I am the villain in the book

A quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian returned to the small courtyard.

The brief exchange just now hadn't attracted anyone's attention, so the surroundings were still quiet as usual, with only the splintered wood beside the side room proving that something had just happened here.

He cautiously peeked through the window, drew out the Leiying Blade, and slowly walked into the side room.

The candle that had been burning earlier had already been extinguished, and Pei Dajun, lying motionless in a pool of blood, was difficult to tell whether he was dead or alive in the dim moonlight.

Wei Changtian walked over step by step, constantly on guard against the latter suddenly jumping up and putting on a show of playing dead.

However, this wasn't a zombie movie after all, so even when Wei Changtian used the back of his blade to turn Pei Dajun over, the latter didn't move at all.

Dead?

He narrowed his eyes and leaned over to test Pei Dajun's breath.

It was very weak, but intermittent and unbroken.

This meant that Pei Dajun had actually survived after taking Qin Zhengqiu's palm strike head-on.

But in this condition, he probably wasn't far from death.

After a moment's thought, he carefully checked all the details in the room again, confirming that there were no more valuable clues.

Wei Changtian casually picked up the unconscious Pei Dajun, then walked out of the side room and took out a signal fire from his pocket.

This was what Pei Dajun had given him before, saying that it could be used in case of an emergency, and upon seeing the signal fire, the watchmen around would rush to support him at the first moment.

Tsk tsk, I wonder what these people will look like when they see Pei Dajun in this state.

He muttered to himself, then twisted the mechanism at the bottom of the bamboo tube.

“Swish!”

“Bang!!!”

A huge golden flower bloomed in the air, illuminating a corner of Fengyuan City.

The watchmen scattered throughout the city looked up at the night sky, then rushed towards the location illuminated by the golden flower.

At the same time, in an alley a dozen miles away, Qin Zhengqiu slowly stopped, his face looking grim.

“Sigh.”

A red fish the size of an ox was swimming back and forth above his head, but Qin Zhengqiu couldn't see it, only sighed softly as he looked at the end of the alley.

The opponent's ability to "walk through walls" was really too advantageous for escaping in this complex terrain, so he ultimately couldn't keep up.

But he had also severely injured the monster with the Crescent Moon Sword Technique, so it wasn't a complete loss.

“Crescent Moon Sword”

His brow furrowed slightly, and he shook his body, shaking off the dust on his robe.

Qin Zhengqiu repeatedly recalled the scene when he had just used the Crescent Moon Sword, the expression on his face quite complicated.

From entry-level to pure, he would be able to practice the Crescent Moon Sword to Lesser Perfection in about a few dozen days.

He didn't feel it very much during his usual sword practice, but when he fully used the sword technique just now, the discomfort of being manipulated was particularly intense.

Qin Zhengqiu knew that this wasn't cultivation deviation, but he also understood that it might be even more terrifying than cultivation deviation.

After all, there would never be such a cheap good thing in the world.

A sword technique that was simple to learn but ridiculously powerful must hide a huge price behind it.

However, Qin Zhengqiu didn't intend to stop there.

Because he felt a hint of a breakthrough to First Rank in the Crescent Moon Sword.

Half an hour later.

Princess Manor.

The dying Pei Dajun had already been sent back and was now receiving treatment in a guest room.

However, according to the imperial physician, there wasn't much hope, and at most, he could only prolong his life for a while.

“. . . That's how it is.”

“Brother Chu, what do you think we should do next?”

Standing outside the room, Wei Changtian told Chu Xianping everything that had happened tonight.

After listening, the latter didn't even ask about Qin Zhengqiu's situation, but immediately grasped the most important point.

“Young Master, now the key to all of this lies with Senior Zhang.”

“Since Pei Dajun has already sent assassins, Senior Zhang's situation is now very dangerous.”

“I'm worried that Shimen Escort Agency can't handle it, we must immediately send someone to meet him!”

“Yes, indeed.”

Wei Changtian pondered for a moment, then made up his mind: “That's right, Brother Chu, the situation is urgent now, I'm afraid it will be too slow to find someone from Fengyuan to meet him.”

“Didn't Escort Chief Wang and the others already pick up Old Zhang?”

“Go to Shimen Escort Agency first and ask them where they are now, and then I'll discuss it with Li Wutong or Li Qi and let the nearby government officials send someone to **** them back directly!”

“That would be even better.”

Chu Xianping immediately responded: “I'll go to Shimen Escort Agency now.”

“Okay.”

Wei Changtian nodded, and at the same time summoned Yun Yan out of his body, ordering the latter to follow Chu Xianping.

Having personally experienced the power of the "Eye of Yama," Wei Changtian was now very worried that Bai Youheng would attack others around him, so he had to be more cautious.

Watching Chu Xianping leave quickly with Yun Yan, he turned his head and glanced at Pei Dajun, who was receiving "rescue" in the room.

Wei Changtian was just about to take a sip of water when Li Wutong, who had been waiting outside for a long time, walked in.

She had actually come a long time ago, but seeing that Wei Changtian was talking to Chu Xianping just now, she had been waiting outside.

“Princess Consort.”

Pouring himself a cup of cold tea, Wei Changtian asked as he drank: “What's wrong?”

“Young Master Wei, what happened tonight?”

Although Li Wutong tried her best to make her expression colder, the eagerness between her eyebrows was ultimately difficult to completely hide.

“Oh, I met Yama…”

Wei Changtian didn't hide anything, and briefly recounted the "castrated version" of his experience tonight.

“What? Lord Pei is actually Yama's spy?!”

Li Wutong suddenly widened her eyes and took a step forward subconsciously.

However, she quickly realized her gaffe, so she immediately pretended to be calm and asked again:

“Then have you fought with Yama?”

“Yes, but I couldn't kill it.”

Wei Changtian sighed softly: “Alas, my grandfather is still chasing after it, but he may also return empty-handed.”

“Is that so…”

Li Wutong's tone was a little hesitant.

She really wanted to ask Wei Changtian if he was injured, but when she thought of what happened yesterday, she swallowed the words back, only quietly looking Wei Changtian up and down, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were no wounds on the latter's body.

“Young Master Wei, if there is anything you need this princess to help with, please feel free to ask.”

“Thank you, Your Highness, in that case…”

Wei Changtian smiled and said: “I really have something I want to ask the princess to help with.”

“Young Master, please speak freely.”

Li Wutong's face instantly became extremely serious: “As long as it is related to Yama, even if this princess can't do it, I will ask my imperial father.”

“It's not that much trouble.”

Wei Changtian stood up and said: “Now there is someone on the way to Fengyuan, but he may be in danger.”

“Please inform the prefectures along the way and ask them to send people to safely **** this person to Fengyuan.”

“Pick up someone?”

Li Wutong subconsciously asked: “Who is this person?”

“He”

Wei Changtian paused, then slowly answered under Li Wutong's gaze.

“Perhaps he is the mysterious swordsman who once killed Yama sixty years ago.”