NOVEL NEXT Chapter 327: Nocturnal Slaughter
The moonlight shrouded Dragon Sleep River, and in the midst of the river, stood a towering observation tower, twenty meters high.
A young man stood at the top of the tower, silently gazing at the turbulent waters.
The distant lights of ten thousand homes were calm and peaceful.
After a long time, Qingyun sighed softly, releasing his spiritual Qi and perception.
The pure moonlight seemed like countless shades of the night pouring down from the sky.
The terrifying spiritual Qi covered the entire Dragon Sleep River, drifting with the wind and spreading with the water, extending in all directions.
Spiritual Qi passed through the mountains and forests, crossed over the grasslands, and entered the high-rise buildings.
In an instant, a circular area with a radius of over 10 kilometers, centered around Dragon Sleep River, had already gathered in Lin Beichen's mind.
This was not the first time Lin Beichen had done this, handling a vast amount of information was not a troublesome task for him.
Under the cover of night, life in all its forms was on full display.
Countless secrets hidden in people's hearts were fully revealed under the night, and these scenes all gathered in Lin Beichen's mind through spiritual Qi and perception.
Lin Beichen saw Zhongcheng Hall.
Zhao Yixia and Zhao Weinan, one was handling family affairs, while the other silently protected and shared the burden.
In the sentry post at the gate, over a dozen guards were gathered for a barbecue, occasionally drinking too much and laughing loudly.
Zooming out, Lin Beichen saw the tourist hotel outside the manor.
The tourists were chatting with each other, and in front of the sofa by the window, Zhang Xiu'ai was gazing towards the manor, immersed in thought.
In the suite above the hotel, a few men were stealthily spying on the manor.
Countless scenes flashed through Lin Beichen's mind.
He was not intentionally peeping.
Nothing happening within a 20-kilometer radius could escape his perception.
Under the night's lights, Lin Beichen was like a god.
And in his perception, countless lights sparkled in the night sky above Dragon Sleep River.
Each light was a life.
Some lights illuminated the surroundings, while others were dim and flickered in the wind, as if they could be extinguished at any moment.
Among these countless lights, the lights belonging to cultivators were particularly bright.
"The Imperial Capital truly lives up to its name, there are so many cultivators here."
Lin Beichen marveled in his heart.
In his perception, he discovered nearly a hundred cultivators, over half of whom had recently arrived at Dragon Sleep River.
"So, you all are here."
Lin Beichen didn't care about the spies; he was looking for the assassins filled with murderous and resentful auras.
These people, who had made death their constant companion, had a generally colder and heavier aura.
Lin Beichen had given these people a week to gather at Zhongcheng Hall.
During this week, aside from traveling and sightseeing with Zhao Weinan, he was investigating the assassins.
Each time an assassin arrived, Lin Beichen left a mark on them.
At this moment, the closest assassin to him was only about a hundred meters away in a straight line.
Behind the observation tower, hidden in a dense forest, an assassin was lurking.
Woosh!
A gust of wind blew, and Lin Beichen's figure floated into the air. Like a falling meteor, he instantly leaped off the twenty-meter-high tower, landing outside the wooden pathway.
"What's that noise?"
The assassin lying in the dense forest, allowing dew to spritz on his body while restraining his breath, silently observed his surroundings.
At the sound of wind breaking, he abruptly raised his head, only to see a shadow descending from the sky under the full moonlight.
This figure had no external objects but walked step by step on thin air towards him.
The assassin felt an overwhelming pressure, as if a thousand pounds weighed down on him, making it impossible to resist.
With a bang.
Lin Beichen stepped on thin air, lightly tapping his foot, and a surge of spiritual Qi mixed with overwhelming pressure fell on the assassin, crushing his head.
The assassin died instantly.
"That's one down."
Without even a glance at the fallen assassin, Lin Beichen had already soared past the forest, flying to greater heights.
"I never imagined walking on air would feel like this..."
Moving freely in the air, Lin Beichen felt as if he were soaring like an eagle, unrestrained.
The gale howled around him, and the spiritual Qi transformed into wings that supported him, constantly countering gravity, making him appear almost immortal.
This was the first time he freely flew in the air since mastering spiritual Qi.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
Lin Beichen, like a great roc, flitted between tall buildings, with a single flap of his wings taking him hundreds of meters forward.
His figure continuously passed through one high-rise after another, without attracting any attention.
In the deep of night, people were drawn to the ground's neon lights, and few looked up. Even if they noticed the sound of the wind, they would only think it came from an air conditioning unit of a nearby shop.
"Is that Lin Beichen?"
In a five-star hotel.
A middle-aged man with long hair was gazing at the screen.
The pictures on the screen were quite blurry, and the shooter's face was indiscernible.
From the backgrounds alone, the scenes could be identified as a tourist spot in the Jiangnan Water Village.
Two figures moved continuously over the water, colliding occasionally but quickly separating.
Many changes occurred in the picture, but their meaning was unclear.
The long-haired man could only focus intently, thinking hard, analyzing the images, and gradually finding some clues.
The two figures in the picture seemed to be engaged in combat, yet their movements could cause the split of the lake and even freeze water.
Could such changes in the natural environment truly be achieved by humans?
"Damn, the guy who shot this did such a poor job, I can't analyze anything useful from it."
The long-haired man cursed, rubbing his sore eyes forcefully.