All of us are one

Chapter 101 An Incomprehensible Purpose

Seeing that the top experts from the three major families had left, Leng Tong and Wang Chen quickly came to Jiang Yanming's side.

"Young Alliance Leader, who were those three seniors just now?" Leng Tong asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing, the three seniors just came to say hello." Jiang Yanming shook his head slightly, without revealing the content of their conversation.

In fact, he had already guessed Liang Qingheng and the others' intentions. They simply wanted to find a powerful backer for their family in order to weather any potential crises in the future.

Senior Liang had previously stated that he had secured a promise from the top expert in Beiliu City for the three major families, but the question was, who would complain about having too many backers? Naturally, the more backers the better, as it provides greater security.

"Have you seen the room?" Jiang Yanming asked.

"Yes, the young leader's luggage has been put in the room, and there are no signs that it has been touched." Leng Tong nodded.

Jiang Yanming turned around and said, "Let's go back to our room first. If we need anything, please ask someone to make sure we're settled."

He didn't care about the luggage, because it only contained some clothes; his important items were kept in his storage ring.

……

On the sea.

A ship was sailing eastward, its destination the Twin Islands.

Inside a cabin on the ship, four people, including Li Kun, were playing cards.

"Brother Jiang and I came to the Four Kingdoms Alliance not intending to get involved in the affairs of the Divine Martial Kingdom, but we still have to make a trip to Twin Islands." Li Kun said with some confusion, "I don't quite understand why Blood Rain would send someone to assassinate A-Ming. Aren't they afraid that Brother Jiang will be angry and return home, challenging the world to a duel once again?"

Li Kun asked, "Old Chen, aren't you an assassin? What's your opinion on this?"

"I am indeed an assassin, but only an assassin from the Killing Pavilion. I kill only for the bounty," Uncle Chen said calmly. "As far as I know, the assassins registered in the Killing Pavilion are either like me, doing it for the bounty, or they are doing it to hone their skills. Only a very few are doing it to satisfy their own desires."

"Blood Rain is not a loose assassin organization like Killing Tower. Those who can enter the core of Blood Rain are undoubtedly assassins carefully trained by Blood Rain, and most of them follow orders."

"Brother Jiang once said that he suspected that besides the Thousand Machines Sect, there were other forces in the Divine Martial Kingdom secretly instigating various factions, and Blood Rain was probably one of them."

Uncle Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "From my intelligence network, Blood Rain sometimes posts very strange bounties, because Killing Tower has not posted similar bounties."

"The bounty doesn't prove anything, because it's too easy to fake a bounty list. Whether it's Killing Tower or Blood Rain, they can change the bounty list however they want, as long as the assassin pays the corresponding Blood Refining Herb Pill after completing the mission."

Uncle Chen calmly said, "In the end, Killing Pavilion is just a middleman, responsible for distributing assassination missions to various parts of the Divine Martial Kingdom. As for whether or not to accept an assassination mission, it depends entirely on the assassin's personal preference."

"For a mission like assassinating Ah Ming, even knowing that there are top experts escorting him, the assassins of Killing Pavilion would definitely not accept it, because the assassination is too difficult."

"But Blood Rain carried out the assassination, and even sent three top experts at once, almost succeeding."

"Blood Rain isn't afraid of death or injury; they even want to turn the Divine Martial Kingdom into a river of blood, otherwise they wouldn't have mobilized so many experts," Uncle Zhou continued. "The question is, what benefit would Blood Rain gain from chaos in the Divine Martial Kingdom? Is it just to obtain more bounties?"

"The bounty has always been there; I don't believe that's Blood Rain's goal," Li Kun frowned. "The Thousand Machines Sect aims to bring back the Upper Realm. Could Blood Rain's goal be the same as the Thousand Machines Sect's?"

"Perhaps that's possible, because the Blood Rain assassin organization already existed long before it lost contact with the upper realm, and it was once the strongest assassin organization in the Divine Martial Kingdom."

Uncle Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, "But after losing contact with the upper realm, Blood Rain seemed to fall into a period of turmoil, and it took a long time to recover, which allowed Killing Tower to rise."

"The Killing Pavilion does indeed have records of this, and it even accepted a few assassins from Blood Rain." Uncle Chen nodded and said, "If the Blood Rain lost contact with the Upper Realm, causing internal turmoil, then the Blood Rain must be related to the Upper Realm, like the Thousand Machines Sect, which wanted the Upper Realm to return."

"Is there any necessary connection between assassinating Alliance Leader Jiang's son and bringing back the Upper Realm?" the last person asked.

Brother Jiang!

Li Kun, Uncle Chen, and Uncle Zhou spoke at the same time.

"Alliance Leader Jiang..." the last person said suddenly, "So, Blood Rain wants Alliance Leader Jiang to return to the Divine Martial Kingdom."

Li Kun sighed softly, "That's right. Xueyu wants Brother Jiang to go back, but Brother Jiang knows that there are secret forces in Shenwu Kingdom that want him to go back, so he sent us to pick up A-Ming."

"Then why did the blood rain send Alliance Leader Jiang back to Shenwu Kingdom?" the last person asked, puzzled.

"I don't know, perhaps even Brother Jiang doesn't know," Uncle Chen said softly.

Silence fell over the room. They really didn't understand what Xueyu's purpose was. Did he simply want Brother Jiang (Alliance Leader Jiang) to return to Shenwu Kingdom?

Li Kun couldn't figure it out, and after looking at his decent hand, he changed the subject, asking, "Old Deng, is it okay for you to leave Crescent City?"

"Alliance Leader Jiang asked me for help," the man named Old Deng replied. "With Alliance Leader Jiang in charge, if the Holy Alliance dares to provoke friction at this time, they will only be asking for trouble."

"Old Chen, it's your turn to play," Li Kun reminded him, then asked, "Old Deng, I heard the subcontinent has been turned into a desert?"

"It's long since turned into a desert, that was many years ago," Old Deng replied. "The subcontinent was originally one with the western continent, but during the war for the founding of the four-nation alliance, the continental shelf was broken by Senior Liang and his people, resulting in the formation of a fault archipelago between the two continents that is prone to earthquakes."

"It must be tough being stationed in the desert, right?" Li Kun asked again.

"The military camp is by the sea, and the surrounding environment has been improved quite well; we can even grow some food there," Old Deng replied. "The desert is in the central region of the subcontinent; that's where the real battlefield is."

"Heh, Brother Deng is stationed on the subcontinent on behalf of the Divine Martial Kingdom. If it's just a minor skirmish, it's not Brother Deng's place to take action," Uncle Zhou chuckled. "Patrols and eating sand are usually handled by the martial artists of the Martial Arts Alliance."

"Brother Zhou is right," Old Deng laughed. "Only the body-tempering martial artists of the Martial Arts Alliance will eat sand. If they don't eat more sand, how will they get the opportunity to go to the Divine Martial Kingdom to learn the profound mysteries?"

Li Kun shook his head slightly: "Sigh, that so-called martial arts alliance is quickly becoming a channel for the four-nation alliance to cultivate Qi Condensation martial artists."

"The Four Kingdoms Alliance has always coveted the bodies of our martial artists, after all, our nerves have high tolerance, especially the upper limit of the transformation of Condensing Qi martial artists is very high." Old Deng said disdainfully, "But which Condensing Qi martial artist would accept transformation? Once transformed, they can only be dogs for the Four Kingdoms Alliance. Only those whose blood and qi are declining to the point of death will bow their heads in order to prolong their lives."

"It's pathetic to undergo reformation just to survive," Uncle Zhou said indifferently. "Your life force is already depleted. Wouldn't it be better to just retire and wait to die? Why go through the ordeal of going to the operating table and then become a dog for those barbarians?"

"Those martial artists from the Martial Arts Alliance are used to dealing with the Four Nations Alliance." Li Kun shook his head and said, "They're about to die, so it's normal for them to accept the Four Nations Alliance's reformation and then seek benefits for their families. Otherwise, their families wouldn't live happily. Who told the Four Nations Alliance to be like that?"

"Excuse me, everyone." Li Kun threw the few cards he had left into the deck, then smiled and said, "I won this round."

Uncle Chen clicked his tongue lightly, then took out a few banknotes and handed them to Li Kun, as did the other two.

The four continued their card game, while the ship continued its journey toward the Twin Islands...