Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world

“Great Virtuous Teacher!”

Miao Yuanzheng shouted in alarm, charging towards the wooden sedan with his blade.

The masked man had already completely disappeared into the sedan.

Miao Yuanzheng knew that the Great Virtuous Teacher's life was hanging by a thread under the combined assault of the crossbows and the masked man, but he still had to fight for that glimmer of hope.

Suddenly.

“Bang!!!”

A figure flew out of the sedan with a bang.

It was the masked man.

However… the masked man didn't come out on his own, but was blasted out by someone's punch!

“Puff!”

The masked man spat out a mouthful of blood while still flying backwards, completely drenching his black mask.

Then, he crashed heavily to the ground.

Miao Yuanzheng saw his chest cave in, revealing a faint fist imprint.

The next moment.

The curtain of the sedan was lifted, and Liang Jin walked out from inside.

His clothes were somewhat damaged, caused by the crossbow bolts.

Beneath the torn clothes, a faint metallic luster could be seen.

The moment the sound of crossbow bolts piercing the air rang out, Liang Jin hurriedly protected his head and neck.

As for his body, he wasn't afraid at all, because he was wearing a soft hedgehog armor.

The soft hedgehog armor was impervious to blades and spears, a treasure far superior to ordinary armor.

Although the armor-piercing ability of crossbows was considerable.

But the black-clothed men were only using ordinary hand crossbows, not large machines like the Eight Ox Bow or bed crossbows.

These ordinary crossbow bolts couldn't pierce the soft hedgehog armor at all, and instead, the ingenious design of the soft hedgehog armor would dissipate most of the impact.

The formidable body of a seventh-rank martial artist was enough to withstand the remaining impact of the crossbow bolts.

The masked man's hand戟 also couldn't inflict a fatal wound on Liang Jin.

But the close distance and narrow space inside the sedan were precisely the opportunity for Liang Jin to unleash his full power.

At that moment, Liang Jin erupted instantly, his terrifying battle intent and killing intent intimidating the unprepared masked man.

Then, he unleashed a punch!

His 《Great Demon Subduing Fist》 had been practiced to the ninth level!

With just one punch, he shattered the masked man's chest bones!

“Great Virtuous Teacher, is actually a formidable martial artist?”

Miao Yuanzheng was slightly stunned at the sight.

It was the first time he had seen Liang Jin take action, and the result shocked him greatly.

Not only was Miao Yuanzheng surprised.

Even the black-clothed men lying in ambush on the rooftops felt a wave of fear, to the point that their movements of loading crossbow bolts slowed down considerably.

Liang Jin's eyes surged with killing intent as he looked at the black-clothed men on the rooftops on both sides:

“One person each side, clear out all these people.”

As he spoke, his figure moved, and he landed lightly on the roof.

Seemingly slow, but in reality, incredibly fast!

It was precisely the activation of 《Divine Travel》.

“What amazing lightness skill!”

Miao Yuanzheng was once again shocked, unable to help but exclaim in admiration.

Even Miao Yuanzheng felt inferior when he saw Liang Jin's lightness skill.

Amidst the dumbfounded gazes of the black-clothed men, Liang Jin's fist had already slammed towards them fiercely.

Immediately, Miao Yuanzheng also jumped onto the other side of the roof, wielding his blade to clear out the black-clothed men on the other side.

These black-clothed men on the rooftops were merely ninth-rank martial artists, and under the attack of Liang Jin and Miao Yuanzheng, they didn't even have a chance to escape.

Before long, the corpses of these black-clothed men had already rolled down from the rooftops.

Of the assassins present, only the masked man who had taken a punch was left, struggling on the ground.

When Liang Jin and Miao Yuanzheng returned to his side, he hadn't breathed his last.

The masked man said unwillingly:

“I didn't expect the Great Virtuous Teacher… to actually be a hidden expert.”

“Are you a seventh-rank… or a sixth-rank?”

“This time… we miscalculated.”

As he spoke, the masked man spat out two more mouthfuls of blood.

The masked man himself was also a seventh-rank martial artist, capable of going toe-to-toe with Miao Yuanzheng.

But Liang Jin's punch directly inflicted serious injuries on him.

This led the masked man to completely disbelieve that Liang Jin was only a seventh-rank martial artist.

But in Liang Jin's eyes, the masked man's aura was far inferior to that of the One-Blade Warrior.

Now, if Liang Jin were to face the One-Blade Warrior again, he would have a 90% chance of winning.

Facing this masked man was naturally even easier.

When he first saw the One-Blade Warrior instantly kill martial artists of the same realm with one blade, Liang Jin was extremely surprised.

But now, he was also enjoying the feeling of instantly killing with one punch.

Although the masked man wasn't killed by his punch, he was severely injured, losing his ability to resist, his life hanging by a thread.

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Miao Yuanzheng stepped forward and pulled off the black cloth covering the masked man's face.

But the face revealed under the black cloth was a strange one, neither Liang Jin nor Miao Yuanzheng had seen this person before.

“Speak!”

“Who are you? Who sent you to assassinate me?”

Miao Yuanzheng pressed his blade against the masked man's throat, questioning him sternly.

But who knew, the masked man wasn't afraid at all, only sneering:

“The people we sent are not just these.”

“There is also a true fifth-rank expert, who you cannot resist at all!”

“The master will avenge us!”

The masked man laughed twice, then gritted his teeth and crashed towards Miao Yuanzheng's long blade.

Miao Yuanzheng couldn't retract his blade in time, and the masked man's throat was pierced by the long blade.

The masked man's mouth and nose kept choking on blood, and he died completely after twitching a few times.

“My fault, now the clue is broken.”

Miao Yuanzheng said in frustration.

If he hadn't pressed his long blade against the masked man's throat, the masked man wouldn't have been able to commit suicide so easily.

As the saying goes, it's not the thief you fear, but the thief who has his eye on you.

If they couldn't find out the mastermind behind the scenes, then there would probably be endless trouble in the future.

Liang Jin only said indifferently:

“I don't have any enemies in this Taiyang County.”

“What I've done is probably cut off someone's financial path, which is why I attracted assassins.”

“With the plague raging, what things are increasing in price the fastest, and are out of stock?”

Miao Yuanzheng thought for a moment, then replied:

“It's medicinal herbs!”

Since the plague raged, every once in a while, there would always be rumors saying that a certain medicinal herb was effective against the plague, causing people to compete to buy it.

This led to the medicinal herbs in Taiyang County being sold out, and even with silver, they couldn't find a place to buy them.

Miao Yuanzheng thought of this and instantly understood.

Now that Liang Jin was distributing talisman water on a large scale, this undoubtedly cut off the financial path of the medicine merchants.

Cutting off someone's financial path is like killing their parents, so it's not surprising that assassins were attracted.

Liang Jin asked again:

“The medicine merchants of Taiyang County don't have the power to do such a thing.”

“In this Qing Province, who is the largest medicine merchant?”

These assassins were well-trained, and even had so many hand crossbows that were rarely seen on the market.

You must know that the Great Qian Dynasty forbids crossbows, and ordinary people don't have the guts to hide so many crossbows.

And the first wave of assassins were all martial artists, even including seventh-rank martial artists.

The medicine merchants of a small county don't have such great ability, nor do they have such great courage.

Miao Yuanzheng was shocked and replied:

“His name is Yang Jingye.”

At this time, Miao Yuanzheng had basically determined that Yang Jingye was the most suspicious.

After all, he had heard a lot about Yang Jingye's style of doing things.

But he still added:

“Great Virtuous Teacher, we can't afford to offend him.”