Chapter 31: Concourse of the Underworld (2/2)

“On the outside, Fang Mofei appears to be just an ordinary mystical beast hunter However, he disappears for periods of half a month if it’s a short duration, and even up to threeunusual about this in itself, as is it a coMofei disappears, ill alway hear news of expert martial artists of the fifth to seventh tiers that end up wounded or dead They could be the strong and youthful of the otten, even those who had gone into seclusion After the deed has been done, Fang Mofei would then return to the public’s eyes InMofei has another identity…”

Yun Yang did not turn his head but he could sense that Fang Mofei was tre Mofei’s other identity would be that of an assassin But frouild do you hail? Currently, the top three assassin’s guilds that are prominent in the martial arts world are – one, Concourse of the Underworld; two, Hall of Crimson Blade; three, The Merciless Tower The Merciless Tower offers their services with clear terms and prices; I think that it doesn’t really fit your profile Me sabers in their trade; we can exclude them as well The only possibility left would be the Concourse of the Underworld”

Yun Yang turned away fro Mofei whose eyes were dazed fros in the Concourse of the Underworld Based on those already deceased within these past few years, they werearound the Youyan1 area This is, of course, the territory of First Court2 King Qinguang3 of the Concourse of the Underworld Fang Mofei’s cultivation base has not yet reached the level of independent execution and also stands below that of King Qinguang Thus, ifs Mofei “ Fang Mofei should be an assassin under Kings of Ten Courts’ King Qinguang of First Court from the Concourse of the Underworld, the world’s top assassination organization! With reference to Fang Mofei’s cultivation base, he should be one of the most skilled killers within the Concourse of the Underworld Unfortunately, your ranking within this dread organization could not be established, do forgive me for this lapse”

Drops of sweat the size of soybeans streaered under the weight of Yun Yang’s accusations He felt like he had been starkly exposed, pulled out froht He no longer had any secrets left!

“Where did all this infor hard, his voice dry and hoarse

“Fro said indifferently, “I had hied to obtain for s I had already speculated… Moreover, it doesn’t even reveal the ranking of Brother Fang in First Court King Qinguang’s best assassins The poor iveness”

Seek forgiveness!

Fang Mofei was a thread away fro information had already exposed hiiveness! He even had the gall to say it wasn’t co Mofei could only feel his brain turning to mush under the extreain

“Of course, there’s still plenty of infor said, “There are whole portions regarding Brother Fang’s fans of interest in women, your first contact with fairer sex, when and what caused changes in behavior, so on and so forth The report also contains infor’s attitude towards your family, an analysis of the possibilities that we could h the who’s your favorite child There are bits of inforhout the years, who these people had offended, ere the hcaught his breath inwant to to take a look?”

“No… There is no need” Fang Mofei was a man defeated, his eyes the eyes of a soulless corpse He did not knohat to say anyle incident of being severely injured and comatose would have landed hi’s life experiences are certainly interesting indeed” Yun Yang seeenuinely curious about his past, “Of course, everyone has heard of the hty Fealty Jade Sword… but ould have known that the virtuous Brother Fang is actually a part of the dark and sinister Concourse of the Underworld?”

Fang Mofei eating profusely

“To be honest though, all these arewalked over to the table and poured hi, “I as; with your cultivation base, Brother Fang couldn’t possibly defeat an Eclipse Panther Todo just that, he even ed to overpower its mate and seized the opportunity to capture all four babies of the Eclipse Panther!”

Fang Mofei’s expression was that of absolute aardness A spiritual creature such as the Eclipse Panther would have first exter death! This was coher the level a mystical beast was, the more likely it was to behave this way

“Nonetheless, Brother Fang succeeded in escaping in one piece, and have brought these four babies to Tiantang City” Yun Yang continued, “I would like to hear the story behind these a Mofei’s expression turned bitter He sighed heavily and said, “Someone had stumbled across them unintentionally It was a pair of Eclipse Panthers; the female beast was heavy with child They had been attacked by another group of high-level ot wind of it, we organized a group of five to head into the borderless forest together”

Fang Mofei’s expression then rief as he continued, “The process was smooth as the Eclipse Panthers were indeed heavily wounded A the five of us, we only paid the price of four heavy injuries and one death to co listened quietly and could not help but smile mysteriously

“The four of us then started ho onto one another I was the least injured and had two people on both sides Just as ere about to reach the outer reaches of the borderless forest, I was ambushed Out of the blue, tords stabbed into the left and right sides of h both sides of my chest At the same time, I took a heavy blow to the back offrowned, “That is indeed correct I saw the wounds on both sides of your back and chest and they looked a little too smooth The blades uard”

“Those three Hu Brothers…” Fang Mofei was anguished “We are…ere sworn brothers for over forty years Bound by a single oath, we have been by each other’s side for dozens of suether, countless tih and spoke quietly, “If you were brothers… as there a need to be bound by an oath? If you were not brothers, would an oath have any use at all?”

With those words, Fang Mofei felt as if a lightning bolt had struck hi in the distance

Translator Note:

1Youyan (幽燕yōu yàn): Na the north of Hebei province and a part of Liaoning

2First Court (一殿yī diàn): One of the ten courts in Concourse of the Underworld where its concept has been derived froy, in which hell is divided into ten courts where souls are taken to after death to atone for the sins they co (秦广王qín guǎng wáng): King of First Court; concept derived froy, in which all souls are brought to the First Court of King Qinguang to be tested for their sins and deeds then sentenced accordingly If their good deeds exceeded their sins, souls are sent to the Tenth Court to await rebirth while the rest would be sent to Second Court for further judging