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

As two of the four great assassins in the martial arts world, "Sand" Lian Shi and Xia Feilin had met several times before.

Xia Feilin looked at Lian Shi and the woman behind him with curiosity: "I wondered who was causing trouble in my little town... Didn't you say you'd retired from the underworld?"

"Just browsing around," Lian Shi said calmly. "But you, you act like a gentleman during the day, yet you run such a filthy place in private. Why don't you stop pretending?"

Xia Feilin scoffed: "Sand, oh Sand, if we're talking about dirt, aren't your hands the dirtiest? We're even, so why should I hide anything from you?"

Before Lian Shi could speak, a woman's voice rang out again: "You built Xue Man Lou so close to 'Jie Bai Ling'... Does Han Zhou know about this?"

"Oh, sister-in-law is quite perceptive." Xia Feilin finally turned his gaze to the woman behind Lian Shi. "Hmm... what sect can be truly united internally? It's just that 'Jie Bailing' is exceptionally rotten."

"I'm starting to feel sorry for King Zhou of Han."

"Besides, our Xuemanlou is just a small, insignificant establishment..." Xia Feilin smiled, looked at Lian Shi again, and said in a tone that was half forceful and half negotiating, "How about you let us go this time?"

His gaze was fixed on the package the latter was carrying on his back. Judging from the shape of the package, it was clearly the jade carving of the balsam flower.

Xia Feilin stepped forward calmly. "This jade carving is my favorite, but it's useless to you. If you only obtained it at someone else's request, you should know that there are always many similar objects in this world."

Why would a boor like Lian Shi be interested in a jade carving for no reason? There must be someone behind him directing him.

"I also have several similar jade carvings of balsam flowers, and others can't tell the difference. Lian Shi, if you hand over the fake jade carvings, my Xue Man Lou will give you other gifts, including martial arts techniques and gold and silver, everything you could want."

"What do you think?"

This shows how useful "Sand's" bad reputation is. No wonder Xia Feilin took the initiative to make concessions. With "Sand's" crazy spirit of going all out once he takes a job, even if you can fight him to the death, who would want to be hunted down by him for the rest of their life?

It would be better to resolve this quickly and politely.

Lian Shi's gaze remained unwavering. Just as he was about to speak, the woman beside him tugged at his hand, looked directly at Xia Feilin, and smiled, "Alright."

"But we have one more request," she said, casually pointing to a "person" pinned to the wall by several sharp objects, still struggling slowly despite being pierced through the wall. "Tell me, what's the deal with these unkillable people in your building?"

"Oh, so it's your sister-in-law who's in charge." Xia Feilin glanced at "Sand" in surprise, then laughed, "Well, it's not something shameful anyway."

"In exchange for this information, shouldn't my sister-in-law also tell me?" His tone gradually deepened, a murderous intent lurking in his eyes. "And who are your employers, the ones who have their eyes on my jade balsam carving?"

the other side.

The "employer" who had been eyeing the jade balsam carving for generations encountered an unexpected situation.

This led her to voluntarily remove the shielding device, which was unprecedented for her.

"Wow, the host even knew to let us out of the 'dark room'?" "What were you up to, host acting so suspiciously earlier?" "Let me see... Hmm? What's that bundle the host's carrying?" "The host seems a bit strange, are his shoulders broader? Or is it just the angle?"

Within just a few breaths, the screen was filled with comments.

She ignored the people making jokes and went straight to find familiar names in the comments.

"Jiang Hui," her voice trembled slightly, "are you watching? I... I need some help."

Jiang Hui: I'm here.

"Save me, Sister Jiang Hui..." Tang Li's voice suddenly choked with sobs. She slowly took a step back, making sure her entire body was visible in the live stream camera. "Look! Save me!"

"???" "Wow, streamer, you..." "Such a fit...little girl." "Is this...because your assassin level increased several times in such a short time?" "What were you doing during that black screen? How many people did you kill?!"

More and more viewers in the live chat laughed at Tang Li's reaction.

"Hahahaha, streamer, how did you get so muscular?!"

Tang Li clenched her fists in anger and anxiety, only to hear a "ripping" sound.

...The sleeves on both sides were stretched to the point of tearing.

Those arms, which were originally slender and thin, had suddenly become thick and firm. As she exerted force with her arms, the already obvious arm muscles bulged out in a ferocious manner, as if she was about to throw a punch at everyone in front of her.

He has well-developed chest and abdominal muscles, and his legs have become strong and muscular; he looks like he could go to a sports meet and win the championship any second now.

Jiang Hui: ……

Jiang Hui: Did you receive too much energy at once?

"Jiang Hui: Was there a reward that was issued along with the system notification? Did you just claim it with one click without even looking?"

Tang Li looked sadly at her arm. She had indeed been a little greedy. After all, those wine jugs were just sitting there in rows, untouched, and most of them contained those weird gutter oils that weren't much of a threat if picked off one by one...

So of course she wouldn't give up this opportunity, and she used the blue light to sweep them away one by one.

As she eliminated more and more of the strange creatures, she packed up a bag of odds and ends from the bottom of the jar, and her assassin rating rose sharply. Tang Li was so immersed in the joy of her harvest that she barely even glanced at the rewards that came with leveling up.

She hadn't expected that... some of the programs included physical enhancement and strength increase.

In short, when she finally calmed down from her feverish upgrade, all that was left on the ground were empty jars, and she herself had grown a body full of strong muscles out of nowhere.

A barrage of red text marked with "pay-to-win" drifted past my eyes.

"Host, you look like a gorilla with the face of a cute little girl."

All the viewers in the live stream were laughing hysterically.

Tang Li couldn't hold back any longer; the veins in her arm bulged as she punched the wall next to her.

"Boom!"

Dust flew everywhere, the fist remained unharmed, and the next second, the rock-solid wall suddenly collapsed, creating a large hole.

Tang Li herself was so frightened that she let out a howl.

She withdrew her fist, still shaken, and through the hole, she unexpectedly met the person on the other side of the wall, face to face.

Their eyes met, and both were filled with apprehension.

Tang Li: ...

Damn it, this happens to be someone I know.