Snake Spear Douluo hurriedly called out to Qian Renxue.
Their duty was to protect Qian Renxue. If anything happened to Qian Renxue, they would both be dead.
Qian Renxue looked at Snake Spear Douluo and said anxiously, "Uncle She, have you seen a big brother?"
"Black hair, wearing blue clothes."
Snake Spear Douluo was confused when he heard Qian Renxue's words.
When they arrived, there was no one else besides the corpse of a ten thousand year old ghost tiger.
Just then,a middle-aged man in golden armor entered the room.
He approached Qian Renxue's bedside and asked with concern, "Xiaoxue, are you okay?"
"It's my fault I wasn't able to be with you.
Otherwise, you wouldn't have suffered such a disaster."
Qian Renxue shook her head.
"Father is the Pope of the Spirit Hall, and he's busy with official duties every day. This is unavoidable."
"Xiaoxue, I understand."
Seeing his daughter so understanding, Qian Xunji's nose prickled and he hugged Qian Renxue.
Immediately, Qian Xunji summoned several healing Soul Sages to examine Qian Renxue's injuries.
After confirming she was alright, Qian Xunji finally felt relieved.
"By the way, Xiaoxue, can you tell me what happened to you in the back mountains?"
"Also, what is this?"
Qian Xunji took out Lan's Shark Blade and placed it in front of Qian Renxue.
The moment Qian Renxue saw the Shark Blade,her heart trembled!
This... was Big Brother's weapon?
Qian Renxue took the Shark Blade, her gloom suddenly lifted, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but smile. "
Big brother actually gave me his weapon?
I don't know why, but
I was so happy.
" Qian Xunji looked at his daughter's aunt's smile, and a bad feeling lingered in his heart.
When they found Qian Renxue, the corpse of a ten-thousand-year-old ghost tiger was beside her.
This was clearly not right.
Crucially, the ten-thousand-year-old ghost tiger had been killed with a single blow. Even a Soul Douluo-level spirit master might not be able to kill a fifty-thousand-year-old ghost tiger with a single blow.
Initially, Qian Xunji thought a passing elder had saved Qian Renxue.
But there were too many reasons for this.
First, if it was really a Spirit Hall elder who saved Qian Renxue, how could he have left her alone in the back mountains?
Second, all the Titled Douluo-level elders in the Spirit Hall had been dispatched by Qian Xunji to suppress spirit beasts, leaving only a few Soul Douluos and Soul Sages in the Spirit Hall.
None of these people possessed the strength to instantly kill a 50,000-year-old ghost tiger.
Furthermore, the secret guards guarding Qian Renxue's chambers had been killed.
This could only mean that an assassin had come to the Spirit Hall, and the target was most likely Qian Renxue!
It was likely that this spirit beast rampage was also the work of that assassin.
A sharp glint flashed in Qian Xunji's eyes.
Who could have so completely manipulated the entire Spirit Hall and nearly cost his daughter her life?
He had to find out.
Faced with her father's questioning, Qian Renxue didn't reveal anything about Lan.
She slightly altered the story,stating that she had fainted after being frightened by the 10,000-year-old ghost tiger and had lost all knowledge.
Qian Xunji wasn't stupid; he could see that Qian Renxue was hiding something.
But that didn't matter;as long as his daughter was safe, it was all good.
As for the assassin,he would continue to investigate in secret.
He would never allow such a potential threat to continue threatening the Spirit Hall.
In the following days,upon learning that Qian Renxue was injured, Qian Daoliu immediately brought the other worshippers from the Worship Hall to visit her.
However,her mother never showed up.
Qian Renxue stood by the window, gazing into the distance, the Shark Blade in her hand, a hint of toughness flashing across her tender face.
"Big Brother, Xiaoxue will definitely find you."
"Wait for me."
The dense dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated,and a dazzling ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating the earth.
The rain seemed to have stopped.
On the border of the Xingluo Empire, in Hailin City.
Somewhere in an underground prison.
Swish!
The fiery red whip lashed mercilessly at Lan, each blow tearing through fresh flesh and blood.
Lan, his hands cuffed, silently endured the excruciating pain. His face was extremely pale, and he had n
ot eaten in days.
"Not only did you expose your spirit, but you also lost your blue shark fin... Haha, the Empire's number one assassin, and you can't even handle a little girl?
His Majesty has trained you for nothing!"
The burly man swung his long whip, lashing it fiercely across Lan's chest.
Lan groaned in pain.
He was the Xingluo Empire's secretly trained chief assassin, the most powerful weapon.
He had never failed in a mission.
This was his first time.
Lan was born in a small village near Hailin City.
An orphan, he was adopted by the village chief. No one knew his parents or his origins.
One day, a group of pirates invaded their village, burning, killing, and looting.
To protect the village, Lan forcibly awakened his spirit, transcending his limitations.
His spirit was a shark, named Breath of the Deep.
This unprecedented shark could control the water and possess immense attack power.
Even without spirit rings, he was able to kill three pirates on his own.
But Lan was alone, and before long, the entire village was massacred by the pirates, leaving Lan alone.
Just as Lan was about to die at the hands of the pirates, Xingluo soldiers stationed in Hailin City arrived.
They killed all the pirates and rescued the gravely injured Lan.
The Xingluo commander, impressed by Lan's talent, took him under his wing.
"Boy, you have a good eye.
Follow me from now on!"
Thus began Lan's bloody journey into darkness.
Lan was brought into the Star Luo Empire's covert assassin training organization.
Training a qualified assassin proved incredibly challenging.
Talent, spirit, and an instinct for assassination were all crucial.
Since the Star Luo Empire's founding, it had yet to produce a single assassin worthy enough to satisfy the Star Luo Emperor.
But Lan's arrival broke this impasse.
The talent and strength Lan displayed in the assassin training camp far exceeded everyone's expectations.
Breaking through to Soul Sect at twelve, Soul King at fifteen, and Soul Emperor at eighteen, Lan repeatedly broke records on the continent.
He undertook countless missions without a single failure.
However, Lan's spirit was that of a shark,destined for land.
Since ancient times, the Douluo Continent has never valued the sea; their primary concern has always been terrestrial territory.
Otherwise, with Lan's talent, why would he be trained solely as an assassin?
The Star Luo Empire was a force with clear rewards and punishments, and strict military discipline.
Lan was an assassin.
As an assassin, no matter how skilled you were before, a single failure would result in punishment, even death.
The moment Lan decided to let Qian Renxue go,he had already given up on himself.
Life, or perhaps, freedom.
Thump, thump, thump—footsteps echoed outside the cell, finally stopping in front of Lan.
"Remove his handcuffs."
"Yes, Commander."
Lan looked up slightly, his long black hair obscuring his eyes, and he could vaguely see the hazy figure before him.
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