Guan Xi Lin suppressed his voice and said: "There are people watching us outside the house and I noticed it when I went out earlier."


    Hearing those words, Feng Jiu paused a moment and then said: "You and Leng Shuang just be your usual selves and go out when you need to. One more thing, ask Mother Qing and the other maids out front to stay in their rooms after dark and are not toe out no matter what they hear outside."


    "Mm. I will go ry the instructions now. You be careful yourself as well." Guan Xi Lin reminded a little worriedly.


    "I know."


    Feng Jiu replied as she nodded with a smile, rather curious whose eye had they attracted this time? Afterall, ever since the Xu Family had been annihted, the various powers within the Cloudy Moon City had all been generally peaceful and they had all abided by thews, without anyone stirring up trouble.


    Although she didn’t know who was behind it, but she was certain she would soon find out.


    It was night and the manor was quiet and still. The maids in the front yard had all already retreated back to their rooms and locked their doors and windows to go to sleep.


    In the back of the manor, Feng Jiu struck her grandfather’s sleep acupoint and went to sit down outside in the courtyard to y a round of chess with Guan Xi Lin while Leng Shuang remained behind to stand guard inside the room.


    Maybe they had felt that the people in the manor were not people they needed to fear and when eight shadowy figures infiltrated the ce, the went straight towards the back where the courtyard of the owner of the house would be. Once they got there, they leapt up onto the perimeter wall and saw the two people ying against each other in a chess game.


    "Kill off the man and bring the woman back!"


    The leader of the ck robed men ordered in a sinister voice and the moment his voice fell, several figures shed from the shadows as they pulled out their swords to charge at the two people within the courtyard.


    Hearing the words spoken by the leader of the ck robed men, Guan Xi Lin and Feng Jiu discreetly exchanged a quick nce as Feng Jiu whispered something under her face veil and then stood up in a panicked fluster.


    "Eek! Big Brother!"


    She screamed out in fright and hid behind Guan Xi Lin.


    "Don’t be afraid Sister, I’ll protect you!"


    "HARK!"


    Guan Xi Lin shouted sharply, his fists imbued with all his power as he struck at the two ck robed men charging towards him. Two loud bone crunching ’bams’ rang through the air and the two ck robed men who charged at him were sent flying out, to finally crash into the corner of a wall when they stopped breathing without even uttering a single sound.


    Seeing that Guan Xi Lin had dealt with two ck robed men with just one strike, Feng Jiu with her veil across her face could not help but feel a corner of her mouth begin to twitch.


    She had specifically told him to retain a bit of his power but he had struck with his full strength instead. With the kind of power he possessed now, a punch with all his might was not something that just anyone was able to withstand.


    Guan Xi Lin had shouted out as he shielded Feng Jiu behind him while he took on the ck robed men, but he still had not forgotten the n the two of them had agreed upon. When he saw a ck robed man with a sword in hand charging in, he pushed Feng Jiu to the side and with a mighty leap, he instantly appeared behind the two men and two punches shed in quick session. This time, hepletely broke the bones in the necks of the two ck robed man.


    "Argh!"


    Mournful wails rang out and another two ck robed men fell to the ground quickly.


    Watching that scene unfold, the face on the leader of the ck robed men turned an ugly colour. His malevolent gaze fixed upon Feng Jiu and the next moment, he leapt up in the air over Guan Xi Lin and shot towards Feng Jiu to capture her.


    From what he had seen, that man was too powerful and he shouldn’t sh with him head on. But the girl was a different matter altogether as he did not detect the slightest ripple of mystical power upon the her body which showed that she was just an ordinarymoner. Since the Master’s orders were to capture her, he would then just bring her back toplete the mission!


    "Eek! Big Brother! Save me!"


    Feng Jiu screamed out in a panic as she felt a pair of hands sped around her neck. The next instant, her entire person was lifted up in a high leap flying outside.


    As the ck robed man was at her back, he failed to see the glint of glee that shed briefly within her eyes.....