Red Maple Mountain isn't really a mountain, because it's so short; the highest point is only a little over Wu Bai meters.
Strictly speaking, this is a hilly area stretching for hundreds of kilometers.
The Red Maple Mountain is covered with dense forests and shrubs, and its undulating terrain makes it easy for people to hide.
Ling Yi and Jin Xiaoxiao were walking through the jungle at that moment.
The two of them didn't look like they were there to arrest anyone at all; they were Youyou, like they were on a spring outing.
"What exactly did Cheng Hu do wrong? How did he end up on the Assassins assignment list?" Ling Yi asked.
"He's really something. He's taken down a female college student. She's just an ordinary person, someone the government has put on their list of targets." Jin Xiaoxiao's eyes Liuliu around as she warily surveyed her surroundings.
What is the opponent's strength?
" Bone Tempering Realm!"
Ling Yi now has a certain understanding of the martial arts realms in this Urban Wuxia Simulation scene.
The Body Tempering Realm, which refines Qi and Blood, and physical strength, is of the Third Rate. The Organ Tempering Organ Tempering Realm, Organ Refining Qi and Blood to strengthen the five internal organs, is of the Second-Rate.
The Bone Tempering Realm, which refines tendons Bone Tempering, is truly First-Rate.
Above the Bone Tempering Realm, there is a small branch.
Continue to refine your body, and you can enter the Marrow Refining Realm, making your body even stronger and your Qi and Blood more abundant, which is considered Super First-Rate.
However, many Martial Practitioner cannot reach this stage because Marrow Refining is too difficult and too dangerous.
To Marrow Refining, one must first refine the mind, for the mind and marrow are connected; without refining the mind, it is difficult to Marrow Refining.
But when it comes to mental training, without powerful techniques, it's simply impossible.
There are methods, but also too many risks.
If things go wrong, being in a vegetative state is the least of your worries; you could very well die.
Therefore, most Martial Practitioner, after reaching the Bone Tempering Realm, directly cultivate Internal Breath energy techniques to break through to the Acquired Realm.
Once you condense your Internal Breath Internal Energy and open up any one of your meridians, you will reach the Acquired Realm.
Once all twelve meridians of the Acquired are opened, one can enter the Innate, where Internal Energy is transformed into Innate True Qi.
Once the Ren and Du meridians are opened, Tongtian and earth, Innate True Qi transforms into Gang Qi, one reaches the Master Realm.
Above the Master Realm is said to be the Baodan Realm, also known as the Golden Core Realm.
However, even Innate at the Jianghu are rare in the martial arts world, and Master are even more Legend, let alone those at the Baodan Realm.
Let alone Baodan, someone who has already established their own sect at the Acquired Realm is already a powerful figure in their own right.
However, in Ling Yi's opinion, whether the Baodan Realm exists or will appear depends on whether that Old Liu behind the Simulation has any shame.
Since there's no time limit in this world, Ling Yi isn't in a hurry. He'll just follow the plot and enjoy the game at his own pace.
Time in the Simulation scenario is out of sync with that in the real world.
In the real world, there are two modes for viewers to watch live streams: the traditional mode and the traditional mode.
You can watch it on your phone, but the timeline will jump around from time to time.
For example, segments about contestants sleeping or when there aren't many exciting moments will be skipped.
The normal live stream viewing mode uses a virtual reality headset.
Watching the live stream through a virtual reality headset allows you to synchronize your time with the Simulation environment where the contestants are located.
In the real world, virtual reality headsets are already widespread, so most people use them to watch live streams outside of work hours.
Let's get back to the main topic.
Cheng Hu is the target of this ghostwriting mission.
Bone Tempering Realm, First-Rate- tier expert, this level of cultivation is already quite high.
Even among most sects, they are already pillars of strength.
"Why would a First-Rate expert be classified as a level 1 ghostwriter?" Ling Yi asked, puzzled.
"The official statement was that Cheng Hu was seriously injured, but the specifics of how he was injured were unclear; in any case, he was badly wounded and his strength was reduced to less than one-tenth."
"That's why he was assigned to a Level 1 task, but since he's First-Rate expert, he was given a commission of one million."
Ghostwriting quest list: one quest can only be accepted by one person.
Multiple the Assassins will only accept the same task if the government issues a public the Assassins service.
Ghostwriting tasks offer rewards for successful completion, but penalties for failure.
Furthermore, different levels of tasks correspond to different levels of the Assassins; you can't just accept any task.
Otherwise, if an 8th-level the Assassins takes on a 1st-level quest, how can the 1st-level the Assassins survive?
However, when doing a mission, if the Assassins asks for help, the government has no say in the matter.
The key issue is that there's no way to control it.
It can only be said that there are regulations at the top and countermeasures at the bottom; cats and mice are involved, and personal relationships, interests, and transactions are all at play.
Most the Assassins are very cautious when accepting a task.
I rarely accept tasks that I can't handle or that are too risky. If I succeed, great; if I fail, I could be seriously injured or even die. Even if I'm fine, there's still the penalty for breach of contract!
Therefore, one should not accept random connections.
Take Cheng Hu's mission, for example. It's been listed for half a month, but no one is willing to take it, and that's why.
As for why Jin Xiaoxiao accepted this task, it can be summed up in four words: greed.
She was so focused on the commission that she accepted the task without thinking.
After all, being in the Late Body Tempering Realm is enough to handle most level 1 missions.
But Jin Xiaoxiao accepted the task, and after reading the details, she was dumbfounded.
" The Wind Sect is so arrogant, isn't anyone going to do anything about it?" Ling Yi asked again.
At the same time, turn around and walk down a gentle slope.
Jin Xiaoxiao didn't know why Ling Yi turned around, but she still followed instinctively.
"There's no way around it. The Wind Sect are all Madman, psychopaths. That's why they're known as Wind Sect Mad Sect in the Jianghu. Besides, they only target Martial Practitioner, so the authorities basically ignore them."
Ling Yi suddenly realized.
In other words, the yamen will not pay attention to people in the Jianghu who fight life and death, but they cannot attack ordinary people.
As long as you make a move, even if the injured person gets involved, you'll immediately be placed on the "Helping the Soldier" mission list.
What happens if no one dares to take on the task?
"If no one accepts the ghostwriting job within a month, the government will take direct action."
Things that can be resolved by people in the Jianghu should be resolved by people in the Jianghu; only things that cannot be resolved by the Jianghu should be handled by the government. This makes perfect sense and is flawless.
At this moment, Ling Yi had already brought Jin Xiaoxiao to a mountain hollow.
Under a tree, I found a pile of ashes that had been burned out.
Clearly, someone burned here before.
Jin Xiaoxiao immediately tensed up and hid behind Ling Yi, nervously looking around.
" Cheng Hu, come down and let's talk!" Ling Yi looked up at the top of a tree.
A figure fell from the treetop like a drifting catkin, landing lightly on the ground.
"He doesn't look seriously injured!" Jin Xiaoxiao had taken out her phone at some point and was recording Cheng Hu.
"Hehehe, the government's mission went wrong. Now even if the mission fails, we don't have to pay a penalty. If we can catch Cheng Hu, our commission will double."
Ling Yi was unaware of some of the rules and details regarding the Assassins.
However, this setting of the government office is quite reasonable.
After all, errors in mission information can lead to deaths, so it's normal for the government to provide compensation.
"You're truly courting death! Don't you know the consequences of offending the Wind Sect?" Cheng Hu said with a gloomy face and a cold laugh.
"You can't hide forever. In half a month at most, the authorities will take action against you. Do you think you can escape?"
Jin Xiaoxiao hid behind Ling Yi, looking timid, but couldn't help but speak up and confront him directly.
Of course, it was also because of Ling Yi, who was suspected to be Master, that Jin Xiaoxiao would have turned around and run away the moment she saw Cheng Hu, who was completely healed.
"Heh, what if I join the government?"
"Bah! How could the authorities possibly accept a criminal like you?"
That's simply because the benefits weren't enough.
Jin Xiaoxiao suddenly realized and said, "You want to hand Wind Spirit Movement over to the yamen?"
"Little girl, you're so smart!"
As he spoke, Cheng Hu licked his lips, looked at Jin Xiaoxiao and smiled, " Laozi been hiding in this deep mountain Old Lin for half a month, with no one to relieve my boredom, and unexpectedly, a beautiful woman has come to my door."
Ling Yi's eyes were full of disgust as he frowned and asked, "Does the yamen think that a mere martial arts technique would be enough to let you off the hook, let alone allow you to join the yamen?"
If that's the case, then the fairness of the government is seriously questionable.
Ling Yi couldn't help but think of the task Jin Xiaoxiao had taken on.
There are significant problems with this in itself.
It's a bit unreasonable for a First-Rate expert to be assigned to a level 1 mission area, even if the opponent was truly seriously injured.
Besides, judging from this guy's appearance, he couldn't have been seriously injured.
It's obvious they don't want the Assassins to complete the ghostwriting task.
Jin Xiaoxiao is good, but there are some big plot holes in it!
"Impossible!" Jin Xiaoxiao shouted before Cheng Hu could answer.
"If the government were to accept someone like you, would it still be a government? Absolutely not!"
Ling Yi said in a low voice, "If it's not a problem with the government office, then there must be a scoundrel within it. Someone has taken a liking to Wind Spirit Movement."
Cheng Hu glanced at Ling Yi with surprise, then smiled and said, "Clever!"
"In this world, there is black and white, and of course there are scoundrels in the government. As long as I change my appearance and identity, who will know that I am Cheng Hu?"
"This kind of thing has probably happened more than once or twice, and it may even be the norm," Ling Yi added.
"How could this happen?" Jin Xiaoxiao asked, somewhat bewildered.
Ling Yi, however, felt that this was normal.
No matter what kind of team it is, there will always be corrupt members; this is unavoidable.
If everyone in the government office is impartial, then what's the point of having Integrity and Corruption Bureau?
"Alright, enough with the nonsense. Just take it and hand it over to the authorities. We're just the Assassins; we only do what the Assassins are supposed to do."
Ling Yi shook his head, then pointed a finger at Cheng Hu, "Hmm, a tree next to him."
The next moment, a golden light shot out from Ling Yi's finger, piercing straight through the tree.
Cheng Hu's pupils constricted, his face filled with disbelief. He exclaimed, "This... this is Innate Gang Qi! You're Master? This is impossible!"
Ling Yi pointed her finger directly at him, but then turned to Jin Xiaoxiao and asked, "Alive or dead, it's fine, right?"
Jin Xiaoxiao nodded. "Anything is fine!"
"Then..."
The golden light on Ling Yi's fingers shone again.
"Wait, I surrender!" Cheng Hu raised his hands directly.
"Buzz!"
A flash of golden light grazed Cheng Hu's ear before striking a tree several hundred meters away.
However, this tree is a bit small in diameter, only about the size of a fist.
It was instantly severed by that beam of golden light.
Cheng Hu was so frightened that his legs trembled and he almost knelt down.
"I know you're good at Qinggong; you can try to escape!"
Cheng Hu, with a long face, said, "Run? Run my ass!"
You don't need to threaten him like that. Even if he's very confident in his Qinggong, he doesn't think he can escape from Master!