Somewhere in the Middle Realm, a pair of long, dark, narrow eyes appeared. "Assassination failed. Your commissions for this job will be returned, or you can pay the price increase."

"Price increase? Why? Just because you failed to kill him? Isn’t your reputation the most important part of your organization? You failed to deliver on a job, so you just raise the price? Who’s going to work with you in the future?"

"There were two attempts to kill him before you hired us. Both attempts failed. With this third failure, the price has to go up."

"Hmph! Sounds like the people who hired you before just gave up. You’re trying to fleece me like a fat sheep."

"Pay the increase, or give up on this job. Choose." The long, narrow eyes grew darker and darker.

"Alright, I’ll pay the difference, but you need to complete the job this time. As you know, I wasn’t the one to provide you with the information for this hit, and you set the price on your own."

***

Lu Yin had entered Flying Armor Pass on his own to search for Guo Shan. Meanwhile, Long Kui had Gui shrink down and rest on the Envoy’s shoulder as he entered the city on his own as well. He headed straight for the Flying Armor Troops’ headquarters to meet with Long Xian.

Long Xian was not surprised to see Long Kui arrive.

The two sat across from each other, and Long Xian showed quite a bit of enthusiasm towards Long Kui’s...