In a palatial garden within the Guan Family's estate in Mountain and River City, where the female family members resided, a middle-aged woman hurried through a small flower garden and approached the courtyard to give her report.
"Madam, the assassination failed! All the death-sworn assassins we sent are dead!"
CRASH!
In the main hall, a stream of icy-blue True Qi erupted from Xu Ya's hand, freezing the White Jade Tea Cup she was holding. It then crashed to the floor, shattering into countless fragments.
"How could it have failed?" Xu Ya said in a low, heavy voice. "Qin Feng is nothing but a brat at the Late-stage Martial Arts Fourth Layer. How could he possibly have escaped a guaranteed kill from four Martial Artists of the Martial Arts Seventh Layer Heaven?"
"The President of the Mystic Master Guild, Zuo Song, intervened!" the middle-aged woman said with her head lowered, her expression unsightly.
