Liu Rushuang stood on the ground, then spun rapidly like the wind.

In a split-second, the flames all around her body seemed to materialize and attack the blue balls of inner breath.

"Ahhhhh..." endlessly shrieked the assassins in black.

Whilst they were startled, Liu Rushuang waved her right hand and unleashed dozens of fire balls, which sent the assassins crashing down.

However, expert assassins did have something special about them!

The two assassins standing behind Liu Rushuang ignored the fire balls charging at them and gritted their teeth. In just one breath, they hurled over a hundred blue balls at Liu Rushuang.

*Cough cough*

Then, they gloriously took the heavy damage!

There wasn't a single part of their body that was not drenched in blood from their chest wounds.

This was the cost of fighting with everything they had!

By the time Liu Rushuang sensed several hundreds of blue balls of inner breath fly towards her back, she was already hit in two areas.

She turned around and sent all the inner breath balls back.

"Ahhhhhh..." The assassin who just got up was hit back down again.

In the end, Liu Rushuang was the only one left standing.

*Clap! Clap!*

The former clan leader, Ming Ye, clapped several times and praised them. "Truly magnificent!"

Liu Rushuang heard the sound of clapping and grunted coldly. She was careless. The former clan leader must be delighted!

As she looked at the special assassins scattered side to side, then spoke in a clear voice. "I admit defeat. In three days' time, I will head to the deep valley to train for a month."

Ming Ye watched in joy, then flew down from the platform.

Mei Ye glanced at Lin Ye, then flew down too. The clan leader's look of failure must be really interesting.

Lin Ye's clear and limpid eyes locked tightly upon Liu Rushuang, then secretly furrowed his brows and flew down too.

Shuang'Er, you're torturing yourself again.

Liu Rushuang looked at the three people on the sidelines and shot an ice cold squint. "You guys must be really happy that I lost, right? After all, ever since I became the clan leader, none of you have beaten me."

Ming Ye grinned wickedly, as his long hair drifted with the wind. "That's natural. I was clan leader for eight years but never imagined that you would take my seat away. It's been three years, and yet I haven't seen you lose. As the former clan leader, I'm very happy to be able to see you admit defeat again," he said with a cold smirk.

"Milady, I'm not happy at all. I worry about Milady all the time," said Mei Ye sweetly with a charming smile and cute dimples.

Qing'Er shot a disdainful glance. He was really good at fooling other people.

Mo Ye stared at Liu Rushuang's shoulder and waist which bled quite a bit.

He furrowed his brows, then spoke with a warm voice. "Milady, go get that bandaged up first."

Liu Rushuang pulled an insincere smile, then turned around. "You're truly a subordinate don't have to worry about. I will go bandage this first, then dine at the hall later in the afternoon," she cried chillingly.

She shot the same dull glance that she just showed the expert assassins who stood their ground. Quite a few people were severly injured, and so she ordered, "Ming Ye, go tend to your subordinates' wounds!"

Thereafter, they said no more and walked to the far corner of the cliff.

Qing'Er also followed along.

Ming Ye stared at the silhouette of Liu Rushuang's back and smiled softly.

With over a hundred expert assassins up against her, they only managed to actually inflict such a small wound...

How truly disappointing!

Lin Ye led the advanced assassins and Mei Ye led the beginner assassins. They watched as Liu Rushuang opened the gates to the cliff, and disappeared inside. Then, they led their own teams away for training.

Ming Ye looked at the expert assassins with an evil smile, then softly said, "You all disappoint me greatly. Although you won, there were so many of you and yet you all only managed to inflict such a small wound. The person who got a hit on the clan leader, step forward."

...

The two people who were most severely hurt stepped forward; one looked seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other looked thirteen or fourteen years old. They seemed quick-witted and had their own flair about them.

"At your service Clan Master Ming!" They exclaimed together.

A sly glow flashed across Ming Ye's eyes, as he complimented them. "You've both got guts and intuition. You were able to find the precise time to strike and your movements were agile. Not bad!"

"Thank you Clan Master Ming for your praise," replied the two of them respectfully in unison.

"In three days' time, the two of you will go to the deep valley to train with our clan leader," said Ming Ye nonchalantly as if the gruelling training in the deep valley was a breeze.

All of a sudden, the two expert assassins broke out in cold sweat. They'd never entered the deep valley before because training there often cost people their lives. Not many people who entered survived. If they had known this would happen, then they wouldn't have risked their lives to attack the clan leader.

Ultimately, they ended up going anyway!

But here, the stronger fighter's words were an order, so they couldn't disobey. With clenched fists, the two of them replied with little confidence, "Yes, sir!"

Ming Ye smiled softly. In actuality, they're quite fortunate to be able to train with the clan leader.

He looked over at the other expert assassins and said with a dreary voice, "From here on out, double your training!"

The expert assassins instantly revealed a pained expression on their faces. Their everyday training was already really intense, so doubling it would undoubtedly torture them to death.

However, what Ming Ye said next gave them a little hope. "I'll accept ten challengers per day. If you can withstand fifty moves against me, then training will revert back to normal."

When they heard that they had to withstand fifty moves, a glint suddenly appeared in many of the assassins' eyes. However, the next line made their hearts drop to its all time low.

"If you can't survive my fifty moves, then training will be tripled."

The look on the assassins' faces instantly fell again. Triple the training would mean that they would barely get to sleep an hour a day. If that when on, they would definitely die. It looked like they had just one chance to take on the challenge.

Ming Ye glanced at the expert assassins' downtrodden expressions, then smiled wickedly.

Xuewu, next time, I'll definitely severely wound you.

Meanwhile, in the canyon caverns...

Liu Rushuang and Qing'er stepped into the caverns, when two guards walked up to them and kneedled respectfully. "Welcoming the clan leader on your return!"

Liu Rushuang smile. Although she looked poorly and pale white, she forced herself to say, "Rise."

The head of the assassins noticed that Liu Rushuang's entire body had bloodstains, then respectfully asked, "Milady, would you like me to call someone from the infirmary over."

"No thanks," said Liu Rushuang, then continued to walk ahead.

Qing'Er followed behind Liu Rushuang, as they walked past the light muslin, heavily embroidered with Datura flowers and reached a place which was just as glamorous as the Drunken Cloud.

There were glass lanterns all over the ceiling, so it wasn't dim inside at all.

Liu Rushuang stepped inside and grabbed a small blade from the shelf, then handed it to Qing'Er who had only just stepped inside.

Qing'Er knew what to do.

She cut off the bloody fabric to reveal her wounds. Since she was hit internally with cold inner breath, many areas around her wounds were already infected.

Qing'Er bit her lip and tried her best to quickly cut off the rotten flesh.

Liu Rushuang's fists clenched tightly, as small pearls of sweat on her face glistened under the candlelight. Although the plum blosson flower mark in the center of her brows was covered, a faint golden glow was still visible.

After a while, Qing'Er finished slicing off all the rotten flesh. She skillfully grabbed for the best ointment from the shelf, applied it on the surface of the wound, and then wrapped the gauze around her shoulders and waist.