Being entrusted by someone.
This answer left the well-informed Han Shuo momentarily stunned.
What kind of person had the power and ability to get Qin Siyang to carry out such a massive move?
Mobilizing forces from all sides, to wipe out one of the great Protectors of the largest public church within the Safe Zone, along with all his forces.
And even making Qin Siyang bring out 25 grams of crimson crystal as payment.
Then what kind of conditions did that person offer Qin Siyang?
One question after another rippled up in Han Shuo's mind.
But Han Shuo understood, Qin Siyang's reply was short and to the point, and he definitely wouldn't reveal who he was entrusted by.
As someone who had weathered many storms through years of ups and downs, Han Shuo wasn't about to rush in and dig into Qin Siyang's affairs either.
His involvement in this matter was only for the crimson crystal.
As long as he got the crimson crystal, everything else was of no concern to Han Shuo.
"By the way, Principal Han. I'll make up the missing crimson crystal. But I also have three requests. None of them are difficult, I hope you can agree."
["Quite a few requests. What are they?"]
"The first request is that I hope you won't tell others that Zhang Yingrui only had 10 grams of crimson crystal from me."
Han Shuo said lightly, ["Don't worry, I don't like trouble either. I only want the crimson crystal. No one will know about this."]
"Mm. Second, I'd like you to bring me Zhang Yingrui's head. I need to confirm it."
["You still want his head?"]
"Just to confirm, in case of any accidents."
["Fine, I'll agree to that."]
"The third request is that Zhang Yingrui's act of taking money but not doing the job, you can appropriately tell others about that. You've seen his memories, so you should know I'd never wronged him before this."
["Qin Siyang, I'm an old man. All these years, whether in public or private, I've spoken very little, I'm not someone who likes gossiping."]
"I'll add another 5 grams of crimson crystal for you."
Han Shuo was silent for a few seconds, then asked, ["Exactly how much crimson crystal do you have, to be giving it away like this?"]
Qin Siyang gave an embarrassed smile, "Principal Han, in the hands of someone who knows its value, crimson crystal is indeed crimson crystal. But in the hands of someone simple-minded like me, who only knows how to hunt gods, crimson crystal is just something for trade, no different in essence from gold or silver coins."
Han Shuo fell silent again, for more than ten seconds.
Then he calmly replied, ["Young man, having great ambition is a good thing."]
Just a few simple words made Qin Siyang nod slightly, and his evaluation of Han Shuo rose yet another level.
It looked like praise, but without showing off, he had subtly pointed out that Qin Siyang, treating crimson crystal as nothing, must surely have bigger plans.
'Ginger is spicier when old.'
Suppressing the ripples in his heart, Qin Siyang said, "Thank you."
["Then that's that. In three days I'll arrive at South Glory, have a word with Zhao, and then see you."]
"Sorry to trouble you, Principal Han."
"Goodbye."
Qin Siyang hung up, folding his hands together, thinking if there were any other issues.
That should be about it.
What Han Shuo had gained would likely be known to others as well.
Qin Siyang's phone went quiet.
This operation had caused too big a stir. The Yellow-Robed Protector, one of the Three Great Protectors of the Zephyr Church, disappeared, and the backbone of District 8 along with him. Even the buildings tied to them had vanished without a trace.
Many were trying to find out what had really happened.
But only a few could grasp even part of it.
Zhang Yingrui took money but didn't do the job, and was butchered by his backer.
This also sounded an alarm bell for many of the forces within the Safe Zone.
Even with that kind of position, status, and power, you still had to follow rules when doing things.
Qin Siyang's actions, unexpectedly, had the effect of correcting some of the bad practices in trade.
The next day after finishing his call with Han Shuo, while Qin Siyang was lying in bed scrolling on his phone, he saw a news post.
[District 55 Black-Heart Funeral Sequence Holder, burned to death in his own shop.]
'District 55?'
Qin Siyang looked at the map, right next to District 8.
He immediately clicked the post to read the news.
[Blue Star Era, May 30, 2010]
[Gregorian calendar, Sunday.]
[Lunar calendar, Geng-Yin Year, fourth month, seventeenth day. Suitable for worship, suitable for prayers, avoid consecration]
[Liu Yingcai was the boss of Soul Rest Funeral Shops in District 55, with over forty chain stores across different districts.]
[Whenever someone came to him for funeral services, he would secretly use his Sequence ability to read the deceased's memories, then selectively blackmail the families. If the family refused to pay, he'd find ways to disgrace the deceased and their relatives.]
[Liu Yingcai only targeted people with no power or influence but some family wealth. That's why no one ever reported him, and these matters stayed unknown.]
[Last night, a fire broke out in the main shop of Soul Rest Funeral. Liu Yingcai himself also died in the blaze.]
[After his death, some of the families he had blackmailed cursed him bitterly at the scene, and his deeds were exposed. Liu Yingcai not only extorted property from the families of the dead, but also seized their wives and daughters. Truly outrageous.]
[All one can say is: good and evil will be repaid, the cycle of heaven never fails.]
'[Undying] sequence, burned to death by fire?'
'The timing and ability match up too neatly.'
After reading the news, Qin Siyang immediately had a guess in mind.
'Could it be that Liu Yingcai was killed by Han Shuo?'
'Han Shuo must have gone to Liu Yingcai to help read Zhang Yingrui's memories before death.'
'Then killed Liu Yingcai to silence him, to keep the secret.'
'The key is, the one he chose was already a heinous criminal.'
'Killed just yesterday, and today all his crimes burst out.'
There was no way he had just randomly found an [Undying] sequence holder to do the job.
He had clearly planned everything out in advance before chopping off Zhang Yingrui's head.
Find an [Undying] who deserved to die, use him, then kill him.
Such meticulous thought and decisive action, it was hard not to admire.
One link locking into another, the more Qin Siyang thought, the more amazed he was.
When they last talked about special recruitment, Han Shuo's kindly, benevolent appearance had misled Qin Siyang into thinking he was a harmless, detached elder.
Now, after their first slightly deeper contact, Qin Siyang realized, this Principal of Central Glory University truly had several layers of depth.
Qin Siyang tossed his phone aside, resting his head on his arm, his gaze wandering blankly up at the snow-white ceiling, letting out a long sigh.
He didn't know when it started, but everyone he came to know was this kind of formidable figure, combining methods, willpower, and strength, and often, there was always a higher mountain, each one carrying their own peerless skills.
Thinking back now, maybe his own rapid growth wasn't necessarily a good thing.
He muttered under his breath, "Ah, only when people leave do you realize the depth of feeling."
"How I miss those days of scheming and sparring with Li Jingwen, Zhou Yang, and Liu Dazhi."
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