Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Federico first led Lu Xiao to the location of the pigeon cage, and then led him to a mixed neighborhood in the city of Florence, where he met a thief leader known as the cunning arc - La Volpe.

The foxy fox was tall and thin, and his figure looked a little thin, but it didn't affect his agility at all.

La Volpe was even more agile than Giovanni when it came to moving on the roof, and Lu Xiao and Federico couldn't keep up with his pace at all.

When Lu Xiao came to the test site designated by La Volpe out of breath, the cunning fox calmly clasped his hands on his chest and looked at him with a smile, and Federico was also wiping sweat beside him, obviously having just arrived.

"Young man from the East, your freerunning skills need to be improved, and if you want to walk freely on the rooftops of Florence, your current level is far from enough."

La Volpe jumped a few times on the roof and came to Lu Xiao's side, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "If you want to improve your ability as soon as possible, come to me when the task is free." ”

"But you'd better be mentally prepared in advance, my training is not so easy to complete, don't blame me for falling from the stairs."

At the next stop, Federico took Lu Xiao to a ...... called Searching for Roses Brothel.

Lu Xiao looked at Federico's expression a little weird: "You don't want to go in now...... Relax, right? ”

Federico laughed and waved his hand: "Why, no matter how prodigal I am, I won't mess around while I'm doing business." ”

"The owner of this brothel is a high-ranking member of the Brotherhood, and she is also the courtesan leader of the whole of Florence, and it is likely that you will need her and her girls to help you in the future when you operate in Florence."

The leader of the courtesans introduced by Federico to Lu Xiao was named Paola, and when she saw this middle-aged beauty who still had charm, Lu Xiao immediately recalled her identity.

As it turned out, she was the bustard who helped and taught Ezio the tricks of hiding and stealing in Assassin's Creed 2. ’

The meeting with Paula was not long, and the night was the busiest time for her store, so after a brief conversation with Lu Xiao and the two, Paula quickly returned to the store to greet the guests who came to look for Fang.

After following Federico to meet Luciano Becani, the leader of the Florentine Mercenary Guild, the two finally officially returned.

At this time, it was already around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, and the whole of Florence was silent, and Lu Xiao and Federico both subconsciously relaxed their steps when stepping on the roof, so as not to affect the citizens who had fallen asleep below.

Jumping back from the roof to the atrium of the Auditore mansion, Federico patted the dust off his body and said, "Today I will show you only the members of the Brotherhood who are hiding in the middle of the three sects. ”

"Father should have introduced you to some high-ranking Florentine Assassins recently, or allies who are willing to secretly assist the Brotherhood."

"Florence was large and prosperous, and with the assistance and cooperation of Lorenzo Medici, the Assassins had a deep entrenchment in the city, and the Templars had always regarded the Emerald as a thorn in their side."

"While the Brotherhood has the upper hand in Florence, we should not be taken lightly, as the Templar forces, led by the Pache family, have been eyeing the dominance of the Medici family in the shadows."

"Patch?"

Lu Xiaoleng paused, and then said suddenly: "By the way, Mario also said that the Pache family's bank is in Florence." ”

Federico yawned tiredly: "That's right, it's the Pache family you fought back in Monteriggioni before, those indomitable krafts are very troublesome, and you will have a chance to contact them in the future." ”

"That's all for today, go back and have a good rest, your life should be very 'colorful' for a while in the future, be mentally prepared."

……

Just like Federico quipped, Lu Xiao lived an unusually fulfilling life in the following period.

Due to the temporary silence of the Templars in Florence, Giovanni devoted himself more to his work as a banker.

In addition to managing his own bank Auditore International, Giovanni also needed to help Lorenzo, who was busy with city affairs, to manage the Medici bank, which is the fundamental reason why he said that he was too much involved in banking affairs.

In order to maintain his alliance with the Medici family, Giovanni sacrificed a lot of personal time in exchange for the status and wealth of the Auditore family, as well as a deep friendship with Renzo.

The Brotherhood has no important tasks to perform for the time being, and Lu Xiao, who is eager to improve his personal ability, takes the initiative to find La Volpe, undergoes his devil training for days, and walks around the vast roof space of Fei Leng Cui.

Although the training process was very hard, the progress that could be seen on the attribute panel gave Lu Xiao the motivation to persevere, and his free running skills were never completed to F, and then to E, which was already a small gain.

At night, Lu Xiao needed to follow Giovanni, who had been relieved from official duties, to train how to use the Hidden Blade proficiently.

The Hidden Blade is very small and lightweight, and it cannot be used as rudely as a conventional weapon.

As Giovanni demonstrated in previous missions, the Hidden Blade requires more skill, removing the enemy's attack from the side as much as possible, avoiding the fragile frontal side of the blade to withstand the attack.

Time is fair for everyone, but for the attentive and the bored, they have a very different perception of time.

I believe that many people have had this experience, when they have nothing to do, they always feel that time flies very slowly, and when they are doing things wholeheartedly, they feel that the long time is fleeting.

Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and while Ezio was still living a life of walking chickens and dogs and looking for flowers on the streets all day long, the hard-working Lu Xiao had already been trained by many Brotherhood seniors and had the qualifications to be a qualified assassin.

In a rare gathering of senior members of the Florentine Brotherhood, in the secret crypt of the Palazzo Auditore, the wall facing the staircase was carved with an elaborate and large Assassin insignia.

Giovannián, the leader of the Assassins of Florence, sat on the throne, and the mercenary leader Luciano, the courtesan leader Paola, the thief leader La Volpe, and a number of architects and artists who had hidden their identity as Assassins were all present.

Seeing that all the attendees were due, Giovanni got up from his seat and began to preside over the meeting.

"Assassins, you have been summoned today to witness a young rookie officially join our ranks."

Giovanni stretched out his hand and gestured to Lu Xiao, who was standing behind him.

At this time, Lu Xiao had already changed into a thorn service specially sewn by the tailor of the Auditore family according to his requirements.

Lu Xiao did not plan to use the striking white as the background color like Giovanni, in order to facilitate the concealment, he chose a light gray tone, the whole outfit looks more inconspicuous, but still through the exquisite fancy design of the cuffs and neckline and other parts of the exquisite craftsmanship can be seen in the exquisite craftsmanship of the tailor.

Taking off the hood on his head, Lu Xiao stepped forward and stood beside Giovanni.

"Lu Xiao, from the Far East of the Great Ming Kingdom, a member of the Assassin Inheritance Family, has the Eagle Vision symbolized by the Forerunner bloodline."

"It took him less than a year to complete the full training of the Assassins with his own diligence and hard work."

Giovanni's tone gradually became impassioned: "In the name of Mario Auditore, the leader of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, I, Giovanni Auditore, officially invite Lu Xiao to join the Assassin Brotherhood and become one of us. ”

After gaining the approval of other important members of the Assassins, Giovanni personally removed a strangely shaped soldering iron from a nearby brazier.

Under the witness of other members of the brotherhood, Lu Xiao, who had already been mentally prepared, stretched out his right hand.

Giovanni carefully clamped the slender red soldering iron on Lu Xiao's ring finger, and the corners of Lu Xiao's mouth couldn't help twitching under the pain as the "bang" sound of the high temperature burning the flesh came out.

When the soldering iron was removed, Lu Xiao's ring finger was imprinted with a deep assassin's mark.

This ritual is a process that all new Assassins must go through to initiate, and it is much more civilized than the previous ritual of cutting off the ring finger.

All the Assassins in the room stood up in solemnity, resting their right hand on their chests and reciting the Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood.

"While others blindly seek the truth, remember that nothing is true."

"When others are bound by morality and law, remember that all is true."

Lu Xiao bowed her head and followed Giovanni and the others in a low voice: "We cultivate the darkness, serve and light. ”

"We, the Assassins."