The man said nothing more. Resigned to his fate, he swallowed the pill Shao Qiu handed him before dropping from the rock face to the bottom of the canyon.
He stood there, staring down at the ground.
In this line of work, getting caught meant death.
He had never expected to survive.
But just as that man had said, he could at least have a quick death.
"They're all here."
Leaning on his Jadeite Staff, Chen Fan slowly descended from the Nine-Five Dragon Chariot. As he looked at the people lying in pools of blood and the brown-robed man standing before them, Shao Qiu stepped forward to report.
"There are no other hidden Assassins."
"Mm."
Chen Fan surveyed the surroundings before asking softly, "Shao Qiu, what did you think of this assassination attempt? Give it a score."
"Six out of ten."
Shao Qiu tilted his head and considered it for a moment. "The whole assassination was quite a spectacle. If you hadn't detected the danger beforehand, Domain Lord, there might really have been some risk."
"Could the Shadow Pavilion pull this off?"
"Not yet. They still need more training."
The man beside Shao Qiu looked up at him, a flicker of emotion crossing his eyes. He hadn't expected Shao Qiu to rate his assassination attempt so highly. Six out of ten.
That wasn't low.
Especially coming from someone who had slipped behind him without making a sound.
It was a form of recognition.
Chen Fan asked no more about the Shadow Pavilion. Instead, he looked at the brown-robed man beside Shao Qiu and said quietly, "I've already asked your accomplice in the carriage the questions I'm about to ask you."
"If even one answer doesn't match..."
"I won't ask you anything else. Someone else will attend to you personally."
"What