Players from the two pavilions now venture outside the safe zones in groups. Unless all the assassins target them together, taking them down isn’t that easy.
If they don’t eliminate them immediately after making a move, the assassins will face a righteous group beatdown.
Moreover, the bounties on ordinary players aren’t very high, so some assassin players who have taken the Bounty Orders aren’t too keen on messing with groups of regular players.
In the Bounty Orders, Mu Qingxue, Dao Ji Shi Kong, and Chen Xiaoyan have the highest rewards.
Chong Chong is next, followed closely by Yutian, the Zhenwu Xiaoshimei, and Asking the Red Dust.
Mu Qingxue and Liu Yue have also issued Bounty Orders against Wushuang Lou. Many assassin players accept orders from both sides.
Killing for Xueyan Pavilion today, Jian Ge tomorrow, and Wushuang Lou the day after. In short, they target whichever guild’s members they happen to cross paths with.
Since the Bounty Orders are organized by players themselves, there’s no such function in the game interface. After a successful kill, you just need to report it to the manager immediately.
The key word is immediately.
In the Xianjie, there’s no live streaming or screenshots. The only proof is checking if the target’s level has dropped.
If you don’t report it immediately and another player reports the kill first, well, tough luck, you just worked for them.
In the Bounty Orders, the most coveted prize isn’t Chen Xiaoyan, but Chong Chong.
Although Chen Xiaoyan’s bounty is much higher than Chong Chong’s, the difficulty of assassinating her is several times greater. Ordinary Tianxiang players are easy to bully; they have no abilities besides healing.
Players like Xianyun, A Curtain of Dreams, and I Want to Be a DPS Healer are also on the Bounty Order list. However, they stay inside the sect all day without coming out. The assassins have no choice but to focus their main attention on Chong Chong.
As for Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal and Youyou Won’t Heal, the two healers from Wushuang Lou, the assassins haven’t seen a trace of them for days despite staking out.
“Chen Xiaoyan and Chong Chong are together. It’s a bit tricky. There are only three of us; we can’t take them. Let’s call for backup.”
The Tangmen San Xionggui gathered on the street in front of Wangyue Inn. After discussing, the three immediately felt they couldn’t handle this job alone.
Dealing with just Chong Chong would be fine, but adding Chen Xiaoyan, that massive healer, they lost confidence in taking them down in one combo.
After all, Chen Xiaoyan’s ridiculously powerful healing skills are known throughout the entire Xianjie.
“Call who? Let’s first see if these two big shots leave the city. If they don’t, calling more people won’t be of any use.”
“That’s true. So, should the three of us observe them covertly first?”
“Agreed.”
Because of the Teleportation Arrays, the difficulty of assassination has increased significantly. With one-click teleportation available, who would be foolish enough to travel on horseback?
Shangjing City, Yong’an Street.
Yong’an Street is a bustling market for the poor in the city, practically a slum. Refugees fleeing from other prefectures and counties are mostly settled here.
This has led to chaotic order in this area. While it appears prosperous and thriving on the surface, it’s a den of demons and monsters in the shadows, with all sorts of people.
Not far away, two stunning women in pink dresses approached, walking side by side.
Their every smile and glance along the way exuded a captivating charm, firmly drawing the gazes of the surrounding pedestrians.
As the imperial capital of the Great Song, Shangjing City naturally has no shortage of beauties.
But the indescribable aura they possessed, combined with the sanctity brought by their Tianxiang Sect Uniforms—these two buffs together instantly made many of the capital’s beauties pale in comparison.
Admiration and reverence were mixed in the crowd’s eyes.
There is an immortal in heaven, named Heavenly Fragrance.
Compassionate towards the world, saving the dying and healing the wounded.
In the hearts of ordinary mortals and commoners, Tianxiang disciples are sacred and inviolable.
Even in the Son of Heaven’s capital, you can speak ill of the Emperor, but you absolutely must not speak ill of the Tianxiang Sect.
Since the appearance of the Endless Demon Domain, the Tianxiang Sect has been saving lives and healing the wounded for over a thousand years, passed down through generations, never ceasing.
You yourself may not have received kindness from a Tianxiang disciple, but your ancestors almost certainly have. Speaking ill of Tianxiang would make you too ashamed to offer incense to your own ancestors.
“If I could marry a Tianxiang Fairy, I’d be willing even if my lifespan was only one year.”
“Brother, we mortals are unworthy of the fairies. Don’t indulge in wild fantasies.”
“Indeed. Even if our ancestral graves emitted green smoke and we gained a fairy’s favor, with our brief lifespans, we would only leave the fairies as widows.”
“Haha, the sorrow of having no talent for cultivation.”
Not far away, the murmurs of some NPC commoners did not escape the two women, who were in the Outworld Realm.
However, they paid no mind. No player takes the words of ordinary NPCs seriously.
Chong Chong walked ahead of Chen Xiaoyan, hopping and skipping like a little bunny, utterly adorable.
After a short while, she stopped and pointed ahead of her, turning back.
“Xiaoyan-jie, last time a fool gave me five taels of silver for free right here.”
Chen Xiaoyan smiled slightly.
“So, you dragged me here to see if any fools will give us money?”
“Of course not! That time I was just lucky. It can’t happen every time.”
“By the way, Xiaoyan-jie, do our Tianxiang skills cure illnesses?”
“I don’t know either. Never tried. Why do you ask all of a sudden?”
“Nothing much. It’s just that last time I came to Shangjing City looking for commissions, I met a strange NPC. He asked me to save his father, said he had a serious illness, bedridden. I thought about it, but as healers, we’ve never heard of being able to cure diseases, so I refused.”
“I see. Why didn’t you go and try?”
Chong Chong rubbed the back of her head, smiling sheepishly.
“Well… I was afraid of embarrassing myself.”
Chen Xiaoyan covered her mouth with a laugh, her beautiful eyes curving into crescents.
“What are you laughing at? Being afraid of embarrassment is normal!”
“Right, right.”
“Hmph, I’m ignoring you.”
Chong Chong turned her head away, quickening her pace as she hurried ahead.
Then, she turned back and stuck her tongue out at Chen Xiaoyan.
Chen Xiaoyan shook her head with an amused smile. Just as she was about to catch up, her expression suddenly changed drastically.
About a hundred meters away.
A carriage was charging recklessly down the street, knocking over many pedestrians.
“Out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way!”
The coachman whipped the horse’s hindquarters.
The horse whinnied and sped up even more.
Chong Chong had just turned around and was still making a face at Chen Xiaoyan, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
“Watch out for the carriage!”
“Huh?”
Chong Chong was startled. She heard Chen Xiaoyan’s warning but didn’t react immediately.
“Move!”
Clip-clop, clip-clop…
The sound of hooves grew closer.
Chong Chong looked back. A carriage was speeding directly toward her.
“Holy crap!”
Her eyes widened, and she couldn’t help but curse. Reacting swiftly, she activated Gale Step, leaving only an afterimage where she stood.
Chong Chong dodged it.
But the commoners behind her weren’t so lucky. The carriage charged recklessly without slowing down at all. Many were grazed or injured to varying degrees.
The most serious was a little girl. She was knocked down by the horse, rolled under the wheels, and suffered secondary injuries.
The wheels then dragged the little girl along, causing the carriage to tilt and overturn, the wheels still spinning rapidly.
The short stretch of road was stained with blood.
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