Chapter 504 - Chapter 504: Assassin’s Task (2/2)

Just as he approached the entrance, two burly men blocked his path.

“Entering the tavern costs ten taels of gold.”

Chen Yu showed no surprise and directly took out a small piece of gold and tossed it over.

The two burly men immediately became respectful.

“Sir, please come inside. If you need anything, just give us a shout.”

Chen Yu sneered and walked straight into the tavern, taking a seat right in the center.

Everyone drinking here had a murderous look on their faces.

Each of them had at least a dozen lives on their hands.

The bartender behind the counter looked extremely frail, but he sat back in his lounge chair with an air of calm indifference.

It wasn’t long before he took a satellite phone call, after which he posted a flyer on a pillar nearby.

The people in the tavern immediately became agitated, crowding around to see.

It seemed to be an assassination order with a reward of one thousand taels of gold.

“Damn, Ma Jinhong! That guy is a traitor from the Childe Family, and rumor has it, his skills are extraordinary. Catching him is not gonna be easy.”

“For someone of his caliber, the bounty is only one thousand taels of gold? Who would be willing to take that on?”

“Boss, if you raise the reward to two thousand taels of gold, I’ll take the job.”

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The crowd seemed very reluctant; Ma Jinhong’s notoriety was well-known, and taking him down would be no easy task.

The bounty was indeed too little.

Chen Yu drained his glass of wine and slammed the table hard.

“I, however, have a task here, and I wonder if anyone would be interested?”

With those words, the people around him quickly gathered closer.

All outlaws, they relied on such jobs to survive. As long as the price was right, they would not spare even their own mothers.

“Young brother, our rates are not cheap. Who do you want to kill?”

Chen Yu looked up at the speaker and laid out the Xuanqing Sect’s Sect Master’s token.

Everyone present froze, well aware of the kind of existence the Xuanqing Sect was.

Although this place was situated in the far northern lands, they heard news of the Xuanqing Sect daily.

Upon seeing the token, someone took out a tablet and started comparing it with Chen Yu.

Soon, a look of surprise appeared on everyone’s faces.

“It turns out to be the newly-appointed Sect Leader! However, the Xuanqing Sect wouldn’t need to come all the way here to issue a task, would it?”

Chen Yu casually poured himself another glass of wine.

“What I’m here for is not just to issue a task but to redeem you!”

Interest piqued, a couple of them even sat down next to Chen Yu.

“Mr. Chen, what do you mean by that?”

Chen Yu didn’t beat around the bush and took out a bundle from his person, revealing a handful of bronze rings.

“The Xuanqing Sect is about to establish a new outer sect, and anyone in this world can join this outer sect after passing an assessment, becoming a member of our Xuanqing Sect! This bronze ring is the token of faith.”

The room fell silent at once, everyone’s gaze fixed on the bronze rings.

If nothing unexpected happened, these people would live the rest of their lives in exile, barely scraping by as assassins.

If they could join the Xuanqing Sect, they would have a formal identity, no longer needing to live these messy, chaotic lives.