Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 407 - 407 94 Any Problems【Extra 4000 words for the

Chapter 407: Chapter 94: Any Problems?【Extra 4000 words for the Silver Alliance Master Haihunyi Added】_2 Chapter 407: Chapter 94: Any Problems?【Extra 4000 words for the Silver Alliance Master Haihunyi Added】_2 Feng Yin said with a laugh, “Xu Qingtian of the Whirlwind Blade, Xu Dadi of the Snowflake Blade, I didn’t expect the two of you Xu brothers to be here too? What a coincidence, it’s a pleasant surprise to see how far you’ve progressed. This brings me great joy.”

With this greeting, everyone except Feng Yin was stunned.

Whether it was from this side or that side, or even the Xu brothers themselves, they were all flabbergasted.

That side: Turns out the gentle class leader knows these two fools from our class? It seems these fools have quite a reputation!

This side: The gentle boss actually knows those two idiots from the other side? It seems those two fools also have quite a reputation, otherwise why would the gentle boss interact with them?

As for the Xu brothers, their bodies trembled and they were visibly startled, their faces turned pale.

They muttered under their breath, “We’re finished! He’s recognized us! This is our old rival!”

Our targets have been snatched by this guy countless times, and turns out we’ve long been on his radar…this is disastrous!

Other people may not know this guy, but we do. We know how ruthless and vindictive he is!

And now, he seems to be adding hypocrisy and deceit! Stabbing us with a smile, covering his maliciousness behind sweet words. He’s the exact opposite of Physician Feng!

We prefer Physician Feng. Although he’s always demanding money, he has taken great care of us. We both felt enlightened when we first left Physician Feng, it must have been Physician Feng’s generous deed…On the contrary, this disaster of a guy has made it hard for us to escape this calamity today!

The two of them squeezed out a smile worse than crying, humbled themselves, and said, “What a coincidence… Gentle boss, you’re here too, it’s been a long time since we last met.”

Feng Yin’s eyes flickered with confusion, and he sighed softly, “Indeed, it’s been a long time… You both look more spirited than before, and your cultivation has significantly improved. It seems that Heaven’s Path does, indeed, often help the virtuous.”

“It’s all thanks to you, gentle boss.” Xu the Third said ingratiatingly.

“Since you were able to enter the Gold Rank training, it shows that you both have considerable skills. Hoping you, Xu brothers, put in more effort and don’t let this opportunity go to waste.” Feng Yin said with genuine feeling.

Try hard?

Xu the Fourth looked confused. When was the last time he heard this term?

After thinking for a moment, he took out a small leather pouch from his pocket, carefully handed it to Feng Yin and said, “Gentle boss, this is all I’ve got…you can use it first, if it’s not enough, I’ll find more.”

“…”

Feng Yin looked at the dirty leather bag in front of him, and his face turned ashen.

Forcing a smile, he clarified, “What I meant was… work harder!”

“Oh…”

Xu the Fourth quickly put the bag back into his pocket, all embarassed, “Yeah, yeah…haha, had trouble understanding the dialect… my apologies.”

The crowd looked at each other, their faces strange: …

“Yes, put in the hard work.”>

Feng Yin hurriedly led Group Five away.

These two can always add humor at any time…seriously, I need to stay away from them.

There’s definitely something wrong with their brains.

Let’s not talk about Feng Yin leaving for now.

The area where the Xu brothers were suddenly became lively.

Many Gold Rank assassins came over and asked, “Brother Xu, the gentle boss from the other side, he unexpectedly knows you? Is he is your acquaintance?”

“It’s unheard of that anyone knows the background of the assassin, Gentle, yet today he took initiative to greet you guys, that’s quite unusual.”

“Brother Xu, your background is clearly not simple, Gentle boss is a legendary character.”

“Speaking of which, we still don’t know the origins and backgrounds of you Xu brothers, it seems we had underestimated you.”

“…”

Xu the Third’s face turned a pale shade, he seemed hesitant to speak, yet forced himself to laugh saying, “Yes…um…uh…”

Finally, the team leader came forward, “Xu Qingtian, Xu Dadi, you two actually know Gentle bro that well?”

As an assassin, especially a lone assassin without any organization, he knows that usually, nobody forms any relationships with others, even if they do, they are unlikely to reveal it.

To greet publicly like this was an attempt to send a clear message to treat oneself with a bit of kindness and not to be too harsh.

However, the squad leader was nobody’s fool. He certainly understood the implications.

But because he understood, the underlying reason became all the more intriguing.

What exactly was the nature of their relationship that warranted such consideration from Gentleman?

Joining the Xu brothers in the same group, he had through their short period of interaction concluded that not only were these brothers weak, they also lacked influential backgrounds. Today’s unexpected incident though, puzzled him and shook his confidence in his own judgment.

“Well, we’re doing alright….” Xu the Fourth answered with a dry tone.

Everyone was curious, “Tell us more, c’mon, share.”

The crowd was most curious, aware that these two brothers were average in terms of cultivation and skills. Their blade technique was decent, but their cultivation could not advance, failing to match up. Even a genuinely intricate and magical blade technique could hardly be displayed to its fullest.

From the crowd’s assessment of these brothers, they were, at most, near the top of the Bronze Rank, but not even at the lowest threshold of the Silver Rank, let alone the Gold Rank, which was still leagues away.

Even if the brothers had stumbled into this training session, their actual strength was quite ordinary, and the improvements they could achieve were limited.

Gold Rank special training assumed a minimum of Gold Rank assassins. It was difficult for someone who didn’t even reach Silver Rank, such a lightweight, to benefit!

What’s truly astonishing is that these two average talents were actually acquainted with Gentleman, the reigning champion of the Gold Rank. It was really mind-boggling.

“Well, there’s not much to it….”

Xu the Third felt quite embarrassed, about to speak but hesitating.

However, Xu the Fourth didn’t have such reservations and bluntly said, “We’re not particularly close with Gentleman. Calling him an old friend is because we used to compete for missions. We were both operating in the same area, and there were only so many Iron Rank missions, sometimes we had to go far…”

As he was about to continue, he was interrupted by the others speaking out in disbelief.

The crowd was in unison, filled with astonishment, they exclaimed, “Iron Rank!?”

There was a moment when everyone found it hard to believe what they had heard.

Was he dreaming?

Xu the Fourth, confused, looked at them with innocent wide eyes, “Yeah, Iron Rank.”

Everyone’s head spun, “Iron Rank missions? Gentleman was your competitor? Frequent competition?”

“Yeah, what’s wrong with that? We were competitors!”

Xu the Fourth scratched his head.

“There is a huge problem with that!”

The crowd sighed, “Something is decidedly off! Who is Gentleman? He’s a high-grade assassin who can single-handedly kill a Gold Rank target. He’s just a step away from advancing to Jade Rank or maybe he has already reached that level. He’s contending with you guys for Iron Rank missions and there are frequent competitions? You think we’re idiots?”

The crowd looked suspiciously at the two men who were talking nonsense, eager to punch them into their places.

Xu the Fourth cried out in defense, “What’s so surprising about that? Gentleman was also an Iron Rank back then. Although his ranking was higher than ours, he was only around sixty to seventy thousand. It was through competing with us, grabbing my missions, that he could level up faster…”

“Stop right there!”

The crowd’s heads throbbed as they couldn’t understand what he was trying to say.

“When did this happen? How long ago? Ten years or twenty years ago?”

“Ten or twenty years?”

Xu the Fourth looked bewildered, “Nowhere near that long, just over half a year ago. It hasn’t been that long!”

What’s going on?

The crowd felt even more confused.

With such a major discrepancy, what was up?

“What’s your current rank? Have you reached it?”

“We haven’t taken on many missions recently… We’re still… still Iron Rank!”

Xu the Fourth rolled his eyes, “What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

……

[I’ve delivered ten thousand words today, asking for votes. It has been many a month since I last asked for votes, feeling quite miserable.]