Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 118 - 100, famous and hard to get by command

Tong Long’s expression suddenly brightened as he said, "Is Old He suggesting we find Jinling Zhu Family to hire a killer to deal with that Fang Jinghong?"

He Wuyou nodded, Tong Long’s words had clearly conveyed his intention...

The two most famous assassination organizations in Xingnan Prefecture were the Silver Blade Society in the Prefectural City and the Zhu Family of Jinling County, which was to the west of Tongling County. Prefectural City was too far from Tongling County.

Naturally, they would not seek far and wide while a closer option existed!

Without much thought, Tong Long directly said to He Wuyou, "Then let’s trouble Old He to make a trip. With so much going on, I worry that it’s not safe to send someone else. The Jinling Main House is elusive, and it’s not easy to contact them."

A sinister gleam flashed in He Wuyou’s eyes as he nodded and cupped his hands, saying, "Patriarch is too courteous. Serving the Escort Agency is no trouble at all!"

The so-called Jinling Zhu Family did not refer to any clan or power. In this world, there had never been an assassination organization that could establish a power base; after all, they were a group of people who recognized money, not faces. But of course, there was still a distinction in their reputations.

Both the Jinling Zhu Family and the Silver Blade Society had precedents of assassinating warriors in the Gang Qi Realm, with the Silver Blade Society even having assassinated a warrior in the Dan Embracing Phase. Therefore, the reputations of these two were considerable within Xingnan Prefecture.

Without hesitating for long, Tong Long took out a silver note of 150,000 taels from the Escort Agency’s treasury and handed it directly to He Wuyou.

Seeing the silver note worth 150,000 taels, He Wuyou suddenly looked up, his face filled with shock, and said, "Is the patriarch issuing a Jinling Death Order?"

The Jinling Zhu Family undertook assassination tasks in two ways: one was to report the target’s strength and let them set the price for a single assassination attempt. If it failed because the reported strength was incorrect, no refunds would be made. The other was the Jinling Kill-on-Sight Order, where again you reported the strength and they would set the price, but they would attempt the assassination three times.

Generally, this was very costly, but the success rate was also very high. This was also the biggest reason why the Jinling Zhu Family became renowned in Xingnan Prefecture.

In the martial world, there were unspoken rules about assassinations. Generally, a Coagulate Gang phase martial artist, without considering reputation, power, or other factors, would cost between thirty thousand to fifty thousand taels. Fang Jinghong’s remarkable feat notwithstanding, he had never been heard of before, so the price could only be just over thirty thousand.

Offering 150,000 taels at once obviously meant issuing a Kill-on-Sight Order, which is why He Wuyou asked that question.

Although Tong Yun did not answer him, the furious blaze in his eyes said everything. It was clear that the death of his younger brother, Tong Long, made him utterly loathe that damned Third Dragon Head of the Qinglong Association!

......

For the entire day, not just Ling Cheng Escort Agency, but also the other six third-rate forces in the Prefectural City, were all frantically discussing the Third Dragon Head of the Qinglong Association.

In the second floor of Shengxin Residence, Ding Peng, Nie Xinchuan, Liu Jianghong, and Bai Yunfan once again gathered together, clinking cups and speaking amongst themselves, they also talked about the Qinglong Association.

Liu Jianghong’s face was filled with unstoppable laughter as he said, "Tong Yun lost his head last night; he dragged his sect members and searched his own territory the entire night, with nothing to show for it, hahaha..."

The West Cloud Escort Agency and Ling Cheng Escort Agency were mortal enemies. With the Ling Cheng Escort Agency losing a warrior in the Gang Qi Realm—none other than the patriarch Tong Yun’s younger brother—Liu Jianghong, the Family Head of West Cloud Escort Agency, naturally felt immensely pleased at the moment.

All four were allies, so the moods of the other three were naturally good as well, but Ding Peng suddenly turned to look at Bai Yunfan with a hint of a shadow in his eyes, and said, "Patriarch Bai, tell me the truth, does the Qinglong Association have any connections with the Hou Family?"

As soon as Ding Peng asked this, the faces of Bai Yunfan, Liu Jianghong, and Nie Xinchuan all registered shock, but they quickly grasped the implications.

"Impossible!"

"There’s no way."

"It can’t be the Hou Family!"

Their unified stance left Ding Peng a bit perplexed. The Qinglong Association’s first assassination had started on the second day of the third month, and before that, this assassination organization had never been heard of elsewhere. So all the speculations were focused within Tongling County.

In Tongling County, aside from his Great Luo Sect, there were only nine houses capable of assassinating a Gang Qi Realm martial artist. The Prefectural Magistrate’s Office and the Prison Admin Department were naturally out of the question, so the Hou Family was most suspect, especially since Hou Yuxiao had left the Prefectural City on the first day of the third month, which looked very much like a deliberate attempt to avoid suspicion.

Moreover, just one month before Tong Long was killed, there happened to be two Gang Qi Realm martial artists from the Hou Family visiting the county. This should have been very obvious, so why were the three so certain it wasn’t the Hou Family...

"We’ve suspected the Hou Family for a while now," confessed Bai Yunfan, "The Qinglong Association’s first assassination target was Lu Gui of Ling Cheng Escort Agency. And in February, that Lu Gui had just beaten up a guy from the Hou Family named Wang Gong!"

Ding Peng was unaware of this bit of news, and his interest peaked as he continued to listen to Bai Yunfan.

"At first, we thought it was the Hou Family and were quite pleased, since the Hou Family is one of our own, and they were targeting Ling Cheng Escort Agency, which we were happy to see."

"But then things started to feel not quite right. People from my Bai Family were also being assassinated."

"My West Cloud Escort Agency too..."

"And my Hongdao Gang as well!"

Ding Peng immediately looked surprised and said, "In that case, this Qinglong Association recognizes money, not people. Could it be possible that the Hou Family is doing this deliberately?"

Bai Yunfan shook his head and whispered, "Young Sect Master is unaware, this Third Dragon Head, Fang Jinghong, has not made his first appearance!"

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Liu Jianghong, who was beside him, nodded and told Ding Peng, "On the seventh of this month, Fang Jinghong killed the Elder of the Iron Fist Sect, Chen Feng, in Yinling County. On the twenty-fifth, he killed the Elder of the Divine Sound Sect, Helian Wufeng, in Wanyang County. Last night’s Tong Long was just the third Warrior of the Gang Qi Realm that the Qinglong Association has killed..."

Ding Peng immediately stood up from his chair in shock and exclaimed, "How is that possible? Helian Wufeng was a Dan Embracing Phase Warrior!"

As soon as he saw the confirming expression on Liu Jianghong’s face, Ding Peng remembered that the West Cloud Escort Agency had an escort route to Tongling County, so his information must be accurate.

"Is this Third Dragon Head, Fang Jinghong, that powerful?"

All three nodded solemnly, obviously agreeing with this statement.

It was Ding Peng who, after pondering, looked even more solemn than the other three. Staring outside the window, he whispered, "And this is only the Third Dragon Head, there are others above him..."

The three instantly changed their expressions. If he was the Third Dragon Head, then it proved that there were stronger ones above him, the Second Dragon Head.

If the Third Dragon Head could kill a Dan Embracing Phase Warrior, how powerful must the Second Dragon Head be?

And...how powerful must the Great Dragon Head be, above the level of a Grandmaster?

Nie Xinchuan suddenly spoke up leisurely, "The three of you have already... checked on the Qinglong Token, haven’t you?"

Ding Peng’s expression changed as he looked at Nie Xinchuan and the other two, noticing their odd faces. A glint of dark light flashed in his eyes as he laughed, "I thought only my Great Luo Sect had found out, it seems you three have also gotten wind of the news!"

Bai Yunfan nodded and whispered, "On the thirtieth of July, the Rakshasa Festival, the Qinglong Association is set to release the second batch of Qinglong Tokens. It’s rumored that there are a total of one hundred and ten Qinglong Tokens, and among them, ten are Silver Orders..."

The four looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly.

The Qinglong Tokens that had appeared so far were only of bronze and silver; bronze aimed at Warriors of the Tenth Level of Body Opening, fetching at most about 2,000 silver taels in the market, naturally not enough to elicit such an expression from the four.

The key was the Qinglong Silver Order. Wanyang, Yinling, Tongling, the lives of three counties have proven that these silver Qinglong Tokens could be worth the life of a Dan Embracing Phase Warrior. With such a precious item at stake, who wouldn’t be tempted!

Liu Jianghong chuckled and said, "The Qinglong Association has let slip that on the Rakshasa Festival on the thirtieth of July, they will scatter ten Qinglong Silver Orders in Tongling County.

All the major forces of Wanyang County and Yinling County will surely come here then. It’s just uncertain how the Qinglong Association will sell the tokens and whether the Great Dragon Head will dare to show up in person."

Nie Xinchuan’s expression showed some eagerness as he spoke softly, "I have contacts in Yinling County, and I’ve heard that quite a few people there are preparing to vie for the Qinglong Tokens this time.

Duan Tianbao, the Sect Leader of the Iron Fist Sect, is determined to kill Fang Jinghong to avenge Chen Feng. He will surely come, and with the prefectural city already being troubled, so many people gathering together makes competing for the tokens no simple matter!"

Among the four, it was only Ding Peng whose interest in the Qinglong Tokens seemed weaker, but that did not mean he did not want them.

A Qinglong Token that could be exchanged for the life of a Dan Embracing Phase Warrior, even as the Young Sect Master of the Great Luo Sect, he couldn’t possibly be indifferent to such an item...

In fact, with the Great Luo Sect’s presence, Ding Peng had the highest chance of obtaining it; after all, even a powerful dragon cannot suppress a local snake, and with the Qinglong Association choosing to scatter the tokens in Tongling County, they couldn’t avoid involving the Great Luo Sect!

"It’s uncertain how the Qinglong Association will set the price or whether they’ll auction them off. If it’s an auction, I wonder if the Great Dragon Head will dare to make a personal appearance!"

Ding Peng observed the expressions of the three, musing silently, his mind teeming with thoughts...