While Bai Feng was grinding ink, she thought about the Church of the Bloody Garment.

　　The Church of the Bloody Garment’s disciples were all clad in white, so they looked about the same as the disciples of the Holy Church of Light, and although their attire might not seem to match the name of their sect, the main reason they were called the Church of the Bloody Garment was because of the Bloody Garment Divine Power.

　　In theory, given that the Church of the Bloody Garment was just a small sect, it should not be able to go up against the Tian Luo Sect. However, in reality, this small sect had made the Tian Luo Sect suffer many losses and damages before.

　　This Bloody Garment Divine Power was extremely strange and was unlike the martial arts of any other sects and factions in the martial arts world. This martial art drew its energy from the essence of blood, which was much refined and potent compared to inner energy. The difference between these two forms of energy could be likened to the difference between sword and blade techniques.

　　Inner energy was like a sword, which was more agile and swift. On the other hand, energy from the essence of blood was like a blade, which was more violent and overbearing.

　　The scary part about the Bloody Garment Divine Power was that it could directly devour the opponent’s blood essence, so once a person had successfully cultivated the Bloody Garment Divine Power, no one else should have physical contact with this person. Otherwise, all of the opponent’s blood essence would be seized and devoured by the Bloody Garment Divine Power. Thus, the opponent’s body would shrivel and turn into a dry corpse.

　　Up until now, there was no way to overcome the Bloody Garment Divine Power. The only thing one could do was to avoid physical contact with such people. For Grandmasters, it would be best to transmit their inner energy outward or use hidden weapons.

　　Given the violent and overbearing nature of the Bloody Garment Divine Power, it would not be very effective for Grandmasters to use long-range attacks. The crucial point here was to use hidden weapons.

　　The Tian Luo Sect was adept at using the Musical Assassination Technique, which was the most effective way to restrain the Bloody Garment Divine Power.

　　Therefore, the Church of the Bloody Garment had always viewed the Tian Luo Sect as a thorn in their side. Now that their sect had been re-established, they had to deal with the Tian Luo Sect first. Otherwise, with the Tian Luo Sect around to restrain their power, the Church of the Bloody Garment would eventually be eliminated again.

　　The Church of the Bloody Garment usually did not have many disciples. The Bloody Garment Divine Power was too difficult to cultivate since it required an exceptionally high innate talent, and if any normal person were to cultivate the Bloody Garment Divine Power, they would most likely end up dying due to a fall in their blood essence.

　　Bai Feng picked up her writing brush, took a deep breath, and filled a whole sheet of paper with writing in one go. Then, she held the paper up and blew on it.

　　The Tian Luo Sect had to send over more martial arts masters since it would be very difficult for her to handle this situation on her own. If the Church of the Bloody Garment were to send all of their disciples over to attack them, it would be impossible for the Phoenix Goddess Brothel to ward off these people.

　　Based on the sect’s investigation, the Church of the Bloody Garment had sent a total of ten disciples this time. While this seemed like a small number that would not pose much of a threat, she knew just how dangerous it was to go up against ten people who had successfully cultivated the Bloody Garment Divine Power.

　　The most formidable characteristic of the Bloody Garment Divine Power was its ability to strengthen itself by devouring and absorbing the blood essence of others to feed its own force, which would then become more refined and overbearing. Thus, as more and more opponents were defeated, the Bloody Garment Divine Power would grow stronger.

　　Although the Bloody Garment Divine Power could be cultivated by devouring other’s blood essence, there was a limitation to this; the disciples had to devour the blood essence of those with a higher cultivation level than theirs. It would be useless if they devoured the blood essence of those weaker than them.

　　…

　　At dawn, Chu Li returned to Nine Star Tower to have his meal, but when he scanned his surroundings and did not find Yang Ying there, he could not help but feel a little disappointed. This pleasant-looking young lady was lively and sweet, so it had been very relaxing and fun to spend time with her.

　　After he had finished his meal and saw that Yang Ying had not appeared still, he shook his head in resignation.

　　It seemed like she really thought of him as a bearer of bad luck and no longer dared to be around him. On second thought, could it be that the White Tiger Sect had sent someone over to bring her back?

　　He scanned his surroundings again. As his gaze fell upon a middle-aged man, a frown appeared on his face.

　　The man’s eyes swept past him and settled elsewhere as if he did not know him.

　　Chu Li went and sat across the man before he spoke warmly, “May I know which senior of mine has sent you here?”

　　The middle-aged man appeared to be confused as he stared at Chu Li in bewilderment.

　　Chu Li shook his head and said, “It would be best for you to not act recklessly. I don’t have a good temper, so if you guys try to attack me, I won’t hesitate to kill you!”

　　“Young Master, you…” The middle-aged man seemed even more puzzled.

　　Chu Li chuckled and rose to leave.

　　The middle-aged man watched him as he walked away. Then, the man’s expression slowly turned grave as he knitted his brows together.

　　This Zhao Dahe was way harder to deal with than he had expected and had very acute instincts. He had been sitting some distance away and had been observing him without showing any signs of hostility. Still, Zhao Dahe managed to notice him. It would not be easy to assassinate such a quick-witted Grandmaster.

　　After giving it some thought, the man decided to go back and increase the price of his service, otherwise, he would be at a great disadvantage. Zhao Dahe’s level was not the usual standard of a Holy Church of Light’s outer mountain disciple. Even an inner mountain disciple from the Holy Church of Light paled in comparison.

　　Chu Li saw the middle-aged man glide away and followed him.

　　He used the Omniscient Mirror to tail the middle-aged man from a distance. After going out of Gale City, the man moved northward and traveled over a thousand miles at a go. Finally, he arrived at a huge city called Radiant Cloud City.

　　After he had entered Radiant Cloud City, the middle-aged man went around in circles. Chu Li stayed on his tail as he went around the city three times before he made his way into a residence.

　　This residence was heavily guarded. There were two young men who were innate masters standing guard outside the place with their hands on the hilts of their weapons. There were also ten innate masters and two Grandmasters hidden within the residence. The middle-aged man went straight into the main hall.

　　Inside the main hall sat a dainty, round-faced young girl. Her skin was fair and smooth, and she had a charming rosy complexion.

　　She looked at the middle-aged man indifferently as she sipped her tea.

　　The man gave a fist salute. “Greetings, Clan Leader Mo.”

　　The dainty young girl asked, “Have you finished the job?”

　　The middle-aged man shook his head as he replied, “Forgive me, Clan Leader Mo, but we won’t be able to carry on with this job.”

　　The dainty young girl raised her eyebrows slightly and gave him a look of discontentment.

　　The man hurriedly explained, “It’s not that we’re unwilling to do it, but we’re really incapable of finishing the job. Zhao Dahe’s cultivation level isn’t as low as we’ve expected. On the contrary, he’s very hard to deal with. His cultivation level is only a bit lower than yours, Clan Leader Mo, so we’re not confident that we’ll be able to pull it off. Even if we try to attack him, we may not be able to get away unscathed.”

　　“He’s that powerful?” The young girl raised her eyebrows. “It’s been only two months since he joined the Holy Church of Light. I was already thinking very highly of him when I decided to send you guys there to deal with him. It seems like this junior brother of mine is a genius at cultivation!”

　　“Indeed, I’ve been gathering information about him in the city. Zhao Dahe is Gale City’s top martial arts master and has killed five elders of the White Tiger Sect. His Light Blade is extremely formidable and no one has been able to defeat him so far. No matter how confident we are, we don’t dare to attack him so recklessly,” the middle-aged man replied. “That’s why we’ll need extra powerful martial arts masters to assist us, Clan Leader Mo. Also… we’ll require ten times the price we’ve agreed on!”

　　“Money won’t be an issue,” the dainty young girl said. “The crucial thing here is whether you guys can get this done or not.”

　　“Since he has managed to kill five elders of the White Tiger Sect, you can only imagine how powerful this Zhao Dahe is,” the man slowly replied. “However, we won’t be relying on martial arts to deal with him. I believe he won’t be able to guard himself against it.”

　　Chu Li read the man’s mind and found out that his team typically used hidden weapons to kill people. They were planning on using a unique type of hidden weapon that was designed specifically to break through whatever defensive skills the target had. The weapon had incredible speed, and it would be like a storm attacking the target once it was activated. There would be no way to avoid the attack completely, so they could only try to dodge the attack as much as possible.

　　Once the target was struck by the hidden weapon, they would lose a large amount of blood. It was a truly terrifying weapon.

　　When Chu Li read his mind, he also saw what the hidden weapon looked like. At first glance, it seemed to just be a silver rod but once it was switched on, the metal rod would shoot out hundreds of tiny little arrows like heavy rain. Each and every one of the arrows was barbed and would be firmly rooted once it plunged into the flesh.

　　If someone were to be hit by such an arrow, the person would have to cut their flesh out to remove it completely which would cause the person to bleed incessantly.

　　Such a vicious hidden weapon sent a chill down Chu Li’s spine as he felt a sense of fear rise in his heart.

　　He might be able to dodge the arrows from one rod, but if they were to shoot ten rods at the same time, he probably would not survive the attack. It seemed like this Clan Leader Mo was really intent on having him killed.

　　“As long as he can’t guard himself against it, it should be fine.” Clan Leader Mo sipped her tea and then took out ten sheets of banknotes from inside her sleeve. She straightened out the banknotes before casually handing them over to the middle-aged man.

　　She muttered, “This is the deposit. Get it done as soon as possible.”

　　“We’ll launch the attack tomorrow!” The middle-aged man gave a fist salute. “As for our assistants?”