Chapter 248: My Gu Yue Qin Is Thirsty

ith this explanation, Su Ziyue's heart finally settled, and she had no doubts.It's also true, Ying'er has been out for over a month now, she must be missing her father deeply.Su Qingying smiled playfu..."Rongfei, how many days have we been here" After eating a candied fruit, Su Qingying's tightly furrowed brows relaxed quite a bit.

Because she had been listless these past few days, she had no idea how long she had been staying there.

"It should be three days now," Xuanyuan Rongfei said casually, after putting away the medicinal herbs.

"Three days have passed... I can't believe it's been so many days." Su Qingying lowered her eyebrows and murmured softly.

Seeing her face clouded with melancholy, Xuan Yuan Rong Fei's heart ached for her. She walked over and gently grasped her hand, speaking earnestly, "Master, your body is still too weak to bear the strain of travel. First, focus on recuperating your health. Let's not dwell on other matters for now, alright"

"Feng, Ari, have they found out who was trying to assassinate us What are their identities" Su Qingying seemed to not hear her words and asked on her own.

Seeing this, Xuan Yuan Rong Fei felt both helpless and heartbroken. There was no other way, she could only say: "I don't know. These days I always feel that Jing Hong and Shi Gong have been strange. They keep saying things I don't understand. It seems they already guessed who the assassin is."

"Based on this, my guess must be pretty accurate." Su Qingying squeezed her eyes shut, a chill of murderous intent almost bursting out of her chest.

As expected, it's you, Emperor Beiling!

"Huh Master, do you know who's trying to assassinate us" Xuan Yuan Rongfei looked at her in bewilderment.

“I was just suspicious before, but now that you say this, the mastermind behind all of this is probably not far off.” Reopening her eyes, Su Qingying’s pale face resembled frost, with an eerie and chilling aura surrounding her, extremely cold. “For forcing Xi'er to such a fate, I will definitely seek revenge!”

Suddenly, as if she had suddenly realized something, Su Qingying's bloodthirsty gaze shot coldly towards the window, her face changing drastically, "Rong Fei! Where are Ari and Shangguan Saobao"

"They're just downstairs at the inn, what's wrong" Xuan Yuan Rong Fei immediately looked worried, not knowing why she suddenly seemed so agitated.

"Our inn is surrounded! There are quite a few of them, but by the sound of it, they're most likely the same group of assassins who ambushed us before." Su Qingying didn't dare to slack off. She quickly got up and put on her shoes, snatching a cloak from behind the screen and wrapping it around herself. Her three thousand strands of ink hair were tied into a high ponytail with a silk ribbon in a swift and decisive manner.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuan Rong Fei was both shocked and enraged. She suddenly drew out the long whip from her waist, her fighting spirit surging, "What! This is too arrogant! Damn it, who keeps trying to kill us!"

"No, perhaps the person he wants to kill isn't us." With a flash of her eyes, Su Qingying's elegant phoenix eyes narrowed with a hint of mockery. "Let's not dwell on it, we should go help Ari and the others."

She held the ancient Yueqin tightly in her arms and went downstairs with Xuanyuan Rongfei.

"Ying'er, your body hasn't fully recovered yet, how did you come down" Seeing a stunning girl in purple walk down gracefully with a guqin in her arms, Jun Liye narrowed his eyes and immediately walked towards her.

With a cold snort, Su Qingying's phoenix eyes blazed with battle intent. The pale face that had previously been lifeless now held a hint of vitality. "Hmph, they're almost at our doorstep, shouldn't I fight back I, Su Qingying, can't swallow this feeling of being humiliated!"

They were skilled martial artists, she didn't believe they hadn't noticed the assassins outside the inn at all.

Upon hearing this, Jun Liye suddenly felt helpless. He knew he couldn't hide it from her anymore.

Seeing her regain her vitality, Jun Liye couldn't bear to refuse her request. He reached out and gently tucked a strand of hair from behind her ear. He said indulgently, "Alright, you can try if you really want to, but remember, you mustn't hurt yourself. And you must stay within three meters of me at all times."

"Mm." This time, Su Qingying was very well-behaved and obediently nodded her head.

She knew how bad her body was now, she couldn't afford to be reckless.

Her ears twitched, Shangguan Jinghong gave them a look and said in a low voice, "They're here! Be careful!"

Just in time! My Gu Yue Qin has been famished for a while now!" A cold glint flashed in her eyes, Su Qingying hugged the Gu Yue Qin and flew out.

"Ying'er!" Jun Liye wasn't at ease leaving her alone, so he hurriedly drew his sword and chased after her.

This little girl, just now promised to listen to him, and now she has completely forgotten!

Su Qingying, Jun Liye, and the other two ran out of the inn one after another. As soon as they raised their heads, they were surrounded by black-clad assassins with eyes full of murderous intent. Judging by the number, there must be at least three or four thousand people!

“Everyone, retreat! Archers, prepare!” After witnessing Su Qingying's strange ancient zither, this group of black-clad assassins had learned their lesson well. They retreated to safe positions one after another, drawing their bows and nocking arrows. The thousands of black arrowheads were enough to make one's scalp tingle.

"It seems they won't let us go unless they see us dead. Be careful, the arrows are poisoned." Su Qingying's slender fingers danced lightly across the strings, causing them to vibrate incessantly. She raised her eyebrows with a smile that was both alluring and terrifying, a chillingly beautiful expression that spoke of bloodlust.

"Hmm." She replied with a soft sound, and Shangguan Jinghong and the others drew their weapons, ready to strike.

"Fire!" The leader of the black-clad assassins barked, and instantly, countless arrows tore through the air, coming with deadly force!

"Don't spread out too much, all gather closer, they plan to take us down one by one." Holding the ancient moon qin across her chest, Su Qingying skillfully plucked the strings, sending sound waves that continuously shattered and deflected their arrows.

"I feel like they're focusing their attacks on Master." Back to back with the others, Xuanyuan Rongfei strained as she wielded her long whip, deflecting the barrage of arrows.

“It’s not like it seems, it’s literally true!” Su Qingying faintly hooked the corner of her mouth, and a chilling murderous intent arose in her dark phoenix eyes, mockingly said, “Looks like they have seen the power of Gu Yueqin, planning to concentrate their firepower and eliminate me first. Their vision is not bad.”

"Dare to target this king's woman, seek death!" Jun Liye had obviously noticed this phenomenon as well. His brows furrowed, and a terrifying aura suddenly surged upwards.

At this, Su Qingying's heart skipped a beat.

This idiot, he wouldn't be using internal energy, would he!

“Ari, don’t be reckless. Be careful not to trigger an outburst of toxins within you. However, just a few arrows are nothing I can’t handle.” With a sweep of her brow, Su Qingying coldly stopped him, her pretty face bearing a warning.

Jun Liye looked at her, but said nothing. His eyes flickered slightly, and he quietly withdrew the internal force that had almost surged out.

Everyone joined forces to resist the arrows for a long time, their physical strength gradually depleted. They were no longer as steady and calm as before, showing signs of exhaustion. However, the opponent's arrows seemed endless, showing no sign of weakening!

Shangguan Jinghong panted slightly and said, "This won't do! If they keep firing arrows like this endlessly, I'm afraid we won't even have the energy to fight them before our strength is depleted. This isn't going to work!" bed, his heart clenched."The situation isn't very optimistic. Several imperial physicians examined Father Emperor's pulse together, and they all found the same thing as I did: his pulse was steady an...