CHAPTER 217: CHAPTER 215 ASSASSIN_1

Having received the deposit, Li Jiya was not worried that Terence would default on payment, and in the following conversation, she answered all questions asked.

Yan Xing asked about everything, gradually gaining a rough understanding of the capabilities of the Assassin’s Guild in Nuta City from Li Jiya’s responses.

The Assassin’s Guild’s surveillance of him was comprehensive. They had even begun intelligence penetration into the Eternal Domain. This meant that Arlanda wasn’t the only foreign spy infiltrating the native lands of the Eternal Domain.

However, to ensure an ample workforce, the human soldiers of the Eternal Domain were all recruited from recruitment buildings. They were never trained or promoted from within the peasant population. Therefore, the intelligence leaked did not involve the upper echelons.

But with the increasing training of Domain Administrative Heroes and Mages, the chances of spies infiltrating the management layer of the Eternal Domain were significant. Fortunately, the people of the Assassin’s Guild could not enter the Thunderous Swamp and had no idea what was happening inside. With a larger territory and a growing population, people’s hearts inevitably grew more complex. Intelligence penetration was impossible to avoid. Letting Chui Chui conduct a thorough investigation and root out spies who had no idea what technological surveillance was wouldn’t be difficult.

But from what Li Jiya had said, Yan Xing felt that the Assassin’s Guild’s attention on him wasn’t simply to provide intelligence for his assassination. Some details, upon closer consideration, were terrifying indeed.

"That will be all for today’s questions," Yan Xing said, prudently concluding the meeting. He said to Li Jiya, "I still need to personally scout Yan Xing’s Envoy Mansion and devise an assassination plan. You don’t need to accompany me anymore. I will inform you once I have a plan for the assassination."

Li Jiya said, "Mr. Terence, I am your assistant. Please take me with you when you scout Yan Xing’s Envoy Mansion, I need to..."

Yan Xing interrupted Li Jiya, saying, "I have never regarded you as my assistant. Your only tasks are to provide me with intelligence and to confirm the assassination results at the end. Following me would only interfere."

"Alright... I will follow your arrangement," Li Jiya didn’t insist. After all, she knew where Terence lived, and she had left her magic potion on him.

Yan Xing asked, "How do I contact you? And how should I address you?"

"You may call me Xue Jun," Li Jiya reported her codename and told Yan Xing how to contact her.

"Xue Jun? I’ve noted that."

Yan Xing left first, and Li Jiya secretly followed him all the way to the inn, then kept surveillance until night.

Yan Xing, through the aerial footage provided by Chui Chui, also watched Li Jiya. He couldn’t help but be impressed by the meticulousness of the Assassin’s Guild.

Originally, he had thought of staging an assassination of himself to earn the 310,000 Gold Coin bounty. But if he faked his death, he would have to ensure he didn’t reveal any flaws during the Assassin’s Guild’s confirmation period. Furthermore, he couldn’t make any public appearances. He didn’t know how long the confirmation period would be, nor how long it would take for the bounty to be distributed. But he knew that if he "died" for too long, it would definitely trigger a severe crisis in both the Eternal Domain and Nuta City. It wasn’t worth it for 310,000 Gold Coins. Therefore, he still needed to identify all the assassins who were out to kill him.

Next, Yan Xing continuously pretended to scout his own Envoy Mansion, often arranging meetings with Li Jiya to discuss his assassination plan.

The plan improved step by step, and Chui Chui’s surveillance records on Li Jiya grew more extensive.

As Yan Xing predicted, the assassins’ assistants met regularly to prevent conflicts among the assassins. They naturally discussed the assassination plans of the assassins they were each responsible for, all of which Chui Chui overheard and recorded.

Thus, while all the assassins were perfecting their assassination plans, their plans were also being synchronized into Yan Xing’s hands.

Indeed, all the assassins had unanimously chosen the night of the banquet for the opening of Yan Xing’s Envoy Mansion. Well... that banquet was going to be quite the lively event.

As the banquet approached, Yan Xing, still in his identity as Terence, had one final pre-assassination meeting with Li Jiya.

In a remote alleyway, Yan Xing received an invitation from Li Jiya.

Li Jiya whispered, "With this invitation, you can enter the banquet held by Yan Xing. I know you don’t want me to know what you look like, and similarly, I don’t want you to know what I look like.

"Therefore, we will act separately.

"I know your plan. As long as Yan Xing dies within the scope of your plan, I can certify that you’ve completed the mission.

"I wish you success."

Yan Xing examined the invitation he was holding.

The paper of the invitation came from the real world, and all the words were printed, making it difficult to forge. Yan Xing had no impression of the invited person’s name. But after Chui Chui scanned it, the invitation turned out to be for a merchant. Somehow, it had fallen into the hands of the Assassin’s Guild.

Yan Xing put away the invitation and said to Li Jiya, "I’m afraid you’ll be able to recognize me, but I won’t know what you look like. However... I will enter using a different method. Wait for my good news tonight."

Li Jiya said, "Are you going to change your plan at the last minute?"

"No, just a slight modification to the plan. I don’t like being recognized by others. That’s all. See you tomorrow..."

Without giving Li Jiya a chance to inquire further, Yan Xing used his light-footed skills to leap onto the roof and leave. It would soon be dark, and Li Jiya would have no time for whatever she might have wanted to do.

At night, the embassy of the Thunderous Swamp in Nuta City was still brightly lit. Giant searchlights cast long pillars of light into the sky, seemingly intending to pierce the heavens.

The embassy, which had always been closed to everyone, had finally opened its gates.

Werewolf Warriors clad in gold armor stood imposingly at the entrance. In the glow of the lights, they appeared even more formidable, like gods of war descending upon the earth.

One carriage after another brought groups of guests.

Men and women alike were stunned by the overwhelming illumination as they entered the embassy. This... this was like bringing daylight here!

Walking along the front courtyard path of the embassy, Bruto Nesc felt uncomfortable all over under the lights.

As an assassin, darkness was his shelter, and night was his domain. But here, the surrounding lights were so bright he didn’t even have a shadow. This caused him great discomfort.

But the bounty of 310,000 Gold Coins was too tempting. He believed in his strength. He believed he could successfully assassinate Yan Xing on this brilliantly lit night, even though Yan Xing was under the protection of Thunderous Swamp.

Now that he had entered the Envoy Mansion, he had completed the first step of his plan. The rest was to strike a lethal blow against Yan Xing before any other assassin could make their move. The bounty would definitely be mine!

Dressed as a country gentleman, Naisike walked along the path, greeting people nearby as if he knew them quite well.

Just then, a human attendant from the embassy suddenly appeared in front of Naisike and handed him a note, saying, "Mr. Naisike, this is from my master for you."

Naisike was taken aback. The name he had used to attend this banquet was certainly not "Naisike."

Exposed! That was the first thing Naisike thought.

His instinct was to flee, but he also thought that since the other party had let him in, they must have already made arrangements. Since they didn’t take action first but sent a note instead, he decided to look at the contents of the note before making a decision.

Naisike calmed his mind and opened the note, which read:

Dear Mr. Naisike, I am the host here, Yan Xing. I know the purpose of your visit and your identity.

You now have two choices.

Leave... I won’t disrupt my banquet to capture you.

Or, if you want to resolve the doubts in your heart, then follow my attendant to see me.

I bear no ill will.