Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 385: Mysterious Slaughter
The plug-in [Xuanlu] is quite suitable for the Taoist profession [Assassin] that Lin Qianxing chose this time.
Because this Taoist position exists specifically to wipe out the lives of others.
It is worth mentioning that the Taoist profession of [Assassin] that takes away lives and the Taoist profession of [Physician] that saves the dying and heals the wounded have the same origin.
However, even though Lin Qianxing has taken on the Taoist position of [Assassin], it doesn't mean that he has to kill people at will.
This is not a Taoist position that kills just for the sake of killing. Although it is killing, it is killing within rules.
Just as the [Soldiers] kill to defend their country, the [Hunters] kill to fill their stomachs.
If Lin Qianxing wants to improve himself, he must constantly improve his skills in the process of killing and truly understand the meaning of assassin killing.
This is the cultivation process of this Taoist position.
Lin Qianxing immediately planned to find a force in this business to join in.
No matter what time or how peaceful the country is, there will always be an abundance of [Assassins].
Because wherever there are people, there must be rivers and lakes.
Then conflicts are inevitable.
Then [Assassin] is indispensable.
After wandering around Shengjing City for a while, Lin Qianxing found out some information he wanted.
Then he came to a place called Akiba Pavilion.
On the surface, this is a place that sells luxury goods and calligraphy and paintings, but in reality it is an information transfer point for the assassin group.
Moreover, it has the support of the Daxing State government and has great influence.
After Lin Qianxing arrived here, he communicated with the person in charge of the pavilion based on the information he obtained.
"Young man, are you new to Shengjing? Are you planning to make some money here?" Yin Gui asked.
"I know the rules. I have to kill one person for you first, right?" Lin Qianxing nodded and said, "But I have some problems. First, I don't kill the elderly, the weak, women, and children. Second, I don't kill kind people. Third, I don't kill nameless people. Finally, I only kill one person a day at most."
Hearing this, Yin Gui did not show any strange attitude towards Lin Qianxing. Instead, after selecting and choosing, he handed Lin Qianxing an exquisite color portrait of a person. Below the portrait was some information about the person.
"Wang the butcher from Beicheng Street, secretly killed his wife and dumped her body and bribed the county magistrate. Someone couldn't stand his actions and spent a hundred copper treasures to buy his life. But because the price was too low, no one here was interested. After killing him, you will be the Black Iron Assassin of Qiuye Pavilion." Yin Gui said.
Lin Qianxing took a closer look and found that this butcher was also a Taoist.
And he is a first-level upper-rank [Butcher].
No wonder he had the money to bribe the county magistrate.
But it is really ironic that such a thing could happen in Kyoto.
Lin Qianxing put away the portrait and turned away.
He believed that Yin Gui had no intention of deceiving him, but it was still necessary to conduct an on-site inspection.
Yin Gui looked at Lin Qianxing's departing back, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
He saw at a glance how strong Lin Qianxing was, and he found that he was not particularly strong.
But Lin Qianxing has a label that only a mature assassin has.
He kept his breath restrained at all times, and tried his best not to make any unnecessary noises whether he was talking to him or taking action.
The whole person seems to have blended into the surrounding environment. If you don't pay attention, you won't even feel his presence.
And most importantly, he is still young.
Yin Gui felt that it might not be long before this would become a new god of killing in their Qiuye Pavilion.
…
On the other side, Lin Qianxing had already arrived at Beicheng Street to scout the area.
He stayed there for two days and two nights, observing all of Wang the Butcher's actions. He also got other people's evaluation of him and found evidence that Wang the Butcher had murdered his wife.
As it turned out, Qiuye Pavilion did not wrongly accuse him.
Wang the Butcher was a man with a bad temper and he loved drinking. After he got married, he often abused his wife.
Finally, one day, he couldn't stop himself and killed his wife.
Fortunately, he had some savings over the years and easily bribed the county magistrate, so the matter was left unresolved.
He had a neighbor who was a scholar. When he learned about this, he was extremely angry and wanted to seek justice through other means.
But the neighbor didn't seem to have much money, and his total savings amounted to only one hundred copper coins.
No one in Qiuye Pavilion would be interested in this amount of money.
But what’s interesting is that Qiuye Pavilion still accepted the reward.
Maybe it was just a casual act , or maybe it was used to train new members like Lin Qianxing.
But no matter what, it seemed that the fate of Wang the Butcher had come to an end.
Lin Qianxing restrained his breath and went to Wang the Butcher's home in the dead of night.
He had been active for three days in a row and had been keeping his breath contained, but he still didn't feel tired.
This is the blessing brought by the fruit of the Tao of [movement].
He has endless motivation and inexhaustible vitality.
So let alone three days, even if it were three years he wouldn't feel any tiredness.
At this time, Wang the Butcher was making love with his newly bought concubine.
His obscene words and the woman's pleas for mercy could be heard from inside the house.
He was obviously not a man who knew how to be gentle with women. The woman had been tortured beyond recognition by him, but he still had no intention of stopping.
Lin Qianxing stood in the shadows, thinking about how to end Wang the Butcher's life.
The killing must be done using [Xuanlu].
But how to use [Xuanlu] to kill is a problem.
According to the description of [Xuanlu], it is even possible to kill directly through cause and effect?
The attack is sure to hit, and as long as you know the opponent's name, you can kill him.
In other words, can he kill the other person with just a curse?
Thinking of this, Lin Qianxing suddenly said softly: "Wang the Butcher, your death is coming."
At this moment, he actually took the initiative to choose to trigger [Xuanlu].
The invisible absolute rules turned Lin Qianxing's words into a deadly curse, which directly attacked Wang the Butcher.
“Uh~ah~!”
Wang the butcher, who was standing upright in the house, suddenly stiffened and then fell down.
After a while, the concubine's scream was heard, and Lin Qianxing had quietly disappeared.
The next day, a coroner came to perform an autopsy, but he thought it was all an accident and could not guess that he died at the hands of Lin Qianxing.
Wang the Butcher was wealthy and had no relatives. The concubine thought she would have a miserable life in the future, but she did not expect that she would directly inherit Wang the Butcher 's wealth. As long as she did not squander it, her life in the second half of her life would surely be much easier.
Inside the Akiba Pavilion.
Yin Gui asked Lin Qianxing, "You didn't take a single cent from him?"
"I'm taking the money to buy my life. I'm an assassin, not a thief." Lin Qianxing said coldly.
Upon hearing this, Yin Gui looked at Lin Qianxing with a higher opinion.
An assassin who follows rules is obviously much more terrifying than an assassin who does not follow rules.
He had seen many assassins who left traces due to their reckless actions and were easily found and killed by their enemies.
Those people have no rules.
It's funny though, they are the ones who break the rules.
But in this business, only those who follow the rules can go far.
"This is your ID card. From now on, you are an assassin of my Qiuye Pavilion. You can accept assassination missions in branches in various places." Yin Gui took out a token made of black iron and said to Lin Qianxing.
Lin Qianxing put away the sign and nodded to show that he understood.
"By the way, you must have a nickname, right? So that I can use it to obtain citizenship. You don't need your real name, just a code name will be enough." Yin Gui said.
Lin Qianxing was silent for a breath, then said: "Xuan Lu."
…
That night.
Cuifeng Villa.
Lin Qianxing stood in front of a middle-aged man in a golden and luxurious robe. Facing his horrified expression, Lin Qianxing said, "Cao Jingxiu, your death is coming."
“No, no…”
Cao Jingxiu struggled for a moment, then fell to the ground with his eyes wide open and a look of horror on his face, and lost his voice.
This person collected widows and orphans everywhere, kidnapped young children, trained them, and then provided them to certain dignitaries with special fetishes.
By using this method, he won over many powerful and scumbags as his backers.
Moreover, he went even further, forcing women of good families into prostitution and opening brothels, eventually establishing a flesh trade that spread throughout Jinlu County.
Unfortunately, he should never have chosen the wrong person when choosing a team.
Now it's time to settle accounts, but it's not easy to do it directly, so someone from higher up found Qiuye Pavilion.
But he is not so easy to kill. Many assassins who came to target Cao Jingxiu before had failed.
Lin Qianxing just happened to come across this opportunity and took on this task.
Collecting evidence against him and killing him are both easy tasks.
With [Xuanlu], Lin Qianxing can kill him even if he is thousands of miles away.
The reason why he appeared in front of Cao Jingxiu in person was because Lin Qianxing also rescued a group of imprisoned children.
After Cao Jingxiu's death, Lin Qianxing's figure also disappeared.
A few days later, Lin Qianxing returned to Shengjing and submitted the task to Yin Gui.
Yin Gui confirmed the news was true and brought the bounty to Lin Qianxing. He also took out a silver token and handed it to Lin Qianxing.
In Qiuye Pavilion, killers are divided into four levels.
Black iron, secret copper, shining silver, and true gold.
It has been less than two months since Lin Qianxing joined Qiuye Pavilion, and now he has a Yaoyin identity card. His promotion speed can be said to be very fast.
“Xuanlu, if you didn’t have the rule of killing only one person a day, you would have reached the level of Yaoyin long ago.” Yin Gui sighed.
"Rules are rules." Lin Qianxing said lightly.
He can't say that his [Xuanlu] plug-in can only be used once a day, right?
Although he has now reached the lower third level of [Shadowless Assassin] and can kill people by his own means, he still doesn't like to work overtime.
There are so many people in the world who deserve to be killed. Even if he kills a hundred or a thousand people a day, he probably won't be able to kill them all.
After getting the money, Lin Qianxing immediately went to buy some very expensive food and started eating and drinking in a remote tavern in an alley.
He never saved the money he earned but spent it immediately.
Either change a few pieces of clothing, or directly buy weapons or equipment or food and drink.
Most assassins lived this way.
He deeply felt the true meaning of the profession of assassin.
Experience the feeling of walking on the edge of danger, where there will be no tomorrow after today.
Just as Lin Qianxing was eating, a man wrapped in a black cloak sat down opposite him and threw a bag on the table.
"Kill one man for me. Here is a deposit of one thousand gold. After the job is done, there will be another thousand gold."
