Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: Prologue: Two Rules for Killers Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Killing is all about neatness and efficiency Rarely will you have the saet off guard and reet with one et about crap like having aa Jianghu legend Unlike actors, killers don’t need such showy tricks or inflated reputations

Living as long as you can is the only criteria to be considered a top killer

Just as all his predecessors had done, Shangguan Fa, the “Supreht his sons the way of a killer

Rule No 1 for killers: Avoid being noticed Be sure of what you want to do before youand the situation as reatest advantage

Even if your target is a half-paralyzed beggar, you have to treat him as a Peerless Ace; sneak up and kill him from behind without hesitation

You feel that it is a bit shaar didn’t, and he’s already a dead man; and there was one percent chance that he really was a Peerless Ace who just dressed up as a beggar to lure you in

All is fair in war Winning eneral—who cares what means he has taken? His soldiers, in particular, would appreciate the general’s dirty moves and tricks, which have allowed thereat general always attacks the eneant idiot yells about fighting to death all the tieneral, so he , more insidious, and much more ruthless

There was once aFu masters With extraordinary martial arts skills, he had hardly been defeated since he was young Those who came for a contest had to make an appointment in advance and all his opponents were coreatest ht that he deserved a plaque on the gate

So what happened to this master afterward? He was dead before he was 30 His body was found lying in a ditch after more than 10 days had passed and the corpse had rotted beyond iination Even the collector could not bear to let his parents see him like that

Why did he die? Well, he hu adventures

Those who visited him for a contest had to follow the rules The two co naiven, the audience would judge the coility, stability, and accuracy No one would like to use any degrading skill as they hed at just because their moves were out-of-shape

The master, who had been used to the “fair contests”, becaerous Jianghu world No one kneho killed hi they kneas that the fatal injury was located on his back

Everyone syh they disdained the unknown killer in public, they also discussed in private that the reat because a real master could certainly stop an attack from behind

Even those people ere defeated by the ed their tone and claimed that the only reasons for their own defeat were poor ti location, and they could have won if they had another encounter with the master

What could the master do? He was dead He had becoive any explanation

Finally, the mysterious killer became an idol whose story was spread by everyone Everyone claimed that they once saw the killer make a move Some even claimed that they themselves were the killer

This is the truth about the Jianghu legends No et to the top, your adnificent life for you People only see that you stand on the top and no one cares what tricks you’ve played and how many people you’ve killed

Rule No 2 for killers: No mercy Be ruthless and leave no future trouble Death isn’t the only purpose of killing, but more importantly, the killer must wipe out the family’s “name”

Once there was a e his father He defeated all upon his debut With full confidence, he found his enemy and wiped out the entire fa on killing a woman and her son He wanted to be chivalrous and leave hi no women or children” This small mercy could be considered the moment that led to his downfall

Could the woe on the master themselves? Certainly not Her son was so duet close to the master even if he trained for a hundred years And the wo Fu and she was such an ordinary looking person that it would be hard for her to sell her body for a living, let alone convince soe her family

The master’s enemy had been very rich and all his wealth was taken away by the master The woman and her son, however, did not say so The woive half of the wealth to anyone who could help avenge her family

This weak and vulnerable woman used the illusion of compensation to lure people in with ine how many people were attracted by the offer? Too many to count Since the reent public, so many people went to theto sleep with one eye open and, eventually, he was killed by a nobody

Did the woet their ave them a small piece of land and noproperty, which orth millions of dollars