Chapter 171 - I Am Not Afraid Of Death!
“You don’t know huh…” Ye Xiao nodded calmly and spoke blandly, “What does that mean?”
His voice was calm and indifferent. Liu Chang-Jun could feel how cold those simple words were to him. He felt like he was going to be frozen to death at any second.
If he didn’t answer the question, or if he gave an unsatisfying answer, he would be tortured cruelly!
“I really have no idea. We all have seen the assassination reward. That’s all. We kill for money. We just couldn’t say no to such an enormous amount of money.” Liu Chang-Jun anxiously explained.
He was a top-class assassin. He didn’t care about life or death. He doesn’t care about the target’s life and not even his own life. However, facing Ye Xiao, he felt extremely terrified from deep inside his heart!
It was so obvious.
He felt like it would have been a lucky thing to die instantly!
“Assassination reward.” Ye Xiao raised his head and thought for a while, and then continued, “Your name is Liu Chang-Jun, right?”
Liu Chang-Jun answered, “Yes.”
Ye Xiao said, “No. 49 on the assassin’s list of the Land of Han-Yang. The Instant Killer, Liu Chang-Jun?”
Liu Chang-Jun blushed.
He would always feel proud when somebody talked about his title and his ranking, yet now it was like a huge disgrace to him! He had become a prisoner at the moment… He just felt shameful.
Ye Xiao stared at him while slowly pacing around in the room.
“Liu Chang-Jun, you have two choices! First, follow my lead! Second, you die!” Ye Xiao spoke decisively, “Two choices! Now choose!”
“I’ll follow you!” Liu Chang-Jun didn’t hesitate at all.
All of a sudden, he and Ye Xiao were both shocked.
Ye Xiao didn’t expect such a proud assassin would promise to follow him so quickly. He didn’t even say something to attract him, ‘follow me! I will help you become the assassin king!’
[He said yes!
Why did he said yes?
That was too quick!
He wasn’t hesitating at all! Why?]
Liu Chang-Jun kept his eyes wide opened. He was full of confusion too.
He couldn’t understand why he said yes so easily. When he heard Ye Xiao, he just subconsciously chose to follow!
After saying yes, he didn’t feel less shocked than Ye Xiao did at all!
“Good.” Ye Xiao’s sharp eyes lit up and he said, “That was a quick answer. I am surprised. Very surprised.”
“Me too. How could I answer so quickly. I don’t understand. How come I just said yes so quickly.” Liu Chang-Jun was embarrassed.
He was trying to make something up in order to bring back a bit of dignity to himself…
[How could I surrender so easily…]
“First thing’s first, you have to take this dan bead.” Ye Xiao took out a dan bead and said, “You know. You gave me your word. That’s true. It was a quick word. But I just cannot trust you that much. There is something maybe we don’t need to do in the future, yet it is necessary at the moment though.”
Liu Chang-Jun looked at the dan bead. His face showed a complex expression.
He understood that if he took the dan bead, he would be no longer an independent assassin.
He would become a servant to somebody!
He kept thinking about it. After a few seconds, his forehead was already full of sweat. His face twisted like he was sick. After a while, he said, “Can I say no to that?”
His voice was full of begging!
If somebody told him he would have to beg like this, he would feel disdainful and maybe beat that guy to death. He would never admit begging for something!
However, right now, he did say that!
The reality was so cruel to him and made him frustrated.
Ye Xiao smiled and answered blandly, “No.”
Liu Chang-Jun sucked in a deep breath and closed his eyes.
“Fine!”
…
And Liu Chang-Jun had left.
He was carrying Ye Xiao’s jade token to the Ling-Bao Hall.
Ye Xiao had told Wan Zheng-Hao that they were going to build an assassination group!
He wasn’t just saying. He did something for it!
Liu Chang-Jun might not be a perfect choice, but Ye Xiao saw it as a surprise.
The perfect choice was surely Ning Bi-Luo.
However… Ning Bi-Luo wouldn’t follow him
He was a proud and free man.