Ch 131: Meng Shengjun, The Bronze Medal Assassin
“Longevity Temple…”
Meng Shengjun walked over, and without any hesitation, tore up the task slip.
Amidst everyone’s surprise, he turned and left.
“Didn’t he hear the rumors? He actually dares to take Longevity Temple’s task?” someone couldn’t help but say.
“Let’s wait and see. Maybe we’re being too sensitive. Maybe he’ll earn those five thousand taels,” others said, with a mentality of watching the excitement, wanting to see if the curse was real.
After Meng Shengjun accepted the task, he went to the vicinity of Longevity Temple, wanting to wait and see if Liu Dongyue would come out.
If he didn’t come out, then he would have to think of a way.
Meng Shengjun harbored hatred towards Longevity Temple.
Although he was only at the Transcendent Realm, his Master had died at the hands of Longevity Temple years ago.
That’s right, his Master’s name was Zhao Qianqiu.
A former Gold Medal Assassin of the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion. He still remembered how he was freezing to death by the roadside when Zhao Qianqiu took him in, taught him to cultivate, and brought him into the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion.
He became an assassin of the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion.
However, Zhao Qianqiu later died at the hands of Li Hanzhou.
After learning of this, Meng Shengjun vowed to take revenge on Li Hanzhou, but until now, he hadn’t had the chance. He also knew the gap in strength between himself and Li Hanzhou; he couldn’t possibly defeat Li Hanzhou.
“If I can’t kill Li Hanzhou, I’ll kill his disciples.” Murderous intent filled Meng Shengjun’s eyes: “Master, watch. I will avenge you bit by bit!”
“One day, I will take out your Autumn Burial Saber!”
After making his vow, Meng Shengjun’s figure disappeared into the night.
Dawn.
With the rising sun, many disciples had already begun cultivating in Longevity Temple’s training ground.
Seeing this thriving scene, Zhou Qianlin was overjoyed.
“Ye Yun.” Zhou Qianlin called.
“Great Elder.” Ye Yun quickly ran over.
Since Ye Yun joined Longevity Temple, he had diligently cultivated, and everyone was optimistic about him, even believing that he might become the Chief one day.
“Have you seen Second Elder?” Zhou Qianlin asked.
“Second Elder?” Ye Yun carefully recalled, then said, “Last night, Second Elder seemed to have drunk too much and slept at the Outer Elder’s place. He probably hasn’t woken up yet.”
“Oh. I see. Cultivate well.” Zhou Qianlin nodded. “Order everyone to prepare for the talisman assessment tomorrow.”
“Ah? Yes!”
Ye Yun quickly passed the order about the next day’s exam.
Upon hearing that the exam would be on talismans, everyone’s faces turned grim.
Longevity Temple’s talisman techniques were too difficult for them. Few disciples could draw a single talisman in one stroke. Talisman techniques were quite difficult for them.
At Shi Ming’s small courtyard.
Shi Ming had already gotten up early and practiced Tai Chi Fist twice.
At this time, Liu Dongyue had just woken up and walked out, but his face clearly showed signs of being drunk.
“Senior Brother, you’re up,” Shi Ming said to Liu Dongyue. “Senior Brother, you drank too much last night. You can’t drink like that in the future; it will ruin your health.”
“Sigh, Junior Brother, I’m under a lot of pressure.”
Liu Dongyue was still worried about the martial arts competition.
The hopes of the entire martial world rested on his shoulders. It was entirely possible that because of him, the Divine Palace would lose eleven cities. In that case, Liu Dongyue felt his guilt was immense, even though Li Changshou had given him a last resort plan. Liu Dongyue still felt immense pressure.
So he drank a lot last night.
“Senior Brother, you can’t know the outcome until you face it. Maybe Master Uncle will return in a few days and come up with a good solution,” Shi Ming comforted him.
“Master Uncle hasn’t been in contact for so long; who knows when he’ll return.” Liu Dongyue sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.
“Little Shi Ming, you’re so lucky. You don’t have to worry about anything. You just work as an Outer Elder and manage the servant disciples every day,” Liu Dongyue said enviously. “You don’t have to worry about anything.”
“Senior Brother, go out and relax.”
Shi Ming took out a stack of banknotes and handed them to Liu Dongyue, saying, “I was supposed to go out shopping today. Why don’t you go for me, Senior Brother? Go to Yunzhou City to relax. It might do you good.”
“Shopping?”
Liu Dongyue looked at the banknotes; there were five thousand taels.
“Yes, the Sect needs to go shopping once every half month. Just go to the Divine Mechanism Merchant Guild, tell them what to buy, pay, and let them deliver it. You don’t have to carry it back yourself. Just have fun in Yunzhou City. Four thousand taels should be enough for the supplies; use the rest to listen to music or eat something delicious.” Shi Ming smiled, placing the five thousand taels in front of Liu Dongyue.
Liu Dongyue looked at the banknotes and nodded. He thought it would be good to go out for a while; staying in Longevity Temple all day was quite boring.
Today he would indulge himself.
Consider it a publicly funded trip.
He shouldered such great pressure for the Sect; spending some public funds on a trip wasn’t unreasonable, was it?
So Liu Dongyue took the money and the shopping list, put the list in his storage bag, and went out.
After leaving the mountain, Liu Dongyue truly felt his mood improve.
Riding a swift horse, he headed towards Yunzhou City.
While Liu Dongyue was still thinking about where to go, a sudden bad feeling struck his heart.
“Swish!”
A saber light came from the sky, the saber light was fierce, nearly splitting Liu Dongyue in two!
Without a word, Liu Dongyue used the Nine Stars of the Imperfect Steps Method, narrowly dodging the strike, but the horse he was riding was cleaved in half by the saber.
“Saber Qi!”
“Transcendent Realm!”
Sensing the power of the saber qi, Liu Dongyue knew that the attacker was a Transcendent Realm expert.
“Who’s there!”
Liu Dongyue looked around in surprise, only to suddenly see a black-robed person standing on a nearby tree, a gleaming battle saber in their hand.
“What exquisite lightness skill! To actually dodge my strike.”
Meng Shengjun leaped down and approached Liu Dongyue.
“Who are you?” Liu Dongyue frowned, sensing the powerful aura from the other party. “I don’t believe I’ve offended you.”
“Paid to kill you.”
Meng Shengjun stared at Liu Dongyue and said.
Hearing this, Liu Dongyue’s pupils constricted: “A Blood Sacrifice Pavilion assassin!”
“Clever. Then your life is mine.”
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