Xuan Jun City, Fish Market Street.
The existence of this street could be traced back to a long time ago, so long that there was already a fish market here before there was a city. Countless ponds and the overwhelming stench were the two most permanent things on this street. Even when the city was under lockdown, the stench of fish market street that was over a thousand years old would not decrease at all. It was said that even the top energy spirit xiuzhe were helpless against the stench here.
But even though this place had a lot of history and had a lot of "charm", it had never changed the status of this street. At the end of the day, this was a place where low level fishermen and fishmongers made a living. There were a few that did well, but in this Xuan Jun City where important people gathered, it was nothing.
Yet on this dusty fish market street, there happened to be a Nha Village of the Assassin Alliance. After Morin and the other two were captured from outside the city, they were sent into the city through a secret tunnel and locked up here.
Honestly speaking, this was not a good place to hide hostages. The pungent stench of fish in the air would allow hostages to easily find their location. But the Assassin Alliance clearly did not care about this. Hiding the hostages was not important to them, and they did not even think about exchanging the hostages for ransom. They just wanted to lure the people they wanted to lure here. The hostages were just bait and a way to make their opponents hesitate.
So along the way, they actually noticed that Morin and Fang Yizhu were using some small methods to mark some places. They pretended not to know, but were laughing in their hearts. They felt that the two of them were helping them, and they were afraid that the people they were waiting for would not be able to find them!
The two main cities sent out a total of eleven bamboo tips and thirty sparrow tongues. The lower level green fruits and young chicks were not sent out. The Nha Village of the fish market was not very big, and it was already very excessive to hide so many people. During the lockdown period, the streets were empty, and it would be hard to set up if too many people came.
However, even with just these people, it could be said to be an all-out attack from the two major branches.
They were just afraid that Lu Ping would not come, and even felt that Lu Ping would not come even if he wanted to. After all, even Xuan Emperor was alerted, and with that thunderous rage, no one would be able to escape this Xuan Jun City.
They did not mind the plot developing like this. There was no such thing as personally assassinating a target in the Assassin's League. They only wanted results. The simpler and safer the process, the better. Now that he had the Xuan Army Empire to take care of everything for him, it was probably the first time in the history of the Assassin Alliance that he had such a comfortable mission. Inside Nha Trang, a few wine lovers had already begun to drink to their hearts' content. They didn't seem to care about the current situation at all. Only a few experienced and prudent people were still doing what they needed to do in an orderly manner. But he couldn't say anything to dissuade those who didn't take it seriously. Even in their hearts, they didn't think that Lu Ping would have the chance to find this place again. It was just that they had always abided by the rules.
"Do you know what I'm looking forward to the most?" A Dark Army branch member with a flushed face said after drinking another cup of wine.
"What is it?" several of his drinking buddies asked.
"He can leave the city," the man said seriously.
"Ah?" The people who heard the conversation all looked over in surprise.
"Only then will he know the feeling of despair." This person's expression was unfathomable.
"What do you mean?"
"Only when he leaves the city will he realize that his companions have been captured. Then, after finally escaping the city, he will realize that he has to barge back into the city to save his companions. Isn't that enough despair? "
"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter. Even the most level-headed people couldn't help but want to shed some tears for Lu Ping after imagining such a scene.
But soon, everyone realized that even the three hostages in the fish pond in the courtyard were amused by this joke.
"The feeling of despair, well said!" Fang Yizhu laughed.
Morin was secretly laughing, but when he heard Fang Yizhu's muttering, he immediately retracted his smile and said in a low voice, "Can you stop talking?"
"Don't you think what they said makes sense?" Fang Yizhu asked him.
"Don't you think three hostages is a bit excessive?" Morin said. The meaning of their existence was very clear. Whether it was one or three, there was no difference. It was very unwise to attract the enemy's hatred at this time.
But although his voice was very low, these people were all experts and could hear it clearly. Not to mention that because of Fang Yizhu's chatter, his tone couldn't help but be a bit heavier when he said this. The courtyard suddenly quieted down.
"Three hostages is indeed a bit excessive." They agreed with Morin's statement, so they began to look at the three people. Previously they were focused on the task, so they didn't think too much. But now everyone was very relaxed, and Morin's words reminded them. Everyone couldn't help but think if they could find something fun with the three people to pass this boring time. There were a few lecherous people whose eyes had been rolling on Ling Ziyan's body for a long time, and now they were even more eager to make a move.
Fortunately, there were a few prudent people. It didn't matter if they were a little relaxed from joking around, but if they wanted to do something to the carefully captured hostages, without the permission of their superiors, they finally stood up to dissuade them.
"It's just for fun, it's not like we want her life." Several lecherous people were somewhat dissatisfied.
"The task is not over yet." The serious and prudent killer Zhu Jian said.
This sentence immediately made the few lecherous people put away their lecherous gazes. The Assassin League had strict rules. During the course of a mission, unless it was necessary, things like drinking and women that would make people lose focus were strictly prohibited. No matter how much they said, they still hadn't received the order to end the mission. So even if these things didn't affect the overall situation, they still violated the rules.
Thinking of this, let alone the few lecherous people, even the few people who were drinking to their heart's content quietly put away their wine bags and glasses, as if nothing had happened.
At this time, the news that spread throughout the city came. The curfew order was lifted.
Was it over?
Black Army City's hunt for Lu Ping should be over, but before they knew the result, it wasn't time for them to stop their mission.
That guy must have been killed. Most of the killers thought so, but right now they could only wait, wait for news, wait for orders.
"I'll go take a look." The person in charge of this Nha Zhuang stood up, left the backyard, and went to the street of the fish market. One Nha Zhuang of the Assassin League was not important. Just look at the rank of the person in charge. The important Nha Zhuang would definitely have at least one Zhu Jian. And this Nha Zhuang was just a person in charge, just like the one in the village south of the city. It wasn't very important, but it was a very hidden stronghold. On the surface, it looked like an ordinary fish shop. At this time, just like other shops, it opened its doors after the curfew order was lifted, and started to set up its business.
No one thought that something would happen on this filthy and smelly street. In the eyes of these people, those who cultivated Soul Power were all great people. Even if they wanted to eat fish, they didn't have to come personally to buy fish. The small people didn't even care about what happened to the intruder. They were more concerned about the curfew that had ruined their business for half a day, or even a day.
Little by little, the fish market returned to its normal state. But just as everyone worried, the business for the day was probably going to be affected. The curfew order had just been lifted, and everyone went to busy themselves with the important matters that had been delayed by the curfew. Buying fish didn't seem to be an important matter that couldn't wait.
The atmosphere of the entire fish market street was a little depressed. These small people definitely wouldn't have thought, and would never know, that at this moment, the street of the Black Army Protectorate, which was at the other end of the spectrum, was even more depressed than they were. Sparrow Tongue, who had set up the shop, stood guard outside. If there were any orders or news from above, they could just send it to him. On this fish market street, it was impossible to hear any news from other people, especially when there were so few customers. The status of the people here was too low.
After waiting for a while, news came. Sparrow Tongue glanced at it, then immediately returned to the backyard.
"Lu Ping isn't dead! He escaped from the city. His boss wants us to be prepared. "
The assassins, who were listlessly waiting for the mission to end, were stunned when they heard this news.
"He actually escaped from the city?"
"He's quite capable!"
"We can't be careless."
"Check all the arrangements again!"
The assassins busied themselves, and no one was as lazy as before.
"Now we'll see if he can come here."
"Or maybe he won't come," someone said.
Thus, everyone looked at the three hostages in the fish pond with a little sympathy and pity. They had finally escaped from the city, and found out that they had to go back to save people. It was very likely that they would give up.
"I hope you have a good friend who's loyal!" A bamboo tip said to the three.
"I hope not," Fang Yizhu said resolutely.
"Wow, no way?" Morin was very surprised. Was this person worried about Lu Ping's safety?
"There's some unknown fish down there that keeps biting my foot. It's so disgusting," Fang Yizhu said angrily. "If it wasn't for him, would I have suffered like this?"
"Make them shut up!" A mission with so many people needed someone to be in charge. Now that they found that they needed to continue, this bamboo tip also began to seriously command and control the scene.
"Shh." A bamboo tip put his index finger in front of his mouth, and signaled to the three of them.
'Damn, are you fucking coaxing a child?'
Fang Yizhu wanted to say that, but immediately found that he couldn't say anything.
The Assassin's League still had some tricks up their sleeves. He looked at this bamboo tip and thought that this method should be a sign against Lu Ping. In the past few days, they had also collected a lot of information about Lu Ping.
But what was the use?
Wait to experience the feeling of despair! Fang Yizhu thought, and tried to shake his foot, but the fish was still stubbornly biting him, which made him a little desperate.
On the street of the fish market, a young man and woman appeared on the street.
"It's here," Lu Ping said, pointing at the street.
"Fortunately, their method didn't rely on smell perception." Su Tang sighed as he smelled the fish in the air.
"Yes, that's great." Lu Ping nodded, and continued to use his hearing ability to fully spread out, and quickly locked on to a fish shop where no one was watching.
"They're coming, they're coming!!" Sparrow Tongue, who was watching the stall, had already seen the two of them appear on the street, and had already rushed to the backyard to report.
"They really dare to come!" Everyone's expression turned cold, and they were ready for battle.
"So fast? How did he get here? "Someone asked.
Bang!
The backyard's door flew in, and Sparrow Tongue, who had just rushed in to report, was directly hit by the door. No one knew how much force was used on the door, but after spitting out blood on the ground, he stopped breathing.
Lu Ping stepped into the backyard. How did he get here? There seemed to be no need for this question to exist anymore.
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