Ch 130: A Hot Potato
Many people are guessing why the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion’s assassins are going to Wuji Palace.
And they even recklessly fought Hong Ruhai.
Hong Ruhai’s strength among the Immortal Realm’s strong persons is also among the best, and his past invincible records are still talked about with relish.
Many uninformed people are guessing the reasons, but those who know about this wagered decisive battle are clear that the Divine Palace should have taken action, wanting to kill Hong Tiandu.
But Hong Tiandu has been staying in Wuji Palace and not coming out, so the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion has no choice but to go into Wuji Palace to attack Hong Tiandu.
They also know how difficult Hong Ruhai is to deal with, so they sent Dao Canggu and the Yin-Yang Twin Immortals, but they still underestimated Hong Ruhai’s strength. The three were not only forced to retreat by Hong Ruhai, but the Yin-Yang Twin Immortals were also seriously injured.
It was truly a case of losing both the Madam and the soldiers, gaining nothing at all.
Hong Tiandu is still alive and well, without a single injury.
“Useless!”
Third Prince’s Mansion.
Yu Qinghe angrily threw the cup to the ground, his face flushed with anger.
He never imagined that so many experts acting together couldn’t even see Hong Tiandu’s face before being beaten back.
Just like that, the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion shamelessly came to the mansion and took away his ten million taels of silver.
This made Yu Qinghe extremely angry.
“Your Highness, are you scolding our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion?” the Great Pavilion Master calmly asked.
“I am scolding you.” Yu Qinghe also lost his temper: “You didn’t even see Hong Tiandu’s face, yet you have the nerve to come to me for ten million taels of silver? Do you think I, Yu Qinghe, am easy to bully?”
The Great Pavilion Master didn’t get angry after hearing this, but simply said: “Our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion has its own rules. These ten million taels must be collected, after all, we put in the effort. However, Hong Ruhai’s strength, as you know, makes killing his disciple under his very nose as difficult as ascending to the heavens! Therefore, our failure is understandable.”
“But the money that our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion demands, we will definitely collect. Because no one dares to owe the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion payment, even if you are a Divine Palace prince.” The Great Pavilion Master’s tone remained unchanged, but there was a hint of threat in his words.
Yu Qinghe remained silent, knowing that the Great Pavilion Master was right. If he dared not pay, he would likely be dead tomorrow.
The Blood Sacrifice Pavilion’s people are a bunch of madmen who will do anything for profit.
“Fine.”
The Great Pavilion Master slowly rose: “This time, our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion didn’t do a good enough job. After all, the Third Prince is an old customer, so I will give you a special favor.”
“This debt must be settled, but our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion can offer to act for the Third Prince one more time for free, targeting anyone with strength not exceeding the Profound Connection Realm. Consider it a special favor for the Third Prince.”
“A free action?”
Yu Qinghe narrowed his eyes, pacing in the Great Hall. After a while, Yu Qinghe turned sharply and said: “Then that’s perfect, there’s one person I want the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion to kill for me. If this time you also fail…”
“Our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion will not fail so many times!” The Great Pavilion Master coldly snorted: “The title of the Tianxuan Realm’s number one assassin organization wasn’t obtained through deception and trickery. It was earned through real killing!”
“If we fail this time, we won’t want these ten million taels; our Blood Sacrifice Pavilion also cares about its reputation!” The Great Pavilion Master stated resolutely.
“Good, since the Great Pavilion Master says so, then I’ll trust you one more time.” Yu Qinghe took a deep breath: “The person to be killed this time is called Liu Dongyue, a Longevity Temple Disciple, only Ninth Rank.”
“Liu Dongyue…”
The Great Pavilion Master chuckled after hearing this name and said: “It seems that even if the Third Prince cannot obtain it himself, he doesn’t want others to obtain it.”
“Less nonsense, can you kill him?”
“Naturally.”
The Great Pavilion Master stood up and left.
“Wait for my news.”
After the Great Pavilion Master left, Yu Qinghe sat down, his gaze like a hawk’s: “Since I can’t do it, then no one else should either.”
“Ninth Brother, your desire for merit will likely not be so easily fulfilled.”
“Hahahaha.”
The Great Pavilion Master didn’t waste any time and that night, he issued the assassination task to his subordinates.
He set the bounty for Liu Dongyue at five thousand taels of silver.
The Blood Sacrifice Pavilion has its own branches in various states and counties. Tasks are first issued to the nearest states and counties. If someone accepts it, then it’s done. If no one accepts the task, then it is extended to other states and counties.
For small tasks like this five thousand taels one, experts generally don’t accept them.
Heavenly Gang Realm experts don’t look down upon them; they charge hundreds of thousands of taels for a single action, don’t they?
Profound Connection Realm experts also disdain them; they demand at least one hundred thousand taels for a single job.
So these small tasks fall to ordinary Transcendent Realm Bronze Medal Assassins.
Yunzhou.
In an ordinary, unremarkable tavern on the street.
The outside is a bustling tavern, but the inner hall is a Blood Sacrifice Pavilion location, the exterior being merely a cover.
Daily assassination orders are posted here.
Those entering the inner hall do so through a secret passage outside, and everyone’s face is concealed, so even colleagues do not know each other’s identities.
At this time, the inner hall’s passage opened, and a person came up from below.
His name is Meng Shengjun. His face is masked, but he carries a Bronze Medal Assassin’s token. Many people are already waiting in the inner hall; most of them are Bronze Medals, their cultivation levels at the Transcendent Realm.
Seeing many Bronze Medal Assassins gathered in front of the task board, he also curiously approaches.
On one board, quite a few tasks are listed.
Yet their gazes all converge on one single order.
Longevity Temple, Liu Dongyue, five thousand taels.
The task order simply contains these few words.
For Transcendent Realm Bronze Medal Assassins, most tasks offer this much money; five thousand taels is quite good, as they’ve accepted tasks with just a few hundred taels.
If it were normal times, a five thousand tael Bronze Medal assassination task would have been snatched up immediately.
Especially since the target is merely a Ninth Rank.
For them, these Transcendent Realm assassins, it’s practically a gift.
But now, no one is willing to take this task.
Ultimately, it’s because of the three words, Longevity Temple.
Among the Blood Sacrifice Pavilion’s assassin organization, there’s a legend circulating that tasks from the Longevity Temple are extremely unlucky; any task connected to the Longevity Temple is prone to failure!
Zhao Qianqiu.
Tang Wanshu.
Great Zhou Fourth Prince Yun Qing.
These tasks all involved people from the Longevity Temple; the result was that none of them succeeded. Some died, others were driven to seclusion.
Thus, Longevity Temple tasks are a hot potato for them; no one wants to touch them.
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