Chapter 444: The Assassination Guild - 444
Zhu Yi returned to White Palace city and turned in the mission as usual. Besides the slightly higher pay, there was not much difference.
He soon took his tenth mission, but upon entering White Palace city after completing it and walking towards the rogue cultivator guild, he saw a man in an alley wave him over.
"That's not suspicious at all." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi looked at the man, thinking deeply, before walking over.
"Are you sure you want to take that risk?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Nobody dares to kill within White Palace city. I should be fine." Zhu Yi said.
Zhou Fan sighed. "The young are truly brave."
Zhu Yi walked up to the man and the man went deeper into the alleyway, leading Zhu Yi from afar.
Zhu Yi followed while gripping on his sword. Before long, the man entered a door at the side. The door remained open and Zhu Yi entered.
Inside, there were downward stairs. A red light gave the place an eerie feeling, and while Zhu Yi considered leaving, he eventually walked down.
The stairs did not go too deep before turning, and Zhu Yi saw an Iron door.
Looking around, Zhu Yi walked up and knocked on the door. A slit in the door slid open.
Eyes looked at Zhu Yi before the slit closed and the door made a noise.
As Zhu Yi stepped back, the door opened.
What entered his eyes was what appeared to be a large tavern.
"You must be Zhu Yi. Follow me." The man who opened the door said.
The man had a scar covering his face that garnered Zhu Yi's attention. Half of his face seemed to have suffered some sort of burn mark.
Zhu Yi did not stare, and followed the man through the room.
There were many tables in the room, and a large amount of them were filled. Everyone in the tavern-like room seemed to wear dark clothes and/or have a large scar.
A few stared at him for a moment, but most ignored him and continued their conversations.
After walking across the room, Zhu Yi was led through a door and up a flight of stairs, before the man leading him knocked on a door at the end of an otherwise doorless hallway.
"Enter."
The man turned and walked away. Zhu Yi walked forward and entered the room.
Inside it was what appeared to be an office. Behind a desk was a man wearing both dark clothes and with a scar. He had a cigar in his mouth. To the side was a fireplace and strewn around the room were papers.
As he walked towards the desk, Zhu Yi also noticed a crystal pad laid down.
"A big shot." Zhou Fan said.
"You are Zhu Yi." The man said after a moment.
"I am."
"We'll get straight to it. We've been observing you for a few days and want you to join us." The man said, only pausing to take a puff of his cigar.
Zhu Yiwas confused. "Join who?"
"The dark side of the rogue cultivator guild, the Assassination guild." The man said.
Seeing Zhu Yi silent, the man continued. "The light side of the rogue cultivator guild is the rogue cultivator guild that you know. It operates by killing beasts, trading, exchanging information, or any other way to make profit."
"Then, there is the dark side, the assassination guild. We are the same, but deal with stuff that would better remain unknown to the general public, though there is no lack of people who know of us."
Zhu Yi asked a question. "What do you mean by stuff that would better remain unknown to the general public?"
"Assassination, beast slavery, though human slavery is illegal throughout the world, spying, poisons, kidnapping, essentially anything that makes a profit without going too far." The man explained.
"And why would you want me to join you?" Zhu Yi asked.
He felt that he didn't fit the character at all. Not to mention that he was not wearing dark clothes and did not have a scar.
"As I said, we've been observing you, and we have no lack of experience in recruiting. I won't say we have a 100% recruit rate, but it's in the high 90's."
"I still don't understand. Why me?" Zhu Yi asked.
The man sighed. "There is a lot of stuff that can be observed in secret. You met the "Doorman" of White Palace city, so you should know about those beasts. Since you've met him, you should have felt his arrogance. Do you remember that well?"
Zhu Yi nodded. It was still fresh in his mind.
"Not many can simply accept such treatment. They may go out and attempt to secretly spread the information of those beasts, or they may start plotting to get revenge, but they always end up dead. You have met that old man and are alive. That is the first sign." The man said.
He continued. "Next, you are faithfully working for no apparent reason. Perhaps you don't have a purpose, perhaps you have no ambition and are saving up to retire, though that seems unlikely based on your ninth mission. Maybe you owe a large sum of money. There could be any reason, but it should stand that you need something from those missions, and we, the assassination guild, can help you."
"How about that? Do you need more?" The man asked, leaning back in his chair.
"You say that you can provide me what I need?" Zhu Yi asked.
"Almost anything."
Zhu Yi paused and thought. "Even live foundation establishment beasts?"
The man looked at him calmly. "Enslaved? You don't have the ability to do anything worth that."
"Not enslaved, just alive and captured."
The man thought. "That changes things. It is possible. Do you need it to be weakened?"
"No. Just trapped and alive so that I can kill it from outside the cage without being in danger."
"Such a thing is not too much to ask. I won't ask why you need it, but you'll have to earn it. You've seen the benefits. Now, let me introduce you to the work."
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