Chapter 1503: Chapter 351_6
However, this mask cannot change the aura, so its function is limited and was discarded by the people of the Heaven Prayers Sect.
Nevertheless, the disciples of the Four Treasures Peak have all cultivated the Eight-Nine Mystical Skill, allowing them to change their aura autonomously, hence they do not need a mask to alter their aura.
Yan Yourong flew all the way and soon reached the Capital City of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The Capital City of the Great Jin Dynasty was obviously much smaller and less prosperous than the Capital City of the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty.
Yan Yourong concealed her aura as she entered the city, quickly arriving at a two-story building that appeared quite unremarkable. The only distinctive feature of this house was the two blood-red characters on the jet-black plaque — Assassin Guild!
Yan Yourong stepped into the Assassin Guild.
There were no customers in the room, only an old man sitting behind a counter.
Seeing someone enter, the old man hurriedly got up and politely asked, “Dear guest, what mission have you come to have executed by the Assassin Guild, or do you wish to join the Assassin Guild?”
There are only two kinds of people who enter the Assassin Guild: those who want to hire someone to kill, and those who come to kill.
Yan Yourong glanced at the old man, confirming that he was indeed an ordinary person.
The people at the branches of the Assassin Guild are all ordinary people.
After all, the Assassin Guild offends many by constantly killing, and various forces wish to eradicate its members. If they genuinely stationed their cultivators here, others might follow these cultivators back to the Assassin Guild’s lair. What then?
Moreover, these individuals do not need to be cultivators.
In fact, in the past, if disciples of certain groups were killed by the Assassin Guild, they would seek trouble with the guild, such as destroying its branches one by one.
However, the branches of the Assassin Guild fundamentally hold nothing of value.
You could destroy a branch, and they would simply establish another. Moreover, you might even suffer retaliation from the guild.
Over time, no one bothered to disrupt the branches of the Assassin Guild. Occasional reprisals usually occurred when a disciple of a great teaching was killed; they would retaliate and vent their anger, which marked the end of it.
And the Assassin Guild usually endured it.
After all, if their disciples have been killed by your people, how can you deny them a chance to vent?
Besides, there’s nothing to lose with a branch.
Yan Yourong looked at the old man, nodded, and deliberately said in a hoarse voice, “I want to join the Assassin Guild!”
She wants to join the Assassin Guild!
Her idea was simple: since the Assassin Guild sent someone to kill her master, she would infiltrate the guild.
If today they kill her master, tomorrow, they might kill her junior brothers, her junior sisters, or some disciple of the Hundred Peaks Sect.
By joining the Assassin Guild, when someone again attempts to kill a disciple from the Hundred Peaks Sect, she might be able to get advance notice.
Also, she always believed there were many in the world who deserved to die, such as the Young Master Lian Hua she encountered in the South Ocean. She wouldn’t recklessly kill by joining the Assassin Guild — she would only kill those who should be killed.
“Oh? Joining our Assassin Guild?” The elder’s face immediately showed a smile. Every time someone joined the Assassin Guild, depending on their strength, he would receive a considerable fee.
“I wonder about your cultivation base, Immortal?”
Yan Yourong’s eyes outside the mask immediately emitted a cold gleam, stating icily, “You, an ordinary person, understand what a cultivation base is? Moreover, even if I told you my level, could you, an ordinary person, discern it?”
She now had to disguise herself as someone else, and the people of the Hundred Peaks Sect were known for being kind to ordinary people. Being not too far from the Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty, if she were too polite, it might make someone suspect she was from the Hundred Peaks Sect. So, she deliberately displayed unusual coldness.
The elder seemed accustomed to being looked down upon by these immortals. He hastily smiled and said, “Immortal, indeed I, the humble one, cannot perceive your cultivation base, but I can report your level, so that when tasks are assigned, they will naturally correspond to your abilities.”
Yan Yourong let out a cold snort, then glared at the elder before speaking in a hoarse voice: “I am of the Earth Immortal Realm, early Longevity Period.”
“Oh, so you are an Earth Immortal Realm master. Please hold on, master, I will immediately report the message.”
The old man quickly took out a paper similar to a sect’s chart, wrote a few words on it, then swiftly burned it. Subsequently, he took out a talisman.
In only the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, a string of words appeared on the previously blank talisman.
“Return here three days later to receive the talisman and the mask.”
After scanning the words, Yan Yourong turned and left. When the assassins of the Assassin Guild go out to kill, they can’t guarantee success every time, nor can they ensure that nobody is around during the killings.
As they release their own aura, spells, or expose their Immortal Mountains and Golden Core visions, it becomes easy for the opponent to recognize their identity.
Therefore, the Assassin Guild especially prepared a kind of mask that, once worn, not only hides one’s appearance but can also alter the look of Immortal Mountains and change one’s aura within a short time.
As for the talisman, it will display the tasks assigned by the Assassin Guild; these are not secrets in the world of immortal cultivation.
Yan Yourong didn’t casually find a place to stay in the city; instead, she sought a spot overlooking the Assassin Guild branch. Clearly, someone from the guild would come to deliver the mask and talisman.
She intended to see who would bring the items, and if possible, she planned to follow them.
But three days passed, and she didn’t spot anyone entering the Assassin Guild. Yet, when she re-entered, the elder she had seen before handed her more than ten talismans and a mask.
Previously, the branch of the Assassin Guild had been eradicated, but those who destroyed it didn’t discover these masks and talismans inside. So, it was proven that only when someone wanted to join did the Assassin Guild dispatch the talismans and masks.
She had been watching for three days and hadn’t seen anyone enter the guild.
So, who was it that delivered the talismans and masks to the Assassin Guild? How did they do it?
She knew there were people skilled in escape techniques who could possibly elude her notice!
But the issue remains: this is merely a single branch of the Assassin Guild in the Great Jin Dynasty. There are countless such branches across the Eastern Wasteland. They couldn’t possibly have someone skilled in escape techniques stationed near each branch, could they?