Beneath the Upper City

No one knows when it began—

But the world was split in two.

Those in the Upper City live in the sunlight, on vast lands, warm and free.

Those in the Lower City survive in a cram...

Chapter 4 I Don't Want You to Be Too Comfortable

Huizi is popular!

Although Ning Fan hadn't even touched a hair of his up to now, he was really so angry that he was about to vomit blood!

Not sleeping for three nights in a row is no big deal.

But he, the deputy captain of the "Wild Dog House," was actually fooled around by a little bastard. If this got out...

How will the outside world view him?

Huizi is an idiot.

How can he continue to mix in the circle of travelers in the future?

"Little bastard, you don't want to use this method to make me vomit blood?"

Huizi's teeth were itching.

"no."

Ning Fan shook his head seriously: "Lin Chuan said at the beginning that I must use my black sword to make you bleed. If you are so angry that you vomit blood...it doesn't count as winning."

Huizi carefully recalled the conversation a few days ago.

To be honest, he was not that rigorous and did not pay too much attention to the small details in Lin Chuan's words.

"Hmph! I'm sorry, but if the condition is that you must hurt me with your sword, then you don't even stand a chance..."

Halfway through his words, Huizi was stunned.

He suddenly noticed a detail.

"Where's that broken sword of yours?!"

He discovered that the black sword Ning Fan was carrying...

It’s gone!

Huizi felt that something was wrong, but he had no idea what the boy opposite him was thinking.

Ning Fan suddenly waved behind Huizi: "You're here?"

Huizi was startled, but did not turn around. Instead, he sneered, "Boy, this method is too crude. You deliberately hid the broken sword and then made me turn around, intending to attack me by surprise, right? Haha! A brat is a brat. Even your method is so childish. I thought you had something..."

"Huizi, I heard you haven't slept for three days?"

Lin Chuan's voice came from behind him.

Huizi suddenly turned around and saw Lin Chuan had walked behind him.

Oh shit!

He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into!

"Brother Chuan, why are you here so early?"

Huizi's face flushed and he felt a little embarrassed to talk to Lin Chuan.

But he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Lin Chuan was holding a sword in his hand.

A coal-black, broken sword.

"Brother Chuan, how come this thing..."

Before he could come to his senses, Lin Chuan shook his wrist and the black sword directly scratched his forearm.

Although it's only a shallow wound, but...

But blood oozed out.

Huizi was confused.

He stared at Lin Chuan intently.

It took him more than ten seconds to confirm that the person in front of him was indeed his captain Lin Chuan!

But why did he attack me?

"Have I passed the test?"

At this time, Ning Fan's voice came from behind.

Huizi turned around with red eyes and saw a faint smile on Ning Fan's face.

"W-What on earth is going on?"

Huizi was indeed on the verge of collapse.

First, he was fooled by Ning Fan for several days, and now his most respected captain Lin Chuan attacked him again.

He really couldn't figure out what was going on.

The person who solved his doubts was Ning Fan.

"I'd better answer the question you left me a few days ago!"

Ning Fan licked his dry lips. "The reason you didn't kill me that day was, as you said, not out of mercy, but because you had a commission today! Killing someone in this area isn't a big deal, but it can still get you into trouble. Normally, you'd be taken away and put in solitary confinement for seven days. So if you had killed me then, it would have affected your commission today."

Huizi didn't say anything.

Ning Fan guessed right.

The mission was to be carried out in five days. Killing Ning Fan would make him miss the commission, which was not cost-effective and unnecessary.

This question is actually not too difficult to figure out. What Huizi cares about most now is why Lin Chuan would chop him?

"After I figured this out, I went to the [Zhanfeng Group]."

[Zhanfeng Group] is also a team of travelers in F32 area, and is of similar size to [Wild Dog House].

The two companies can also be considered potential competitors.

"What are you doing at the [Zhanfengtuan]?"

Huizi was even more confused.

"Commission."

Ning Fan smiled and said, "I'll go ask them how much it will cost to injure you."

Huizi was dumbfounded.

Before he could say anything, Ning Fan shrugged his shoulders and said, "I know I'm no match for you. I thought I had timed my sneak attack perfectly last time, but you still easily neutralized it! So, with only five days left, no matter how hard I try, I won't be able to grow stronger than you."

"In that case, I'll have to ask someone else to do it. The price the [Zhanfeng Group] quoted me is 8,000 sora, but they can't guarantee that they won't accidentally kill you!"

Ning Fan continued, "Although you said before that from the moment I accepted the test, we were enemies and there was no need to be soft-hearted towards enemies! However, I will definitely join the [Wild Dog House]. Before joining, if I hire someone to kill the deputy captain, it would be detrimental to unity."

Sweat broke out on Huizi's forehead.

If Ning Fan hadn't told him, he would never have thought that he was almost targeted by the [Wind-Slaying Group].

Given the relationship between the two families, once the [Zhanfeng Group] accepts the mission, they are likely to kill directly!

"B-and then?"

"I confirmed with the [Zhanfeng Group] that the market price for injuring you is eight thousand sola, but my entire net worth is only a little over six thousand sola, which leaves me a little over a thousand short."

Ning Fan's smile finally revealed a hint of fatigue. "These past few nights, I went to the [Road of Grace] to work as a sorter. I earned three hundred sola every night, and after four nights of work, I was barely able to scrape together enough money."

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