Chapter 1399: Demon Sect Leader vs. Righteous Maiden (Part 37)

"Bang!"

This was yet another set of teaware broken in Cheng Mingyue’s room.

Her personal maid stood outside the room with hunched shoulders, not daring to provoke her mistress’s ire at such a time.

Ever since Master was attacked and the doctors declared themselves helpless, Miss’s mood had become extremely volatile.

Cheng Mingyue felt very anxious.

She knew who those assassins were after; their target was her.

And Father used his True Qi to protect her, triggering an old injury he’d had for years.

Those assassins...

Cheng Mingyue still felt a lingering fear whenever she thought of them.

Those cold, emotionless eyes, the dagger radiating chill, nearly piercing her heart!

Her proud Martial Arts skills were utterly worthless in front of them.

The assassins came for revenge.

Because before they acted, they had said: "Miss Cheng, why didn’t you mention your target’s identity when you hired us?"

The assassin indeed felt resentment.

Even if they’re assassins, their lives are still valuable.

Assassinating the Demon Sect Leader was essentially a suicide mission!

If Cheng Mingyue had disclosed Gu Shengyin’s identity back then, they would have never accepted the task.

Not only was the mission impossible to complete, but it also needlessly offended a powerful figure.

She hadn’t even considered their lives as human lives.

This was the main reason Cheng Mingyue dared not reveal Gu Shengyin’s identity now—if anyone learned the target was the Demon Sect Leader, not even the promise of more Gold would make any Assassin Organization accept the task.

Yet, what Cheng Mingyue feared now wasn’t the assassins, but—had the Demon Sect Leader already learned of this incident?

Recalling that woman’s condescending gaze and her unfathomable maneuvers, Cheng Mingyue couldn’t help but shiver.

That woman was definitely not someone who would repay evil with good.

If she found out Cheng Mingyue had hired someone to assassinate her, she would certainly not let her go!

But now?

The Cheng family’s only protector, her father, lay unconscious, and if that woman came looking for trouble, the Cheng family alone couldn’t fend her off.

Cheng Mingyue bit her lip until it bled.

Her expression was dark and inscrutable: Demon Sect Leader, each for oneself, heaven and earth destroy the one who doesn’t. Since you and I are now mortal enemies, don’t blame me for being ruthless!

She composed herself, appearing as usual once she stepped out.

The maid at the door sighed in relief seeing Miss Cheng return to normal.

"Xiao Tang, tidy up here and then accompany me on a trip."

"Yes, Miss."

Liangzhou City’s largest Information Pavilion welcomed a female guest shrouded in mystery.

The receptionist didn’t find this unusual—people who came here never had any righteous motives.

And these people preferred not to let others know their identities.

However, if the Information Pavilion wanted to uncover their identities, it wouldn’t take much effort.

This mysterious guest reached the receptionist and directly produced a money pouch.

The receptionist noticed the guest had exceptionally beautiful hands.

"I need you to spread a message with the contents of this pouch."

She opened the pouch and poured out its contents—a whole bag of it.

Gold.