Chapter Twenty-Four: Encounter with Assassination

  Xiao Fan didn't stay in the appraisal hall for long. After making an appointment with the little demon girl to meet at the city lord's mansion the next day, he left the appraisal hall.

  Xiao Fan walked alone on the road, this road was not leading to the City Master's Mansion, but to the Tang family.

  In Xuanshan City, the Tang family is one of the top families, and its fame does not come from a long history or having an exceptionally powerful member in the family, but because the Tang family has money.

  The Tang family is a business-minded family, and the industries of the Tang family are all over the city of Xuan Shan. Not only that, but outside the city of Xuan Shan, there are also countless industries of the Tang family. The Tang family is recognized as the richest family in the entire city of Xuan Shan.

  Xiao Fan's trip was precisely to find Tang Long and ask him to help deal with some matters as the heir of the Tang family.

  Walking on the street, looking at the bustling streets, I felt deeply moved and whispered to myself: "The difference is only a few miles away, but the gap is so great. This world is really unfair."

  "But in the eyes of those mighty and powerful beings, am I not just an ant?"

  Whispering softly, Xiao Fan's eyes flashed with a firm gaze. In the eyes of the wealthy, those refugees in the slum were like ants, and they wouldn't even spare them a glance in normal times. And to those who were extremely powerful, ordinary people were also just like ants.

  "Hmph..." Just as Xiao Fan lowered his head and muttered to himself, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, as if some great danger had suddenly descended upon him.

  "Someone wants to kill me." Xiao Fang's face changed greatly, and he quickly dodged to the right.

  "Hiss..." The sound of a sharp object cutting through the air rang out, and a flying knife transformed into a silver light that struck the ground where Xiao Fan had been standing just before.

  The flying dagger transformed into a silver light that shot into the marble floor, only exposing the hilt outside, which trembled slightly. The ground where the flying dagger had struck cracked open in layers around it.

  Seeing this, Xiao Fan's face changed greatly, and he sucked in a breath of cold air. The strength of the person who made the move had absolutely reached the realm of transcending the ordinary. This knife actually possessed such great power. If it wasn't for Xiao Fan's high vigilance and dodging, this knife would have exploded his head, and Xiao Fan would have definitely escaped death.

  "Who wants to kill me?" Xiao Fan thought in his mind, but his movements didn't slow down, quickly running towards the side of the road.

  "Whoosh..." Just as Xiao Fang had just left his original position, another flying knife broke through the air and shot at the original position.

  Xiao Fan ran to the side of the road and kicked a small stall backwards with one foot, while he quickly rushed into the crowd without looking back.

  "Someone wants to assassinate Xiao Erlang?"

  "Ah..."

  "Who is so bold as to dare lay hands on the Second Young Master of the City Lord's Manor within the city?"

  Everything happened too quickly, and by the time they reacted, Xiao Fang had already blended into the crowd and was running among them.

  Xiao Fan quickly weaved through the crowd, his head rapidly turning: since the other party dared to make a move, they must have already considered all sorts of consequences and would not give up so easily. Although being in the crowd could render the opponent's flying dagger useless, the opponent would probably rush over immediately.

  Xiao Fan was like a fierce bull, charging straight through the crowd, and at this moment his life was in danger, he couldn't care less about bumping into others and causing trouble.

  In fact, even if Xiao Fan didn't rush through the crowd, the scene had already caused a huge commotion.

  The people around Xiao Fan were either knocked open or thrown away, screaming and throwing things in their hands, unable to pick them up, and a mess.

  Xiao Fan charged left and right in the crowd, and some people in front of him automatically dispersed after receiving the news, giving him a clear path.

  There were fewer people on the road ahead, and Xiao Fang's speed increased, but his face changed drastically.

  "The fewer people there are, the more likely the other side is to make a move."

  "Clang..." As expected, the opponent saw that there were almost no people around Xiao Fan and made a decisive move.

  Behind Xiao Fan, a sharp sword cut through the air, and a young man in white clothes holding a short knife flew towards Xiao Fan to slash him down.

  A sharp blade sliced through the void, its white blade energy carrying a chilly edge like a crescent moon flying down to slash.

  The blade aura had not yet arrived, but Xiao Fan only felt that all the fine hairs on his body were standing upright, and he was completely locked down by the blade aura. That one blade edge, as beautiful as a moonlit night, flashed before him in an instant.

  Staring blankly at the snow-white blade slashing down from mid-air, Xiao Fang's eyes held a hint of despair.

  "How bold!" Just then, a loud shout rang out. As the blade was about to strike Xiao Fang's body, a swift and fierce sword light suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The sword energy was like a rainbow, its shadow following the wind, as fast as lightning. With a flash of the sword light, it narrowly blocked the incoming blade.

  A middle-aged man with a firm expression appeared in front of Xiao Fan. He was dressed normally and seemed no different from ordinary people, but Xiao Fan's keen eyes discovered that the other person's clothes had the special mark of the Xiao family.

  He is the person who secretly protects Xiao Fan in the Xiao family.

  Xiao Fang let out a sigh of relief, fortunately someone protected him, otherwise today would have been really finished.

  "Kill!" The middle-aged man did not exchange words with Xiao Fan, after intercepting the knife's edge, he swung his long sword, and a series of sword energies soared through the air, slashing towards the white-clothed killer. At the same time, his body leapt like a great roc bird, chasing after the white-clothed killer.

  "Welcome!"

  The white-clothed killer was different from ordinary killers, he didn't dodge after seeing the middle-aged man who protected Xiao Fan take action, but instead let out a loud laugh and charged towards him.

  Two people burst into a fierce battle in the air, with sword energy like a rainbow and knife edges breaking through the air, constantly bursting out waves of explosive sounds.

  "How dare you lay a hand on Second Young Master? You must have eaten the gallbladder of a leopard to be so bold. Get out here and die!"

  A middle-aged man's angry shout came from mid-air.

  "There's no one in the world who dares to kill me, White Robe Tower. You're just a petty young master from a small mountain town. If I, White Robe Tower, want to kill you, you won't live." The voice of the white-robed killer was icy and calm, and although he was blocked by the middle-aged man, he didn't show any signs of panic.

  "Oh no!" The middle-aged man's face changed greatly as soon as he heard the other person's words and loudly shouted: "Second Master, be careful!"

  He went all out, and the long sword in his hand burst out with a dazzling light, the sword energy soared into the sky, wanting to break free and protect Xiao Fan. However, the white-clothed killer laughed loudly: "Our cultivation is equal, you want to escape? Absolutely impossible!" As he spoke, the white-clothed killer swung his long knife, heavy blade edges rolled out, blocking the middle-aged man's way.

  Upon hearing the loud roar of the middle-aged man, Xiao Fan's face changed color and he instantly wanted to run away, however, it was already too late.

  Suddenly, a small peddler in ordinary clothes near Xiao Fan suddenly rose up and swung his sword at Xiao Fan.

  The sword energy had not yet arrived, but Xiao Fan had already felt that one strand of icy air blowing across him, causing a wave of pain.

  Sword energy like a rainbow, sword light piercingly cold, the originally simple-looking small vendor slightly shook, shattering the plain outer garment, revealing a snow-white shirt representing the emblem of White Robe Building.

  White clothes surpass snow, sword energy rushes to the sky. This one sword is like a flying fairy from outside the sky, but Xiao Fan doesn't have the mood to appreciate this extremely beautiful sword. His life hangs in the balance of this one sword.

  "It's really true that evil people will be punished by other evil people. The number one young master of Xuanshan City is actually going to be assassinated here today..."

  No one around thought that Xiao Fan could still save a life at this moment.

  However, unexpectedly, just as the sword energy was approaching, Xiao Fan took out a jade pendant from his waist and blocked it in front of him.

  "Xiao Wan is scared silly, what's the use of taking out a personal jade pendant? Can it even block that unstoppable sword energy?" Someone in the distant crowd burst out laughing.

  "Hmm..." However, just as the sword energy was about to reach him, that ordinary-looking jade pendant suddenly trembled lightly and emitted a light screen that enveloped Xiao Fan.

  "How is it possible? That one sword from a celestial being was actually blocked."

  "Is that jade pendant a magical artifact?"

  "It's not supposed to end like this."

  The sword's edge was sharp, but it couldn't cut through the light screen emitted by the jade pendant.

  Xiao Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, this jade pendant was extorted from Lin Jianren, at that time Lin Jianren said it was a medium-grade artifact, Xiao Fan still had some doubts, just casually hanging it on his waist, now when there is no way to break through, he can only use it as a last resort, unexpectedly it really worked, blocking that fatal sword.

  "Haha, good!" A middle-aged man not far away, who was fighting against the White Robed Assassin, burst out laughing and his long sword emitted a dazzling light, repelling his opponent. He then quickly rushed towards Xiao Fan, wanting to take him away.

  The middle-aged man didn't know how many killers had come to the White Robe Building, although he wasn't afraid of them, but he couldn't spare any attention to protect Xiao Fan. At this moment, he couldn't afford to be distracted and could only hurry to leave with Xiao Fan.

  A middle-aged man wanted to get close to Xiao Fan, but the killer in white clothes from Baiyi Building disagreed. The white-clothed killer behind him rushed up frantically, and at the same time, another white-clothed killer jumped out from the side, with a sword that swept across the air, blocking the middle-aged man.

  "Another killer." The middle-aged man was shocked and angry, he didn't expect that this time the killers who were after Xiao Fan would be so many people, this is a must-kill situation.

  It is known that Xiao Fan, in the eyes of the world, was an unlearned and untalented young master. This assassination at White Robe Tower actually deployed three white-robed killers to take down Xiao Fan, a flawless and fatal trap.

  "Kill!" The two white-clothed killers joined forces to block the middle-aged man, and the three of them burst into a fierce battle again. The cultivation of the two white-clothed killers was equal to that of the middle-aged man, who also showed signs of defeat.

  On the other side, the white-clothed killer in front of Xiao Fan saw that his sword energy was blocked and hesitated for a moment. Then, a cold smile flashed in his eyes: "What if it's just a mid-grade artifact? The holder has no cultivation at all, and will be broken through sooner or later."

  The medium-grade artifact is indeed powerful, and even if an ordinary cultivator wants to break through, it's not easy. However, the artifact is just an artifact after all, and the spiritual energy within will eventually be depleted if not replenished.

  The white-clothed killer's long sword danced in the air, a myriad of sword lights flashing by, the sword energy densely attacking the protective shield on Xiao Fan's body.

  "Ding dong ding..." The dense sword energy attacked the shield, causing it to shake and gradually fade.

  Xiao Fan's eyes flashed with anxiety, the white-clothed killer was too powerful, and the horizontal sword energy continued to bombard the shield, causing it to shake violently. It wouldn't be long before the shield shattered, and when that happened, the target of the Wan Dao Sword Energy would be Xiao Fan.

  "No, can't just sit and wait for death..."

  Xiao Fan's expression turned firm as he charged towards the white-robed assassin with his shield at the ready.

  "Looking for death!"

  The white-clothed killer sneered and struck with a speed like lightning, his sword flashing towards Xiao Fan in a deadly arc.

  This sword, with its tip spitting out a three-inch-long sword edge, yet not releasing it, is the culmination of Bai Yi's cultivation, a single sword that instantly slashes onto Xiao Fan's body shield.

  "Hmm..."

  Under the attack of a sword that condensed all of Bai Yi's cultivation, Xiao Fan's protective shield on his body could no longer hold on and shattered.

  Xiao Fan's life hangs by a thread!

  Xiao Fan's life hangs by a thread!