But as the man took a couple of steps towards Qin Yi, he suddenly stopped.
He turned his head and looked towards a dark direction.
Almost at the same time, Qin Yi also looked in that direction and said, "Who's there, come out!"
As the two spoke, a figure shrouded entirely in black, its face hidden, emerged from the darkness.
Seeing the other party, Qin Yi turned his gaze back to the curly-haired man and asked, "Are you together?"
The man did not answer, only showing a look of confusion, his eyes appraising the black-clad figure.
After a moment, he also asked, "Who are you?"
Suddenly, Qin Yi understood that the two were not together!
He couldn't help but feel a mix of confusion and helplessness. What was happening tonight? First, the curly-haired man suddenly appeared outside their house, and now a black-clad figure...
Who were these two people, and what did they want?
The black-clad figure did not answer Qin Yi or the curly-haired man. He walked out, and when he was a certain distance from Qin Yi, he suddenly accelerated his pace and charged towards Qin Yi.
In the process, his left hand flashed with white light, and a short blade appeared in his hand, stabbing towards Qin Yi's chest.
His attack was a killing blow, and Qin Yi felt a strong killing intent emanating from him!
Therefore, Qin Yi's expression turned grim. Instead of dodging or retreating, he actively moved forward to meet the attack.
"Qin Yi!!!"
The curly-haired man beside him exclaimed.
He seemed to want to step forward to help Qin Yi.
However, before he could even move, Qin Yi and the black-clad figure clashed, engaging in a fight.
The black-clad figure's attack did not injure Qin Yi.
The curly-haired man stood his ground, no longer moving, watching the two fight!
Since Qin Yi felt that every move of the black-clad figure was aimed at taking his life, Qin Yi showed no mercy and fought with all his might!
After about eight or nine exchanges, Qin Yi disarmed the black-clad figure of his short blade.
Then, Qin Yi plunged the short blade into the black-clad figure's chest.
The black-clad figure's movements abruptly stopped. He stood frozen, looking down at the short blade fully embedded in his chest, with only the hilt showing. He opened his mouth in disbelief, "H-how could this be???"
As he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, motionless!
After he fell, Qin Yi, without any hesitation, squatted down and ripped off the black cloth covering his face.
"Ming Xuanyuan!!!"
With the black cloth removed, Qin Yi clearly saw the other person's face and realized it was Ming Xuanyuan.
The curly-haired man strode over and, upon seeing it was Ming Xuanyuan, his expression became extremely complicated: "Ming Xuanyuan! You actually killed the Third Guardian of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion!!!"
"You know him too?"
Qin Yi glanced back at the curly-haired man and said, spreading his hands, "You just saw it, he came to kill me first. Killing him was all his own doing, he has no one to blame but himself!"
"No, that's not what I meant..." the curly-haired man said, "He wanted your life first, he deserved to die!"
In reality, what he wanted to express was that Ming Xuanyuan was the Third Guardian of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, a powerful figure, and Qin Yi had actually managed to kill him!
Furthermore, he had stood by and watched the entire fight between Qin Yi and Ming Xuanyuan.
In less than ten moves, Qin Yi had defeated and killed Ming Xuanyuan!
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the curly-haired man would never have believed it!
Qin Yi ignored what the curly-haired man was thinking. He took out the corpse-dissolving liquid given to him by Ren Shuman and poured a drop onto Ming Xuanyuan's body.
Hiss, hiss, hiss...
In a short while, Ming Xuanyuan's body completely dissolved and disappeared.
The curly-haired man's eyes widened as he witnessed this scene: "Th-this is..."
Qin Yi still did not answer him. After dissolving Ming Xuanyuan's body, he retorted, "How about it, do you still want to fight me?"
To this, the curly-haired man fell silent for two seconds with a complex expression, then shook his head: "Forget it, no more fighting! You can kill Ming Xuanyuan so easily, I'm afraid I won't be your match if we continue!"
Qin Yi stared at his face and asked with great confusion, "I don't know you, and I have no grievances! Coming here so late at night, what exactly is your purpose?"
Earlier, when Qin Yi had fought with him, from beginning to end, Qin Yi had not felt the slightest trace of killing intent from him.
This was also the fundamental reason why he could still speak to him cordially now!
"My name is Gong Xuan, and I am from the Order Hall!" the curly-haired man said.
Qin Yi exclaimed: "You're from the Order Hall, so what was the meaning of you attacking me just now???"
Could it be that his repeated refusals to join the Order Hall had displeased them, and they had sent someone to teach him a lesson?
"This..."
Gong Xuan said, "I cannot tell you the reason for that!"
"Qin Yi, it's getting late. You should go back and rest. I'll be leaving too. We'll meet again!"
With that, he gave Qin Yi no chance to speak again, turned, and leaped into the darkness, disappearing quickly.
Uh...
Qin Yi was taken aback.
Then, with no other choice, he had to go back.
...
In a hotel in Haicheng.
Xue Qiao'er stood by the window of the room, looking outside. She was not asleep yet, seemingly waiting for something.
Before long, there was a knock on her door, and Xue Qiao'er immediately went to open it.
As the door opened, Gong Xuan walked in from outside.
As soon as Gong Xuan entered, Xue Qiao'er eagerly asked, "Senior Gong, how did you teach Qin Yi a lesson?"
Undoubtedly, Gong Xuan was the person specially sent to Haicheng by Li Changsheng after Xue Qiao'er called Li Changsheng that afternoon, to 'educate' Qin Yi!
Gong Xuan's expression was complicated, and he did not answer immediately.
Seeing this, Xue Qiao'er's heart sank, and she immediately asked, "Senior Gong, you didn't beat Qin Yi into serious injuries, did you???"
"Didn't I tell you before? This time you went, you were just supposed to make Qin Yi suffer a little, let him know that there's always someone better, and temper his arrogance! How could you have severely injured him?"
As Xue Qiao'er spoke, she anxiously started to walk towards the door.
Gong Xuan stopped her and said, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to see Qin Yi!"
Xue Qiao'er said without stopping or turning her head.
Gong Xuan moved swiftly to the door, blocking her path.
"Who told you I severely injured Qin Yi? He's perfectly fine!"
"Then what do you mean by your expression?"
"Qin Yi's strength is such that I simply couldn't teach him a lesson!"
"What???"
Xue Qiao'er could not react immediately and understand the meaning of Gong Xuan's words.
For this reason, Gong Xuan had to say again, "Qin Yi's strength is not inferior to mine, I, I simply couldn't teach him a lesson!"
Upon hearing this, Xue Qiao'er stared at Gong Xuan, frozen in place, unable to speak for a moment!