Time flies like water, five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Residence is filled with an inexplicable cold smell.
A fly got into the room through the gap in the window. However, as soon as it entered, it fell straight down and landed on the ground motionless.
At this time, moths and flies had fallen all over the window.
In the room, Lin Sheng's eyes were closed tightly, and the skin all over his body took on an indigo color, making him look quite strange.
He frowned, with a look of pain on his face.
If someone is in the room, they will feel that the temperature in the room at this moment is significantly different from that outside the room.
It wasn't until more than half an hour passed that Lin Sheng's frown slowly relaxed. The temperature in the room gradually returned to normal, and the indigo skin gained a trace of blood.
"Huh... the cold poison of this Cold Condensation Grass is indeed extraordinary. It is much stronger than the cold poisonous plants that I have swallowed before. If it weren't for Blood Demon Centipede's tyrannical Constitution Boost, Green Flower Python's increase in coldness would definitely not be able to withstand it."
Lin Sheng had a look of sadness on his face.
This Cold Condensation Grass is the most expensive plant among the highly poisonous plants he purchased in the past two days.
Just one plant costs five hundred taels of silver, but its toxicity is indeed worthy of the high price.
After thoroughly digesting this Cold Condensation Grass, he Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm improved again.
Among the three kinds of strange poisons: putrid poison, stagnation poison, and cold poison, cold poison is now the worst.
Moreover, the poisonous blood travels all over the body and has completely transformed his hands, legs, and part of the torso. If there is a sufficient supply of poisonous substances, he will be able to fuse the poison into his whole body in less than a month Vital Blood.
Now the power of the Three Corpse Soul Palm technique in his hands has far exceeded that shown by this technique.
Unexpectedly, the poison is more toxic than the creators thought, and the amount of toxins condensed in the body is far beyond that.
However, as this skill becomes more and more advanced, the requirements for poisons are getting higher and higher, mainly because the targeted poison blessings of his three poisons are also a bit difficult.
Fortunately, Blood Demon Centipede's strong physique can make up for this, and it won't have much impact in a short period of time, but it's time to start paying attention to some highly toxic Strange Beast.
After all, among the three types of Black Tiger Ape, Green Flower Python, Man-Faced Spider, and Strange Beast, only Man-Faced Spider has level 2 poison increase. The other two are still level 1, and they need to be improved.
Thinking of this Lin Sheng suddenly felt that there was still a lot to do.
"Forget it, let's complete the task first, get the money, and then make other plans..."
He exhaled and adjusted his body Vital Blood. Soon the indigo color all over his body completely dissipated and his skin color returned to normal.
I washed myself briefly, put on a pair of loose clothes, and then opened the door and went out.
"Da Huang is optimistic about home."
After glancing at the big yellow-haired dog lazily basking in the sun in the yard, Lin Sheng left.
Now that the one-month deadline for the mission has passed halfway, it's time to meet the so-called customer.
Wanhua City North District, Shuixiang Street.
The four major districts of Wanhua City, east, west, south and north basically have different focuses. Most of the Trading House in the North District are concentrated here.
Shuixiang Street is just an inconspicuous small street in the North District. Because it is located at the innermost part of the North District, not many people come here on weekdays.
This also resulted in there not being many shops on the entire street.
There is a small duplex building in the middle of the street. The plaque hanging at the door on the first floor has been covered up, and it has been covered with a thick layer of dust. It is obvious that the original store has been closed for a long time.
In the small courtyard behind the two-story building, two figures, a man and a woman, one big and one small, were standing in it.
Cao Ying was standing in the yard wearing a green gauze dress. A pair of beautiful eyes fell on his younger brother Cao Luan in the yard. Liu Ye frowned, with a trace of sadness on his beautiful and charming face.
This is a fragile beauty with a petite and slender body. Although she looks delicate and soft, she is actually a rather tough woman on the inside.
Otherwise, I would not have taken my younger brother to wander over hundreds of thousands of miles from a distant place to this place and accumulate a lot of savings.
But in the face of successive great changes, she, who had always been strong and always able to turn good fortune into misfortune, now felt a little more helpless.
At this time, the young man in the courtyard was breathing heavily and sweating profusely, but he still did not stop moving. He waved the steel knife in his hand vigorously and struck out again and again.
"Xiao Luan, stop practicing. If you continue practicing, it will hurt your body."
Cao Ying Seeing that his brother was already congested due to strenuous exercise, his red face said quickly.
But the young man acted as if he hadn't heard anything and kept waving the knife.
No matter how much Cao Ying tried to persuade her, she didn't care, but it didn't last too long. After just ten breaths of time passed, the steel knife in the young man's hand came out and he knelt limply on the ground.
Cao Ying hurriedly ran over with a bottle of water. The young man took the bottle and took a gulp of it, but soon he started coughing violently again.
"Xiaoluan, don't work so hard. Although I don't understand Martial Way, I also know that going too far is not enough. If you continue like this, you will only hurt your own foundation..."
Cao Ying patted his brother on the back and said softly.
"Sister, I must practice. If I don't practice, how can I avenge my father? If I don't practice, we will be bullied by others in the future. I don't want people to bully us anymore!!"
The young man's somewhat immature face was full of determination, and he replied in a deep voice.
"Xiaoluan, you are still young. I will find someone to avenge my father. Don't put too much pressure on yourself..."
"You mean Dark Star organization!?"
Cao Luan wiped the sweat from his face, curled his lips, and said coldly.
"Sister, I think this Dark Star organization is not reliable at all. I have failed to deal with that Red-haired Ghost twice. Instead, I have risked my own life. Now that Red-haired Ghost must be on guard. It will undoubtedly be more difficult to kill him again. I think we should find a way from other aspects."
Hearing his brother's words, Cao Ying was a little silent.
She naturally knew this. The reason why she knew Dark Star organization was because she had a conversation with a business partner when she was doing business. The other party revealed that it was said to be a very powerful assassin organization with many masters in it. As long as they could afford the price, they could be invited to take action.
So after encountering a huge change, she tried to find the contact method of Dark Star organization, spent a high price to release the task, and wanted to use Dark Star organization's hand to help her get revenge.
What he didn't expect was that the task had been pending for a long time but was still not completed, and it failed twice in a row.
She understood that it was not that Dark Star organization was weak, but that the remuneration she paid was not much, and she could not attract the powerful masters in Dark Star organization to take action.
But even though she understands this, she has no choice. Although their business was doing well before, they have suffered huge changes and have already spent a lot of money. There is not much left in their net worth, and they can't spend much money at all now. Being able to hang this task in Dark Star organization has almost used up her last savings.
If you want to increase the reward, you are powerless.
"Xiao Luan, don't worry. Since the task has been posted, someone will eventually take it. I think this time, if someone takes it again, it will be a master."
Cao Ying was silent for a while and said softly.
Hearing his sister's words, Cao Luan snorted.
"I hope the one who takes over the mission this time will be a master. He won't be like the two before. They were both arrogant and mysterious, but in the end, Red-haired Ghost wasn't even hurt at all."
"Don't worry, Xiaoluan, someone over at Dark Star has sent a message before, saying that our mission has been taken over."
Cao Ying had a smile on his face.
"It's been half a month, sister, and I haven't seen even a ghost of that person. I wonder if I regret it..."
Cao Luan stood up from the ground and picked up the flying steel knife.
"It is never better to rely on others than to rely on yourself, sister. I will definitely become a master in the future. By then, no one will dare to bully us..."
Boom, boom, boom!!
While the two were talking, there was suddenly a knock on the door.
"Who?"
Hearing the knock on the door, the sister and brother stopped and looked at the door. Cao Ying asked with some vigilance.
"Scarlet Hair."
There was silence for a long time, and only two words came from outside the door.
The two of them were shocked, looked at each other, and Cao Ying walked over. Through the gap in the door, they saw only a tall figure wearing a bamboo hat.
After a moment's hesitation, he lowered the bolt and opened half of the door.
"You are... Your Excellency Ghost Face..."
Cao Ying looked at the figure and spoke softly.
The message Dark Star organization conveyed to her some time ago was that an assassin code-named Ghost Face accepted her commission.
"That's right."
The figure in a bamboo hat directly pushed the door open and walked into the courtyard with a golden sword.
"Let's talk. If we have to meet, what do you want to say?"
The figure in the bamboo hat was naturally none other than Lin Sheng who came over.
When accepting the task, the middle-aged woman said that she wanted to meet the customer. Although she didn't know why it was necessary, he still chose to come and take a look.
"It seems you are Ghost Face."
After Lin Sheng came in, Cao Ying's eyes kept falling on him. The person in front of him was wearing a bamboo hat and couldn't see his face clearly, but his body was tall and straight, and he looked quite powerful.
It just seemed a little more ordinary than the first two.
Despite this, Cao Ying still led Lin Sheng to the stone table in the courtyard and asked him to sit down. Then he made a pot of tea from the room and brought it out.
Cao Luan in the courtyard also kept his eyes on Lin Sheng. Soon, he seemed to have remembered something and ran to the room. After a while, he walked out of it with a round jade ball the size of a child's fist in his hand.
He held the jade ball in his hand, approached Lin Sheng, and then kept his eyes on the jade ball.
"Sir Ghost Face, the little girl's name is Cao Ying. The reason why I want to meet you is because I want to talk to you in detail about Red-haired Bandits."
Cao Ying also sat down, lightly opened her lips and spoke slowly.
"Oh? Tell me."
Lin Sheng looked at the other party and said lightly. During this period, he also collected some information about Red-haired Bandits.
It's just that there isn't much information about the other party. After all, in Linjiang Prefecture, where there are so many masters, the strongest group is just the bandits of Blood Circulation Practitioner, which are really unattractive. Moreover, although the Pingshan County where they are located is not as remote as Tongzhi Lin'an, it is still quite far away from the city of Linjiang Prefecture.
"The number of this group Red-haired Bandits is about eighty. The most powerful leader Red-haired Ghost Luo Hu is a late-stage warrior of Blood Circulation. He is good at swordsmanship, hidden weapons, and close and distant combat. He has rich experience in actual combat, and his mind is cunning. If you want to kill this person, you must not give him a chance to breathe...
In addition to Red-haired Ghost, there are five other leaders among the bandits. Although they are warriors in the realm of late Muscle Forging, it is said that a few people who are proficient in the art of combined attack can fight against Blood Circulation Practitioner without falling behind..."
Cao Ying told Lin Sheng all the information he knew in one breath.
Lin Sheng was speechless for a while.
He did not expect that the other party knew such detailed information about Red-haired Bandits. It was much more detailed than the information he had asked Wang Dehai Old Zhou to collect before.
He immediately felt that it was not in vain.
This information is indeed valuable and will greatly assist him in this mission.
How did he know that the reason why Cao Ying knew so much information was that he spent a lot of money and time to collect it, and even some of the key information was obtained with human lives.
"Okay, thank you for the information. In this case, if there is nothing else, I will leave."
Lin Sheng picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and spoke slowly.
Cao Ying picked up the teapot and refilled Lin Sheng's tea cup before continuing.
"Your Excellency, wait a minute, that Luo Hu has a treacherous mind and failed two assassination missions. I'm afraid he has already made preparations. Even if he is still within the range of Pingshan County, he may have been hidden. It may not be easy to find him."
"So, I wonder what Miss Cao can do?"
Lin Sheng looked at the other party and asked softly.
Cao Ying had a smile on his face.
"Your Excellency Ghost Face, please wait for me for a moment. There is something on me that may help you find the trace of Luo Hu."
After saying that, Cao Ying turned around and walked towards the house.
"You are not Blood Circulation Practitioner!!?"
At this time, a childish voice mixed with anger sounded from the side.
Hearing this, Lin Sheng spoke calmly without looking back.
"That's right, I'm not Blood Circulation Practitioner."
"Then why do you dare to take on this task? Are you playing tricks on us?"
Cao Luan squeezed the dim red jade pendant in his hand and stared at Lin Sheng with anger on his face.
"You haven't even set foot in Blood Circulation realm, why do you dare to come to see us!! Bastard! Is it because you are wearing a hat on your face because you don't dare to see people?"
At this time, Cao Luan was filled with rage. His face was red with anger, and he even wanted to punch the man in front of him who didn't know how to live or die.
"Huh!?"
Lin Sheng turned around and his eyes fell on Cao Luan.
Cao Luan immediately felt an unspeakable crisis, but before he could do anything, a big hand pinched his neck.
He only felt that his body was empty and he had been lifted up like a chicken.
"You..."
Cao Luan's eyes widened, and his hands and feet struggled wildly, but it had no effect at all.
I just feel the constraint on my neck getting stronger and stronger.