My master was an assassin.
He taught me for over ten years, and we talked a lot. Among those talks, he once said:
"Xiao San, I've taught you everything I know in my life. Although you, this stinky kid, went and learned a bunch of nonsense on your own, after learning so much you still couldn't learn the 'cruelty' from me."
Before meeting Wang Xiaoer and forgetting about vengeance, the last assassin mission I completed targeted a scholar.
That scholar was very poor, very thin, and very pitiful, and, he talked a lot of nonsense.
To save money, I didn't use Seven Steps Scatter, but I still killed him with one strike. At that time, I didn't feel anything in my heart. I think I had become numb.
At that time, I thought that three years after master left, I finally learned his last skill - cruelty.
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If you want to do it, then do it.
Wang Xiaoer's words lingered in my ears.
Zhang San laughed at himself:
"Now that I think about it, it didn't start with Bai Fang, or even those mountain bandits, but when I killed Hei Shan Ke, something was already wrong with my brain!"
Killing Hei Shan Ke was the same as completely provoking Dark Building, this enormous underworld organization.
Did I not know that before I went to kill him?
Of course I knew, but I still did it.
So the truth is, from the time with Hei Shan Ke, something was already wrong with my brain!
Zhang San vigorously rubbed his cheeks with both hands until they hurt a little.
"Xiao Er, do your teacher a favor."
Wang Xiaoer immediately said: "Teacher has ordered, I dare not disobey!"
Zhang San chuckled and said: "Simple, just witness for me."
"Witness?" Wang Xiaoer frowned.
Zhang San said: "I know now where my brain went wrong. Actually, it started going wrong in Xiao Yun County when I thought I could be a good person! That was simply foolish! But it doesn't matter, I won't do that anymore in the future."
Zhang San's eyes slowly grew cold, and he continued:
"But since I've pretended to be a good person for so many days, why not do it this one last time. So teacher wants you to witness for me."
"I swear, if I'm going to be a good person again, this will be the last time!"
The saying that good people don't live long has been proven countless times in this world.
After this, I will completely reform myself and go back to being the underworld assassin I was.
Wang Xiaoer asked: "Teacher, have you decided?"
Zhang San said: "Yes, I'm sure. I'm going back to Tian Ruo City to have a nice 'chat' with that brilliant Lu Qingming!"
Teacher has finally made a decision, and even cracked a smile.
Wang Xiaoer also felt relieved, and jokingly asked: "Teacher, aren't you afraid of Dark Building?"
Zhang San glared and cursed: "Afraid? Afraid of what? They have a Grandmaster, and so do we. If Hei Shanhu dares to come, I'll slaughter him on the spot! Send him to see his brother."
Wang Xiaoer asked back: "What if the leader of Dark Building comes?"
Zhang San's face was calm, his manner arrogant, entirely like a Grandmaster's bearing. Then he said word for word: "Run away on the spot!"
He's out of my league.
I really can't beat that guy.
Wang Xiaoer admired: "Wow Teacher, how can you say such cowardly words with such a cool pose?"
Zhang San confidently said: "It's all thanks to my cultivation."
Wang Xiaoer said: "I could study under you my whole life and never learn it all!"
After speaking, Zhang San turned and left, while saying: "Wait for me nearby, after I finish I'll come back."
The mountain wind came howling.
Watching teacher's departing figure, admiration showed in Wang Xiaoer's eyes.
Wang Xiaoer softly said: "Teacher, your back looks just like Wong Chou the Great Hero! It's just that your actual face compared to the Great Hero's, still lacks way too much."
Unexpectedly, Zhang San's cheerful voice floated back from afar:
"Nonsense! Nowadays, being handsome is useless! Only being able to fight is the right path!"
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Knock knock!
Knock knock!
Splash.
Wu Qixue faintly heard someone knocking on a table.
Knocked several times.
And the sound of water splashing.
Strange, who would splash water in a mountain inn?
Then came a wave of cold, splashing from head to tail.
Hmm, I was the one splashed.
The drunken Wu Qixue was splashed awake by a bucket of ice water. The inn owner knew Wu Qixue was no ordinary person, but when that scholar knocked on the table several times and Wu Qixue didn't wake up, he actually directly lifted the inn's water bucket and splashed him, shocking the owner who immediately hid in the back room.
Wu Qixue looked up to see droplets of icy water rolling down his brow and eyelashes onto the table.
An ordinary-looking, average-built young man dressed as a scholar was standing across from him.
"When I was eight years old, I bawled my eyes out. Master told me then that men who only know how to cry will definitely become useless when they grow up."
Nonsensical.
What's he scolding me for?
Wu Qixue was completely confused, but when two men with the same direction in their hearts look at each other, they both get an intuition.
That the other is trustworthy.
"Wu Qixue, Prefect of Hanwu Prefecture in Northern Jianwu Commandery, correct?"
"Uh... yes." Wu Qixue hesitated slightly, but still answered honestly.
"Want to save your eighty thousand commoners?"
"Of course!"
"Want to save the five hundred thousand people of Jianwu?"
"Of course!!"
"Good, gather your subordinates and wait for me in the southern forest outside Tian Ruo City. "
Time was urgent, so Zhang San turned and left.
Wu Qixue was still a bit bewildered. Bracing his body with both hands, he asked: "What are we going to the southern forest for?"
"To get grain."
Wu Qixue's eyes lit up and he said: "You know where the grain is!?"
Zhang San looked back and said: "You want to save your people, I'll help you."
Seeing that Zhang San didn't seem to be lying, but still somewhat wary since it was a major issue, Wu Qixue asked: "Why are you helping me?"
Zhang San said: "Why help you? Maybe... I'm helping myself!"
Wu Qixue's brow furrowed slightly, not really understanding.
Zhang San said: "Just to be able to sleep well in the future."
"Huh?"
Without further explanation, Zhang San leapt away with lightness skill...
"At least tell me your name!"
Wu Qixue's steps swayed, but he still chased out of the inn and shouted loudly.
He only heard Zhang San's distant voice float back:
"No need for a name, but I can tell you..."
"I am an assassin."
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At the same time, inside Lu Gaosheng's manor in Tian Ruo Prefecture.
Lu Qingming sat behind a desk, with Li Xing and Kill Wolf standing to his left and right. He softly said: "Unexpected that Song YanShi reacted so quickly. Liu Hu is below Heaven Rank, the fastest lightness skill expert in the jianghu. I'm afraid his speed entering the city is even faster than yours, Kill Wolf."
In other words...
Lu Qingming slightly raised his head, looking at the ceiling, murmuring: "This manor and I have already been targeted. Kill Wolf, how are things arranged on Blood Wolf's side?"
Kill Wolf lowered his head and said: "Following the original plan, I already had him stationed at the secret base near Hei County. The grain is also there. Bai Lu Army brothers need to recuperate, there are enough medicine and doctors there."
Lu Qingming's brow furrowed and he said: "That's bad!"
Li Xing quickly asked: "What do you mean, Sir?"
Lu Qingming said: "Although the explosion was fierce, the situation at the time, our side was farther from the grain carts as the robbers. Liu Hu's subordinates probably still have a thousand people. If I were Song YanShi, I would definitely send top experts to watch me, and have the rest search all the prefectures and counties. The base near Hei County isn't far from the county city. If..."
Kill Wolf and Li Xing immediately realized, and Kill Wolf said: "Sir, then should we immediately order my brother..."
"No, Liu Hu and his top experts are known for lightness skill, assassination, and reconnaissance. Whether by carrier pigeon or you two personally going, the risk is too high."
Thirty thousand stones of grain, can't take this risk.
Liu Hu should not be drawn out and killed by the government troops and Kill Wolf Li Xing. That won't work.
Last time, Zhang San was deterred entirely thanks to Wang Xiaoer, otherwise with Liu Hu, a junior Heaven Rank expert, even if he could not defeat the thousand government troops, he could still easily escape. Moreover, Liu Hu is renowned for his bizarre lightness skill.
Or, those government disguising experts are still around, so maybe... That won't work either.
Using such methods on someone like Liu Hu is foolish. An agile junior Heaven Rank adept, who is also proficient in stealth and tracking, is truly headache-inducing.
Lu Qingming frowned deeply.
Li Xing and Kill Wolf were also at a loss.
"You two go out first, and let me think hard about this." Lu Qingming said.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
