The White-Haired Assassin.
Le Yu nearly thought Yin Yinyin had come back to life.
But after taking a closer look, he discovered that this White-Haired Assassin differed from Yin Yinyin in many ways. In one sentence: he was less feminine.
It was probably because White-Haired Assassins never exposed themselves to sunlight, spent their lives in darkness, and cultivated techniques so painful that they had poor appetites. Add in their full heads of white hair, and White-Haired Assassins were usually handsome men in the "pale, slender, and youthful" aesthetic, making them look rather similar.
Ting Gu suddenly began coughing violently. Ting Jiu hurriedly helped him put his soft mouthpiece back on and introduced him. "This is Mr. Chen."
He did not offer any further introduction, because everyone understood the moment they saw Chen's white hair.
As the Silver Blood Society's "strategic partner," most of its members knew something about the Assassin Organization. After all, a large portion of the "membership fees" and "Silver Blood taxes" they paid went toward hiring the Assassin Organization to assassinate their competitors.
For East Sun's Profound Candle Prefecture to become Radiance's number one industrial district, two conditions were naturally required: a market and technology.
If another place produced competing goods of the same quality—or large quantities of inferior goods—they would send a White-Haired Assassin to kill the owner or factory director and create chaos. Then the Profound Candle merchants would seize the opportunity to negotiate with the buyers and take over the market.
Or, if another place produced higher-quality competing goods, they would have a White-Haired Assassin kill the owner, then take the opportunity to acquire the core technology or the master craftsmen. If the other side refused, they would send assassins to destroy the production lines and kill the master craftsmen.
In short, others could