Chapter 231: A Freshly Emerged Evil Cultivator?

Hu Rui watched Hu Jiushisan's retreating back, withdrew her gaze, not worried, Hu Rui went to the Underworld Organization to post a mission, which would leak its information.

Although.

It knows, it snatched away Hu Jiushisan's source of wealth, cutting off its chance to get rich.

Not to mention Hu Jiushisan, this wealth‑loving monster; even a normal monster would bear a grudge against it.

Hu Jiushisan might find a chance to take revenge on it!

It doesn't care; not only because this source of wealth with Wang Ping'an makes it willing to offend people, but also because it is very familiar with Hu Jiushisan's temperament.

Unless it is absolutely certain, even if Hu Jiushisan hates it to the extreme, it would not dare to provoke it, let alone take revenge.

At most.

At most it would just take revenge on Niuda, the one who leaked the secret!

It values Niuda, letting Niuda bully Hu Jiushisan, just to shift Hu Jiushisan's hatred onto Niuda.

Before Niuda is taken revenge on, Hu Jiushisan will not and dare not take revenge on it.

It is actually curious about what means Hu Jiushisan will use to deal with Niuda.

Hope it doesn't disappoint, and don't lose face for their Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan.

Hu Rui said solemnly: "Daoist Li, do you know why I don't let my thirteenth uncle leak my news, letting the Underworld Organization know I posted the mission?"

"I don't know!"

Wang Ping'an shook his head.

He actually roughly guessed that Hu Rui's true purpose in doing this—having Hu Jiushisan go to the Underworld Organization to post a mission to assassinate him—was not sincere, but to satisfy his special hobby.

Just to find a few scapegoats from the Nine-headed Mountain Market!

If the Underworld Organization finds out, it will more or less have objections to Hu Rui.

A killing organization that can survive still dares to openly set up branches, even letting ordinary people know its stronghold.

This shows how formidable, even terrifying, the Underworld Organization is!

"Daoist Li, do you happen to know the situation of the Underworld Organization?"

Hu Rui did not answer, the first question she herself had asked, but instead asked again.

"I don't know!"

Wang Ping'an gave the same reply again.

He had only just arrived in this world; if it weren't for a good Evil Cultivator he met not long ago who gave him papermaking, making paper persons, and the technique to control them, he couldn't even leave his own gate.

Thus he could only rely on Hei Mao Bu Tou and Peregrine Falcon Little Gray to observe the surroundings.

How could he possibly, like now, come to the Nine-headed Mountain Market to do business?

Buying and selling talismans, purchasing cultivation resources.

Actually, his understanding of this world is superficial; it is largely thanks to his nominal father's study, where book after book gave him a rough grasp of the world's situation.

However.

These are just basic news, plus rumors; whether true or false, he himself is unclear.

After all.

His nominal father is a scholar; his study holds mostly Confucian‑Daoist knowledge, as well as knowledge about the imperial examinations.

Only a few miscellaneous books!

He wanted to learn Confucian skills from the books in his nominal father's study, and also see the books in the study destroyed after checking them.

Of course there would be no books introducing the Underworld Organization in there!

If he knew there was such a good organization as the Underworld in the world, he wouldn't be foolishly leaking money at the Nine-headed Mountain Market, luring out one after another malicious Evil Cultivator and monster to do heavenly justice, lest these damned things do more evil!

He incidentally earns some merit!

Whether it succeeds or not is all up to fate!

He had long ago run to the Underworld Organization to post a mission to assassinate himself.

"Daoist Li, since you don't know the Underworld Organization, let me give you a detailed introduction to its situation..."

Hu Rui glanced at Wang Ping'an in surprise; although their Nine-headed Mountain Market is a poor, remote place, most who come here to do business are Evil Cultivators and monsters.

Evil Cultivators.

Most are well‑informed folks; otherwise, given the Daxia Dynasty's methods against Evil Cultivators, Daxia has many agencies dedicated to dealing with them.

One cannot say it's better to mistakenly kill a thousand than to let one slip!

Any Evil Cultivator who has done evil within Daxia's territory will be pursued by Daxia, with the intensity varying according to the evil deeds.

Even orthodox disciples will not have a good impression of Evil Cultivators.

One could say…

Evil Cultivators, within Daxia's territory, are like street rats, possibly even worse than their monsters.

This novel you have arrived at

If an Evil Cultivator lacks information, he would have already died, nobody knows where.

Like the renowned Underworld Organization, one cannot say everyone knows it, but Evil Cultivators should know it, after all, it is said to be composed of many heterodox paths.

It strongly suspects that Wang Ping'an is very likely a freshly emerged Evil Cultivator.

Otherwise.

Even if it is that kind of reclusive Evil Cultivator who hasn't left the mountains for years, most know the Underworld Organization's situation, and the deeper the cultivation, the more they know about it.

It is the Underworld Organization deliberately spreading the news, just to recruit capable Evil Cultivators to work.

Just that.

If Wang Ping'an is a freshly emerged Evil Cultivator, then he is especially terrifying.

One with five‑element spirit roots, skilled in swordsmanship, and also able to draw talismans…

Wait.

Perhaps Wang Ping'an is very likely an Evil Cultivator who just came out of his thatched hut; from the elementary talisman he drew, one would think that, although his elementary talisman is extremely terrifying, it can rival an intermediate talisman.

But its price is who knows how much cheaper than an intermediate talisman!

If one hopes to earn spirit stones by drawing talismans, one should draw intermediate talismans or even higher-level talismans, so that one can earn more spirit stones.

However.

If Wang Ping'an really is an Evil Cultivator who just came out of his thatched hut, how could the effect of the elementary talisman he drew rival that of an intermediate talisman? This is something only a Talisman Master could possibly achieve.

Moreover, to become a Talisman Master, besides accumulating experience over many years, one must spend at least several decades or even centuries painstakingly studying the talisman path, and also need talent in talismans.

Sometimes, one percent of talent is more important than ninety-nine percent of effort!

In a moment, myriad thoughts flooded Hu Rui's mind; although she was doubtful, Wang Ping'an being an Evil Cultivator who just came out of his thatched hut, possibly not too old, she still couldn't make a firm decision due to various reasons.

While speculating about Wang Ping'an's specific situation, Hu Rui nevertheless related the details of the Netherworld Organization's situation—what she had learned, which included many things that ordinary Evil Cultivators do not know.

She explained it in detail to Wang Ping'an!

After a long while, having heard Hu Rui's narration, Wang Ping'an furrowed his brows slightly and said, "Miss Hu, from your description I have learned how formidable this so-called Netherworld Organization is; you merely had Hu Jiushisan not reveal your information, but given the organization's formidable nature, I think he will investigate the specifics, right?"

As for Hu Rui's first question, although it hasn't been answered yet, from her narration he inferred, just as he had previously speculated.

It is out of fear of retaliation from the Netherworld Organization that he does not let Hu Jiushisan reveal its news; it is the organization that issued the news of his assassination.

It is precisely because he fears the Netherworld Organization finding out that he deliberately uses assassins from the organization as his playthings.

(End of Chapter)