"That depends on who I want to kill …" Yue Yang frowned.
"If the target is a mercenary, what would you choose?" The hemp clothed old man paused and asked.
"I, choose a blank piece of paper!" Yue Yang laughed when he heard this. This kind of question was not a test of killing techniques, but rather a test of killing wisdom? How could this stump him?
"How do you use a piece of paper to kill someone?" The hemp clothed old man frowned slightly.
"It's simple. I'll disguise it as a treasure map and send it to the target. Then, I'll use a poster to announce to the world that he has a treasure map. Then, I won't even need to kill this mercenary. There will be countless people fighting to kill him." Yue Yang shrugged his shoulders and replied in a carefree and unrestrained manner.
"If the target is not a mercenary but a merchant, what would you choose?" The hemp clothed old man nodded his head slowly and changed the question.
"I choose a blank piece of paper … I will disguise it as a miscalculated bill. When the target merchant is concentrating on calculating his assets and income, I will ambush him and kill him." Yue Yang answered. When the hemp clothed old man heard this, his frail and weak hands suddenly stopped trembling. He asked, "What if the target is a government official? Would you still choose a blank piece of paper as a killing tool? "
"Why not? I will disguise it as an Emperor's Edict. When the official kneels down to receive it, I will give him a cup of poisoned wine. " Yue Yang had seen this many times in movies. No matter how powerful an upright official was, he would not be able to win against an Emperor's Edict. He would not be able to win against a cup of poisoned wine.
If the monarch wants the minister to die, the minister has no choice but to die.
Since ancient times, this saying could not be wrong no matter where it was put.
Not to mention the Feudal Era, even in the Crab Dynasty, or even in the Soaring Dragon Continent, this saying was also a well-known saying.
The hemp clothed old man raised his eyelids, his dull eyes showing surprise. He looked at Yue Yang for two to three seconds. His expression changed in an instant, but he recovered quickly. In the end, he nodded his head stupidly, confirming Yue Yang's shameless killing plan.
Yue Yang was slightly happy. He thought that he would be able to obtain the qualification to be an assassin.
Unexpectedly, the old man continued to ask, "If the target you want to kill is a woman, what would you choose?"
As soon as he heard the word 'woman', Yue Yang's wolf heart started to stir, and his thoughts started to wander. "That depends on whether she's young or beautiful. If she's both young and beautiful, then I'll still choose a blank piece of paper …"
"This time, what will you disguise it as?" The old man asked.
"No, it's not a disguise. I will sincerely write my love letter on that blank piece of paper. However, if she doesn't agree, then I will kill her and complete the mission!" Yue Yang said with slight regret. The hempen-clothed old man suggested, "What if she agreed?" Yue Yang was delighted when he heard this. "If she agreed to my courtship, then why would I kill her? I'll take her home as my concubine! "
"…" The old man was speechless.
Although he had lived for many years, he had never seen someone as shameless as Yue Yang before.
The thick-skinned Yue Yang didn't feel anything at all. His face was filled with pride, making anyone who saw him have the urge to beat him up.
The old man muttered to himself for a while, then slowly said, "One last question. If you accepted the mission and found out that the target was your family, what would you do?"
When Yue Yang heard this, the smile on his face didn't change, but a cold light flashed in his eyes. "In my heart, there are only two kinds of people in this world. One is the living, and the other is the dead. My family belongs to the former. No matter who wants to kill my family, I will turn him into a dead person … "
The old man lifted his eyes and looked at Yue Yang. There seemed to be a strange smile in his eyes. "An assassin with feelings, love, and weaknesses is not a good assassin."
"To me, it doesn't matter if you're a good assassin. As long as you're a living assassin, it's fine." Yue Yang raised his eyebrows, and his expression became serious. "I've heard of this saying before: Love and hate can give people unimaginable power. Weaknesses are like double-edged swords. They can be fatal, but they can also help people improve."
"…" Hearing Yue Yang's words, the old man didn't speak for a long time.
After coming out of the Assassin Guild, not only did Yue Yang obtain the qualifications to be an assassin, he also obtained a 'Vengeance Hunt' Bloodrose Map.
This Bloodrose Map could be integrated into a grimoire, providing information about the 'Vengeance Hunt' at any time.
Even without a grimoire, the owner could open the map once a day. As long as it was night time, the target of the Vengeance Hunt would appear as a red dot on the map.
If a target was chosen, the red dot on the map would expand. At the same time, a Bloodrose Dagger would appear, accurately pinpointing the target's location.
As for the targets of the Vengeance Hunt, they were usually malicious killers.
When a warrior killed someone with malicious intent, if the person before his death used a 'Vengeance Scroll', his image would be remembered. At the same time, his name would appear on the Assassin Guild's Vengeance List, or on the Bloodrose Map. It could also be the victim's family members. They would go to the Assassin Guild and use the bounty on the killer. The duration of the Vengeance Hunt was usually half a year. If the killer was successfully avenged, or if the victim's family members did not pursue the matter, then the killer's red name would disappear from the Vengeance List and the Bloodrose Map.
Yue Yang didn't have the heart to help the people get rid of evil. He only wanted to obtain this extremely useful free map.
Moreover, malicious killers were usually quite strong. If they were used as fertilizer for the Thorny Flower, it would be the most suitable choice.
After obtaining the Bloodrose Map, Yue Yang began his first hunt for vengeance. He set his sights on a fellow nicknamed 'Rock'. Although he didn't know what kind of atrocious things this guy had done, Yue Yang discovered that there were at least eight families who had formed a Vengeance Hunt for him. The bounty was five gold coins.
The bounty wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a small amount either. Five gold coins was the price of killing a Mutated Lightning Leopard in the Mercenary Guild.
If converted to RMB, it would be equivalent to fifty thousand yuan.
According to the price of the underworld in China, chopping off a hand was two thousand, cutting off a leg was five thousand, and killing a person was thirty thousand to fifty thousand. Of course, in the Soaring Dragon Continent, this was the lowest price for a Vengeance Hunt. On the Vengeance List, the highest bounty was more than a thousand gold coins. It was just that Yue Yang couldn't accept that kind of high Vengeance Hunt. Right now, he was still a novice assassin without any fame or experience.
Yue Yang had the mentality that even a mosquito's leg was meat. Five gold coins wasn't too little. In any case, killing monsters and leveling up started with killing small monsters. Who would want to kill a big BOSS right from the start? Wasn't that courting death?
Rock, who was being hunted by the Vengeance Hunt, didn't hide. He walked on the street very openly, gulping down yellow wine.
If it was someone else, they might be afraid of an assassin coming to take revenge.
But for a mercenary like him who had a backer and a certain level of strength, ordinary assassins wouldn't be willing to provoke him for five gold coins. Hence, he had been living comfortably. Wasn't it just selling out his friends for glory and killing a few companions? What's wrong with that? In front of money, anyone would do that! When he had the time, he would go and rape those bastards' widows, then kill their children. Let's see who would dare to hunt him for revenge …
Rock was very pleased. He was already a little drunk from drinking, but he felt that he had found a strong person.
Strong people can do whatever they want, isn't that right?
Just as Rock was laughing complacently, he suddenly noticed a masked thief standing in the middle of the quiet street. The thief's eyes were as bright as stars, and his voice was as clear as a stream flowing through a stone forest, "Are you the Rock on the Vengeance List?"
- Locked Chapter -