Chapter 1157: How Did the Ghost Assassin Alliance Cross Paths With Young Creed Leader Lu?
Lu Yang noticed Fang Zhige gripping Liu Yu’s wrist. His eyes glinted with amusement as he kindly reminded them. “First love is a wonderful thing, but let me offer you both a word of advice. You’re still young. Be it martial arts or cultivation, keeping your kidney water abundant is essential to maintaining your progress.
“I have a friend who abstained from women for the sake of his cultivation. His progress was so swift that everyone who met him praised him as a prodigy of the era. I heard his net worth recently increased by a billion.”
At Lu Yang’s reminder, Fang Zhige realized his impropriety and quickly released Liu Yu’s wrist.
Wait, this isn’t over yet!
“Teacher Lu, be careful! There’s an assassin nearby!”
Although Teacher Lu is also at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it’ll still be hard for him to escape death when he’s up against an assassin at the same level.
“An assassin? Where?” Lu Yang was startled. What assassin? I’m only at the Fusion Stage right now. If I run into an assassin at the Transcendent Tribulation Stage or above, that would be dire.
The three stood in the courtyard for a while, yet there was still no sign of Luo Shi.
Fang Zhige was puzzled. This shouldn’t be. Why hasn’t Luo Shi made his move yet? Is it because he saw that Teacher Lu is also at the Foundation Establishment Stage and doesn’t dare to act?
But this isn’t Luo Shi’s style. He has completed every mission flawlessly and killed more Foundation Establishment cultivators than can be counted on one hand. How could he have retreated just because things got difficult?
“Alright, alright, time for class. Your parents work hard to earn money; you can’t use this kind of excuse to skip lessons.” Lu Yang feigned anger and herded the two toward the martial arts school.
By the time the three returned, the segment on the Qiongqi Tribe had just finished, and the first half of the class was over.
Recently, Lu Yang had allocated the first half of each class to watching Dreamlike Bubble Mirages and the second half to teaching fist techniques.
Fang Zhige sat through class in a daze and left class in a daze, but he still couldn’t figure out where Luo Shi had gone or why he hadn’t attacked yet.
Back at Liu Yu’s house, he came clean about his past as promised. “Actually, I was an orphan raised by the Ghost Assassin Alliance. We trained together in assassination arts from childhood...
“I’d always believed our Ghost Assassin Alliance was righteous and that we only killed those who deserved death. But during the final trial, I discovered the truth about the alliance and resolved to escape...”
As Fang Zhige recounted his past, Luo Shi remained at the back of his mind.
At the moment, the Luo Shi that Fang Zhige was so preoccupied with was hanging from a tree. Heavy snow fell all year round in the Extreme North, and a thick layer of snow had already accumulated on his head.
“Ready to come clean now?” Lu Yang lowered Luo Shi from the tree and dragged him into a small shed.
Luo Shi’s eyes were filled with terror as he stared at Lu Yang. As a seasoned assassin, he had thoroughly investigated Fang Zhige’s social circle before carrying out the assassination, including the new fist technique instructor.
Lu Doudou: Foundation Establishment Stage, origins unknown, erudite and knowledgeable.
“Kid, if you let me go now, I can pretend none of this happened. Since you’re experienced and knowledgeable, you should have heard of our Ghost Assassin Alliance’s origins...”
“Wait, what’s the Ghost Assassin Alliance?” Lu Yang ran through every faction he knew, and none of them went by that name.
“You don’t even know the Ghost Assassin Alliance? What an ill-informed fellow. Everyone says you’re erudite and knowledgeable, but that seems overblown. Our Ghost Assassin Alliance is backed by the Nine-Netherworlds Creed. Anyone who dares oppose us will meet an end without even bones left behind.”
“You all are from the Nine-Netherworlds Creed?” Lu Yang was taken aback. I’ve already found them legitimate work, so why are they still not focusing on their proper tasks?
At this thought, Lu Yang decided not to waste any more words with Luo Shi. He immediately performed a soul search on Luo Shi and got to the bottom of the Ghost Assassin Alliance’s origins.
It was indeed no bluff. They’re truly connected to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.
Lu Yang took out the Nine-Netherworlds Token and sent a message to the Nine-Netherworlds Creed.
Just now, an assassin from the Ghost Assassin Alliance tried to kill me and claimed that their alliance is affiliated with your Nine-Netherworlds Creed. Please investigate. I hope there’s no misunderstanding between us.
He then looked at Luo Shi’s corpse, pondering what to do with it.
“Never mind, I’ll just use it as fertilizer.”
Lu Yang dug a pit in the courtyard. He had previously uprooted the tree to craft wooden swords, so he now buried Luo Shi beneath the soil and planted a sapling on top.
My Tree-Planting Mantra can’t accelerate growth, but with a Foundation Establishment cultivator as fertilizer, the sapling should thrive.
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“The Ghost Assassin Alliance is an affiliate of our Nine-Netherworlds Creed?” Mu Baiyi broke out in a cold sweat after reading the message on the Nine-Netherworlds Token.
Although he had already broken through to the Transcendent Tribulation Stage, a single message from the Nine-Netherworlds Token could still frighten him.
Young Creed Leader Lu is sending me a warning.
The problem is that I have no memory of this Ghost Assassin Alliance.
Soon, Vice Creed Leader Shi was summoned, but he had also never heard of the Ghost Assassin Alliance or where it had sprung up from.
Mu Baiyi reckoned that he might as well summon all three vice creed leaders and order them to investigate the Ghost Assassin Alliance’s origins.
“Found it, found it,” another vice creed leader called out.
“Where exactly did this Ghost Assassin Alliance come from?” everyone pressed urgently.
“Three hundred years ago, the son-in-law of a branch leader from our creed had some cultivation talent. However, he felt that he couldn’t bring out his full potential in Great Xia and headed to the Extreme North, where he established an organization called the Nine Ghost Alliance.
“The Nine Ghost Alliance is further divided into nine minor factions—Specter Ghost, Malevolent Ghost, Ghost Assassin, Ghost Death, and so on. The Ghost Assassin Alliance is one of them.
“The leader of the Nine Ghost Alliance is likely at the Intermediate Nascent Soul Stage, maybe even at the Great Perfection Intermediate Nascent Soul Stage.
“The Nine Ghost Alliance sends us tribute every year, so we do have a bit of an incense connection there.”
Mu Baiyi’s expression turned peculiar. “Are you saying that some nameless assassin from the subsidiary organization of an organization whose highest cultivator is only at the Nascent Soul Stage attempted to assassinate Young Creed Leader Lu, who has the backing of two immortals and four half-immortals?!”
How did they even cross paths?
“Creed Leader, what should we do?”
Mu Baiyi glared at him. “What should we do? Destroy this so-called Nine Ghost Alliance right away, of course! What dogshit incense connection? What does this tiny faction have to do with us?!”
“Vice Creed Leader Shi, you go.”
“Yes.”
Vice Creed Leader Shi immediately went about the arrangements.
“Huo Huashen, pick a couple of quick-witted Nascent Soul cultivators and head to the Extreme North. Oh, and don’t go around killing people indiscriminately. Young Creed Leader Lu probably doesn’t like innocent people being slaughtered.”
“Yes.”
“Little Liu, gather twenty Nascent Soul cultivators and come with me to the Extreme North.”
“Yes.”
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“Yo, Sir Huo, what brings you here?” Upon learning of Huo Huashen’s visit, the Nine Ghost Alliance Leader was so terrified that he didn’t even bother dressing properly, scrambling out of bed and rushing to greet him.
Before Huo Huashen, the Nine Ghost Alliance Leader trembled with fear, not daring to show the slightest disrespect. Why has this lord come to the Extreme North?
Huo Huashen is said to be a favorite of Vice Creed Leader Shi. He even serves as the manager of the flagship barbeque shop, which demonstrates just how highly Vice Creed Leader Shi regards him.
Huo Huashen didn’t answer. He merely fixed the Nine Ghost Alliance Leader with a cold stare. The man dropped to his knees with a thud, and the nine minor alliance leaders of the Nine Ghost Alliance prostrated themselves alongside him.
“Sir Huo, w-what exactly is this...”
“In your next life, keep your eyes open and don’t provoke those you can’t afford to offend.”
~~~
As Lu Yang lay in bed mulling over his future lesson plans, the Nine-Netherworlds Token obtained a reply from Mu Baiyi.
The Nine Ghost Alliance is affiliated with the Heartless Creed. It was a deliberate frame-up by the Heartless Creed against our creed. We have already wiped them out.
Lu Yang put away the Nine-Netherworlds Token and resumed contemplating the curriculum.
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