Chapter 455 - 235: Poison and Assassination (2)
Lu Cang willed it.
He shared his Perception with Leng Qingying...
Although he wasn’t an Observer, it didn’t mean Perception couldn’t be shared at all.
It was just that the shared Perception lacked the rich functionality of an Observer’s, and the connection time would be somewhat brief.
Furthermore, she could only notice what Lu Cang was focusing on.
She couldn’t see anything else within his Perception that he wasn’t paying attention to.
Once connected to Lu Cang’s Perception, Leng Qingying quickly saw the secret chamber below.
At this moment, within her perception, a child was in the room, silently reading a book.
As he read, he jotted something down on a piece of paper.
"This is the person you want to kill?"
"No wonder you wanted to explain it to me... So you’re planning to kill a child. You really are unforgivably wicked."
Lu Cang said, "He’s not actually a child."
Leng Qingying replied, "You don’t need to explain. I don’t care."
’No... you should care a little.’
’Otherwise, I’ll feel like I’m being misunderstood.’
"But if it’s just a matter of killing one person, shouldn’t you be strong enough to handle it?"
Lu Cang said helplessly, "It’s because conventional methods make it very difficult to kill him..."
Starting a battle of this magnitude within the city would be extremely troublesome. If I can’t kill him, he’ll just run.
Saint One is a Mage himself; he can use Random Teleportation Magic.
Moreover, his skill in Magic is that of a veteran Level 8 Mage.
Lu Cang couldn’t guarantee that his own Magic could completely restrict the Space, nor could he be certain of sealing off the target’s Random Teleportation.
On top of that, if a fight breaks out, he has other reinforcements.
Fighting in the city also makes it easy to harm civilians by mistake.
Lu Cang wasn’t so cold-blooded that he wouldn’t care how many innocent people died just to kill Saint One.
Therefore, Lu Cang wasn’t seeking a battle.
But a guaranteed kill... a method that would ensure a 100% certain kill.
Leng Qingying asked, "Is he really that formidable?"
Lu Cang replied, "Not necessarily stronger than me, but it would be very troublesome if he escaped."
"Based on what I know, he should currently be a Level 6 Scholar, a Level 6 Mage, and a Level 6 Mechanician."
These are all knowledge-based Professions. As long as one possesses the corresponding knowledge,
they can Upgrade very quickly after Reincarnation, almost as if directly inheriting their past life’s Level.
This is especially true for the Mechanician.
As a Level 6 Mechanician now, he’s already very close to his previous peak state of Level 7.
Leng Qingying said, "But it’s just three Level 6 Professions."
’Leng Qingying, I think you’re really getting ahead of yourself. You’re just a Level Four Assassin, yet you dare say he *only* has three Level 6 Professions.’
’Anyone who didn’t know better would think you were some ancient, mighty being.’
Lu Cang said, "His Level 6 is not an ordinary Level 6."
Leng Qingying asked, "So, you want me to poison him?"
Lu Cang said, "Mmm..."
Leng Qingying said, "With your Space Magic, you should be able to do it too, right? Just directly swap his wine with poison or something."
Lu Cang sighed, "Sigh, I just don’t want to use Magic."
Lu Cang thought of Iz.
Iz possessed an extremely keen sensitivity to Magic, and Saint One was once a Level 8 Mage, perhaps even on par with An Zheng at his peak.
In the pre-simulations, Lu Cang had fought Saint One.
He could sense his opponent’s sharp insight into Magic...
If he used Root Magic to swap the liquid and poison him,
the Possibility of being discovered was very high.
Therefore, it was better for Lu Cang to use Leng Qingying’s Talent for this task.
"Oh..."
"So all I have to do is poison him? No fighting?"
Lu Cang tilted his head. "This is an enemy I’m not even confident I can kill, and you want to fight him?"
Leng Qingying placed her fists on her thighs and clenched them.
’This guy is insulting me!’
Leng Qingying took a breath and asked, "So I make my move after he leaves this room?"
Lu Cang replied, "No... I want to observe for a while longer."
"Let’s wait for the right opportunity."
His opponent was methodically trying to kill him, so Lu Cang had no intention of tipping him off prematurely.
Besides—
Lu Cang looked at the poison in his hand.
’Is this vial of poison potent enough?’
...
Before he knew it, midnight had passed.
It was now March 26th.
Lu Cang’s four pre-simulations had refreshed.
WHOOSH—
For his first pre-simulation, Lu Cang directly simulated the consequences of poisoning the target himself.
After Saint One left the secret chamber during the day, Lu Cang activated the Restriction on it.
However, this Restriction was turned to his own use.
Lu Cang made it so his opponent couldn’t sense anything inside the secret chamber.
In the next instant, Lu Cang used Space Magic to appear directly in the center of the secret chamber.
In the end, Lu Cang stood safely in the secret chamber.
’It seems my worries were unnecessary.’
’Could it be that I was being a little too cautious?’
’No, one can never be too cautious.’
After poisoning the target’s wine, Lu Cang left the secret chamber.
After that, he followed Saint One’s activities for the rest of the day.
During the day, Saint One went to the headquarters of the Reincarnation Sect...
There, Saint One listened to his subordinates’ reports. They covered matters in Moon Sea, the overt and covert struggles between continents, the internal affairs of the Reincarnation Sect’s various factions, and the allocation and mobilization of resources...
Around noon, Saint One went to several schools in Miselux.
In the center of the schools, there was a grand statue of Saint One, sculpted in his child-like form.
’These schools are his?’
While Saint One was wandering around the school, Lu Cang took the opportunity to check the school’s archives.
’He really did establish them...’
They were built to provide a systematic education for Mages and Mechanicians of even dull aptitude. At the same time, the History of the Reincarnation Sect was part of their curriculum.
These students were all future reservists for the Reincarnation Sect.
The Reincarnation Sect, while not worshipping a Divine Spirit, revered a mighty being who walked the mortal world and could never be extinguished.
To a certain extent, he possessed an influence comparable to that of a god.
In the afternoon, Saint One took his people to the slums... and, together with several major branches of the Orthodoxy, set up a temporary Cafeteria to distribute food.
Atlantis City had slums, too.
However, the conditions here were clearly much better than in Kernoya.
Here, even the slums consisted of short, dilapidated buildings, and the various Churches provided free aid...
As long as one was a believer, they could receive food and even free clothes. Although they were just the Church’s standard uniforms, it was still very good.
The poor here were mostly disabled people, cripples, or orphans.
This was because any normal Reincarnator, even one at just Level 1, could find some sort of decent work.
’Repairing schools, aiding the poor.’
’Far from being a villain, he’s practically a hero, isn’t he?’
Lu Cang sat in an inconspicuous corner, his Perception fixed on him, and couldn’t help but shake his head slightly.
「Nightfall—」
Having been out all day, Saint One returned to the dark, narrow cellar. In the corridor, he once again listened to reports from two hooded confidants, one dressed in black and one in white.
These two confidants reported on extremely private matters or sudden important issues that Saint One needed to be aware of.
After hearing their reports and making his decisions,
he returned to that dark and cramped secret chamber. Lu Cang could sense his emotional exhaustion.
Only here could he finally let out a sigh of relief.
’Your life isn’t easy either... Saint One.’
Saint One reached out, took the wine pot, and, as was his custom, poured himself a cup of wine.
It seemed he had grown accustomed to having a cup every night.
Above ground, Lu Cang silently waited for him to drink the poisoned wine...
However, the man glanced at the cup and then set the small, exquisite cup down.
"Sigh."
"I never would have thought someone could enter my final resting place so silently..."
Saint One slowly rose from the stone stool.
He stood with his hands behind his back, surveying the entire secret chamber.
"Friend, are you still watching?"
"Since you already know you’ve been discovered, there’s no need to hide anymore..."
"To still have killing intent towards me, even after knowing who I am."
"You must be the one who stole my Reincarnation."