119: True inheritance assessment? Assault...

The moment he saw the mission, Chen De was stunned.

The mission was, the mission was to assassinate the City-level Shenwu Academy Dean dispatched by the Shenwu Empire.

What in the world is this Shenwu Academy?

He had never heard of it before!

During this period, Chen De had indeed learned a lot of information about the Shenwu Empire.

But those were not first-hand reports.

Chen De's information was still stuck in the period when Holy Martial Emperor had just died and the Martial King was preparing to ascend the throne.

However, while Chen De couldn't get first-hand information, the higher-ups of Tianyan Sect could.

Therefore, the Inner Sect Elder responsible for releasing the assessment explained the situation to Chen De and the other two.

From the Elder's mouth, Chen De also learned what had happened recently.

Just a few days ago, the Martial King officially ascended the throne, styling himself Divine Martial Emperor.

At the coronation ceremony, he issued an order to dig up the roots of all sects within the Shenwu Empire...

Many sect envoys left in anger before hearing even half of it.

Ordinary sects within the Shenwu Empire, like Tianyan Sect, definitely waited until the end before leaving.

After all, the early bird gets the worm, and their Tianyan Sect, with its small family and business, couldn't withstand any turmoil.

However, once these messages were sent back to their respective sects, they immediately caused an uproar within the sects.

Admittedly, the Shenwu Empire is currently the strongest force on the surface, apart from the Ten Thousand Mountains of demonic beasts.

The Shenwu Empire completely controls the Central Profound Domain, and has some involvement in the other four domains.

Among them, their Eastern Profound Domain is especially controlled the most by the Shenwu Empire.

The controlled area is close to two-thirds of the entire human territory of the Eastern Profound Domain.

Its strength is naturally extremely formidable.

But even if their many sects united and caused trouble together, it would not be something the Shenwu Empire could withstand.

Therefore, as soon as the news was transmitted back to the sects, the higher-ups of the major sects immediately took action.

You want to create a Shenwu Academy?

Fine, then I'll make sure you can't build it!

Those Shenwu Academy Deans you send.

As long as they dare to come, for every one that comes, we'll kill one.

As for why those Deans were dispatched so quickly.

The answer is, during these three months, the Martial King was not idle either.

At the same time, it is said that the sects with Heavenly Imperial Realm experts were the first to take action.

Then, the lower-level sects like their Tianyan Sect followed suit.

For such a big matter, it definitely wouldn't work without a higher-up taking the lead.

So, since the people from those large sects above have made a move, how could they not show their support, right?

At this time, whether one is neutral or leans towards the Shenwu Empire, they will end up pleasing neither side.

They have already announced to the world that they are going to deal with you, and if you run over now, they might not deal with you temporarily.

But when the time comes, you still won't be able to escape.

If the sects win, you'll be treated as a traitor and a fence-sitter and be purged.

If the Shenwu Empire wins, you'll be discarded after use and purged.

As for neutrality?

What is neutrality? Neutrality means people on this side see you as being on that side, and people on that side see you as being on this side.

This is even more thankless than being a direct traitor!

So their Tianyan Sect definitely had to go out and make some contributions.

Deans of all levels of Shenwu Academy have the same rank as the highest local official, with powers equivalent to a deputy, and their cultivation realm is similar.

Taking Tianfeng City as an example, Tianfeng City is a city-level area, so the one dispatched will naturally be a City-level Dean.

In terms of rank, it is equivalent to the City Lord, and in terms of authority, it is equivalent to the Deputy City Lord.

Those sect elders and high-cultivation true disciples went to intercept and kill Shenwu Academy Myriad Transformation Realm Prefectural Deans.

So who should be assigned to deal with those Spirit Opening Realm City-level Deans?

Mainly, some true disciples with lower cultivation and top Inner Sect Disciples went.

However, the situation is still unclear, so they definitely can't openly issue such missions.

Therefore, these missions cannot be released in the Inner Sect for now.

As a result, these missions naturally fell to the true disciples first.

Even those lower-level true disciples were Myriad Transformation Realm existences.

Dealing with a group of Spirit Opening Realm individuals was simply a piece of cake.

It's just that there are too many city-level cities around Tianyan Sect, like ox hair.

But how many true disciples are there?

There aren't enough to go around.

Now that Chen De and the other two are undergoing the true disciple assessment, it's a good opportunity to give them some low-reward tasks to share the burden.

After they complete the missions and become true disciples, they will be given some high-reward tasks.

And they can't complain.

After all, every true disciple has so many missions, why shouldn't you do them?

Don't bring up having done them during the assessment, how can that count?

When you were being assessed, you weren't a true disciple yet!

Chen De also couldn't believe it; this mission was simply too...

Too simple!

However, is it just about killing some Spirit Opening Realm Deans?

Wouldn't the Shenwu Empire take some precautions?

They shouldn't encounter an ambush, right?

But since things had come to this, Chen De could only accept the mission.

Then, according to the Assessment Elder, since their opponents this time were people from the Shenwu Empire.

Although they were just small Spirit Opening Realm characters, the three of them could go together as a team this time.

After Chen De and the others left.

An Elder appeared next to the Assessment Elder, saying, “You didn't tell them about the dangers involved!”

The Assessment Elder shook his head.

“There's no need to say. The Shenwu Empire doesn't have the capability to set up ambushes around every Academy Dean.

If they are lucky, they naturally won't encounter any; if they are unlucky, they might not necessarily fail to return alive.

The same goes for those true disciples; they also face dangers.

Moreover, this time I let them go as a team, which will be much safer…”

The other Elder listened, said nothing more, and simply watched Chen De and the others leave.

...

And so, Chen De and the others quickly left the sect.

They had just walked a short distance outside the sect.

Chen De saw a naked, bloodied human corpse.

Chen De knew without looking that it was Situ Gang's.

He didn't care, glanced at it, and left.

Did the sect know that Chen De had ordered this to be done?

Of course they knew!

But who was Chen De? A quasi-true disciple.

And Situ Gang?

A nobody who might never break through to the Myriad Transformation Realm in his lifetime.

There were plenty of such people in the Inner Sect.

Countless more died each year because of missions.

If such a character provoked Chen De, as long as Chen De didn't go too far or too overtly.

The sect would not specifically investigate Chen De's background.

Moreover, Chen De's subordinates had done a relatively clean job.

After stripping the clothes, they made the face bloody and unrecognizable.

Anyone would just think it was a random person who died by the roadside!

Chen De wouldn't take it to heart, and the sect would even less so.

Next, Chen De and the others arrived at the sect's spatial teleportation array.

According to the Assessment Elder of the sect, Chen De and the others did not need to kill certain specific Deans.

They only needed to kill enough of them and bring back the relevant proof.

To prove that they, and their Tianyan Sect, had indeed done these things.