CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 90 ER LANG_3

On this list, targets were ranked by strength, from weakest to strongest. The weakest was an ordinary person valued at ten taels of silver.

Chen Ku started reading from the beginning. When he saw the number one bounty target, his heart skipped a beat.

"Bounty List No.1: Yang Luochen of the Medicine King Hall. His latest known public strength is Fifth Realm Inner Strength cultivation. Combined with the Furious Ape Mighty Staff, he is capable of exerting the Power of Ten Thousand Jun. Whoever can take his life will be rewarded with ten million taels of silver!"

Chen Ku was shocked.

Who would put a bounty on Master Yang?!

Does Master Yang know about this?

Seeming to sense Chen Ku’s emotions, the man in grey was fairly certain that this was a Blade-Handler new to the profession.

He said indifferently, "The top three bounties have been posted in this building for many years. They include not only Yang Luochen of the Medicine King Hall, but also South Li Yutang of the Fish and Dragon Association from Baojiao County, and Thirteenth Young Master Xie Qingfeng of the Firewood Iron Shop. Those three are even aware they’re listed here, yet no one has ever successfully claimed their rewards."

Chen Ku’s heart was shaken.

Knowing that their bounties are up here yet remaining indifferent shows real courage and confidence. However, the top three bounties actually belong to the most powerful individuals among the three giants of Baojiao County.

Who issued these bounties?

He saw that below Master Yang, the bounties were ten million, eight million, and seven million taels of silver, respectively.

Chen Ku remained silent as he continued to look further down the list.

Then, he saw an interesting bounty.

"Bounty for the Demon People of the Peace Path:

Killing a Force Transforming level Demon Person: fifty to one hundred taels of silver.

Killing a First Realm Inner Qi Realm Demon Person: one thousand to two thousand taels of silver.

Killing a Second Realm Mystic Barrier Realm Demon Person: three thousand to five thousand taels of silver.

Killing a Third Realm Jade Skin Realm Demon Person: ten thousand to thirty thousand taels of silver.

Killing a Fourth Realm Meridian-Opening Realm Demon Person: one hundred thousand to one million taels of silver.

Killing a Peace Path Incense Master: one million taels of silver.

Killing a Peace Path Helmsman: five million taels of silver.

Killing the Peace Path Leader: ten million taels of silver."

This wasn’t an official bounty order issued by the government.

Who is it? What power wants the entire Peace Path to disappear?

"In the past few days, has anyone come to claim a reward with the head of a Demon Person from the Peace Path?" Chen Ku couldn’t help but ask.

The man in grey shook his head and said, "Yes. Just two days ago, a few Blade-Handlers killed several during a raid by Demon People."

Chen Ku calculated the time.

This timing... it seems like this bounty was placed right when Master Yang and Master Shang returned injured. Could this bounty order have been issued by the Medicine King Hall?

He continued to look further down.

Suddenly, just then, a message flashed in his mind: [A Peace Path Incense Master, Yao Wensu, wishes to put a bounty on the life of the Diagram Master and harbors ill intentions toward the Diagram Master...]

Chen Ku’s heart throbbed violently.

The sensing distance of the Transformation Diagram, at its furthest—like with Xie Gouzi—had been about a li or two.

Now... This meant a Peace Path Incense Master was approaching and intended to issue a bounty on him!

Chen Ku’s heart pounded relentlessly.

An Incense Master? Judging by the bounty list, every Peace Path Incense Master possessed power at least equivalent to the Fourth Realm Peak—just like Yan Hongwen, who had fought Master Yang.

Why? Why would the Peace Path, for no apparent reason, issue a bounty on him—an insignificant figure who had yet to cultivate Inner Qi? And an Incense Master was coming in person!

Just as Chen Ku was reeling from shock, his mind a whirl of panicked thoughts,

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.

A knock came from the door outside.

Chen Ku tensed up immediately. Even though he had altered his appearance, he couldn’t help feeling apprehensive; the Transformation Diagram’s warnings had never been wrong.

He saw the grey-clothed man merely wave his hand. A gust of palm wind shot out, catching the door and pushing it open a crack.

It was impossible to tell if this kind of technique was an ability of the Mystic Barrier Realm or the Meridian-Opening Realm.

Once the door opened, Chen Ku heard footsteps entering from outside, followed by a voice speaking softly:

"I’d like a private room upstairs. Have someone attend to me; I want to post a bounty."