty can kill the three most powerful people in the martial arts world at the same time.
Wouldn't the martial arts world be about to change drastically?
"We...we're not going to become vassals of the imperial court, are we?" someone asked worriedly.
Nobody knows the answer.
They will only know the answer when His Majesty actually takes action.
...
They were unaware that Gu Mu had already begun to infiltrate the real martial arts world.
Gu Mu was in his study, looking at the dragon scale in his hand.
He now has 2,300 points.
To obtain a complete dragon scale, you need to successfully refine it 8 times.
If any one of these eight attempts fails, all previous attempts are nullified.
If you fail on the eighth attempt, it's equivalent to wasting 240 points.
However, Gu Mu wasn't worried about that at all. Having successfully obtained a dragon scale, he already knew its benefits.
Moreover, Gu Mu, who now holds over two thousand points, is incredibly wealthy.
So, Gu Mu began to refine the dragon scales.
Although he is currently in the northern frontier, it is already his domain, and after a period of planning, it is safe enough.
First attempt was successful.
Success on the second attempt.
...
The sixth failure.
Although he failed, Gu Mu was not discouraged.
Because of his previous mission, he was given a chance to refine his character again.
This is the sixth failure, and it's already worth the almost costly effort Gu Mu has made this time.
After all, if he succeeds three more times, he can get the second dragon scale.
Therefore, Gu Mu chose to use this opportunity.
The sixth attempt was successful.
The seventh time was successful.
Eighth success.
Gu Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the success message on the eighth attempt.
At this moment,
He felt the skin around his heart become very resilient.
Although it still felt very soft to the touch, Gu Mu tested the knife.
The knife couldn't cut through it at all.
Last time, it was my neck.
This time, it's the heart.
In other words, successfully refined dragon scales will prioritize protecting vital areas.
After all, if you spend a lot of points and painstakingly refine a dragon scale, only to find that it can only protect your heel, even Gu Mu would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
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