Revenge Never Waits Overnight

Revenge Never Waits Overnight

"Liu Xuan seemed to have been transferred to Luyang County."

Over the past month, while Zhou Shan had been suppressing bandits, he had also sent people to keep an eye on Liu Xuan's situation in Ye County.

Liu Xuan, the Black Armored Army captain of Ye County, had been severely injured by him. After waking up, he applied for a transfer to Luyang County to recuperate. Luyang County was a major county, guarded by a commandant.

Moreover, the commandant of Luyang County was Liu Xuan's father.

"Luyang County isn't far from Qingyang City."

Zhou Shan calculated inwardly.

Luyang County was the closest county to Qingyang City.

At his pace, he could reach Luyang County in about an hour and a half.

Zhou Shan put away the Black Dragon Society Assassin Token. It might come in useful someday.

The Black Dragon Society was an assassin organization that anyone could join. However, one had to rise slowly from the first rank. With a high-ranking Assassin Token, one could skip low-level missions and accept missions of the corresponding rank within the Black Dragon Society.

"A gentleman does not leave vengeance unavenged; a man who lets injustice go unredressed lives in vain."

After disposing of the corpses of the two Black Dragon Society assassins, Zhou Shan immediately set off for Luyang County.

Whether Liu Xuan had hired the Black Dragon Society assassins or not, he had to go to Luyang County and get to the bottom of this. If Liu Xuan really had hired assassins through the Black Dragon Society, then after this failure, even stronger sixth-rank assassins might come next time.

The best way to solve a problem was to start at its source and eliminate the person who created it.

Zhou Shan left Qingyang City without alerting anyone.

He did not need anyone to open the city gates for him. A fifty-meter-tall city wall no longer posed any difficulty for him.

An hour and a half later, Zhou Shan arrived at Luyang County City.

Luyang County City.

Commandant's Residence, study.

"Speak. What did you steal my Black Dragon Society fifth-rank VIP Token for?"

A man in his early fifties slapped the table and barked the question.

This man was Liu Jierong, the Black Armored Army commandant of Luyang County.

"I... I went to the Black Dragon Society branch to post a mission."

Seeing his father angry, Liu Xuan did not dare hide the truth and answered honestly.

Black Dragon Society missions came in two types.

The first was when an employer went to the Black Dragon Society and posted an assassination mission.

The bounty for such assassination missions was entirely provided by the employer, while the mission rank was determined by the Black Dragon Society. The higher the rank, the greater the bounty required.

The second type was the VIP Tokens issued by the Black Dragon Society.

VIP Tokens also ranged from first rank to ninth rank. One VIP Token could be used to post one mission of the corresponding rank for free. Once the mission was posted, the Black Dragon Society would reclaim the VIP Token.

Though such missions offered no bounty, they earned corresponding merit points. Black Dragon Society assassins could use merit points to exchange for all kinds of cultivation resources, or convert them into silver.

There were two ways to obtain a VIP Token. The first was to become a longtime customer of the Black Dragon Society. Those who frequently posted missions with the Black Dragon Society might receive a VIP Token one rank lower as a benefit for regular customers.

The second was for Black Dragon Society assassins to complete ten missions of the same rank. They would then receive a VIP Token of that corresponding rank. Liu Jierong had once been a Black Dragon Society assassin in order to earn cultivation resources, and the fifth-rank VIP Token in his possession had been obtained after completing ten fifth-rank missions.

Liu Xuan did not have the funds to post a fifth-rank mission himself, but he had accidentally discovered that his father, Liu Jierong, possessed a fifth-rank Black Dragon Society VIP Token. So he stole the token and went to the Black Dragon Society to post a mission to assassinate Zhou Shan.

"Post a mission? What mission?"

Liu Jierong asked.

"Kill Zhou Shan!" At the mention of Zhou Shan, hatred filled Liu Xuan's eyes. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Father, that little bastard Zhou Shan injured me and made me lose all face in Ye County. My injuries still haven't healed even now. I simply can't swallow this insult. I have to kill him—kill that little bastard!"

"I am not blaming you for posting a mission to assassinate Zhou Shan without permission. You were simply too rash." Liu Jierong said coldly, "According to my investigation, that Zhou Shan possesses Innate Divine Strength and has caught the eye of Commander Fang Yuan. You could say he is Commander Fang Yuan's man. If you do not strike, then do not strike—but once you do, you must kill with a single blow and leave no room for error.

"Otherwise, the consequences will be endless, and it could bring catastrophic disaster upon our family."

"Rest assured, Father. Even if Zhou Shan has Innate Divine Strength, he has cultivated for far too short a time. So what if he possesses the strength of a Superclass Martial Artist?" Liu Xuan immediately said. "This is a fifth-rank mission. Which fifth-rank assassin in the Black Dragon Society has not fought through countless battles? No one knows how many Superclass Martial Artists have died beneath their hands. And this time, two fifth-rank assassins acted together. There is absolutely no chance of failure. A dead genius amounts to nothing.

"Besides, the ones killing Zhou Shan are Black Dragon Society assassins. The Black Dragon Society will never betray an employer's information. Even if Commander Fang Yuan finds out, what can he do? Would he dare seek revenge against the Black Dragon Society?

"A Martial Dao Grandmaster is very powerful, but that depends on who they are facing.

"The Black Dragon Society's business spans the world, with branches in every province. Its strength is such that not only is a Martial Dao Grandmaster no match for it, even the Guiyuan Sect falls far short of the Black Dragon Society.

"So, Father, just put your mind at ease. With two Superclass assassin from the Black Dragon Society acting, Zhou Shan is as good as dead. And Commander Fang Yuan will never be able to trace it back to us."

"That may be so, but I can't shake this bad feeling."

Liu Jierong's brows were tightly furrowed.

Ever since earlier, his eyelid had been twitching nonstop.

"Father, you are worrying for nothing. When Black Dragon Society assassins act, there is absolutely no room for error."

Liu Xuan said dismissively.

"Hopefully, I am overthinking it. Go back and rest first!"

Liu Jierong waved his hand.

"Then Father should rest early as well. Your son takes his leave."

Liu Xuan turned and left.

Creak—

Liu Xuan opened the door and saw a figure standing outside.

"Y-you... you..."

At the sight of that figure, Liu Xuan looked as though he had seen a ghost. His face filled with terror, he kept backing away. Even his words became stammered as he pointed ahead.

The figure outside the door was Zhou Shan.

Zhou Shan had not found Liu Xuan at the captain's residence, so he had come directly to the commandant's residence. Then, from outside the door, he had overheard the conversation between Liu Jierong and Liu Xuan. It seemed he had not wronged Liu Xuan—the Black Dragon Society assassins had indeed been hired by him.

"Z-Zhou Shan, y-you... why are you here?!"

Liu Xuan staggered several steps backward and did not stop until his back hit the wall. He asked in terror.

The Black Dragon Society assassins had clearly already headed to Qingyang City.

Why had Zhou Shan suddenly appeared here? Could even the Black Dragon Society assassins have failed?

Even if the Black Dragon Society assassins had failed, the assassins who accepted the mission would not know who the employer was, and the Black Dragon Society would never betray its employer. So why was Zhou Shan here?

Could this be Zhou Shan's ghost?

"Die!"

Zhou Shan could not be bothered to waste words on Liu Xuan. He struck straight at Liu Xuan's head with the Great Strength Vajra Palm.