After leaving the Martial Tower, Ye Guan sat on the stone steps and sighed softly.
He felt somewhat disappointed!
He had thought he would be able to meet the Human Sword Master!
But things had not gone as he wished.
At that moment, Little Tower, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. “If you cannot meet him, then forget it!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan quickly stood up and said, “Tower Master, why were you not speaking earlier?”
Little Tower was silent for a moment before saying, “There was an extremely powerful expert here. It was not convenient for me to speak.”
Ye Guan was stunned, then looked around, somewhat shocked. “Tower Master, an extremely powerful expert?”
Little Tower replied, “Yes!”
Ye Guan was about to ask more when the fatty Xu Qin and Li Qian suddenly appeared not far in front of him.
The two walked up to Ye Guan. Xu Qin grinned, clasped his fists, and said, “Brother Yang, congratulations on taking first place!”
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile. “The opponent did not show up, so I can only say it was good luck!”
Xu Qin looked puzzled. “The opponent did not show up?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Yes! I waited for an hour, and the opponent never appeared, so it was truly fortunate!”
Xu Qin and Li Qian exchanged glances, both somewhat bewildered. The opponent had actually not appeared!
At that moment, Li Qian suddenly smiled. “Brother Yang, we came to find you this time to invite you to join our ‘Vast’ mercenary group!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan was immediately surprised. “Vast mercenary group?”
Li Qian nodded. Seeing that Ye Guan seemed unfamiliar with mercenaries, he explained, “Yes! In the Central Divine Continent, there are tens of thousands of mercenary groups, and our Vast mercenary group ranks second. Our strength is extremely, extremely formidable!”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then asked, “What are the benefits?”
Hearing this, the two froze for a second, but soon burst into laughter.
Li Qian laughed heartily. “Brother Yang, you are direct enough! There are benefits, such as taking on bounty tasks together!”
Ye Guan immediately grew curious. “Bounty tasks?”
Li Qian nodded and continued explaining. “In the Mercenary Union, there are all kinds of bounty tasks with extremely high rewards.”
Ye Guan quickly asked, “How high?”
Li Qian stared at Ye Guan. “The highest-level bounty task offers thirty million gold crystals!”
“Thirty million!”
Ye Guan’s expression changed at once. He slapped his thigh. “Take it!”
Li Qian rolled his eyes. “Take what? Do you even know what the task is?”
Ye Guan gave an embarrassed smile. “I got a bit excited!”
Li Qian smiled. “This task is to go to the Sin Abyss and capture the previous generation’s number one monster of the Central Divine Continent, Ji Xuan!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan was instantly stunned!
Ji Xuan!
Of course he knew of her. Back in the lower realm, when he and Xiao Ge had been breaking through levels, their speed had not been the fastest. The fastest had been this very Ji Xuan!
Li Qian nodded. “This person was not only the previous generation’s top monster of the Central Divine Continent but also the chief of the Guanxuan Academy, and one of the two supreme beauties of the Central Divine Continent. She should have had an limitless future, but for some unknown reason, she personally killed her master in the Guanxuan Academy that year. Not only that, she killed many elders and powerhouses of the academy. From then on, she was wanted by the academy!”
Ye Guan frowned slightly. “She betrayed the Guanxuan Academy?”
Li Qian nodded slightly. “Yes!”
Ye Guan was somewhat puzzled. “Was there no one in the academy who was her match?”
Li Qian shook his head. “She not only killed her master but also dozens of elders…… She was extraordinarily abnormal!”
Ye Guan asked, “What about the people from the main academy?”
Li Qian said gravely, “The main academy sent people that year too, but she entered the Sin Abyss! That place is extremely complicated. After the main academy’s people went in, they could not find her and eventually returned empty-handed. Moreover, the matter was quite strange because, for some unknown reason, the main academy stopped pursuing it afterwards, as if they deliberately suppressed it. Later, the academy issued the wanted order.”
Ji Xuan!
Ye Guan fell into thought. It seemed there was something fishy about this!
Just then, Li Qian smiled. “Brother Yang, are you interested in joining our Vast mercenary group? This time, we have taken a job to hunt an Emperor-tier demonic beast. If we kill it, the demon clan will not only give ten million gold crystals but also twenty Heavenly-tier demonic beast inner cores.”
Ten million!
Ye Guan was immediately tempted!
And there were also twenty Heavenly-tier demonic beast inner cores!
Ye Guan said at once, “Alright!”
Hearing this, Li Qian was overjoyed. He quickly took out a badge and handed it to Ye Guan. “Brother Yang, from now on, you are a member of our Vast mercenary group! You are the fourth, so we will call you Fourth Brother!”
Fourth Brother!
Ye Guan shook his head with a smile.
The obese Xu Qin was also extremely happy, his fat trembling as he laughed.
Li Qian suddenly said, “We set off now!”
With that, he crushed a scroll. In an instant, the three vanished from the spot.
Not long after they disappeared, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the area.
The middle-aged man wore a clean, luxurious robe, with some grey in the hair at his temples. Beside him was the tower-guarding elder who held a tobacco pipe.
The middle-aged man said softly, “No wonder Chief Ye values this person so highly…… Breaking through ten levels in one go. Truly a monster!”
The tower-guarding elder nodded. “This person’s sword is unbelievably fast. Crossing two tiers would probably be effortless for him! Moreover, he has never used his full strength!”
The middle-aged man said softly, “The previous two academy heads of the Central Divine Continent were fools! The last generation lost Ji Xuan, and this generation lost this Ye Guan. Truly foolish!”
The tower-guarding elder looked at the middle-aged man. “Dean Gu, are you going to recruit him?”
Dean Gu!
This person was none other than the newly appointed dean of the Central Divine Continent’s Guanxuan Academy, Gu Chaoyuan!
Gu Chaoyuan shook his head with a smile. “Recruit what? Do you know why Chief Ye was transferred away and why the main academy sent me here?”
The elder shook his head.
Gu Chaoyuan said softly, “Because I represent the aristocratic families!”
The elder was stunned.
Gu Chaoyuan smiled. “Before Chief Ye left, did she meet this Young Master Ye Guan?”
The elder nodded. “Yes!”
Gu Chaoyuan shook his head with a smile. “She was warning me. If I dare help the An family and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon deal with this Ye Guan, she will not let me off!”
The elder sighed softly.
The academy had already begun internal strife!
Gu Chaoyuan said softly, “This time, although Chief Ye was suppressed by the aristocratic families, she is not someone I can afford to offend! So, I came here not seeking merit but seeking to avoid fault. In a word, play dumb, offend neither side, and just get by!”
The elder said gravely, “Then for this contest of the Great Dao’s fortune, our academy……”
Gu Chaoyuan spread his hands. “Contest what? All the genius monsters have been offended by the previous two deans! Now they leave me a mess. What do I have to contest with?”
The elder fell silent.
Gu Chaoyuan sighed softly. “Originally, this Ye Guan would have been an excellent candidate, but…… Honestly, though I represent the aristocratic families, I have to say the An family has acted disgracefully this time! It was a fair fight. If you lose, accept it! Yet they pulled this stunt. It really shames the An family’s ancestors!”
He shook his head slightly. “And this True Dragon Clan, just a bunch of fools. Even if you want to curry favour with the An family, there is no need to throw your lives away for it! Bootlickers! In the end, bootlickers get nothing!”
With that, he turned and left.
…
Several hours later, Ye Guan followed Xu Qin and the others to a barren plain. There, he met another person, a woman.
The woman was tall, wearing a tight-fitting long dress, with two broken swords at her waist. There was a knife scar on her neck.
Her gaze was sharp, like the edge of a blade.
Seeing the woman, Xu Qin immediately ran over, grinned, and said, “Fourth Brother, come, let me introduce you. This is our mercenary group’s leader, also our Big Sister. Call her Big Sister!”
Ye Guan glanced at the woman, then clasped his fists. “Hello, miss!”
Miss!
Xu Qin was stunned, then quickly said, “Call her Big Sister!”
The woman stared at Ye Guan without speaking.
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then said, “She…… is too young! Calling her Big Sister does not feel right!”
Xu Qin’s expression changed at once. But then the woman laughed. “Young?”
Ye Guan nodded seriously. “Very young!”
The corners of the woman’s mouth lifted slightly. “You are quite the smooth talker!”
Xu Qin’s expression froze as he looked at Ye Guan in astonishment.
Damn!
So all along, you were flattering her?
The woman suddenly asked, “You are a sword cultivator?”
Ye Guan nodded.
The woman nodded slightly. “Since you have joined our mercenary group, you are one of us!”
With that, she took out a storage ring and handed it to Ye Guan.
Inside were two Heavenly-tier demonic beast inner cores!
Ye Guan was puzzled. “This is?”
The woman smiled. “Consider it a meeting gift!”
“Holy crap!”
Xu Qin jumped up beside them. “Big Sister, why did we not get meeting gifts? This is too unfair!”
Big Sister said indifferently, “He is not only handsome but also speaks nicely. What about you?”
Xu Qin looked utterly defeated. “Judging people by appearance is not good!”
Big Sister smiled. “If you lose some weight, there might still be hope!”
Xu Qin: “……”
At that moment, Li Qian smiled. “Shall we set off?”
Big Sister nodded slightly. “Follow me!”
With that, she turned and walked into the distance!
Ye Guan put away the storage ring and followed. On the way, he glanced afar. A hundred zhang away, there was a teleportation array.
Ye Guan was somewhat curious. “Where are we going?”
Big Sister smiled. “Sin Abyss!”
Sin Abyss!
Ye Guan was slightly taken aback, then said, “Is it not said that place is very dangerous and chaotic?”
Big Sister nodded. “It is indeed very dangerous and chaotic, but we are not weak either!”
Xu Qin smiled. “Exactly!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly, then asked, “Our task this time is to hunt an Emperor-tier demonic beast, but as far as I know, humans and demonic beasts have always been quite peaceful, right?”
Big Sister said, “The ones issuing the wanted order for this Emperor-tier demonic beast are not only the Guanxuan Academy but also the demon clan’s demons. This beast, for the sake of cultivation, devoured a small city with over a hundred thousand people! This enraged the academy, so they demanded an explanation from the demon clan. To appease them, the demon clan issued a wanted order! However……”
She shook her head slightly. “Neither the academy nor the demon realm sent strong experts to hunt this Emperor-tier demonic beast!”
Ye Guan was puzzled. “Why?”
Big Sister smiled. “Because it is thankless work! The academy has strong experts, but that is an Emperor-tier demonic beast with extraordinary combat power. They have been living in comfort for too long. How would they dare risk their lives? As for the demon realm, although that beast devoured a city of humans, it devoured humans, not demons, so they are even less likely to hunt one of their own kind.”
Ye Guan said gravely, “The academy is the maintainer of worldly order!”
Big Sister chuckled lightly. “To the academy’s managers, as long as their positions and interests are not affected, let alone a hundred thousand deaths, even a million deaths would not concern them much. But if this matter escalates to the main academy and the main academy holds them accountable, threatening their positions, do you believe the Central Divine Continent’s Guanxuan Academy could kill that Emperor-tier demonic beast within half an hour?”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “I understand!”
Big Sister smiled, then stepped into the teleportation array. Ye Guan and the others quickly followed!
The teleportation array activated, and soon, the group vanished!
A quarter of an hour later, Ye Guan felt himself stop. He opened his eyes. The surroundings were somewhat dim. He looked up. At the end of his vision, he could vaguely see an ancient city. There was only one ancient city.
Big Sister said, “That is Sin City, the only safe place in the Sin Abyss. Staying there for a day costs a hundred thousand gold crystals!”
Hearing this, Ye Guan immediately felt heartbroken!
Truly outrageous!
The ways the upper class made money were simply terrifying!
Big Sister glanced around and said softly, “Where is he?”
At that moment, a man suddenly sped over from afar. He was very fast, arriving in front of the four in the blink of an eye.
The man looked at Big Sister. “Let us go!”
With that, he turned and sped into the distance!
Big Sister and the others immediately followed.
On the way, Big Sister said, “This is our contact. He knows the whereabouts of that Emperor-tier demonic beast!”
Ye Guan nodded slightly.
Soon, the man led the four into a mountain range. After passing through a dense forest, the man suddenly stopped. He pointed to a valley in the distance. “The beast is in there! It was severely injured before and is now recovering!”
Big Sister stared at the man. “Once I confirm, I will give you the reward!”
The man frowned slightly. “You must give it to me now!”
Big Sister said calmly, “If it is not inside, would I not be giving it for nothing?”
Before the man could speak, Ye Guan suddenly pulled Big Sister behind him. The next moment, a sword was already pressed against the man’s forehead. “You dare deceive us!”
The man instinctively said, “How did you know……”
He stopped abruptly, his face changing dramatically.
The faces of Big Sister and the others also changed drastically!
This was a trap!
Ye Guan stared at the man. “I was just testing.”
Having been exposed, the man did not get angry. He suddenly laughed. “You are clever, but the moment you arrived here, your death was sealed. Do you know who I am? I am……”
Ye Guan thrust his sword straight in!
Slash!
The man’s head was instantly pierced, blood gushing along the blade!
Ye Guan said calmly, “I do not want to know who you are!”
With that, he took the man’s storage ring, then looked at Big Sister and the others. “Withdraw!”
With that, the four turned and fled!
Ye Guan was also somewhat speechless. At a time like this, why the hell would I care who you are?
The man fell straight down, his face full of disbelief.
Could you not let me finish my sentence??
