Ten Thousand Sword Masters

Zhang Jianyun returned to the Yuelai Inn in Heima Town and informed Tang Guanshan that he had forced Huang Xing to leave.

"Your Excellency is truly mighty! Without a figure from the Shi Hai Realm to oversee things, the Ten Thousand Beasts Gang and the Fish-Dragon Gang will no longer be a match for our gang," Tang Guanshan said happily.

"Don't let your guard down. Not to mention whether the Ten Thousand Beasts Gang and the Fish-Dragon Gang will bring out someone with a Shi Hai Realm level of expertise again, even without someone with a Shi Hai Realm level of expertise, it won't be easy for my White Tiger Gang to have a place in Black Horse Town," Zhang Jianyun said.

"Don't worry, sir, I will take this seriously and will never act recklessly," Tang Guanshan said.

After giving a few more instructions, Zhang Jianyun rode his Crimson Flame Horse back to Cangxi Town.

The headquarters of the Ten Thousand Beasts Gang.

Upon learning that Huang Xing had left Black Horse Town and returned to the Longevity Palace, the gang leader Qi Tian was furious.

"You bastard Huang Xing, you took my things but didn't leave me to guard them, and you even ran away quietly."

"Boss, we should investigate how the White Tiger Gang delivered the challenge to Huang Xing," said Li Yong, the leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Gang, in a low voice.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly!" Qi Tian roared.

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Enraged, Qi Tian smashed all the porcelain in the council hall and roared, "Men, prepare my horses!"

Before long, Qi Tian rode his horse to the branch of the Eight Gods Temple in Kaiyang City.

The Eight Gods Hall is an assassination organization in the martial arts world. If the price is right, they can even assassinate the emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty.

Qi Tian approached the Eight Gods Hall intending to spend a large sum of money to hire their top assassin to kill Zhang Jianyun.

They rode their horses to Kaiyang City and arrived at the branch of the Eight Gods Temple.

The branch of the Eight Gods Temple was located in a relatively remote and inconspicuous place in the city. Qi Tian pushed open the door and entered.

"Sir, this is the Kaiyang City branch of the Eight Gods Temple. Is there any business you need us to handle?" A young man inside the room warmly greeted Qi Tian.

"I need to hire your top assassin to kill someone for me," Qi Tian said directly.

The young man's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Sir, please come with me."

The young man then led Qi Tian into a private room on the second floor.

"Sir, who is the person you want to assassinate? What is their identity? What is their strength?" the young man asked enthusiastically.

"His name is Zhang Jianyun. He is the head of Cangxi Pavilion in Cangxi Town and has the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the Historical Sea Realm," Qi Tian said.

"The Nine Star Guards?" the young man asked, taken aback.

Qi Tian nodded: "Yes, he is the head of the Cangxi Pavilion of the Nine Star Guard."

"Sir, please wait a moment while I ask our branch manager to come out." After saying this, the young man went into the inner room to fetch the branch manager.

Not long after, a fat man in a yellow robe followed the young man into the cubicle.

"Sir, you said you wanted to assassinate one of the Nine Star Guard's leaders?" the fat man asked Qi Tian.

"Yes, I want you to assassinate Zhang Jianyun, the leader of Cangxi Pavilion," Qi Tian said.

"Sir, we usually charge 100,000 taels of silver to assassinate someone with a mid-stage History Realm cultivation. However, since the person you want to assassinate is the leader of the Nine Star Guard, whose identity is special, we need to charge an additional 30,000 taels of silver," the fat man said.

"Money is not a problem, but I must remind you that Zhang Jianyun defeated a late-stage Historical Realm expert." Qi Tian's heart bled. 130,000 taels of silver was a huge loss for their Ten Thousand Beasts Gang.

"Rest assured, sir, once we've received your money, we'll arrange for someone to assassinate Zhang Jianyun," the obese man said.

"Alright, I only have 50,000 taels of silver notes on me. I'll give you 50,000 taels as a deposit first, and I'll pay the remaining 80,000 taels after you kill Zhang Jianyun," Qi Tian said.

"Guest, we always require full payment upfront for assassinations of figures from Shi Haijing," the fat man said with a forced smile.

"Pay in full upfront?" Qi Tian asked, his face twitching.

"Yes, sir. After all, the risk is too great. We need to pay the assassin a large sum of money first," the obese man said.

"Hmph!" Qi Tian snorted coldly. "I paid you, what if you can't assassinate Zhang Jianyun?"

"Guest, you flatter me. He's just a mid-stage Historical Realm cultivator. Our Eight Gods Hall can kill him like killing chickens or dogs," the fat man said.

"It would be better if we could make things clear. I believe you can kill Zhang Jianyun, but if it takes you two or three years to kill him, then it will be meaningless to me," Qi Tian said.

"Rest assured, sir. Our Yagami Temple will assassinate the target within three months of accepting the mission. If we are unable to assassinate the target within three months, we will discuss with you whether to continue the assassination or return your money in full," the fat man said.

Qi Tian nodded upon hearing this: "Very well, I hope you can assassinate Zhang Jianyun within three months, the sooner the better."

"Don't worry, sir. As soon as you pay, we'll immediately arrange for an assassin to kill Zhang Jianyun," the fat man said.

"Okay, I'll go back and get the money now." Qi Tian said, walking out of the cubicle, leaving the Eight Gods Temple branch, and riding back to Black Horse Town.

As soon as Qi Tian left, another person arrived outside the Eight Gods Palace branch.

This person was dressed in a light blue robe, with a purple turban wrapped around his head and a red longsword hanging at his waist.

This person is Zhao Dalong, the second son of Zhao Tiancai.

Zhao Dalong left Cangxi Town at the age of sixteen and came to Kaiyang City to join the Taiping Martial Arts School, so he didn't have much of a relationship with Zhao Tiancai, and he hadn't returned to Cangxi Town for more than ten years.

But now that he has learned that Zhao Tiancai has been killed, his elder brother Zhao Dazhuang has chosen to remain silent, but he cannot swallow this anger and is preparing to ask the people of the Eight Gods Hall to assassinate his father's killer.

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Of course, his elder brother Zhao Dazhuang's guess about his father's killer was just that—a guess. There was no evidence, but that was enough for Zhao Dalong to ask the Eight Gods Temple to assassinate him.

As Zhao Dalong entered the main hall of the Yagami Temple branch, a young man in the hall immediately and warmly invited him to a private room on the second floor.

"Sir, who do you intend to assassinate? What is his identity and what is his strength?" the young man asked enthusiastically.

"I want to assassinate Zhang Jianyun, the head of the Cangxi Pavilion of the Nine Star Guard. It is said that he has the cultivation of the mid-stage of the History Sea Realm," Zhao Dalong said.

"Who?" The young man thought he had misheard.

"I want to assassinate Zhang Jianyun, the head of Cangxi Pavilion," Zhao Dalong emphasized.

The young man looked at Zhao Dalong in surprise, thinking to himself, "What kind of day is it today? These two guests who have finally come are actually trying to assassinate the same person."

"Sir, please wait a moment, I'll go and fetch our steward." The young man said, and went to fetch the obese steward again.

Before long, the obese manager arrived and told Zhao Dalong the same conditions as Qi Tian.

"Alright, I'll give you 130,000 taels of silver, but I have one condition," Zhao Dalong said.

"What are the conditions?"

"I want to travel with your assassins. After they injure Zhang Jianyun, I will deliver the final blow," Zhao Dalong said.

"This is against the rules. How can we, the assassins of the Eight Gods Temple, allow outsiders to accompany us?" the fat man refused.

"It doesn't matter if you don't go together, you can cripple Zhang Jianyun and bring him to me, and I'll give him the final blow," Zhao Dalong said.

"That'll cost more; you've essentially increased the difficulty of the assassination," the obese man said.

"Okay, how much more?" Zhao Dalong asked.

"Add another 30,000 taels."

"make a deal."

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.