[Dimwit. It seems you have visitors now. Go and meet them.]
Liu Wei raised his eyebrows.
As much as he was eager to know about his visitors now, he did not want the System’s first word slipped by.
He complained.
"You should call me by your name."
[I should call you Dimwit.]
Liu Wei rolled his eyes and decided not to argue with her anymore.
At this point, he focused on meeting the new visitors.
He could not help but smile.
He mumbled.
"Visitors in my library are more frequent now compared to the past six months.
I can’t even focus on my personal tasks since I have to entertain them."
Liu Wei has many things to do, especially now he has many System Points.
He did not want to be drowned in debt anymore, limiting his movements as a result.
Without hesitation, he left the Alchemy Domain and left the library.
...
Half an hour earlier, there were five guards, who were eating at a table inside the restaurant beside Liu We’s library.
They wore metallic armor, like the Crimson Sun Guard, but the design and especially the emblem was vastly different.
They belonged to a noble of the Jinwu Kingdom.
As they were eating, one of them initiated the conversation.
"Captain, there’s no need to gather us just to deal with a librarian, right?"
The Captain, who had a conspicuous scar on his face, running from his eyes to his cheeks diagonally to the right, glanced at him with an indifferent expression and said, "It’s the master’s order. Stop complaining."
The guard grumbled in annoyance.
From his face, he was the youngest of the group but he was the ugliest.
Despite being the youngest, he reached the early stage of the Qi Condensation Stage, declaring himself as the most talented in the guards of their master.
The other guards were also the strongest among the guards, two of them were at the late Qi Condensation Stage, and the other was at the peak of the Qi Condensation Stage.
Their captain was at the early Foundation Establishment Stage.
To gather such powerful forces showcased the power of their master, as they were his guards.
Li Jing, the youngest of the guards, replied, "I get why he wants to kill the librarian. It has been confirmed that the librarian is the one who killed his son.
But, to even call you, Captain?
I alone am enough."
Zou He, the guard at the peak Qi Condensation Stage, snorted.
"This is the result of not gathering information. Captain, you should definitely tell him about the librarian."
Lia Dong, the captain, glanced at him and nodded.
He turned to Li Jing and said, "I haven’t told you along the journey as it is abrupt. It’s normal. After all, the count was enraged ever since he learned of the sudden disappearance of his son.
Hence, as soon as he learned about the suspect, he immediately summoned us, who were assigned to different missions.
However, once we finish this, we will be rewarded handsomely and will return to our family and previous tasks."
Li Jing nodded and did not reply.
As expected, the captain understood why he was very frustrated.
After all, he was just enjoying his sexual activities when he was suddenly moved to the capital city to deal with some librarian.
The Captain continued, "Our dear young master always has guards with him. Though, before he died, he recruited rogue cultivators since he wanted to deal with the librarian secretly.
They could not be underestimated, too. They were all at the Qi Condensation Stage, four of them, with the strongest of them being at the late Qi Condensation Stage.
Although like what you think, rogue cultivators are much weaker than us, who are blessed with resources, they can’t still be underestimated. Do you think you can fight against them and possibly kill them by yourself?"
Li Jing was stunned.
His expression turned solemn as he replied, "Even if they are rogue cultivators, they still can’t be underestimated. I didn’t think that a librarian would be that strong."
Fu Hong, a guard at the late Qi Condensation Stage, mocked him.
"Think about it, Li Jing. Our master, despite appearing to be insane after the death of his only son, wouldn’t just act irrationally. If our captain is enough, he will be. If you are enough, then you will be.
I kind of hate how young you are. Sure, you are talented but if you can’t control your emotions and continue to be impulsive and stupid, you wouldn’t live long similar to our age."
Li Jing was infuriated.
He was insulted by someone who he saw as his big brother ever since he started to become the master’s guards.
He grasped the hilt of his sword, but a hand held him from unsheathing it.
It was Gong Huan, who was also at the late Qi Condensation Stage.
Gong Huan appeared to be mild, staring at Li Jing with a smile on his face, and said, "You should ignore Fu Hong’s offensive words. Don’t take it to the heart but take it in the mind. He’s right. You should learn how to control your emotions as that will be your greatest weapon...
Or your downfall."
Li Jin was taken aback. He slowly relaxed and placed back his hand on the table.
Gong Huan smiled at him and focused on eating, as well.
Out of the guards present, it was Gong Huan who was closer to Li Jing before the Captain.
The Captain smiled at Gong Huan and turned to Li Jing.
He said, "They’re right, Li Jing. Your future is promising, so you must learn discipline, not only in cultivating but in your emotion, as well."
Li Jing lowered his head and slightly nodded.
The Captain smiled and said, "Alright. Let’s go back to our conversation. Since the young master and his four rogue cultivators were last to be found, following an alchemist, in the library, it is better to assume they died inside.
According to our intel, there is only a librarian inside and his seemingly normal library. However, we really can’t be sure. From the intel, he was only at the peak of the Body Tempering Stage.
Even if realm crossing is possible, to kill four Qi Condensation Stage while in the Body Tempering Stage is pretty much impossible, even if you are talented and a noble.
That’s why our task for today before dealing with the librarian is to make sure he doesn’t have accomplices and he is really alone."
Li Jing listened attentively and nodded.
He did not reply however, making his reaction ambiguous.
Gong Huan replied to the Captain instead, "So, should we show hostile intention at the start, Captain? That way, whoever saved the Librarian will appear. If nothing still happens to us, then we can safely kill the librarian."
The Captain nodded.
"That works, as well. I plan at first to be gentler with the librarian, try to reveal his secrets, as the young master might still be really alive and we would get a more bountiful reward, but sensing the master’s emotions, it seems his son is really dead.
We can only resort to brute force.
Don’t worry, with me, there’s nothing to be scared of."
The other guards agreed, as well.
Then, they had a peaceful meal before proceeding to the library.
...
Once Liu Wei left the Alchemy Domain, he immediately turned to the entrance and saw five silhouettes standing outside.
He frowned.
He thought.
Why is this familiar? The King and Jin Zhaoyang appeared in a concealed manner, though. Was it revealed somehow? Unlikely.
Nevertheless, Liu Wei walked towards the entrance to meet them.
The guards did not simply wait in the entrance though, as they entered inside, while staring at Liu Wei with an oppressive gaze.
Liu Wei was taken aback and his expression turned solemn.
The System’s voice echoed in his head.
[You were just talking about using corpses as fertilizer earlier, now is the chance.]
Liu Wei shrugged and replied in his mind.
’That is, they are not easy to deal with. One of them is even at the Foundation Establishment Stage. It might be impossible to kill him.’
[The chances are never slim, dimwit. You will never know unless you try.]
Liu Wei sighed.
’Ah, the classic.’
Liu Wei paused on his tracks, waiting for the guards to walk towards them instead.
He appeared indifferent to their hostile gazes but his hand was already grasping the hilt of his sword. The rightful source is noⅴelfire.net
The guards stopped once they were five meters away from him.
The Captain, who stood in the middle of them, was about to open his mouth and said something to the librarian when Li Jing suddenly mumbled.
"His sword."
They simultaneously glanced at the sword of the librarian and their eyes widened.
They recognized the value of the sword.
Then, they formulated the same assumption in their mind.
He is able to kill four cultivators at the Qi Condensation Stage. He is not at the Body Tempering Stage but at the Qi Condensation Stage now. The intel is wrong. It seems he really killed them.
Then, their eyes shone in greed.
If that is the case, then there is no third party. He killed them. By luck or not, with a treasure like that, it’s possible.
The first to make a move was Li Jing.
His heart raced, fueled by dopamine hit, he utilized his strongest attack after unsheathing his sword and dashed towards the librarian.
He grinned when he saw the librarian was not staring at him.
He thought.
Too slow.
That was his last thought as his heart skipped a beat when Liu Wei moved his eyes and stared right back at him as they were only a meter apart...
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