Long Qiushui was somewhat surprised, "An assassin? Are you joking?"

Huang Wushuang gave Long Qiushui a cold glance, "I never thought you were this foolish before."

Long Qiushui's face darkened instantly, "If you have something to say, say it!"

Huang Wushuang said, "Can't you see that their strength isn't much inferior to ours?"

"I can see that!" Long Qiushui replied with a gloomy face.

"Since their strength is comparable to ours, but have you ever seen any one of them? Even just a glimpse. Have you seen them before?" Huang Wushuang sighed and looked at Long Qiushui, "In terms of cultivation, your talent is beyond doubt, but when it comes to being observant... you are far too lacking."

Long Qiushui looked at Huang Wushuang and said, "You mean, this group of people intentionally hides their true faces to facilitate their actions? But what kind of grudge could they have with Yiyi? There aren't many people in this world who dare to trouble Yiyi."

Indeed, even these young lords and ladies from prominent families hardly dared to trouble Yiyi, let alone anyone else.

Moreover, employing assassins is considered a major taboo in the Cultivation Realm.

This is no joking matter—once you anger those ancient families, just two high-ranking emperors coming out would be enough to make the whole assassin organization suffer.

Huang Wushuang spoke leisurely, "Who said they were targeting Yiyi?"

Long Qiushui looked at Huang Wushuang with a look of amazement, "Wasn't that what you said? Besides, the fight has already started down there." Long Qiushui wasn't that stupid, and as he spoke, he suddenly widened his eyes, "Are those people targeting Chu Mo? Did they consider Yiyi an enemy because they overhear her words?"

Huang Wushuang nodded, "You're finally catching on a bit."

Long Qiushui rolled his eyes and then chuckled, "If that's the case, then Yiyi is really unlucky. Hahahaha, she merely expressed her stance and got treated as the enemy."

But there was no hint of amusement on Huang Wushuang's face, who said flatly, "This assassin organization, it's a bit strange."

"What's so strange about that? If anything, blame Chu Mo for making too many enemies. It would be good if he died," sneered Long Qiushui.

Huang Wushuang shook her head, "I actually find Chu Mo quite agreeable. However, what I'm talking about is different from what you're thinking. What I mean is... this assassin organization itself is very peculiar."

Seeing Huang Wushuang with a grave expression, Long Qiushui also became serious, "What do you mean? Could it be that this assassin organization has something to do with us?"

"It's hard to say," Huang Wushuang replied, "The Heavenly Realm hasn't openly seen such a capable assassin organization for many years. If it weren't for Chu Mo, they might still be in hiding, which is nothing short of ominous. Think about it, an assassin organization that has cultivated killers almost as formidable as ourselves. What are they planning?"

Long Qiushui frowned and said, "You're making it sound quite strange... An assassin organization that hasn't carried out many assignments and then trains its members to become exceptional powerhouses like the young lords and ladies. Right..." Long Qiushui spoke, "A couple of years ago, two emperors were secretly assassinated. Although they weren't high-ranking, I heard that the murderer was only of the true immortal realm. Could they also be from this organization?"

Huang Wushuang shook her head, "Not sure, but I hope I'm just overthinking it. Since we can't see clearly what's happening, let's not dwell on this matter for now. We should focus on how to acquire gentiana first."

Long Qiushui nodded, his expression turning very solemn, and said in a grave tone, "That woman in black... she's not easy to deal with."

Huang Wushuang blinked and commented, "Sometimes, being powerful doesn't necessarily mean you'll be the final winner."

...…

Chu Mo arrived with Hu Lie and Yue Qingcheng over a thousand miles away from Nameless Mountain and were stopped.

Among the crowd that intercepted them, there were still some familiar faces.

The followers of Lu Hongxue, the sisters Xuan'er and Sister Xuanxuan, the followers of Long Qiushui, the followers of Huang Wushuang, and some new faces that Chu Mo had never seen before, but these people, they almost all recognized Chu Mo.

Especially a few followers of Long Qiushui—Zhao Dongming, Zhang Shuangshuang, and two that were temporarily following Long Qiushui, who were not yet followers, Fang Hongyan and Tong Ying.

Tong Ying caught sight of Yue Qingcheng next to Chu Mo and initially looked slightly startled, somewhat surprised by the aura bursting forth from her. But soon after, she lowered her eyelids and fell silent.

In that last battle, because her stance was somewhat biased toward Chu Mo's side, it displeased Lord Long Qiushui.

Tong Ying had thought about switching sides, but it was not an easy thing to do. Although she was not a follower of Long Qiushui, in the eyes of others, there was almost no difference between her and the followers. If she were to side with Long Qiushui's enemy at this moment, it would undoubtedly be a complete loss of face for Long Qiushui.

Tong Ying was somewhat dissatisfied with some of Long Qiushui's actions, but it was only a slight dissatisfaction and had not escalated to hatred. At least for now, she did not want to be a fickle traitor.

Therefore, upon seeing Chu Mo this time, she could only pretend not to recognize him.

Zhang Shuangshuang looked at Chu Mo with complex emotions in her eyes. It was definitely a lie to say she did not hate Chu Mo. Although the conflict had originated from her, it had escalated beyond her control by the later stages. The result directly led to Long Qiushui's crushing defeat, losing all face... This made Zhang Shuangshuang, who was fiercely loyal to Long Qiushui, deeply hate Chu Mo and herself.

If she had been at the true immortal realm at that time, or just a bit stronger, wouldn't the battle have turned out differently? If she hadn't lost, there wouldn't have been the subsequent fight between Long Qiushui and Chu Mo. Lord Long Qiushui wouldn't have lost that supreme treasure either.

The Mountain and River Treasure Fan!

A genuine supreme treasure, just like that spoiled by Chu Mo.

This event, even more heart-wrenching than Long Qiushui's defeat, was buzzing in the Cultivation Realm. It felt like a heavy and harsh slap on Long Qiushui's face, and also on the faces of his followers.

Zhang Shuangshuang hated Chu Mo, but she had also become somewhat wiser, not daring to mock and jeer at Chu Mo like before at the entrance of Heavenly Dao garden. She merely looked at Chu Mo coldly.

Zhao Dongming also extremely disliked Chu Mo, for reasons similar to Zhang Shuangshuang's. But there was an additional one, that is: Chu Mo had made Zhang Shuangshuang embarrassed, making her bear an unimaginable amount of pressure!

Therefore, upon seeing Chu Mo together with Hu Lie and Yue Qingcheng, Zhao Dongming's first reaction was: no matter what, they must be stopped here, so he couldn't be allowed to capture that fortune! If he were to obtain that Quasi-Saint herb, wouldn't it become even more heaven-defying?

Thinking this, Zhao Dongming's expression suddenly became a bit dazed, wondering to himself if he had already admitted his inferiority to Chu Mo, starting to accept that Chu Mo was a heaven-defying genius.

Looking at the group of people before him, Chu Mo's face showed no change, calmly saying, "Move aside."

"Who do you think you are? You tell us to move aside, and we should just comply?" A handsome man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, tall and well-built, looked at Chu Mo with a touch of disdain on his face.

At this moment, Zhang Shuangshuang suddenly blinked her eyes, a cold smile spreading across her lips as she said on the side, "He is Chu Mo."

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