Chapter 77 (1/2)

Translator: Radiant  Editor: Radiant

A seemingly ordinary-looking carriage was advancing at a slow pace on the streets of Azure River County

Inside the carriage, a black-robed Cui Jin Peng had a cold expression on his face, his eyes full of ferocious intent.

“With such a great reputation, the Bloodshed Tavern couldn’t even keep their promise!” Cui Jin Peng gritted his teeth. “It‘s fine that the mission wasn’t completed. But wanting to ask for a second bounty from me for killing Dong Bo Qing Shi?”

He had gone to the Bloodshed Tavern right at dawn, waiting to obtain the results of the mission.

As for the reply by Bloodshed Tavern –

“Dong Bo Xue Ying’s combat power was far beyond our expectations. The assassins we sent out suffered a huge loss, thus, this mission will be relinquished.”

“Relinquished? What about the bounty?”

“No refunds!”

“I…” Cui Jin Peng was angered beyond reason by now.

How could he know that, in fact, Bloodshed Tavern was actually extremely dissatisfied? This mission had brought them huge losses. The deaths of the three Silver Moon assassins could have been overlooked, but not the death of the Wind Devil! Even Xiang Pang Yun had died! As a beast disguised as a human, Xiang Pang Yun’s death was not as important. The most crucial point was that Xue Ying had become such a frightening character at only 22 years of age!

Such a talent would definitely have a great chance of becoming a Transcendent! For the life of such a talented monster, Bloodshed Tavern would never accept gold pieces as bounty. Instead, they would only accept precious Transcendents’ treasures!

This mission had seriously been much, much too disadvantageous!

“How much would it cost if I were to offer another bounty?” Cui Jin Peng asked.

Bloodshed Tavern replied, “For a while, Snowrock Castle will have Transcendents paying close attention to it. The bounty for killing Dong Bo Qing Shi within a month would be a million gold pieces. After a month, it would be 500,000 gold pieces.”

Cui Jin Peng walked off after hearing that!

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“A bounty of 500,000 gold pieces for assassinating Dong Bo Qing Shi after a month?” Cui Jin Peng was back in the carriage, angered to the point of madness, “Bloodshed Tavern only has a greed for money. They only know how to ask for money.”

The previous debacle had almost exhausted all of his savings already.

“He is just a weak little mage. Since things have already progressed up to this stage, it seems I will have to kill him myself.” Cui Jin Peng gritted his teeth. Being the chief of the entire county underworld, he had with him a group of assassins as well, but just to test it out, he had decided to request for assassination from Bloodshed Tavern! Who would have thought that it would turn out this way… But in fact, he had already learned quite a lot from this request of his.

Because of these one million gold pieces of his, characters such as Wind Devil and Xiang Pang Yun had died. Dong Bo Xue Ying had fallen into the Black-Wind Abyss. Even Transcendents were startled by this incident!

Lu lu lu ~~~

The carriage suddenly stopped, causing Cui Jin Peng’s expression to change. “Why did we stop?” he asked.

“Mad Dog Cui!” A hoarse voice called. “Get out!”

Cui Jin Peng’s expression changed as he immediately opened the carriage door. With a single gaze, he could see three black-robed figures waiting for him, the leading figure being a black-robed old man with a gold tooth in his mouth and gray hair. His eyes were unfeeling.

“Ah, Housekeeper Liu.” Cui Jin Peng unhesitantly came down from the carriage, in adulation.

The grey-haired old man observed him with a cold gaze, “Arrest him.”

“Housekeeper Liu, what is this?” Cui Jin Peng felt ignorant and at a loss, yet he did not dare resist. The other two black-robed men cuffed his hands with shackles. Cui Jin Peng was quite clear that this Housekeeper Liu… was in fact the housekeeper for the old ancestor ‘Si Liang Hong’ of the Si Clan, with an extremely high position. It was he who had allowed Cui Jin Peng to become the chief of the entire county’s underworld.

“The Lord wants to see you,” Housekeeper Liu stated with a single sentence, not saying anything else afterwards.

“Old ancestor?” Cui Jin Peng turned pale.

A short moment later.

Within a garden, Cui Jin Peng saw the old ancestor of Si Clan.

“Old ancestor.” Cui Jin Peng timidly kneeled.

Even though Si Liang Hong had lived for countless of years, her appearance was still relatively beautiful, as if she was an enchanting woman. Garbed in blood-red, her hair was blood in colour and her skin was white. Whenever one saw her, they would inevitably feel an impulsive desire. After all, she had the body of a ‘Blood Demon’, bringing with her a captivating charm.

“Because of you?” Si Liang Hong looked at Cui Jin Peng. “It is because of you, this mess that resulted in the death of Xiang Pang Yun, the expert dispatched by the Sorcerer’s Palace, and in the person who would certainly become a Transcendent in a few years, the monster of a genius, Dong Bo Xue Ying, falling into the Black-Wind Abyss to his death?”

“Things are unpredictable. This mess actually caused the end of two experts in this world,” Si Liang Hong lamented.

Her Si Clan was the absolute overlord in Azure River County, ruling over the entire place with a single action of theirs. Even if it was in some dirty underworld, her clan’s spies would be present. This Cui Jin Peng was actually Si Clan’s loyal dog! Even in his areas of control, Si Clan would have spies placed within, with him not being able to resist against such an order. Thus, when his child ‘Cui Hui’ died, Si Clan had known about it in a matter of moments, along with even the fact that Cui Jin Peng had visited the Bloodshed Tavern!

“Many heroic characters fell because of some nobodies.” Si Liang Hong sighed. “Alright, old Liu. I’ve seen him already. Take him away and settle it cleanly.”