Zhu Yi moved his sword in a circular motion, using it as if it were a saw. After completing a circle, he pulled the sword back and a chunk of meat fell to the ground.
Zhu Yi reached his hand inside of the beast and pulled out its core. Zhou Fan quickly used the river of cultivation to clean and absorb it.
In an instant, Zhou Fan felt a change. Although it was not really a leap, it was a clear boost. With only a few more, or perhaps even a single one, he would make a qualitative change in recovery.
Zhu Yi looked at Zhou Fan, waiting.
Zhou Fan spoke. "Good stuff. If you get a few more, I'll be able to help a bit. Have you decided to work with the assassination guild?"
Zhu Yi nodded. "It's too profitable. Cultivators kill, I might as well benefit. Either way, it seems that the assassination guild isn't all that bad."
The person he had killed had been a bad person, and if the assassination guild only killed such people, were they really that bad?
"Zhu Yi." Zhou Fan said in a serious tone.
Zhu Yi turned and looked Zhou Fan in the eye.
"Do not trust people so easily. Especially those who kill for profit. I would bet everything I own that this assassination guild is much much worse than you think."
Zhou Fan's words caused Zhu Yi to go into thought, but Zhou Fan interrupted him. "You've been in this place long enough."
This reminded Zhu Yi that he was still in the assassination guild. He began to cut up the rest of the beast. A foundation establishment realm beasts corpse could be sold for a lot. After bagging everything up, he left the room and saw Bernard.
"Is everything you need settled?" Bernard asked.
Zhu Yi nodded. "Thank you for waiting."
Bernard waved his hand. "I'll only wait this once. You are on your own from now on. You will also no longer meet the guild master yourself. We have crystal pads to accept missions. Don't worry, all information is kept only by the assassination guild."
Zhu Yi nodded and Bernard led him to the tavern room. Bernard said his goodbye's and returned upstairs.
In the room were many people, and Zhu Yi seemed to stick out like a sore thumb due to his youth and unscarred skin, as well as his clothes.
However, nobody seemed to pay attention to him. He was now a member of the assassination guild.
Zhu Yi walked over to an open crystal pad and clicked on it. Everything was the same as he knew it, but the background was darker.
Zhu Yi found missions, but they were not specific. Perhaps to guard against traitors, there was only basic information about the targets such as gender, cultivation, and affiliation.
Low-level missions were what Zhu Yi had done. They involved those below Qi gathering 6. Mid-level involved those between Qi gathering 6 and Qi gathering 10. High-level involved those between Foundation Establishment 1 and Foundation Establishment 5. Top-level involved those between Foundation Establishment 6 and Foundation establishment 10.
Unlike the rogue cultivator guild, there was no information or missions from branches outside of white palace city. As a result, the highest level mission was only at the 10th level of the Foundation Establishment realm, though Zhu Yi could not see those.
Naturally, Zhu Yi scrolled through the low-level missions. Even if he was above the 5th level of the Qi gathering realm, he may not take mid-level missions. Assassinations were very dangerous, as could be seen by the amount of scars in the tavern.
Zhu Yi found a mission to assassinate a 3rd level Qi gathering realm man. He had no sect affiliation, though most of the targets were like that.
Just as he was about to accept the mission, the screen went black and all of the talking in the assassination guild stopped. A voice sounded out through the room.
"All proceedings are to stop for 5 days. The sky sparrow sect's disciples are visiting White Palace city."
Zhu Yi was confused, but most of the people in the guild seemed to understand.
Many voices spoke.
"Another one comes."
"As expected of White Palace City."
"Have any of you heard of the Sky Sparrow Sect?"
"No."
"Nope."
"I have."
Everyone's attention turned to the man who spoke, including Zhu Yi. He was one of the smaller and less scarred people in the assassination guild. He was holding a book as he spoke.
"The Sky Sparrow sect is the 4th ranked sect in our world."
The room fell even more silent than before.
Even Zhu Yi was shocked.
A door opened and the Guild master stepped out. "It's nothing too surprising. The greatest sect in the world has visited more than once in the past. This is White Palace City after all. You all take a break. You've worked hard."
The tense air seemed to move again as the guild master spoke.
Still, everyone seemed to be slightly worried. If the disciples of the Sky Sparrow sect wanted to do something in the White Palace City, as long as it did not affect the White Palace city itself, nobody could stop them.
Even if they didn't use their status, nobody had enough strength to stop them. They were, after all, disciples from one of the world's top sects.
Zhou Fan spoke. "There shouldn't be too much to worry about as long as you mind your own business."
Zhu Yi nodded. It seemed that he would be taking a few rogue cultivator guild missions, unless, for some reason, they were stopped as well.
Zhu Yi left the assassination guild and walked to the rogue cultivator guild.
When he entered the building, he heard many people talking about the visiting sky sparrow sect, but it seemed that, as expected, the rogue cultivator guild would continue operating.
Zhu Yi also heard another type of conversation. How to please those of the sky sparrow sect. Some talked about serving them like servants, while others mentioned gifts. Anything to get into their good graces.
Zhu Yi unconsciously found himself disdaining those people. Unlike in the assassination guild, these people thought about becoming servants to live better.
Zhu Yi wondered if those at the assassination guild were more willful, but he soon realized the difference. The rogue cultivator guild was about living, while the assassination guild was about surviving.