Ye Tian was inside a different world than Ma Qian’s. He was on top of a a tower looking at the surrounding city below him. A window suddenly appeared, “Kill the Emperor!” Once he read this, Ye Tian knew that this was his mission, and an extremely difficult one to complete. He was thinking of a way to complete the exam effectively. The assassination world was cruel, dark, violent, and filled with tragic endings. The emperor resided in his palace guarded by many soldiers. Ye Tian knew spending too much time for a perfect plan is impossible. He chose a direct method instead.

Ye Tian cannot fly given his cultivation, but he can glide. He jumps into the air and descends from the peak of the tower. While descending, his body’s spinning gracefully.

Phewwwwww.

Using the flow of the air and the timing, he opens his eyes and creates a small turbulence that sparked his feet. He then starts gliding in the sky while scanning the buildings around the city. He finds his target and starts descending quickly and lands on top of a building.

The building was a brothel. A smart choice because most visitors tend to be nobles and officials. Ye Tian listened to the conversations going on in different rooms. When he heard a conversation related to the empire, he made his move. He sneaked inside the room after a lady left. He dashed forward like a raven and stabbed a dagger on a man’s neck. The man’s neck was bleeding but it was because the dagger only stabbed the skin.

“Who are you? I’ll give you anything you want, but just let me live and I won’t ever say anything about this event” the man said.

“I have several questions I need you to answer. If I sense you’re lying , you won’t see another day,” Ye Tian said.

The man nodded.

“Are you an official?”

“Yes.”

“Have you met the emperor?”

“Not face to face. I’ve only seen him during a ceremony and I was far away from him due to the crowded guests.”

“Did you see his face clearly?”

“Not really, he was a bit fat and pale skin.”

“How do you get inside the palace?”

“That…..I work at the outer palace and that’s the only place I can get in.”

Baammm.

Ye Tian knocked him out, tied him up and hid him on top of the roof. He then focused on his hearing senses again. He found another target. This new target of his was brash, wild and a bit drunk. “My father is a general of this empire. I can destroy this building with one word.” the young master yelled. “Young master, we will leave you inside the room alone before you come to your senses. We care for the safety of our women and our guest, so please understand, ” Ye Tian heard.

As soon as the host and the ladies left, Ye Tian sneaks inside the room from the outside window. Like an eagle clawing his prey, Ye Tian dashes like a phantom and appears behind the young man, then quickly stabs the man’s critical points with his fingers. Simultaneously, Ye Tian’s other hand has a dagger inserted halfway inside the man’s mouth as the man was about to yell out.

“This dagger will stab your throat if you even squeak a noise,” Ye Tian warned, then continued, “I need information. If you lie, you’re dead and your general dad won’t be able to save you if you screw up.”

The man’s body couldn’t move due to Ye Tian stabbing his body points. But he could still speak and said, “What do you want? If you kill me, you won’t get away with this. My dad is the …”

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Wham.

Ye Tian slaps his face violently after withdrawing his dagger. Then he uses one of his hand to seal the man’s mouth, and  the other hand to stab the man’s left arm.

“Ahhhhhhh.” The young man tried to yell in pain, but the noise was minimized due to Ye Tian sealing his mouth. After experiencing the past events with the nobles from the capital, he gained a passionate hatred towards these people. These nobles only care about themselves, break the laws, and treat other people’s lives like an ant. There was no use trying to be diplomatic with them.

“I will gouge out your eyes, cut you tongue, cut off your dick and eventually your head if you don’t listen and answer my questions,” Ye Tian said seriously. The young man had tears but nodded. He was scared shitless.

“Have you met the emperor?” Ye Tian asked.

“Ye….yes!”

“What does he look like?”

“He’s fat, pale, a bit on the ugly side but very crafty.”

“Where does he reside?”

“Inside the inner palace.”

“How do you get in?”

“I can’t…”

Whammm. Ye Tian kicked his balls while covering the man’s mouth again. The man never felt such pain in his life.

“your father is a general, don’t tell me you can’t get in.” Ye Tian said and was about to stab the man’s throat. The young man was in a panic mode.

“I have a medal! This will allow you to go inside the inner palace as long as you use my name to represent me. Please don’t kill me,” the young man begged.

“What’s your name?” Ye Tian asked.

“Ji Feng,” the young man said.

“Do you have a map of the inner palace? And where does the emperor usually reside?” Ye Tian asked again.

“I do. It’s in my inter spatial ring. He’s usually at his room with a bunch of concubines,” Ji Feng said, then opened his inter spatial ring and gave the map to Ye Tian.

SLITTTTT.

Ye Tian stabbed Ji Feng’s throat and ended his life. This was cruel but this was the assassin way of leaving no witness behind. He then used his flames and burned his body to ashes before leaving the scene.

At the rooftop, Ye Tian is with the unconscious man. He slaps the man in the face to try to wake him up. No response. He slaps again on the other side of the cheek, but still no response. Ye Tian frowns, and suddenly lifts his feet and steps on the man’s crouch…..and yet no response. “What the hell? Is this man an eunuch?” Ye tian murmurs. His last idea is a bit despicable, but he has no other choice. Yellow rain starts dripping on the man’s face. The night is dark and the air is cool as a breeze. The man starts licking his lips tasting the rain, then opens his eyes. What he sees above him will remain a scar in his life. Ye Tian peed on his face!

“Good you’re awake. Now take me to the outside palace. You need to explain all the procedures, and if you make any moves that makes the soldiers on guard, I will kill you on the spot. Do you understand?” Ye Tian says without any shame on what he just did.

“You..you…kill me now. I’ve never been so violated like this before. I hope you die a horrible death!” the man angrily said.

Ye Tian ignites a fire in his hand and with a wiping motion, the fire shoots at the man’s crouch! Again!

“Ahhhhh, no my……,” the man said with great panic and tried to beat his own crouch to extinguish the fire, but was of no use. He tried to roll around but was still of no use.

The man then sees there is an element of water in Ye Tian’s hand. Ye Tian smiles at him. “I can help you, but you need to become my little puppet.” That was the meaning of the expression the man saw on Ye Tian’s smile.

“Okay, okay….put it out, put it out now..please!” the man begged.

Ye Tian shoots a water bomb towards the man’s crouch. The fire is gone, but suddenly, a little flame revived. Ye Tian acts quickly and stomps on the man’s crouch again with his feet.

“There, it’s all gone. Happy?” Ye Tian said shamelessly. The man was in great pain. He’d be lucky if his best friend can ever get up again. His mood was very depressing. Hope was all lost for this man.

Ye Tian sealed the man’s mouth and carried him to a secluded place before releasing the sealing spell again. The man stared at Ye Tian for a while. It was the look of vengeance! But Ye Tian ignored it, and said, “Speak now!”

The man started to explain how the outside palace works. He didn’t care if Ye Tian wanted to kill somebody even if it was the emperor. There were many hyenas within the ruling empire. Everybody was in it for themselves and hope others will fall miserably.

With an impossible mission, how can Ye Tian achieve this test alone?