Blue Phoenix Chapter 79 – Old Beardy Makes His Move

The bearded assassin used the ten days of rest to understand Hui Yue's movements completely. He even bribed one of the maids to give him a daily account of Hui Yue's activities.

Due to this, the bearded assassin was aware that Hui Yue had met Rong Liang, yet he had no knowledge of what information, if any, he had gained from the City Lord.

Old Beardy did not mind if his background was revealed. In fact, he would be thrilled if that was so, as he enjoyed the hunt more than the end. Currently, Hui Yue was the prey, and the young boy had already entertained him multiple times with his seemingly limitless potential.

First, was when they met, and Hui Yue had managed to react as swiftly as he did, not to mention the fact that he had managed to escape with such crippling injuries, and second, was the following day when he had shown up with no sign of any injury.

Initially, Old Beardy had assumed that a wood affinity cultivator healed his injuries. But after looking through all records, it was easy to see that Hui Yue had not called for any healers, nor were his friends capable of healing him.

The bigger question was, how did a lower dantian cultivator manage to heal himself?

Old Beardy was astonished at the bold move by the young man when he invited his very own assassin into his home to probe for information and learn something about his opponent. But, sadly, now nine days after the housewarming party, Old Beardy was thoroughly disappointed.

In the passing week of truce, Hui Yue had done nothing apart from training within his rear garden. His friends had been there to visit him occasionally, yet nothing apart from hiring some guards to look after the mansion had been done during those meetings.

Hui Yue's lack of activity caused Old Beardy to become disappointed in the young white-haired man. Did Hui Yue really underestimate him, a Master ranked cultivator, so much that he believed mere guards would be able to stop him?

Old Beardy grumbled in dissatisfaction as he started planning his next move. It was evident that the y

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