After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

"What are we going to do?" the maid girl said. "We've been in the dungeon for two days, and we're still here hammering clothes. We haven't even exchanged a single pill for anything."

The boy was going through puberty, and his voice was hoarse and unpleasant to hear: "Damn it, Liu Lang actually dared to lie to me! You're out of your mind too, giving him all your points like that!"

The girl wasn't about to back down, sneering, "Are you fucking out of your mind? How come you let him cheat you out of your points too?"

The two remained silent for a while, each cursing the other and Liu Lang in their hearts with even dirtier words.

The girl spoke again: "What about Qian Jingjing and Qian Shushu? They were both penniless like us before, how did they suddenly become so successful?"

Filled with resentment, she pounded the bedsheets relentlessly, as if the fabric she was beating was the damned twins themselves. "This morning, I saw Steward Zhou lead them away, and guess what? It seems like Instructor Han wanted to see them!"

"That's Instructor Han!" The girl's voice rose involuntarily. "Yesterday, Liu Lang was taken to see him, and when he came back bragging, he said Instructor Han is the most skilled martial artist in the entire 'Jie Bailing'! Even the sect leader isn't as powerful as him!"

The boy lowered his voice, but even his lowered voice was still grating. He whispered to the girl, "Hey, last night I overheard Qian Jingjing and Qian Shushu discussing something, and I heard a plan. Should we give it a try?"

"I've heard... every NPC's life is valuable. If we kill them and submit the information to the system, the system will reward us with points."

The girl's eyes widened in surprise: "But the system didn't warn us..."

"Are you stupid?!" the boy snapped. "Think about it, every single quest in this instance is related to becoming an assassin. An assassin has to kill people, right? Killing people brings benefits—that's the system's message to us!"

"We don't need to kill players, just NPCs. Is there anything more convenient?" The boy's voice was full of enticement. "I heard that the more powerful the NPC, the more points you get for killing them, but ordinary NPCs also give points. Little by little, you can accumulate enough to exchange for pills in a few days!"

The girl said with some doubt, "But all the NPCs here practice martial arts, so we can't kill many... Besides, this sect treats its servants as private property. What if all the servants die...?"

The girl shivered.

"You don't know anything," the boy sneered. "I've inquired. How do you think those twins were able to buy pills overnight? Yesterday afternoon, they were sent away from the sect to buy some things in town and run an errand."

"There are a lot of ordinary people in town," the boy said meaningfully. "If we pick a few old, weak, sick, or disabled people to kill, we can make a lot of points. It sounds wonderful."

The girl immediately understood the boy's meaning and sneered, "You're the one who saw Manager Zhou pick me and wants me to go out and sell things with him tomorrow, right?"

The boy pursed his lips: "I'm just asking you, are you willing to try this method?"

The girl nodded reluctantly: "Alright, I'll try to persuade the manager to add another person."

The two became excited again, and the boy said, "Don't just add me. Let's find a lowly servant NPC to go with us. That way, even if we don't find a suitable old, weak, sick, or disabled person, killing the servant won't be a wasted trip."

"We can just say he defected from the sect; who can trace that back to us?"

The girl's eyes lit up: "You can come up with such a clever idea... I have someone in mind."

The young boy and girl, their hearts in perfect harmony, exchanged a knowing smile.

Tang Li, who was eavesdropping, suddenly had a bad feeling.

"That girl named Tang Li," the girl said, "I heard from Liu Lang that she was disliked by Coach Han."

"We barely saw her all day yesterday," the boy sneered. "Little rascal, even if she's a handyman, she doesn't help us with our work. Killing her won't be a big loss."

The two chatted for a while and reached an agreement. Tang Li, listening from behind, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of her mouth.

In broad daylight, under the clear sky, someone actually tried to kill a pear!

Carrying her small wooden basin, she strolled a little further away from the two of them, considerately preventing them from having their plans exposed before they even began.

As they walked, they overheard another group of people talking.

"What does Manager Zhou mean? Can human skin really be exchanged for money?" a man's voice rang out.

"Beauty skin! It's beauty skin!" the woman corrected. "Not only can beauty skin be exchanged for money, but eyeballs, finger bones, and hair can all be exchanged."

"But they also have to be selective about quality. The skin inside is naturally best from a beautiful woman. As for the eyes, they must be clear and distinct between black and white; yellow or cloudy ones are unacceptable. So, the best eyes are those of children. Hair goes without saying; ordinary people also sell hair. The most sought-after item is the butterfly bone, which must be pure white and the more beautiful the shape, the better. And then there are the teeth, which are used to fill cavities. They must be white and well-shaped, and these are best suited for young men and women."

"These are mostly for rich people to collect. Besides these, even flesh and blood are bought. As long as we don't inquire what the buyers intend to use them for, we can make a fortune!"

"This..." the other man hesitated, "What if someone finds out?"

"So what if they found out? We 'Jie Bailing' are assassins!" the woman sneered. "Although we're just menial laborers, not as good as those master assassins, we clean up their mutilated corpses and wipe the blood from the ground every day. Are you afraid of one or two dead bodies?"

"Manager Zhou has been in this business for a long time, how could he possibly lie to us?" She softened her tone and said, "Did you see? This morning he selected another maid and told her to come to the city with him to sell goods tomorrow."

"He really did sell goods, but he sold that girl. He sold her beauty skin, then her eyes, and finally came back with pockets full of silver ingots. How much of our lives did he make off of that one trip?"

"To be frank, these managers, though skilled in martial arts and more talented than us, the fact that they didn't continue as assassins and became managers shows they weren't really that capable! Why do they live a life of luxury while we toil away here? It's because we don't have the money to bribe our superiors. If we offered enough gold and silver, we could be managers too!"

Her words stirred people's emotions, and some people involuntarily raised their fists.

"Exactly!" "Yeah!" "Then let's pick a few good ones to try?" "The new batch of handymen, they all seem clumsy and don't work properly, acting like they're some rich young master or mistress!" "Good! Let's kill them!" "Let's kill them!"

"Hey, I have a great candidate! I heard there was a lowly servant who angered Instructor Han as soon as he entered the sect..."

"I think her name is... Tang Li?"

Tang Li, who was eavesdropping behind a rock: ? ? ?

—No, why?

Is it necessary to kill the pear?

Is the next pear enough for you to share?!