Master of Kaidan-Chapter 164: Ending the Probationary Period Assessment

"You know? That guy begged for mercy so hard, but I didn’t give him a chance, the moment the knife dropped, the blood spurted so high!"

Listening to Jessica incessantly babbling beside her ear, Feng Xue showed a somewhat helpless smile.

Although they were both executioners, unlike those underlings who only needed to carry out tasks, it wasn’t because she was a woman, but because she was part of the management of the Libra organization.

Although she didn’t know any other executioners besides Feng Xue, it was the reporters from the White Rainbow Newspaper who conducted interviews and investigations to decide where the executioners should go to pick up tasks and which targets should be dealt with.

As for whether this would attract the attention of the authorities...

No need to worry about that, because nowadays, there are simply too many newspapers doing the same.

It could be said that, courtesy of a globally-focused event, Libra had become the hottest topic in the world, with all sorts of demons and deities scrambling to profit from this craze. Not to mention newspapers covering controversial cases, but even some gambling rings, both underground and public, were openly placing bets on Libra’s next moves.

The betting methods were plentiful, besides betting on "who the executioner is" with the highest odds, there were also bets on the area of occurrence, time intervals, ages of the executionees... and so forth, truly dazzling.

Hearing Jessica still chattering like a paratrooper who had just successfully completed his first jump, he chuckled and said,

"I thought your first time killing someone would be quite unsettling."

"First time? This isn’t my first time." Jessica shook her head, refuting Feng Xue’s words, "My first time killing someone was when I was crossing the Sargon jungle and got attacked by some natives..."

"Oh? That you’re still alive is truly no small feat!" Feng Xue reassessed Jessica, finding it hard to imagine how a young girl could combat several seasoned jungle natives in the jungle.

"I had a gun with me!" Jessica saw the confusion on Feng Xue’s face, but Feng Xue’s expression grew even stranger—

"Surviving in the wilderness with a gun, weren’t you really out hunting?"

"What are you thinking, I don’t use a gun in adventures; it’s only for self-defense! You understand what self-defense means, right?"

Jessica sternly rebutted Feng Xue’s skepticism, then forcibly changed the subject,

"Compared to this, several banks have opened coin exchanges, the ’exchange rate’ is now one coin can buy five hundred thousand pounds, and it’s increasing every day. The black market’s bounty on coins is also endlessly rising, could this have any negative impact?"

Although it was to change the subject, Jessica, as a wealthy heiress, still had a sharp eye concerning money matters. Hearing his question, Feng Xue just shook her head and said,

"There will definitely be some chaos, but the actions of the executioners are carried out in secret, and so is the use of coins. As long as those holding the coins aren’t foolish, they will definitely conceal the source of their coins, and even if they can’t hide it, they would quickly trade them. As for the fools who get the coins and then boast about them, we don’t need to worry about them. Besides, coins themselves are a kind of benefit for the executioners, allowing them to convert coins into a large sum of money at any time, which ensures their enthusiasm. However, if someone gets carried away because of this, then I will personally clean house."

Feng Xue’s tone suddenly became ominously cold. Jessica shivered involuntarily, and for a moment, she dared not speak. Seeing her suddenly fall silent, Feng Xue instead took the initiative to speak,

"Speaking of which, you’ve already successfully completed an assassination task, let’s do a test."

"Test?" Jessica took a half step back as she heard the word, remembering that the "occupational test" they had given her when she first offered to perform a task had left her recuperating at home for three days before she could move again.

"Don’t worry, it’s considered an assessment to become an official Executioner. I lied to you before when I said that protections couldn’t be passed on. I was mainly worried that an Executioner gaining too much power at once would become too proud. Hence, new protections are usually granted only after one has mastered an existing one."

"Ah, this..." Jessica widened her eyes but found some sense in it. However, she soon stopped dwelling on it. Having deeply experienced the power of the "Hundred Refinement Body" protection, she was eager to gain new power—

"Let’s get started then!"

As she spoke, Jessica was already prepared, seemingly afraid that the moment her words ended, Feng Xue might launch a surprise attack.

But she had really thought too much this time, because Feng Xue took out several eggs from her bag.

Jessica had grown somewhat accustomed to Feng Xue pulling all sorts of strange things out of her bag, but seeing these few eggs, she was still baffled.

Could it be... these weren’t actually eggs but some sort of tool disguised as eggs?

"Stop guessing; these are just eggs." Feng Xue rolled her eyes. With the aid of the "Heart of Bright Mirror" protection, he could faintly sense Jessica’s thoughts. Dismissing the young heiress’s wild imaginations, he picked out five eggs and stacked them up, much to Jessica’s disbelief.

Yes, just like stacking monks, he stacked one egg on top of another without any assistance.

Although they looked wobbly, the eggs never collapsed, making Jessica instinctively hold her breath, afraid that any movement from her might cause the delicate tower to crumble.

"See that? This is your test. You just need to stack these five eggs without breaking their shells, and then maintain their balance for at least five seconds..."

"How did you do that?" Jessica suddenly interrupted Feng Xue, shocked at the wobbling "egg tower," completely unable to comprehend the scene before her.

Feng Xue merely showed a mysteriously profound smile and said,

"Abandon those common senses, and use your senses to do it. Each egg’s balance point is different, and the shells are not completely smooth. You have to rely on your superior senses to catch these characteristics. Of course, controlling your strength is also key. If you can’t freely control that superhuman strength..."

Feng Xue hadn’t finished speaking when the egg in Jessica’s hand suddenly exploded.

The strength enhanced by the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill didn’t dramatically surge all at once, so it normally wouldn’t cause issues like crushing cups or collapsing sofas in daily life. However, performing precise tasks like building a card tower or playing pick-up sticks wasn’t so easy.

Watching Jessica awkwardly wipe the egg fluid off her hands before continuing to fiddle with the eggs, Feng Xue glanced at his watch and said with a smile,

"The official assessment is to complete it within a minute, but you can also take it as a training for controlling your own power—as long as you integrate what I’ve taught you, this shouldn’t be too difficult." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"It’s not as easy as you make it sound!" As soon as Jessica spoke, she failed to control her strength again, and with a snap, another egg shattered in her hand.

"Oh, right, it’s not so easy to find the balance with normal eggs. You could try shaking them a bit before you try; it might make it easier. But of course, the final assessment will definitely use ordinary eggs."

Hearing Feng Xue’s words, Jessica looked down at the egg in her hand, then started shaking it frantically...