Chapter 171 - 58: Xie Yu’s Warning
Xie Yu was completely flabbergasted; he prided himself on having a thick skin and a heart as dark as a wolf’s, but faced with Yue Jinghua, who treated morality as food and scheming as a blanket, he was truly at a loss.
"Miss, please spare me. This matter is also the most troubling thing for me at the moment. That day, the wolf-shaped female official killed someone and then devoured the corpse alive. I guess she is a Dark Dark Beast capable of transforming into a human form. As for that masked man, the Dark Techniques he used are the unique skills of the Divine Court; if I’m not mistaken, he should be a palace disciple of the Divine Court." Xie Yu pressed his thumb against his brow and looked quite distressed.
"Is there really something that could trouble you, Xie Yu?" Yue Jinghua mocked him.
"Young Master is not troubled by this, but rather worried about you. Just a word of warning, do not stir up trouble, Fa Xiaoyi is not a simple person," Xie Yu suddenly became serious, his usually playful demeanor turning grave was indeed quite unexpected, "In a few days, Young Master needs to return to the Assassin Alliance to report on the matters of the Dan Demon Tomb some time ago."
The Assassin Alliance and the Mercenary Guild, though different in nature, both operate mainly by accepting commissioned tasks.
The difference is, the Mercenary Guild accepts a broader range of tasks, while the Assassin Alliance focuses more on assassinations.
Compared to the Mercenary Guild, the Assassin Alliance has fewer rules and is less binding, with only one stipulation: every assassin must complete at least one task per year.
When Lihua Xue was heading to the Dan Demon Tomb, her Artifact Master uncle entrusted the Assassin Alliance to protect Lihua Xue’s life and obtain the Devil Crystal.
Normally, the Assassin Alliance would not accept tasks to protect someone. However, thanks to her uncle’s strong connections with the Assassin Alliance and the dangerous nature of the Dan Demon Tomb mission, and since Xie Yu was lazy and had not completed any tasks that year, this task ultimately fell into his hands.
"This young master thought, having seen countless treasures, only the Devil Crystal has never been seen. I thought, why not pick up one while completing the mission," Xie Yu sneered, but little did he know that he would encounter Yue Jinghua there, and, by a twist of fate, Lihua Xue lost her life.
This undoubtedly cast a shadow over his reputation as one of the Ten Great Assassins.
"So, you might be held accountable when you return this time?" Yue Jinghua was not long in the mercenary business, but she had heard from Ni Qianjun that failing a mercenary task faced severe penalties.