2: Chapter 2: Stealth mission fails, direct assassination begins.

"Holy shit, this sense of power, it is so damn well made!"

Feeling the surging and overwhelming power within his body, Qin Muyuan's eyes lit up; the tactile feedback of power in this game was way too realistic!

He clenched his fists and looked up at the two county soldiers whose guts had already been frightened out of them.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Qin Muyuan slammed his feet down hard, his figure darting out like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, instantly reaching in front of the two county soldiers.

One of the county soldiers was shocked by Qin Muyuan's fierce Aura, his legs turning soft as he collapsed to the ground, unable to even hold the short blade in his hand.

As for the other county soldier, although he gritted his teeth and stepped forward, wanting to contend with Qin Muyuan, in front of Qin Muyuan at this moment, he was like a little chick encountering a giant rooster, unable to even look straight at him!

Qin Muyuan raised both hands in front of his chest in the shape of floating clouds in the sky, shaking them forcefully as Flowing Cloud Hand carried a massive piercing force to slam fiercely into the county soldier's chest.

Crack!

The crisp sound of shattering bones echoed within the prison. This county soldier violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his internal organs all shattered to pieces by the Flowing Cloud Hand, his face turning as pale as golden paper as his life force was instantly cut off.

"This hit feedback is so satisfying!"

Qin Muyuan let out a booming shout; this mowing-like, blood-pumping feeling was absolute peak satisfaction.

Hearing his roar, which was like a bear or tiger, the last remaining county soldier on the ground trembled violently, cold sweat gushing out in large amounts from his crotch.

Qin Muyuan's nose twitched as he smelled a foul urine stench—turns out that wasn't sweat, but piss!

But—

"Piss? Piss still counts!"

Qin Muyuan raised his hand and brought his palm down, Flowing Cloud Hand ruthlessly covering the top of the county soldier's head.

Bang!

The county soldier's skull shattered completely, meeting his demise on the spot!

Having dealt with the three mooks, Qin Muyuan lowered his head and looked at Chief Clerk Song, who had quietly climbed up at some point and retreated to the cell door.

"What are you running for? Not ready to get cozy with me now?"

Qin Muyuan raised a hand to grab, seizing the fleeing Chief Clerk Song by the back collar:

"Weren't you so wild before? Why aren't you talking now?"

Chief Clerk Song, being grabbed, trembled in body. Sensing Qin Muyuan's ferocious gaze, he gritted his teeth, turned his head back, and put on a fierce facade as he said:

"I… I am the Chief Clerk of Heishui County! If you dare to kill me, you are killing an official and going against the current imperial court! If you kill me, the imperial court will definitely not let you off; they will surely execute your nine familial generations!"

However, facing Chief Clerk Song's blustering roar, Qin Muyuan's eyes lit up instead:

"Yo! There's actually a one-man-versus-one-country plotline? This is fantastic!"

And these words, to Chief Clerk Song, were no different from a giant milk dragon planting its butt right on his face.

A madman! He was simply a madman!

This madman actually wanted to challenge the entire Xiaoshan Country with a single body?

"Madman! You madman! You will definitely come to a bad end—"

Snap!

Before his words finished falling, the Flowing Cloud Hand descended, and Chief Clerk Song instantly tilted his head and kicked his legs, all color draining from his eyes.

"Although you are an NPC, talking to me, a player, like that is something I don't like to hear."

Qin Muyuan tossed away Chief Clerk Song's corpse and said to him, though unfortunately Chief Clerk Song did not respond.

Although he knew this was an NPC program setting designed by the game for realism, Qin Muyuan was a combat-loving player who couldn't stand hearing a single harsh word, so he naturally had to off him before Chief Clerk Song could finish spitting his harsh words.

Otherwise, it would drop his mood value a bit.

Mm, not the mood value on the panel, but Qin Muyuan's own mood value.

After wiping out all four people, Qin Muyuan glanced at his panel.

[Flowing Cloud Hand Tier 1 (50%) → Flowing Cloud Hand Tier 2 (20%)]

[Mood Value: 70/100 → 100/100]

[All-Attribute Bonus: 200%]

"Awesome!"

As expected of a virtual mowing game, this leveling speed is simply awesome!

With a kick, he shoved away the corpse blocking his path and walked out of the cell.

Coming into view was a dim underground corridor lined with cells. However, the vast majority of the cells held no prisoners, with only a sparse few having people inside.

Qin Muyuan scanned these occupied cells and suddenly noticed a bright golden exclamation mark flashing in a cell at the end of the corridor.

"Is there a quest?"

Following the bright golden exclamation mark, Qin Muyuan approached.

This was a special cell. The cell bars were similarly supported by logs, but they were wrapped with soft cloth strips, seemingly done to prevent the person inside from committing suicide.

Furthermore, the environment inside this cell was much better than the one Qin Muyuan had just stayed in.

Not only was there no stains or urine marks whatsoever, but there were also a wooden table and chairs, on which were placed meals served in ceramic bowls, as well as paper, writing brush, and ink that could be used for writing.

However, the owner of this cell seemed to have no interest in any of this at all.

The cell owner was a teenager of around sixteen or seventeen, lying flat on the bed in a sprawling " too" shape and slacking off.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, the teenager inside the cell raised his head slightly.

Noticing Qin Muyuan standing outside the cell, the teenager revealed a look of surprise:

"Holy shit! You actually didn't get sodomized by that old bastard?"

Hearing this, it seemed that Chief Clerk Song frequently engaged in homosexual acts?

Then it seemed he was right to kill him; an old bastard who was gay and forced others to be gay deserved death.

Qin Muyuan didn't dwell on this issue for too long, instead saying:

"Quest, quest, give me a quest!"

Hearing this, the teenager inside the cell was stunned for a moment. What did it mean by give me a quest? Was this playing some kind of romantic roleplay game?

Seeing the teenager daze and no quest panel popping up in front of him, Qin Muyuan thought to himself, could it be that the method of accepting quests was wrong?

Qin Muyuan cleared his throat and spoke again:

"I see you are trapped inside the cell, do you need my help?"

"You are willing to help me?" Hearing his words, the teenager in the cell quickly climbed up from the bed and asked.

There's hope!

It seemed this was the correct format to trigger the quest.

This game's quest triggering was quite immersive after all.

Qin Muyuan nodded and said, "If you need it, I can help you."

"Need it, very much need it!" The teenager in the cell hurriedly said:

"This brother, can you safely escort me out of this Heishui Prison? If it succeeds, I will definitely reward you handsomely in the future!"

As his voice fell, a quest panel appeared in front of Qin Muyuan.

[Huoyun Country, Hongyan Prefecture Xiao Family member Xiao Chang issues a quest to you]

[Quest: Safely escort Xiao Chang out of Heishui Prison and help him shake off the government pursuers of Heishui Prison]

[Quest Rewards: Experience +100, Mall Points +1000, Xiaoshan Country Regional Fame +50, Colorless Wind-Treading Step * 1]

[A colorless martial art just like Flowing Cloud Hand, the rewards are not bad.]

With Flowing Cloud Hand and Wind-Treading Step, he had both hand techniques and foot techniques, which could be considered developing towards being well-rounded.

Qin Muyuan closed the quest panel and looked up at Xiao Chang, who was still explaining his background:

"I am the legitimate son of the Xiao Family from Hongyan Prefecture in Huoyun Country. I was originally traveling and exploring various countries, who would have thought I encountered an extremely powerful tiger demon halfway..."

"Skip, skip, skip." Qin Muyuan interrupted Xiao Chang's voice, then circulated the power within his body, slamming a palm of Flowing Cloud Hand onto the cell bars.

With a snap, the bars broke instantly, wood chips flying everywhere.

"Skip all prior recaps. Just follow closely behind me."

Finished speaking, Qin Muyuan turned around and walked out of the prison corridor.

Xiao Chang looked at Qin Muyuan's back as he turned and walked away, completely dumbfounded.

Wait no, he hadn't even stated his background, hadn't said the reason he was captured, and hadn't even mentioned what reward he could provide!

Even his own name hadn't been said yet!

He directly smashed open the cell and let him out?

Is, is this right?

Xiao Chang was dazed for a moment, and seeing Qin Muyuan walking far away, he snapped back to reality and hurriedly followed.

Passing by the cell where Qin Muyuan had stayed, Xiao Chang took a glance inside.

The old bastard and the three county soldiers who followed beside the old bastard were now neatly lying inside the cell, all out of breath.

"An expert!"

Xiao Chang's heart tightened; being able to take care of three short-blade-wielding county soldiers in such a short time, the brother ahead of him was definitely a martial arts expert!

"The NPC accompanying System is made very intelligently, truly worthy of an epoch-making virtual game!"

Seeing Xiao Chang quickly catching up behind him, Qin Muyuan nodded, his evaluation of the game rising another level in his heart.

Once he clears the game, he must definitely recommend it to his group friends!

Walking to the end of the prison corridor and opening the iron door, a flattering voice came from outside:

"Chief Clerk Song, are you done?"

An old face resembling a withered chrysanthemum appeared before Qin Muyuan.

This face was originally full of smiles, carrying a disgusting flattery.

But when he saw that the person walking out of the prison wasn't Chief Clerk Song, but Qin Muyuan instead, the smile on his face instantly froze.

Possessing excellent self-preservation awareness, he violently pulled the rope of the bronze bell hanging by his side.

"Som-, something happened! Something happened in the cell—"

Snap!

The old chrysanthemum smiling man's voice abruptly stopped. Qin Muyuan retracted his palm, listening to the jingling bronze bell.

"Stealth assassination failed, let's go with frontal assassination instead."