18, that person.

"Should we go and take a look?" Xiao Yun asked.
Yuan Xiu and Lu Xiaoyou looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
"Go!"
"I won't go!"
Lu Xiaoyou nibbled on the dried sweet potato and looked eager to try. Upon hearing this, she immediately expressed dissatisfaction, saying, "Why not go?"
Yuan Xiu said seriously, "It must be very dangerous... but, of course, this is not important. The most important thing is that we have a captain over there, so we are not needed."
Lu Xiaoyou had an expressionless face: "You're such a coward."
Yuan Xiu almost wanted to shut himself off.
Hesitating for a moment, he suggested, "We can gather Wuhou and guard the outskirts of Anpingfang to prevent evil cultivators from entering and leaving, to share some pressure for the captain."
Cloud Liang nodded, "I think it'll work."
Yuan Xiu exchanged a glance with him, understanding each other's thoughts.
Lulu didn't say anything. She wrapped up the sweet potato fries on the table and brought them back to her room before saying, "Let's go."
They quickly headed towards Anping Fang and greeted the Wuhou they encountered along the way. Those who had cultivation immediately went to surround the area around Anping Fang, while suspicious individuals were directly apprehended.
"There's a fight inside!"
As soon as they arrived outside the alley, Lu Xiaoyou looked towards the inside with an excited expression.
Actually, from this position, they couldn't see anything, but all three of them could sense a surging wave of spiritual energy enveloping the entire Anping Alley. Just from the intensity of these spiritual energy fluctuations, it was enough to make one's heart race.
"Is this a fight between immortals?!"
Yuan Xiu exclaimed in amazement, once again praising his wise decision.
With his limited cultivation, if he rushed in without thinking, not only would he be unable to help, but he might not even be able to withstand the aftermath of the fight.
Luxiaoyou is pacing anxiously back and forth at the entrance of the neighborhood gate, carrying a knife and appearing eager to rush in and engage in combat, which scares Yuanxiu who quickly tries to persuade her against it.
Around them, many warriors arrive successively, and Tasting Cloud is responsible for arranging their positions, mainly stationed at various neighborhood gates.
"Boom!"
With a sudden loud noise, the wall of the lane was suddenly broken through.
A black figure stumbled out, holding a broken sword in hand, seemingly heavily injured. Two martial arts masters who were closer quickly stepped forward to intercept, but they were knocked down by the opponent with one person and one sword, and swiftly went away.
"Don't run!"
Luo Xiaoyou made a strange shout and chased after them with a knife.
"Even if they are injured, they are still so fierce?!"
Yuan Xiu was shocked. Both of them are martial arts practitioners, and in terms of strength, they are only stronger than him, but they were easily dealt with.
How strong is that man in black?
And how strong is the one who can defeat him?
Watching the back of Lu Xiaoyou closely, he was slightly uneasy. "Cangyun, let's go too!"
Both of them hurriedly lifted their feet and chased after.
What they didn't know was that as soon as they left, there were several figures in Anping Alley, heading in different directions, breaking through.
"Stop!"
Luxiaoyou kept shouting, dragging a huge broadsword in one hand, running fast, his face filled with excitement.
And the black-clothed person ahead, although has a high cultivation level, seems to be seriously injured at the moment and cannot speed up. In addition, there are constantly military commanders appearing to block, so he can only choose various obscure alleys to escape.
In the various lanes of Chang'an in the southeast, which road is Lu Xiaoyou unfamiliar with?
As a result, the distance between the two kept narrowing.
Until a certain moment, the little girl suddenly felt light, stepping on the wall on one side of the alley, her petite body leaped in the air, performing a beautiful spin, and landed directly in front of the black-clothed person, holding a broadsword across her chest, blocking the way.
The black-clothed man suddenly stopped.
At the next moment, Yuan Xiu and Cheng Yun appeared at the other end, blocking the way.
Yuan Xiu crouched slightly, vigilantly looking at the black-clothed man, tightly gripping two yellow talismans in his hand, but there weren't many. He suddenly noticed Cheng Yun beside him, clenching his fists as if facing a great enemy, hesitated for a moment, and then took out another one from his pocket and handed it to him.
"Here you go."
"Luckily, I worked hard in the past and prepared a lot of finished products. Otherwise, I would be at a loss now."
"Even so, I still have some uncertainties."
The situation was temporarily deadlocked.
"Why go to such extremes?"
In the silence, the man in black took the initiative to speak, his voice hoarse, whether due to injury or naturally so.
Although Lu Xiaoyou pursued actively, he had a clear understanding of the strength of both sides and proceeded cautiously. He said coldly, "The duty of the Heavenly Court is to deal with you evil practitioners, of course, we must annihilate you all!"
"Heavenly Court? Evil cultivation?"
The black-clothed person repeated these two terms, then perhaps smiled, but their face was covered, so it was impossible to tell if it was a bitter smile or a mocking one.
They tightened their grip on their broken sword, looking at Lu Xiaoyou. "But you may not necessarily be my opponent."
Luxiaoyou's eyes were burning: "Try it and you will know?"
The black-clothed man sneered and suddenly turned back, directly pouncing towards Yuanxiu and Chengyun!
The two of them were already on high alert. When they saw the black-clothed man pouncing towards them, their tense nerves broke instantly, and they threw a bunch of talismans in their hands!
The talismans fluttered like falling flowers.
They then transformed into various forms, fireballs, ice arrows, wind blades, stone spears... More than twenty talismans exploded and rained down on the man in black!
At the same time, Yuan Xiu's true essence surged madly within his body. It was the first time he had truly faced an evil cultivator since he began cultivating, and the intense nerves made his whole body tense.
The runes in front burst open, like a colorful wall, blocking the path between him and the person in black clothes.
Pa!
The broken sword slashed horizontally, shattering several ice cones. Wherever it passed, the entire "wall" was split into two.
A black-clad figure rushed forward.
It seemed as though an invisible barrier was attached to him, deflecting all fireballs and wind blades that came into contact with this barrier.
Yuan Xiuxin's heart skipped a beat, instantly realizing that the opponent's initial sword was probably just testing the strength of these runes, and then found that it couldn't harm him at all, so he simply ignored it and rushed over directly...
It's quite discouraging.
In the midst of pondering, the black-clothed person was already just three feet away, swinging his broken sword horizontally.
There was no time to escape.
Yuan Xiu didn't know where his courage came from. Suddenly, he crouched down and his right fist rose from his waist, fiercely smashing forward, just like many days before when he practiced with a large blue stone.
Maybe disdainful of the power of this punch, the man in black did not dodge, allowing Yuan Xiu's fist to hit his abdomen, while his sword in hand struck directly at Yuan Xiu's neck.
Puff!
Pa!
Both of them succeeded at the same time, and the man in black suddenly groaned, realizing that Yuan Xiu's weak punch unexpectedly had a tricky force that penetrated his protective barrier and entered his organs, as if a steel needle had pierced straight in.
Not heavily injured, but very painful.
The result for Yuan Xiu wasn't any better either. He was hit on the neck and experienced intense pain, causing him to feel dizzy.
A strange thought suddenly emerged in his mind: Why did the other party use a bat instead of a knife?
Feeling the danger, Tang Yun next to him quickly tried to rush over to save him, but he was kicked down by the black-clad person. In an instant, the figure had already arrived behind Yuan Xiu, and the broken sword blade pressed against his artery.
"This time... cough, cough, we can talk."
The man in black coughed twice, looking tired, and looked at Lu Xiaoyou. "I am very sincere."
Lu Xiaoyou had to stop.
The man in black frowned under his veil, feeling the force in his abdomen dissipating, but still discomforted. He thought to himself that luckily his cultivation far surpassed this kid, otherwise he might have ended up in a predicament. With a cold voice, he said, "Kid, back then in the Glorious Square, I showed you mercy. Why did you attack so ruthlessly?"
The kidnapped Yuan Xiu dared not even breathe a word, and upon hearing this, he hesitated for a moment before blurting out, "Is it you?"
He immediately remembered that when Yu Yi was demonized in Guangyao Alley, there was a black-clad figure who escaped by lightly patting him on the shoulder, forcing him to retreat. This incident had puzzled him for a long time and even raised suspicions from the captain. Little did he expect to encounter him again this time?
"Do you know me? Was it also you who caused the incident in Xiahe Village? Why did you report to the captain's team again?"
Countless doubts surged in Yuan Xiu's mind, and he temporarily forgot about the situation, asking a series of questions in one breath.
The man in black glanced at Lu Xiaoyou and spoke slowly, "You're talking about that small mountain village? That matter has nothing to do with us, but it was us who delivered the message. We were just helping someone else."
Yuan Xiu: "Who?"
The man in black shook his head: "I don't know, all I know is if we don't handle this well, our entire organization may go down, and your life is very important."
Yuan Xiu was suddenly shocked.
Am I really that important?
It seems that the previous owner of this body left behind some messy problems for me to handle.
The person in black looked up at Lu Xiaoyou.
"So, I suggest you let me go, and I'll release this kid too. If this kid dies here, I'm afraid your team won't be able to withstand that person's wrath."
Lù Xiǎo Yōu: "Then you will die too."
The man in black seemed to smile.
"If death is inevitable, I wouldn't mind burying your entire team with me."