Chapter 24: Accepting the Assassination Mission

Diao Rongqi glanced at the young True God and entered the small building alone.

Inside, Diao Rongqi immediately saw Luo Feng and Moluosha seated, enjoying food and wine.

"Diao Rongqi greets Your Excellency," she said, kneeling respectfully with her head touching the ground.

"State your business," Luo Feng replied, leisurely pouring himself some wine.

"My father was killed, and tens of thousands of beings in our entire abode, including children, were massacred," Diao Rongqi said, still prostrate. "I only wish to avenge my father and all the deceased beings of our abode.

"I implored the City Lord's Mansion to eliminate the perpetrator, but they remained indifferent.

"I increased the bounty on the Yanfeng Guild's Dark Hall, hoping someone would be willing to act. But I waited all night, and no powerful individual came forward.

"I know Your Excellency does not fear the Blood Python Guild, so I came to beg you, hoping you would accept the bounty mission and kill their guild master," Diao Rongqi pleaded, her voice hoarse.

Luo Feng and Moluosha both looked at her.

"What do you offer to ask for my help?" Luo Feng asked. "This banquet you prepared?"

Diao Rongqi, still prostrate, whispered, "I have nothing much to offer. Almost all my wealth has been invested in the Yanfeng Guild's Dark Hall bounty. Now I only have ten thousand Cosmic Sands left. I am willing to offer even these ten thousand Cosmic Sands to Your Excellency.

"I know ten thousand Cosmic Sands are far too little for Your Excellency to act. But I have nothing left, only my life.

"I am willing to sell myself into servitude to Your Excellency, to serve you my entire life. I ask for nothing else, only vengeance," Diao Rongqi said, tears in her eyes, her furry tail drooping beside her.

Luo Feng looked at her. "Sell yourself into servitude? Your father clearly made arrangements for you. You even arrived today on a Magli clan flying vessel. You could live a carefree life. Are you truly willing to sacrifice everything and become a slave, just for revenge?"

"Yes," Diao Rongqi affirmed, still prostrate, without the slightest hesitation.

"Even if I kill the Blood Python Guild Master, your father cannot be resurrected. Are you giving up a lifetime of freedom for a deceased father?" Luo Feng observed her. The last time he met this young lady of the Diao Rong family, he sensed her pride, but now she was completely different.

Diao Rongqi, still prostrate, said, "He was my father! The one who loved me most in this world, who always protected and cherished me. His last message before he died was filled with concern for me, arranging a path for my future. But... my beloved father is gone! And all the clan members I've known since birth are gone too!

"For revenge, I will do anything! I will spare no effort! Even if I perish body and soul, I will be content!" Diao Rongqi looked at Luo Feng.

"Your father's final message arranged a path for your future? He must have wanted you to live well," Luo Feng said. "You don't need to sell yourself into servitude. Keep your remaining ten thousand Cosmic Sands, cultivate diligently, and live a good life, just as your father wished. As for your request for me to act, I was already planning to accept a bounty mission.

"The Blood Python Guild Master will be my first bounty target, then," Luo Feng stated.

Diao Rongqi stared blankly at Luo Feng. He's helping her, without Cosmic Sands or selling herself into servitude?

"I am willing to serve Your Excellency," Diao Rongqi said, immensely grateful.

"There's no need," Luo Feng gently shook his head. "Return to the Magli clan for now, and remember, keep this confidential."

Diao Rongqi nodded repeatedly. Of course, she understood the importance of confidentiality.

"You will receive news before nightfall," Luo Feng said, waving his hand lightly. "You may leave."

"Thank you, Your Excellency," Diao Rongqi kowtowed deeply, then rose and withdrew.

As Diao Rongqi walked out of the small building, her emotions were stirred. She saw Moyu Qingyan guarding the entrance and felt a strange hint of envy. She had wanted to serve as a slave or servant, but His Excellency hadn't accepted.

"Miss," Suo Yun rushed over to greet her.

"Suo Yun, my father is dead, and the Diao Rong clan is finished," Diao Rongqi said. "You no longer need to be my guard." As she spoke, she patted Suo Yun's shoulder, and a jade bottle appeared inside his robe.

Suo Yun stood dumbfounded, somewhat disbelieving.

Diao Rongqi soon departed on a Magli clan flying vessel.

"The Diao Rong clan is finished?" Suo Yun, who had been guarding a small eatery like the Fire Realm Restaurant, wasn't as well-informed and didn't know what had happened last night. He sensed the small jade bottle with his divine power and couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. "Five hundred Chaos Crystals! Miss is truly generous."

Even with considerable talent, serving as a guard for the Diao Rong family yielded only 10 Chaos Crystals per epoch. This time, his miss had let him go and given him five hundred Chaos Crystals, which was indeed a huge sum for a True God.

He also understood that such a large sum of Chaos Crystals was given because of his meritorious service.

"With this, I can buy resources to refine my divine body and bloodline, and combined with the inherited techniques I already have, with my talent, I fully expect to become a Void True God," Suo Yun thought to himself, his heart ablaze, and then he turned and left.

At this moment, the owner of the Fire Realm Restaurant, 'Black Butcher,' also saw Suo Yun leave.

"That guard, Suo Yun, has been staying at my Fire Realm Restaurant all this time, guarding it. Has he finally left this time?" Black Butcher wondered. "The young lady of the Diao Rong family was also strange just now. Normally, she brings her own team of guards. But this time, she came on a Magli clan flying vessel?"

Black Butcher vaguely felt something was amiss. Having reincarnated to the Origin Continent and struggled in Huyang City, he was still stuck in the Void True God realm. His information network was naturally not as extensive, and he was unaware of the Diao Rong family's destruction.

"Black Butcher!" A reprimanding voice rang out as the red-haired man, Duan Moyun, arrived at the Fire Realm Restaurant with several subordinates.

"Hall Master Duan," the stout Black Butcher enthusiastically greeted him. As a practitioner of the Law branch, Black Butcher had cultivated on the Origin Continent for many years. In terms of strength, he was definitely among the top-tier Void True Gods and could completely suppress Duan Moyun. However, at this moment, he dared not show the slightest disrespect, because the other party was one of the Blood Python Guild's hall masters.

"Hall Master Duan, it's rare for you to visit my humble restaurant," Black Butcher said warmly.

"Black Butcher," Duan Moyun said, "I'm here to convey an order."

Black Butcher asked, puzzled, "What order?"

"The Guild Master has ordered that all businesses within the Blood Python Guild's territory are required to pay a one-time tribute fee of one hundred epochs," Duan Moyun stated.

"A one-time tribute fee of one hundred epochs?" Black Butcher exclaimed in alarm, his voice urgent. "Previously, wasn't it always one epoch's fee at a time? I've never been late with my tribute to the Blood Python Guild."

"The rules have changed now; it's a one-time payment of one hundred epochs. Once you pay this time, the next payment won't be for another hundred epochs," Duan Moyun said with a slight smile. "The Blood Python Guild won't overcharge."

"But where am I supposed to get that much?" Black Butcher urgently asked.

"This applies to all businesses within the Blood Python Guild's territory," Duan Moyun said. "You are required to pay within three days. If you don't, hmph... you should know the consequences of defying the Blood Python Guild."

Black Butcher's expression turned grim.

"The message has been delivered. Get ready," Duan Moyun said, turning and leaving with his subordinates.

"Master, we have to raise a hundred epochs' worth of tribute in three days?" a disciple asked worriedly.

Black Butcher gently shook his head. "Businesses with powerful backing might not care about the Blood Python Guild, but we don't have that privilege! If we dare not pay now, we'll probably lose our lives without a sound."

Since the Blood Python Guild had decided to collect a one-time tribute fee of a hundred epochs, they would surely kill one to warn a hundred! Those who dared not pay would be eliminated!

Having survived in Huyang City until today, Black Butcher knew very well what to do and what not to do.

Even though he understood, he felt frustrated. "Sigh, it's so hard to run a small restaurant even in Huyang City."

"The Blood Python Guild is collecting a hundred epochs' worth of tribute?" a voice sounded.

Black Butcher turned to see Luo Feng and Moluosha approaching.

"Your Excellency heard that?" Black Butcher said helplessly. "With the Blood Python Guild's orders, what room do small eateries like ours have to resist?"

"This Blood Python Guild is indeed a bit mad," Luo Feng nodded. "Fortunately, I've dealt with them before."

Black Butcher muttered to himself. Dealt with them? Who in Huyang City didn't know that Lord Luo He had suppressed the Blood Python Guild, making them meekly pay twenty thousand Cosmic Sands in compensation!

"I'll put in a word for you then; it should exempt you from this tribute fee," Luo Feng said.

"That would be too much trouble for you, Lord," Black Butcher quickly replied. Some well-connected businesses in Huyang City didn't have to pay tribute fees. Only weak businesses like theirs couldn't resist. If Lord Luo He spoke up for them, the restaurant's future would surely be much better.

"My influence should carry some weight," Luo Feng said, then left with Moluosha and Moyu Qingyan.

Black Butcher watched Luo Feng depart, his heart filled with joy. "There's no way the Blood Python Guild would fight with Lord Luo He over my small restaurant. Oh, if Your Excellency likes my restaurant, my life will be much easier from now on."

Having a powerful backer meant being exempt from much exploitation.

"Master, are we going to the Blood Python Guild now?" In the sky above Huyang City's bustling urban area, Moluosha's eyes were fervent, eager for action. Meanwhile, Moyu Qingyan, who was following along, was a bit bewildered.

Go to the Blood Python Guild? Is it really necessary to be so eager for the sake of the Fire Realm Restaurant? At this moment, Moyu Qingyan still didn't know that Luo Feng intended to confront the Blood Python Guild Master.

"Yes, now," Luo Feng nodded. "Let's go."

Luo Feng, with his two servants, transformed into a blurry streak of light and headed directly for the Blood Python Guild's headquarters.

Soon, the vast and imposing Blood Python Guild headquarters appeared in their sight. Many Blood Python Guild members were scattered throughout, and with the formation arrays operating, its power was terrifyingly immense.

"You two wait outside," Luo Feng said, glancing at Moluosha.

"Yes, Master," Moluosha replied, simultaneously grabbing Moyu Qingyan. Moyu Qingyan was somewhat confused internally; shouldn't servants accompany their master when visiting the Blood Python Guild?

Moluosha also transmitted telepathically, "Don't worry, Master, even if that Blood Python Guild Master is cunning and tries to escape, I can intercept him."

"Just watch. I can handle him!" Luo Feng replied telepathically, then flew towards the main entrance of the Blood Python Guild headquarters.

"Save the Blood Python Guild Master's body for me," Moluosha transmitted telepathically, very eagerly. The body of the infamous Blood Python Guild Master would surely be much stronger than that of Heiduomo.

Luo Feng had now flown close to the main entrance of the Blood Python Guild headquarters. Simultaneously, he used the Yanfeng Guild's Dark Hall communication token to instantly accept the mission to 'Assassinate Blood Python Guild Master Muyang'!