San Liu agreed, which was not beyond Mu Jinyu's expectation.
Then, Mu Jinyu turned his head to look at the quite uncompromising Nameless.
When Nameless saw Mu Jinyu looking at her, she hesitated a few times before finally blinking three times.
Although it felt quite awkward for both parties, the idea of having one's former target treat oneself was odd, but given the choice to live, who would want to die?
Nameless, having struggled to break free from the control of the Lord of the Killing Realm, certainly did not want to die!
And a mere one hundred million yuan, for a top assassin like her, was nothing at all.
"Good."
Mu Jinyu, seeing them both blink, reached into his pocket for his needle pack, only to find that of his thirty-six Silver Needles, only one was left after the battle that had just occurred.
"They're used up this quickly? Ah, I need to get more for backup next time."
Mu Jinyu murmured to himself, took out the last Silver Needle, and began treating San Liu, first stopping the bleeding, then treating the internal injury.
Soon, San Liu's internal injuries were under control, and he was no longer losing life force.
Mu Jinyu hesitated but ultimately couldn't bring himself to use the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, and extract the source of life from it to treat San Liu.
For one thing, once a thread of life force was extracted from the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, the core would be like a bottle of wine that had been opened without a stopper, gradually evaporating away.
Secondly, San Liu's injuries had barely been brought under control and weren't life-threatening; given some time to recuperate, he would gradually recover. Considering that San Liu had once tricked him, Mu Jinyu thought he deserved to teach San Liu a lesson.
"Done."
Mu Jinyu withdrew the needle, not taking out the life-saving Ten Thousand Year Wood Core.
When San Liu heard the sounds, he looked inward and saw that his injuries were indeed largely healed. His once nearly fatal injuries, surprisingly, had mostly recovered after just a few stabs from Mu Jinyu's needle, astonishing San Liu immensely.
San Liu was unaware that if Mu Jinyu had some medicinal herbs, he could have recovered even better, and if he had been willing to use the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, he could have been completely restored to his former self, or even further improved.
Regrettably, San Liu didn't know any of this.
Therefore, he didn't feel discouraged at all, he was completely elated, happy that he had managed to save his own life.
As for whether his greatly reduced strength would lead to being hunted by enemies in the future, that was a worry for another day.
Mu Jinyu paid no mind to San Liu's comical expression of a narrow escape from death and turned to look at Nameless, whose stern face showed a shocked expression. He touched the Silver Needle, sterilized it with True Qi, and then began treating Nameless.
Soon, Nameless's life too had been saved by Mu Jinyu.
Of course, they were both left with only a tenth of their strength. Any ordinary third-rate assassin from the Slaughter Hall above could easily kill them.
"All right, time to pay up."
Mu Jinyu put away the last Silver Needle and said to San Liu and Nameless after dusting his hands off.
Coming back to her senses, Nameless looked at Mu Jinyu with a complex gaze and for the first time, she said, "I don't have a checkbook on me, and my phone is broken, so I can't pay you right now. Can I pay you after we get out?"
Her voice was melodious and pleasant to the ear, though perhaps because she hadn't spoken for a long while, it sounded a bit strained.
San Liu also nodded with difficulty, echoing that he too could not produce such a sum at the moment.
"Okay, then you can give it to me next time."
Mu Jinyu agreed.
If it had been right after he came down the mountain, he would have kept a death grip on Nameless, insisting she pay up promptly.
But now, he wasn't short of money at all. One hundred million yuan was no different to him than one yuan.
So naturally, he wasn't as concerned.
Besides, he wasn't afraid that the two of them would dare to default on their debt to him.
Not only because Nameless was weak and no match for him, but also because when he had just given her the acupuncture, he had secretly checked her breathing. Nameless, even if she turned invisible, would still be detected by him as long as she was nearby.
Against someone with invisibility abilities like Nameless, he had to be extra vigilant and guard against her!
"Now that the Lord of the Killing Realm is dead, how can I become the Master of Slaughter Redemption, the Alliance Hierarch of the Assassin Alliance?"
Mu Jinyu then turned to the corpse of the Lord of the Killing Realm and asked San Liu.
He hadn't forgotten his purpose for coming here, which was to replace the Lord of the Killing Realm, become the new Master of Slaughter Redemption, and then cancel the Withered Tree Quest for Spring's bounty on him.
San Liu said, "To become the new King of Slaughter, you just need to kill the Lord of the Killing Realm and take the 'Order of Slaughter' from his body."
Mu Jinyu asked, "Is that all? And are you sure that thing called 'Order of Slaughter' is definitely on the body of the Lord of the Killing Realm?"
San Liu said, "That's all there is to it. Whoever can kill the Lord of the Killing Realm and take the 'Order of Slaughter'—who would dare to disobey them or not listen? And the 'Order of Slaughter' is a magic artifact with protective abilities. The Lord of the Killing Realm would definitely carry it on him..."
Listening to San Liu's explanation, Mu Jinyu felt that this "Order of Slaughter" didn't seem all that useful. Even if it had protective abilities, in the end, wasn't the Lord of the Killing Realm still killed by Xiang Mantang?
Then, he walked over, crouched down beside the corpse of the Lord of the Killing Realm, and began to search the body carefully.
Soon, he retrieved from the bosom of the Lord of the Killing Realm an ancient and exquisite token. The back featured mysterious patterns, while the front was engraved with the character for "slaughter."
Just looking at that character, one could feel a soaring murderous intent, as if glimpsing scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
In his investigation, Mu Jinyu discovered that the Order of Slaughter indeed had a small formation engraved in it, capable of countering the full-force strike of a Peak Energy Transformation Grandmaster of Martial Arts.
And judging from its Spirit Gathering Array, he estimated that once it countered a blow from a Peak Energy Transformation Martial Artist, it would need at least a month to regenerate this defensive power!
It seemed somewhat lackluster, not that useful at all.
But in fact, this was a decent magic artifact.
At least at a critical moment, if ambushed unexpectedly, without this artifact, one might be killed on the spot, but with the Order of Slaughter, one could fend off an attack and, once they reacted, had a high chance of counterattacking their opponent.
It was truly an item that could save one's life!
And it wasn't a one-time use artifact; after being used once and accumulating energy for another month, it could save a life again!
No wonder the Lord of the Killing Realm didn't die after being struck by a punch from Xiang Mantang, only to die by his hand after Xiang Mantang struck again.
Mu Jinyu nodded in satisfaction, then handed it to Xiang Mantang, saying, "Ah-Xiang, since you often face life and death, I'll give you this Order of Slaughter."
When Xiang Mantang heard Mu Jinyu's words, his first reaction wasn't excitement or refusal, but rather a look of wariness and suspicion as he turned to Mu Jinyu and said, "You're not planning to be an absentee manager again, asking me to manage 'Slaughter Redemption' for you, are you?"
"No," Mu Jinyu said with an embarrassed smile. He really did have that intention and retorted, "I don't intend to be an absentee manager. It's just that, with my responsibilities as the Tiance True Dragon, it would be a bit too much to also be the Master of Slaughter, so it's better if you have it. It's not about management!"