In the secret room.
“A Titled Hitman? Which one?” the girl asked.
“Crow” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The girl thought for a bit, recalling Crow’s appearance.
This man is extremely pretty, he could indeed work as my doppelganger without issues!
“He… can he be trusted?” the girl asked.
Gu Qing Shan casually replied: “I think he’s trustworthy, but for the sake of safety, I’ll use [Divine Word] on him”
“That’s good, then do you have confidence in convincing him to become my doppelganger?” the girl then asked.
“I can’t guarantee anything, so please wait here while I ask him” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The girl scowled: “It’s best that you act as soon as possible because there’s not much time until we need to set off. My doppelganger would have to quickly study my manner of speech, movements, gestures, expressions, as well as speech habits—– he must get completely used to a feminine lifestyle”
Gu Qing Shan paused a bit, muttering: “If it’s as you said, I think convincing will be…”
“Very hard?” the girl asked.
“No, I think it’ll be much easier…”
Saying so, a mass of fog appeared behind Gu Qing Shan.
He went into the white fog and disappeared without a trace.
A moment later.
He directly appeared inside the Hitman Guild main lobby.
“Your grace Dragon King of Atrocity Jail!”
“You’ve returned!”
The staff members greeted him one after another.
“Ah, I have. I want to know, is Crow currently in the Guild?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“He did return earlier, but he immediately left for a bar right after changing his clothes” a staff member answered.
“Do you know which bar he went to?”
“I’m not sure——- your grace, this is your Titled Hitman medal”
“Ah, thank you, I’ll go find him myself then”
Gu Qing Shan received the medal and directly disappeared.
…
In order to prevent their guests from causing a commotion, the bars of Void City were usually equipped with both defensive and obscuring measures.
So Gu Qing Shan’s inner sight couldn’t be used to search, he had no choice but to go to each bar by himself.
As he just left a bar, he sensed something.
A simple bracelet made of bones was taken from his Inventory Bag.
——-this was an item from the Wraith realm, specifically, a gift from Zhao Qiong.
A female voice sounded from the bracelet:
“Gu Qing Shan, can you hear me?”
This was Shan Hai Qi Xia, the only human who had managed to escape from having their soul swapped within the Tomb of Myriad Beasts, as well as their representative.
“I can hear you; did something happen on your side?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Nothing has actually happened yet…” Shan Hai Qi Xia’s voice appeared a bit hesitant.
Gu Qing Shan didn’t say anything and silently waited.
Sure enough, Shan Hai Qi Xia quickly explained: “As we practiced the inheritances that you brought from the great tomb, and because the Tomb of Myriad Beasts was originally a world fused from 99% of the Beast King realm’s fragments, all of us quickly gained strength, the Tomb of Myriad Beasts as a whole is rapidly growing stronger——- but all of us learnt to restrain ourselves, so the outside world doesn’t know of the real situation here”
“And so?” Gu Qing Shan quickly cut in.
Shan Hai Qi Xia replied: “Although we are all becoming stronger, the only person whose spirit sense had actually been greatly explored was me alone, and I feel… increasingly uneasy”
Gu Qing Shan paused.
Shan Hai Qi Xia is a highly capable person with ample capabilities to make her own decisions, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to lead the Tomb of Myriad Beasts for so many years without being taken over.
If it was some mundane matter, she wouldn’t have been in so much of a hurry to inform me.
Gu Qing Shan pondered briefly, then told her: “The great tomb is right above your heads, and it’s still hiding numerous Apocalypses. Despite it being suppressed, it still remains a great threat, you’d definitely still feel uneasy from it”
Shan Hai Qi Xia replied: “This isn’t about the great tomb. During deep meditation, I was able to sense numerous unusual entities, they also seemed to be uneasily waiting for something——– I think that something is definitely going to happen, something in the near future”
Gu Qing Shan asked: “Were you able to sense what kind of thing it generally was?”
“I’m unsure, I think it’s related to the inheritance, it was filled with the scent of blood and fire” Shan Hai Qi Xia’s voice became a bit blank: “…It feels like a war, it’s calling upon us”
A certain thought flashed through Gu Qing Shan’s mind.
He lowered his voice a bit and whispered: “I understand. You will need to become even more cautious than before. In case you discover anything inappropriate, you all need to immediately evacuate from the Tomb of Myriad Beasts, your lives are more important than revenge, it’s best to avoid the calamity before anything else”
“I understand” Shan Hai Qi Xia replied.
“Contact me whenever necessary”
“Got it”
Their communication ceased.
Gu Qing Shan pondered for a bit more.
“…The Samsara Clash for Supremacy…” he muttered as his figure disappeared.
A minute later.
He finally found Crow.
Unexpectedly, Crow wasn’t sitting in the bar, instead, he laid outside in a secluded corner, holding nothing but a bottle of liquor and slowly drowning himself in it.
Gu Qing Shan crouched down in front of Crow and asked in surprise: “What happened to you?”
“I was originally going to get married to my girl, our ceremony had already been prepared” Crow replied in a despondent voice.
Gu Qing Shan looked at him, then slowly understood.
“When we lost contact at the Saint Spirit world, everyone thought that we were dead, so your fiancée also assumed that you were also dead?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“That’s right, she ran away with another guy” Crow replied.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged, asking in confusion: “Can’t you just explain things and steal her back?”
Crow chuckled bitterly, then began pouring liquor directly from the bottle into his mouth.
Gu Qing Shan watched his expression and muttered: “So it’s not that simple huh?”
Bam!
The door of the opposite bar was slammed open.
Several dead drunk men came out, each with a woman in their embrace.
Seeing Crow, they laughed: “Ahahaha, a previous Titled Hitman, now you’ve lost all your powers, a complete piece of garbage!”
A particularly burly man pushed the woman in his embrace forward, calling out: “Lize, say your goodbyes to this piece of garbage”
The woman appeared empathetic and said: “Crow, I hope you’ll live well from now on”
Right after saying that, she immediately went back into the burly man’s embrace.
Gu Qing Shan tilted his head.
This was a gesture that he very rarely did, but he really didn’t understand the current situation at all.
“What happened?” he sent his voice to Crow.
“Nothing much” Crow dejectedly sent his voice in return, “I was just joking around, telling her that I was heavily injured during the battle and lost most of my power, then… I was beaten up by those people who eavesdropped on us. After that, she suddenly joined them as well”
After that explanation, he took another big gulp of liquor.
“You didn’t fight back?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“I didn’t——- I’ve recently felt signs of breaking through, lingering right at the border, so I used a Secret Art to suppress it, normal people wouldn’t be able to notice——– so I can’t arbitrarily act either, that could easily cause a lot of collateral damage” Crow replied.
Gu Qing Shan now understood.
“Did it hurt?” he curiously asked.
Crow gave him a sidelong glance, replying: “Their fists felt as soft as plush pillows”
“How does it feel to be betrayed by your girl?” Gu Qing Shan asked again.
“I was probably too much of a playboy before, so it’s my turn to get a taste of this feeling. I really must say, at very rare occasions, fate is truly fair”
After saying that, Crow continued pouring liquor down his throat.
Gu Qing Shan stared at the other group and their ignorant triumph.
“Listen, I got a mission here, rather than mopping here with alcohol, how about you join me?” Gu Qing Shan suggested.
“My heart is bleeding; I need some time to ease this pain” Crow replied.
“How about I sing you a song to cheer you up?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“A song is probably not going to do anything” Crow sighed.
“I’ll take you to see the City Lord’s daughter, she’s even more beautiful than you are” Gu Qing Shan suggested.
Crow’s ears perked up.
——-the Avian race couldn’t stop their ears from moving whenever they felt excited.
Crow sighed and shook his head: “Hah, let’s not, I prepared for this wedding for an entire year, how sad”
“Ah, I don’t really understand something like that—— but this is truly an important moment of a person’s life, I can understand your sadness” Gu Qing Shan consoled him.
“Can’t you say anything useful for once? How are those empty words supposed to ease my heart?” Crow glared with his pretty eyes.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then clapped his hand: “Just look, how beautiful this world is”
“How so?” Crow glanced at him.
Gu Qing Shan pointed at the group of men and women up ahead, explaining: “In this age of Apocalypse, those powerful men even have the heart to care about those girls, volunteering to keep them safe; those girls were also very considerate, actively leaving you right as they know you’ve become crippled in order to not draw any trouble to you”
Crow was speechless for a while before muttering: “I’m moved”
“That’s why, let’s go and see the City Lord’s daughter, I guarantee that you’ve never seen a more beautiful girl ever before” Gu Qing Shan said.
“Wait a minute, what are we going to meet her for?” Crow asked with a stern expression.
“I’m thinking of making you disguise as her to take on a few kidnappings and assassinations; in short, you’ll be playing the part of an extremely beautiful and authoritative woman” Gu Qing Shan replied.
“And the pay?” Crow asked.
“She’s the true leader of Void City, just demand whatever kind of payment you need from her” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Crow scoffed: “It’s a really tough job to act like a woman, any normal people wouldn’t be able to do it, so my fees aren’t going to be cheap”
Gu Qing Shan silently glanced at Crow’s hand.
——-the pinky finger of his hand that was originally holding the liquor bottle had subconsciously lifted up.
Gu Qing Shan and Crow both stood up.
“So what do you plan on asking as payment?” Gu Qing Shan casually asked.
“My 100th wedding was cancelled——– this is nothing short of the greatest humiliation I’ve ever received, so I want a person of nobility like her to host my 100th wedding and make up for my failure at this moment” Crow answered.
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at him, then repeated:
“100th?”
“That’s right” Crow confirmed.
“—–Where’s your previous wife?”
“Our relationship broke apart”
“What kind of relationships break that fast!?”
Crow sighed: “They all just wanted me for my peerless strength and beauty at my peak, none of them cared about my heart”
Gu Qing Shan was speechless for a while.
“Crow”
“What?”
“Next time you get married, please don’t tell me about it”
