Chapter 1125: First, Make A Name (2)

"Where are you?"

"Don't ask."

"Fine. Do you need anything from me? Are you in trouble?"

"No. I have a question. Are you in cahoots with Zhou Hongbo?"

Xia Huyou blanked out upon hearing that question. He replied, "No. But not long ago, Great Xia reached an agreement with some geniuses to lure the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members out. Anyone with an index copy will issue some assassination missions targeting the Xia Family. Did you...find out about this?"

Su Yu cursed. Sure enough. He knew it!

Zhou Hongbo definitely wasn't someone with the courage to hire the pavilion to kill the crown prince of Xia Family in Xia Family's turf. That was too risky. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion only needed to leak the information and he would be finished.

Su Yu had been suspecting the mission and reality proved that he was indeed the smart one. Naturally, he did not praise himself out loud despite feeling quite smug about it.

He said, "So you’re protected by experts at all times nowadays?"

"Yeah."

"How many experts do you have around you?"

"Why are you asking this? Are you...going to be the one attempting this mission? Don't tell me you're the pavilion member who has accepted this mission."

Xia Huyou was not stupid. It did not take him long to start connecting the dots.

Su Yu had appeared out of nowhere and asked such questions. It was likely that this fellow was a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. And this fellow must have returned with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

"Bingo. But there is no prize for you."

"..."

Xia Huyou rolled his eyes and said, "Then you need to be careful. Don't trust the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members either. This time, Great Xia and Great Ming have captured a few members alive. We're in the process of questioning them. We're also trying to recruit them. If we succeed, we can start setting up traps for the pavilion. You need to be very careful about the missions you accept."

"Hmm?" Su Yu blanked out. He thought of something and said, "Have you captured any white mask or elder?"

"No elders, but we did manage to capture two white masks. One of them has been killed, but the other is still being questioned."

"Has that person confessed his codename?"

"No. But it will happen soon."

Su Yu was quite surprised. Great Xia was very efficient. A white mask had actually been captured alive so soon. That wasn't one of his underlings, right?

Earth Eighteen and Profound Seventeen had been remaining silent for quite a while. Profound Seventeen, in particular, had been silent for even longer. Was that person captured?

He wasn't sure.

He did not bother to ask too much about that white mask since Xia Huyou did not know much either.

He said, "Has anyone from your side received an index copy? Maybe I can give you one. You can then issue me some missions, such as assassination missions that will help me establish my fame."

"Fame?" Xia Huyou thought about it and replied, "Since you're one of them...but killing some people might expose our collaboration. I see. I understand what you're trying to do. Sure, hand me an index copy...scratch that. I'll get one myself. You can kill a few people for me. These are all Great Xia citizens. Some might even be the commanders in the military. Nobody will suspect our collaboration if those are the people killed."

"..."

Holy shit!

"Killing military commanders?" Su Yu hurriedly advised, "Don't start killing your own just to eliminate dissidents. Have you gone mad?"

"What bullshit are you saying?"

Xia Huyou grimaced and said, "Those are not one of us. They are the spies planted among us while some are cultists. We have merely been keeping them around in case we can get a bigger fish through them. In Great Xia, killing a few military commanders is the best method to gain fame."

"Alright."

Xia Huyou asked, "Are you in the capital?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"Your home."

"Be serious..."

Su Yu did not reply. He was speaking the truth. He was in Xia Huyou's home. After all, he considered the entire academy Xia Huyou's home. So he was definitely not lying. In fact, he could already see Xia Huyou. Just look at that damn fatty and his hidden bodyguards. Through the Perception Jade, Su Yu detected two hidden Sunmoons around Xia Huyou. How cautious.

It was inevitable that he would contact Xia Huyou. Since he was operating within the Xia Family's territory, he had to connect with Xia Huyou if he didn't want to get himself killed accidentally.

***

After the conversation with Xia Huyou, Su Yu sent Yellow Nine a message, "Don't accept that mission. Xia Huyou is not an easy target. Also, he's right in the capital. The person issuing this mission must be trying to set us up. Yellow Nine, if you're brave enough, feel free to give it a try."

"I didn't accept the mission. I was thinking of recommending the mission to you."

Su Yu decided that this reply was enough reason for him to beat that damn Yellow Nine to death one day.

What the fuck was that?

"Kill Zhou Hongbo and retrieve the index copy. He is trying to set us up."

"is that appropriate?"

"Yes. It's not like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion never takes revenge. Those with the courage to set us up shall all die. Since you're able to hand him the index copy, you definitely have a way to kill him."

"Fine. I'll listen to you."

"..."

Then, Su Yu took his mask off. He wasn't too bothered. It didn't matter too much to him even if Yellow Nine couldn't kill Zhou Hongbo. He was only aiming to have the pavilion do something and attract more attention. Without doing anything big, nobody would know just how strong they were.

Su Yu told himself that he was doing all this for the pavilion's sake.

***

On the next day, Su Yu received a message from Earth Eighteen.

"Profound Nine, I received a mission from a Mountainsea commander of the Great Xia Army. He wants us to assassinate a few of his competitors in the army. Some of them are Mountainseas and some are Cloudbreaches. Do we accept this mission?"

"Is this a trap?"

"I'm not sure yet."

"Where are the rest of you? Find a chance to meet up. If the price offered is acceptable, we can consider accepting this mission."

"Meeting up?"

The white masks were worried. If one of them was already captured, it would be very dangerous for them to plan a meetup.

"We need to meet up to discuss further. Great Xia is a dangerous place. Individually, some missions will be too difficult to complete. It's better to discuss in person before making a decision. But if you don't want to do that, make sure you investigate the commander properly before accepting the mission. A Mountainsea commander won't betray Great Xia too easily. Be careful lest this is a trap."

"I will."

"..."

The white masks proceeded to discuss further about the mission. They would need to investigate more before deciding if they wanted to accept the mission. Everyone was wary of assassinating someone like Xia Huyou. But it would not be much of an issue if the target was a commander or deputy commander.

As for Su Yu, he contacted Xia Huyou again and confirmed that this was a mission issued under Xia Huyou's arrangement. With that, this mission would be fine to accept. He did not want to end up killing someone he shouldn't as that would be very troublesome.

***

Even on his fifth day in Great Xia, Bai Junsheng stubbornly remained instead of leaving.

In his anger, Bai Feng gave Bai Junsheng a beating. But apart from that, he couldn't do anything else. Thus, he decided to start ignoring Bai Junsheng. Of course, this was merely an act.

With this, Su Yu had the perfect excuse to remain in Great Xia.

On that night itself, a deputy commander in the city was assassinated right in his home. That was a Mountainsea. Various parties were shocked. With the recent chaos in Human Realm, people had been dying continuously, including military commanders. Chen Yong had also contributed to these deaths.

But this death, in particular, was different.

This time, the assassination had occurred right inside the capital while the victim was a military commander of Great Xia. Furthermore, the assassin was not Chen Yong. Rather, it was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Yes. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Great Xia had clear evidence that the culprit was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Or to be precise, it was a white mask. The white mask was incredibly arrogant, leaving his name behind after the deed. His name was Profound Nine. And it was written in the common language.

Profound Nine of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

He had brazenly killed a Mountainsea right at the core of Xia Family's territory. Not long ago, this same person had fought a Sunmoon in Nanyuan before leaving. It hadn't even been that long since this person had arrived yet he had already killed someone in Great Xia's capital.

How audacious.

That day, the Martial Dragon Guard was deployed. Dozens of Mountainseas and several Sunmoons searched the capital, filling the entire city with their powerful auras. How could Great Xia uphold its reputation without killing Profound Nine in retaliation?

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was back in his arranged accommodation.

He was very calm.

The target was merely a third-stage Mountainsea. With his incredible concealment ability, Wan Tiansheng was probably the only person in the capital capable of detecting him at the moment.

Thus, his target was as good as blind and deaf to him. He was able to easily eliminate his target with a single strike of his blade. It was trivial. However, it also served to massively boost the fame of Profound Nine.

***

While Su Yu was relaxing inside his residence, someone in the neighboring building roared in fury, "Audacious! The Martial Dragon Guard is truly useless nowadays. How did Profound Nine manage to assassinate someone in our capital? This is a great insult to Great Xia!"

"Profound Nine needs to die. Today, he has the courage to kill a Mountainsea commander. Tomorrow, he will have the courage to kill others as well."

"Yes. He must be found. He needs to be dragged to the Myriad Race Pit and has his head chopped off."

The students and instructors of the academy were furious.

In the past, Great Xia was such a terrifying prefecture. But now, it seemed to have turned more and more useless. Look at how someone was blatantly stepping on them!

Even their commander was killed inside their capital. They wouldn't have anything to say if the commander had perished on the battlefield. But dying to assassination was not acceptable. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion must be punished!