"This is your testing certificate. Take it to the front desk to receive your Hunter's License!" the Steward said.
"Thank you, Steward!"
Hong Yu smiled and accepted the test certificate.
With the test certificate, exchanging it for a Hunter's License went much more smoothly. The young lady at the front desk's eyes practically sparkled when she saw that soone as young as Hong Yu had reached the Peak of the Eighth Layer of the Essence Realm. If Hong Yu had been dressed a bit better, she probably would have thrown herself at him!
Anyone who could reach the Peak of the Eighth Layer of the Essence Realm at such a young age was surely the prized jewel of a major family, soone they would invest heavily in training!
If one could get involved with such a Celestial Pride Son, the benefits would be absolutely incredible!
Unfortunately, Hong Yu wasn't in the mood. Under the girl's disappointed gaze, he coolly turned and left.
After leaving the Underground Alliance, Hong Yu made sure no one was around, then found a secluded alley to change his clothes and put on that cold, hard mask.
His identity had once again switched to the youngest Silver Hunter, "Luoo"!
Returning to the Underground Alliance, Hong Yu presented his Hunter's License and said flatly, "What missions are there today? I want one that pays in cash!"
"Oh, it's Lord Luoo. We happen to have a few cash missions today," the young lady said with a beaming smile.
Hong Yu nodded, deliberately making his voice a bit hoarse. "Show !"
The young lady took out the mission list, and Hong Yu looked it over.
He didn't imdiately look for the Reviving Grass mission. After all, if you're going to put on an act, you have to commit to it and not arouse suspicion.
The full ten-page list was filled with hundreds of cash-only missions, ranging from a few hundred to over one hundred thousand Gold Coins. Hong Yu couldn't help but click his tongue in amazent. 'The Underground Alliance takes a ten percent cut from every mission. This place is basically a money-printing machine!'
"Huh? Soone's offering a high price for Reviving Grass?" Hong Yu said, feigning surprise.
The young lady paused, then smiled. "It's strange today. A full three different parties have posted missions for Reviving Grass."
"Oh."
Hong Yu nodded and pointed to a mission, seemingly at random. "I'll take this one."
"This mission? Okay, I'll register it for you right now," the young lady said quickly.
The mission Hong Yu had pointed to was, of course, the one he had just posted. When he posted it, Hong Yu had already seen the rewards for the other two missions: one was for fifty thousand Gold Coins, and the other for seventy thousand. Hong Yu had directly written down one hundred thousand Gold Coins, so no matter who investigated, they wouldn't beco suspicious.
After all, the highest bidder wins. That's just human nature!
"Lord Luoo, here are the one hundred thousand Gold Coins. Now, please hand the Reviving Grass over to ."
Whenever a Hunter accepted a mission, the Alliance would pay the reward in advance. After all, in Shishui City, no one would dare to default on a debt to the Underground Alliance!
After the transaction was complete, Hong Yu nodded and asked, "Where is Sister Qin?"
He still needed to buy a few things. For one, he needed to refine more Pills to advance his cultivation. For another, he needed to make preparations for the body of the boy who had died unjustly, which Little One had stored away in the Profound Celestial Tower. Even though he didn't know how Little One would bring the boy back to life, Hong Yu clung to this sliver of hope.
He was largely responsible for that boy's death.
The young lady blinked and said, "I just saw Sister Qin being called away by Lord Wang Ze. You could check the Earth Spirit Hall."
The Earth Spirit Hall was another division of the Underground Alliance, a place exclusively for the Alliance's revered Spiritual Craftsn to conduct research and Refining.
Hong Yu quickly found the Earth Spirit Hall. He asked several people, but no one would tell him where Wang Ze and Sister Qin were.
A few of them even looked like they wanted to speak but stopped themselves, which made Hong Yu feel a trace of unease and suspicion. This suspicion made him grow more and more anxious. 'Sothing's wrong. I have to find Sister Qin as soon as possible.'
"Hehe, that bitch Tan Qin always acts so cold. Isn't she about to be taken by Lord Wang Ze anyway?"
"That woman doesn't know what's good for her. Lord Wang Ze is an Advanced Apprentice Craftsman, a noble existence who will beco a Tier One Spiritual Craftsman in a few years. The fact that he's even interested in Tan Qin is a blessing she couldn't earn in eight lifetis, yet she still dared to resist, forcing Lord Wang Ze to use force."
"But Tan Qin's cultivation isn't weak. Can Lord Wang Ze really succeed?"
"I heard Lord Wang Ze has a strange dicine called 'Heroic Woman's Sorrow.' Any woman, no matter how cold, will turn into a slut after taking that stuff."
Hong Yu's ears twitched as he overheard two sleazy voices whispering in a side hall.
'Isn't Sister Qin's na Tan Qin?'
Hong Yu's expression turned cold. He kicked open the door to the side hall, and in a flash, he had one of the n by the neck. "Speak," he said coldly. "Where are Sister Qin and that bastard Wang Ze?"
"W-who are you? What do you want?" the man Hong Yu had by the neck stamred in terror, struggling in his grasp.
Hong Yu narrowed his eyes. "I'll ask again. Where is Wang Ze?"
The man being choked was already red in the face and gasping for air, while the other one shouted, "Y-you better not try anything! This is the Underground Alliance! If you dare hurt , the Alliance will make you wish you were dead!"
"Wish I was dead? Believe it or not, I can send you to see King Yama right now."
As he spoke, Hong Yu's grip slowly tightened.
At the Initial Stage of the Ninth Layer of the Essence Realm, the nine hundred pounds of force from his five fingers was enough to crush Hundred-refined Steel, let alone a man's neck.
The man struggled feebly, his limbs limp, and cast a pleading gaze at his equally stunned companion.
"I-I'll talk..."
His companion, heart pounding in fear from the Evil Qi radiating from Hong Yu, quickly said, "I just saw Lord Wang Ze taking Tan Qin toward his laboratory."
"Good."
Hong Yu flung the man in his grasp aside and turned his cold gaze on the one who had just spoken. "Where is Wang Ze's laboratory?"
"F-from here, go out, turn right, and it's at the very end of the hall."
The man was only at the Third Layer of the Essence Realm, an apprentice who did nial work for the Apprentice Spiritual Craftsn of the Earth Spirit Hall. How could he dare to offend the godslayer-like Hong Yu? He confessed everything. "I-I saw Lady Tan Qin had been knocked unconscious. I-I think..."
Hong Yu's expression darkened, and a towering rage began to surge in his chest.
Ever since joining the Underground Alliance, Hong Yu had developed a complex connection with Sister Qin. For the past year and more, Sister Qin had cared for Hong Yu like a real older sister, even though they often bickered or teased each other. But their interactions were without a trace of malicious intent and could not diminish the genuine care and concern Sister Qin felt for him.
Not long ago, Sister Qin had even selflessly lent Hong Yu her entire savings of six thousand Gold Coins.
The scene from that day faintly replayed in his mind...
Sister Qin had said, half-joking and half-serious, "Just don't forget about your big sister in the future!"
His own reply had been, "As long as I live, I will never let Sister Qin be wronged!"
A young man's promise still rang in his ears.
But now, Sister Qin was in grave danger, and the perpetrator was none other than that Wang Ze...
"Wang Ze, you're courting death."
Hong Yu snorted coldly and turned to leave.
In the side hall, the two nial apprentices looked at each other. "Q-quickly, inform Master Mo."
...
Inside the neat and orderly laboratory, various Spirit dicines and instrunts were arranged neatly. In the very center of the lab stood a massive table.
At this mont, all the experintal equipnt had been cleared from the table. Atop it, a weak, graceful figure was bound by her limbs. This figure was Sister Qin. At the mont, however, her usually cold eyes were veiled with a light mist of tears as she struggled.
"Hehe, Tan Qin, oh Tan Qin, no matter how proud and cold you are, didn't you still end up in my hands?"
Wang Ze stood by the table, his obsessed gaze raking over Tan Qin from head to toe, his eyes filled with a fiery lust.
"W-Wang Ze, you bastard! How dare you do this to ?" Sister Qin, maintaining a sliver of consciousness, gritted her teeth and snarled.
Wang Ze cackled. "Why wouldn't I dare? What is there that I wouldn't dare?"
As he spoke, his expression gradually beca savage. "Ma Le Gobi, I've pursued you for over two years, but you've always been lukewarm to . Instead, you're all over that piece of shit Silver Hunter you've only known for a year. Do you really think I'm blind? You think I can't see you two flirting behind my back?"
"I'll teach you to be so high and mighty! I'll teach you to act so pure..."
Wang Ze roared hysterically while tearing at his own clothes. "I was going to propose to you today, but you bitch actually rejected in front of my master! Fuck, do you know how much face I lost? But none of that matters anymore. Hehe, after today, you'll be my woman one way or another!"
"Tsk tsk, your skin is so smooth. In a little while, I'll be sure to make you scream with pleasure!"
Wang Ze reached out and began to tear at Sister Qin's clothes.
An obsessed look appeared in Wang Ze's eyes. "So beautiful... Hehe, you're mine today!"
"N-no, stay away, Wang Ze! My background is beyond anything you can imagine. If you dare touch , you will not escape the Alliance's punishnt." Sister Qin struggled weakly.
But Wang Ze looked completely unconcerned. "Your background? Hehe, aren't you just a Little Steward? Do you think the Alliance will punish for your sake? Don't forget, I'm destined to beco a Spiritual Craftsman! Once I've had you, the Alliance might even persuade you to marry ! Hehe, stop struggling. I've already told everyone not to disturb . Even if I kill you today, no one will co in!"
"N-no..."
Sister Qin struggled desperately, tears of despair trailing from the corners of her eyes.
In this mont of crisis, the image of the young man who always wore a cold mask unconsciously surfaced in her mind. 'If... if he were here, he would co save , right?'
"Hahaha, just lie there obediently and enjoy this young master's ravishing!"
Wang Ze gave a sinister smile and reached to untie the sash of Sister Qin's dress.
However...
Just as he was about to rip off the silk sash, the locked laboratory door was kicked open with a BANG! The heavy door panel flew inward, sending a large area of experintal equipnt crashing to the floor. A figure as swift as the wind walked in from the doorway and, in just a couple of steps, stood before Wang Ze.
"H-how is it you?" Wang Ze's expression changed drastically as he got a clear look at the newcor.
Hong Yu narrowed his eyes, glanced at the disheveled Sister Qin, and breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then, his gaze, as cold and sharp as a razor's edge, locked onto Wang Ze. "Wang Ze. Good. You're very good."
"W-what do you want? Let tell you, I'm the second young master of the Wang Family, and my master is the Hall Master of the Earth Spirit Hall! If you offend , I guarantee you won't be able to stay in Shishui City anymore!" Wang Ze's cultivation was only at the Seventh Layer of the Essence Realm. Stared down by Hong Yu's cold glare, fear instantly blood in his heart, and he stumbled back three or four steps.
"What do you think will happen first? being driven out of Shishui City, or you losing your life?"
A demonic smirk played on Hong Yu's lips as he stepped forward and reached for Wang Ze.
"Bastard, I'll kill you!"
Wang Ze hastily t the attack.
But unfortunately, he was no match for Hong Yu.
THUD!
With a muffled crack, Hong Yu shattered his arm with a single punch. He reached out, wrapped his hand around Wang Ze's neck, and slowly lifted him into the air.
Watching Wang Ze struggle, his feet dangling off the ground, Hong Yu slowly raised his right hand to strike him.
Just at that critical mont, a hoarse, furious voice suddenly bood from outside the door...
"Let go of Wang Ze."
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