King of Assassins

"Why would I lie to you? Don’t you want to go home and would rather stay here with me?"

Gao Xuan, who had cultivated as an immortal for thousands of years, returned to the human world, and he quite liked this ordinary feeling.

Li Xiaoyu, just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, was no match for Gao Xuan.

After a few words, she obediently handed over Li Zhennan’s contact number.

Gao Xuan found a communication device on the dead man, a very old-fashioned keypad phone. It weighed over two hundred grams, made of black plastic.

Just by looking at the communication device, Gao Xuan could tell that there was a significant technological gap in this era.

After connecting to Li Zhennan’s communication device, Gao Xuan politely greeted, "Hello, Mr. Li."

The person on the other end was silent for a moment before asking, "Who are you?"

Gao Xuan handed the device to Li Xiaoyu, saying, "Your dad’s voice is quite magnetic. You say a few words to him."

"Dad, it’s me, Little Yu. I’ve been captured by them. This person said he would release me and told me to contact you."

Li Xiaoyu, having the chance to talk to her father, was very excited, and her speech was particularly fast.

The person on the other end became a bit excited hearing Li Xiaoyu’s voice: "Little Yu, is it you?"

"Dad, it’s me, it’s me, waaa..."

Li Xiaoyu got more excited as she spoke, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

Gao Xuan took the device away, "Don’t get excited, let me talk to your father."

Li Xiaoyu, teary-eyed, looked at Gao Xuan. She wanted to take back the device but didn’t have the courage.

He had just killed some people and could still talk to her with a smile. He was a ruthless villain. She couldn’t afford to offend him.

On the other end, Li Zhennan also calmed down and asked as steadily as he could, "What do you want?"

"Mr. Li, here’s the thing. I’m tired of gang life. I want to be a good person in the future. I’ll return Li Xiaoyu to you. I don’t want anything, let’s just consider it even between us."

Gao Xuan thought for a moment and added, "Of course, if you insist on giving me a few tens of thousands as a reward, I can accept it."

He explained further: "It doesn’t matter if you don’t. Haha..."

Li Zhennan was a bit suspicious; the terms seemed too lenient, just asking for tens of thousands?

But he was extremely fond of his youngest daughter. No matter what, he had to try.

"Where are you? I’ll come find you," Li Zhennan said.

"No need, wait at Old Zhang’s Tea House on Shuanghong Street, I’ll be there in half an hour."

Gao Xuan mentioned a teahouse he often visited, a place bustling with people and patrol officers maintaining order. It was safer to meet there.

Gao Xuan wasn’t afraid of Li Zhennan; he just didn’t want to give him a chance to strike. He simply wanted to do a good deed.

The problem was, Li Zhennan might find it hard to understand; meeting elsewhere, it would be hard for Li Zhennan to resist taking action.

Gao Xuan turned off the communication device and said to Li Xiaoyu, "Go wash your face, let’s go out clean to meet people. Don’t let your dad think I abused you."

By now, Li Xiaoyu’s legs and feet had mostly recovered, and she slowly stood up, moving step by step to the bathroom to wash her face.

She stole a glance at Gao Xuan, seeing that he wasn’t watching her, and gently closed the bathroom door.

Having been tied up for half a day, she had long needed relief. But in front of these vicious kidnappers, she dared not mention the bathroom.

After relieving herself, she felt much lighter.

When she emerged from the bathroom, she had a bit more trust in Gao Xuan.

At least, this man seemed genuine about sending her back. For this, he even killed two of his companions.

Li Xiaoyu glanced at the two corpses on the sofa; their eyes had a large split, and the blood had pooled into a large patch. They weren’t pretending to be dead.

Moreover, the public place Gao Xuan had set for the meeting shouldn’t have ambushes.

Thinking she could go home, Li Xiaoyu was a bit impatient. But she didn’t dare act rashly and could only look at Gao Xuan eagerly, indicating they could leave now.

Gao Xuan suddenly gestured to Li Xiaoyu to be quiet, and then signaled for her to retreat to the bathroom.

Li Xiaoyu didn’t understand but didn’t dare defy Gao Xuan’s intentions, so she reluctantly tiptoed back to the smelly bathroom.

Gao Xuan casually closed the bathroom door, stood waiting in place for a moment, then the room door was knocked.

The knocking was loud and crude, thump thump thump thump, four punches in total.

This was the opened door signal agreed upon by the Flying Knife Association; without a doubt, the people coming were from the Flying Knife Association.

Moreover, a master had come. Of course, this master was only relative to this world.

Though Gao Xuan’s main body was strong, at this moment, he could only use the power of this body and a bit of the Celestial Dragon Eye’s power.

Even though he had just used Little Dog’s Divine Soul to transform this body, it remained flesh and blood and was inferior to this world’s modified people in many respects.

That’s right, although Gao Xuan’s power was currently limited to the lowest level, his experience, knowledge, and wisdom remained.

From the heavy footsteps in the hallway, he could tell the person approaching weighed over 350 pounds. Moreover, the guy must have metal prosthetic limbs installed, for the footsteps were both heavy and hard.

Little Dog was just a low-level con artist, relying on good looks and sweet talk to fool young women.

Although he joined the gang, he never participated in battles.

Little Dog knew very little about the modified people in this world; he only knew the Flying Knife Association had three modified people, who were very formidable. As for exactly how formidable, he couldn’t say.

Judging by the heavy footsteps, it should be Iron Bull coming. It’s said he has immense strength and is invulnerable to swords and guns. He is the Flying Knife Association’s top warrior.