42: Encounter

Three days passed just like that.

Xiao Shi didn't bother with the Bounty Hunter.

He let him loiter around his bait, but he just wouldn't reel him in.

Xiao Shi wasn't in a hurry, but the Bounty Hunter was getting anxious.

He had originally thought that after arriving in Jin Yun City, this Night Watch, who was unwilling to reveal his name, would definitely make a move against him, just as he had killed the two previous Bounty Hunters.

But after being here for so long, it was calm and peaceful; he hadn't even seen a shadow of a person.

"Could it be that he saw through our plan?"

Luo Fangyi frowned deeply.

But then he thought it was impossible.

No one else knew their plan except for the Bounty Hunters in the organization.

The other party couldn't possibly know.

But the lack of action was very strange.

After much thought.

Luo Fangyi couldn't figure out the reason.

Even last night, in order to lure out this mysterious Night Watch, he even feigned an appearance of being about to harm Cen Qingci.

But even so.

The other party still did not appear.

This gave Luo Fangyi a headache.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought of directly killing Cen Qingci to force the other party to show himself.

But if he did that.

Then he wouldn't be able to stay in Jin Yun City any longer.

Although there had been cases where Bounty Hunters successfully assassinated targets within Jin Yun City and then escaped unscathed, they would immediately withdraw from Jin Yun City.

It was impossible to kill someone here and still remain in the city.

Therefore, killing Cen Qingci to force the other party to appear was not feasible.

At most, he could only pretend to be about to make a move.

If this mysterious Night Watch was acting against them, the Bounty Hunters, because he was concerned for Cen Qingci's safety, then he would surely appear at this time.

However, the truth proved that... the other party didn't care about Cen Qingci's life or death at all.

This left Luo Fangyi with no options.

He could only remain in Jin Yun City, waiting for the other party to make a move... Xiao Shi took out his identity token.

He checked his current contribution points.

He had a total of 1,460 contribution points.

After ten days of patrolling, he had gained 560 contribution points.

This amount of contribution points was not much.

This also meant that Xiao Shi no longer dared to exchange for night frost dew.

After all, a bottle of night frost dew required 300 contribution points.

With the amount of contribution points he currently had, he couldn't afford such a large consumption.

He still needed to accumulate 20,000 contribution points to be promoted to Inner Sect Disciple.

Although there was no night frost dew to assist in cultivation.

Xiao Shi still spent ten days successfully cultivating Night Tiger to the fourth level.

This was also because sometimes he had to patrol at night and couldn't cultivate for the entire night.

Otherwise, with his talent, he would have had a chance to challenge the fifth level of Night Tiger.

Now, as the ten-day mission period ended, the next round of missions also began.

Xiao Shi and the other Night Watch of Team Ding gathered together, waiting for Team Leader Ding to arrive and issue the missions.

Soon.

After all the Night Watch of Team Ding had arrived.

Slit-Eyes then appeared.

As always, he distributed the missions to everyone's tokens via his own token.

Then he washed his hands of it, letting these Night Watch freely exchange missions.

Xiao Shi looked at the mission in his token.

Mission: Kill the wanted criminal Wei Zhen.

Mission Difficulty: Level Four.

Mission Information: Wanted criminal Wei Zhen killed an Entering Martial Realm Fourth Level Night Watch half a month ago, hence this warrant. Wei Zhen, male, age 40-50, cultivation Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level, is currently located in Bai Mu Town. Please proceed as soon as possible to eliminate him.

Mission Time Limit: Ten days... This mission was a bit too simple for Xiao Shi.

However, he didn't mind.

Nor did he plan to exchange it with others.

After all, with his apparent cultivation strength of Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level, exchanging for a more difficult mission with other Night Watch would inevitably attract unnecessary attention.

"Although the mission is a bit simple, there are benefits to simplicity; it won't take too much time, and there's no need to worry about any danger. The sooner it's completed, the more time there will be for cultivation."

On the same day after receiving the mission, Xiao Shi quickly set off from Jin Yun City.

He planned to complete the mission in one day.

This way, the remaining nine days could all be used for cultivation.

The previous mission of patrolling Jin Yun City was also very easy.

But there wasn't much time for cultivation.

Most of the time was spent patrolling various parts of the city.

This caused his cultivation progress to be somewhat slow, and now this mission could make up for that.

After leaving Jin Yun City.

Xiao Shi hurried all the way towards Bai Mu Town.

Bai Mu Town was not too far from Jin Yun City.

This small town was governed by the Silver Scale Gang.

Most of those who usually went to Bai Mu Town were rogue cultivators from nearby, as well as people from other gangs, bandit strongholds, and other forces.

They basically treated this small town as a small market.

They often bought and traded goods here.

There were also people who hired others to carry out missions here.

Compared to Jin Yun City, besides not needing to pay living fees, there was also no rule against fighting and killing in the town.

Therefore, incidents of murder and plunder often occurred in Bai Mu Town.

The law of the jungle here was more naked, showcasing the bloodshed and cruelty of a chaotic world.

By the time Xiao Shi arrived at Bai Mu Town, it was already evening.

The small town under the twilight exuded an aura completely different from Jin Yun City.

Chaos, filth, blood, brutality!

Outside the town, many corpses were piled up; most of them had already rotted and stank.

Some wild dogs could be seen gnawing on the corpses.

The people entering and leaving the town were all cold and ferocious individuals.

Their bodies were all stained with blood.

As soon as Xiao Shi entered the town, he witnessed a slaughter.

The person who was killed not only had a black blade run through his chest, but the person holding the blade, after killing him, also dismembered him with a series of knives, a sinister smile on his face.

The surrounding crowd showed no expression at this scene.

They seemed to have long been accustomed to it.

"Is this what a chaotic world is like...?"

Xiao Shi suppressed the discomfort in his heart.

He didn't linger here too long and walked into the distance.

Most of the buildings in the entire town were grey and black, full of dilapidation, and the ground was covered with all sorts of trash, as well as severed hands and feet that could be seen from time to time.

Most of the people in the town were very wary, with strong animosity towards each other.

Occasionally, some children could be seen, but their eyes held no innocence, only lifelessness and indifference.

Xiao Shi suddenly understood why Jin Yun City charged expensive living fees every day, yet still, a large number of people wanted to stay there every day.

Compared to a place like this... Jin Yun City was practically a sacred land.

Xiao Shi didn't want to stay in such a dirty and bloody place for too long and quickly began his search.

The entire town was neither too big nor too small, and it would take some time to find someone here.

After a search.

Although Xiao Shi did not find his target, he encountered a familiar person.

Dressed in white, petite in stature, with a full bust, fair and delicate skin, and long black hair twisted into a bun on her head.

It was... Cen Qingci!

"Why is she here!"

Xiao Shi was surprised.

At the same time, when he saw Cen Qingci, Cen Qingci also looked at him.

"Junior Brother, are you also here to carry out a mission?"