“You know, I could have put a bullet in you, but I didn’t!”
The sniper rubbed his legs, which had nearly been shattered, and continued, “Boss, please, let me go.
You’ve been following me this whole time.
My heart feels like it’s going to pound out of my chest.”
Jiang Ning was stunned as he looked at the sniper, who was so clearly terrified of death.
‘To think an assassin this skilled would be such a character.’
It was utterly jaw-dropping!
A complete clown!
“Tell me who your employer is.
If I’m satisfied with your answer, I might spare your life.”
With a flick of his hand, Jiang Ning sent the pine needle whistling through the air.
It grazed the sniper’s cheek and embedded itself deep into a tree.
HISS!
A cold gasp shot through him.
Terrified, the sniper quickly pulled down his mask, revealing the frightened face of a young man.
He wiped his face.
To his surprise, there was no blood.
This sent another shock through him.
‘My mask was pressed tightly against my face.’
‘And yet, he only managed to slice the mask without even touching my skin.’
‘To be able to control his power to such a degree…
this Jiang Ning, could he be a Celestial Realm Grandmaster?’
No!
‘Even a Celestial Realm Grandmaster probably doesn’t have such perfect control.’
“Boss…
it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that I don’t know…”
As he spoke, the sniper took out a phone, opened a webpage, and held it in front of Jiang Ning.
“What is this crap?!”
Jiang Ning’s brow furrowed as he looked at the blinking dots on the screen, all surrounded by a bunch of foreign text.
The pine needle in his hand twitched, ready to fly.
“Boss, this is the dark web!
You don’t know about the dark web?”
The sniper stared at the life-threatening pine needle and hurriedly explained.
After saying this, he nervously swallowed.
He was terrified that…
…if he said one wrong word, this powerful young man before him would kill him without a shred of mercy.
“The dark web?”
Jiang Ning’s brow relaxed.
He had heard about it back in college.
But back then, he was a good boy and didn’t dare to explore it in depth.
“You, explain it.”
Jiang Ning said, his face devoid of expression.
Soon, the sniper had explained the whole story of how he accepted the mission.
He even provided the employer’s foreign-language alias.
However, the IDs on the dark web are all heavily disguised.
It’s completely untraceable!
Not even the assassin who takes the job can look it up!
Even after the mission is completed, the assassin just needs to click ‘confirm’ on the dark web, and a relevant party will transfer the payment to them.
Moreover, the money is already laundered!
It’s impossible for anyone to find any irregularities.
“Boss, that’s all I know.
Please let me go!
I have elders to support and children to…”
Before the sniper could finish, Jiang Ning’s gaze shot toward him.
It was like the stare of the Grim Reaper.
The sniper immediately fell silent.
He wore a wronged expression on his face.
“Cut the crap!
If you can’t contact your employer, then I’ll have no choice but to get rid of a problem like you!”
Jiang Ning said coldly, his face impassive.
GULP!
The sniper swallowed hard.
He knew this Jiang Ning wasn’t joking.
As his brain raced, his eyeballs darted back and forth.
At this moment, he felt like his CPU was about to fry.
“Still nothing?”
Jiang Ning was losing his patience.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The sniper quickly wiped the sweat from his face and responded in a panic, afraid that if he were a second too late, he’d be finished.
“Boss, I haven’t confirmed the mission as complete yet!
Here’s what I was thinking…”
After hearing the sniper’s plan, Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.
“In that case, you’ll stay by my side for the time being.”
Jiang Ning reached out and grabbed him.
The next second, with the sniper in tow, he stepped onto his flying sword and rocketed ten thousand meters into the sky.
At that moment, the sniper was scared absolutely stupid.
Flying?
‘Am I dreaming?’
He blinked his eyes hard and even gave himself a few hard slaps.
After confirming it was real, his entire face filled with terror.
“So you have this kind of power.
No wonder you could sense I was tracking you.”
Jiang Ning sized up the sniper and confirmed something.
This sniper had an incredible sixth sense.
In other words, his intuition had been dozens of times stronger than an ordinary person’s since he was a child.
In the words of a Cultivator, it was the power of Divine Thought.
Since the sniper was just an ordinary person, the most he could do was sense that someone was tracking him.
“Boss…
I know you’re not an ordinary person, but please don’t drop me…”
The sniper, having come to his senses, said, his legs trembling as he watched the ground grow more and more distant.
This was ten thousand meters in the air.
If Jiang Ning decided to kill him, all he had to do was let go, and he would be splattered into meat paste.
Jiang Ning just smiled nonchalantly and didn’t answer.
Soon, the two of them returned to Yicheng.
“Go find a place to stay for now.
Notify me immediately if anything happens!”
Jiang Ning gave the order, stretched lazily, and went back home.
The sniper could only nod in agreement, finding a hotel closest to Jiang Ning’s house.
「Elsewhere.」
Just as Jiang Ning pushed the door open, he noticed another person inside.
Long Jiaojiao was cleaning with a broom and mop.
Not only that, but there were also snacks and food neatly arranged on the table.
Meanwhile, Su Qingwan was sitting there, looking a bit helpless and out of place.
“Ning’Er, you’re back.”
Su Qingwan looked up and saw Jiang Ning.
“Grand…” Long Jiaojiao was about to call out, but a glance from Jiang Ning made her change the word “Grandmaster” to “Brother.”
“Brother Jiang, you’re back.”
Long Jiaojiao said sheepishly.
“Young lady, you really know my Ning’Er?”
Su Qingwan’s eyes lit up, and she began to size her up.
It was as if she were inspecting her own daughter-in-law.
“Mom, she’s just a friend of mine.”
Jiang Ning, of course, knew what his mother was up to, so he gently reminded her.
“Mmm!
Not bad, not bad!
A beauty like this is indeed suited to be our family’s daughter-in-law.”
Su Qingwan acted as if she hadn’t heard him, giving Jiang Ning a headache.
“Mom, I have no shortage of wives.”
Finally, Jiang Ning said to Su Qingwan with a dark expression.
“Huh?” Su Qingwan was startled, but then, as if she understood, she smacked Jiang Ning on the head.
“What nonsense are you talking about, child!”
Jiang Ning was momentarily stunned.
Although he knew his mother was just trying to cover for him…
But…
Jiang Ning gave a wry smile.
‘I really don’t have a shortage of them!’
“Auntie, Brother Jiang is right,” Long Jiaojiao said cheerfully.
“Not only does Brother Jiang have no shortage of wives, he has ninety-nine of them!”
This seemingly playful remark made Su Qingwan suddenly half-convinced, half-doubtful.
Her son was all grown up, so as a mother, she naturally hoped Jiang Ning would start a family soon.
That’s why when such a stunningly beautiful woman appeared, she naturally wanted to set her up with her son.
But she never expected…
…her own son to be so dense!
“Ahem…” Jiang Ning coughed lightly and said with a sheepish laugh, “Mom, it’s true.
Haven’t you always wanted to know where I’ve been these past few years?”