Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 512

Chapter 512: Chapter 509: Just Wishing for a Swift Death_1

Bai Qingyan, who had removed the iron sandbags from her body, felt as light as a swallow. She pushed Bai Jinzhi aside, her eyes deep and solemn. She didn’t avoid the sudden blade, and with her longsword drawn, its cold light flashed. In an instant, blood sprayed, and the person’s head rolled down the slope, face twisted and eyes bulging.

Shen Yanzong had been prepared, but he hadn’t expected the Xiliang assassins to move so fast. As soon as the Xiliang assassin made a move, the Shen family guards immediately drew their swords.

"Eldest Young Lady, step back!" Bai Jinzhi swiftly drew her sword to protect Bai Qingyan.

The scent of blood permeated the moonlit forest. A thin cloud slowly covered the bright moon, and the surrounding light and sounds gradually faded, leaving everything in silence.

The lead assassin looked at his bloodstained longsword dripping with blood and saw Bai Qingyan, with a calm and murderous gaze, quickly protected by Bai Jinzhi and the guards. Even someone slow-witted would sense that Bai Qingyan was prepared for them. Today, Bai Qingyan had exposed herself merely to set a trap for them.

The lead assassin was terrified and knew it was bad. However, since they had been discovered and reached this point, fleeing without completing the task meant death, while completing the task meant a chance for the others to live.

Resolute, the lead Xiliang assassin whistled and engaged with the Shen family guards.

There were sounds of blades clashing everywhere, and the shadows of swords flickered all around.

Bai Jinzhi held her longsword, keeping Bai Qingyan behind her. Soon, all the assassins mixed in with the team capturing the mountain bandits returned, and the Bai family guards rushed up.

Bai Jinzhi protected Bai Qingyan, retreating constantly. Bai Qingyan placed a hand on Bai Jinzhi’s shoulder and said calmly and steadily into her ear, "It’s okay, don’t be afraid. You can protect Eldest Young Lady."

Yes, Bai Jinzhi was afraid—not of getting hurt or dying, but of failing to protect her eldest sister.

Standing side by side with her sister again, facing the battle, she couldn’t help but think of the night at Qiushan Pass when she saved her ninth brother Bai Qingyun. If it weren’t for Xiao Ruojiang protecting her, she would have already been beheaded.

She also remembered Huoshen Mountain. If her eldest sister hadn’t arrived in time, she feared she would have perished in the flames.

"Eldest Young Lady!" The Bai family guard shouted, throwing Bai Qingyan’s Sun-shooting Bow to her.

Bai Qingyan caught it, grabbed arrows from the quiver on Bai Jinzhi’s back, and nocked one to the bowstring.

Shen Yanzong, who was entangled with a Xiliang assassin, felt the cold arrow whistling past his ear. He saw only a blur before hot blood sprayed over his face. The Xiliang assassin in front of him, who had raised a knife, had his neck penetrated by the arrow, which nearly passed through a tree. The arrow’s trembling sounded right beside his ear.

Knowing the power of Bai Qingyan’s Sun-shooting Bow was one thing; seeing it in person was another. Shen Yanzong was shocked.

Before Shen Yanzong could react, more arrows whistled past from behind. Every arrow hit its mark, taking lives without fail.

The Shen family guards, hearing arrows whizzing by, were all anxious. The Bai family guards fought fiercely, not worried at all that their Eldest Young Lady’s arrows might hit them.

The Xiliang assassin leader, seeing Bai Qingyan’s position, took a blade to his chest from a Bai family guard and threw a hidden weapon at Bai Qingyan, shouting, "Retreat!"