Outside Luoyang City.
In the deep night, there was no light at all. Every household had fallen asleep.
However, there was an exception. In a certain courtyard, a man dressed in coarse linen brought a ladder and climbed up the eaves.
The man looked like he was in his late twenties. He had some stubble on his lips and his clothes were patched. He was obviously not rich.
However, this was only the appearance. If Chu Xiao was here, he would be able to recognize that this person was none other than Lei Bin, a first-class expert of the Blackstone Organization.
Lei Bin climbed up to the roof and placed a prototype drying plate on the tiles.
What was drying in the drying plate was not grains, but a variety of noodles, thick or thin, round or flat.
Lei Bin walked carefully on the roof, looking at the plates one by one. He fiddled with them from time to time to make the noodles more evenly arranged.
"We should be able to succeed by tomorrow.”Lei Bin clapped his hands in satisfaction.
Noodles was Lei Bin's favorite, but there were only a few types of noodles on the market, so Lei Bin had to start his own innovation.
He had come up with an ingenious method to dry the noodles like this.
Before this, he had made countless similar plans, but each time, they ended in failure.
Lei Bin stood up with his hands on his waist. Looking at the noodles on the roof, he felt very satisfied.
Actually, being a killer wasn't the life Lei Bin wanted. All he wanted was a wife and kids, a warm bed, and noodles that he could eat every day.
Bang!
Just as Lei Bin was admiring the noodles, an explosion came from afar.
Lei Bin turned around and saw a ball of fire exploding in the night sky.
"Black Rock's summoning signal means that the matter with Drizzle is over? Or is there something urgent?" Lei Bin's face tensed up as many thoughts flashed through his mind.
He sighed. The black stone signal had been sent, so he had no choice but to go.
"Unfortunately, I can't eat these noodles for the time being.”Lei Bin shook his head. He didn't even take the ladder, he used his qinggong and landed in the courtyard.
The roof was at least twenty feet high from the ground, but Lei Bin landed silently like a fallen leaf. It was obvious that he had great lightness skills.
Lei Bin patted his clothes and walked into the main house.
Creak.
The wooden door that had been in disrepair for a long time was pushed open, making a piercing sound that was especially obvious in the night.
The room wasn't big, and the furniture was simple. There weren't many expensive items, which didn't match Lei Bin's identity as an assassin.
However, Lei Bin did it on purpose. On the surface, he was just a poor man who liked to eat noodles. No one would have thought that he was actually the famous Blackstone Assassin.
There was a big bed on one side of the room, which was the most valuable piece of furniture here.
There was a beautiful woman lying on the bed with a small swaddling cloth beside the pillow. It was Lei Bin's wife and child.
Hearing the door open, the beautiful woman slowly opened her eyes and said,"It's so late. Why aren't you sleeping yet?”
The woman's voice was gentle and charming.
Lei Bin walked to the bed, and his eyes were also filled with gentleness. He looked at the woman and said softly,""I need to go out and do something."
"When are you coming back?" the beautiful woman asked.”
"Three to five days if it's fast. Don't worry, it's just some trivial matters.”Lei Bin was afraid that his wife would be worried, so he deliberately said that.
After hearing this, the beautiful woman faintly nodded.
Lei Bin suddenly remembered something and reminded him,""By the way, I hung some noodles on the roof. Remember to bring them back for me tomorrow morning. It won't be good if they get exposed to the sun.”
The beautiful woman found it funny." I've only heard of drying clothes. How can I dry noodles? Where did you get this secret recipe from?”
Lei Bin laughed too." It's definitely going to work this time. I just realized recently that dried noodles won't rot no matter how you cook them. They taste better."”
The beautiful woman nodded and patted the swaddling clothes of the child beside her pillow."I remember. Come back early. The child is still waiting for you to cook noodles.”
"I know." Lei Bin said as he held his wife's hand.
"Your hands are so cold."
Lei Bin looked into his wife's eyes and said solemnly,""Didn't you say you wanted to go back to Changzhou? If everything goes well this time, we'll leave the capital when I come back.
Maybe I'll open a noodle shop in Changzhou and start a small business, okay?”
Hearing this, the beautiful woman was somewhat happy and asked,"Really?"
Lei Bin nodded.
The beautiful woman closed her eyes in satisfaction after receiving the answer. She hugged the child and smiled sweetly.
In the darkness, Lei Bin looked at his wife and child. He hesitated. He wished he could stay here with his family instead of going to the headquarters of Black Rock.
But he had to go.
Lei Bin tucked his wife and child in, stood up, and walked out of the house.
Then, he used Qinggong to go to the roof and lifted a tile on the eaves. There was a secret compartment inside.
There was a small box in the secret compartment.
Lei Bin opened the box and took out the bamboo tube. He pulled the fuse and a ball of fire rose up and exploded in the sky.
After that, Lei Bin activated his qinggong and disappeared into the night without looking back.
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"Watch me show you my unique skill!"
Not far from Luoyang, in a small town that did not have a curfew.
A group of young men in costumes gathered together. One of them was holding a bamboo tube and was demonstrating acrobatics to the others.
"Look carefully. This is a bamboo tube, a bowl, and wine.”The young man held a bamboo tube in one hand and a wine bowl in the other."Look carefully."
As he spoke, he scooped some wine into a bowl and poured it into a bamboo tube.
His companions beside him were all attracted by it. Their gazes were fixed on the bamboo tube, anticipating what trick it was.
However, there was an old man with gray hair at the side of his temples.
There was a plate of peanuts and a bowl of wine in front of the old man. He casually glanced at the young man and turned his head with a tsk, his eyes full of disdain.
The young man did not notice the old man and continued to perform. He shouted,"Go!"”
Then, he turned the bamboo tube upside down. There was not a single drop of wine inside, as if he had not poured any wine into it just now.
Such a trick surprised and confused his companions.
The young man was very satisfied with his companion's reaction. He put down the bamboo tube and said,"Where did the wine go? Watch closely, the next part is the main event.”
Then, he put his hand into the basin filled with wine and shouted in a low voice," Rise!”
In the originally clear wine, ice cubes suddenly appeared, sparkling and translucent.
"Good!"
"Interesting!"
"Amazing!"
This magical scene made everyone click their tongues in wonder and cheer.
The young man chuckled when he was praised. He couldn't help but show off."The Art of Melting Wine into Ice is the latest trick I learned from Arabia. You've finally opened your eyes.”
After saying that, the young man saw that the old man beside him did not have any reaction. He could not help but ask provocatively,"Old Man Lian, seeing that you only care about drinking wine, could it be that you also know how to turn wine into ice?”
Old Man Lian, or Black Rock Killer, and the colorful performer Lian Sheng replied without raising their heads,""I played with it when I was young, but I don't know how to do it now.”
Lian Rope's casual tone made the young man very unhappy. He snorted and asked,"Then why not now?"
"That's right, how can you forget this?" The others also jeered.”
Lian Rope didn't care at all when he was questioned. He continued to say casually,""Because what I know now are all real tricks.”
Upon hearing this, the others all laughed out loud. Clearly, this was not the first time Lian Rope had said this.
"Old Man Lian, you're bragging again!"
"I knew you were going to talk about the Immortal Rope again. Let me tell you, the Immortal Rope is just a legend. There is no such trick in this world.”The young man snorted and said logically.
Lian Sheng completely ignored their words. As the saying goes, summer insects cannot speak of ice.
However, when he picked up the bowl and was about to take a sip of the wine, he saw a ball of fire rising in the night sky reflected by the wine and finally exploding.
Lian Sheng's eyes focused, and he casually put away everything. His entire temperament instantly changed.
A group of people was still clamoring over there, shouting," What about you guys? Have any of you ever seen this magic trick? I told you that Old Man Lian was talking nonsense after drinking too much.”
As he spoke, he saw Lian Rope put down his wine glass and put on the costume on the table.
"Old Man Lian, why are you still wearing your costume at this late hour?"”
Lian Rope smiled faintly and said to everyone,""Didn't you always want to see the Immortal Rope? Today, I'll open your eyes."
As Lian Sheng spoke, he took out a roll of hemp rope and threw it into the air.
"Rise!"
The hemp rope flew high into the sky and actually became straight as if it was hanging in the air.
This scene stunned everyone.
Lian Rope gathered his hands in front of his chest and circulated his internal strength. He gathered a small cloud of smoke and threw it up.
"Scatter!"
The cloud of smoke followed the hemp rope upwards and stopped in mid-air. It neither dispersed nor moved, completely enveloping the other end of the hemp rope.
Lian Sheng grabbed the hemp rope and jumped up like an agile monkey. He looked at everyone and smiled."If you want to go up to the gods, you have to have real ability. Can you guys do it?”
After saying that, Lian Sheng leaped and disappeared into the clouds. The hemp rope also rose up continuously.
Seeing that the hemp rope was about to leave the ground, the young man reacted and grabbed the hemp rope as if he was possessed. He kept shouting," I want to go up too! I want to go on the Immortal Rope too!"
However, just as the young man grabbed the hemp rope, he felt an irresistible force pulling him into the cloud of smoke.
Everyone below was dumbfounded.
Immediately after, the sound of blades and the young man's screams could be heard from the clouds.
Pa da.
In the next moment, limbs fell from the clouds.
The cloud and smoke also dissipated in an instant. Where was Lian Rope's figure? Only a roll of hemp rope fell from the sky.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay. They were all frightened by the scene in front of them. Then, some sharp-eyed people saw that there was something wrong with the cut surface of the limb. They walked over to take a look and realized that it was a prosthetic leg made of straw.
"What is this?"
"Scarecrow? Then where is he?" Everyone was puzzled.
However, they did not realize that the young man was already sitting naked behind them, but he was no longer breathing.
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