The lake at the Mu Residence is a private place for Muyun for many years, so there are not many people around. Even though the battle here is intense now, there are no guards coming over. Xiao Yifei wants to get away to find help, but his heart is willing, yet his strength is insufficient.

Muyun, after repelling an attack with his inner strength, feels somewhat powerless. These attackers give him no chance to rest; the seven of them attack in turns, forcing him to focus on defense each time, unable to find a way to counterattack. His stamina is starting to wane.

He glanced at Xiao Yifei out of the corner of his eye. Initially, he was more worried about Xiao Yifei than himself because, without inner strength, Xiao Yifei was no different from an ordinary person, with only some awareness from years of battles. However, seeing Xiao Yifei not in mortal danger, though not at ease, Muyun breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yifei also noticed what Muyun was worried about and shouted loudly, "Don't worry about me, just focus on taking care of those on your side; I can handle things here by myself."

Muyun nodded toward Xiao Yifei. Although he was a bit tired, the guards from the Mu Residence would arrive soon as he is now the priority target for protection. But it has been so long without anyone arriving, indicating there must be a traitor inside the Mu Residence. Once this is over, he must clean up the trash inside Mu Residence.

As Muyun was rapidly contemplating this, the seven black-clad assassins regrouped and launched another round of attacks on Muyun. They, too, were somewhat mentally collapsing due to the unexpected presence of Xiao Yifei and their underestimation of Muyun's strength.

Originally, without Xiao Yifei, their ten-man siege should have succeeded by now, but they had to divert three people to tie down Xiao Yifei.

Moreover, Muyun's strength was quite formidable. Even under their full-force attack, Muyun managed to repel them. They had no doubt that, without the Mu Family's cultivation technique provided by traitors inside Mu Residence for their research, they would have been defeated by Muyun by now.

"Ha!" Muyun shouted loudly, pushing his skills to the limit. The whirlwind from his fists stung the assassins' faces as he forcefully blew away the two assassins that rushed up first.

Muyun was now using a secret cultivation technique from the Mu Residence — Qi Collection — which allowed him to absorb a large amount of energy in a short time, enhancing his strength, with minimal cost, merely being unable to cultivate for a period afterward due to energy repulsion, but he would recover within a few days.

"What kind of cultivation technique is this? Why wasn't it mentioned in the intelligence?" The leader of the black-clad men cursed in frustration.

Muyun's suddenly surging strength caught the seven men off guard, scattering their formation in an instant.

"Do you think I could have reached my position today without a few trump cards? You foreigners are underestimating us too much, thinking you can brazenly target Mu Residence just because you have a few insiders? Dream on!" Muyun executed an Explosive Step, rushing in front of a black-clad man. The man tried to raise his hand to block but was punched flying by Muyun.

The assassin flew four or five meters and landed heavily on the ground, spewing a mouthful of blood and then lying motionless.

Seeing Muyun so fierce, Xiao Yifei inhaled sharply. The foundation of this family is indeed profound. Such a cultivation technique, although he had seen similar ones before, it was never this powerful, and the one Muyun was using was surely not some vicious evil technique at the cost of all else.

Xiao Yifei seized the moment when the three in front of him were dazed, unleashing his strength, pressing one of them to the ground, and punched his temple forcefully. The man saw stars and fell unconscious.

Instantly, the situation changed due to Muyun's rampage. The black-clad men switched their formation to a defensive one. Seeing things were not going in their favor, the leader gave an order, and all the black-clad assassins activated a device on their backs and jumped into the water.

Those black-clad men flew away from the lake surface like bats in a single direction.

"What the heck is this? Is technology really this advanced now?" Xiao Yifei exclaimed in surprise, looking at the devices on those people's backs.

Just as Xiao Yifei watched those people disappear into the distance, Muyun suddenly cried out in pain. Xiao Yifei quickly turned around, discovering a black-clad person appeared beside Muyun at some point. The dagger in the person's hand was dripping blood, and it was clear Muyun was injured.

Muyun was clutching his stabbed shoulder. If it weren't for his quick reflexes, the wound would have been on his heart.

"Bold thief, courting death!" A middle-aged man rushed over from the shore; he was Muyun's uncle and the current Guard Leader of the Mu Residence.

Upon hearing that Muyun was under attack, he broke out in a cold sweat. Even with his position, he didn't truly understand why Muyun held such a high status, and if anything happened to Muyun, his position and probably his head would be at risk.

The black-clad man, after a successful strike, wanted to pursue further but retreated upon seeing the aggressive reinforcements, activating a device similar to the previous ones and escaping.

The Guard Leader stepped on the water, arriving before Muyun. Seeing Muyun's arm was the only injury, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Young Master, I am at fault for letting you suffer." He then kneeled on one knee in front of Muyun.

"No worries, it is just a superficial wound. Thankfully, my friend here helped, or else my life would have been in danger today." Muyun said lightly.

The Guard Leader now noticed another man beside Muyun, but the man's attire did not seem to match someone of Muyun's stature. Nevertheless, since Muyun spoke, he couldn't argue and quickly thanked Xiao Yifei.

"Thank you, sir, for saving our Young Master. From now on, Mu Residence is your home. We will certainly repay you."

"Enough with this useless talk, shouldn't you be chasing after that assassin?" said Muyun, without even looking at him, and urged the boat toward the shore.

The Guard Leader immediately ordered the guards behind him to arrange for pursuit, taking part of the men himself to chase in the direction the assassin fled.

"You're injured; should I have a look at it?" Xiao Yifei asked Muyun.

"No worries, they haven't gone far," Muyun shook his head, knowing only he could maintain his authority and gather support among these elders; both kindness and might were necessary to consolidate his position.

"Is being a young master really this tough? Glad I'm not you, otherwise I'd have a headache," Xiao Yifei laughed.

"Indeed, being a young master is not easy, at least not for you."

The boat glided slowly toward the shore under Muyun's control. As he turned around, his face was pale, lips colorless, and sweat drenched his forehead.

Xiao Yifei quickly went to support the collapsing Muyun, "What's wrong?" As he looked closely at Muyun's wound, he sucked in a sharp breath, seeing the wound had turned black, a clear symptom of poisoning.

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