He intentionally found a patch of woods and tried out the third leg technique.
As he kicked, all the air around seed to be drawn in, and the space where his leg swept through seed to tremble slightly.
Bang!
After a kick into the empty space, the force exploded in the air!
Five steps away, the middle section of a large tree burst into splinters, cascading down like rain.
'This is practically an enhanced version of the first move, Heaven and Earth are Ruthless, but several tis more powerful!'
Su Que looked at the tree reduced to a stump in front of him, thinking to himself.
...
The next day, after Su Que reported for duty, he slipped out of the governnt office.
He went to Zhang Bengen's residence to change clothes, using his Qi Blood to boost his muscles, preparing to et with the contact and collect his rewards and Silver Coins.
He didn't care about the rewards, but the Silver Coins amounted to five hundred and twenty taels—it would be a waste not to collect it.
Moreover, if he completed his mission but never collected the rewards and Silver Coins, it would seem like he didn't care at all, which might arouse the Tang Sect's suspicion.
He then went to Xiaomiao Tower, and after passing through various ssages from the shopkeeper, the waiter, and others, he received a small note thrown by the chef.
It stated the eting place: the third quarter of the Hour of the Goat, Zhouye Alley.
...
The third quarter of the Hour of the Goat.
Su Que arrived at Zhouye Alley on ti.
Zhouye Alley was on the outskirts of the Jiannan Prefecture City, a sparsely populated street and alley.
The nearby buildings had moss on the walls, and the roof tiles were sowhat worn, suggesting they had been uninhabited for a long ti.
After waiting a while, he saw a shadow sweep over from a corner.
This person's Lightweight Skill was more formidable than the "Straw Dog" he'd seen before, so this person shouldn't be the "Straw Dog."
Swish!
This person swept in front of Su Que, stood still, and imdiately asked, "Greedy Wolf?"
Su Que presented a waist badge embossed with the words "Greedy Wolf."
"Did you kill Ou Tianci?"
According to the sect's records, this contact knew that only "Greedy Wolf" had claid the task to kill Ou Tianci, and since Ou Tianci died the day before yesterday, most likely "Greedy Wolf" completed this task.
But he had to confirm.
At the sa ti, he also revealed his waist badge, which had the embossed characters "Tooth Snake."
"Yes," Su Que replied, his gaze shifting away from the badge.
Tooth Snake retrieved the badge and then took out five hundred-tael silver notes and twenty taels of broken silver from his clothing, handing them to Su Que:
"Here's your Silver Coins. As for the reward, when I return to the stronghold, I'll have soone credit you for it."
Su Que took the Silver Coins, tucked them into his clothes, and said "Thank you."
Tooth Snake then asked, "Do you want to take on another task?"
Su Que nodded and asked, "What other tasks are there?"
He wasn't planning on taking more tasks, but he had to put on an act.
Tooth Snake then described the tasks, and besides the previous targets, there was a new one: a County Magistrate within Jiannan's jurisdiction.
Su Que pretended to ponder for a bit, then said he'd co back to accept it later, and parted ways with Tooth Snake.
They both used their Lightweight Skill, heading off in different directions, leaving the alley.
...
Chasing Shadow, following Ou Haquan's instructions, went to the brothel eting point.
Fearing exposure, Ou Haquan and others only monitored him from a distance, not joining him in the brothel.
Upon eting the liaison girl, he felt compelled to divulge what had happened to him.
However, revealing Tang Sect intel to Ou Haquan had already amounted to betraying the Tang Sect.
If he spoke out, he might be killed on the spot by a Tang Sect assassin hidden in the brothel.
Thus, he followed the routine, taking a slip with the eting location written on it.
Leaving the brothel, knowing his wounds slowed him down and escape was impossible, he followed Ou Haquan's plan, heading to a mansion where Ou Haquan awaited.
Upon entering, he imdiately presented the slip to Ou Haquan.
Ou Haquan took the slip, opened it, and saw that the place was Wu Keng Lane, with the ti at the fifth quarter of the Hour of the Goat.
"Good, we'll head over early to set up an ambush,"
Ou Haquan instructed his n.
...
The fourth quarter of the Hour of the Goat, Wu Keng Lane.
Chasing Shadow had already arrived, waiting.
Ou Haquan and his team were concealed in a nearby household.
They watched Chasing Shadow from a gap in the window, ready to break through the wall to capture any Tang Sect mbers upon arrival.
The household was occupied.
But Ou Haquan had knocked them out, tied them up, and locked them in a room.
At this mont, in the distance of Wu Keng Lane, a shadow erged from another alley.
It was the Tang Sect assassin "Straw Dog," who had previously rendezvoused with Su Que.
This ti, he was eting Chasing Shadow.
He erged without heading directly to Wu Keng Lane, but jumped onto a rooftop instead.
He circled within a five-mile radius of Wu Keng Lane, checking for anything unusual nearby.
After all, Tang Sect's assassins had killed a son of the Ou Family.
The Ou Family had significant influence in Jian'an Prefecture City, with a strong martial arts patriarch.
Jiannan's Tang Sect head "Mirage" Zhou Yinseng guessed that the Ou Family would take action to find out who killed Ou Tianci.
Therefore, Zhou Yinseng instructed the five contacts, especially the four newly promoted ones, to be cautious during etings.
Before the eting, they must survey the surroundings to avoid getting captured by the Ou Family, who would torture and interrogate them. Knowing this, Zhou Yinseng would kill them too.
So Straw Dog arrived early, circling the area to check for any anomalies.
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