Peerless Martial Expert in the City-Chapter 267 - 270 He is in the Condensation period

"Thud!"

Just as Sun Hao was contentedly puffing on his cigar, savoring the sensation as it glided through his throat, a huge thudding noise came from the entrance of the bar.

Which blind fool dares to cause trouble in my bar?

Sun Hao’s brows immediately furrowed, his eyes revealing a hint of displeasure.

On the rare occasion that he was in a good mood, some blind idiots had to come and spoil it, it’s just fucking... suicidal!

Sun Hao got up, his eyes annoyed as he looked towards the entrance of the bar.

That glance nearly scared his soul out of his body.

At the entrance of the bar, a pale-faced, beardless man stumbled in, occasionally knocking over some tables and chairs. That thudding sound from before was when he had knocked over a table.

His expression was extremely terrifying, his eyes cold, his mouth stained with fresh red blood...

And behind him, Lord Hong’s face was pale, devoid of any color, with blood also at the corners of his mouth...

What...

What’s going on?

Sun Hao abruptly stood up, casually tossing the cigar into the trash and quickly moved forward, facing Lord Hong with a puzzled and tense expression, "Lord Hong, this..."

"I must go into a cultivation retreat to heal, and before I give permission, no one is allowed to disturb me!"

Before Lord Hong had a chance to say anything, the pale-faced, beardless man had already spoken.

"Please rest assured, Master Lin, there will be absolutely no one disturbing you!"

Sun Hao’s spirits tightened, and he hurriedly responded with careful respect. After speaking, he looked hesitantly at the man, "But, Master Lin... your injuries, are they..."

"Injured by that Xiao Yi kid."

The pale-faced, beardless man took a table cloth, wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, and spoke indifferently.

"What!"

"What!"

Two exclamations sounded at the same time.

Both Sun Hao and Lord Hong had their eyes wide open in shock.

Lord Hong had just left Xiao Yi’s villa when he realized the pale-faced, beardless man was also injured, and severely at that. He had spat out several mouthfuls of blood. He had been puzzled, wondering how such a terrifying figure could be so grievously wounded. He had thought it was the monk who had caused him to cough up blood. His heart had been secretly freaking out since the monk seemed not to have lifted a finger, yet managed to hurt someone so fearsome. No wonder he had wanted to flee so quickly!

But he hadn’t expected to hear it was Xiao Yi who had injured him!

Sun Hao was oblivious to the details of what had happened, but he also knew who the Xiao kid was.

But wasn’t Xiao Yi about the same strength as Lord Hong? How did he manage to injure even a Condensation period high-tier expert?

"Hmph, but that Xiao kid should be as good as dead!"

Sweeping his gaze over their astonished faces, the pale-faced, beardless man snorted coldly, anger flaring within him as he recalled how that kid had played him for a fool, tricking him.

However, the thought that Xiao Yi was likely dead brought him a bit of comfort.

From what he had seen before leaving, Xiao Yi had collapsed and seemed to have just broken into the Condensation period not long ago, not as powerful as he had imagined. Their previous encounter had damaged at least 80% of Xiao Yi’s meridians. Despite that, Xiao Yi had suppressed his injuries and feigned composure, which only worsened his condition. Judging by his pallor, his internal organs were probably all damaged. Even a deity would have trouble saving his life now!

"Sir... you’re saying... Xiao Yi injured you?"

Lord Hong was still in disbelief, looking at the pale-faced man with incomprehension.

"Hmph, I will settle this account with you later. If you hadn’t given me incorrect information, leading me to believe he was merely at the Bone Tempering strength, how could he have hurt me?" The pale-faced, beardless man icily glanced at the two men before him.

"Sir... what do you mean?"

Lord Hong’s face was etched with disbelief as he looked up, staring intently at the man in front of him, momentarily forgetting his fear of this highly esteemed figure and completely overlooking the earlier part of his sentence about settling accounts later.

"He’s at the Initial Tier of the Condensation period! Otherwise, do you really think someone at the High Tier of Bone Tempering could have hurt me?"

The pale-faced, beardless man scoffed disdainfully. "Next time, be sure to investigate your opponent’s strength more thoroughly!"

Having said his piece, he ignored their utterly shocked expressions and turned on his heel, heading to the room that once belonged to Sun Hao, which had been his ever since his arrival, not really intending to blame them. After all, he knew that it wasn’t entirely their fault. If someone entered the Condensation period, how could they easily find out with their abilities? Besides, he now knew that Xiao Yi’s entry into the Condensation period must have been a recent event.

Xiao Yi was at the Initial Tier of the Condensation period!

Lord Hong was utterly stunned; he didn’t even notice when the pale-faced man left, neglecting to show the proper respect.

How is this possible!

The kid was so young!

The Condensation period...

Having recently witnessed the strength displayed by the pale-faced, beardless man, Lord Hong now had a much clearer understanding of what the Condensation period meant!

When he had faced him last time, although his energy had been very peculiar and domineering, it was indeed at the High Tier of Bone Tempering!

And how long had it been since then?

In such a short time, he had already broken through into the Condensation period, which he found too difficult to accept!

Xiao Yi was an expert of the Condensation period?

Sun Hao was also completely stunned.

He was not a cultivator on the martial path, and his understanding of the Condensation period was not as detailed as that of Lord Hong. He even had a less clear and concrete recognition of the Bone Tempering Period.

But this did not affect his shock at all. Because of his special background and reasons, he was able to come into contact with cultivators like Lord Hong often. From their scattered words, he had a very clear understanding of the various tiers of cultivation and was not unfamiliar with any of them!

He knew what it meant for a cultivator to be in the Condensation period...

Even that big figure behind him didn’t have many experts of the Condensation period at his side. And this Master Lin’s status in Glass City was also one of the top!

Luckily, that Xiao surname kid was dealt with this time...

It took a while for Sun Hao to come back to his senses, and he heaved a deep sigh of relief in secret. Otherwise, having a high-tier Condensation period enemy would have probably cost him his peaceful sleep. He was not like those cultivators like Lord Hong. To them, wiping out a high-tier enemy from the Condensation period was as easy as crushing an ant. Moreover, he knew that Master Lin would definitely not stay here for a long time. Sooner or later, maybe not too far in the future, he would leave.

Luckily, he’s dead!

Lord Hong also snapped back to reality, his gaze complex as he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

...............

"Assassin... Sir, the money... it’s all here."

Jin Xiaohan looked at the man in front of him with an expressionless face but exuding a terrifying aura, cautiously pointing to the money beside him.

"Good."

Liu San glanced indifferently at the heavy hemp sack, casually picked it up, and shouldered it. He did not bother opening the sack to check, nor did he count the money.

He believed that with Jin Xiaohan’s caliber, the man didn’t have the courage to trick him.

Moreover, if he dared to try any tricks, Liu San had countless ways to deal with him.

"Assassin Sir... that, erm..."

Jin Xiaohan saw the assassin picking up the sack, ready to leave at any moment, and hurriedly called out to him.

"Hmm? What’s the matter?"

Liu San frowned, his gaze darting towards Jin Xiaohan.

"That... Sir... do you want to count the money?"

Jin Xiaohan withdrew the question he initially wanted to ask and pointed at the sack of money instead.

"No need. I trust you wouldn’t dare to deceive me."

Liu San stated indifferently.

"That... Sir, could you personally take action to kill Xiao Yi?"

Jin Xiaohan finally couldn’t help himself, paying over three and a half million yet still letting Xiao Yi live carefreely, was simply too much for him to accept; it felt unbearably unjust.

This kid, still thinking of going after Xiao Yi? A cold killing intent suddenly shot from Liu’s eyes. Although Jin Xiaohan couldn’t discern the terrifying aura of murder, he felt a tremendous fear and his body couldn’t help but hunch over.

Liu San’s gaze caught Jin Xiaohan’s stooped figure and suddenly remembered Xiao Yi’s words. The murderous aura on his body instantly retracted, and he said indifferently, "I can."

"That’s great!"

Jin Xiaohan forgot the dreadful aura from before and jumped for joy.

"As long as you pay another fifty million."

Liu San looked at Jin Xiaohan’s joyful face and said indifferently.

"Fifty million?"

Jin Xiaohan jumped again, but this time out of shock, not joy.

"Yes, fifty million."

Liu San confirmed calmly.

"This... isn’t that too much?!"

Jin Xiaohan stammered as he looked at Liu San.

"Too much? Oh, I forgot to tell you, fifty million is just the preliminary deposit, which is half of the upfront fee."

Liu San looked at Jin Xiaohan indifferently.

"Deposit!!"

Jin Xiaohan was completely dumbfounded, his mind went blank, and his mouth tasted bitter. Indeed, assassins were not something ordinary people could afford. At the very least, he was out of his depth, and even his father might not have been able to come up with fifty million to hire an assassin! And that was just a deposit!

"Yes, my fee is fifty million, and if the target is a friend of mine, it’s double that amount. So, fifty million is just the deposit."

Liu San spoke with an exceedingly calm voice as if mentioning an insignificant matter.

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