After knowing 

who these people were, 

I felt somewhat panicked. Any one of them could beat me. I told myself

 that 

no matter what, I had to stick to Chuyi!

After 

we ate our

 meal, we went to the market area one more time. There were more sellers now. However, we couldn’t find the mermaid’s 

tears

. 

Feeling h

elpless, we returned to the inn. 

It was a bad coincidence that the people from the Longquan Villa also stayed in this inn. I wondered if they had done that on purpose. 

When we walked through the door, the four of them were going out. The two parties met again. Invisible sparks of hatred were sent into the air one more time. 

Chuyi didn’t bat an eye 

at

 their malicious faces. He pushed the one in his way aside and went upstairs. 

I was curious. Those people were as strong as Chuyi, or even stronger, 

so

 why 

didn't they

 dare to

 fight

 against us? Anyway, it wasn’t the right time to ask. I hurriedly walked behind Chuyi. When I walked past Ryuzawa Ichiro, he purposely nudged me. I lost balance and almost tumbled. 

Before I could 

lose my temper

, Chuyi called, “Jiulin, you can’t bite the dog that has bitten you, right?” 

“Haha

. O

f course, I can’t.” 

I laughed

 and rolled 

my eyes at 

Ryuzawa

 Ichiro. The 

man

 blushed

 and balled 

his fists together. I 

ignored

 him

. I 

steadied myself and 

continued

 to walk up the stairs.

Suddenly, Zen Master 

Baimei

let out an “Ouch” 

behind me. When I turned around, I saw him on the ground. One-armed Dragon and Yin Yang Tiger smirked nearby. 

“Zen Master 

Baimei

, are you all right?” 

I hurriedly pulled him up, then turned

 and shouted 

at the other four. “You 

jerks

, do you want to fight?” 

“Hey, that old monk tripped by himself. Why 

are

 you 

blaming it on us

?” 

One-armed Dragon smiled coldly

 and patted 

Zen Master 

Baimei

’s face. “Hey old man, you

better watch your way. I’m 

in a

 good 

mood

, so I don’t want to talk about 

how

 you’ve interfered with my business. You’re lucky, you know.” 

They all laughed haughtil

y before leaving

. I couldn’t stand them anymore

 and drew out 

the Emei 

Piercer

. Zen Master 

Baimei

 held my arm

 and said calmly

, “Young 

Benefactor

, if you get mad now, it 

won’t be

 different from admitting that they’ve successfully humiliated me.” 

“Damn it!” I spat with a dark face. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 was right. The others had done that to provoke us. I knew that we shouldn’t have 

a

 dispute with them now. 

However,

 I was so aggrieved 

to see them

 humiliat

e

 Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

After we 

went

 into our rooms, Chuyi looked at me

. He said in a serious 

voice

,

 “If you don’t feel comfortable, read the Sacred Text of Daoism as many times as 

you need

. You shouldn’t let them enrage you.” 

Then, he left with his sword. I didn’t go with him. As I knew 

that the

 Longquan Villa’s people wouldn’t come to my room directly, I l

aid

 on the bed and studied the

Invisible Needle. 

Since that fraudulent middle-aged man had used the needle before, it 

had

 his blood on it. I had to 

drop

more of my blood

 to force his blood out. 

Then, I tried to control the Invisible Needle to suspend it vertically with my 

thoughts

. Indeed, the needle turned vertical! 

After that

, I tried to make the needle perform some simple tasks. After 

I became

 familiar with the tempo, I closed the door and used my thoughts to control the needle to move into the keyhole. 

Surprisingly, I found that while the Invisible Needle was moving inside the keyhole, I was able to see the inner structure of the keyhole. I controlled the needle

 and moved it 

for a while. Then, with a short crackle, the lock was picked! 

“Haha, I

’ve 

got a great treasure this time!” 

I laughed happily. I thought that I could work as a lock picker. I 

could just

pick

 up calls

 from people who needed help 

and stay at home while opening locks by 

only using

 my 

thoughts

… 

Then, I tried to 

stab

 the needle into the wall. At first, I focused on manipulating the needle. 

Unfortunately,

 I failed a few times. When the Invisible Needle came near the wall, it just fell. I felt a little distressed. 

On

 the last attempt, the needle pierced into the wall. 

I was surprised and 

soon

 got it. I shouldn’t focus too much on controlling the needle if I wanted to use it as a weapon. Relaxing my mind while controlling it would give me a better result. 

I used this method to try a few more times. Indeed, controlling the needle with a relaxed mind 

made

 the needle move faster and with more force. Shortly after, I 

was able to

 make a lot of tiny holes 

i

n the wall between my room and Zen Master 

Baimei

’s room. 

As t

he needle had stabbed into the wall many times at the same spot, I

’d

made

 a hole as big as a finger

.

I fetched a band-aid from my bag to cover the hole. But then, I 

became

 curious and wanted to peep 

into

 Zen Master 

Baimei’s room

. I 

went

 and looked through the hole. Zen Master 

Baimei

 was sleeping. 

Right w

hen I was about to leave the hole, his window gently opened

, without making

 a sound. 

All t

he windows in this inn were old-fashioned. Whenever someone opened the door or the window, there would be many squeaking sounds. But this time, it moved 

without a sound

. My heart rose to my throat. 

It 

had to

 be a hotshot who could control his force well. Ryuzawa Ichiro’s image popped 

into

 my mind all of a sudden! 

Indeed, when the window finally opened, a masked man jumped in. Although 

the distance from the window to the floor was less than 

two meter

s

, the man gently rolled a few times in midair before landing with both hands on the ground. His move

ments 

were agile and fast. It was the typical Japanese ninjutsu! 

I had never imagined that they would ambush us. I wanted to wake up Zen Master 

Baimei

, but then, I remembered my Invisible Needle. Ryuzawa Ichiro happened to be a nice target to practice on. 

After landing, Ryuzawa Ichiro didn’t take action immediately. He carefully observed Zen Master 

Baimei

. I took this chance and controlled the Invisible Needle with my 

thoughts

.

I just wanted to give him a lesson, so I made the needle aim at his ear. 

Unexpectedly, Zen Master 

Baimei

 suddenly shifted on his bed. Instinctively, Ryuzawa Ichiro turned to run away, which revealed his nape. The Invisible Needle immediately stabbed him right in his nape! 

I heard his bone 

break

 with a crisp noise. Ryuzawa Ichiro fell 

to

 the ground. He tried to get up with the help 

of

 both of his hands as he wanted to turn and see what had ambushed him. But he couldn’t do anything. In the end, he slumped on the ground like a mass of cotton. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 was awoken by Ryuzawa Ichiro’s move. He got up and saw the open window and Ryuzawa Ichiro on the ground. 

The 

monk helplessly put his palms together in front of his chest. “Merciful Buddha.”

I rushed to Zen Master 

Baimei

’s room and turned Ryuzawa Ichiro 

around. He

 was unconscious. I tried to pull him up. However, when 

I pulled him

, his neck tilted to one side. 

“What’s wrong?”

I opened my eyes wide

 and tried 

to adjust his head a few more times. However, no matter what I 

did

, his head tilted to one side

. It was 

as though his neck was broken. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 came

 and checked 

Ryuzawa Ichiro’s neck. Then, he gasped

 in disbelief.

 “How did 

that

 happen?” 

Ryuzawa Ichiro’s cervical spine was broken by the Invisible Needle! 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 and I couldn’t figure out how 

this 

happene

d

. We became vigilant as we were afraid that the others from the Longquan Villa would come soon. 

Fortunately, Chuyi returned shortly after. Seeing Ryuzawa Ichiro on the bed, he frowned. Before I could explain, he came to check the man. Soon, he 

realized

 that Ryuzawa Ichiro’s

 cervical

 spine was broken. His face turned dark

. He 

coldly 

glared

 at me. “Didn’t I tell you not to attack them? What happened?” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 wouldn’t act impulsively. That

 was

 why Chuyi 

immediately

 concluded it was me. I knew the dispute between us and that the Longquan Villa would rocket after this. I carefully explained what happened to him. 

Chuyi’s face turned better. He checked 

Ryuzawa

 Ichiro’s neck one more time. In the end, he shook his head. “The cervical spine is connected to the major nerves of the human body. He’s paralyzed now. It

’ll be more than lucky i

f he can 

wake up

 again

.

 Otherwise, he has to live in 

a

 vegetative condition for the rest of his life.”  

I was dispirited. Chuyi comforted me. “You’re not to be blamed. You just wanted to save Zen Master 

Baimei

.” 

After all, 

Ryuzawa Ichiro

 was t

o be blamed. He was just 

unlucky

 this time. Since ninjas often took 

dangerous

 missions, they all knew how to shrink their bones to make their bodies smaller, which would create this reflex in the long run. 

When Zen Master 

Baimei

 shifted on his bed, Ryuzawa Ichiro was 

so anxious

 that his bones shrank together at that short moment. 

The 

cervical spine w

as 

fragile. Under the compressing force

 that

 he had created with his reflex, when the Invisible Needle pierced into his neck, it was able to break his cervical spine. 

I felt a little better after listening to his 

explanation

. However, I was worried. “What should we do? I have turned the Young Master of Longquan Villa into a disabled man. I’m sure they will try their best to kill me. I think they will do that even before 

the

 trade conference is over!”