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.