Sword Intent - 450

There were not many people in the surrounding area and Zhu Yi was able to safely move the headless body behind a bush. The assassination guilds cleanup crew would take care of it.

Zhu Yi returned to the assassination guild. This time, he did not meet the guild master, but instead walked up to a front counter and declared his mission completed.

The lady at the front counter was not like the girls at the rogue cultivator guild. She was middle aged, seemed grumpy, and had scars on her face.

As she took the bag and looked at the head, Zhu Yi spoke. 

"Why does everyone here have scars? Is it a fashion choice?"

The lady barely glanced up at him before responding while examining the head. "You're new here. We don't get too many newbies. Killing people is not a safe business practice. Humans are unpredictable. Consider yourself lucky to not have been injured so far. You'll understand in the future."

Zhu Yi just nodded.

Although higher level cultivators often got injured, they could almost always perfectly heal themselves. Only the weaker cultivators would retain scars from normal injuries.

Before long, the woman approved the mission completion and Zhu Yi returned to the crystal pad.

Upon logging in, he found that the mission was completed. As the mission paid three times more, he would already get his reward.

The screen told him to come back tomorrow. 

Zhu Yi spoke as he walked out of the assassination guild. "I guess we get to relax until tomorrow." 

There wasn't enough time to take a rogue cultivator guild mission or an assassination guild mission before his reward would be given out.

Zhou Fan shook his head. "Why do you think you have the right to relax?"

Zhu Yi looked at him confused.

"Your work is to kill people. No matter how smart you are, they can also kill you. You need to train and cultivate. This is the path that you have chosen. There is no more relaxation."

Zhu Yi silently looked at him.

"Don't look at me. Relax once you are the strongest. Until then, get to work."

Zhu Yi sighed and nodded. He returned to the inn and packed his stuff, which did not amount to much. He made a stop at the rogue cultivator guild and turned his crystal pad money into real money. 

With plentiful gold, he bought a house on the outer reaches of the city. It had a courtyard, one which could be used to train.

Zhu Yi held a sword as Zhou Fan spoke.

"Although I cannot do much right now, this is something simple. Hold your sword out straight."

When Zhou Fan had asked Zhu Yi what weapon he would like to use, Zhu Yi chose the sword.

Zhou Fan still had all of his memories, even if his mind was now extremely slow. It was simple to teach Zhu Yi some low-level swordplay. 

Although it was low-level to Zhou Fan, to almost anyone in Zhu Yi's world, it was beyond comprehension.

Luckily, with Zhou Fan's guidance, Zhu Yi's proficiency with the sword soared. It was only a single day of practice. A single day of practice with a student of average comprehension and talent. 

Yet, the next, when Zhu Yi walked into the assassination guild to get his reward, everyone in the building looked at him.

They could feel a vast change in him. It was as if a sword was being held to their necks. 

Most of the people in the assassination guild simply felt it, but it did not affect them. Only those below the 5th level of Qi gathering actually felt a real feeling of danger.

"Sheath your sword intent." A voice said.

This voice seemed to calm down Zhu Yi's surroundings and the feeling disappeared. His sword intent, a sort of aura similar to killing intent that one gained with a certain mastery of the sword, was suppressed.

Both Zhu Yi and Zhou Fan looked up.

On the second floor of the pub-like assassination guild, a young man, seemingly no older than 18, was looking at them.

"Apologies. I've been trying to stop it from pouring out, but I've struggled to do so." Zhu Yi said.

The young man spoke. "You must have gained some sort of enlightenment. Lucky you, but if you can't control your sword intent, then you should stay at home until you can."

Zhu Yi nodded. "Thank you for the advice."

The young man turned away and focused on whatever he was doing again. Although Zhu Yi still could not control his sword intent, it was temporarily suppressed and would not show again for a while, similar in nature to a beaten beast.

"We'll practice sheathing it in the room." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi nodded and walked up to the front desk.

After some brief talking, he was led to a room with a similar beast to the last one inside. This time, nobody was outside and Zhu Yi could spend an entire day inside the room before leaving.

Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword and walked forward. His suppressed sword intent came out once again with the unsheathing of his sword. Even the beast felt it, but it was not a threat to the beast.

Zhu Yi moved forward and slashed with his sword. He had become much more familiar with the weapon.

His first cut, despite using the same strength and same sword as the last time, on a beast with similar body strength as the last one, cut three inches deep, three times as deep as last time.

Zhu Yi moved around the cage as if he was dancing, cutting the beast through the gaps in the bars.

The beast could only helplessly back into a corner as Zhu Yi attacked it.

"This is good training I suppose." Zhou Fan said.

He began to give Zhu Yi guidance as he slashed, and after 10 minutes, the beast was dead.

Zhu Yi unlocked the cage and grabbed the beast core. Zhou Fan absorbed it.

"Almost. I can feel that the next one may do it." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi nodded with excitement. He was very interested in the change it would bring and how it would affect him.