Chapter 1981: One Sect, Three Halls
Chapter 1981: Chapter 1981: One Sect, Three Halls
Xiao Yi scanned through task after task, suddenly pausing on one and letting out a bitter laugh.
An intelligence task, searching for Purple Flame Yi Xiao’s whereabouts.
Reward: Ten High Grade Spirit Veins per day.
Kill him and obtain his complete corpse, reward: Five hundred High Grade Spirit Veins.
"Five hundred High Grade Spirit Veins." Xiao Yi squinted his eyes.
This was quite a massive amount.
High Grade Spirit Veins were already rare.
Such a huge amount, not to mention the Eighteen Mansions level of overlord forces, even the Five Great Academies might not be able to produce it.
And if they did, it would certainly be a great strain.
Guisha City, what a grand gesture.
No, to be accurate, it’s the person who posted this task who has a grand gesture.
Upon further inspection, the exchange of task intelligence numbered over a hundred.
But the assassination task had received zero acceptance.
Xiao Yi never expected to see his own name on a task scroll here, and the reward was so high.
The one willing to pay such a high price to avenge the grudge against Yi Xiao’s identity must certainly be an Evil Cultivator.
This is also the terrifying aspect of Guisha City; even if the task is posted by an Evil Cultivator, they still dare to accept and publish it.
Xiao Yi continued to read.
The tasks were not all extremely difficult.
Some were simply ordinary assassination tasks.
Like targeting families in the region, famous Martial Artists, and so on.
These tasks were presumably published by enemies.
And without exception, these tasks asked not for reasons, only for rewards.
After reading through the entire scroll, Xiao Yi shook his head.
These tasks, he wouldn’t be able to take many of them.
Closing the scroll, Xiao Yi went back to the task counter to pick up a few more scrolls.
The number of tasks in the whole Guisha City was countless, not a single scroll could record them all.
As Xiao Yi went through one task scroll after another, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
The tasks here seemed to be designed only for those utterly ruthless who treat lives as ants.
An hour later.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi’s eyes suddenly brightened.
"An Evil Cultivator’s task?"
He actually found a task to snipe Evil Cultivators, and there were quite a few.
This was from the eighth task scroll he read.
The entire scroll was filled with tasks related to killing Evil Cultivators.
"This is it." Xiao Yi eyes lit up with joy as he moved from the corner towards the task counter.
After picking up a load of tasks, Xiao Yi turned and left.
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As he left, Xiao Yi returned to the entrance of the city gate.
Approaching the entrance, waves of Formation Power surged around.
After a moment, everything returned to normal, and Xiao Yi was already outside Guisha City.
Swish...
The air rippled.
A figure appeared out of thin air.
It was the same old man who had given him the token when he first entered Guisha City.
The old man, clad in a large robe, his face obscured.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi gave him a disinterested look.
Instinct told him this old man was very strong.
At this moment, the old man was clearly staring at him.
"Is there something you want?" Xiao Yi asked indifferently.
"Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that?" The old man replied coldly.
"The renowned Black Robe Xiao Xun, coming to our Guisha City, surely wouldn’t be here just for a mere visit."
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi squinted his eyes.
"What, surprised?" The old man spoke coldly, "There are many martial artists in this Central Region dressed in black robes."
"But wearing a mask, concealing their face, with cold eyes and an icy aura that no one can gauge the depth of."
"In this Central Region, there are only two. One is the illustrious Purple Flame Yi Xiao; the other is you, Black Robe Xiao Xun."
"Purple Flame Yi Xiao is always dressed sharply, acting decisively."
"As for you, Black Robe Xiao Xun, you’re always deep and cautious, mysterious."
"And then?" Xiao Yi’s gaze became icy as he stared at the old man.
"That’s all." The old man shook his head, "The City Lord asked me to tell you, no matter who you are, you don’t have the qualification to act recklessly in our Guisha City."
"Our Guisha City doesn’t care about your identity either."
"But, if you truly want to gain something in our Guisha City, then throw away that heart of yours."
With those words, the old man’s figure vanished into thin air.
Xiao Yi squinted at the walls where those four words were starkly evident.
The world is full of evil ghosts... Guisha Heartless Inn.
Xiao Yi withdrew his gaze, and his indifferent figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
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Be it the matters of Guisha City or the tasks, in the end, it’s just disputes between forces.
Thus, regardless of the happenings inside Guisha City, the Eight Palaces do not intervene.
The Eight Palaces never meddle with disputes between various forces.
Of course, if there are heinous acts causing widespread slaughter leading to the tragic death of a million beings, the Eight Palaces will undoubtedly send a Law Enforcement Team to pursue those responsible.
Guisha City has its rules, and the Eight Palaces have their iron regulations.
Evil Cultivators are the best example.
As strong as the Evil Lord Mansion, with countless Evil Cultivators throughout the Central Region, they can only be forced to hide in the shadows, not daring to emerge openly.
Nonetheless, Guisha City is an extremely mysterious force.
Currently, Guisha City is considered Xiao Yi’s temporary training target.
Judging by Xiao Yi’s recent experience in Guisha City, it indeed appears strange and mysterious.
The tasks, needless to say.
Since the tasks can be published, someone must be posting them.
Be it the Heavenly Que Academy or Ye Saint Mansion, they seem powerful, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have enemies.
Poison Robe had once dared to attempt to assassinate Legendary Expert.
For those who are even stronger, as long as the price is right, someone will naturally dare to accept the task; whether the task succeeds or not remains an unknown.
Moreover, within Guisha City, there is no legislation, transforming it into a land of slaughter.
The major conflicts largely originate from the Ghost Hunters themselves.
Xiao Yi had once said that wherever there are people, there is conflict, there is Jianghu.
Guisha City is no exception.
One by one, Ghost Hunters band together to form forces.
Whoever can become the top Ghost Hunter faction within Guisha City gains vast benefits.
According to the intelligence from the Heavenly Mechanism Hall, the largest Ghost Hunter faction inside Guisha City is a gate with three halls.
These are the Cold Evil Sect, Ghost Tiger Hall, Ghost Leopard Hall, and Ghost Leaf Hall.
Yet the Guisha City Lord Mansion completely disregards these matters.
Moreover, it seems the Guisha City Lord deliberately lets it happen, allowing this immense city without law to become even more filled with slaughter.
Xiao Yi shook his head and sighed lightly.
The many odd occurrences in Guisha City, he was disinclined to ponder over or deal with.
He’s currently taking on tasks focused solely on Evil Cultivators.
Guisha City dares to accept tasks from Evil Cultivators, so naturally, it dares to accept tasks to kill Evil Cultivators.
Moreover, Evil Cultivators are hunted by everyone, with many enemies.
Evil Cultivators are notoriously known for instilling fear.
Many forces, or Martial Artists with existing grievances, dare not confront Evil Cultivators, but Guisha City offers a great avenue.
From the task descriptions he saw on the task scrolls, there are hundreds of forces out for revenge against Evil Cultivators.
Of course, the specifics of which forces, Xiao Yi does not know.
Yet, this becomes his best training path moving forward.
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First update.