Chapter 421 - 291: Sect Treasure, Seize! (Part 2)

Crunch—

Before the words were finished, the token suddenly shattered.

Chu Ming released his palm, and the powdered token fell to the ground, then he took out another token, with the words "Ying Ren" engraved on the back.

Boom!

It was as if a sledgehammer had struck her chest, Hua Zaizhu turned pale upon seeing the words "Ying Ren".

"Senior, that person wore a black mask, concealed his presence, and I don’t know who he is!" Hua Zaizhu dared not act anymore and answered without being asked.

Whew! Whew!

As the words fell, a chilling sound came from above, the black and gold weapons hovered above the two women.

"Senior, I truly don’t know who the employer is, this... this is the commission that person provided!"

Compared to the assassin Ying Ren and Mei, Hua Zaizhu, as the handler, cherishes her life more and admits everything when slightly intimidated.

Chu Ming looked at the item in front of Hua Zaizhu, his brows furrowed slightly.

It was a dark red material, which seemed to be some kind of metal.

"This piece of Dark Gold Copper Mother was the commission given by that person," Hua Zaizhu hurriedly explained.

Dark Gold Copper Mother?

Chu Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly, Dark Gold Copper Mother is a rather special metal, weapons refined with it can be both flexible and indestructible, and extremely valuable.

According to the refining method of the Red Flame Race, combining Dark Gold Copper Mother, Black Spirit Water, and Six Harmonies Profound Gold with a special technique to forge weapons that can be extremely offensive, threatening even the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, comparable to the Red Blood Earth Dragon Gloves given by Master Ji Wujiang.

According to Master Ji Wujiang’s classification of treasures, the weapons refined could be considered third-class or fourth-class Profound Treasures.

But these three materials are very difficult to find and their properties conflict, making the refining process highly challenging, even the Red Flame Race rarely succeeds.

Chu Ming looked at the Dark Gold Copper Mother, the Sword Gourd Spirit locked onto it, detecting a remaining aura.

Since there is an aura, it can be tracked through the Tracking and Tracing.

Seeing the woman’s pleading micro-expression, he could tell it was likely true.

Chu Ming casually picked up the Dark Gold Copper Mother and examined it in his palm.

"Senior..." Hua Zaizhu, trembling with fear, looked up, her veil slipping, revealing a pitiful expression.

Tasks taken by the Shadow Tower are all evaluated, and the dispatched assassins are ninety-nine percent likely to complete the mission; as the handler, she has overseen no less than a thousand assassination missions, only a very few have failed.

Even if the first attempt fails, the second is bound to succeed; never had she anticipated that tonight, the assassination target would come to find her.

Snow fluttered, biting cold wind, corpses have already been covered by a white layer, Hua Zaizhu did not wish to become another frozen corpse.

"Hand over the Storage Space Treasure." Chu Ming, ignoring Hua Zaizhu’s beauty trick, coldly demanded after using the Tracking Bead to capture the aura remaining on the Dark Gold Copper Mother.

Earlier, when Hua Zaizhu took out the Dark Gold Copper Mother, a faint blue glow flickered by.

"..." Stripped of her veil, Hua Zaizhu bit her lip, her brows tightly knitted, clearly unwilling to hand over the Storage Space Treasure.

Chu Ming lowered his gaze, extending his right hand.

Whew whew!

The sound of two objects piercing through the air echoed amidst the snowstorm.

The two women felt a chill down their backs, as if ice cones pierced through their bodies.

Looking down, from the chest area, hot liquid spilled out, in mere moments staining the little remaining clothing red.

Suspended in front of each woman was a crimson short weapon, dripping red liquid from its sharp tip.

The blood seemed to be...

Hua Zaizhu’s face, once somewhat beautiful, instantly contorted in agony, her pupils dispersed visibly.

Thump! Thump!

Two bodies collapsed, the blowing snow carried away the thin clothing.

Chu Ming walked calmly forward, crouched down to search, and removed a light blue jade bracelet from Hua Zaizhu’s wrist.

Qi Blood sensing, communicating the Heart Spirit.

Crash!

A Storage Space one meter wide and high appeared.

Inside, there were many good things stored, treasures, and... assassination mission contracts from the Shadow Tower!

Joy sparkled within Chu Ming, he carefully took the light blue jade bracelet, then rummaged around the room, finding a few decent treasures.

Having sorted out the Shadow Tower, he leaped lightly through the snow, leaving the rendezvous point.

After running across several streets, he took out the Tracking Bead, injected Primordial Qi, and activated Tracking and Tracing.

The direction pointed to the southeast of the inner city of Qin Capital, extremely close to the Imperial City.

Disregarding the risk, he followed the guidance of the Tracking Bead, finally locating a mansion—Zuo Mansion.

So, the one who hired the Shadow Tower to assassinate him, was Prime Minister Zuo Yuan?

Concealed in the shadows, killing intent surged in Chu Ming’s eyes but was quickly suppressed.

Here, being too close to the Imperial City, was not suitable for direct action.

After pondering for a moment, he devised a plan.

...

Qin Capital, Inner City, Zhong Mansion.

Whew!

A shadow darted through the wind and snow, into the mansion.

"Who dares to intrude upon Zhong Mansion at night?!"

The Supervisor Zhong Yang of the Regent’s Mansion awoke suddenly.

Draws his sword, rushes to the door.

In the heavy snow, only seeing guards rushing with torches.

"What’s going on?"

"Master, someone unknown broke into the mansion, leaving this behind."

The guard presented a box, Zhong Yang opened it to find two ledgers and two letters inside.

After flipping and inspecting them, his expression changed drastically.

"Find! Make sure to find the intruder!"

"Yes."

"..."

Outside the mansion, walking through the snow, Chu Ming’s lips curled into a smile.

The ledgers and letters were evidence of Secretary of the Imperial Secretariat Luu Shizhong’s crimes.

Initially, he intended to use the evidence when necessary, but now, there was no need.

In Qin Capital, this seemingly calm deep water was actually full of undercurrents.

The Tang Family’s Tang Xuan with the Blood Evil Sect, Grand Commandant Pei Family the King of North Snow, now Prime Minister Zuo Yuan’s faction colludes, embezzling National Silver...