September 1, 1923, 10 a.m. Tokyo City, Imperial Japan, 20 meters underground of Nihonbashi, Great Temple of the Far East of the Craftsmen Union.

Qin Beiyang vigilantly pressed Jiu Se's head: "It's not a dog, it's a tomb beast." ”

"I know, please leave it, it's the most dangerous weapon you have on you."

Yes, four years ago at the World Congress of the Craftsmen League in Manhattan, New York, Nine Colors demonstrated its power as a young unicorn tomb beast.

Schmidt nodded and said, "For the safety of His Holiness, please leave it behind!" The first Great Venerable, Qin Jin, was killed by an assassin sent by the Assassin Alliance. For more than 600 years, we have been vigilant against the Assassin Alliance, and we must protect the Great Venerable. ”

Qin Beiyang squatted down and stared at the nine-colored eyes, this is the secret room under the Nihonbashi, it can transform at any time, after devouring so many spirit stones of the tomb beast, it already has much stronger power than four years ago, and it should be able to deal with all kinds of situations alone.

The nine colors, An Lushan's Tang knife, and the Russian craftsman's cross bow were all left in the granite living room. Schmidt opened the iron door and led Qin Beiyang into a secret room.

The twenty-fourth generation of the Great Venerable of the Craftsman Alliance was sitting upright on the back chair to welcome the arrival of Qin Beiyang.

Schmidt dragged Qin Beiyang to kneel on one knee and whispered, "The low-level members of the Craftsman Alliance were originally not qualified to meet the Great Venerable, this is an exception for you." ”

“China ch'in pei yang!”

The Great Venerable's voice was unusually weak, and his image was fully exposed to the light for the first time. The gray beard conceals an aging face, with furrows and wrinkles, cloudy and yellowish corneas, and saliva from time to time drooping at the corners of the mouth, which seems to be terminally ill.

Qin Beiyang, who was a member of the Craftsman Alliance at this time, said humbly in German: "Your Excellency, please accept the worship of Qin Beiyang of China." ”

"The Chinese Qin Beiyang I am talking about is the leader of the Piercing Alliance, the heir of Assasin, and the master of the assassins of Taibai Mountain, and you are you!"

The Great Venerable finally spoke a complete sentence, German with an Austrian accent.

Qin Beiyang was silent for a few seconds and raised his head: "Yes, I am the leader of the Artisan Alliance. ”

"For the first time in six hundred years, the leaders of the Craftsmen's League and the Assassins' Alliance met face-to-face."

Gatekeeper Schmidt couldn't help but sigh.

"Great Venerable, if you want to destroy the Assassin Alliance, kill me now, will it be possible soon?"

"Childish! Or...... Are you deliberately provoking me? Qin, please remember - you are just an ornament of the League of Assassins, a beautiful vase, it is useless to kill you! ”

"Maybe."

He sensed the deep contempt of His Holiness and Schmidt.

"Qin, do you know why? At a young age, you can become the heir of Assasin? ”

"Because I passed the exam in the Catacombs of Paris, I saved everyone's lives, and I was recognized by the old Arab Assasin."

"No, they lied to you!" The Great Venerable of the Craftsman Alliance told the truth, "There are at least ten great assassins in the world today, and they all have the ability to qualify as the leader of the Assassin Alliance, but why did they choose you? ”

"Because...... Am I the weakest? ”

Qin Beiyang's soles were cold, and he remembered that before Emperor Guangxu died, why did the Empress Dowager Cixi not choose Emperor Guangxu's younger brother Zaifeng, but Zaifeng's three-year-old son Puyi? Because the little emperor is so controlled by women!

The Assassin bosses preferred to choose the weakest heir, a lonely man with no power base, who could only be the nominal leader of the Assassin League. Just like the famous Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who was controlled by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, the puppet emperor of the Japanese shogunate period, and the "great president" supported by the Beiyang warlords in China......

Wouldn't it be majestic and happy that the Assassin Order, scattered across various countries, still living a free life as an independent kingdom, not having to submit to the control of the Alliance, doing the business of professional killers, counting money and being hired to kill people, and no longer having to risk their lives to fight the government? Electing a strong leader who can reunite the scattered Assassin League with iron and blood would be the greatest threat to the Assassin princes of all stripes, far more than the Craftsmen Alliance.

Therefore, at the World Congress of the League of Assassins held in Paris, except for China sending the strongest strength of the Taibai Mountain Assassin Order, European and American countries did not do their best, and many top Assassins were not able to attend, such as the number one Assassin in the United States, "Angel" Michael, and the German Adolf Luxemburg. It was both to dismantle the Assassin League's position and to preserve its strength - the top Assassins knew that the "exam" for the heir of Assasin was extremely dangerous and cruel. As a result, the Assassins from the colonies and weak countries who really lost their troops during the Paris Peace Conference, so that they were destroyed in order to assassinate the Triumvirate.

Why did Ah You bear the brunt of this? Lead Daddy, Ah Hai, Dehuan, and Ghost Mask to charge? Is it to reorganize Taibai Mountain's authority and gain a greater voice within the Assassin Alliance?

Still is...... For Qin Beiyang?

Thinking about it carefully, it is very scary, could it be that Ah You has already planned to introduce Qin Beiyang into the catacombs of Paris through the Vietnamese warrior Nguyen Chi Minh to help him become the heir of Assasin?

In the midst of lightning, Qin Beiyang had already thought like a Go player, and came up with hundreds of possible chess game changes.

"Heaven favors the Artisan Alliance, and the evil Assassins don't know a secret - you are also a member of the Artisan Alliance." The Great Venerable bowed slightly, approached Qin Beiyang's ear and said, "If you can convene a World Congress of the League of Assassins and gather the leaders of the Assassins from all over the world in a certain place, such as the North American Grand Temple of the League of Assassins: San Francisco Chinatown. ”

Qin Beiyang's heart trembled, this was to treat himself as a Trojan horse, a veritable traitor who had infiltrated the assassin team.

It was also the first time he had heard that the League of Assassins also had a Grand Temple in North America: San Francisco's Chinatown, and the Great Temple in the Far East was Taibai Mountain, so where was the Great Temple in Europe?

"Great Venerable, since you said that I am only a puppet leader in the Assassin Alliance, how can I bring these Assassin leaders together for a meeting?"

"Benefits! There are always interests that will invite them together. ”

Apparently the Great Venerable knew this, and he coughed violently, and Schmidt hurriedly gave him a few pills.

"Perfect plan! By bringing these Assassin leaders together, you can wipe them out and settle once and for all the 600-year secret war between the Assassins and the Artisans. The remaining Assassins were nothing more than stragglers, forever content with the business of professional killers, reduced to roosters and thieves, never to compete with the Artisan Alliance. ”

"You know!"

"Great Venerable, why should I promise you?" Qin Beiyang twisted his thick eyebrows and took a step back, "Why should I take such a big risk?" Become a traitor to the League of Assassins, an unscrupulous heir of Assasin, a defeated son of Liu A of Taibai Mountain, and become a Judas who is condemned by everyone and crucified on the pillar of shame? ”

"Because it's your life! The League of Assassins can't give you any future, you're just a puppet of a woman. ”

Qin Beiyang understood that the woman that the Great Venerable was talking about was his wife, the great-granddaughter of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan - Hong Tianyou.

"Yes, if I hadn't disobeyed her orders, how could I be here today?"

"Qin, you're a man! The Artisan Union despises women and forbids them from joining the Alliance, and I feel infinite sympathy for you being at the mercy of women. ”

"I don't think so, I don't think women are inferior to men."

"Don't discuss this!" The Great Venerable's spirit eased a little, "Only the Craftsman Alliance can give you a future." If you can help us destroy the League of Assassins, you will be the greatest hero of the League of Artisans for more than 600 years. I will even consider passing on the position of the Great Venerable to you! ”