Chapter 280 - 277: Breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm
"What’s going on? Why is there still no movement? How come this assassin hasn’t appeared yet?"
Across from the inn where Ye Zhen stayed, a figure shrouded in a black cloak—Young Master Hu Shuai of the Hu Family—was concealed in a corner’s shadow, his presence only betrayed by his occasional peering towards the inn.
"My lord, just wait a bit longer, the assassin surely needs some time to make a move, right?" Similarly hidden in the shadows was Steward Hu, who kept glancing around, in fact, more anxious than his young master.
"Wait? I’m anxious!"
"The Spirit Storage Pill is no ordinary object. If that Zheng swallows it in one gulp, where would you have me go to cry?"
At this point, a stern look crossed Hu Shuai’s face, "Old Hu, you’d better not have hired some rookie for me."
"How could I, young master? Even though we were in a hurry, the one I found is ’Little Ghost Shadow’, one of the Five Great Assassins of the Divine Capital, a Fourth Stage Spirit Transformation Realm assassin. At least three Fifth Stage Spirit Transformation Realm martial artists have died at his hand."
"One, why did you only hire one assassin? Couldn’t you have hired more?"
"Young master, it’s almost midnight, and we needed to act immediately. It was already good enough that we found this one; it was a lucky coincidence, otherwise, even one would be hard to come by," the steward explained with a bitter smile on his face.
"Then tell me, why is there still no sign of anything happening in the inn? Successful or not, there should be some indication, right?"