"Brother Jiang, what was that?"
Seeing this, Zhu Hu, who had just arrived, widened his eyes, seemingly somewhat wary of the might of Jiang Yuan's sword.
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly. "Nothing. This old man simply had a sudden insight earlier and practiced a few sword moves."
"I startled the Hall Master. Please forgive me!"
Zhu Hu froze for a moment, then burst into laughter. "Hahaha... No matter. Brother Jiang, those sword moves of yours are truly formidable. I'm afraid even I might not be able to withstand them."
"You flatter me, Hall Master."
Jiang Yuan smiled modestly. Zhu Hu's strength had already reached the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm, only one step away from entering the Grandmaster Realm.
Though his sword aura was powerful enough to easily slay experts below the tenth level of the Meridian Opening Realm, it would likely still fall somewhat short against a half-step Grandmaster like Zhu Hu.
Unless he, too, could break through to the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm!
Zhu Hu's eyes shifted as he patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder and smiled. "Brother Jiang, I happen to have a special piece of business here, and I'm afraid no one but you can handle it."
"As for Black Market and pill-refining business, Brother, you may set those aside for now."
"Special business?"
Jiang Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't White Tiger Hall's special business murder?
Since joining the Black Market, he had never taken on such work.
The three White Tiger Hall stewards had different duties. Zhang Bo had been responsible for Black Market business, while Liu Mang and Ding Wu had both handled assassin work.
Of course, Zhang Bo had already been killed by him.
Generally speaking, assassination jobs were assigned to a select group of inner disciples. Only when the