Lingjing Xingzhe

9:45 PM, 69 Hamburg Street, Queens, massage and wellness club.

Zhang Yuanqing, wearing a duckbill cap, mask, and sunglasses, arrived again at the wellness club with pink neon lights and an ambiguous atmosphere.

This Japanese-style club had wooden sliding doors, tatami mats, and white lanterns with Japanese writing. The decor was purely Japanese, but the waitresses standing in the store were all blonde and blue-eyed foreign girls.

He entered the door, looked around, and walked straight to a young woman in a pink uniform with carefully drawn eyebrows and eye shadow. He said, "I'm looking for Catherine, I've been here before." As he spoke, he took off his mask.

The young woman in the pink uniform immediately showed a flattering and humble smile when she saw him. "I'll take you there."

This gentleman was a guest who could enter Catherine's private room, most likely her new favorite.

Following the young woman inside, through a dimly lit corridor with nude female portraits hanging on the walls, Zhang Yuanqing arrived again outside that private room.

"Knock, knock!" The young woman gently knocked on the door and retreated silently without saying a word.

Zhang Yuanqing twisted the doorknob and pushed open the door covered with brass carvings.

A sweet and greasy fragrance floated in the air. His eyes swept across the private room. Rose petals quietly floated in the dozen-square-meter bath, and the red light of the surveillance camera was off.

Catherine, with silver short hair, was sitting on a single sofa in the rest area, wearing a black gauze dress, her face delicate and flushed.

"Tell me about the gathering!" Zhang Yuanqing sat beside her, casually picked up the teapot on the glass round table, and poured himself a cup.

Catherine looked up at the clock on the wall. It was still ten minutes before the gathering started, so she smiled and said, "Tonight, you are participating in an internal gathering of the Hunter Guild, the highest-level gathering for the Saint stage. All the participants are peak Saints."

"This is your first time participating in such a gathering. Remember to keep a low profile later, don't be provoked, don't get angry, don't start conflicts with others..."

Zhang Yuanqing curled his lips, "I have already been provoked!" He was referring to the fact that as a peak Saint, as a Phantasm Master good at controlling emotions, he was actually warned "don't get angry" and "don't be provoked."

This was essentially a provocation, a provocation against his profession.

Catherine shrugged and did not explain.

She wouldn't give such a warning to a normal Phantasm Master, but Tongtian Jiaozhu was different. He was an extremely crazy, extremely paranoid, evil profession with malice corroding his bones.

After the assessment that day, the Hunter Guild's chairman had commented on this person, saying that there were two types of evil professions: one was purely evil people, and the other was people with a kind-hearted nature at their core, who were driven mad by the injustice of the secular world.

Tongtian Jiaozhu was the second type. These people were more paranoid and lost faith in humanity and society. Their minds were filled with destroying the world or changing the world.

The representative figure was the Demon Eye Heavenly King of the Second District!

These people usually would not do evil things, and were even more righteous than the Lawful professions, but their sense of justice was distorted, morbid, and they were complete lunatics.

"Time's up!" Catherine said, looking at the clock on the wall.

In the next second, Zhang Yuanqing heard a Lingjing notification sound in his ear: [Ding! The Hunter Guild invites you to enter the Lingjing—"Whispers Under Thunder and Lightning," number 667. Do you accept?] The gathering place was in the Lingjing called "Whispers Under Thunder and Lightning." Tsk, full of mockery. In the future, can I also name my gang's Lingjing... Zhang Yuanqing did not hesitate and chose to accept.

[Ding! The Lingjing map is being opened. You will enter the Lingjing in 10 seconds. The Lingjing you are entering this time is "Whispers Under Thunder and Lightning," number: 667] Ten seconds later, the scene in front of him rippled, and the world became blurred.

Immediately afterward, Zhang Yuanqing saw a classical-style conference room, a solid wood conference table carved with bizarre and beautiful patterns, and twelve retro-style high-backed chairs. At the head of the conference table was Catherine, the charming silver-haired vice-chairman. To her left and right sat four people, two of whom were wearing cloaks, hoods, and masks.

The other two were a drowsy, listless young man with chestnut curly hair, a high nose, delicate features, fair skin, and freckles all over his face.

One was a middle-aged man with a red nose, messy brown hair, a big belly, and a face full of stubble, looking like a middle-aged drunkard. Zhang Yuanqing was shocked when he saw these two.

The drowsy one was Hecate of the Night God Church, ranked fourth on the New York County A-level wanted list. The red-nosed, pot-bellied, middle-aged drunkard was the famous Bacchus, ranked second on the A-level wanted list. He was known as a peak Saint more powerful than Osmond and Hoover.

These two are members of the Hunter Guild? I didn't expect to meet Bacchus here. The chairman specifically asked me to kill him... While Zhang Yuanqing was looking at them, the four people were also scrutinizing the new member.

"Tsk, so he's the new member from the Second District, the Dream Weaver who killed that Julian Medder."

The person wearing a hood and mask on the left chuckled, "I heard that your Dream Weavers are good at assassination and ambushes, and are as weak as women in head-on battles."

Zhang Yuanqing sensed disdain from his emotions, as if he was saying, "What kind of configuration is this, daring to sit at the same table with me?"

In addition, this person's emotions were full of arrogance and conceit. His personality and emotions were very similar to a Siren. Wearing a hood and mask, daring not to show his true face, he was a member of the Sea God Church. Zhang Yuanqing coldly said, "If you can kill a Wind Manipulator, you can kill a Siren."

As soon as he said this, the hooded guy on the left's emotions fluctuated violently. The eyes under the mask seemed sharp and murderous... as if he would start a fight with the fragile Phantasm Master at any moment.

The drunken Bacchus and the drowsy Hecate narrowed their eyes and re-examined Zhang Yuanqing. "Tongtian Jiaozhu, sit down!" Catherine pointed to the third seat on the right. Zhang Yuanqing sat down silently. Catherine looked around and said, "Where's Cocktail?"

"Who knows!" The hooded and masked person on the right shrugged. Catherine pondered for a few seconds, her eyes showing emptiness, probably opening the attribute panel or the guild panel.

Then, she listened for a moment and said, "Cocktail will be here soon. Please wait a moment." The conference room fell silent, and no one spoke.

About fifteen minutes later, a figure appeared in the conference room, accompanied by a strong smell of blood. It was a tall, thin young man with a bald head, and the top of his head, reflecting the light, was covered with black patterned tattoos.

His facial features looked normal at first glance, but on closer inspection, you would find that his eyes were of different sizes and heights, his upper and lower lips were asymmetrical, his left nostril was large, and his right nostril was small. The height and thickness of his left and right eyebrows were also different. His entire face showed an extreme asymmetry and chaos.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder would make people jump off a building. Did he cultivate the Chaos skill to his face? Zhang Yuanqing twitched the corner of his mouth and looked away.

Cocktail was a senior executive of the Dionysus Club, a Wine Pourer by profession, a natural outlaw, a fish that slipped through the net of order, and the master of chaos.

"Sorry, I was busy slaughtering the execution team of the Heavenly Punishment Department just now!" Cocktail ignored the blood stains on his body and sat down with a smile.

Zhang Yuanqing, who had just looked away, immediately turned his gaze back.

He remembered that the Heavenly Punishment Department had recently deployed an operation to encircle and suppress Cocktail.

"So who did you kill?" The hooded member on the left, suspected to be from the Sea God Church, asked in a deep voice.

"I annihilated two execution teams, eighteen people, seven Saints, including two Level 6 Wind Manipulators. I forgot their names, but they weren't the seed Saints from Heavenly Punishment. I also lost three Level 5 subordinates..." Cocktail subconsciously touched his waist but didn't find his wine pot, and immediately became impatient, "Let's start the meeting quickly, I'm getting a craving for alcohol."

Two execution teams were completely wiped out? With the configuration of Heavenly Punishment, they shouldn't have lost so badly... Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank.

He guessed that internal spies had leaked the operation deployment, and the execution teams had been ambushed by Cocktail.

Catherine curled her lips, "Not bad, it's a return gift to Heavenly Punishment!"

She then became serious and said, "The beast Haas is dead, everyone. The conflict between the two major camps has escalated. In the upcoming war, you peak Saints will all be involved and risk your lives."

"According to our post-analysis, the beast Haas was located by the Five Elements Alliance's support team using special means. This means that each of you may encounter the same situation as the beast Haas."

"There is a peak Saint and five Level 5 Saints in the Five Elements Alliance's team. This configuration is enough to kill any of you." The masked man, suspected to be a member of the Sea God Church, sneered, "Don't compare that brain-controlled guy to us. Level 5 Saints are like children with knives in our eyes. They are not a threat at all."

"Catherine, the only one you need to remind is the Dream Weaver you recruited. This profession has no direct combat ability. Once besieged, he is dead."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't want to pay attention at first, but considering his character, he coldly replied, "Do you want to return to the Lingjing?" The implication was: Are you looking for death!

The member suspected to be a Siren said arrogantly, "You can apply for a ring match with Catherine! I will kill you tonight!"

The others looked on with a gloating attitude. Zhang Yuanqing stopped talking and silently manipulated the emotions of the members other than Catherine and the Siren.

Seeing the Dream Weaver from the Second District backing down, the Siren sneered disdainfully.

Catherine gave Tongtian Jiaozhu an approving look, praising his calmness in not arguing with a "strong enemy."

She said, "Don't underestimate the Five Elements Alliance's support team. They have Night Watchmen, Fire Masters, Scouts, Water Ghosts, and Wood Demons. These professions each have their own characteristics. If they cooperate well, they are enough to kill anyone below the Dominion stage. Of course, if you have the level of Fu Qingyang and Yuan Shi Tianzun, then I didn't say anything."

Everyone fell silent.

Catherine continued, "After team analysis, the Five Elements Alliance team's positioning and tracking abilities can directly threaten you, threaten the Saints of our camp, and even Dominions."

"The chairman personally issued a mission to hunt down the leader of the Five Elements Alliance support team, Jumang, with a reward of a top-quality Saint-stage item. If you can annihilate the Five Elements Alliance team, the reward is two top-quality items."

"This mission must be accepted by three or more people." She looked around at the peak Saints at the conference table, "Who is interested?" I'm being targeted by the Hunter Guild. Tsk, there are so many elites in Heavenly Punishment, why are they targeting me? I'm just a mercenary...

Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of "WTF".

Bacchus took the lead in raising his hand and said, "I have nothing to do recently."

The others raised their hands one after another, indicating that they wanted to accept the mission.

Two top-quality Saint-stage items were enough to make their hearts flutter, and in the eyes of these peak Saints, a team with only one Level 6 Saint was not very dangerous.

Catherine looked at Tongtian Jiaozhu, who was the only one who hadn't raised his hand, and frowned, "You don't want to accept it?"

Zhang Yuanqing said lightly, "Hunting Star Officials is a very stupid act. Level 5 Star Officials can detect our deployment through stargazing. My suggestion is to only hunt Jumang."

He didn't want to involve his teammates.

Hera, from the Night God Church, said lazily, "Don't worry, all deployments are carried out under the protection of the night. The Star Official will not sense it."

This is troublesome...

Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself. He said expressionlessly, "Then I apply to accept the mission."

He had no reason to refuse anymore.

Chapter 49 I Kill Myself