Qin Shi Ambitious

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"We were in such a sorry state for so long when we fled from Zhao!"

"Oh~" Lu Wei looked around the tavern and shook his head: "Then go and make him look bad~"

"Huh?" Lu Yu turned her gaze: "Brother Lu, didn't you say you wanted to be friends with him?"

“Gao Jianli is aloof and arrogant. If he tries to talk to him directly, he will only make a fool of himself.”

Lu Wei held up the slightly broken wine glass in his hand and smiled gently: "I don't have that much time to slowly win him over with sincerity."

"Brother Lu, what do you want?" Lu Yu lowered his voice again, slowly leaning forward, looking like a guilty thief.

As a result, his own brother Lu raised his hand and tapped him with chopsticks, making him cry out and pull his head back, rubbing his forehead incessantly.

The tavern was noisy and chaotic, and apart from Lu Wei, no one paid any attention to his antics.

"Isn't Luo Wang looking for him?" Lu Wei put down his chopsticks, raised an eyebrow, and downed the wine in his other hand in one gulp. "We've killed a few people from Luo Wang, so let's send Gao Jianli's message over and repay that favor."

"You do it yourself."

"Yes!"

Some things can only be done by the Mountain Rain Leaf Village. Those ordinary farm disciples have limited abilities and poor confidentiality. If they accidentally mess things up, it will only make things worse.

This is why he urgently recalled Lu Yu. Lu Yu's loyalty is not a problem. She also gained experience in the caravan last year and is the best candidate to collude with Luo Wang.

After a simple meal and drinks, the two left the tavern. They had only come to observe the situation today, and would discuss the specifics of their actions tomorrow.

They spent the night meditating in the wilderness. Lu Yu then took advantage of the night to contact Luo Wang. Lu Wei didn't specifically instruct him on how to leak the information, but trusted his younger brother to handle the matter.

The next afternoon, Lu Yu returned, twirling a few knife-shaped coins in his hand, and reported to his boss with a wink: "It's all done! The Luo Net even rewarded me with a huge sum of money!"

"How many people came?"

"Twenty-five, their overall strength is very poor. One is at the Earth level, the rest are at the Supreme level, and there are even a few without any rank. This is their first mission."

Lu Yu squatted down beside Lu Wei, who was meditating, resting her chin on her hand: "For that musician, that should be enough for him to enjoy."

"Brother Lu, do you think I should pretend to be from the Luo Wang organization tonight to make things a bit more difficult for him?"

"No need." Lu Wei smiled slightly: "Judging from internal strength, Gao Jianli's strength is not much stronger than yours."

"Ah~ Is it really necessary to go to so much trouble to be friends with him?" Lu Yu wondered.

"For a musician to play a piece of music that can move people's hearts, his emotions must be touched before everyone else's."

"Gao Jianli's talent in martial arts is just like his talent in music."

"A promising future?" Lu Yu lowered his hand from his chin and looked down at the pebbles on the ground. "Brother Lu..."

"Speaking of which... it seems my future in martial arts has come to an end..."

"Hmph~ Who said that?" Lu Wei opened his eyes, while Lu Yu lowered her head even further: "I sensed it... Ye Ge and I both have very poor talent..."

"Your future does not belong to you. Accumulate your inner strength well. In the future, your achievements will not be lower than Gao Jianli's."

"Yes! I believe in Brother Lu!"

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According to experts, the sun has been setting ever since it rises. Day passes in a flash, and night falls once more.

It's still the same tavern in Shuzhen, but there are far fewer people coming to drink and have fun tonight.

Lu Wei and Lu Yu stood on the high rooftop opposite the tavern, both dressed in dark clothes, blending into the night.

Carefully controlling his footsteps to make no sound, he kept an eye on the tavern.

From their perspective, apart from the waiter and the musician Gao Jianli, all the other patrons in the Shuzhen tavern were members of the Luowang organization.

Even at the entrance, there were four people standing there, responsible for preventing those who shouldn't have gone in.

A chilling atmosphere suddenly filled the entire tavern.

After playing the music for a while, Gao Jianli slowly stopped plucking the strings, his narrow eyes scanning the tavern patrons:

"You've come to see me?"

“No.” A burly man wearing a straw hat stood up:

We're here to kill you!

As soon as the man finished speaking, a series of cold glints flashed throughout the tavern.

The innocent delivery boy, witnessing this scene, gaped in shock, his hand slipped, and the entire jar of strong liquor spilled out.

This seemed to be a signal, and the assassins from the Luo Wang organization pounced on the target together.

Faced with flashing swords, Gao Jianli drew the sword hidden in his zither, blocking the four people in front of him. Then, he pushed the zither's soundboard, and the heavy zither became like an iron hammer, knocking away all the nets in front of him, causing him to cough up blood.

But the other assassins followed one after another.

As his gaze bypassed the cannon fodder and fixed on the enemy leader hiding in the rear, Gao Jianli's heart sank.

Today, I fear he will not have a peaceful end...

Unlike the scene in the original timeline where he encountered Jing Ke three years later, Gao Jianli's reputation was not yet established, and his martial arts skills were not yet fully developed. The enemy he was facing now was the most intractable crisis of his life.

"The door's closed. Should we rush in now?"

Lu Yu suggested, "The assassins of the Luo Wang network never show mercy!"

"No rush~" Lu Wei shook his head gently: "It's time for us to make our move when Gao Jianli is driven to despair."

"Oh," Brother Lu had already made up his mind, and Lu Yu promptly shut up.

The person being attacked was just a passerby; even if he died, it wouldn't matter. He only spoke up because he cared about Lu Wei's plan.

The tavern was filled with the incessant clanging of swords, like a symphony of life being played.

Such rituals and music often require bloodshed to embellish them.

boom!

The tavern's wooden wall was smashed by a broken zither with all its strings snapped, and then a figure covered in blood was 'thrown' out.

Gao Jianli's original plain white zither player's attire, adorned with olive green auspicious clouds, was now stained crimson with blood: some of it from his enemies, and even more so from his own.

The sword tore his clothes to shreds, and the wounds had begun to go numb from the exertion...

Lying on the ground, Gao Jianli's lips were deathly pale, but his ever-present narrow eyes showed no fear.

"Is this the end of my life...?"

"It's a pity I haven't become a world-renowned musician yet..."

Two assassins from the Luo Wang organization leaped high into the air, their swords aimed straight for his throat. Gao Jianli quietly closed his eyes.

"Since her face wasn't slashed, dying like this isn't so ugly..."

The sound of a sharp blade slicing through a body was extremely clear in the darkness, but Gao Jianli felt no pain whatsoever.

Warm blood splattered on his face, forcing him to open his eyes again:

Just then, the heads of two assassins from the Luo Wang organization rolled to his feet.

He was being protected by two young men dressed in coarse cloth...

"You are..."

Everything about Gao Jianli was created for music: fair skin, handsome face, long fingers... even his voice was perfect.

"The more enemies there are, the more powerful the Butterfly Sword Technique can be."

The two men ignored him and continued talking to themselves.

"Next, I'll demonstrate it for you. Watch carefully."

"Yes, Brother Lu!"

Chapter 31 Qin

Tonight, these twenty or so assassins from the Luo Wang organization must all die here.

Leaving even one more survivor could expose Ayu's contact with them.

Therefore, Lu Wei went all out from the very beginning!

"Who dares to block the Luo Wang..." The Luo Wang leader, a level-one member of the Earth rank, was about to reveal his identity when he saw Lu Wei swing his fine iron sword. His Butterfly Sword Technique was like threading a needle, easily slicing open the throats of several enemies blocking his way. Then, he slipped through a hole in the wall and entered the tavern, closing in on him.

"You ungrateful wretch! Kill them all!"

He was shocked and quickly retreated, but he called on his subordinates to join him in the attack.

Seven or eight members of the Luo Net formed a hemispherical formation, surrounding Lu Wei in the center, their swords flashing coldly as they thrust at him from all angles!

"Hmm~" Lu Wei suddenly stopped, even sheathing his sword and straightening his chest as if he was about to stop.

"Die!"

The leader of the Luo Wang was overjoyed and couldn't wait to see his own sword turn him into a hedgehog.

"Not good!" Gao Jianli, who was sitting slumped outside the tavern, looked out at the battle situation and showed a look of anxiety for the first time that night.

"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, observe carefully."

Lu Yu squatted down beside him, glanced at Gao Jianli, took out the healing pill that her boss had given her before he made his move, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Gao Jianli had no ability to resist, and he knew that these two were chivalrous people who had come to save him out of righteousness, so he naturally swallowed the pill.

With their thoughts completely opposite, Lu Wei's eyes were full of mockery as he let the Luo Wang sword pierce his body... but not a single drop of blood spurted out!

The leader of the Luo Wang organization, who was some distance away, hadn't seen this clearly. He was about to burst into laughter when he saw a gentle breeze blow in from outside the hole in the wall, and Lu Wei's body, pierced by seven or eight sharp swords, began to dissipate layer by layer...

"Snow?"

The leader stared blankly as he watched the pure white glitter drifting through the tavern.

"No—" A soft whisper echoed in her ear: "It's blood!"

"Sizzle," those were the last words the leader of the Luo Wang organization heard before his head hit the ground.

The remaining assassins of the Luo Wang organization turned around and looked at the enemy who had just turned into snowflakes. They flashed behind their commander and beheaded him with a single sword stroke.

"To witness the Flying Snow I just learned, you can die without regrets."

With a flick of his sword, Lu Wei shook off the bloodstains, and his eyes became deep and profound. Against these enemies whose strength was far inferior to his own, the Soul-Sweeping Technique was extremely effective!