Wu Shattered Star River

“Let's talk when we get up there!”

Li Jianfei glanced around, feeling like a powerful figure might suddenly appear and kill Jiang Han.

He pulled Jiang Han and Lu Xun towards the mountain, only feeling safe after entering the confines of Purple Cloud Mountain.

Arriving at a palace, Li Jianfei activated its defensive array before tossing a dark golden jade token to Jiang Han, saying, “Take a look for yourself!”

Jiang Han caught the jade token and noticed two words written on it: “Dark榜” (Dark Ranking). He scanned it with his soul energy and suddenly the scene before him shifted, revealing a golden mountain.

At the peak of this mountain was a giant stone tablet, inscribed with numerous names, each followed by a number.

There were ninety-nine names on the tablet. Jiang Han quickly scanned it and found his own name, ranked thirty-third.

Behind the name were two rows of numbers: five hundred million and two hundred million.

Jiang Han sensed it for a moment before retracting his soul energy. He asked, “What is this thing?”

“You haven't heard of the Dark Ranking?”

Lu Xun frowned and explained to Jiang Han, “The Dark Ranking is created by the Dark Dragon Pavilion, the number one assassin organization in the Land of Ling Dong. It's like a bounty list, with the numbers representing the bounty amount.”

“You have a bounty of five hundred million sacred fire stones, and other forces have added another two hundred million…”

Li Jianfei continued, “Being on the Dark Ranking means not only will assassins from the Dark Dragon Pavilion hunt you, but many powerful figures from the Eastern Region will also assassinate you. As long as they kill you, they can claim the reward from the Dark Dragon Pavilion.”

Jiang Han frowned. A major force had posted a task on the Dark Dragon Pavilion to hunt him down? The fact that they could offer five hundred million sacred fire stones meant they weren't a small power. He belonged to the Sky Thunder Army, so ordinary small forces wouldn't dare to issue a bounty, right?

“That's not right!”

Jiang Han raised an eyebrow. It wasn't just one force that wanted to put a bounty on him; there were an additional two hundred million.

In other words, another force had increased the bounty?

“The Xu Clan? The Demon Moon Sect?”

Two powerful forces surfaced in Jiang Han's mind. The two biggest forces he had a grudge against were the Xu Clan and the Demon Moon Sect. Had the Xu Clan posted the bounty, and the Demon Moon Sect increased it?

Jiang Han pondered for a moment and asked, “Can we find out who posted the bounty?”

“Of course not!”

Lu Xun rolled his eyes and said, “If we could find out, who would post a bounty on the Dark Dragon Pavilion? They might as well just send their clan's experts to assassinate you openly.”

“They posted the bounty because they don't want to completely break ties with the Sky Thunder Clan. They don't want to act against you openly, so they're using the Dark Dragon Pavilion to do it.”

Li Jianfei said with a wry smile, “Jiang Han, you're quite valuable. Many veteran devils aren't as valuable as you. The Wind Moon Demon Lord, who caused a great commotion in our area recently, only had a bounty of three hundred million sacred fire stones. You're twice as expensive as him.”

“The person ranked twenty-first is a Saint Lord, and he only has a bounty of fifteen hundred million. Some of those ranked higher than you are Heavenly Emperors, but they've been famous for many years and possess extremely powerful unique skills, making them difficult to kill.”

Jiang Han rubbed his nose. He didn't think it was something to be proud of. With such a high bounty, how would he carry out missions in the future?

Was he going to stay in Blue Capital City for the rest of his life? He hated these assassin organizations the most. They had all kinds of strange and eccentric people under their command, possessing many incredible mystical powers.

Their intelligence network must be extremely perverted. How long had he been at Long Beard Mountain? A Saint Lord immediately came to assassinate him. That was too efficient!

If he had nothing else to do, staying in Blue Capital City wouldn't matter, but he needed to find the Heavenly Fire Heart and the Gale Wind Heart, and he still had to find Ye Wanqiu.

As soon as he went out in the future, he would be subjected to endless assassinations, and he wouldn't be safe anywhere.

Jiang Han's expression became very unsightly. He asked, “How can I get removed from the Dark Ranking?”

Lu Xun explained, “There are three ways. First, spend ten times the bounty amount. The Dark Dragon Pavilion will give half of the sacred fire stones you give to the person who issued the task. If a powerful figure wants to continue issuing a bounty, they have to use a price exceeding seventy billion or more to continue issuing it.”

“The second way is to hide in one place and not show your face for ten thousand years, so that the assassins can't find you. When that time comes, the Dark Ranking will remove your name.”

“The third way is to evade a hundred assassinations from the Dark Pavilion. After you successfully avoid a hundred assassinations, the Dark Pavilion will remove your name from the Dark Ranking. If a powerful figure or force wants to continue issuing a bounty, they will also need ten times more sacred fire stones.”

“……”

Jiang Han rolled his eyes speechlessly. These three methods were almost impossible for him to accomplish.

Where would he get so many sacred fire stones for the first one? He had killed so many Heavenly Emperors before and obtained many spatial rings, but the total value was probably only a few hundred million sacred fire stones.

The second method was even more impossible. Making him hide in one place for ten thousand years was more uncomfortable than killing him, not to mention he would soon be returning to the Great Thousand World.

The third method was even more ridiculous. A hundred assassinations? He wasn't truly immortal. How could he avoid every assassination?

Those who dared to assassinate him were all powerful figures, possessing all kinds of incredible mystical powers. He could be killed carelessly.

“Actually…”

Li Jianfei said, “There are two other ways, but they are also relatively difficult!”

Jiang Han glanced over and asked, “How so?”

Li Jianfei said, “The first way is to have the person who issued the bounty actively withdraw it. The second way is to have a Lord come forward and find the Dark Pavilion. The Dark Pavilion might give the Lord some face.”

“Actively withdraw the bounty?”

Jiang Han rubbed his nose. Getting the Xu Clan and the Demon Moon Sect to cancel the bounty would probably be quite difficult.

Could it be that he would constantly assassinate the disciples of the Xu Clan and the Demon Moon Sect? Or have the Sky Thunder Clan communicate with the two major forces? But what if these two major forces said they didn't issue the bounty?

Find a Lord? Find the Sky Thunder Clan King?

The Sky Thunder Clan King had a strange personality. Not to mention him going to find him, even if Lei Ba went, he wouldn't necessarily help him, let alone Lei Ba was not in the Land of Ling Dong.

The Dark Dragon Pavilion was the number one assassin organization in the Land of Ling Dong. Such a large force probably had branches not only in the Eastern Region but throughout the entire Land of Ling Dong.

If the Sky Thunder Clan King went to find them, he would owe them a favor…

Jiang Han suddenly felt a headache. He had been thinking about retaliating against the Xu Clan and avenging Yu Changqing, Hei Wu, and Jin Mao.

Before he could retaliate, the Xu Clan had taken action against him first?

“Or…”

Jiang Han's mind raced, and a thought suddenly arose. Should he return to the Great Thousand World now? And hide for ten thousand years.

But what if the Dark Pavilion found out he came from the Great Thousand World? The White Jade Capital had Sky Patrol Envoys who frequently went to the Great Thousand World. The Xu Clan could definitely find out his background.

According to the rules of the White Jade Capital, ordinary cultivators could not go to the Great Thousand World. But since the Sky Patrol Envoys could go down, with the help of the Xu Clan, it would be easy for an assassin to obtain the identity of a Sky Patrol Envoy and go down.

At that time, not only would he be in big trouble, but it would also implicate his family, relatives, and clansmen…

“Cannot go down!”

Thinking of this, Jiang Han's back was covered in a layer of cold sweat. Not only could he not go down, but he also couldn't find a place to hide.

Otherwise, if the Xu Clan suspected he had gone to the Great Thousand World, they might arrange for assassins to go to the Great Thousand World…

“You motherf**kers!”

Jiang Han's eyes revealed a surging murderous intent. The Xu Clan and the Demon Moon Sect were too disgusting, actually using such underhanded methods.

The feud between him and these two major forces was completely irreconcilable, a never-ending battle.