Candlelight flickered in the lobby of the inn, and the ice cubes remaining in the bowl were slowly melting.
In fact, after thinking about it carefully, Xue Ling already understood how talented she was compared to the two high-ranking players, He Ping and Fang Bie.
As for the origin of their identity, they are currently limited to the tacit understanding they have reached, that is, they will not inquire about it or pursue it.
As long as I pretend not to know, then no one will.
He Ping looked at Xue Ling and nodded noncommittally: "Go on."
Xue Ling nodded: "In short, after I arrived, your work as a bee attractor began to officially operate. Now that I think about it, although you did not help us complete the task, you did have some intervention in the selection of the task, right? "
"After all." Xue Ling looked into He Ping's eyes: "Actually, if I think about it carefully, most of the tasks I have performed so far are normal and a bit excessive."
The girl said this.
He Ping tilted her head and smiled but did not answer.
Xue Ling, on the other hand, counted on He Ping's fingers: "The first task is to assassinate Ning Huaiyuan, the traitor to the sect."
"The second mission is to track the monk Kongwu. There is no need to kill anyone."
When Xue Ling said this, Shang Jiuge, who had been drinking sour plum soup silently beside him, raised his head: "Ning Huaiyuan?"
Only then did Xue Ling realize that yes, she had never realized it before.
Ning Huaiyuan is Shang Jiuge's nephew.
"Yes." Fang Bie nodded aside.
"I killed him."
Shang Jiuge nodded, lowered his head and took a sip of sour plum soup. He raised his head and opened his black and white eyes, looking at Fang Bie: "So, you are Gouzazhong?"
"You all really remember this name." Fang Bie shook his head and said with a smile, "I am still Huashan Linghu Chong."
"There is no such person in Huashan." Shang Jiuge said seriously.
"I'm the senior brother of Huashan, okay?" Fang Bie said with a smile, "Also, it will be available from today on."
Shang Jiuge nodded as if he understood.
"Well, no matter what." Shang Jiuge looked at Fang Bie: "If you didn't kill him, my main purpose of going down the mountain this time was to kill him."
The girl said quietly.
"No surprise." Fang Bie said with a smile.
This is what Shang Jiuge would do.
Although, Fang Bie doubted that Shang Jiuge could not find Ning Huaiyuan.
"So thank you." Shang Jiuge said seriously, "I just didn't expect that Gouzazhong would be you."
Fang Bie smiled and shook his head: "There are still many things you haven't thought of."
"Anyway." Fang Bie looked at Xue Ling: "Don't stop, keep talking."
Xue Ling nodded, then scratched her head: "Where did I say just now?"
"Follow the eminent monk Kongwu." Fang Bie reminded her quietly.
Xue Ling nodded: "Yes, follow the monk Kongwu."
"Then there is the pursuit of the Seventeen Yellow River Bandits. Even the current mission goal is to confirm Gou Zazhong's identity and assassinate Ningxia."
Xue Ling looked at He Ping: "So, our tasks should have been screened. Sister Ping deliberately screened out some tasks, right?"
As for which tasks have been filtered out?
In fact, assassins are an ancient profession that can kill anyone for money.
As someone said, one of the oldest professions in the world is a killer and the other is a prostitute.
Of course, the Hive is a powerful and formal assassin organization with inherent mission thresholds.
After all, the prerequisite for accepting a task is that someone sends the task.
The current assassination targets are basically within the scope of worthy death.
Even if the target is Ningxia, as a remnant of the Demon Sect in the Western Regions, Ningxia itself is a natural representative of the incompatibility between good and evil.
This is one thing you may not believe.
There is no coexistence between good and evil in martial arts.
But the hive is not evil.
In this world where there is no clear distinction between black and white, the hive is the most massive gray.
He Ping smiled but did not answer.
"When did the mission to assassinate Shang Jiuge come down?" Xue Ling continued to ask He Ping.
After these few months of experience, the girl is no longer a silly girl with black eyes.
Although He Ping is still telling herself that there are many things about the upper levels of the hive that she should not know yet.
But Xue Ling has clearly understood that if she doesn't grow up quickly and can't learn to protect herself, then one day, Fang Bie and He Ping will be unable to protect themselves.
"About this issue." He Ping smiled, seemed to think for a moment, and then said: "Three days before Shang Jiuge arrived."
"It's also four days after the Jianghu list is updated."
Shang Jiuge nodded thoughtfully: "So my movements are always under your surveillance?"
"That's not the case." He Ping looked at Shang Jiuge and said, "The hive is very powerful, but no matter how powerful the hive is, it is composed of countless tiny bees."
"Bees can only shuttle among flowers. If they leave the flowers, they will starve to death." He Ping said quietly: "You have been walking among mountains, forests and lakes, and you rarely get close to human towns, so the beehive is very important to you. Trends can only be estimated within a vague range.”
"Of course, Luo City is within this range."
Shang Jiuge turned his head and smiled: "It's really interesting."
"In that case, will it cause trouble to you if I join the hive?"
Fang Don looked at Shang Jiuge: "You will trouble us very much if you don't join the hive."
"Is that so?" Shang Jiuge asked, "I didn't expect it."
"Do you understand why?" Fang Bie did not answer directly, but looked at Xue Ling.
Xue Ling understood that this was a sign that Fang Bie was gradually trusting her. The girl silently grabbed the animal tooth pendant on her chest and said, "Because if Shang Jiuge does not join the hive, it will be difficult for us to make further explanations to the hive." .”
Xue Ling used the word "we" almost without hesitation.
She regards herself and Fang Bieh Ping as a whole, rather than as separate and fragmented existences.
"Continue." Fang Bie asked with a smile.
"Um."
"Because the mission to assassinate Shang Jiuge was rejected by Sister Ping, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the senior management of the hive. That's why three pairs of silver bees and a pair of golden bees broke into Luo City without notifying Sister Ping. Carry out the assassination mission in advance.”
"Is that so?" Xue Ling looked at Fang Bie.
Fang Bu nodded.
The girl's confidence was boosted.
In fact, many times, Bee Wings need to possess not only the ability to collect information, but also the ability to summarize and deduce information, which is to deduce the full picture of the matter from the fragments.
In the past, such work was done by Fang Bi, and Xue Ling just sat back and enjoyed the success.
And now, when Xue Ling starts to try to deduce these by herself, it itself proves her growth.
"So now, Sister Ping is in a dilemma." Xue Ling slowly became confident.
"If Sister Ping allows them to kill Shang Jiuge, then the Beehive will slap Sister Ping hard in the face for her previous rejection of the assassination mission of Shang Jiuge."
"But if Sister Ping really kills these three pairs of silver bees and one pair of golden bees in Luo City, then."
Xue Ling watched He Ping say goodbye to Fang.
Word by word.
"Sister Ping openly raised the flag of rebellion against the hive in Luo City."
If you say Wu Geng, it is Wu Geng, and if you miss one word, it is not Wu Geng.
I do what I say.
Also, this transition chapter is actually more difficult to write than I thought, because it is really difficult to explain clearly the cause and effect without being boring.
Of course, if you look at the update all the way, is this transition actually okay?
Because of the Luocheng incident, from Xue Ling's point of view, she could not feel the turmoil at all, but in fact, Fang Bie and He Ping both made choices in the center of the storm.
