The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Return to Lanqu County City Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Return to Lanqu County City “Could it be that the Dark Night Assassin has not yet made his move?”

But yesterday, when I saw the Dark Night Assassin, he said that Jing Yan would die last night!

What exactly is going on?

Was there an accident that caused the gold medal assassin to change his plan?

“Jing Yan is still alive?” Zhao Dangyuan still found it hard to believe.

The guard, upon hearing the Clan Leader’s odd question, naturally glanced at Zhao Dangyuan.

What did the Clan Leader mean?

If Jing Yan wasn’t alive, could he be dead?

How could a dead man have a verbal confrontation with Zhao Family Guards outside the Zhao Family Mansion?

“Jing Yan is alive, indeed!” Though filled with confusion, the guard still answered honestly.

Zhao Dangyuan felt as if a breath was caught in his chest, his vision darkened momentarily, nearly fainting on the spot.

“Let’s go have a look!” After taking a moment to recover and exhaling a breath, Zhao Dangyuan directed the guard.

In front of the Zhao Family Mansion.

“Zhao Dangyuan, quite surprising, isn’t it?” Jing Yan said with a smile upon seeing Zhao Dangyuan come out.

“An assassin from nowhere attacked me yesterday, a Dao Spirit Realm powerhouse, oh, he wanted to kill me, but he failed.

Zhao Dangyuan, aren’t you curious as to why that assassin failed?

And where is he now?” Jing Yan fixed his gaze on Zhao Dangyuan.

“Damn it!

Despicable!

Bastard!” Zhao Dangyuan roared inwardly.

His expression was extremely twisted and ominously dark as he glared venomously at Jing Yan.

The gold medal assassin, could he have been bought off by Jing Yan?

“That Dao Spirit Realm assassin is dead, not a trace of his bones left!

Tsk, tsk, the weapons he left behind are not bad.

Patriarch Zhao, do you think these two short sword magic artifacts could be worth hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones?” Jing Yan took out the short swords left by the gold medal assassin Falcon after his death and flaunted them in front of Zhao Dangyuan.

“What?” Zhao Dangyuan was even more shocked.

A Dao Spirit Realm gold medal assassin dead?

How could this be?

Zhao Dangyuan had considered many possibilities, but he had never considered the possibility of the Dao Spirit Realm assassin being dead.

Could it be that Huo Chunyang was with Jing Yan last night?

But even for Huo Chunyang, it would be very difficult to kill a Dao Spirit Realm Dark Night Assassin, wouldn’t it?

Zhao Dangyuan stared at Jing Yan, he had a premonition that Jing Yan wasn’t lying.

That assassin might truly be dead, and these two weapon short swords were indeed left by the assassin.

If the Dao Spirit Realm assassin wasn’t dead, how would his weapons end up in Jing Yan’s hands?

But damn it, how did the gold medal assassin die?

Could there be some terrifyingly powerful being beside Jing Yan?

Someone beyond a Dao Spirit Realm Martial Artist?

For a moment, Zhao Dangyuan’s thoughts were in turmoil, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

“Boring, so boring.

Patriarch Zhao, I take my leave!” After putting away the short swords, Jing Yan left after uttering those words.

A storm surged in Zhao Dangyuan’s heart.

Why was this Jing Yan so hard to kill?

Why was he so difficult to kill?

Even the gold medal assassin of Dark Night couldn’t kill Jing Yan?

No, I must report to the Wen Family immediately and let them pass the message to the Dark Night Organization.

Inside the Splendid Pill Tower!

“Jing Yan, did you ask us over here for some instructions?” Jing Chenxing asked, looking at Jing Yan.

He, along with Jing Qingyan and Su Zixuan, stood before Jing Yan.

Regarding the large hole on the fourth floor wall of the Splendid Pill Tower, Jing Chenxing and the others had asked Jing Yan, but Jing Yan did not elaborate.

The hole had also been repaired by craftsmen as soon as possible.

“Yes, I am about to head to Lanqu County City to take part in the assessment for the Three Major Academies, and I do not know when I will be able to return.

I leave the Splendid Pill Tower in your hands,” Jing Yan said with a smile.

Jing Chenxing and the others had already known that Jing Yan was going to re-enter the Three Major Academies for cultivation.

Thus, they weren’t surprised when Jing Yan brought it up.

“Don’t worry about it, Jing Yan,” the three of them replied.

“Since I don’t know when I’ll return next, I’ll leave these things here for now.” Jing Yan took out some porcelain bottles.

Five of these bottles contained Holy Spirit Potions, and the rest were Elixirs refined by Jing Yan, mainly First Level Guiyuan Pills, Second Level Revitalizing Pills, and so on.

These Elixirs were almost all of excellent quality and of great value.

A single excellent Guiyuan Pill could be worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

“And here are these three bottles of medicine.

This kind of medicine is called Holy Spirit Potion.

Its effect is to assist Ninth Layer Heaven Martial Artists in advancing to Innate.

The effect is very good, and it can nearly increase the chance of advancement by three to five times.

Each of you three will take one bottle, and you can use it when the time comes to advance to Innate,” Jing Yan said as he took out three porcelain bottles filled with Holy Spirit Potion, handing them out to the three individuals.

Upon hearing this, the expressions on their faces changed slightly.

A medicine that assists Martial Artists in advancing to Innate?

Increasing the chance of advancement by three to five times?

This was downright astonishing!

They clearly had never heard that such a medicine existed in this world.

However, they of course believed Jing Yan.

Since Jing Yan had said so, the medicine must indeed have such an effect.

The legend of Jing Yan was too abundant!

“These five bottles also contain Holy Spirit Potion, which can be sold at the Pill Tower.

As for how to sell them, Uncle Chenxing and Zixuan, you two will be responsible.

If used well, this medicine could greatly enhance the fame of the Splendid Pill Tower.

It would be best to organize a few small auctions and sell them off in batches,” Jing Yan said with a smile.

Jing Yan felt at ease entrusting the Pill Tower to the three of them.

Jing Qingyan was now already an Advanced Alchemist, and it wouldn’t take long for him to become a Top Alchemist.

Jing Qingyan could refine common medicines, and as for the uncommon ones, Jing Yan had already taught him the details of their refinement methods.

Three days later, two Sky Swallow Cars set off from the City Lord Mansion.

Huo Chunyang, leading ten young Martial Artists from Donglin City, headed towards Lanqu County City.

For this assessment by the Three Major Academies, Donglin City had a total of ten spots.

All ten individuals were in these two carriages, naturally including Jing Yan himself.

Apart from Jing Yan, the Jing Family had another young Martial Artist over twenty years old named Jing Luoyu who had secured an assessment spot.

Jing Luoyu, a Little Fatty, had not yet advanced to Innate.

He was currently at the Martial Arts Ninth Layer Heaven and a Half-step Innate, very close to reaching Innate.

Out of the ten spots, the Jing Family occupied two, Zhao Family also took two, Lin Family one, Cai Family one.

Out of the remaining four, one came from Donglin City itself, while the other three were from towns within the Donglin City territory.

The Sky Swallow Cars raced swiftly across the wilderness, galloping toward Lanqu County City.

During the journey, Jing Luoyu was exceptionally warm to Jing Yan.

Although he was older than Jing Yan, he addressed him with respect as Brother Jing Yan.

His admiration for Jing Yan was sincere and evident, and Jing Yan could feel it, which gave him a favorable impression of Jing Luoyu, leading him to give Jing Luoyu many pointers.

As for the three individuals from Zhao and Cai Families, they had no communication with Jing Yan whatsoever.

Of course, they didn’t dare to provoke Jing Yan either, knowing well the special relationship between the City Lord and Jing Yan.

On this journey, if they irritated Jing Yan and he took them out, to whom could they complain?

Even though they weren’t provoking Jing Yan, every glance Jing Yan cast towards them bristled with killing intent.

Indeed, Jing Yan wanted to eliminate them, but since those three were behaving themselves, he had no reason to do so.

Moreover, they were now under the escort of the City Lord to Lanqu County City for the academy assessments, and if Jing Yan killed these three without a cause, Huo Chunyang probably wouldn’t be pleased.

After all, he was sending ten individuals to the assessments, and if a few died on the way, he would likely have to give the Zhao and Cai Families an explanation.

So, Jing Yan held back his killing intent.

They weren’t provoking Jing Yan, so he wouldn’t kill them.

But if they ever did, Jing Yan wouldn’t hesitate for a second.

The three of them were all too aware of their perilous situation and didn’t dare to leave even a provocative glance towards Jing Yan throughout the journey.

Half a month later.

“Wow, is this Lanqu County City?”

As the Sky Swallow Cars entered Lanqu County City and slowed down, they could see a bustling city as they lifted the carriage curtains.

The streets were crowded with Martial Artists exuding tremendous energy.

The immensity of Lanqu County City exceeded what these young Martial Artists from Donglin City had imagined.

Jing Yan, however, wasn’t surprised.

He had been to Lanqu County City before and had spent nearly a year at Divine Wind Academy.

With a sense of déjà vu, Jing Yan felt not surprise but a tinge of sentimentality.

“I, Jing Yan, have returned!” Jing Yan looked outside the window at the familiar scenes and quietly thought to himself.

In the end, the two Sky Swallow Carriages came to a complete stop outside of the Commandery Prince Manor in the central location of Lanqu County City.

Huo Chunyang gathered Jing Yan and the other nine young Martial Artists from Donglin City who were attending the assessments.

“From today on, you will temporarily reside at the Juhua Restaurant while waiting for the assessment notification,” Huo Chunyang told Jing Yan and the others.

“Lord City Lord, won’t you stay with us?” asked a young Martial Artist dressed in a blue robe, looking at Huo Chunyang with a bit of nervousness.

For these young Martial Artists, Lanqu County City was still very mysterious.

They were mostly leaving Donglin City’s region for the first time to come to such a distant place.

And within this vast city teeming with powerful figures, their nervousness was understandable.

“I can’t stay with you.

The date for the assessment hasn’t been set yet, and I need to return to Donglin City.

However, I’ll try to come over when the assessment starts.

If you don’t make it into the Three Major Academies, I’ll bring you back to Donglin City,” Huo Chunyang said with a smile.

“Jing Yan, you’ve had experience.

Try to look after them as much as you can; after all, you are all from Donglin City,” Huo Chunyang said to Jing Yan.

“Lord City Lord, rest assured, I know what to do,” Jing Yan nodded in response.

“Alright, take your assessment tokens and get going.

Remember, do not get into any conflicts with the Martial Artists of Lanqu County City, or no one will be able to save you,” Huo Chunyang said, distributing ten assessment tokens to each individual before he issued his final warning.