Chapter 456 - Qingxuan Part 1

She ignored them, but they still followed behind her obediently. Katherine's brows furrowed a little.

Well, she would leave them be for now. As long as they didn't get in the way.

Le Xuan raised a brow, but there were more pressing matters at hand.

Who was this, and why were they trying to kill her off? Had they been sent by someone?

Le Xuan didn't know, but she knew that this person should have been employed by someone at least. Though, who it was remained to be seen.

She had a feeling… it had to do with Klyse. Though Klyse had never left her sight for the past month or so, and she had already given him orders… there was either a loophole or something else that was going on here.

She had a feeling that it had to do with the Evans Sect rather than herself.

She dragged the unconscious person without any problem. He wouldn't be waking up so soon.

She'd just knocked him out a few minutes ago.

But strangely, though she'd gotten stronger, she shouldn't have been a match for this 'assassin' here. It had been sloppy in comparison to all the others that had appeared.

She wondered why.

It was only because he gave away his positioning at the beginning that she was able to subdue him so quickly.

Le Xuan dropped the person away from their campsite and opened his mouth, sticking her fingers into her mouth.

Her actions startled Jae and Brian, who wondered what she was doing.

Katherine, on the other hand, was more used to it. These days, they had been besieged by various people who tried to kill them, and this wasn't the first one that was sent.

However, the most startling thing was that after capturing them, these people would all quietly die from either poison or killing themselves.

This was not normal behaviour. They were either from an assassins' guild, or they were the death soldiers from some family.

Right now, Katherine leaned towards it being a family operation. An assassins' guild would not throw away the lives of their members so hastily – how much would it cost to raise up an assassin?

The costs outweighed the benefits if they were all throwing their lives away.

So, it should be a group of death soldiers. Death soldiers… were much easier to raise, and they were considered disposable. She just didn't know which family or sect had sent them after her and Le Xuan.

The people that had been sent after them had no discernible clothing or articles that could be led back to the source, and they apparently refused to talk no matter what.

The question about whether it was her or Le Xuan it was that they were after had already been solved.

They had split apart for a period of time, and this man had instantly attacked Le Xuan.

Just what was it that she had done that had incurred such a situation?

This time, she didn't have any time to pay attention to the two people who were chasing after her.

Le Xuan pulled out a poison capsule, then checked through all of his clothes to make sure that he didn't have any hidden weapons to kill himself with.

She then tied him up tightly with expert motions, throwing away his boots and removing his socks.

She even changed him out of his clothes into a set of clothing that she had, which meant… Well. It wasn't like she would keep around a set of male clothing for herself, was it?

This buff death soldier was wearing dainty female clothing.

Katherine's lips twitched at this sight.

Jae and Brian were silent, seeing how this wasn't the time for them to make any fuss, but the image of the man in tight female clothing was really… special. 

The two seemed to be doing something serious, so they obviously wouldn't act up now.

Klyse sighed with annoyance as he saw what they were doing. "You really don't have to do this, you know? You should just listen to me. I know who he is."

"Who is he, then?"

"I already told you, f.u.c.k!" The slug exploded in anger. "I told you that they were all from the Evans Sect, but you didn't believe me."

"Hm."

Katherine didn't say anything more. It wasn't that she didn't believe Klyse's words, but she was more curious about why he had told them this information. She had a hunch that they were here for Klyse, which was why they were coming endlessly.

Could it be that they had something that allowed them to track down the whereabouts of Klyse? That seemed plausible.

But why was Klyse telling them? As they were part of the same sect, should they not have some feelings for each other?

No matter. Once they interrogated him, they would have all the answers.

Le Xuan took out a herb and waved it under the man's nose, which caused him to stir.

The man didn't look around groggily but instead snapped to attention. Though he looked like he was entirely focused on Le Xuan, his eyes were subtly trying to see if there was anything that could help him.

His magic spread out through the area, and they didn't do anything to stop him.

When the death soldier tried to use his magic, his magic was redirected back into the earth, causing him to furrow his brows. However, he was quite calm. Apparently, this did not come as a surprise.

He looked for the poisoned pill in the false tooth, but there was nothing there.

All his weapons and other things were not on his body as well.

He would not have a chance to suicide, but he was determined that he would not say a single word.

"Who are you? Are you from the Evans Sect?" Le Xuan asked.

There was no reply.

Katherine crossed her arms and thought. "Are you looking for Klyse Evans?" she said slowly, her eyes lingering on his expressions.

His expression remained blank, but there was the slightest hint of disturbance in her eyes.

"You should already know, right? We killed him. He won't even have a chance to revive again, nor will his soul enter reincarnation this time."

The death soldier didn't say anything, but there was a subtle anger in his eyes.

For some reason, Katherine didn't think that this man was the same as the other death soldiers.

The others that they had seen appeared almost dead, and they were more than willing to kill themselves as the slightest possibility that they would not succeed.

However, this man… he still retained most of his mental capacity, even though he was a death soldier.

His acting skills should be quite considerable.

Yet, why was he cultivated into a death soldier?

Not only that, his reactions towards Katherine's words suggested that he should have something to do with Klyse.

So, not only did Katherine give a cold smile, she even said, "Don't worry. The decline of the Evans Sect is near. Klyse Evans dared to try and harm us, so we will definitely not stop at taking revenge."

Katherine said these words with killing intent, but the man didn't flinch at all. His fluctuating emotions in his eyes seemed to grow more serene, as if he did not care about the sect at all, which surprised her.

Le Xuan was also studying his expressions this entire time, and she… had a feeling.

This man… should have something to do with Klyse Evans. He didn't care about the sect at all, but he should have some lingering feelings for Klyse Evans. Was he his student? Or someone related to him?

"Qingxuan," a low voice said, coming from the slug on Le Xuan's shoulder. "How have you been?"