Long Bai [2]

[Flashback]

A man ran through the darkness in the shadows. Long Bai today had set himself on a personal mission yet again. It was to kill Yang Ding, the patriarch of the Geijing clan. His reasons? Unknown to every soul. Only he knew what made him take on this mission. People call him a lunatic killer who kills without reason just for the sake of the fun. So did he plan to kill Yang Ding just because he found it challenging? Who knows?

His feet made no sound as he disappeared into the darkness and came out again from time as the clan's light shown on him. His face and body was all covered in stark black clothes to help him camouflage in the darkness. He was trying to avoid the lighted areas as much as he could. He didn't want to catch any attention.

But, A guard who was patrolling around the area noticed something moving. He ran towards it but his footsteps weren't as soundless as Long Bai. Long Bai's ears twitched as it caught onto the sound. His eyes narrowed as his lips pressed into a white slash.

*thump* *thump*

The guard's armour made the churning sound as he made an effort to catch up with the Long Bai. That was the most foolish thing he had ever done Long Bai jumped back as he took out his dagger from his sheath. He grabbed hold of the guard's mouth making him unable to shout.

"MHMMM" the guard squeaked but there was no helping him in this. He squirmed to free himself of the man's grasp but to no avail. Long Bai slid his dagger on the guard's neck, it pierced his adam's apple making him cease all his motions and squirmings. Blood trickled down his neck, it was quite thick and died his characteristic blue armour red.

Long Bai tied his neck with a rag to stop the blood flow. He threw the dead body into a sack and threw it to the side where it was mostly unnoticeable because of the darkness of the night. It will be only during the day that the people of Geijing would be able to find out about one of their guard's deaths.

Long Bai sniffed his dagger. It had the smell of blood on it. He frowned.

"I had prepared this, especially for Yang Ding. Now it grew dull." He whispered.

He put the dagger back into the scabbard. Following this he took out a spare one. He had come prepared with everything that he needed, he had been planning for this for days and had prepared anything and everything that he might need to kill the patriarch.

He took out the new dagger off its scabbard and sniffed it.

"Perfect." His lips arched to a smile.

*Swish*

He put it back as he began running again in the direction of where Yang Ding might be.

'He is supposed to be either in his chamber or in his office… still working. Considering his nature, I should check his office first.'

This is why Long Bai had to specially equip himself for Yang Ding. Most of the targets he had killed, were in their sleep. They were lost in their dreamland as Long Bai made them lost forever. Anyone lower than the Ling Unification Realm needs to sleep no matter what, but even those that were in the Ling Unification Realm chose to sleep sometimes as a luxury and something to enjoy from time to time.

But Yang Ding was different; he never fell asleep, never let his guard down. How could Long Bai kill him if he is always alert? Long Bai specializes in killing when his target is defenceless. His martial arts are not as potent as his targets yet they die to him because of this method he uses.

'Today I will kill him!'

This is why Long Bai is scoffed at in the cultivation world. He is considered a coward who cannot fight his opponent in the face and can only sneak on him from behind. But, even though they make fun of him, yet they are somewhat also scared of him in their heart of hearts.

Long Bai took out his tool, a piercing one. He pierced the wall with it as a small hole was made in it. He peeked through the hole. Inside there were documents and books of various types on a table whose chair was empty beside it.

"Strange. Why isn't he here?"

Long Bai was 99% sure that he was supposed to find Yang Ding here, that is why he came prepared, cause he planned to sneak behind him. But alas Yang Ding was not in his office.

"Has he gone somewhere else? According to my information that shouldn't be the case. Should I check his chambers?"

Long Bai took a long leap as he jumped to the roof of his office. He scanned his surroundings as he tried to locate where Yang Ding' chambers were. He found what he was looking for, his lips arching into a smile behind his mask. He disappeared into thin air with a swish as he ran back to the darkness where he came from.

After sneaking and running through the lanes of the Geijinng clan for a while he reached Yang Ding's chambers. He took out a pin from his pouch as tried to unlock the lock outside.

*click*

A light sound which was equivalent to a pin dropping on the floor came from the door as the lock opened. There was pin drop silence around making even such a small sound fairly audible.

"Since it was locked there should be no one around. I will just hide in his chambers and wait for him to make his appearance. Once he comes into his room, he is going to die."

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