Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 117 - 100, famous and hard to get by command

New Yu Era 1322, May 30th

Ling Cheng Escort Agency had become famous...

At a time when the citizens of Tongling County were terrified due to the emergence of demons, Tong Long, the Chief Escort of Ling Cheng Escort Agency, was murdered right within his own territory in the prefectural city.

Initially, Ling Cheng Escort Agency had locked down the news. The citizens only heard of his death and thought it was the work of demons, but the truth couldn’t be concealed forever. The commotion that night was not small, and because Tong Long’s concubine, Liu Yuzhu, was still alive, and the escort agency had searched the northwestern district thoroughly for an entire night, the details of last night’s assassination quickly spread...

Upon learning that it was the Qinglong Association who killed Tong Long, the entire city immediately became agitated!

Who was Tong Long? Chief Escort of Ling Cheng Escort Agency, younger brother of the great leader, Tong Yun, a peak warrior in the Coagulate Gang Phase, a well-known major personality of the entire county. There was hardly anyone in the county who didn’t know about him.

Murdered within his own escort agency’s territory in the northwestern outskirts of the prefectural city!

Fifteen miles outside of the prefectural city lay the zones occupied by the seven third-tier powers other than the Hou Clan, each occupying about two miles of land. This meant that Tong Long’s residence was at most, at most two miles away from the escort agency.

A distance of two miles—Tong Yun, a Dan Embracing Phase martial artist, along with two other warriors of the Gang Qi Realm in the agency, could have burst forth at full speed in less than the time it takes for a hundred breaths. Yet, Tong Long was still murdered. According to reliable rumors, the disturbance from the start to the end last night did not even last a hundred breaths.

What does this imply? Tong Long couldn’t even withstand the assassin for a hundred breaths. If taking into account that the killer also took the time to slay his twenty-seven guards, let’s not even talk about a hundred breaths—he probably didn’t last even several dozen breaths.

It wasn’t just the name of Qinglong Association that got out but also, through deliberate disclosure by the Ling Cheng Escort Agency, the name Third Dragon Head Fang Jinghong was quickly spread as well.

Originally, the Qinglong Association had carried out over ten assassinations at the beginning of the year across the county. After each assassination, they would leave behind a broken Qinglong Token. Their reputation had already been stirred up among the lower-tier forces and martial artists of the Body Opening Realm.

However, in all those previous occurrences, their targets had been warriors of the tenth level of the Body Opening Realm. Though their methods were fiercely executed, following the token to kill without any mercy or negotiations, which was indeed troubling, their strength after all was limited and aimed at martial artists of the Body Opening Realm, and thus, they were never considered a threat by any consequential power.

This time, they had actually targeted a Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm—and succeeded!

The various powers within the county then realized that the Qinglong Association was far more formidable than they had previously imagined. Suddenly, every household in the prefectural city began to pay attention to this once unnoticed assassination group.

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"We searched all night, and found not a single clue. Useless, good for nothing!"

Ling Cheng Escort Agency, main hall, roaring voices filled the air, the sect members, faced with the fiery wrath of the great leader, Tong Yun, were utterly silent.

"Great leader, it’s not that the brothers are inept, these doings of the Qinglong Association are secretive assassinations, and those they deal with are also characters who cannot appear in the light, plus, there’s no trace of them to be followed. We searched for a day, and only found out they have assassinated fifteen people from last month until now.

But those fifteen are all sect members from lower-tier powers, Chairman Fang of the Tongling Chamber of Commerce, Boss Meng from Xinglong Horse Farm, as well as the Jia Family, Wang Family, and Liu Family. We have gone to each of their homes to inquire, and from beginning to end, they’ve not seen anyone from Qinglong Association, only these shattered Qinglong Tokens left behind, but all were made of bronze, and as for the silver tokens, it seems we are the first!"

Zhang Nanhe spoke with a hint of grievance, having been awake since midnight until now, and still faced with a scolding from the great leader, his mood was naturally not good.

Tong Yun’s face immediately turned the color of pig liver, the silver Qinglong Token in his hand nearly distorted by his grip, a clear indication of the fury within him.

With his knowledge, it was obvious to think that if the previous fifteen were all bronze Qinglong Tokens, the first silver Qinglong Token appearing on Tong Long meant that the Qinglong Association was using his Ling Cheng Escort Agency to make a statement or perhaps, they were preparing to debut these silver tokens.

His Ling Cheng Escort Agency was a respected third-tier power and had some reputation in Xingnan Prefecture. Now, however, it had been reduced to a stepping stone for an obscure assassination group. How could he, the great leader, swallow such an insult.

At that moment, an old man with gray hair standing closest to Tong Yun stepped forward slightly.

"Great leader, please be patient. I’ve also looked into this Qinglong Association. It seems they make use of commoners to pass along their messages, using a different secret word each day. The protocol is to see the token and accept the job, and they don’t meet the clients directly, making it indeed very hard to trace any thread of their whereabouts!"

Tong Yun’s face slightly softened upon hearing the old man speak.

"Old He, do you have any thoughts?"

He Wuyou, the second strongest expert of Ling Cheng Escort Agency, currently at the Gathering Evil Phase of cultivation, had just lost a close brother and his right-hand man, Tong Yun. For now, he naturally had to save some face for He Wuyou and spoke with a slightly more eased tone, querying his suggestions.

"Since they communicate daily through secret words, and they also make use of ordinary people, unless the Prison Admin Department is willing to help us conduct a massive sweep and search among the people, it’s probably impossible to find the whereabouts of the Qinglong Association!"

Tong Yun nodded, his eyes revealing a sinister gleam, and said, "Magistrate Ding is currently up to his neck dealing with the demons’ issue, there’s no use going to him now."

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He Wuyou nodded in agreement, a sinister expression appearing on his face as he spoke softly, "Not being able to find them doesn’t mean we can’t deal with them. This world has more than just one assassination group. That Third Dragon Head was arrogant enough to leave behind his own name!"