Du Mu Xing Ling calmed down his annoyed mood and said in a bad tone: "Two months later, it's the quarterly assessment. The quarterly assessment is divided into two rounds. The first round is the newcomer competition held jointly by the four major external academies. The second round is the internal ranking assessment of the Western Academy. Do you have confidence?"

  "What confidence" Zhang Ruochen said.

  Du Mu Xing Ling Dao said, "You are the first new student of the Western Academy, so you naturally have to take on the responsibility of competing for honor for the Western Academy. If you can lead the new students of the Western Academy and defeat the other three major academies, you will definitely receive a large amount of merit value rewards."

  Outside the door, a cold voice came in with the yellow smoke and dust: "Your talent among the new students in the West Wing is indeed the first, but your actual combat ability may not be the first. Not to mention that the other three major institutes are full of masters and geniuses, it's absolutely not an easy thing for you to become the number one new student among the four major institutes."

  Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Xingling both showed a look of surprise, staring at Huang Yanchen who walked in from outside.

  "Duanmu Xingling asked: 'Chen Jie, how did you come here?'"

  At this moment, Huang Yan's expression was not very pleasant. He said, "I went to the first yellow character to find Zhang Ruo Chen. Since he wasn't there, I guessed that he should be with you. Xing Ling, I really didn't expect that you actually liked this lecher."

  "Listen to me, Dust Sister," said Du Mu Xing Ling.

  "It's not needed" Huang Yanchen stared at Zhang Ruochen, took out a small jade bottle and handed it over, saying: "You rascal, this is half a drop of Semi-Holy True Liquid, I want to exchange it for a spatial treasure."

  Zhang Ruochen stared at the small jade bottle, then looked at Huang Yanchen and slightly furrowed her brow, dissatisfied with her attitude. She shook her head and said, "Sorry, Qinghua Deputy Pavilion Master has already agreed to help me apply for ten drops of Semi-Holy True Liquid, I don't need Semi-Holy True Liquid now."

  Actually, Zhang Ruochen felt somewhat guilty towards Huang Yanchen and had even thought of giving her a spatial treasure. However, with Huang Yanchen's current attitude, it was impossible for Zhang Ruochen to give her the spatial treasure.

  Huang Yanchen's sapphire-like pupils slightly enlarged, releasing a chill, and said: "Duanmu Xingling can exchange a Space Jade Ring with you for one drop of Half Sacred True Liquid, but I won't. It seems she is indeed very close to you. Alright, since that's the case, name your price."

  Du Mu Xingling was afraid of being misunderstood by Huang Yanchen, and kept making eye contact with Zhang Ruochen.

  Zhang Ruochen pretended not to see and said: "Five million silver coins, one less is not acceptable."

  Upon hearing Zhang Ruochen's words, Huang Yanchen directly drew his sword and pointed the tip at Zhang Ruochen's neck, saying: "Repeat that."

  Zhang Ruochen directly ignored the sword in front of him and stared into Huang Yanchen's eyes, saying lightly: "Five million silver coins, one less is not acceptable."

  Huang Yanzhen was originally hot-tempered, and upon hearing Zhang Ruochen's words, his anger surged up. He said: "I finally understand why Duanmuxingling tried to stop me in every way when I wanted to kill you back then. It turns out that the two of you had already colluded with each other. Since that's the case, why did I need to spare your life that day? Today, I'll make you pay the price for what happened that night. From now on, you can be a eunuch!"

  Huang Yanchen originally just wanted to go find Zhang Ruochen, exchange for a spatial treasure, and even had the intention of mending his relationship with Zhang Ruochen.

  But when she found out that Zhang Ruochen was actually living with her best sister, a strange anger arose in her heart, and she felt deceived.

  Whoosh

  Huang Yanzhen's five fingers turned, the war sword slanted and chopped down, drawing out a sword flower, slashing towards Zhang Ruochen's crotch.

  Zhang Ruochen only felt a chill in his lower body, and his heart was shocked. He immediately retreated backwards, narrowly avoiding Huang Yanchen's previous sword.

  Huang Yanchen showed no mercy, once again condensing his sword energy and stabbing forward.

  "Boom"

  Duanmu Xingling also drew her sword and countered Huang Yanchen's move with a backhand swing, saying: "Sister Dust, calm down first and listen to our explanation."

  When he saw Du Mu Xing Ling take action, Huang Yan Chen's anger intensified, his sword moves swift as a strong wind, cutting out and forming a massive sword energy vortex.

  "Du Mu Xing Ling, we've never really settled who's stronger before. Today, let's have a match and see who comes out on top."

  The long hair on Huang Yanchen's head flew about, her clothes fluttering, her figure lithe and supple. As she wielded her sword, she drew Tongmu Xingling into the vortex of her sword energy.

  Boom

  Two powerful sword auras collided with each other, shattering the top of the house and creating a huge hole, with glazed tiles constantly falling down.

  The two of them rushed out of the cave, flying over the eaves and walking on the walls, with sword energy like a rainbow, making the tiles crunch with a "rustling" sound.

  The sound of fighting gradually faded away, Zhang Ruo Chen looked at the messy room and felt speechless. "Huang Shijie is really a destructive maniac, wherever she goes, she can always demolish the house. It seems that we need to change our residence again."

  Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen felt a strong killing intent, and all the hairs on his body stood up in an instant.

  Almost instinctively, Zhang Ruochen suddenly pounced forward and rolled on the ground in a circle.

  Whoosh

  A green poisonous long arrow pierced through the wall, narrowly passing by Zhang Ruochen's neck, scraping his skin and leaving a bloody mark.

  In an instant, the skin centered on the bloodstain turned a deep purple-black color.

  Zhang Ruochen immediately took out an antidote pill from the Time Crystal and swallowed it.

  That murderous aura still hasn't dissipated, just like a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows, ready to shoot out its second and third venomous arrows at any moment.

  Zhang Ruochen cultivated the Jade Purification True Qi, which originally had a purifying effect on many toxins. However, the toxin infused on the green long arrow was particularly potent. After taking the antidote pill and circulating the Jade Purification True Qi, he could only suppress the spread of the toxin.

  "Has the Grim Reaper of the Underworld finally arrived?"

  Zhang Ruochen lay on the ground, not daring to move, and quietly released his spatial domain.

  Under the probe in the space, Zhang Ruochen discovered the breath of two killers. One of the killers was hiding in this attic, only seven meters away from Zhang Ruochen.

  Another killer was hiding farther away, concealed in the leaves of a giant iron pine tree forty meters away. If Zhang Ruo Chen didn't have spatial domain, it would be impossible to discover her.

  It must be her poisonous arrow.

  One far, one near, two killers.

  Zhang Ruochen could sense their martial arts cultivation, all of which were at the Profound Extreme Realm's Great Perfection stage. Their true energy was extremely dense, and any one of them had the ability to kill Zhang Ruochen with a single move.

  "Just finished training at the Temple of Divine Power, and an assassin has already come knocking on my door. What a coincidence! Among the twelve talented students who entered the Temple of Divine Power for training, besides Zǐ Qiān, is there another killer from the Netherworld Gate?"

  Zhang Ruochen's mind was racing rapidly, feeling extremely critical and sensing that something was very off.

  "I hid in the first character of Xuan, just to borrow Duanmu Shijie's power to help me deal with these killers. Huang Yanchen suddenly appeared and lured away Duanmu Shijie, then the killer showed up. How could there be such a coincidence? Could it be that Huang Yanchen is also an assassin from the Netherworld Gate?"

  Zhang Ruochen held his breath and used the power of the spatial domain to conceal his aura, making plans in his heart.

  His greatest advantage now is that he can find the location of two killers, but those two killers cannot find his location.

  In that case, let's take care of the closer killer first at the fastest speed, and then go after the farther one.

  However, both killers were at the Xuanji Boundary's Great Perfection cultivation level, far surpassing Zhang Ruochen's strength. It was extremely difficult to kill even one of them, let alone two.

  Just then, Zhang Ruochen sensed Xiao Hei in the spatial domain.

  Xiao Hei stole two more books, tucked them under his paws, and walked in with his hind legs, head held high and chest out, completely unaware of the two powerful assassins hiding in the first character of the mysterious word.

  Zhang Ruochen summoned the Qiankun Divine Wood Map from the Air Lake, pinched it in his hand, and injected true energy into the Qiankun Divine Wood Map to transmit information to Xiao Hei through the map.

  "Zhang Ruochen, what are you doing? Are you trying to seal me back into the Qiankun Divine Wood Chart again?" Little Hei felt the sealing power transmitted from the Qiankun Divine Wood Chart, as if it was going to pull him into the chart.

  Just then, Zhang Ruochen's voice was transmitted into Xiao Hei's ears through the power of the Qiankun Divine Wood Map.

  After hearing Zhang Ruochen's transmission, Xiao Hei's two cat ears perked up, and his round eyes widened as he looked in the two directions Zhang Ruochen had mentioned.

  "No wonder they're assassins, their covert methods are indeed formidable. If one doesn't carefully investigate, it's impossible to discover their tracks. Today, I'll come and have a good play with you all."

  Xiao Hei smiled mischievously and suddenly darted into the bushes with a rustling sound.

  With Xiao Hei's help, Zhang Ruochen's confidence greatly increased.

  "Thunderbolt Spear"

  Zhang Ruochen's martial soul was both a space-time martial soul and possessed the attribute of thunder and lightning.

  Under his true energy's urging, the spiritual energy within a radius of fifty meters was mobilized, condensing into strands of electric light.

  Tiny sparks gather together, entwining with each other, becoming increasingly thicker.

  "Slap"

  A bolt of lightning cut through the void and struck the killer hiding seven meters away from Zhang Ruochen.

  "Hmm"

  That killer was struck by lightning in a state of unpreparedness, his whole body emitting green smoke, suffering heavy injuries, and coughing out a mouthful of blood.

  There is still one more chapter at noon.