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After returning to his residence, Ye Tian began to analyze the situation. Yao Ba's mission had failed, and it was likely that Guan Yangyu would eliminate him. However, this had nothing to do with Ye Tian.
The other party's attempt to steal the Cloud Token had failed this time, but they would surely come up with other despicable tricks next time. For Ye Tian, he actually hoped they would continue to target the Cloud Token; that way, he could definitely make them uncomfortable.
"Qiu Ziming actually wants to lay hands on Yun'er; how insidious," Ye Tian frowned. He wasn't worried about Yun'er's strength, as her bloodline was extraordinary. Even a master like Guan Yangyu might not be able to deal with her. However, it was precisely because of this that Ye Tian was concerned. He feared that if Yun'er's identity were exposed, things would become complicated.
Thinking of this, Ye Tian immediately got up and headed for Azure Cloud Pavilion.
At this moment, it was already midnight. The stars and moon shone brightly in the sky, and the Milky Way was magnificent.
Ye Tian walked along the mountain path. After all, it was late at night, and going to a woman's residence could lead to gossip if someone were to take notice.
The saying "a clean person has no fear of shadows" is nonsense; many prominent figures have fallen victim to public opinion.
Since it was already late at night and the mountain path was rugged, what usually took an hour took Ye Tian nearly two hours to reach.
Yun'er's residence was relatively secluded because she had arrived after the Cloud Sea Sect's recruitment period had ended, so there were some issues with her accommodation.
However, this suited Yun'er just fine; after all, she wasn't a "simple" disciple here for cultivation—she harbored too many secrets.
Her residence was a hut backed by three sides of mountains. At this moment, there was no light inside, indicating that Yun'er had likely gone to sleep already.
Ye Tian stood on the broken wall behind the hut and looked down. The moonlight bathed the ground in tranquility and silence.
Suddenly, a figure flashed quickly past and vanished into the darkness in an instant.
Ye Tian frowned; could it be that someone was attempting to assassinate Yun'er?
Noticing this, Ye Tian immediately hid behind a large rock, knowing that Qiu Ziming had just made a blunder against Yao Ba, so this time he would definitely not allow any mistakes. Although it was an assassination of a woman, he would never send just one person.
Sure enough, moments later, several figures flashed by and finally gathered in the dark corner diagonally opposite the Hut.
In fact, the visibility was not very clear at the moment, but for Ye Tian, who possessed Crimson Dragon Golden Blood and had already activated a small portion of it, seeing in the dark was not difficult.
He focused his gaze and saw that there were seven people in total, currently huddled together as if discussing something.
Perhaps because this group of assassins feared disturbing Yun'er, they had relied solely on their physical skills to approach earlier and did not use Skyward Martial Arts. Since they did not use Skyward Martial Arts, there was no need to vibrate their energy, so Ye Tian could not detect their strength.
Soon, the assassins seemed to reach an agreement and began to slowly approach the Hut.
A glint flashed in Ye Tian's eyes; the cliff he was on was not high, only about seventy or eighty zhang away from the front of the house. For Ye Tian, who had just enhanced his strength, it would take no more than two leaps to reach it.
With the help of Yuqi Tayan Jue, two leaps would only take a breath's time.
Therefore, as soon as they made their move, Ye Tian could immediately rush to assist. Moreover, he was confident that under such unexpected circumstances, his first wave of attacks could at least take down two assassins.
At this moment, the seven assassins had stealthily arrived at the window of the Hut and took out a small bamboo tube from their pockets, slowly moving closer to the window.
"Are they going to poison?" Ye Tian's heart tightened; this method was indeed safe and could quietly cause the target to lose their life in their sleep.
Meow!
Just then, a large gray-and-white cat suddenly sprang out from the nearby bushes. In the deep night, its two pupils glowed with a faint green light that sent chills down one's spine at first glance.
"Ah!"
One of the Black-Clad Assassins let out a startled cry, clearly taken aback by the Wildcat.
“Shh!” another tall assassin shot a cold glare, as if to say that their failure was due to this distraction.
The previously startled assassin trembled slightly, appearing somewhat aggrieved.
Ye Tian observed all of this, and a storm surged in his heart. The startled assassin turned out to be a woman. It was known that in the entire Cloud Sea Sect, apart from a few Lords' relatives, only the Azure Cloud Pavilion accepted female disciples. This meant that among these assassins, there was actually a disciple from the Azure Cloud Pavilion.
“Qiu Ziming, your abilities are indeed impressive; you can even command a disciple from the Azure Cloud Pavilion,” Ye Tian sneered through gritted teeth. However, he soon thought that Bai Kuo was also a disciple of the Azure Cloud Pavilion. Perhaps even within the Cloudscroll Pavilion, under Li Xun's influence, there were still eyes and ears of Qiu Family's Twin Young Masters.
Due to the earlier exclamation, the assassins temporarily halted their actions. They were waiting; if their target woke up, they would have no choice but to execute their secondary plan of attack. If the target remained asleep, then poisoning would naturally be the best strategy.
After waiting for a while, there was no sound from inside the room, while the Wildcat continued to linger around, occasionally letting out a chilling screech.
“Should we make our move?” the Female Assassin quietly asked the Tall Assassin beside her.
“Wait a bit longer,” the Tall Assassin replied, his eyes glinting coldly as he felt an ominous premonition, likely related to that wildcat.
After thinking for a moment, the Tall Assassin pointed at the Wildcat and made a choking gesture towards another assassin nearby. The latter nodded and slowly approached the Wildcat. The reason for this choking motion was naturally to prevent it from making any noise.
The wildcat seemed to sense the hostility and quickly darted away into the underbrush.
Ye Tian watched quietly; he could also sense something unusual about this Wildcat. “Could it be…”
“No way…” Ye Tian shook his head vigorously to dismiss this absurd thought. Just now, he had an impulsive notion that this Wildcat might be Yun'er's true form.
“It seems I still can't shake off Wang Weiyang's shadow…” He sighed lightly; the Raccoon Cat True Form's ability to create illusions was truly unsettling. Even now, seeing felines still gave Ye Tian a strange feeling.
The Wildcat fled, and the Black-Clad Assassin was unsure whether to pursue it, so he turned to look at the Tall Assassin for guidance on how to proceed.
The Tall Assassin, unable to speak, simply turned his head to express his frustration and anger towards the situation.
"How can I not handle a mere wildcat? What a useless fool," was his unspoken thought.
The Black-Clad Assassin shook his head and sighed inwardly, wondering why this new Steward was so irritable.
However, just as he moved his Footsteps, the grass rustled again, and the Wildcat unexpectedly returned, leaping onto a large rock and baring its teeth at the Black-Clad Assassin, clearly taunting him.
Meow!
"Damn it! Are you trying to bully me too?" the Black-Clad Assassin cursed, looking back at the Tall Assassin. He wanted to take charge and capture this wildcat, skinning it alive to vent his frustration.
The Tall Assassin nodded; this wildcat was indeed annoying, and he felt an inexplicable irritation towards it.
Ye Tian watched from above as the Black-Clad Assassin approached the wildcat again, only for it to dart back into the grass. He couldn't help but smile. The term "assassin" typically conjures images of ruthless and cunning individuals, yet today this guy was being toyed with by a wildcat—what a disgrace.
Once again, the Black-Clad Assassin returned empty-handed, filled with pent-up frustration. Did he lack strength? Not at all; in fact, he had reached the level of a Four-Stage Martial Artist and had a high mastery of dagger techniques. Yet against this wildcat, which he could usually capture with just a flick of his finger, he found himself unable to use his Martial Origin Power without alarming their target, which was truly vexing.
"Forget it, let's just act!" The Tall Assassin made a gesture to take action; he could no longer wait because too much time had already been wasted on a wildcat.
At that moment, the Wildcat suddenly burst out from the grass again, letting out a series of hisses that sounded almost like mockery.
"Heh heh, could this guy be keeping watch for Yun'er?" Ye Tian chuckled; this wildcat was indeed bothersome. To be fair, if this were happening to him, it would certainly give him a headache for a while.
"That's right; it's actually my good friend."
Suddenly, the voice of Yun'er came from behind Ye Tian. He hurriedly turned around and saw Yun'er standing on the other side of the stone wall, smiling at him.
"Yun'er?" Ye Tian was taken aback. When did she appear? He hadn't noticed at all.
"What's wrong? Did I surprise my genius Ye Tian?" Yun'er teased. "I was here first, you know."
Ye Tian understood now; it turned out that Yun'er had been hiding nearby all along, and he just hadn't thought of it.
"How did you find me?" Ye Tian asked in confusion. This was almost like being forewarned.
"Of course, it's thanks to it," Yun'er said, pointing at the Wildcat that was still 'mocking' the group of assassins, looking quite proud.
"Impressive..." Ye Tian gave a thumbs up. To have the Wildcat act as a Sentinel was indeed remarkable.
"Hehe, did you forget what my background is?" Yun'er laughed.
At this point, Ye Tian suddenly realized. As someone from the Blood Sect, Yun'er had a certain level of control over beasts, let alone an ordinary Wildcat. She must have used some method for the Wildcat to patrol and keep watch for her.
"Teach me sometime," Ye Tian said with a smile.
"Sure, but I doubt you'll be able to learn," Yun'er replied. As she spoke, she imitated a cat's meow, and soon the surrounding trees and bushes began to rustle. Before long, more than ten Wildcats of various sizes appeared from around them.
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