Pretending to Be Dead Is Great!

After being in this enchantment for only half a minute, his night clothes were soaked by the dense rain like clouds and mist.

He predicted that if he showed any abnormality at this moment, whether he does not immediately follow the order to kill Ji Lianyi, or turns around and swings the knife to resist, the rain with spiritual power attached to his clothes will immediately pierce his skin and instantly strangle him into a ball of meat paste!

[Alas. ꒦ິ^꒦ິ]

[Such a dog-blood thing will also happen to me! ]

Shen Leyan walked in front of Ji Lianyi, pointed the tip of the dagger at the other’s neck, and blinked slowly.

[Stand up, resist! Cooperate with me to act out a play! ]

The blood stains on Ji Lianyi’s eyelashes were not dry, and there was a dim light floating at the bottom of his eyes. His bony hands were stained with blood that turned black in the night. He slowly grasped the sword that fell to the side, and then the tip of the sword suddenly touched the ground. He used the sword as a staff to support his body and stood up from the ground.

Shen Leyan didn’t look back, but he could feel the cold eyes of the assassins of the Peacock Gate.

He was afraid that the guardian would kill Ji Lianyi directly, so he hurriedly whispered.

“Guardian, Ji Lianyi was seriously injured and has 

no strength to fight again. Now he is just pretending. I will take his head and present it to the guardian!”

Several assassins nodded silently, and each dispersed to block all possible routes for Ji Lianyi to retreat. It seemed that they were not going to do it themselves.

Shen Leyan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

What happened next was half acting skills and half fate.

 [Ji Lianyi, you should do your best. I have tried my best to save your life. ]

There was a slight arc at the corner of Ji Lianyi’s lips. His black hair, which was originally tied up neatly, became a little messy because of the fight and escape tonight. A few strands of hair fell to his forehead, covering the color in his eyes. One could only see the blood dripping from his face, which was more beautiful than many women.

The other party turned his wrist and made the starting posture of the sword move.

It must be said that it looked quite tragic and heroic, like a sword master fighting back when dying.

The guardian of Peacock Gate behind him reminded in a deep voice: “A centipede is dead but not stiff. Be careful.”

Shen Leyan: “…”

Although they had different positions, he still recognized the sect culture of the Peacock Gate.

 Look, how much the Guardian takes care of the newcomer of the sect, and teaches him earnestly. He feared that this “new disciple” of his will accidentally get hurt in this assassination mission.

He pretended to circulate his spiritual power, first using the leaf as a knife to test the other party’s condition.

The spiritual power he injected into the leaf seemed surging, but in fact it dissipated by itself before touching Ji Lianyi, so it naturally looked like it was knocked down by Ji Lianyi.

The Guardian: “Not bad, you act cautiously and don’t act rashly, worthy of being the new disciple recruited by the sect master himself.”

[… Guardian, if you keep praising me like this, I will really think of myself as a disciple of the Peacock Sect. ]

It’s not a good idea to keep delaying like this.

But no one helped them to send a message back to the outer sect of Yunxi Sect to ask for help.

Shen Leyan didn’t dare to do very fancy moves. After all, the Peacock Sect was the largest assassin organization in Daxia. Its disciples must have learned special body movements and assassination techniques, and he didn’t know the tricks.

 If he made too many moves and it was discovered that he was not using the Peacock Sect’s skills, then it would be all over.

The light blue spiritual power filled the dagger. The young man took a breath and lightened his body, like a sharp sword that had just revealed its edge. Without any unnecessary movements, he stabbed directly at Ji Lianyi’s heart!

Ji Lianyi subconsciously raised his hand to block.

“Ding——”

The dagger and the saber met. The two spiritual powers collided, maintained a delicate balance, and then the waves were swept away——

The leaves fell like rain.

The veins on the back of Ji Lianyi’s hand bulged, and the fingertips were cracked with tiny bloody wounds.

The light blue spiritual light on the tip of the dagger became stronger and stronger as time went by. The cold light completely sank into Ji Lianyi’s black clothes, and condensed into a stern murderous intent——

Ji Lianyi’s spiritual power fluctuations instantly wilted, his face became paler, his Adam’s apple rolled and he swallowed desperately. He also couldn’t stop the blood from flowing out from his lips and teeth.

Shen Leyan held the dagger tightly, and pushed it forward inch by inch under the gaze of many assassins from the Peacock Gate.

Ji Lianyi’s hand loosened, the sword fell to the ground, and his body could no longer support and fell forward. He stopped moving.

Then he slowly followed the direction where the other party fell and half squatted down.

[《Playing Dead Method》, understand? !]

Before Ji Lianyi’s eyes faded, he nodded at him imperceptibly. 

Shen Leyan pulled out the bloody dagger.

He calmed himself, stood up, and presented the dagger to the guardian with both hands.

“I have killed the prince of Daxia!”

While walking towards Ji Lianyi’s “corpse”, the guardian nodded: “This dagger is a reward for you.”

Shen Leyan’s eyelids twitched: “…Thank you, guardian.”

Seeing the guardian begin to investigate Ji Lianyi’s “corpse”, Shen Leyan listened to his own heartbeat: like a drum, it almost jumped out of his chest into outer space.

He prayed silently.

System, you must be reliable this time.

If the “Pretend to be dead method” doesn’t work, he and Ji Lianyi will die here today!

 Maybe it was a moment, maybe it was a long time, when he felt that he was about to have a heart attack and faint if the guardian didn’t speak. The guardian finally left Ji Lianyi’s body and stood up.

The sinister eyes showed a little praise.

“Well done. When I return to Peacock Sect, I will ask the sect master for credit for you.”

Shen Leyan once again sighed about the sect culture of Peacock Sect, and acted grateful: “Thank you, guardian! I will never forget your support!”

The guardian waved his hand, and the ubiquitous drizzle stopped. The other party was putting away the barrier.

“Take Ji Lianyi’s body – let’s go back to Peacock Sect.”

Several assassins saluted in unison: “Yes!”

The job of carrying the “corpse” naturally had to be done by him, the “new disciple”.

Shen Leyan carried Ji Lianyi’s “corpse” on his back and followed at the end of the team to the edge of Yunxi Sect’s barrier.

 According to the conversation between the “good brother” killer and the guardian just now, there should be several new disciples of the Peacock Sect guarding outside the Yunxi Sect’s formation.

He must not meet those people, otherwise it would be easy to be exposed. If there is one more new disciple for no reason, even a fool can realize that there is a traitor!

Now they are in the wilderness, and they are walking in the opposite direction of the outer gate of the Yunxi Sect. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall patrolling only when they are close to the edge of the formation.

But the patrolling disciples are at most at the Jindan stage, and they can never be the opponents of these Peacock Sect killers.

He can’t find any reasonable excuse to slip away with Ji Lianyi’s “corpse”.

What to do?

In front of the team, the “good brother” killer spoke with some concerns in his tone.

 “Guardian, I’m afraid we have to speed up. Ji Lianyi must have brought a lot of guards with him when he came to Yunxi Sect. If the guards who stayed at the outer gate of Yunxi Sect found that Ji Lianyi had been away for too long and there was no news, they would probably notify Yunxi Sect to look for him.”

The guardian said, “We have the holy artifacts given by the sect master which can break through any formation silently. Yunxi Sect’s protective formation can’t stop us. As long as Sect Master Lu and the Confucian and Taoist masters in the palace don’t take action, no one can stop us–“

As soon as the guardian finished speaking, a golden light like the scorching sun suddenly lit up in the dark night.

It was as dazzling as the sun, and as holy as the Buddha’s light.

The light rippled in circles, and everything seemed to be awakened where the light shone with birds flying out of the forest, insects chirping, and flowers blooming.

 Following closely was a deep ancient and long bell sound. It made the meridians tremble slightly after entering the ears, and any thoughts in the mind seemed to be cleared at this moment, leaving only the bell sound, like the arrival of an oracle.

Shen Leyan narrowed his peach blossom eyes and adjusted to the sudden light.

No need to think, the one who can cause such a big commotion is definitely not a small character.

He said that in the original book, Ji Lianyi didn’t die here at all!

Even if there was a butterfly effect after his arrival, the master who was supposed to save Ji Lianyi would still come. Fortunately, “The Art of Playing Dead” delayed them enough time, and the rescuers arrived before them was Yunxi Sect.

The assassins of the Peacock Gate changed their faces drastically.

 The guardian said solemnly: “There really is a Confucian and Taoist master from the inner palace here… That’s the Haoran Bell!”

“Guardian, are you talking about the Haoran Bell that can suppress realms?!”

“That’s right. Wherever the sound of the Haoran Bell reaches, the cultivation of all cultivators and demons will be suppressed to below the Nascent Soul stage. Moreover, this object contains the power of the laws of heaven, which is extremely pure and yang. It doesn’t just restrains the exercises we practice, but the suppression of cultivation will be stronger.”

“…Then what should we do?”

“Whether we can return to the Peacock Gate smoothly depends on luck. However, the Crown Prince of Daxia is dead, and even if the four Confucian and Taoist masters of the inner palace come out together, it is impossible for Ji Lianyi to come back to life!”

Shen Leyan continued to stay at the end of the team in silence, trying to reduce his presence.

Guardian, you really “say what you mean” and you have figured out how to set a flag.

 “Even if the Confucian and Taoist master holds the Haoran Bell, it will take some time to find us. The Yunxi Sect’s formation is just ahead, hurry!” Shen Leyan saw the hidden post guarding the Yunxi Sect’s formation from afar.

Under the Haoran Bell, the most powerful stage cultivator, the disciples of Yunxi Sect and the assassins of Peacock Gate who were guarding the place were not without the ability to fight.

As long as they delay for a while, they can wait for the Confucian and Taoist master to come.

“Go check first if there are any disciples of Yunxi Sect patrolling here.”

“Yes, Guardian!”

The two assassins rushed to the distance.

As the sound of the Haoran Bell became louder and louder, the face of the Guardian became more and more ugly.

Shen Leyan could roughly guess that this meant that the Confucian and Taoist master was about to find this place.

“Who is it?!”

“Quickly send a cloud-piercing arrow to notify the elders of the Law Enforcement Hall! Someone attacked Yunxi Sect at night!”

The two assassins fought with the guarding disciples of Yunxi Sect.

The face of the Guardian was dark and smelly: “A bunch of useless things! They were scared when they heard the Haoran Bell. They were discovered when they go to check!”

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-“

The sound of the bell was louder and louder. 

Shen Leyan was originally only at the middle level of Qi Refining, and the Haoran Bell would not suppress his cultivation. Apart from a slight pain in his ears, he did not feel any discomfort.

But the spiritual power of the Guardian was somewhat disordered, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

“The Confucian and Taoist master has found us…”

Shen Leyan was quick-witted and threw Ji Lianyi’s “corpse” to the ground. He bowed and said in a tone of sacrificing his life: “Requesting a the Guardian to take the holy-level magic weapon and go first! I am willing to cover you!”

As soon as these words came out, the Guardian’s eyes were shocked!

“Do you know what covering me means?!”

“I should repay the Dharma Protector for his support!”

“Okay! You should be the first to contribute to today’s matter! I will ask the Sect Master for credit for you when I go back!”

The Guardian’s eyes were moist, but he did not bother to be polite with him. He led a few assassins to rush towards the Yunxi Sect’s formation.

 Shen Leyan stood there, watching them break through the formation and disappear without a trace. He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s really hard to act undercover!

He looked back to find Ji Lianyi’s “corpse” that he had left behind, and patted the other’s cheek: “Your Highness, Your Highness? You don’t have to pretend to be dead. The assassins of the Peacock Gate have left.”

After a few breaths, Ji Lianyi slowly opened his eyes, coughed softly for a while, and spit out a little blood foam.

 “If you throw me down again… I’ll probably really die.”

Shen Leyan couldn’t help laughing: “At that time, I was only worried about whether the Peacock Gate guardian would doubt me, so I didn’t care about so many things – that Confucian and Taoist master, is he here to save you?”

“No.”

“Ah?!”

“He should come to see if I’m dead -” Ji Lianyi curved his lips sarcastically and said calmly, “You don’t have to be nervous, the other party doesn’t really want to save me, but he won’t attack me either.”

Shen Leyan was about to speak when he found that Ji Lianyi’s eyes fell directly to a certain place in the woods. He looked over there.

Under the golden light of the Haoran Bell, stood a young woman wearing a crane official uniform.

She had a heroic face and relaxed features. She looked only five or six years older than them, but her eyes were definitely not those of a teenager.

 “Your servant Ning Weimo greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

Ji Lianyi: “No need to perform these empty formalities… Medicine, and then go and capture those assassins from the Peacock Gate for me.”

Ning Weimo handed over a white jade porcelain bottle. Before leaving, her eyes stayed for a moment.

Shen Leyan didn’t look directly into Ning Weimo’s eyes, and lowered his head.

Ji Lianyi suddenly supported himself with his hands and straightened his back before saying coldly: “Lord Ning, you don’t have to look at him, he has nothing to do with my attack. And he has the token of Mingchan Pavilion in his hand. Lord Ning should know Master Lu’s temperament.”

Ning Weimo seemed to smile: “Your Highness is overthinking, I just think this child has good qualifications.”

After the other party finished speaking, her figure disappeared out of thin air.

The sound of Haoran Bell also faded away.

Shen Leyan couldn’t figure out the sharpness of the two people’s words for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

 “Don’t you want her to treat your injuries first?”

“If she treated my injuries, I will be worried that she would tamper with my meridians. This bottle of medicine is enough.”

[Your royal family is really complicated. ]

Shen Leyan opened the porcelain bottle and fed it to Ji Lianyi’s lips: “Then eat it.”