Another Deadly Sin

Contrary to what many imagined, Goryeo was hostile and disdainful toward East Xia on one hand, yet placed immense importance on many aspects of East Xia’s culture on the other—so much so that it constantly sought to seize them and claim them as its own…

For example, Chinese herbal medicine. This traditional medical industry had begun to decline within East Xia itself, yet it was quite popular in Goryeo. When students prepared for exams, most families arranged for herbal medicine to be brewed to nourish their bodies.

Xu Pharmaceutical Group was the leading conglomerate in this field. Though it could not compare to March Group, it was still somewhat well-known in Seoul.

Xu Pharmaceutical Group’s headquarters stood in a district of Seoul far from the city center. When Li Qingzi arrived with March Group’s convoy, she found that the headquarters building, which should have been bustling with people, had only a few black-clad bodyguards stationed downstairs. There was no sign of any employees.

Li Qingzi lowered her eyes. She had roughly grasped Xu Zhiyu’s style of doing things. Without changing her expression, she led several directors forward.

"Miss Li, Director Xu only invited you upstairs."

Li Qingzi could not be bothered to acknowledge the bodyguards and walked straight ahead. The bodyguards behind her naturally stepped up to shove aside the black-clad guards at the entrance, and the group filed directly in through the front doors.

The grand and spotless headquarters building felt unusually cold and desolate without anyone inside. Even the atmosphere seemed strange. The two directors following Li Qingzi exchanged a glance but said nothing.

Contrary to outsiders’ assumptions that she had gained her wealth through the favor of her family elders, the eldest daughter of March was a highly capable woman. Her aunts and uncles had already fallen one after another.

There was no room for them to interfere in the affairs of someone like her.

The elevator rose all the way to the thirty-third floor before stopping. When the doors opened, a man in a top-tier custom suit stood outside with a smile.

The man was around six foot one, with a well-proportioned, slender build, handsome features, and meticulously groomed hair. He looked like the very image of an elite professional. Yet what drew Li Qingzi’s attention more was his hands—exceptionally long and smooth as jade.

When Xu Zhiyu saw Li Qingzi, the smile on his face grew even brighter. He stepped aside and said,

"You truly are as outstanding as I imagined."

Xu Zhiyu then led Li Qingzi directly toward the reception room, not even sparing a glance for the March Group directors following behind her.

This only made the directors feel even stranger. Logically, although he was the eldest son of a conglomerate, he currently held no more than a director’s position. Rumor had it that the head of the Xu conglomerate favored the second son more and paid little attention to the eldest. There was no reason for him to be so arrogant toward them.

Xu Zhiyu stood at the entrance to the reception room, waiting for Li Qingzi to enter. His smile was brilliant, but he spoke softly.

"Did Miss Moon Demon bring these mortals to hide her identity?"

"There’s no need for that anymore. Heh…"

As he spoke, a chilling killing intent seeped out. Li Qingzi frowned. This Xu Zhiyu felt dangerous to her. The malice he radiated at all times felt inexplicably familiar.

That was it. This man felt very similar to Bai Cangshu!

Li Qingzi waved a hand, signaling the directors to find somewhere to wait. She entered the reception room alone. Three people were already waiting inside, and when they saw Li Qingzi and Xu Zhiyu enter, different expressions appeared on their faces.

Curiosity, relief, and wariness.

Xu Zhiyu closed the door, only to see that Li Qingzi had naturally taken the seat of honor. Her bearing as one of the higher-ups was utterly natural.

Seeing Xu Zhiyu’s look, Li Qingzi merely raised her brows slightly before parting her lips.

"Is there a problem?"

The smile on Xu Zhiyu’s lips deepened. He shrugged, remaining standing as he unbuttoned his suit jacket at the chest and said,

"Everyone here is among the few elite Reincarnators I know in Goryeo. I invited you here today to discuss matters of great importance that only elites like us can decide."

Li Qingzi studied Xu Zhiyu, judging his strength.

There was not much information about Yi Xin Society in the Space. After seeing the invitation last night, she had asked an intelligence broker she knew for some information. All she learned was that Yi Xin Society was likely a native Goryeo Reincarnator faction whose members were all Goryeo nationals.

The leader of Yi Xin Society had a violent temperament, yet he was not known as a vicious man in the Space. That most likely meant he was the type whose combat style was brutal, or who was extremely cruel toward ordinary people and Plot Characters.

Most people like that were madmen, venting the desires in their hearts through endless slaughter.

The only thing Li Qingzi cared about was that, according to some rumors, people believed he was a Special Reincarnator who possessed a special card and wielded special abilities.

"Hmph. Even if this lady truly is the Moon Demon you mentioned, with none of us even reaching the level of Title-level Reincarnator, isn’t it still too absurd to discuss major matters that decide the fate of the nation?"

The Reincarnator seated by the window wore a brown hat pulled so low that it nearly concealed his entire face. He was wrapped up tightly from head to toe, with both hands in his pockets. Every aspect of his appearance revealed his subconscious distrust of Xu Zhiyu.

Now, he spoke up to question him.

Li Qingzi said nothing. She simply crossed one leg over the other and sat elegantly in the seat of honor, as though she were the master of this place.

Xu Zhiyu was questioned, but he did not get angry. He strolled between them with a casual expression.

"Title-level Reincarnators?"

"They’re merely people who enjoyed the early benefits of the Space. Are they really that strong?"

As he spoke, scarlet light began to appear over the Space Mark on his right hand. That abnormal glow immediately drew everyone’s attention.

The hat-wearing Reincarnator reacted most intensely. He raised his head, revealing an exceptionally distorted face. An amber-like crystal sat between his brows, and his entire face resembled that of a massive bird.

Several black spheres condensed before and behind him. With a shudder of his body, they immediately shot in every direction.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amid a series of crisp sounds, every object touched by the black spheres instantly vanished, leaving behind huge spherical voids.

Sitting on the sofa, Li Qingzi merely tilted her head and allowed a Black Ball to erase the wall behind her.

The others reacted far more strongly. This attack was extremely dangerous, clearly some kind of spatial cutting ability.

The birdman knew he had overreacted, but he had once witnessed Xu Zhiyu in action. This man codenamed Director was absolutely a freak obsessed with slaughter, which was why he had always remained on guard against Xu Zhiyu.

The birdman pushed off with both feet and let himself fall backward through the severed wall.

Watching this, Xu Zhiyu shook his head helplessly.

"If you didn’t trust me, you shouldn’t have shown up in the first place."

Scarlet light blazed brightly. His body vanished in an instant, and the next moment, a massive scarlet serpent thrust its head through the shattered wall. In a single moment, it bit the falling Reincarnator and immediately withdrew.

The scarlet light faded, leaving only a Reincarnator’s corpse with its neck torn open falling into the reception room. Before long, it turned into a Scarlet Drop Card.

Xu Zhiyu shrugged at the others, the smile still on his face.

"This guy was too useless. He truly wasn’t worthy of sitting at the same table as us."

Li Qingzi lowered her eyes, speculating inwardly. Was that power just now the power of his special card? She suddenly recalled that while being eroded by God Hand, she seemed to have seen similar scarlet light flare from Bai Cangshu’s right hand.

In other words, these two were most likely Special Reincarnators of the same sequence?

Hiss…

Li Qingzi frowned tightly and endured the intense pain as she swiftly cleared her mind.

Yet Xu Zhiyu keenly caught that moment. His eyes narrowed dangerously.

Moon Demon isn’t in good condition?

Killing intent began to spread unconsciously.

"Hello?"

Bai Cangshu turned on his phone, which he had not used in a long time. He had not expected anyone to call him now.

"Is this student Bai Cangshu? This is Luoshui."

A voice he had already begun to find unfamiliar came through the phone.

"Oh… Officer Luo."

"It’s like this, Bai Cangshu. My master says Northern Myanmar has been unstable lately. Didn’t you go to Southern Yunnan for work before? I wanted to remind you that if necessary, you should stay as far away from that area as possible."

The policewoman’s voice was very serious. She was only deliberately reminding him because they had some acquaintance. It was absolutely not because of any selfish motive.

Squelch!

Bai Cangshu pulled out the pitch-black Dragon Slayer. The corpse, connected by only a few inches of flesh, naturally lost all signs of life. It fell to the ground amid spurting blood, twitching.

"Did something happen in Northern Myanmar?"

Holding the Dragon Slayer, Bai Cangshu looked at the bodies strewn across the building in every direction. He shook his head and walked to the final hidden door.

"My master says some psychopathic serial killer seems to have appeared there. They’ve committed quite a few crimes lately, and their Fierce Reputation has already spread back home."

"Just stay far away from there. Work is work wherever you go. East Xia is so huge—there’s plenty of work for you to find."

Bai Cangshu readily agreed, nodding again and again. Then he raised the Dragon Slayer and thrust it directly through the hidden door.

Squelch!

The sound of blood spurting was rather loud, and Luoshui heard it as well.

"What was that sound on your end?"

"Oh, a client over here drank too much and is throwing up."

Bai Cangshu casually made up a few lies, then sent the well-meaning Officer Luo away. After hanging up, he put away the Dragon Slayer and listened carefully. Only after confirming that there were truly no living people left in the camp did he turn and leave.

Satsui no Hado increased. Current: Lv2