Your Talent is Mine

Chapter 1173: Drawing Out the Assassin!

TL: Etude

Dao Ancestor Flying Dragon had once hired the Killgod Hall to assassinate a Dao Ancestor, which allowed him to form a connection with someone within their ranks.

Fortunately, that high-ranking member of the Killgod Hall was still alive. If not, it would have been troublesome for him to even locate the Killgod Hall.

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Feng Family, Secret Chamber.

Dao Ancestor Flying Dragon produced a client token from the Killgod Hall and activated it. A wisp of his consciousness crossed time and space, arriving in a mysterious space.

Immediately, he summoned that high-ranking member of the Killgod Hall.

Before long, an illusory figure appeared, shrouded in darkness. Since this was a consciousness space, there was no way to discern the person’s true identity.

“You’ve arrived, Ming,” Dao Ancestor Flying Dragon said.

“Dao Ancestor Flying Dragon, what brings you to me?” Ming asked.“I want to hire the Killgod Hall to kill someone!” Flying Dragon stated his purpose directly.

“Who?” Ming asked bluntly, wasting no words.

“Ye Xingchen,” Flying Dragon replied.

“Ye Xingchen?” Ming chuckled. “Are you referring to Ye Xingchen, son of the Human Race’s Dao Ancestor of Ten Thousand Laws?”

“That’s correct,” Flying Dragon confirmed with a nod.

Ming fell silent for a moment before speaking again. “Ye Xingchen is a Supreme True Ancestor and has at least a 90% chance of becoming an Invincible Dao Ancestor in the future. Moreover, his father, the Dao Ancestor of Ten Thousand Laws, has even greater potential. The cost of killing Ye Xingchen is high. One price: 10,000 Forbidden Dao Stones or treasures of equivalent value. Are you willing to pay?”

“What? Ten thousand Forbidden Dao Stones? That’s outrageous!” Flying Dragon exclaimed, struggling to accept the exorbitant price. The cost was astronomical, enough to shake the very foundation of the Feng Family.

Although a Forbidden Dao Stone mine had recently been discovered in the Forbidden Mountain Range, yielding tens of thousands of Forbidden Dao Stones, and other forbidden treasure lands had occasionally produced a few as well, the value of Forbidden Dao Stones remained immense. Their increasing appearances had not diminished their worth.

The Feng Family possessed only a few Forbidden Dao Stones. If they were to use other treasures as substitutes for payment, it would likely deplete over half of their family’s treasure vault.

To exact revenge at such a steep price—one that risked crippling the Feng Family—Flying Dragon found himself deeply reluctant.

“If you’re unwilling, then forget it. To be honest, the Killgod Hall isn’t exactly eager to accept this mission either,” Ming said coldly.

“I’ll consider it,” Flying Dragon responded hastily.

“You have three days to decide. After that, the offer expires,” Ming said before vanishing.

Flying Dragon’s consciousness withdrew from the void space, returning to his physical body.

“Three days, huh?” Flying Dragon sighed, then sought out his fellow Dao Ancestors to convene a meeting.

The meeting lasted a full two days before they reached a decision. By a narrow majority vote, they resolved to spend this wealth and hire the Killgod Hall.

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Blackwind Mountain.

Ye Tian had been in secluded cultivation when he received a summons from the Feng King. He had no choice but to journey to the Feng King Small Domain.

“Feng King, what’s the matter?” Ye Tian asked curiously.

“Your son is in trouble,” the Feng King replied.

“What?” Ye Tian frowned and quickly asked, “Did something happen?”

“Someone placed a bounty on your son, Ye Xingchen, in Killgod Hall!” the Wind King replied.

“Killgod Hall!”

Ye Tian was familiar with this force. It was an assassin organization whose members were shrouded in mystery, hailing from various other factions.

Moreover, Killgod Hall was formidable. While it didn’t have an Invincible Dao Ancestor among its ranks, it boasted several Pinnacle Dao Ancestors, making it comparable to an Eighth Heaven force.

However, since Killgod Hall’s members came from multiple factions, it couldn’t be classified as an Upper Three Heavens force, instead functioning as a loose coalition.

The reason Blackwind Mountain wasn’t recognized as an Upper Three Heavens force was similar. Some of its members originated from the Lower Three Heavens and were also bandits, so it didn’t qualify for an official ranking.

Being targeted by Killgod Hall undoubtedly placed Ye Xingchen in grave danger—unless he stayed on Blackwind Mountain indefinitely.

But that was unrealistic.

“Wind King, I heard that Killgod Hall’s assassins all take lifebound oaths not to reveal mission details. Assassination orders shouldn’t be able to leak. How did you find out?” Ye Tian was curious.

“Hahaha, ordinary assassins indeed cannot disclose information. Otherwise, who would dare issue missions through Killgod Hall? But I’m different. To be honest, I am one of Killgod Hall’s three Vice Hall Masters!” the Wind King said with a laugh.

“What? Wind King, you’re a Vice Hall Master of Killgod Hall?” Ye Tian was stunned.

This revelation was completely unexpected. He had thought the Wind King might have infiltrated Killgod Hall and was relaying information through some special method. To discover that the Wind King was directly one of its Vice Hall Masters was shocking.

“The other ten kings of Blackwind Mountain know this secret, and since you are a Great Heavenly King of Blackwind Mountain, second only to us in status, you naturally have the right to know,” the Wind King explained.

He then shared how he had become a Vice Hall Master of Killgod Hall.

It turned out that the Wind King had initially joined Killgod Hall to earn some extra income. As his strength grew, he gradually rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a Vice Hall Master with significant authority. However, even he didn’t know who Killgod Hall’s Hall Master was. That figure remained shrouded in mystery.

“Wind King, do you know who issued the bounty?”

Ye Tian asked. He had his suspicions but didn’t want to jump to conclusions.

“It’s the Feng Family! That Feng Family from the Heavenly Emperor Palace—the same family as Imperial Son Fengyang!” the Wind King replied.

“As expected!” Ye Tian’s fury flared.

“Wind King, what should we do now?” Ye Tian frowned.

“Let Ye Xingchen leave Blackwind Mountain to draw out the assassins. I’ll have Fire King secretly protect him. As soon as any assassin makes a move, Fire King will intervene! Killgod Hall won’t send a second assassin; they fear involving Killgod Hall itself. Once an assassin fails, the mission is considered a failure. And any failed assassin must either die or voluntarily leave Killgod Hall,” the Wind King explained.

“I understand. Let’s proceed with your plan!” Ye Tian agreed.

Afterward, the Wind King informed Ye Xingchen of the situation.

Ye Xingchen wasn’t particularly concerned but didn’t leave Blackwind Mountain immediately. He waited a thousand years before finally departing, patrolling various places among the Human Race.

Ye Tian didn’t follow Ye Xingchen, knowing his presence might deter the assassins from acting.

Based on the Wind King’s information, an assassin had indeed taken the mission. It was a silver-tier assassin, with strength at the Sixth Heaven Dao Ancestor level.

A Sixth Heaven Dao Ancestor targeting a Supreme True Ancestor like Ye Xingchen all but guaranteed success.

This was why Killgod Hall boasted a nearly 90% assassination success rate—strong assassins targeting weaker victims in secret naturally had a high likelihood of success.

One day, Ye Xingchen was flying through a stretch of void.

Suddenly, the void solidified, and a terrifying aura locked onto him.

He knew Killgod Hall’s assassin had finally arrived!