Chapter 1528: Chapter 356
Cao Zhen controlled his doppelganger to enter the Assassination Guild, and what he saw was also a mortal, but unlike Yan Yourong who encountered an elder, it was a middle-aged man.
The man, upon seeing the person approaching, immediately showed a look of obvious surprise.
There are only two types of people who come to the Assassination Guild: those who come to kill and those who come to pay for someone to kill.
The things these people do are not the kind that can see the light of day, so when they enter the Assassination Guild, they will wear masks to conceal their identities.
Although he wasn’t very old in the cultivation world, his family had been working for the Assassination Guild in Green Willow City since his grandfather’s time. For three generations, they had never seen someone walking into the Assassination Guild without any mask so brazenly.
Despite his surprise, he quickly stepped forward. But before he could speak, the other party’s voice had already arrived.
“I am from the Earth Immortal Realm. I want to be an assassin in your Assassination Guild. Quickly arrange it for me.”
The middle-aged man nodded repeatedly: “Alright, Immortal. I will notify the higher-ups. Please wait three days, and then return to our Assassination Guild to collect your talismans and mask.”
Someone joining the Assassination Guild didn’t surprise him; he happened to catch a good time.
Ever since the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth ended, numerous Earth Immortal realms have emerged. Among so many Earth Immortal realms, there might be those who lack money or those who enjoy killing; hence, there are many Earth Immortals joining the Assassination Guild.
Anyway, in the past six months, he had already welcomed four Earth Immortal realms wanting to join the Assassination Guild.
Upon hearing, Cao Zhen controlled his doppelganger to leave the place and randomly chose an inn in the city to rest. Yan Yourong was unable to detect anything around the Assassination Guild, let alone his doppelganger.
In the next three days, he continually studied Liu Zheng’s spells.
He had never heard of Liu Zheng before, but not having heard of him doesn’t prevent him from searching.
This world has no internet; he can connect using a China Cloud talisman and asks them to search for Liu Zheng, only to find out what kind of person Liu Zheng is. Indeed, he is a cultivation genius.
However, the only problem is that Liu Zheng’s cultivation is relatively widespread and messy. He doesn’t receive top inheritance from mentors, so his cultivation isn’t systematic, yet these aren’t issues in his eyes.
Furthermore, he discovered one fact: he reached the extreme of the Longevity Period; now he cannot cultivate. But when he split out a doppelganger, although he barely lost a small portion of strength, he truly wasn’t at the extreme of the Longevity Period anymore, meaning he could continue cultivating.
However, if it’s just a doppelganger, that little strength can easily be recovered.
Unless he can divide more doppelgangers.
This must wait until returning to the Hundred Peaks Sect and let Xiang Ziyu cultivate the technique of myriad bodies.
Three days quickly passed, and Cao Zhen promptly controlled his doppelganger to re-enter the Assassination Guild, retrieving the mask and ten talismans.
He didn’t care about the mask but rather took out a talisman for investigation. Along with his doppelganger, he gathered mana onto the talisman. Soon, lines of text appeared on the talisman.
“How chaotic must this Eastern Province be, with so many assassination missions.”
Cao Zhen looked at each of these missions, and every mission described the assassination target and the reward. The introduction of assassination targets was very detailed.
It included the target’s cultivation base, the spells they are proficient in, their affiliated strength, and even the target’s personality and many things they did were recorded on the talisman.
Soon, his gaze fell on a piece of information.
“Assassination Target: Heart-eating Demon from the Heart Captivating Devil Sect, Late Longevity Period. Reward: thirty thousand Immortal Stones.
Heart-eating Demon, awakened Earth Immortal realm after the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth ended, vicious and enjoys killing. Particularly fond of slaughtering mortals, possibly due to their cultivation technique, enjoys eating hearts.
Once, overnight, massacred a city, all mortals in the city had their hearts dug out.
Proficient Spells: Common High Grade Spell – Soul Purging.
Common Mid Grade Spell: Heart Sound Shaking Soul…”
“This guy, actually quite close from this place. Likes to dig out hearts to eat? Why keep such a scourge.”
Cao Zhen took the talisman, controlled the doppelganger to find a place to hide, while he himself left from afar, heading toward Black Nurturing Mountain as mentioned on the talisman.
The talisman mentioned, the Heart-eating Demon is currently visiting the cave mansion of a friend, the Ultimate Wind Demon, and another Loose Cultivator, the Black Crow Demon. These three are all late Longevity Period existences.
Outside Green Willow City, inside a nondescript sect, an Earth Immortal realm with graying hair looked helplessly at those below and sighed: “I’ve spent fifty thousand Immortal Stones on the Assassination Guild to post a task to eliminate the Heart-eating Demon. Yet, I’m afraid this task is unlikely to be accepted.”
Below, a young female disciple frowned and asked, “Master? Fifty thousand Immortal Stones isn’t little, is there no one accepting the task?”
“Fifty thousand Immortal Stones? We offered fifty thousand Immortal Stones, but how could the Assassination Guild possibly give all fifty thousand Immortal Stones as a reward? They must keep at least twenty thousand Immortal Stones, leaving the assassinator who kills the Heart-eating Demon to merely receive thirty thousand Immortal Stones.
To kill a late Longevity Period existence for thirty thousand Immortal Stones, it’s unlikely many people would accept such a task. Even if someone accepts, it’s unlikely to be now. After all, the Heart-eating Demon is now visiting Black Nurturing Mountain, where currently there are three late Longevity Period masters.