Chapter 138: Seeking Help

Chapter 139 Asking for help

Shortly after Guyu left, Xu Yue was drinking tea and waiting in his room, while the hall on the first floor below was buzzing with discussions because of the appearance of his code name.

On the west side of the hall on the first floor, there is a huge list, which records the list of the top 100 assassins. Now the eighty-fourth blood evil on the list has disappeared, and a strange one has appeared instead. Codename, Xinhuo.

"This Xinhuo is the one who just caused the gong to ring four times and then went straight to the second floor. Why did it become No. 84?"

"Even if you can join the organization directly, shouldn't you do the assassination mission first and then get on the list after you have a resume?"

"Is there any need to think about this? He killed the blood evil before joining the organization."

In the hall, a group of assassins gathered around the list and were talking about this new codename. One of them, a middle-aged man with a long beard, narrowed his eyes and concluded:

"I see, this newcomer's ranking is not limited to eighty-four, but at least fifty and upwards, but I don't know how high it can be."

The middle-aged man with a long beard is the older one among this group of assassins. Although his strength is average, he is famous for being well-informed and having a sharp eye. His speech immediately attracted the attention of many people present.

"Fifty, is that an exaggeration?"

"Haha, do you know who the maid was who led the newcomer upstairs?"

"Brother, please don't be so secretive. Please enlighten me."

Many assassins in the crowd sincerely asked for advice. Seeing everyone staring at them with burning eyes, the middle-aged man with a long beard not only did not feel nervous, but instead stroked his long beard proudly and spoke slowly:

"That maid, her name is Guyu!"

As soon as Gu Yu's name came out, everyone around him was shocked and took a breath of cold air.

"Hiss! Under the five masters of the hall, there are twenty-four attendants."

"So, the owner of the hall personally sent someone to invite this fire?"

"It's not easy."

…………

On the third floor of the Assassin's Tavern, in a study.

The middle-aged library owner was still writing down something in his account book, when a burst of light footsteps suddenly came from behind, breaking the silence in the study.

Guyu, who was wearing a long skirt, walked forward slowly, holding a round plate in her hand. She removed the tea that had already cooled down on the desk, replaced it with a new set of tea cups, and poured a steaming cup for the owner. After drinking tea, he retreated behind the host and stood quietly.

After a long time, the library owner who finally finished handling the accounts put down the brush in his hand, drank the hot tea on the table that was just right for your mouth, and said:

"How about that guy?"

"For the record, Master, this person is codenamed Xinhuo. His specific strength is unknown, but he is extremely dangerous."

"Oh?" After hearing Gu Yu's comments, the owner was slightly surprised.

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When it comes to judgment and perception of breath alone, among the twenty-four attendants, Gu Yu is second only to Jing Zhe, but he rarely hears Gu Yu use the word 'extremely dangerous' to evaluate someone's strength.

"How dangerous is it?"

Guyu behind him thought for a moment and then replied:

"The year before last, I briefly met Lord Chiya at the capital headquarters. This Lord Xinhuo brought me no less panic than Lord Chiya."

"Ahem!"

The owner in front of the desk coughed slightly, as if he had choked on the tea. He put the tea cup back in his hand and turned to look at Gu Yu, who was standing handsomely behind him, with a faint twinkle in his eyes.

"You're sure you got it right."

"I am sure that I have been in contact with him for nearly an hour, so there will be no mistake."

"Furthermore, the evil aura in this Lord Xinhuo is even worse than that of Lord Chiya. It's just that he was well contained, but a conservative estimate is that no less than ten thousand people died at the hands of this Lord."

"No less than ten thousand people..." The museum owner repeated Gu Yu's words, but there was a hint of excitement on his face.

"It seems that there is another evil star in our organization. Gu Yu, tell me all the details of your contact with him."

"yes."

More than ten minutes later, Gu Yu finished telling all the details of his contact with Xu Yue, while the owner listened and recorded something on the rice paper with a brush.

"Which assassination orders did he receive in the end?"

"The snake demon king in the north of the city, the White Bird of Bird Gate, the sacred beast that protects the country of Earth Dragon."

"He has accepted the three highest-level bounties currently in the tavern."

After listening, the owner added the last few strokes on the rice paper, then put the brush aside and said seriously:

"If he is really as powerful as Lord Chiya, then he may become the new Shadow Assassin."

"I will report his information to the leader, Guyu. Always pay attention to his movements, especially the completion of the last two tasks. Once completed, report to me immediately."

"yes!"

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The next day, the northern suburbs of Xingyang City.

This is a desolate and inaccessible place with a cold climate and scarce vegetation. The most common place is gravel and rocks, and this is where the snake demon lives.

The Xuanwu Kingdom is vast and rich in resources, but its population is scarce. This country only needs people with martial arts talents. If they don't even have the most basic martial arts talents, they will be expelled.

Therefore, in addition to more than a dozen main cities built in sacred lands and a small number of towns attached to the surrounding areas, the entire Xuanwu Kingdom consists of large tracts of uninhabited wasteland. Over the years, these wastelands breed a large number of wild beasts. and monsters.

Among them, snake demons are the most numerous among all the demons. They can be said to be everywhere in Xuanwu. There are several snake demon strongholds gathered outside almost every town. They are naturally powerful, good at changing, and like to feed on humans.

The City Lord's Mansion has encircled and suppressed them several times, but the results are often unsatisfactory. Every time a stronghold is wiped out with heavy losses, it won't be long before these snake demons gather again. Over time, the task of clearing out the snake demons has been delegated by the City Lord to the Shadow Organization.

Each snake demon head can be exchanged for a lot of gold and silver. In this way, although it is impossible to eliminate the snake plague, it has successfully curbed the growth rate of snake demons. At least in recent years, the frequency of snake demon groups looting towns has decreased a lot.

However, there are also many corresponding disadvantages. Long-term frequent assassinations have reduced the number of snake demon groups, but also made the remaining snake demons stronger and stronger, and the assassins who failed to assassinate also provided excellent blood food for these snake demons.

Half a month ago, the three scattered snake demon gathering points were merged into one. During this period, all the assassins who went to this gathering point to assassinate were buried in the snake's belly. According to an assassin who escaped by chance, a snake demon king was born in the snake valley.

So far, the assassination order to hunt the snake demon king has been ranked at the top of the tavern bounty list, but after more than ten assassins failed and died in succession, and even one of the top 100 assassins died and one was seriously injured, this assassination order was completely shelved.

Until last night, this long-idle task was taken up again.

At this time, Xu Yue, who accepted this bounty task, was on his way to the snake demon gathering point.

Compared with other assassins who went to assassinate the snake demon king carefully, they were afraid that they would be discovered by a large number of snake demons and be surrounded and killed.

He was walking on the road with a swagger, constantly playing with a delicate square token in his hand. He looked more like he was on a picnic than a demon killer.

"Help, is there anyone? Help!"

Suddenly, Xu Yue paused. A woman's cry for help suddenly came from the right front of him. It sounded pitiful.

"Finally appeared."