The Star Plucking Tower.
A servant girl pushed open the door and hurriedly handed a reward order to a beautiful woman dressed in black.
“Lan’er, what’s happened? Why the rush?”
The beautiful woman was currently focused on carving a small wooden figure.
Judging by the silhouette, it appeared to be a young man.
“Tower Master, something is wrong. A reward order has been issued.”
The woman’s lips parted slightly as she exhaled a sweet breath, blowing away the wood shavings.
She looked at the youthful face she was carving with great satisfaction.
“I thought I told you to leave matters regarding reward orders to the Deputy Tower Master.”
Lan’er looked at the portrait on the reward order in her hand.
The face was almost identical to the figure the Tower Master was carving.
She insisted, “Tower Master, it is about Young Master Qin.”
Wang Yan’er’s hand froze.
She set down her tools and the wooden figure, then shifted her gaze to the portrait on the reward order.
It was the face of a young boy.
‘Mu’er!’
Taking the reward order, Wang Yan’er’s eyes swept over it rapidly.
[Qin Mu, Qi Refining Stage, Young Master of the Qin family, brother of Qin Ruoshuang and Qin Mengyu. Must be captured alive. Reward: To be discussed in person upon completion; satisfaction guaranteed.]
“Who issued this reward order!”
Her voice was laced with a chilling coldness.
Having been her personal servant for many years, Lan’er could tell that the Tower Master was furious.
If her answer was not satisfactory, the Star Plucking Tower might be due for another purge.
In the current Star Plucking Tower, Wang Yan’er ruled with an iron fist.
If one were to ask what happened to those who disagreed with her?
They had all gone to the other world for a team-building exercise.
To ensure they wouldn’t be lonely on the road, Wang Yan’er had personally and thoughtfully seen them off.
Sending away a large wave of people at once was quite the lively event.
It was even festive — just look at the large patches of bright red on the ground; it was a very celebratory sight.
“According to the person in charge, we don’t know. The person was very mysterious and hid their aura,” Lan’er said, trembling with fear.
It was true that anyone could post a reward order at the Star Plucking Tower.
After all, money was money.
Since the tower already operated in the shadows, they were willing to take on any assassination task.
From assassinating the high-level officials of super-powers down to catching wriggling white proteins in a latrine, nothing was off-limits.
Everything was negotiable.
“Has anyone accepted it?”
This was what Wang Yan’er was worried about.
It was true that she had left life-saving measures for Mu’er, but those would only be triggered in a moment of life-or-death crisis.
This reward order was for a live capture, which meant her life-saving measures might not be triggered.
“It… it was accepted…”
Although Lan’er had served the Tower Master for a long time, she still felt immense pressure at this moment.
“The Three Dog Eccentrics took the task. All three of them are in the Golden Core Realm. Young Master Qin is likely in great danger.”
Clang!
Wang Yan’er stood up, crumpling the reward order in her hand as anger flared in her beautiful eyes.
“Inform the Deputy Tower Master to cancel this reward order.”
“As you command!”
Just as Lan’er was about to leave, Wang Yan’er called out.
“Wait!”
Wang Yan’er tucked away the wooden figure she had just carved and looked at Lan’er, instructing, “I will be leaving for a while. While I am gone, everything will proceed as usual.”
Lan’er nodded.
“Lan’er understands.”
“Very well. You may leave.”
The moment Lan’er closed the door, the woman in black vanished from the room.
***
“Cough!”
Liu Zixi clutched her chest with her slender hand.
Her aura began to wither, looking as though it was about to drop back down to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
“Hehe, beauty, it looks like you’re about finished.”
Seeing Liu Zixi’s current state, the two devil path cultivators became relaxed.
“Big Brother, can we capture this woman alive?”
San’gou asked, being the third brother.
The eldest, Da’gou, looked at the lecherous expression on his third brother’s face and smacked him on the head.
“You useless thing, your head is filled with nothing but women! She is a disciple of the Seven Star Sect. Do you want the Seven Star Sect to hunt us for the rest of our lives!”
Compared to the third brother, Da’gou’s mind was a bit more flexible.
The three of them were merely scattered cultivators.
In name, they followed the devil path, but they had no major power backing them.
The principle of the eldest of the Three Dog Eccentrics was simple: bully small sects and minor factions.
As for the major sects, you really had to watch your step.
After all, in this world, everyone cared about their reputation.
The stronger the power, the more important their face was.
Moreover, she was a disciple of the Seven Star Sect, one of the top sects on the Heavenly Profound Continent.
The reputation of Lu Qian, the Sect Master, was thunderous even within the devil path.
The big bosses of other sects might feel it beneath their status to personally take action against you and would simply send their underlings.
But Lu Qian was the type who would personally fight if she could, absolutely refusing to let others interfere.
Furthermore, her methods were clean and decisive — she pulled up the grass and the roots, leaving neither chickens nor dogs alive.
She would even dig up earthworms and split them in two.
“Huh?”
San’gou rubbed his head.
“Big Brother, then what do we do now?”
“We wait.”
“Wait?”
“Yes. We wait until Second Brother captures that boy and brings him back. Then we leave.”
Da’gou had also looked at the information regarding their target, and it had nearly scared him to death.
Good heavens, those two monstrous Qin family sisters actually had a younger brother!
How fortunate… no, how tragic!
Facing two peerless beauties that he could only look at but not touch — how pitiful, truly pitiful!
Although the target’s background was incredibly massive, Da’gou trusted the secrecy of the Star Plucking Tower.
After all, the Star Plucking Tower was famous for never revealing information to anyone.
Before long, a figure came flying back rapidly.
The eldest, Da’gou, was immediately overjoyed.
After finishing this one job, the three brothers planned to wash their hands of this life!
“Second Brother! Haha! Come, come, come! Let me see our big… customer…”
In a short span of time, the corners of Da’gou’s mouth went from curving upward to neutral, and then downward.
“Se… Second Brother, where is he?!”
Facing his brother’s questioning, Ergou stammered, “Big Brother, just a little bit more… I was just a little bit away!”
Fine, there was no need to ask further.
Da’gou already understood everything.
Hum —
At that moment, a ripple appeared in space.
“Big Brother! Big Brother!”
San’gou excitedly pulled at Da’gou’s sleeve.
“What is it? What now?”
Da’gou asked impatiently.
“It’s a fairy! I see a fairy! She’s too beautiful!”
San’gou was so excited he was nearly jumping.
“What fairy? Let me see…”
Da’gou turned his head and saw a beautiful woman standing nearby, bathed in the moonlight.
That face and that figure were unlike anything he had ever seen in his life.
‘Mother! I really have seen a fairy!’
Wang Yan’er felt disgusted by the gazes of the Three Dog Eccentrics.
She released her aura directly, instantly suppressing the three of them so hard they couldn’t lift their heads.
“Senior, have mercy!”
Da’gou was very quick to read the situation and slid into a kowtow.
“Where is the boy?”
The woman spoke, and with a wave of her hand, a portrait of Mu’er flew toward them.
It had to be said, she truly was like an immortal lady; even her voice was incredibly pleasant to the ear.
Da’gou picked up the portrait and saw that it was indeed their “big customer.”
Seeing this, Da’gou immediately kicked his second brother.
Ergou was also trembling from the pressure of her aura.
“Re… Reporting to Senior, he escaped.”
“Escaped…”
Wang Yan’er murmured.
This was the result she had hoped for; it was good that Mu’er hadn’t been caught.
Looking at the three men kneeling on the ground — especially the one who was secretly scanning her body with that disgusting gaze — Wang Yan’er felt displeased.
Even the heavyweights of the Heavenly Profound Continent wouldn’t dare to look at Wang Yan’er that way.
Without another word, Wang Yan’er struck out with her palm and obliterated the Three Dog Eccentrics.
To Wang Yan’er, the Three Dog Eccentrics were merely three ants; killing them meant nothing.
Then, she turned her gaze toward the woman in white who was on the verge of collapsing.
“She has Mu’er’s scent on her.”
Wang Yan’er glanced at Liu Zixi.
She was from the Seven Star Sect, so she was likely Mu’er’s senior sister or something similar.
‘Mu’er’s Senior Sister, and a disciple of that woman surnamed Lu.’
Deciding to do a good deed, Wang Yan’er waved her hand, and a mass of True Qi wrapped around Liu Zixi, tearing through space to send her back to the Seven Star Sect.
Following the traces of Mu’er’s residual aura, Wang Yan’er arrived at the place where Qin Mu had activated the twenty talismans.
“The aura disappeared.”
Wang Yan’er tapped her jade-like finger, and a formation appeared as she began her calculations.
After a moment, a light flashed in her beautiful eyes.
“Found him!”
Wang Yan’er licked her red lips, her eyes filled with longing.
“Mu’er… Aunt Yan’er is coming for you…”