Chapter 1712: The Terrifying Assassin’s Guild

“Uh… I don’t know either. Anyway, my Master just gave them to me. Who knows where he got them from? As long as they’re useful, that’s all that matters.”

Ye Bufan knew there was no way to explain it, so he could only dump everything onto his non-existent Master.

Su Caiwei, however, didn’t know so much and said with an envious look, “Ye Dage, I truly envy you. You have such an extraordinary Master.”

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Oh, right, Miss Su, I have another question I wanted to ask you.”

Ye Bufan immediately changed the subject. “Do you know what the Assassin’s Guild is all about?”

Su Caiwei said, “Of course I know. Everyone in Tianlang City knows. It’s not a secret. Why are you asking about this?”

“Nothing, I heard a few customers talking about it today and felt curious, so I wanted to learn more.”

Ye Bufan asked, “Generally speaking, aren’t assassins just killers? Shouldn’t they hide in secret? Why is there even a Guild?”

“Ye Dage, it seems you really don’t understand the outside world. Not only do assassins have a Guild, but it’s also in the most prosperous part of Tianlang City…”

Su Caiwei spoke eloquently, introducing the entire situation of the Assassin’s Guild.

“Normally, assassins should not see the light of day, but the current Guild is simply too powerful. Their strength has reached a point where no one dares to provoke them.

It is said that a hundred years ago, the City Lord of a certain city took action and annihilated the Assassin’s Guild in his city.

The next day, from the City Lord down to the lowest yamen runners, everyone in the entire government office was assassinated and then hung on the city gates.

From then on, all the countries on the entire Kunlun Continent reached a tacit understanding with the Assassin’s Guild, mutually refraining from interfering with each other.

The Empire here will not send people to annihilate the Assassin’s Guild, and the Assassin’s Guild generally will not accept missions to assassinate core personnel of the Empire…”

After listening to Su Caiwei’s introduction, Ye Bufan asked a few more questions, gaining a preliminary understanding of the situation in this Kingdom.

It turned out that on the Kunlun Continent, the strength of the various Kingdoms was not that great. Not only could they not be compared to China on Earth, but they couldn’t even compare to ancient feudal Dynasties.

The powerful Imperial royal families were fine, but the weakened ones not only couldn’t provoke the Assassin’s Guild, but they couldn’t even provoke some large Sects, large Families, or even Martial Dao Academies.

Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that the Assassin’s Guild existed openly.

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Ye Bufan asked again, “Miss Su, what is the status of doctors here?”

“The status of doctors is quite good, after all, many people rely on doctors to save their lives.

Of course, this is only in comparison to ordinary commoners. There is still a huge gap compared to royalty, nobles, and powerful experts from major Sects.

However, if one is an Alchemist, their status is much higher. Wherever they go, they will be treated as honored guests by various forces.”

“Oh!” Ye Bufan asked again, “What about doctors’ income? For example, the Ma Family father and son who came today, are they very rich?”

He was genuinely confused, wondering how much money Ma Fu and his son actually had to offer 200,000 gold coins for his life.

Su Caiwei said, “Doctors’ incomes are very generous. For example, our Taiping Medical Center can have thousands of gold coins in daily income.

It’s just that my father has always sympathized with the poor. Many people don’t get charged for medical treatment, and sometimes we even lose money, so my Family doesn’t have too much wealth.

But Ma Fu and his son are different. They only treat rich people and are completely profit-driven. I estimate they might have accumulated around a million in savings over the years.

This is also because most patients come to our Taiping Medical Center. The reason they are so eager to drive my father and me out of Tianlang City is to monopolize the business, make ill-gotten gains, and earn even more.”

“Where is Qingde Medical Center? How does its location compare to our Taiping Medical Center?”

Su Caiwei didn’t think much and directly said, “It’s at the other end of this street. We are on the east side, and they are on the west side. The locations are pretty similar.”

Ye Bufan nodded, “I understand.”

The two chatted for a while longer, then Su Caiwei went back to sleep, but Ye Bufan left his room alone, quietly departed the medical center, and quickly disappeared into the night.

He walked on the streets of Tianlang City, feeling a surge of emotion. Having grown accustomed to the neon lights of modern society, he was truly a bit unaccustomed to the pitch-black night here.

Following Su Caiwei’s directions, he soon found Qingde Medical Center on the other side of the street.

Inside a room in the medical center, Ma Fu and his son Ma Zhiqiang were sitting together, drinking wine.

Ma Fu drained the wine from his cup, finally put it down, and slapped the table.

“That damned Ye Bu—

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—Fan! If he hadn’t suddenly appeared, the Taiping Medical Center would already be ours, father and son.”

Ma Zhiqiang’s eyes were also bloodshot, filled with hatred.

“The most hateful thing is that bastard actually crippled our cultivation, father and son. How will we make money in the future?”

“So he must die,” Ma Fu said. “We’ve already posted a mission at the Assassin’s Guild this time. That kid is definitely going to die.”

Ma Zhiqiang put down his wine glass and said with some unease, “We posted the mission during the day. Logically, there should be a result by now. Why hasn’t there been any news back from the Assassin’s Guild?

I saw that kid’s skills were excellent. Could there be some accident?”

“How could there be an accident? That’s the Assassin’s Guild! From the moment we handed over those 200,000 gold coins, Ye Bufan was already destined to be a dead man.”

Ma Fu said confidently, “So what if that kid has some ability? Even if one assassin fails, the Assassin’s Guild will immediately send out stronger assassins, until that kid is killed, never resting until he’s dead.”

Ma Zhiqiang nodded, “Father is right. It is said that there’s no one on this Kunlun Continent that the Assassin’s Guild can’t kill, let alone a mere Shopkeeper of a small medical center.”

Ma Fu said, “After that kid is killed, the remaining Su Dingfang father and daughter will be much easier to deal with. Then we’ll find a way to definitely get our hands on the Taiping Medical Center.”

“A good idea, but unfortunately, the ones who are going to die are you!”

As soon as his voice fell, the door was kicked open with a bang, and Ye Bufan walked in with a smile on his face.

“You… why are you here?”

The father and son were both terrified and flustered upon seeing Ye Bufan, their faces filled with horror.

“I really didn’t expect you two to be so rich, actually offering 200,000 gold coins to buy my life.” Ye Bufan looked at the two with a playful smile. “Since you’re so rich, of course, I have to help you spend some.”

“You… Ye Bufan, as long as you don’t kill us, we’re willing to give you all the money.”

“That can be discussed.” Ye Bufan looked at the two and said, “Now the most crucial question is, what about the mission you posted at the Assassin’s Guild?”

Ma Fu quickly said, “That’s easy. Tomorrow I’ll go and withdraw the mission.”

Ye Bufan asked, “You won’t lie to me, will you? Can a posted mission really be withdrawn?”