Xiao Chen sat at a window seat on the second floor. As he ate and drank, he looked at the street outside. It was already late at night, and there were already lanterns hanging on the street. The dim yellow lanterns illuminated the street, but even so, there was still an endless stream of passersby, enjoying the night life.
"He's found me so soon?"
Suddenly, the originally indifferent Xiao Chen focused his gaze on a young man dressed as a warrior on the street. After a moment, he murmured in a low voice. Then, he recovered his cold expression and silently waited for the young man's arrival.
After a short while, the young warrior walked up to the second floor. He cleverly scanned the dozen or so tables on the second floor. When he saw Xiao Chen, his eyes immediately lit up. Then, he returned to his normal state and pretended to casually walk to Xiao Chen's side. Then, he sat at the table opposite of Xiao Chen.
"My Lord." The young warrior looked at Xiao Chen with awe and respect as he poured wine alone. He used a voice that only the two of them could hear to respectfully call out to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen drank a small cup of wine before looking at the young warrior who was looking at him with awe and respect. He said indifferently, "Speak."
"Yes, my Lord."
The young warrior did not mind Xiao Chen's indifference to him at all. This was because he knew of Xiao Chen's name and reputation. To be able to speak a few words with a big shot like Xiao Chen was enough to make a low-level assassin like him excited for a few nights. Thus, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and reported the latest news about the three Butcher brothers to Xiao Chen.
Assassin organizations and clans were actually similar in some ways. For example, this young low-level assassin was equivalent to a clan's scout. He was responsible for investigating the whereabouts of the target and paying attention to the major events and special characters in every city and place. He would also report the information he obtained to the branch of the assassin organization, which would then organize and send it to the headquarters of the assassin organization.
In this way, the upper echelons of the assassin organization could know the affairs of the world and grasp the situation of the world without leaving their homes. Thus, they could take the most advantageous actions and measures for the assassin organization.
This was also the reason why assassin organizations were difficult to destroy. They had too many spies. Once a strong enemy wanted to make a move on them, they would receive the news at the first possible moment. From there, they would carry out the most effective deployment, be it defense, attack, or relocation to achieve the goal of survival.
"Alright, you can go now." Xiao Chen listened to the low-level assassin from the Blue Fiend Pavilion and calmly persuaded the low-level assassin to leave.
"Yes, my lord." The low-ranked assassin respectfully excused himself.
Although Xiao Chen had only joined the Green Fiend Pavilion for less than half a month, he had already made a few big deals and obtained the appreciation of the Pavilion Master, Green Blood Sha. His position had risen from bronze to silver to gold to ace. He had risen three ranks in half a month, and his status was only below the Pavilion Master and the Deputy Pavilion Master.
This kind of promotion speed was comparable to the speed of a rocket, and it really frightened the thousands of assassin members of the Green Fiend Pavilion. However, when they saw that the missions Xiao Chen accepted were all special difficulty and completed them with perfect evaluations, all the assassin members were convinced by Xiao Chen.
Later, when someone recognized that the identity of the Ghost-Faced Killing God was the most famous Xiao Chen of the Slaughter God Tribe, all the low-ranked members of the Green Fiend Pavilion were not only convinced by Ghost-Faced Killing God, they were also in awe of him. At the same time, they were very excited. Xiao Chen was now a very popular person that even the ancestor of the Sha family had to protect. It was an honor for the Green Fiend Pavilion.
Apart from the Pavilion Master Bi Xuesha and the two Vice Pavilion Masters Bi Xueshi and Bi Xueshao, who knew that the Blood Jade Pavilion actually belonged to the Sha family, the other members of the Jade Fiend Pavilion did not know about this relationship. Even if they knew, no one would think that Xiao Chen had used his relationship with the Sha family to quickly increase his level of ace assassin. After all, Xiao Chen's strength and achievements were obvious.
Bang!
Xiao Chen casually tossed the roast chicken bone he had just finished on the table. He picked up the towel on the table and wiped his mouth a few times. He then stood up, took out an ingot of gold and put it on the table. He then walked directly to the stairs that connected the second floor to the first floor of the restaurant. Soon, he reached the first floor and exited the restaurant.
After eating and drinking, it was time to kill. This was the daily life of a senior assassin. Of course, ordinary assassins had one more thing than Xiao Chen, and that was to go to brothels to have fun. Xiao Chen didn't know how to be feminine, so he naturally wouldn't go to brothels.
Xiao Chen walked very fast, and because Flat Moon City was small, it only took less than half an hour for Xiao Chen to arrive at the city gate. The gate was open, and there was no guard. Xiao Chen looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he took out a pure black metal mask and put it on his face.
This mask revealed Xiao Chen's eyes, nose, and mouth. His expression was like a smile that wasn't a smile and a cry that wasn't a cry. Xiao Chen looked like a devil with a wry smile on his face, making people not dare to look at him. It was very terrifying. It was hard to understand why Xiao Chen chose such an ugly mask. Was he going to use this horrible mask to scare people?
It shouldn't be. This kind of mask could only scare mortals, not martial artists. Martial artists were originally soul cultivators, so they wouldn't be afraid of lowly ghosts. The reason why Xiao Chen chose such a mask was to express his innermost feelings.
Swish!
Xiao Chen suddenly turned into a black shadow and dashed out of the city, disappearing into the darkness of the night. Once he was out of the city gate, he immediately changed his direction and ran along the road to the west of the city.
Because the low-level assassin from the Blue Fiend Pavilion told Xiao Chen that the three Butcher brothers left the city in this direction. His cultivation was too low, so he didn't dare to follow them, lest the three Butcher brothers notice him. If he alerted them, the three Butcher brothers would definitely escape and wouldn't continue to rape village women. At that time, it would be difficult for Xiao Chen to find them.
Xiao Chen left the Great Desolate once again and chose the assassin profession. This shocked the entire Death God Tribe. There was a reason why he chose the assassin profession.
First of all, the assassin profession focused on killing. Killing meant fighting, and it was a life and death battle, which was in line with the purpose of high-level martial artists. As long as one constantly fought life and death battles, one's strength would improve the fastest. Only then would one have rich combat experience and stronger combat power.
Secondly, Xiao Chen lacked money. He was a poor boy from the Great Desolate without a penny. Although martial artists didn't care much about money, it was impossible to live without money. Moreover, martial artists needed money more than ordinary people. Desolate weapons, elixirs, and even eating, sleeping, and visiting brothels all required money. Especially high-grade desolate weapons and elixirs, they required tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of purple gold.
Xiao Chen needed to prepare a large amount of purple gold for future needs. If he saw a grade six or seven Desolate Yuan Pill being auctioned in the future and he didn't even have a single copper coin, then he would be watching the good things being auctioned by others. He couldn't always rob others like how he robbed young master Ji and young master Situ, right?
Although Xiao Chen could be quite rude at times, he was basically a very civilized and polite young man. He would only steal the property of evil people when he was in a special situation to suppress the evil aura and bad habits of the people. When Xiao Chen accepted a mission to kill evil people, he could also steal their property and treasures. It was killing many birds with one stone.
Moreover, the assassins were everywhere. Xiao Chen could inquire about and find Dongfang Qingwu through the assassin organization. He could even inquire about and find his grandfather, Xiao Batian. This was because some powerful assassin organizations also accepted business outside of the Death God Tribe. For example, the Blue Fiend Pavilion accepted business from the neighboring Moon Tribe and Sun Trampling Tribe. Of course, the price was higher. Usually, for a mission of the same difficulty, the price from other tribes would be double that of the Death God Tribe.
These were the reasons why Xiao Chen had chosen to become an assassin, and they were all very valid reasons. However, other than Xiao Chen, no one else would have thought or known about these things. They would only think that Xiao Chen was the one who killed the Sky Burying Shield, so there was no need for him to lower himself to become a lowly assassin.
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