Fresh blood flowed along the dagger, but it was blocked by the hilt so it didnot reach Chen Changsheng’s hand. However, for some reason, he still seemed tobe able to feel the warmth of the blood. He even felt that his hand wasslightly sticky, making it very uncomfortable. Afterwards, when he thoughtabout it, this seemed to be the first time he had killed someone. From XiningVillage to the capital, participating in the Ivy Festival, the GrandExamination and then entering the Garden of Zhou, he fought many times, butother than the Demon General couple that died before the mausoleum, no one elsehad died under his dagger. In that sense, the owner of the inn was the firstperson he had killed. The inn owner slowly fell down in front of him, his two round eyes full ofunwillingness and despair. The mean look on his face had already longdisappeared, and there was only the gaze of death. Chen Changsheng stayed silent for a while, before withdrawing the dagger fromhis body. Afterwards, he stayed silent for another while and looked at Su Li.His gaze displayed his doubt—no matter how he looked at the owner, he did notseem like an assassin. On the other hand, the waiter was suspicious, so why didthe senior want him to kill the owner? Chen Changsheng was not like an enthusiastic and hot-blooded youth. Althoughhe misunderstood that Su Li was indiscriminately slaughtering innocent people,he still tried his best to maintain calm. As he could not make the decisionearlier, the fact that this itself was the best decision, Su Li was verysatisfied. He said, “If you ask me why I killed him, it’ll be very hard for meto explain simply.” Chen Changsheng said, “He had no murderous spirit, nor the signs of trueessence that would indicate a cultivator.” Su Li placed the bowl of porridge onto the table and used the chopsticks topoint at the corpse of the inn owner in the puddle of blood. He said, “To opensuch a big inn in a military stronghold, how could the inn owner not have anymurderous spirit at all?” Chen Changsheng thought about it and understood what he implied. This wasindeed suspicious. Su Li continued, “Also, he was just too similar to a stereotypical big innowner. Mean, easily angered… but actually, such an image is only an image thatconforms to what the people think of a big inn owner. A real owner of an innwho has a shop in such a god-forsaken place can be cold, and will definitely beinsensitive. So how can he be in the mood to go lecture a waiter of his inn?” Chen Changsheng felt like he had just received a lecture himself, so helistened very seriously. Su Li used the chopsticks to point at the owner’s dead body and continued, “Ofcourse, these are only points of suspicion and not evidence. The evidence isthat he didn’t have any signs of true essence, but he had Qi.” Chen Changsheng lowered his head and rummaged  through the body of the ownerfor a while. He found a magical artifact in the shape of a jade pendant. Themagical artifact could cover up the traces of true essence. “I can’t teach you this. Wait till you reach a cultivation level like mine,and you can naturally feel Qi like that.” After saying that, Su Li picked upthe bowl of porridge and continued with his unfinished breakfast. Looking atthe changes in his eyebrows, it seemed as if he was very satisfied with thepickled vegetables that the inn provided. “Originally, I thought it was the waiter because he was over-enthusiastic withus last night. Also, his hand…” Chen Changsheng looked at the waiter in frontof the table, and his gaze landed on the web between his index finger and thumbon his right hand. There was a very obvious callous, which may have been thesign of wielding a sword for a long time. The waiter’s complexion paled, andhis entire body trembled, clearly frightened. Su Li said casually while eating the porridge, “Other than holding a sword,the callous on the web of his hand may have been caused by a blade. A kitchenknife is also a blade.” Although a kitchen knife and a sword were two completely different objects,the handle of a kitchen knife and the handle of a sword really did not havemany differences. Chen Changsheng lowered his head and looked at the daggerthat was dyed in blood. His breathing became rather rapid because he wassuddenly very scared. If it were not for Su Li jabbing him with the chopsticksjust then, perhaps he really would have stabbed the dagger into the waiter.That would mean he would have killed an innocent man. If the wrong person was killed, what could be done? People only had one life,and killing the wrong person would forever remain as a mistake, never to becorrected. This was a truth that he found to be very hard to accept. “Murder, murder!” At this moment, the waiter seemed to have returned to his senses. He looked atthe corpse of the owner in the puddle of blood and gave out a scream of extremefear. He dashed towards the exit, but because of his fear and how frantic hewas, he tripped over the  dead body of the owner and landed heavily on theground. He ignored the pain and attempted to stand up frantically, but insteadhe slipped on the sticky blood. He seemed to be in an extremely sorry shape. Chen Changsheng felt rather sorry for him and was about to go up and help himup off the ground. Right at that moment, Su Li finally finished his breakfast.He wiped his mouth with satisfaction and put the empty bowl on the table again.Afterwards, he threw away the chopsticks in his hand. He seemed veryunrestrained and exceedingly like a hedonistic son of a wealthy family. It wasjust that although his chopsticks seemed to be casually thrown, they perfectlyhit an area on Chen Changsheng’s neck. A very weak but very clever power entered Chen Changsheng’s body. Itcontrolled his actions, making him turn slightly. At the same time, his righthand extended out like lightning. The dagger that was covered in blood was still in his right hand. With a squelch, the sharp dagger pierced through A seemingly tough soft armorwithout any resistance and deeply stabbed into the chest of the waiter. Itdirectly punctured his heart. The face of the waiter was full of shock and ‘ah ah’ sounds were produced byhis throat. Fresh blood flowed out from the corner of his lips, and he slowlyfell forwards, dead. This time, Chen Changsheng really did become blank-minded, and his complexionimmediately paled. At that moment, the dagger, which was still held in his hand, was still deeplyembedded into the chest of the waiter. He seemed to be able to feel the entireprocess of the heart slowing down until it stopped through the edge of thedagger. He glanced at Su Li rather uneasily. If Su Li could not provide enoughevidence this time, at least, greater evidence than he had given for the owner,it would be very hard for him to accept everything. Since he needed powerfulevidence, he searched for it himself. He used his trembling hands to search thecorpse, and when he saw a small crossbow that obviously contained a greatpoison in his hand, he finally relaxed a little. “Senior, you… just how did you tell this time?” The gaze he used to look at Su Li was no longer uneasy, but instead full ofadmiration. Su Li said, “Didn’t you hear what the owner was always yelling at the waiterfor?” At that time, Chen Changsheng’s attention was entirely focused on themovements of the owner and waiter and he did not pay attention to what theywere talking about. “The owner yelled at him very brilliantly, and their conversation was full ofcontent. I am talking about the exact details, such as the waiter being lazy…what does this prove? It proves that he really knows him.” Su Li stood up andhe said as he looked at the two dead bodies, “Perhaps they are friends who grewup together? Who knows? In any case, I know that the companion of an assassinis definitely also an assassin.” Chen Changsheng felt feelings of admiration well up again and thought that itwas indeed the small details that determined success or failure. It was justthat these were still partial guesses… what if he killed wrongly? “Killing wrongly? Then that’s just a mistake, what else can you do?” Su Li said expressionlessly and then spread his arms. He said, “What are youwaiting for? Hurry up and come over.” Chen Changsheng returned to his senses and asked, “We are just leaving likethis?” Su Li said in a bad mood, “Perhaps you feel the need to wait for the soldiersof the stronghold to come?” Chen Changsheng did not dare to say anymore. Taking advantage of the timebefore the murder in the inn disturbed the people in the stronghold, he carriedSu Li and left in the snow and wind, traveling south. In a dark willow forest southeast of the military stronghold, the two stoppedand rested for a while. Chen Changsheng was actually very confused. Since the people who wanted tokill Su Li already knew his tracks, why did the two of them still have toconceal their identity and not directly contact the Northern Great Zhou Army togain protection? Su Li said, “Those two guys were only assassins who did not make the cut. Theyprobably don’t even know who I am, and just happen to be active in this region.” Chen Changsheng asked, “Who are those two assassins?” Su Li really was a little annoyed and said, “I already said that they\'repeople who didn’t make the cut, so how would I know who they are?” Chen Changsheng thought about it and said, “You mean that the two assassinsfrom before only knew how to kill and steal, but if your identity was foundout, those that come will not be so weak, but rather be true experts?” Su Li said, “It’s a very simple concept, do you still need me to explain it indetail? Why is such a small guy like you such a chatterer?” Chen Changsheng thought that although he could not be considered as habituallysilent, he was not very talkative normally. It was only because the senior didthings so mysteriously, so he always felt as if he did not understand all ofit, he was rather uncertain. He persevered, “Since it’s like that, then why don’t the demons just revealyour tracks?” Su Li said, “Because Black Robe is also uncertain of my location. All thepeople he has connections to in the human world, or in other words, the peoplethat he has a mutual understanding of, are currently only running all over theplace, looking for me. Of course, even if those people confirm my location,they won’t release this information.” Chen Changsheng asked with confusion, “Why’s that?” Su Li said, “Because other than the many people that want to kill me, thereare also many people that want to help me.” Chen Changsheng did not understand. Did it mean that if this senior’s locationwas known by the entire world, many people would rush over from thousands of liaway to come help him? “Who am I?” Su Li looked at him and asked seriously. At this moment, Chen Changsheng had already gotten used to how to answerquestions like this. He was rather sick of it, but also rather numb to it. Heanswered like a machine, “Mount Li Junior Martial Uncle, expert of the path ofthe sword, the idol of the younger generation of cultivators.” Compared to the Black Dragon, Su Li obviously only cared about appearances anddid not criticize his response for being unmindful. He said proudly, “Isn’tthis enough? Since I am the idol of many people, if they know I am injured andI have difficulties, won’t those people hurry to save me?” Chen Changsheng did not want to continue this topic. He asked, “Senior, whatdo we do next?” Su Li said, “Obviously have you secretly deliver me back to Mount Li under thegazes of everyone in the world.” Chen Changsheng thought that Mount Li was in the south of the continent, andwas over several tens of thousands of li away. Just how difficult wasdelivering him back to Mount Li, and to make it so that no one knew… also, justhow worried would the people who cared for him become? “Senior, why not let people from Mount Li come and pick you up?” “Idiot, Mount Li is the furthest from here. If I wait for the disciples andgrand-disciples to come, it’ll be too late.” Chen Changsheng thought that the closest was the Northern Great Zhou Army, butSu Li just happened to not want to go look for them. He could not help butspeak seriously, “Senior, I don’t understand why you don’t want to ask theNorthern Great Zhou Army for help. If it is because of dignity, I can go askfor the help. They will definitely send people to send us back to the capital.” Su Li looked at him and sneered, “Your position as the principal of theOrthodox Academy is really that outstanding?” Chen Changsheng replied that although his own identity of the principal of theOrthodox Academy did not mean anything in front of the senior, it still hadsome importance to the Great Zhou. Su Li said, “However, have you ever thought about how if everyone’s eyes areon you, how am I supposed to conceal my identity?” Chen Changsheng looked at him and said earnestly, “Since the people who wantto kill you have already appeared, your identity and location will definitelybe exposed. What we should strive for is time. Mount Li is indeed too far away,and so is the capital. However, the Great Zhou Army really is very close. Aslong as you reveal your identity, why should you be worried anymore?” After saying everything, they returned to his opinion from the very beginning.It was also the matter he did not understand the most. Su Li looked at him and sighed, “I really don’t know if you’re naive or justan idiot.” Chen Changsheng stared blankly. He did not know what he meant. Su Li looked at him and said in a manner that was like a smile, yet not like asmile, “You are always saying that I should ask the Great Zhou Army for help.Perhaps you’ve never thought… the people that want me to die the most in thiscontinent are you Zhou people? As he finished speaking, the snow on the black willow tree suddenly fell witha rustle. The world was cold. The ground trembled slightly, and several hundreds of iron cavalry racedacross the snowy plains.