One million and two hundred thousand gold for six lives.
Mister Pei hesitated when he heard the price. Finally, he apologized. "I'm sorry, but I can't accept this price. Sorry to bother you, but I'll pay for the food and drinks."
"No need." Yi Jianqing waved his hand and the green barrier disappeared. Mister Pei stood up tactfully and left.
His subordinates were puzzled. Green Sword was very famous, so the price he paid was basically no secret. Six lives for one million and two hundred thousand gold. This was the price he should have paid for Yi Jianqing. He didn't overbid or underbid it. Mister Pei should have known this. He should have thought of it beforehand. But now, for a price that should have been within his expectations, he was complaining that it was too expensive?
His subordinate was puzzled, but he didn't ask. He followed Mister Pei around but didn't return to the bamboo building. Instead, he found a crowded place and sat down.
His subordinate could tell that Mister Pei's mind wasn't on the bustling scene before him. After his gaze passed through the endless stream of people, wasn't he looking directly at the first room of the Fast Building?
"Mister Pei?" His subordinate didn't understand and couldn't help but ask.
Mr. Pei smiled faintly and used a private voice transmission to explain the situation to him.
"He's too straightforward," Mister Pei said.
"Oh?"
"Our goal isn't to kill people. We just want to use him to probe those people. But Yi Jianqing never leaves anyone alive. He won't do such a thing. He won't choose one of the six people either. It's troublesome, and it's obvious that he's leaving five people alive. Yi Jianqing tries his best to avoid these situations. He's famous for killing people, but he's still alive. There's one important thing — he'll kill anyone who has a reason to seek revenge against him. "
"A person who thinks carefully about the consequences of his actions can act without asking questions, but he'll definitely understand the background and identity of his target. But he didn't even ask before he accepted the offer. I'm sure that he's here for those six people. He'll act even if we don't agree to the deal. So we just have to wait and see. We just don't know how long we'll have to wait. "
"So that's how it is." After the subordinate heard this, he immediately understood. Without saying anything more, he stood at the side with a face full of admiration.
As the night deepened, the merrymaking in Merry Forest continued throughout the night, but not everyone was like that. In the latter half of the night, there were significantly fewer people in the forest. In addition, there were fewer people today, so the forest seemed even emptier. Even the gambling stalls had several empty gambling tables, and Mister Pei didn't see as many people loitering around in front of him.
Yi Jianqing, however, did not move. He was still sitting where he had been when he arrived. Even the food and wine on the table remained the same. No one could tell whether they had eaten or not.
The oppressive atmosphere that he had brought with him had also been digested by now, but no one dared to approach him in the end.
Tie Tou came out of the forest and arrived at Pei San's side in a few steps.
"Twenty-eight people. All of them can be in position before dawn."
"Very good." Mr Pei nodded. His subordinate, who had been waiting by the side, came over to pour some hot water into his teacup.
Tie Tou followed Mr Pei's line of sight and saw Yi Jianqing sitting there, motionless, in the first room.
"Are you waiting for Yi Jianqing to make a move?" he asked.
"Yes." Mr Pei lifted his teacup and took a sip. He had been sitting there for a long time, but his expression was still very relaxed. Yi Jianqing's gaze would occasionally rise from under the conical hat and meet his gaze. He did not deliberately avoid it.
However, he did not expect that this sitting would take longer than he had thought. For the entire night, Yi Jianqing did not move. When the sky began to brighten, even the most jubilant guests finally thought it was time to rest. As the sky gradually brightened, the crowd dispersed. Some of the lights in Merry Forest began to be extinguished, and the air was filled with the moisture of morning dew. At this moment, Yi Jianqing suddenly moved. He raised a hand and waved at the waiter, who had been busy all night but was still very energetic.
"What orders do you have, sir?" the waiter asked quickly.
"Give me a bowl of plain porridge," Yi Jianqing said.
"Please wait a moment." The waiter quickly returned with a bowl of piping hot porridge.
Yi Jianqing, who had been sitting quietly for the entire night, suddenly became nimble. He quickly finished the bowl of porridge and put the bowl back on the table. He placed a small piece of golden leaf beside it.
"Money for the meal and the room," he said.
"Room?" The waiter was stunned. "Sir, would you like to stay here?"
"No." Yi Jianqing shook his head.
"Then where did you get the room money from? Moreover, this is a little too much, "the waiter hurriedly said.
"It won't be too much. Just keep it." Yi Jianqing had already stood up as he spoke. He grabbed the bamboo sword on the table and walked towards the first room.
His footsteps were a little slow, and every step he took was very careful. The bamboo sword on the left side of his body gradually glowed as he walked. It was as faint as the first rays of dawn, but it gradually deepened. By the time he reached the first room, the bamboo sword in his hand was like an emerald green pillar of water that slowly flowed.
Yi Jianqing raised his head and looked at the first room on the second floor. His movements were still very slow, and the bamboo sword that flashed like a pillar of water was slowly brought up in front of him.
The surroundings were very quiet.
This was the quietest time of the day in Happy Days. In this messy place that had yet to be tidied up after the hustle and bustle, Yi Jianqing slowly waved the bamboo sword in his hand. It seemed like a slow dance, but it also seemed like some kind of strange ritual. In short, it didn't seem like an assassin was carrying out an assassination.
Mister Pei, who was watching from afar, became more and more solemn. He raised the cup of tea to his lips and stopped. He maintained this posture as he stared fixedly at the bamboo sword in Yi Jianqing's hand.
The only thing that moved was the bamboo sword. Yi Jianqing's figure seemed to be a part of the bamboo sword. Apart from that, his lapels, the corners of his feet, his hair … every soft part of his body that could be easily blown by the wind didn't move at all.
Mister Pei understood.
This was the condensation of power.
Everything that Yi Jianqing touched, even the minute friction of the air flow, was transformed into soul power and condensed in the bamboo sword.
He carefully controlled the bamboo sword, and there was even a hint of reverence in his eyes. Mister Pei could already imagine the power of this sword. He understood what Yi Jianqing's Golden Leaf meant. It wasn't money for the house, but money for repairing the house. When this sword was unleashed, the entire Fast Room No. 1 would cease to exist.
It was truly an astonishing sword. Mister Pei marveled inwardly. This sword had happened to appear at the moment when there were the least people in Happy Forest. It was the quietest time of the day, and then it had been unleashed without a sound or movement. All the power had been restrained, without any leakage. If Mister Pei hadn't explained his motives, he wouldn't have felt any killing intent just by looking at it.
As expected of the famous assassin, Yi Jianqing.
His attack had been at the perfect moment, leaving no chance for his opponent to survive.
This sword was truly spectacular. It was a little embarrassing to sit here and enjoy it for free. Mister Pei actually felt a little apologetic. The tea that had been frozen at the side of his mouth for a long time finally moved to his mouth. In the end, at this moment, a loud bang broke the rare silence of the Merry Forest. The window of the first room was pushed open. The youth that Tie Tou couldn't see through and that Mister Pei wanted to figure out poked his head out.
"What are you doing?" he asked Yi Jianqing, who was below the window.
"That thing in your hand is too noisy. Can you go somewhere further to play? "he said.
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