PDLP Chapter 386
Chapter 386
Why couldn't Yue Fuguang be a boss back in her hometown? Well, her way of thinking was the exact opposite of those who ran companies.To save costs, those people loved to find ways to get rid of veterans and replace them with newcomers, because newcomers were cheap!
Yu Zhongchun and the others naturally heard the sounds of fighting drawing closer outside. Seeing Yue Fuguang walking out, they were just about to voice their objections to stop her.
Turning their heads, they saw his father, Yu Chongshan, also immediately stand up and follow his granddaughter out of the tent.
Hey! Yu Zhongchun gave a bitter smile to his younger brother, Yu Shuchun. Yu Shuchun just threw his hands up in resignation and walked after them.
Smiling and shaking his head, Yu Zhongchun also jogged to catch up.
Both his father and his daughter had minds of their own. As a son and a father, it was better for him not to say much and just obediently follow along.
The four members of the Yu family stepped out of the main tent. Looking up, they saw that about three hundred meters diagonally ahead, near the camp entrance, dozens of armored guards were locked in combat with over a dozen men in black.
System, are these night-stalking suits the mandatory uniform for doing evil deeds? It's broad daylight, and both sides are fighting head-on. What's the point of these people wearing all black?
The system thought for a moment and replied, Could it be that bloodstains aren't obvious on black clothes, so they don't have to scrub them hard after work, and they can wear them again on their next job?
Also, dyeing techniques in ancient times are backward and expensive. Maybe black clothes are relatively cheaper compared to other colors? Assassins aren't exactly wealthy, either!
The system shook its head. It couldn't help but feel that although these assassins lived on the edge of a blade, they were all poor wretches. It had just silently scanned their bodies, and would you believe it, the dozen or so of them combined didn't even have ten taels of silver!
With just these few pieces of broken silver, how were the people looting the corpses later supposed to divide it? One could only say the system was thinking a bit too far ahead.
Yue Fuguang didn't know what the system was thinking. She only felt that its answer made quite a bit of sense. She silently shook her head in her heart; the assassin profession wasn't exactly high-risk, high-reward!
Seeing three more of their guards injured and falling to the ground, she caught sight of Beiyue, Gan Tang, and the others silently sneaking out from behind a large tent out of the corner of her eye.
They all held weapons in their hands, followed by the trotting Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, You Mingmin, who kept shouting, Your Highnesses, you must not...
Must not what? Yue Fuguang turned her head curiously, only to see the group charging directly at the assassins on their own initiative.
Yue Fuguang frowned. After being bluffed and frightened by her, were they still not giving up on trying to injure themselves? If so, wouldn't all her previous efforts have been in vain!
As soon as the assassins saw their attire, it quickly matched the information they had. The value of assassinating these princes and princesses of the diplomatic mission was much higher than tangling with ordinary guards.
Their boss had told them to charge into the inner perimeter without restricting specific assassination targets. There was only one rule: the higher the status, the richer the reward.
Half of the dozen or so assassins broke off to surround the members of the mission. Seeing the assassins rushing over, Beiyue and the others had excited gleams in their eyes.
They had seen Junior Preceptor Yue standing not far away, watching their side. They had to put on a good performance.
Those who wanted to perform well didn't know that because of their past records, their actions had already been misinterpreted by Yue Fuguang.
Beiyue and the others, including the two princesses Gan Tang and Lan Xuan'er, all possessed real martial arts skills. Facing professional assassins who were clearly experts, the adrenaline in their bodies erupted with unprecedented energy at this moment.
As the oldest, Beiyue took the lead and charged at the assassins. He moved as swiftly as if he were flying, feeling his whole body filled with strength and courage.
However, their increasingly excited expressions caused Yue Fuguang, who had been paying attention to this side all along, to misunderstand even further.
Watching the group brawl, with both sides fighting desperately, she became more and more certain of her earlier guess: these people just wouldn't give up and wanted to use the assassins' hands to self-mutilate.
Seriously, going to such lengths just for some grain seeds was too much! Was this the responsibility of being a member of the royal family?
Seeing the crisis over there, the Yu father and son reacted. As the muscle of the Yu family, Yu Shuchun couldn't help but say, Father, although the people of this mission have decent skills, it seems they won't fare well against these professional assassins! Should your son go over and help?
They knew very well that although the Emperor didn't like these people, for the sake of diplomatic relations between the countries, he still had to treat them with great courtesy.
The personal safety of these people in Great Yan could not be compromised, otherwise, it would be handing the other countries an excuse to start trouble.
Yu Chongshan didn't answer him immediately, but instead turned his head to ask Yue Fuguang, Fuguang, what do you think?
Yue Fuguang pondered for a moment and said, Second Uncle doesn't need to go over.
Going over alone wouldn't be of much help. Her own guards had all been dispatched, and there was no one available at the moment.
Moreover, Yue Fuguang saw another seven or eight assassins charging toward the camp.
As soon as her words fell, a man in black suddenly appeared behind Gan Tang. He dodged a guard's thrust and, using the momentum of retreating, arrived right behind her.
If his face hadn't been covered, one would have been able to see the triumphant smile curling at the corner of his mouth. With lightning speed, he raised his sword and thrust it toward the back of Gan Tang's heart.
If this strike hit, Gan Tang would be dead on the spot.
Watching this scene, Lan Xuan'er's eyes widened in horror as she shouted, Sister Tang, watch out!
Gan Tang was entangled by the person in front of her. Although she had heard the sound of the blade cutting through the air behind her, it was already too late to dodge.
In this moment of crisis, she only barely prepared to avoid a fatal blow to her vitals.
Yue Fuguang sighed softly and couldn't hold back from making a move.
With her hands behind her back, she quickly formed a hand seal. Crackle, rumble! In the clear, cloudless sky, several loud claps of thunder suddenly appeared.
They struck the assassin behind Gan Tang swiftly and with unparalleled precision. Then, the dozen or so men in black who could still fight, along with the several black-clad assassins who had just broken through the defense line and reached the battlefield, were all taken out in one wave.
One moment, these people were slaughtering everything in their path, thinking their sneak attacks would succeed; the next moment, they had been struck unconscious. White smoke slowly rose from their bodies, and fine threads of lightning occasionally flickered across them.
Because they were wearing black clothes, the tattered fabric covered their charred skin. Only by the faint smell of cooking meat drifting in the air could one judge how well-done these people were.
Yue Fuguang had held back this time, only striking them enough to lose their combat ability without intending to take their lives.
Just yesterday, she had single-handedly killed over a hundred people. Although the system had given her rewards at the time, ensuring she didn't feel much psychological burden from killing.
The fact that the system gave rewards proved that those people deserved to die.
She hadn't forgotten that the system later quietly told her there were still a few small mountain villages in the nearby mountains, along with some unregistered mountain dwellers.
If that fire had been allowed to spread, animals would have lost their homes, and some humans would likewise have lost the places they relied on for survival.
The old, the weak, women, and children certainly might not have been able to outrun the blaze.
Host, your Lightning Summoning Art is getting more and more proficient!
It had seen that the host's hands moved so fast they left afterimages!
Hearing the system say this, Yue Fuguang unconsciously puffed out her chest and held her head high. Of course it was getting more proficient. Did it really think she spent all her free time sleeping?