Chapter 5: The Assassins
The orange light of the street lamps illuminates the whole street, the lights in the shops and residential areas are all turned off, and very few people are still active in the streets at such a late hour, bats squeak from the eaves, warblers fall from the sky to catch mice running on the ground, and insects chirp in the green belt. A horse-drawn carriage sped by, bringing silence to the noisy night again.
The carriage stopped after a certain distance, and the coachman whipped to show that he had reached his destination, but Mo Ran sat on the car and did not move, a whistling wind made him feel a strong murderous aura, and the dust flying with the wind covered the road in front of him, the coachman hurriedly covered his eyes with his sleeves, and Mo Ran ignored the drunk Yu Caiyi who was sitting next to him, he stared intently ahead, but his hand was holding the short staff in his pocket.
Whew...... There was a sound of gongs, and a man holding a lantern and wearing a lily coat appeared from the dust and mist, shouting loudly: "The weather is dry, be careful of diseases, lock the doors and windows to avoid infection!" He walked to the carriage and repeated the slogan with a smile, and reminded Mo Ran, "This lord, it's best to go home as soon as possible late at night, the black spot disease has been very bad recently, you have to be careful." β
"Go and don't get in my way. The driver waved his hand to drive the watchman away, and he found a bright light flashing on the watchman's waist, "Suspicious, what is this?"
Seeing this, the watchman immediately threw off his clothes, drew his sword out of the sheath and cut off the horse rope that tied the car, the horse was frightened and neighed and galloped away, the coachman was even more frightened and hurried to flee for his life, shouting and killing while running, and the watchman did not chase it, his target was the two people in the car, only to see the whole carriage split into two halves from the middle, Mo Ran pushed Yu Caiyi to not let the sword qi hurt him, the sound of the wreckage of the carriage falling shocked Yu Caiyi's drunkenness turned into a cold sweat, he quickly hid at the corner of the street and hid, nervously watching Mo Ran fight with the people who attacked themγ
Mo Ran just dodged left and right, that person could hardly hurt him in the slightest, this assassin was a young man in his twenties, judging from the rhythm of swordsmanship, he was just an ordinary sword spell master of the physical attack system, the assassin's swordsmanship was mediocre, but his courage was good, he dared to assassinate himself, could it be that someone behind him? Thinking of this, Mo Ran began to make a counterattack, he waved his short staff and tapped it at the air, chanting two hurricane spells, and suddenly two tornadoes blew towards the assassin from his side.
The man hurriedly chanted the fireball spell defense of the wind attribute spell, under the strong wind, two huge flames blew towards Mo Ran, and the man picked up his sword and rushed towards Mo Ran, shouting and slashing at his head, just a few inches from Mo Ran's forehead, the man's movements stopped, and then his sword fell to the ground, his hands and feet trembled, and he immediately fell to his knees, and the flames disappeared into invisibility.
It turned out that when the man raised his sword to attack, Mo Ran secretly cast the paralyzing spell of the time attribute and accurately hit the other party, making the person lose his combat effectiveness.
Seeing that the assassination failed, the man couldn't help but spit on the ground and said: "Mo Ran, you despicable and shameless person actually want to slaughter the entire West Street, today I can't eliminate the harm for the people, so I'll let you deal with it." β
Mo Ran walked around the man and sneered, "It turns out that the person who eavesdropped on my conversation with the patriarch in the Falling Star Tower is you!"
"Well, hurry up, or I'll make your plot public. β
"Dare to assassinate the High Priest of the Island, boy, your courage is indeed good. Mo Ran squatted down and looked at the man, "Where have you seen your swordsmanship, tell me quickly, who is the person who taught you swordsmanship?"
"I am the eldest disciple of Tong Yanfang, the apprentice of your current position. β
"Oh, it's him. Mo Ran sneered, "It's been a long time since I've seen your master, and it's thanks to his care that I have today's status, by the way, is his old man okay now?"
"Mo Ran, you are not qualified to inquire about my master, you and the dean beside you. Yan Yanfang glared at Yu Caiyi, and at this moment he walked out from the corner of the street, "I know what you plan to do next." β
Mo Ran asked rhetorically, "Then do you know that what we have to do is actually just for the people of the island?"
"Yan Yanfang, the matter is much more serious than you think, and I did not agree with the priest's approach before. She Caiyi answered, "I should blame myself for my incompetence, the research on the special drug for black spot disease has encountered a bottleneck." You have to understand that it is difficult to succeed in the development of new drugs in less than a year and a half, and judging from the current speed of the spread of the virus, Mo Ran's proposal is the only way. β
"How can you, who is a doctor who saves lives, treat life as if it were a mustard? I don't care if your methods work or not, I will stop you. β
"You...... I said, why don't you understand?"
Seeing that Yan Yanfang didn't listen to his advice, Yu Caiyi was so anxious that he pointed at him with a trembling finger, and Mo Ran persuaded: "Forget it, it's useless to explain so much to him, our plan can't be easily leaked out, for the sake of the people, bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable." β
With that, Mo Yan aimed his short staff at Yan Yanfang's forehead, and wanted to chant the Death Blade Curse, once the spell was cast, the person who was hit by the spell would feel an invisible blade pass through his heart, and he would die silently.
When Yan Yanfang closed his eyes and wanted to accept death, a white light shot directly at Mo Ran, which surprised him, Mo Ran quickly picked up the short staff and chanted the abyss spell to block this light spell, he looked at the spell caster, and recognized the old man who was walking with a magic staff, he was the former high priest of the island.
"Long time no see, Mo Ran, oh no, Your Excellency the High Priest. He turned to She Caiyi, "And you, Lord Dean, the new drug research is going well." β
Mo Ran sneered, "Yes, we haven't seen each other for five years, Mentor Tong. β
"Since you still recognize me as a mentor, don't do everything so desperately, how about letting my apprentice go?"
Seeing that he was so polite to himself, although Mo Ran's face did not change, his heart was surging, he was taught by this person, but Mo Ran hated his incompetence and weakness, with his own power, he would definitely make Ji Dao stronger, and he would never be controlled by others politically.
"It's this kid who doesn't listen to us, and he wants to assassinate me, for the sake of the people. Mo Ran turned to Yan Yanfang and said, "But for the sake of the mentor's face, I can spare you, if you are still obsessed, I will send you to the Qidao Police Station, do you hear?"
After saying that, Mo Ran chanted the spell solution to unravel the paralysis spell for Tong Yanfang, and a gray light shot from his short staff to Tong Yanfang, and in an instant, Yan Yanfang found that his hands and feet could move, so he picked up the sword and stood beside him without looking back.
"I don't think your plan is a good deed, and of course the apostle is wrong. "His eyes are smiling, but there is no smile in his mouth, "Mr. High Priest, I would like to advise you below, 'Those who do injustice will be rejected by the way of heaven.'" ββ
Tong Yi said goodbye and left with Tong Yanfang, while Mo Ran and Yu Caiyi went on the opposite path.
"Just let them go?"
"You can rest assured that our plans won't be disrupted by their presence. Mo Ran waved his hand to stop Yu Caiyi, he looked at the wreckage of the carriage and said to himself, "Comet, soon you will find that only I am right." β
The light of the white and yellow stars shines through the black clouds, the bamboo leaves rustle in the breeze, the nocturnal cat-like demon beast looks for prey in the forest with a pair of red eyes, and the howl of the bladed wolf beast can be heard from the depths of the valley...... Due to the purple mist pollution, a bamboo forest on the outskirts of the island alone is full of demonic beasts, which is a very dangerous place for travelers, but the more dangerous the place, the safer it is, because your enemies are also afraid of danger, so Tong Yi understood that the Qingsu bamboo forest was their best hiding place, and after making sure that Mo Ran did not send a pursuer, he found a clearing and let the tired apprentice sit down.
Tong Yan patted Yan Yanfang's shoulder and said, "Apprentice, your actions today are too impulsive, if you hadn't arrived early for the teacher, I'm afraid your life would be lost." β
"Master's lesson is that I was reckless. "Tong Yanfang took the next Rejuvenation Pill to restore his spiritual power," I overheard Mo Ran's plan at that time, and in order to prevent him from attacking the people of West Street, I had to make this decision. β
"It's good to think about the people, but we don't have any evidence that Mo Ran wants to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, and if we act rashly, we will be led by him, saying that we want to destroy the entire island. β
Now that even the patriarch is being blackmailed by him, and Mo Ran threatens the patriarch to sacrifice his daughter as a human sacrifice to appease the god's anger against the island. Yan Yanfang stood up with an anxious expression, "The rumor that the patriarch's daughter is an ominous person is simply a cover, but the people just believe in this groundless fallacy and are at the mercy of Mo Yan. β
Unexpectedly, Tong Comet said very seriously: "No, the rumors are true, it is true that the white bird brought the black spot plague to the island, and it is also true that Shen Fangli is an ominous person." β
"Master, why does it even think so from you?"
Yan Yanfang nodded while listening, and finally exclaimed, and he quickly asked him to lower his voice, so he whispered: "Fateful love, ignorant love and love of love, what do these three relationships have to do with this girl?"
Tong Yan asked Yan Fang to bring his ears closer, and then whispered: "This is a big prophecy, I didn't tell Shen Fangli the full text of the prophecy after I finished divining it, if you want me to tell you, you must promise never to reveal this heavenly secret to anyone, understand?"
Seeing that Yan Yanfang nodded, Tong Yan lowered his voice even lower, and he continued: "Shen Fangli's three romances will completely change the future of the Walken Islands Wai clan and even the entire world. β
After calming down from the shock, Tong Yan said to Tong Yanfang with a solemn expression: "Tong Yanfang, listen to the order!"
"Master, the disciple is here!"
"I give you one last and most difficult task. She is responsible for the future of our entire Wei clan, and we can't give up our righteous path just because she is an ominous person." β
"The disciple understands. As soon as Yan Yanfang put away his saluting hand, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "There is one thing I still don't understand, what is the relationship between this Mo Ran and the master before?"
The wind stopped, the bamboo forest returned to silence, and he looked into the distance and pondered for a moment, and said, "He is the first apprentice I accepted, but it was because of me that he went down the evil path. β
With that, he walked in the direction of the city with his staff.