Three Shadows Sword

Before long.

Another video that drew widespread attention appeared on the Jianghu Forum.

Its title—"There Are Always Greater Men Beyond Men, and Higher Heavens Beyond the Heavens"—was especially eye-catching.

Naturally, this video had been posted by Wanderer in the Red Dust and his two companions.

The video was split into two parts.

One part showed the three of them being effortlessly insta-killed by the mysterious swordsman when they barged into the bamboo forest.

The other showed Jiang Dali, dressed in green robes and wearing a conical hat, arriving on horseback, entering the forest, and domineeringly driving back the mysterious swordsman with a casual turn of his palm.

The two clips created an exceptionally stark contrast in strength, sparking heated discussion among countless players.

Compared with the mysterious swordsman, players at this point were as weak as ants, easily slaughtered with a flick of the hand.

Yet the jianghu was vast. There were clearly quite a few people stronger than that mysterious swordsman, and the mysterious expert who appeared later was one of them.

In fact, over the past few days, quite a few players across the land had witnessed Jianghu Experts making their moves, and some of those scenes had been posted on the Jianghu Forum.

A busybody called Jianghu Hundred Affairs Expert had even compiled two rankings based on clips of these experts in action.

The first was the Dragon Tiger Ranking.

The second was the Famous Masters Ranking.

Everyone listed on the Dragon Tiger Ranking was a formidable NPC who had appeared on the Jianghu Forum recently.

Those listed on the Famous Masters Ranking, meanwhile, were NPCs who had recently gained the greatest fame by causing major incidents.

Because Jiang Dali had frequently been active in the players' sight lately, he too had been included on both the Dragon Tiger Ranking and the Famous Masters Ranking.

However, his ranking on the Dragon Tiger Ranking was relatively low. Among the forty-three people listed, he was only ranked thirty-seventh, just slightly above Du Dajin in thirty-eighth place.

The person ranked first on the Dragon Tiger Ranking was Lu Xiaofeng of the Spiritual Insight Finger, who had appeared in Huizhou recently and made a move once.

On the Famous Masters Ranking, however, Jiang Dali had caused several major incidents and was quite renowned, so he was temporarily ranked seventh.

Jiang Dali naturally knew about these two rankings concocted by the player Jianghu Hundred Affairs Expert.

But he did not pay them much mind.

Compared to the peak figures of the Comprehensive Martial World—jianghu giants such as the Sweeping Monk, Qiao Feng, Li Xunhuan, Ye Gucheng, Dongfang Bubai, and the like—his current strength was still far, far too lacking.

The players might consider him an expert now, but perhaps after some time, he would fall off the rankings.

Still, his strength was constantly improving and rising. He was confident that he would surpass those who came before him someday.

At this moment, inside the bamboo tower at the Green Robe Pavilion stronghold, Jiang Dali saw the woman behind the screen for the first time.

On his previous visits to the bamboo tower, Jiang Dali had only spoken with the woman through the screen.

This was his first time seeing the master of this Green Robe Pavilion stronghold.

She too wore a robe of green, with her face concealed behind a veil. Yet her bearing was valiant and heroic, while her graceful figure carried a strange, explosive sense of power, as though she could draw her sword and wound someone at any moment.

"You wish to advance to Bronze Killer? With your current strength, you can more or less do so."

The woman sat beside the zither table, her beautiful eyes calm and cold as she looked at Jiang Dali. "By the rules, to advance to Bronze Killer, you must complete ten Iron Character Missions, or one Bronze Character Mission. You have only completed four Iron Character Missions. Do you intend to directly complete one Bronze Character Mission now?"

Jiang Dali met her gaze and answered concisely, "Correct."

The woman nodded slightly, then shook her head. "Unfortunately, there have been no suitable Bronze Killer missions recently.

"However, there is now an opportunity for you to directly advance to Silver Killer, just like me.

"A traitor has emerged from our Green Robe Pavilion. He has now fled to Huizhou, and we need to deal with him.

"Originally, I was supposed to handle this task personally. But if you can act in my stead and kill him, you can advance to Silver Killer, because this task has been classified as a Silver Character Mission.

"However, in my view, this traitor's strength does not truly pose the level of threat expected of a Silver Character Mission. It is merely that the matter has extremely serious implications. He knows some of our Green Robe Pavilion's secrets, so the mission has been ranked highly. With your strength, there is risk, but also a chance."

"Oh?"

Jiang Dali's eyes shifted slightly. At that moment, a mission prompt also popped up on his panel.

"You have triggered the mission, 'Deal with the Green Robe Pavilion Traitor'

Mission Requirement: Kill the traitorous assassin Three Shadows Sword Liu Yegui

Mission Difficulty: Grade B, Level B

Mission Rewards: Advance to Green Robe Pavilion Silver Killer, Green Robe Pavilion contribution +100, Cultivation Points +100, Potential Points +200, Jianghu Reputation +100

Accept?"

"A Grade B mission. The difficulty is not too outrageous. It's worth taking a gamble on."

Seeing the mission information, Jiang Dali pondered inwardly.

Grade B missions were already considered highly difficult, but this was, after all, a mission that would directly promote him to Silver Killer. This difficulty rating was not too absurd, and there was indeed hope of completing it.

After all, the mission to Deal with Du Dajin had been Grade A, Level D, which was even more difficult than this one.

Of course, he had not been as strong then as he was now, which would have affected the mission's rating.

But no matter how he compared them, even if this traitor, Three Shadows Sword Liu Yegui, was strong, he should not be stronger than Du Dajin.

This way, even if he could not kill the other party, he would still be able to retreat unscathed.

"I accept this mission." Jiang Dali looked at the woman.

"Very good. You have courage!"

The woman rose and walked over to the desk, took out a stack of intelligence wrapped in yellow paper, and flicked it toward Jiang Dali.

"This contains information on him, including records of his recent whereabouts."

In the vast martial world, Three Shadows Sword could only be considered a minor figure.

However, being able to earn a title in the martial world meant that he had at least made something of a name for himself in a particular region or force.

As a veteran Bronze Killer of Green Robe Pavilion, Three Shadows Sword Liu Yegui had completed fifteen assassination missions. Every time, he had successfully finished the job and killed the target. This showed that not only did he possess considerable strength, but he also had a sharper mind and greater caution than ordinary people.

And when such a person chose to betray them, that was when he became even more dangerous.

At such a time, Three Shadows Sword would be like a lone wolf separated from its pack, hiding himself carefully in some shadowed corner. Anything that threatened him would either be strangled in the cradle or avoided in advance.

Yet what made a wolf pack formidable was not one wolf, but a whole pack of wolves.

Likewise, what made Green Robe Pavilion formidable was not one assassin, but the entire Green Robe Pavilion.

Thus, when Green Robe Pavilion dealt with traitors, assassins would stream forth without end to kill the traitor, while incomparably precise intelligence would leave the traitor with nowhere to hide.

A day later.

At sunset.

Inside a dilapidated Land God Temple in New Moon City, Huizhou.

Several ragged, foul-smelling wandering beggars were gathered inside the temple, some sitting and some lying down.

Some were sleeping in, some were clutching unidentified food and nibbling at it bite by bite, while others leaned against the temple pillars, holding a piece of wood and carving it with utter concentration.

One of the beggars glanced at the beggar engrossed in carving and laughed. "Woodhead, your craftsmanship makes people look neither human nor ghost. I say, stop agonizing over it. You'll never become a carpenter. If you really don't want to wander the streets begging for scraps, why not join the Heavenly Alliance? The Heavenly Alliance has been recruiting people everywhere lately."

The carving beggar ignored him, stubbornly continuing to carve.

The speaking beggar shook his head with a derisive smile, tucked his hands into his sleeves, and said no more.

Suddenly, the carving knife in the beggar's rough palm halted. He abruptly raised his head and looked toward the temple entrance.

A burly figure seemed to appear out of thin air, standing abruptly in the doorway.

Azure robes.

A bamboo hat.

In an instant, the atmosphere throughout the Land God Temple seemed to freeze.

I'm crying. Today I updated over six hundred extra words. Before, I would only add four or five hundred extra words. I want compensation.