In front of the Blood Blade Tavern... no one could put on airs! Even the founding emperor who unified the world and established the Longshan Empire, as a deity, still upheld the transcendent status of the Blood Blade Tavern and the Earth Temple.
But three million gold coins, he really couldn't come up with!
Should he not seek revenge?
He was unwilling to die in vain!
"I, I will change the mission content!" Cui Jinpeng gritted his teeth and said, "Forget about the others, I just want the murderer 'Dongbo Qingshi' dead!"
"Murderer?" The woman in purple raised an eyebrow and glanced at Cui Jinpeng, but she wouldn't pry into the Blood Blade Tavern's rules or leak any information.
"Yes, the murderer." Cui Jinpeng also trusted the Blood Blade Tavern's reputation and gritted his teeth, "I want this damned murderer dead! His name is Dongbo Qingshi. Tell me, how many gold coins are needed to kill such a mage? Oh, and it must be done as soon as possible. I'm worried that Dongbo Xueying will find out the truth, and then there will be many complications."
"Please trust our speed at the Blood Blade Tavern." The woman in purple smiled, "Please wait, the price for killing the murderer Dongbo Qingshi will be out soon."
The woman in purple looked at the crystal ball on the table in front of her.
"To kill the murderer Dongbo Qingshi within a day, it will cost one million gold coins!" the woman in purple said.
"One million gold coins? He's just an ordinary mage, not even a ground-level mage!" Cui Jinpeng glared, "Just send a skilled assassin to secretly infiltrate and assassinate him, it's very simple."
"Snowstone Castle is surely heavily guarded now, and Dongbo Qingshi will probably not leave the castle for a short time." The woman in purple said, "If you give us a year, this mission might only cost ten thousand gold coins! But you want it done in a day, we need to assign the mission to the assassin, who also needs to prepare and travel, which is too short... and we might also face obstacles from others in Snowstone Castle."
The woman in purple smiled.
Cui Jinpeng gritted his teeth.
The Blood Blade Tavern's prices were non-negotiable. Either place a bounty or leave.
"Fine!" Cui Jinpeng's face was twisted with anger, "Act quickly, resolve it as soon as possible."
"Pay up." The woman in purple looked at him.
Although Cui Jinpeng was extremely pained, the grief over his son's death had already driven him mad. He was willing to do anything.
With a flip of his hand, he took out a large stack of gold bills, which totaled exactly one million. He often liked to take them out and count them, finding it incredibly satisfying! This was almost all his accumulation from struggling in the underworld for so many years.
"Transaction complete." The woman in purple smiled, "We will immediately arrange a suitable assassin!"
"Alright."
Cui Jinpeng nodded, his eyes filled with flames of hatred.
He seemed to see the death of Dongbo Qingshi, and he had great trust in the Blood Blade Tavern's capabilities! The Blood Blade Tavern generally completed missions, unless they encountered extremely special situations, such as a mission to kill a title-level figure, but upon execution, it turned out to be an extraordinary being! The Blood Blade Tavern would temporarily revoke the mission and request a price increase, and would not refund the money!
This was the rule of the Blood Blade Tavern, and if you couldn't accept it, don't come.
In fact, the Blood Blade Tavern already had a very good reputation.
...
That night.
The Blood Blade Tavern, using its secret information channels, quickly notified three terrifying assassins within the Qinghe County. The mission was urgent, and they had to respond within an hour! If none of them accepted... the Blood Blade Tavern would immediately notify some powerful assassins from other counties.
This mission, due to the obstacle of 'Dongbo Xueying,' who might be a title-level figure, was assigned to assassins who had reached title-level combat strength!
Since there was no need to kill Dongbo Xueying, the price was one million gold coins. If it were to kill Dongbo Xueying, there would only be one assassin in the entire Qinghe County qualified to take the mission—Xiang Pangyun! The most powerful existence in the entire Qinghe County, he possessed absolute overwhelming power, capable of instantly killing an ordinary title-level figure.
His strength was so formidable that it made people tremble.
Even the old witch 'Siliang Hong,' who had lived for hundreds of years as a blood demon, was ranked behind Xiang Pangyun on the Longshan List! The Longshan List's rankings were very precise.
Soon, the assassin was confirmed.
It was a highly skilled assassin, codenamed 'Wind Demon.'
...
In a relatively spacious courtyard in the county town, the lights were bright, and five figures gathered together, sitting and discussing.
"Brother, I can take the third brother and the others. This assassination mission is too simple. Although the intelligence says that Dongbo Xueying might be a title-level figure, ha ha, but he's only twenty-two years old. A title-level at twenty-two? Impossible!" A lean man wearing silver-gray soft armor, with a strange bronze heart guard on his chest, half of his face covered by a silver-gray mask, sat to the side and advised.
"Even if he is! He can't do anything to me." The lean man grinned, "Brother, you don't need to show up."
He was Wind Demon!
A terrifying assassin who had reached title-level combat strength!
"Right, Brother. And we have three of us to help." A white-haired mage also advised. As a Silver Moon Mage, he was extremely proud, but in front of their brother, no one could be proud.
The one sitting in the main seat was a burly man wearing a loose dark red robe. His robe was loose, slightly exposing part of his chest. He was about 1.9 meters tall, muscular, but far from the godly envoy Dongbo Xueying had encountered, who had a monstrous body. However, in terms of aura, this burly man, sitting there, exuded an invisible aura that was much stronger than the previous godly envoy.
The godly envoy was like a small kitten, while this burly man was like a world-class beast.
His killing aura was incredibly heavy.
His killing aura was forged through countless killings! Assassins generally kept their identities hidden, but he didn't care and openly revealed his identity. Because his killings were all missions taken from the Blood Blade Tavern, no one could openly cause him trouble!
Wind Demon was also a formidable expert, but in front of his brother, he didn't dare to breathe loudly and was very obedient.
"Siliang Hong that old witch has been hiding, unwilling to come out even when I want to play with her. I haven't moved my bones for some time, and I'm itchy. This time, I'll go with you to take a look. If the mission is simple, you can handle it. If Dongbo Xueying is really a title-level, I'll have a toy to play with." The burly man smiled casually, his eyes glowing blood red, a result of his cultivation in martial arts.
He was the strongest in the entire Qinghe County and the most terrifying assassin—Xiang Pangyun!
"Alright, alright, since Brother is going, let's go. This mission is actually very simple, probably won't even need Brother to act." Wind Demon laughed and joked.
"Since it's decided, we'll set out for Yishui City and Xueying Manor early tomorrow morning." Xiang Pangyun stood up and gave the order.