Assassinate Xu Shouyi? Wu Yuan's gaze remained calm. And the reward is 100,000 silver taels?9

That was the highest reward for a three-star mission! Clearly, the challenge was not in assassinating Xu Shouyi, but in weathering the wrath of the Cloudstride Sect afterward, just like the task of assassinating the governor of Southdream Province. The mission reward for the latter was a whopping one million silver taels! 0

The governor himself was merely a second-rate Adept. Even if he were protected by a first-rate Adept, the difficulty of assassination was disproportionate to the reward. Such a hefty reward represented not only the strength of the target, but also the power of the Cloudstride Sect behind them, which acted as a form of deterrence.0

However, there are no extra requirements, meaning both straightforward assassination and poisoning are acceptable?0

For the missions involving the family heads of the Bloodwolf Gang, bringing back their heads was a necessary condition. But for killing the governor and Xu Shouyi, there were no such requirements. The employer must have specifically requested this condition, most likely due to a major grudge against the Bloodwolf Gang.0

"Thousand Mountains, what are your thoughts on these two four-star missions?" Branch Master Qing asked quietly. 0

"Branch Master, I will pass on the governor's assassination." Wu Yuan shook his head slightly. "If it's discovered that I am the culprit, I fear there will be no place for me in all of the Jiang...0