Starting Reward – A Three Thousand Assassin Network - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – Quality Life, Starting with Me

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“Life is full of tears. The more you struggle, the unluckier you get. Aren’t you tired of struggling on your deathbed? Why don’t you just lie on the chair and sleep?”

A young man of about twelve or thirteen years of age was lying limply on a recliner, muttering to himself. He had a lollipop in his mouth and his hands were behind his head as he looked at the clouds in the sky. Beside him were two maids massaging his legs. He was living an incomparably comfortable life.

“Sigh!”

“This is an evil feudal society. Damn rich people. This kind of life is so fucking simple and boring!” The young man sighed.

“Tian Yan, this young master is thirsty. Go get me a glass of iced watermelon juice!”

“Yes!” Tian Yan responded and turned to leave.

The young man’s name was Ye Chen. He was originally a worker on the Blue Planet. For some reason, when he woke up, he found that he had been transported to another world. It had been twelve years since he was born.

This world was extremely vast and was called the Tianxuan Continent. It was divided into four territories: North, South, East, and West.

Ye Chen was currently in a dynasty in the Eastern Territory called the Great Xia.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen’s father was given the title of the Great General of the North by Emperor Xia. He was in charge of guarding Liangzhou against foreign enemies.

There were also several powerful empires around Great Xia. They were the Nanling Dynasty, the Red Flame Dynasty, and the Tianshui Dynasty. These four empires dominated the entire Eastern Territory. At the same time, they also had some small countries at the borders.

In the Eastern Territory, in addition to these imperial forces, there were countless Underworld forces. Among these Underworld forces, there were ten Transcendental Forces that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years. Even these imperial forces were extremely afraid of them.

These ten transcendent powers were: One Hall, Two Pavilions, Three Palaces, and Four Sects.

They were the Azure Dragon Temple, the Divination Pavilion, the Elixir Pavilion, the Misty Palace, the Sacred Water Palace, the Blood Demon Palace, the Myriad Sword Sect, the Dao Sect, the Weapon Sect, and the Zen Sect.

Although Ye Chen was born into a powerful military family, he knew very well that no matter how powerful the family was, when faced with a dynasty, if the Emperor no longer needed you and wanted to deal with you, you would not be able to survive.

After all, when the birds were gone, the bow would be put away. When the cunning hare was dead, the hounds would be cooked. The war would end one day. That made Ye Chen feel a strong sense of crisis.

Fortunately, there was always a way out. When he was three years old, he awakened the Laid-back System. Thus, he began to live laid back and without worries.

At this point, he no longer had the ambition he had when he was one or two years old. All he wanted to do was to lie down. No matter what happened, he couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to it. Thus, nine years passed in this extremely leisurely life.

The first time he opened the system, he was rewarded with one Marrow Cleansing Pill that could enhance one’s aptitude and strengthen one’s body.

For the first day of having Laid-back, he was rewarded with ten years of cultivation. One day was equivalent to ten years of hard work for others.

Back then, during the first year of having laid back, Ye Chen was rewarded with the entire an assassination organization network, which consisted of three thousand assassins. Tian Yan was one of them. This made Ye Chen ecstatic. In this world, he finally had his own force and his life was guaranteed for the first time.

The network was divided into eight ranks, from the highest to the lowest. Namely, Heavenly Kill, Earthly Impasse, Demon, and Monster. The first four ranks were responsible for assassinations, and the last four were responsible for gathering intelligence.

Tian Yan was one of the Assassin network’s “Heaven-rank” assassins, named Salamander.

After all these years of development, countless forces had been infiltrated by the Assassin network.

Since the awakening of the system, he had obtained many things, but most of them were useless. Melon seeds, cigarettes, drinks, lighters, and toilet paper were all daily necessities.

There were only a few good things.

He remembered that during the fifth year of laying-back, the system rewarded him with the Saint Heart Technique. This made Ye Chen feel as if he had finally obtained a top-grade equipment from killing monsters.

Good heavens. Either the top-grade equipment did not come, or it came with a golden legend.

Although he had obtained some precious items later on, they were useless to Ye Chen. Things like thirty percent Origin Restoration, seventy percent … Ah no, Six Ultimate Frost, Snow Guzzling Saber, Peerless Sword, and so on. This once made him feel that the system was eyeing the World of Wind and Cloud.

However, ever since he had the Saint Heart Technique, these things were useless to Ye Chen. Therefore, he had been storing them in the system warehouse to collect dust.

“Young Master, the iced watermelon juice is here.”

At this moment, Tian Yan came to Ye Chen with a smile on his face and a glass of watermelon juice that was still emitting cold air in his hand.

Seeing Tian Yan walking over with watermelon seeds, an image suddenly flashed through Ye Chen’s mind. ‘Dalang, it’s time to drink the medicine!’

[*Dalang is popular reference where the person being told the line is usually on the losing end. Check out this to know the story behind it: Wu Dalang – Wikipedia]

However, this image flashed past as it opened its bloody mouth.

“Ah ~”

Ye Chen removed the lollipop from his mouth and opened his mouth.

Seeing this, Tian Yan picked up a straw from the tray and placed it in the cup. Then, he brought it to his mouth.

“Gulp, gulp ~”

“Awesome!”

“It’s a hot summer day. Having such a glass of iced watermelon juice is simply awesome.”

These watermelons were all rewarded by the system. Each of them was juicy and seedless.

The system had once said that as the host of the Laid-back system, how could he not have a good life? Only then could he be laid back. That was why the system rewarded him with so many daily necessities.

Ye Chen agreed with the system’s words.

“Young Master, there’s news from below. There’s a change in the Great Xia royal family. They’re secretly planning something big. This might be a conspiracy against the Ye family. Should we strike first?” A cold gleam flashed through Tian Yan’s eyes.

Ye Chen waved when he heard that, “There’s no rush. The Ye family has been loyal for generations. On the surface, the royal family doesn’t dare to do anything, so they can only use some tricks. It’s not worth it to expose ourselves too early for some trash. It’s better not to expose those spies until the last moment.”

Tian Yan naturally knew what Ye Chen said. However, when it came to Ye Chen and the Ye family, the first thing that came to her mind was to nip the danger in the bud.

At that moment, Ye Chen continued, “Get the people below to find out which force is willing to stand out. Once they find out who it is, destroy their entire family with lightning speed. Since they like to stand out, then kill the chicken to warn the monkey.”

Tian Yan nodded when she heard Ye Chen’s calm voice. Subsequently, a smile appeared on her face, “I’ve already given the order!”

“Ugh!” Ye Chen turned his head and glanced at Tian Yan, “Since you’ve already made the arrangements, why are you still asking me?”

“Hehe, I need to report this to you!” Tian Yan looked at Ye Chen and giggled.

“It seems like it’s the right choice to keep you by my side. Not only are you good-looking, but you can also protect me. You can even give me advice.”

Tian Yan was over the moon when she heard Ye Chen’s compliment. A slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

Although Ye Chen was only 12 years old now, Tian Yan had already treated herself as Ye Chen’s woman. Moreover, in this world, someone would be a father at the age of 12.

The people who were summoned by the system were 100% loyal to Ye Chen.

“Haha, you’re shy now that I’ve complimented you!” Ye Chen laughed out loud when he saw that Tian Yan was shy.

At that moment, a rough laughter came from behind, “Haha, what happened today that made my grandson so happy? Tell me and make me happy too.”

Ye Chen did not even bother to turn his head when he heard that voice. He said weakly, “It’s nothing. I just saw two ants fighting!”

“Ants? Where are they? I’ve never seen ants fighting in my life. This is a rare thing!” The person was Ye Chen’s grandfather, Ye Dingtian. He was also the head of the Ye family.

Ye Chen slapped his forehead. The old master always used the excuse of visiting him, but in reality, he was trying to get something good from him.

He turned his head and rolled his eyes at his grandfather, “Old Master, just tell me why you’re here! I don’t believe that you’re here just to visit me. ”

Ye Dingtian waved. “Hey! My dear grandson, you’re wrong. Isn’t it right for a grandfather to visit his grandson? ”

“Like hell I’ll believe you. You’re such a bad old man!” Ye Chen did not believe that.