Chapter 25: The Assasins of Hundreds of Birds encounters the Top Assassin Jing Ni! Who will kill whom?
“Young lady, be safe on your way back.”
The village leader had been seeing Jing Ni off at the door, repeatedly reminding her.
He hadn’t expected Li Mo to be so lucky. When he brought Jing Ni back from the Pavilion Office, the village leader was still sighing with emotion.
Not being able to speak was one thing, but with her face covered by cloth, he couldn’t even see her appearance clearly.
But who would have thought that this young lady could not only talk, but also looked so beautiful.
He had seen her accompanying Li Mo back and forth from the city every day.
He felt that Li Mo was really lucky!
Jing Ni walked lightly towards the village outside.
When she gave the money to the village leader just now, he refused to take it, so she had to insist on giving it to him.
Listening to the village leader’s grateful words, Jing Ni felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.
For so many years, it seemed like it was the first time someone had thanked her.
That feeling was sweeter than eating the candied fruit Li Mo bought for her.
Not long after, Jing Ni arrived at the village entrance.
In this era, there were not many entertainment options.
Except for the nobles in the city, ordinary farmers worked from sunrise to sunset.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, and the entire village had quieted down early.
There were no villagers coming and going on the narrow dirt road.
Jing Ni counted the trees on the roadside until the tenth one before she stopped.
After scanning the surroundings several times to make sure no one was around, she came to the tree.
After breaking off a branch from the tree, she lightly waved her arm under her feet.
After a few movements, she dug a shallow pit.
Jing Ni stood by the pit, her simple dress swaying in the night wind.
She silently stared at the shallow pit she had dug up.
Inside it was a long object tightly wrapped in cloth, which she had buried before.
She didn’t want to dig this thing out again.
But after following her for so long, this thing was like her most loyal companion.
Jing Ni squatted down, picked up the cloth strip in the pit.
After gently dusting off the dirt on it, she held the item in her arms, turned around, and left.
Since Li Mo hadn’t returned yet, she could bury this thing in the courtyard first when she got back home.
If possible, Jing Ni hopes that she will never have to use it again in her whole life!
The cold moonlight spread over the ground like a layer of white frost, embellishing the flowers, grass, and trees by the road.
A faint mist lingered around the road ahead.
As Jing Ni walked back, she thought about what to cook for Li Mo when she got back.
In the silence of the night, several breaking sounds suddenly came.
Jing Ni’s expectant gaze instantly froze, her whole demeanor changed in an instant, like a sharp blade that could be unsheathed at any moment.
In the hazy mist, seven figures glided like ghosts from the forest by the road, disappearing into the night.
Watching the disappearing figures, Jing Ni finally breathed a sigh of relief, releasing her tightly held hands gripping the cloth strip.
Just now, she thought it was the Network’s people coming for her.
She was ready to draw her sword, but these people ignored her and walked ahead as if they didn’t see her.
Clearly, they were not targeting her.
So, it had nothing to do with her!
She would go home, cook for her husband, and wait for him to come back after washing herself clean and fragrant.
She retrieved what she had been thinking about and was in a good mood.
Then… she would reward her husband with a kiss.
Annoying, why did she think of this again.
She had really been influenced by her husband!
Jing Ni was almost speechless, blushing, taking a deep breath, and continuing on the road.
…
“Vulture, that woman just now is not simple, I sensed a killing intent from her.”
In the trees by the road, a woman among the figures moving inside suddenly spoke.
The person called Vulture’s cold eyes flickered.
“Look at her direction, it seems like she is heading into the city.”
The woman frowned and replied, “Could she be their accomplice?”
“It was not easy to divide and conquer them, if something goes wrong, you and I will be held accountable.”
Upon hearing this, Vulture suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The few people behind him also stopped.
He and Nightingale were sent to assist Red Goose in chasing the Baiyue Red Eyebrow Dragon Snake Army, and if the person just now was indeed their accomplice, once they regrouped, there might be some unexpected consequences.
They had been chasing their target for a long time today, and this encirclement could not afford any mistakes.
Thinking this, a murderous intent flashed in Vulture’s eyes: “Better to kill wrongly than let it go, you take two people to deal with her, I’ll lead the remaining people to support Red Goose.”
Nightingale, like him, was one of the Night’s One Hundred Bird Assassins.
Her skills even surpassed his.
