“Shen Qi, you haven’t appeared for tens of thousands of years. I didn’t expect you’re still alive.”
“Back in the day, you were one of the famous Earth Level assassins of our Eternal Night Sect, with at least twenty or thirty Heavenly Immortals assassinated by you in the dark.”
With her face veil on, Su Xiaoqi returned to the Eternal Night Sect, and the Earth Level assassins present recognized her.
Su Xiaoqi had a bit of fame in the Eternal Night Sect, but after she accepted the bounty mission to assassinate Lu Changsheng, she disappeared without a trace.
The Eternal Night Sect believed that the Earth Level assassin known as “Shen Qi” had failed the mission and perished.
Su Xiaoqi paid no attention to these assassins and instead headed to the mission board, wanting to take on a mission.
She had completed many missions before; if she took on the task of assassinating a Golden Immortal, she could be promoted to a Heavenly Level assassin.
The assassins of the Eternal Night Sect were mostly categorized into four levels: Heavenly, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.
The higher the level, the greater the privileges and the more information one could access.
Su Xiaoqi still wanted to make use of the intelligence network of the Assassin Immortal Sect of Eternal Night.
Her master, Lu Changsheng, had sent her down the mountain to experience life as an assassin, constantly wandering between life and death, as a form of cultivation.
The mission board of the Eternal Night Sect listed hundreds of thousands of bounties, ranging from one million Immortal Stones to several billion.
As for bounties under one million Immortal Stones, the Eternal Night Sect couldn’t be bothered to accept them.
Some cultivators, because of deep-seated hatred, were not a match for their enemies, so they hired assassins from Eternal Night to take revenge on their behalf.
Others, due to giving each other an extra glance in a crowd, would start with a “What are you looking at”, followed by cordially greeting each other’s relatives, and then hiring assassins to kill their adversaries.
In this vast world, all kinds of wonders abound.
“Assassinate Yantie Daoist of the Xuan Yang Sect, the target is a third-layer Golden Immortal, with a bounty of 1.5 billion Immortal Stones.”
“Pity, my master told me to accumulate merit. This Yantie Daoist is an elder of an Orthodox Sect. I cannot kill him; it would diminish my merit.”
Su Xiaoqi shook her head and continued searching for a suitable mission.
“The highest-ranked targets on the mission board are Golden Immortals.”
“If the bounty were for a Quasi-Emperor or even an Immortal Emperor, such targets would not be openly posted, and the bounty would be unimaginably high, beyond what even Heavenly Level assassins could accept.”
Having risen from a Yellow Grade assassin to a Profound Level, then an Earth Level, Su Xiaoqi was familiar with the rules of the Eternal Night Sect.
Quasi-Emperors and Immortal Emperors had significant reputations; those who could afford to hire an assassin for an Immortal Emperor were not simple characters, usually handled with utmost confidentiality by the elders of Eternal Night.
“Master?”
Among the hundreds of thousands of bounties, Su Xiaoqi spotted a bounty on her master, Lu Changsheng.
The details on Lu Changsheng were sparse, suspected to be a peak Golden Immortal, with a staggering bounty of 648 billion Immortal Stones!
“Truly worthy of being my master. Among the hundreds of thousands of bounties, his has the highest amount.”
Su Xiaoqi felt an inexplicable sense of pride.
The master was indeed the master, distinctive among the masses. Even being the target of a bounty, he stood out from the crowd.
The person who issued the bounty on Lu Changsheng wasn’t revealed.
Master had offended many; Su Xiaoqi couldn’t figure out who wished to hire a Heavenly Level assassin to kill Lu Changsheng.
“Blood Sea Palace can be ruled out, such a Demon Sect would take matters into their own hands; there’s no need to hire a Heavenly Level assassin.”
Having mixed among the assassins of the Immortal Sect for many years, Su Xiaoqi knew that if a Demon Sect had the strength, they would generally choose to act on their own.
If Blood Sea Palace dared to risk offending Lin Xuantong by setting up a trap in the Nether Sea, trying to kill Lin Qinghan, then they certainly wouldn’t think they couldn’t handle Lu Changsheng.
“Shen Qi, do you have time to catch up?”
A chilly voice sounded as a Heavenly Level assassin appeared, drawing respect-filled glances from the other assassins.
Su Xiaoqi glanced at this Heavenly Level assassin, “Ye Lang, the last time several of us Earth Level assassins jointly tried to assassinate a Daluo Golden Immortal, you fled midway, causing all the others to perish. If it weren’t for my proficiency in tracking and escape techniques, I would’ve nearly been killed by you too.”
Ye Lang sneered, “Those Earth Level assassins were inferior and had it coming. Now that I’m a Heavenly Level assassin, if you had followed me, you might’ve had the chance to become one too.”
Ye Lang, who had once seen Su Xiaoqi’s face during an operation, knew she was a beauty and thus wanted her to follow him.
“For an Earth Level assassin to be valued by a Heavenly Level assassin is already quite an achievement.”
“Heh, if it were me, I would’ve accepted.”
The assassins spectating seemed eager to see things escalate.
Ye Lang reached out to grab Su Xiaoqi.
However, Su Xiaoqi snorted coldly, her Daluo Golden Immortal aura bursting forth, making Ye Lang retreat several steps, his and other assassins’ eyes filled with terror.
Su Xiaoqi had actually become a Daluo Golden Immortal, and a third-layer one at that!
Ye Lang was merely a second-layer Golden Immortal.
“What on earth did you go through?”
Ye Lang discovered he was no match for Su Xiaoqi and couldn’t continue provoking her.
These assassins were not known for their pleasant temperaments; a mere “what are you looking at” could lead to a fight. If Su Xiaoqi harbored any killing intent, Ye Lang might end up dead by her hand.
The Eternal Night Sect, unlike ordinary sects, had assassins that were associated in name only, and infighting was not unheard of.
Su Xiaoqi ignored the crowd and accepted a mission to assassinate a Golden Immortal Realm Demon Sect Master.
By completing this mission, she could apply to become a Heavenly Level assassin.
“Someone has taken the highest-priced bounty!”
Suddenly, there was a stir among the assassins.
A masked man with a stern gaze, carrying twin swords, accepted the mission to assassinate Lu Changsheng!
