Night.

Inside The General's Manor; The moonlight illuminated the place, the whole Manor was creepily silent, that if a needle was dropped it would be clearly heard.

The 3rd Madam's residence; Cheng manor

Inside Rui Wei's room;

Rui Wei was lying on her bed, her face showed tranquility, whereas the usual little figure on her side is nowhere to be found.

Rui Wei has persuaded Delia, Ruzi's wet nurse to separate Ruzi from her whenever she sleeps.

As to prevent any interruptions on her future breakthroughs.

Cultivating at night has the great benefits for Water Mages, which has not been discovered due to the scarcity of Water Mages who actually cultivates.

Rui Wei could differentiate the Water Qi into 3 different colors, light blue, Blue, and dark blue.

The one she absorbs are the pale blue light, the Water Qi that the world provides.

The blue water qi appears on Mists, condensed water, or any water sources.

The Dark blue appears on things like, mud, soup, blood, or any kinds of liquid which is contaminated or mixed with other elements.

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In the middle of the night, I peacefully lied on my bed. My body greedily absorbing the rich Water Qi within the perimeters.

"..." I felt a presence approach the manor. And soon a figure sneakily placed itself within the roof.

'Wow, he actually have the guts to come back....' My eyes twitched at the spy's guts to come back.

'Well, time for me make a move, huh.'

It was the same figure which I almost freezed-- but escaped.

'Now then...'

I controlled the water from the fake lake outside, slowly turning it into a mist, It slowly rose up reaching the roof.

The mist enveloped the whole Cheng residence.

'Let's scare him a little bit....' I controlled the water on lake to to produce a dripping sound.

*Drip*

*Drip*

The person stayed on the roof just like last time.

'Hmm.....Freezing him a little would do the trick, probably.'

I stopped absorbing the Water Qi, and focused on freezing the Water Qi inside his back...

*Thud*

He suddenly jumped down, it produce a small sound that is barely noticeable.

'Oiya?'

I only froze a little bit of Water Qi on his back and he already gave up... tch.

I got down my bed, and changed my clothes in a casual clothes, I casted my self-taught Water illusion spell on my whole body.

My figure vividly changed into a young man's, and my face looked so normal that if you threw me in a crowd you would have a hard time finding me.

The spell is still imperfect but quite good, the spell only works within a certain distance from me, once someone gets closer to me, they'll vividly see through illusion... I'm still practicing the skill.

'Well, time for me to move!'

Since it is night, there was no source of light other than the moonlight.

But from my sight, I can see the more concentrated water qi floating around. A bundle of dark water qi, dashed on the roof of my manor towards the wall.

'There he is!'

He quickly run over the wall and jumped, I followed his figure (more like the bundle of dark blue Water Qi).

As he jumped out of the wall which is 4 times over my height, I also jumped over by using water as my support.

He would occasionally look at my direction, which I would conceal my self within the shadows.

The moonlight illuminated the street, it;s light peeking over the alleyway, one could barely see anything inside the alleys-- I'm wondering how that guy found his way.

I can only vaguely see the structure of the alleys, and I'm mainly just following the path that the gutsy assassin takes.

*shii*

A mud clone suddenly run onto another direction.

Trying to shake me off by using a clone technique?

Unfortunately, such tricks have no effect on me-- that clone completely lacked water qi that a normal human should have.

My prey stopped in an corner and waited if I would chase after his clone..

I dashed over the roof above him, watching him, what he is about to do--

*sigh*

He breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his guard.

'Oiya-- did he seriously think that I already stopped my pursuit.'

He relaxed his body, completely letting his guard down, he flicked his hands and his cloths changed into a commoners cloth.

'Fast!'

I looked more closely and saw a blue light dimly flickering on his index finger.

'Blue space ring-- His Master must be quite generous as to bestow a servant with a blue ring.'

Following him went quite well, as the guy has his guard down--

He left the alleyway, casually going inside an inn. The inn keeper paid no mind on the man returning in the middle of the night, rather he became elated when he saw him.

"Ah-- hey, uncle how was tonight? Who did you pick..?" The Innkeeper which is a middle aged man, showed a vulgar expression as he asked the man.

"Eheheh~ tsk, Mister you should have come with me! Seya's body was so soft! Her waist was like a dancing snake! Her moans were just--" The man showed a satisfied expression as he continued to describe his nonexistent intimate relationship to a prostitute or so I assume.

The two chatted for at least 10 mins, laughing and talking about the nonexistent experience of the man.

After that, the man went towards the second room where his room is, and secluded himself. His vulgar expression completely gone, instead his face showed contempt.

He sat on the chair, and bring out a pen and paper from his ring.

He started to write a letter, I tried to estimate what he is writing by the water qi on the ink.

Ink also have a little tiny bit of water qi, so looking carefully---

'Ah-- that's my name...'

-- Rui Wei, the Prime minister's daughter have given birth to a son--- This one failed to clean her, as I felt a chill and retreated.... Tonight was the same, I presume that some force is protecting her. --

'Heeeh'

While he was busy writing, small spikes made of ice were stalled in air behind him.

He rolled the paper, and put it in a carrier pigeon. Before he could release the pigeon--

*Stab*

"?!?"

Before he could understand what happened to him, the ice spike already went through his throat, the other spikes also piercing at his vital parts. His blood were frozen by Rui Wei before leaving his wounds.

I enveloped the pigeon on the water, then making it sleep.

*Clank*

*Clank*

Some frozen blood fell on the floor, while the other connected to his body.

I got down from my position, and went to take a closer look.

His face was full of shock and confusion.

It looked quite brutal-- but,

I continued to freeze his whole body....

'Uwah-- this is more harder than I thought.'

As I continue to freeze his whole body I could feel my energy slipping out of me.

"Haaa...."

I stored his frozen body inside my storage ring, and the carrier pigeon. I then cleaned all of the parts where I stood or stayed.

I jumped out of the window from the second floor of the inn, I safely landed, and agilely dashed back to the alley...

As I was going through the alleyways, the structures all seems to be the same....

'A--re? Ehh? Where was the way back?'

One must know that Rui Wei as a noble lady, and one with a Water Body, she has never went out alone, nor in foot outside.... she has always travel by means of a sedan chair or carriage.

A figure continuously run around the same alleyways again and again. It then stopped in a specific place-- It was Rui Wei.

Although Rui Wei has read a whole bunch of books about this worlds geography, small details like the alleyways of the commoners street will always be neglected.

I closed my eyes, and did my best to recall the way back.