Wandering Sword Seller's Life in the Qin Dynasty

In her life, there is only the word "mission".

From the lowest-ranking assassin, he rose step by step to become a top-tier killer.

After successfully completing the mission to assassinate Lord Xinling, she became a first-class rank official and obtained the "Jing Ni" sword, one of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue. Naturally, she also changed her name to Jing Ni. However, she did not become idle. On the contrary, more missions came one after another. She completed the previous missions with ease.

Until... this mission.

Hunt down the nameless man and seize something from him.

After much effort, she successfully located the nameless man.

However, the first attempt ended with Wuming easily escaping.

They found the nameless man again and lay in ambush for a long time, only to be defeated by him with a casual sword strike.

The highest rank, "Heavenly," seemed so insignificant in front of that person.

However, Jing Ni did not intend to give up the mission because, within the Luo Wang, there was only death for failing to complete a mission, and there was never any talk of voluntarily giving up.

Naturally, the word "leisure" has nothing to do with her.

"Don't forget, you are a member of the snare!"

Jing Ni reminded Xu Qing once again.

"Even if you're not an assassin, it doesn't mean you can live a carefree life forever!"

Those within the net are all busy with missions, and may have a few days of free time, but ultimately they still have to carry out missions. These missions may not necessarily involve assassinating someone, but could be other things.

“Of course I remember joining the Net, but wasn’t my superior you?” Xu Qing said to Jing Ni with a smile. “And we also reached an agreement that as long as you don’t assign me any missions, I will give you priority when I forge a famous sword.”

Jingni snorted coldly and said nothing more.

This was indeed part of the original deal.

She couldn't understand it either.

If Xu Qing didn't want to carry out the Luo Wang's mission, why did he agree to join Luo Wang in the first place?

You have to understand, this organization isn't one you can just come and go as you please.

So why did Xu Qing join Luo Wang?

Of course, it's all for free.

Some people are terrified of the Net, but in Xu Qing's view, the Net is the world's largest welfare organization. Here, he can easily obtain many precious forging materials, and he will never have to worry about finding a place to sell the swords he forges.

"Have you forged any good swords lately?" Jing Ni changed the subject and asked Xu Qing.

The Flying Shadow Sword is indeed very useful.

She usually kept the sword as a jade pendant, hanging it at her waist. When necessary, she would take it out to achieve a surprise attack. Jing Ni did not even reveal the existence of the sword to Luo Wang. Apart from the newly acquired Jing Ni Sword, the Flying Shadow Sword was her trump card.

It was also because of that sword, and because Xu Qing saved her that day.

She had just willingly helped Xu Qing hide.

In the files of Luo Wang, there wasn't even a person named Xu Qing; there was only the code name of the lowest-ranking assassin.

As a top-tier individual, she could cancel this code name at any time if necessary, rendering it as "dead".

The Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) has many assassins, and the lowest-ranking, low-level assassins are countless. Even if they die, the higher-ups of the Luo Wang will not care or pay attention to them.

"As for a good sword, I did forge one recently. That sword has the ability to control the wind. After you swing it, the sword energy mixes with the gale and kills people invisibly."

He gave a brief introduction to Feng Xiaojian.

Upon hearing this, Jingni became very interested in the sword.

Then Xu Qing said, "However, if you want to experience this sword firsthand, you can no longer do so."

"Because I have already sold it to someone else."

Jing Ni immediately looked at Xu Qing with disbelief, then said in a strange tone, "You really have the nerve to sell such a strange sword so easily?"

Xu Qing wore a confident smile. "As long as I am alive, I will be able to forge a better sword. There is no need to force that sword to stay in my hands. Rather than keeping it in my own hands, I prefer to find a suitable sword master for it."

"The Flying Shadow Sword in your hand is like this, that sword is like this, and the swords forged even earlier are also like this."

"You're so confident!" What else could Jing Ni say? She could only utter this one sentence.

After recounting his recent situation, Xu Qing asked Jing Ni, "Have you collected any rare sword-forging materials for me recently?"

"What do you take the Net for?" Jing Ni's expression beneath her mask was somewhat displeased.

Xu Qing's tone made it sound as if he were the top-ranking member of the Luo Wang organization, while he himself was merely a subordinate obeying orders.

"Of course, it's an organization that can benefit me!" Xu Qing said matter-of-factly. "If there's no profit to be made, who would join the Net?"

Jing Ni did not refute this statement.

After all, the Luo Wang organization has always recruited people through coercion and enticement. It is precisely because there are benefits that those people are willing to risk their lives for Luo Wang.

Of course, many people later discovered that while there were benefits to joining the Net, they also found themselves unable to control their own destiny.

At that point, leaving wouldn't be so easy, or rather, it would be impossible.

“I can help you find some valuable materials from the organization’s inventory,” Jing Ni said. “However, I must also remind you.”

"The net never tolerates idlers; for every bait swallowed, a corresponding price must be paid."

"I can certainly help you conceal it to some extent, but with so many precious materials given to you, the Net cannot possibly not investigate their whereabouts and what use they have."

Xu Qing looked at Jing Ni with some surprise, "So, you're concerned about me?"

His gaze was intense.

Even though Jing Ni was wearing a mask, at this moment, after feeling Xu Qing's gaze, she felt as if she had been completely seen through. The feeling of helplessness and being at Xu Qing's mercy when he pulled her out of the river that day surged into her heart again.

Besides, being stared at by Xu Qing like that gave her a very subtle feeling.

This was an emotion she had never experienced before in her life.

She suddenly felt a little afraid to meet Xu Qing's gaze, so she subconsciously turned her head away and said coldly, "Don't flatter yourself."

"I just feel that you are someone I recruited into the Net, and you are my subordinate. I don't want you to be executed by the Net."

"Then you'd better protect me," Xu Qing said to Jing Ni.

His gaze grew increasingly intense.

Chapter 29 Encounter on the Street, the Hero Tian Guang

A short break.

Jing Ni has resumed her mission.

Hunting down "Nameless" and seizing a box from him is her current mission, and she certainly can't give up so easily.

Xu Qing did not try to dissuade Jing Ni.

It is fate that we met each other in the State of Qi.

However, all things, from beginning to end, and from gathering to parting, are inevitable.

Although he joined the Luo Wang, he never considered himself an assassin, and of course he would never follow Jing Ni to hunt down Wuming. He had witnessed Wuming's strength firsthand. Even Jing Ni, a top-tier assassin, could only withstand one sword strike from Wuming.

It is evident that Wuming's strength had long since reached an unparalleled and inconceivable level.

Anyway, he didn't think much of Jing Ni's pursuit of Wuming.

Walking on the land of Qilu.

Xu Qing had the idea of ​​visiting the Confucian Xiaoshengxianzhuang (Little Sage Village).

At this time, Zhang Liang and Yan Lu had not yet joined the Confucian school.

But this does not change the fact that Confucianism possesses the "Tai'a Sword".

Tai'a is a sword of might and power, the pinnacle of Ou Yezi's work. Xu Qing is quite interested in this sword and wants to see it for himself.

"Young hero, it seems we are destined to meet."

"I'll sell you this sword cheap."

How much do you want?

"Money doesn't matter, let's just treat it as making friends."

"Yes, of course we still need to sign a contract."

"Why do you think we need to sign a contract?"

"It's because when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Qi is a commercially developed country, and I've heard that merchants value contracts the most."

"..."

Familiar lines of conversation.

However, the target audience they are selling to is completely different.

Although the Yan and Zhao regions are known for their many heroes, in reality, this kind of group exists all over the world.

After all, this is a world of swords.

There are countless people who don't engage in production, are unwilling to be farmers, and yearn for the life of chivalry, singing songs with swords, and living a life of righteous indignation. In fact, the various schools of thought in this world are just a group of chivalrous sects with their own "core ideologies."

They all possessed considerable martial prowess.

Xu Qing sold another "fine" level sword and carefully kept the sword contract.

Because he obtained many broken swords from the Mo family and melted them down, he acquired a batch of precious sword-forging materials. He also had another meeting with Jing Ni. Even though they parted ways soon, Jing Ni still used her first-class authority to allocate some sword-forging materials to Xu Qing from nearby, replenishing Xu Qing's inventory once again.

He handed over a portion of his previous inventory to Jingni.

That way, she could use the swords to report to the Luo Wang organization when necessary; in effect, those swords were sold to the Luo Wang organization.

This corresponds to Jing Ni's saying, "You have to pay the price for every bait you swallow." He plans to scatter the remaining swords throughout the martial world, which is why he is here continuing his old profession.

"Brother, this way of selling swords is truly unheard of."

A gentle voice came from beside Xu Qing.

"What, you also want to buy my sword?" Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who was speaking to him.

The other person had rough skin, wore simple clothes, and had a beard. His eyes were bright and contained a unique charm.