Chapter 450: Sword Intent - 450
There were not many people in the surrounding area and Zhu Yi was able to safely move the headless body behind a bush. The assassination guilds cleanup crew would take care of it.
Zhu Yi returned to the assassination guild. This time, he did not meet the guild master, but instead walked up to a front counter and declared his mission completed.
The lady at the front counter was not like the girls at the rogue cultivator guild. She was middle aged, seemed grumpy, and had scars on her face.
As she took the bag and looked at the head, Zhu Yi spoke.
"Why does everyone here have scars? Is it a fashion choice?"
The lady barely glanced up at him before responding while examining the head. "You're new here. We don't get too many newbies. Killing people is not a safe business practice. Humans are unpredictable. Consider yourself lucky to not have been injured so far. You'll understand in the future."
Zhu Yi just nodded.
Although higher level cultivators often got injured, they could almost always perfectly heal themselves. Only the weaker cultivators would retain scars from normal injuries.
Before long, the woman approved the mission completion and Zhu Yi returned to the crystal pad.
Upon logging in, he found that the mission was completed. As the mission paid three times more, he would already get his reward.
The screen told him to come back tomorrow.
Zhu Yi spoke as he walked out of the assassination guild. "I guess we get to relax until tomorrow."
There wasn't enough time to take a rogue cultivator guild mission or an assassination guild mission before his reward would be given out.
Zhou Fan shook his head. "Why do you think you have the right to relax?"
Zhu Yi looked at him confused.
"Your work is to kill people. No matter how smart you are, they can also kill you. You need to train and cultivate. This is the path that you have chosen. There is no more relaxation."
Zhu Yi silently looked at him.
"Don't look at me. Relax once you are the strongest. Until then, get to work."
Zhu Yi sighed and nodded. He returned to the inn and packed his stuff, which did not amount to much. He made a stop at the rogue cultivator guild and turned his crystal pad money into real money.
With plentiful gold, he bought a house on the outer reaches of the city. It had a courtyard, one which could be used to train.
Zhu Yi held a sword as Zhou Fan spoke.
"Although I cannot do much right now, this is something simple. Hold your sword out straight."
When Zhou Fan had asked Zhu Yi what weapon he would like to use, Zhu Yi chose the sword.
Zhou Fan still had all of his memories, even if his mind was now extremely slow. It was simple to teach Zhu Yi some low-level swordplay.
Although it was low-level to Zhou Fan, to almost anyone in Zhu Yi's world, it was beyond comprehension.
Luckily, with Zhou Fan's guidance, Zhu Yi's proficiency with the sword soared. It was only a single day of practice. A single day of practice with a student of average comprehension and talent.
Yet, the next, when Zhu Yi walked into the assassination guild to get his reward, everyone in the building looked at him.
They could feel a vast change in him. It was as if a sword was being held to their necks.
Most of the people in the assassination guild simply felt it, but it did not affect them. Only those below the 5th level of Qi gathering actually felt a real feeling of danger.
"Sheath your sword intent." A voice said.
This voice seemed to calm down Zhu Yi's surroundings and the feeling disappeared. His sword intent, a sort of aura similar to killing intent that one gained with a certain mastery of the sword, was suppressed.
Both Zhu Yi and Zhou Fan looked up.
On the second floor of the pub-like assassination guild, a young man, seemingly no older than 18, was looking at them.
"Apologies. I've been trying to stop it from pouring out, but I've struggled to do so." Zhu Yi said.
The young man spoke. "You must have gained some sort of enlightenment. Lucky you, but if you can't control your sword intent, then you should stay at home until you can."
Zhu Yi nodded. "Thank you for the advice."
The young man turned away and focused on whatever he was doing again. Although Zhu Yi still could not control his sword intent, it was temporarily suppressed and would not show again for a while, similar in nature to a beaten beast.
"We'll practice sheathing it in the room." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded and walked up to the front desk.
After some brief talking, he was led to a room with a similar beast to the last one inside. This time, nobody was outside and Zhu Yi could spend an entire day inside the room before leaving.
Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword and walked forward. His suppressed sword intent came out once again with the unsheathing of his sword. Even the beast felt it, but it was not a threat to the beast.
Zhu Yi moved forward and slashed with his sword. He had become much more familiar with the weapon.
His first cut, despite using the same strength and same sword as the last time, on a beast with similar body strength as the last one, cut three inches deep, three times as deep as last time.
Zhu Yi moved around the cage as if he was dancing, cutting the beast through the gaps in the bars.
The beast could only helplessly back into a corner as Zhu Yi attacked it.
"This is good training I suppose." Zhou Fan said.
He began to give Zhu Yi guidance as he slashed, and after 10 minutes, the beast was dead.
Zhu Yi unlocked the cage and grabbed the beast core. Zhou Fan absorbed it.
"Almost. I can feel that the next one may do it." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded with excitement. He was very interested in the change it would bring and how it would affect him.
Chapter 451: Fitting In - 451
Zhu Yi spent the next few hours learning to sheath his sword intent under the guidance of Zhou Fan. Most wouldn't face this issue, but Zhu Yi's sword intent had appeared and grown so rapidly that it was hard to control it.
Once he managed to sheath his word intent, Zhu Yi left the room with the beast's body parts and returned to the main area of the Assassination guild.
Without hesitation, he went to the crystal pad and began to look for another mission. He was excited that his master was nearing a recovery threshold.
Just as Zhu Yi was about to accept a low-level mission that paid three times as much, Zhou Fan spoke.
"That's not a good idea. If it pays more, then it is very likely to be more dangerous. Last time, it was because you needed intelligence. Next time, you may not be so lucky."
Thanking Zhou Fan for his words of wisdom, Zhu Yi clicked off the mission and found one that paid normally.
Qi gathering 3, no sect affiliation, Male.
Zhu Yi accepted it and received information. His target was a member of the rogue cultivator guild.
There was not much information at all, save for descriptions of his appearance.
Luckily, the target had a few scars that made him findable in the city of more than ten million people.
Zhu Yi left the Assassination guild and entered the rogue cultivation guild. Instead of finding a mission, he sat at one of the many tables and watched the entrance. He had no other information on his target besides his appearance.
This was the only way.
Zhu Yi sat and watched for more than 17 hours before his target walked through the door. Zhu Yi didn't move and kept the same position that he had for the past 17 hours. Only when his target left did Zhu Yi get up and follow him.
After taking many twists and turns, his target left White Palace City. Zhu Yi followed the man, but briefly after leaving White Palace City, the man ventured off the path and into an area of dense trees. Zhu Yi was confused.
He had memorized the layout surrounding White Palace City, and there was nothing in this area at all.
"Careful." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded and ventured into the forested area.
Suddenly, he heard a snap from his side.
"Die Assassination Guild scum" A voice said as Zhu Yi dodged.
A blade stabbed at him, but Zhu Yi barely managed to move. He unsheathed his sword and threw it, but the attacker's blade pierced his face, going directly through his cheek.
"Ahhhh!" Zhu Yi heard a scream.
He fought through the pain and looked ahead. His sword had perfectly pierced through the center of his target's chest.
It was a combination of luck and skill gained from practicing with Zhou Fan.
As the man fell, bleeding, Zhu Yi turned his attention away from him.
Zhou Fan spoke. "Are you okay?"
Zhu Yi didn't answer and crouched while clutching his face. Although there was not too much blood, he was in great pain. Although the target's blade had been thin and smaller than a normal blade, his cheek had a hole from right below his eye to next to his lip.
"Endure." These were Zhou Fan's last words before he went silent and allowed Zhu Yi to handle his situation.
After a while, Zhu Yi stood up. With a rare bout of hatred and anger, he grabbed his sword and took the target's head off of his body.
He put the head in his bag and sheathed his sword before walking towards White Palace City.
"So people know about the Assassination guild." Zhu Yi said.
"It appears so. I guess no secret can be kept perfectly. Perhaps you're not the first person to try and assassinate that man." Zhou Fan said.
"That's annoying." Zhu Yi said.
His cheek had completely stopped bleeding and began to heal. He was a cultivator after all.
However, at his level, a scar would remain.
"Consider that a warning. Don't be careless." Zhou Fan commented.
Zhu Yi nodded in agreement.
It wasn't long before they returned to White Palace City.
Zhu Yi headed directly to the assassination guild. There was, after all, a head in a sack inside of his backpack.
Zhu Yi made it inside and arrived at the front desk.
The lady looked up and saw Zhu Yi.
"Hah." She chuckled.
"Everyone give it up for fresh meat. He's finally begun to fit in." She said.
Zhu Yi heard a few short claps and brief cheers. He shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Zhu Yi put the sack on the counter and the lady confirmed his mission completion.
As she did so, Zhu Yi asked her a question.
"My target knew about the Assassination guild. Is that common?"
"Of course. Not everyone, but plenty of cultivators know about our existence. How else would we gain customers?"
Zhu Yi nodded, this made sense.
As his mission was officially completed, Zhu Yi returned to the crystal pad. Night was beginning to fall, but he wanted to work again.
He accepted another mission.
Qi gathering 3, no sect affiliation, male.
Before he set off, Zhou Fan spoke.
"You need some dark clothes. After all, it blends in with the dark."
Zhu Yi realized that he had never assassinated someone during the night and praised his master's intelligence.
He made a brief stop at a clothes shop and bought black clothes before going out to scout.
This mission had more information than the last, but not much more.
Luckily, with the information, Zhu Yi confirmed that his target was outside the city on a mission.
"I can either wait for him to return or sleep." Zhu Yi said.
"It's not as if the paths are rarely used. You've been lucky so far, but if you keep killing on or near the main paths, you'll be seen eventually."
This enlightened Zhu Yi.
After some thinking, Zhu Yi returned to his house and slept until morning.
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