Chapter 41: Time to pack up the stall

Wah wah! Wah wah! Wah wah!

In the dark shadows, Kun Xuzi spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood, the blood containing bits of internal organs!

The right hand he had just used to wield the sickle was now also broken!

At this moment, Kun Xuzi's heart pounded like thunder!

A feeling of fear spread throughout his body!

Since his debut, he had never suffered such a severe injury!

The problem is…… what move did I use against him?

Why is it me who's injured?!

Kun Xuzi's heart was already in turmoil!

Just as he made his move, a huge recoil force nearly shattered his entire body!!

To be honest, he had never met someone this tough in his life!

Even his master, upon receiving such a full-force strike from him, could not possibly have suffered such a huge recoil force!

In Kun Xuzi's mind, his master was one of the few pinnacle experts of all heavens and myriad worlds!

He never expected the target of this assassination to be even more formidable than his master!

"Wah wah!" Kun Xuzi coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood, his face deathly pale, "Damn it, the Second Hall Master screwed me!!"

This assignment was arranged in advance by the Underworld's Second Hall Master, who even said it was a cushy job!

What a load of crap, this is practically sending me to my death!

He struggled to flee through the void, his divine sense continually reaching backward……

"Good, I can escape through the dark fissures of the void, and while fleeing I can conceal my aura; that white-clad youth shouldn't be able to catch me."

Kun Xuzi secretly rejoiced!

Moments later, he had already fled the Nine Provinces Continent, reaching the outer realms, speeding away among the floating debris of the outer realms, far from that place of right and wrong!

Just as he thought he had escaped disaster, a refined and courteous voice suddenly sounded in his ear, 'Just saying hello before leaving isn't very polite, is it?'

Kun Xuzi turned his head in panic and saw a white-clad youth who had somehow appeared at his side, only to hear the youth softly utter a single word: 'Freeze!'

Kun Xuzi was instantly immobilized!

His figure also emerged from the darkness!

For a moment, Kun Xuzi was like a fish out of water, staring wide-eyed with terror at Li Zhangsheng, unable to move!

How desperate!

Buzz!

At the same time, Jiang Yuanqing also followed up, looking at Kun Xuzi in coarse hemp clothes, his eyes involuntarily showing a hint of sympathy!

Why pick anyone to assassinate? You had to go after the patriarch of the Longevity Sect—do you have a death wish?

"Eightfold Emperor Realm Peak?!" Jiang Yuanqing was again shocked by Kun Xuzi's cultivation, "Wearing coarse hemp clothes, straw sandals, holding a sickle, you are…… the Underworld's Kun Xuzi?"

Jiang Yuanqing seemed to have some knowledge of the Underworld.

Just now, when Kun Xuzi attacked Li Zhangsheng, he also saw a sickle covered in rust!

Thus he guessed the identity of the person before him!

"Underworld?" Li Zhangsheng curiously sized up Kun Xuzi, "What the heck is this Underworld?"

Upon hearing Li Zhangsheng's words, Kun Xuzi instantly felt embarrassed!

The Underworld, after all, has been a killer force that made all heavens and myriad worlds tremble for nearly twenty thousand years, and is the only entity capable of opposing the Heavenly Court!

How could the white-clad youth not even know this?!

Could it be that the Underworld's fame over these years isn't big enough?

"Oh, senior, having remained hidden for years, you might not be familiar with these dark rats." Jiang Yuanqing explained with a smile:

"The Underworld is a killer force within all heavens and myriad worlds, its members spread throughout, almost everywhere!"

"Moreover, the Underworld specializes in taking contracts from Emperors; all Emperors across the heavens fear it, dreading being targeted by them!"

"As for Kun Xuzi, he is a top-tier heavenly-rank assassin of the Underworld, reaping Emperors as easily as harvesting weeds, his nickname being the Emperor Harvester!"

"It is said that he has never failed a mission he has taken on!"

"Emperor Harvester? Never failed a mission?" Hearing Jiang Yuanqing's words, Li Zhangsheng also couldn't help but smile, looking at Kun Xuzi with a teasing expression: "So that means I've broken your lifelong record—sorry about that!"

Kun Xuzi gave a bitter smile:

"It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"

"Senior, spare me, and from now on the Underworld and you will keep to our own waters!"

"Hehe!" Li Zhangsheng gave a light smile, "But you've already come to attack me!"

"I've heard that once the Underworld accepts a contract, they pursue it to the death, never stopping until the target is dead." At this point, Jiang Yuanqing added:

Kun Xuzi gave Jiang Yuanqing a look, 'If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!'

The Underworld naturally has such a rule!

This is the Underworld's hallmark built up over the years!

But to Kun Xuzi, this hallmark now feels like it's just delivering heads!

If the Underworld kept sending people to assassinate this white-clad youth, then……

Kun Xuzi could hardly imagine it!

"I thought it was someone behind the Cloud Emperor, but it turned out to be an assassin." Li Zhangsheng said lightly, "The force behind the Cloud Emperor is actually cautious!"

Jiang Yuanqing didn't understand who Li Zhangsheng meant by 'Cloud Emperor'!

However, the Underworld's Kun Xuzi wouldn't come to assassinate Li Zhangsheng for no reason.

It must be that Li Zhangsheng killed someone earlier, prompting someone to hire the Underworld's assassin to kill him!

Jiang Yuanqing was guessing in his heart!

"Do you know who hired you to assassinate me?" Li Zhangsheng looked at Kun Xuzi and asked.

Kun Xuzi shook his head and said:

"We don't know; our netherworld takes orders through a specific secret stronghold, and inside that stronghold there is a special token."

"The employer only needs to write who they want killed and the reward on that secret stronghold's token, and if they're in a hurry they can add extra money!"

Li Zhangsheng smiled, "Killing the Cloud Emperor took me only two or three days, yet you came after me so soon—looks like that employer is willing to spend money."

Kun Xuzi swallowed his saliva, not daring to speak!

"Since you don't know who the employer is, then go die." Li Zhangsheng said calmly, flicked his finger, and directly sentenced Kun Xuzi to death!

Boom—!

Kun Xuzi's body and spirit were annihilated!

He didn't even have time to beg for mercy!

Hiss!

Jiang Yuanqing beside him sucked in a breath of cold air, covered his eyes with his hand, looking unable to bear watching!

Eightfold Peak Emperor Realm, just flicked by the senior like that, and he was gone!

The senior is still as fierce as ever!

That unreasonable kind of fierce!

After casually killing Kun Xuzi, Jiang Yuanqing again invited Li Zhangsheng to visit the Jiang family as a guest, to continue drinking and enjoying themselves!

Li Zhangsheng also wanted to go see the grave of his old friend Jiang Taiching, and pour a few cups of wine in front of it, so he agreed to Jiang Yuanqing's suggestion to visit the Jiang family.

……

A few days later, above the Myriad Valleys Mountain Range, the extremely bored black dragon sitting cross-legged in the void stretched lazily, looking very relaxed.

These past few days, he has tossed many treasures into the painting scroll secret realm!

Spirit herbs, spirit medicines, heavenly and earthly spiritual treasures of metal and stone—he has thrown in plenty!

Of course, to a black dragon of the Emperor Realm, these things are just sesame seeds, utterly insignificant!

Cultivators who come to the painting scroll secret realm seeking opportunity still think this strange secret realm periodically refreshes treasures; even after obtaining many treasures, they are reluctant to leave!

However, the news gradually spread!

Cultivators from all places swarmed in, which made the black dragon's mood extremely relaxed!

Surely, people die for wealth, birds die for food!

Still, this method is easy!

At this moment, the black dragon looked at the waves of cultivators waiting for treasure refreshments inside the painting scroll, and involuntarily nodded with satisfaction, "Hmm, time to pack up!"

Saying that, he reached out to take up the painting scroll, then vanished into the void…