Itinerary

"Click."

The young man flicked a sheet of golden paper from his hand. It stuck to the wooden board before Yuan Shan, a line of forceful little characters leaping into view: Wipe out the entire Yuan family of Spiritwind City!

"You?!"

Yuan Shan's expression changed dramatically. True Qi surged through his body and burst out of him; in an instant, he was about to strike down the young man before him.

Before he could raise both palms, several bursts of Astral Qi streaked past like brilliant shooting stars, tearing him to pieces.

"Whoever's interested can take the job. Everything you gain is yours."

After speaking, the young man sat back down in his recliner, drew out his dagger once more, and studied it closely.

A black-robed figure walked over to the golden paper, raised a hand, and drew it into their grasp before slowly leaving the tavern.

The faint stench in the air made the young man frown where he lounged in his chair. With a trace of displeasure, he said, "Clean it up."

A flash of scorching flame swept through, burning all the filth to ash and scattering it out of the tavern.

The young man ran his fingers over the dagger twice and let out a long breath. The Soul-Reaping Tower could provoke the Heavenly Thunder Palace, but it couldn't afford to provoke the Demon-Subduing Army.

If he hadn't been overseeing the place today, someone would have taken the commission.

Whether Yuan Shan knew that Shi Lan was a member of the Demon-Subduing Army was still uncertain. But since he had come here, it was fair to assume he knew. Either way, the outcome would have been the same.

"Creak—"

The tavern's somewhat dilapidated door shut once more, cutting it off from the outside world as though the