Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Lead Stays Out of It - Chapter 49: Peerless Under Heaven 11

Lin Dan was not accustomed to spending other people’s money, but she was enduring excruciating pain every moment. Accepting a little help to make her life better, she did not refuse. Thus, she followed Bai Yan back to the inn and kept track of the debt in a small notebook. Holding Lin Dan’s IOU, Bai Yan felt for the first time what it meant to be “laughing through tears.” For some reason, he couldn’t bear to return the IOU, but instead folded it neatly and placed it carefully in his sleeve pocket.

“What’s the deal with the martial world’s wanted list?” Lin Dan asked casually during the meal.

“The martial world’s wanted list is a list issued by the Jianghu Alliance, recording many evildoers and evil deeds. Whoever can capture the evildoers on the list and bring them back to the Jianghu Alliance can receive the corresponding reward.”

“Where can I see the list?”

“At the Jianghu Alliance. Every city has a branch of the Jianghu Alliance. There’s one here too. Do you want to go take a look?”

“I’ll go after eating.” Lin Dan sped up her eating. She finally understood how it felt to be a hero brought down by money; having to write IOUs for lodging and meals was truly unpleasant.

Two quarters of an hour later, the two appeared at the branch of the Jianghu Alliance. Although it was called a branch, it actually occupied a very vast area. There was a gatehouse first, with the three gilded characters “Jianghu Alliance” written on it. Behind it were two great halls, one the Zhao Xun Hall and the other the Yan Wu Hall, both very magnificent.

“Go to Zhao Xun Hall.” Bai Yan seemed very familiar with the Jianghu Alliance and started walking. This time, it was Lin Dan’s turn to follow closely behind him.

The two entered Zhao Xun Hall and saw two lists hanging side by side on a huge wall. One was the martial world’s wanted list, and the other was the martial world’s master list. Every so often, martial artists would jump up and wipe off the names on the list with a cloth, replacing them with new names.

Lin Dan discovered as soon as she entered the hall that she had already been listed on the martial world’s master list, and her ranking was not low. She had actually replaced the four elders and was ranked fourth in the Half-step Grandmaster realm. In front of her were five Great Grandmasters, namely Xiaoyao Zi of the Xiaoyao Sect, Wei Qu of the Ming Shui Palace, Master Fazhao of the Prajna Temple, Emperor Yan of the Yanhuang City, and Emperor Yun of the Lianyung City.

Lin Dan’s gaze lingered for a moment on the words “Emperor Yun,” and then turned to look at the wanted list beside it. Many martial artists were standing under the list, carefully calculating which task they could take. The wanted list was also arranged according to martial arts skill. The higher up, the higher the evildoer’s martial arts skills. Although there were no Great Grandmasters, several Half-step Grandmasters appeared in a row. The wanted orders also recorded in detail what evil deeds the evildoers had committed, when they had been put on the list, and the amount of the reward money…

Lin Dan looked carefully and discovered that the evildoer ranked first on the list had been wanted for more than twenty years, yet no one could bring him to justice. During this period, not only had he not restrained himself, but he had instead committed more evil deeds, and more people kept joining the ranks to offer rewards for him. The accumulated amount had actually reached 500,000 taels of gold. The reward money for the evildoers ranked behind him was also not low—300,000, 200,000, 100,000—all in gold.

Lin Dan looked from top to bottom, silently calculating: If she took all these heads, she could be as rich as a country in an instant. In the future, she would have endless money, could live in as many upper rooms as she wanted, could eat as many bowls of rice as she wanted, and her days would be so comfortable.

She was lost in thought, and her narrow phoenix eyes couldn’t help but squint slightly, and the dark pupils also flickered with a joyful light. Bai Yan, however, didn’t even look at the list, but just stared silently at Lin Dan.

The two of them were eye-catching in appearance and outstanding in temperament, and they quickly attracted the attention of others. Someone whispered, “Female, seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a black robe, carrying a large blade, six feet tall. Could this person be Lin Dan of the Eastern Saint Cult?”

“Impossible. How could a top-notch master like her come to see the wanted list? She wouldn’t be afraid of losing face,” someone immediately shook their head to deny it.

Once they had entered the ranks of Half-step Grandmasters, becoming existences at the peak of martial arts, many martial artists would isolate themselves from ordinary people, creating an unfathomable image. They would leave the other trivial matters to their subordinates to handle, while they themselves would focus on cultivation, trying to break through to a higher realm. The way of martial arts was that one either progressed or regressed, and no one was willing to be left behind.

The people who came to Zhao Xun Hall to accept wanted orders were all martial artists who were in urgent need of money, or bounty hunters who specialized in this line of work. Just imagine, if they could become masters like the Half-step Grandmasters, they would have dominated a territory long ago, and how could they come to earn this kind of hard-earned money?

“No, no, definitely not.” More people shook their heads, then turned their gazes to the list.

Bai Yan was both amused and bewildered, feeling as though he was the only one awake while everyone else was drunk. Who would have thought that Lin Dan would be so unique? After advancing to the Half-step Grandmaster realm, not only did she not stay and inherit the Eastern Saint Cult, but she also wandered the martial world, and now she was so poor that she couldn’t even afford a cup of water.

He covered his mouth with his fist and chuckled softly. His gaze at Lin Dan was particularly gentle. “Did you see it clearly? Which task do you want to take?” He walked to Lin Dan’s side and asked in a low voice.

“I saw it clearly.” Lin Dan went straight to the place where she could collect the wanted orders and said, “Give me the wanted orders for number one, number two, number three, number four, number five, number six, and number seven.”

“What did you say?” The martial artist in charge of issuing the wanted orders picked his ears, seriously doubting his hearing.

“Give me the wanted orders for number one, number two, number three, number four, number five, number six, and number seven,” Lin Dan repeated without being annoyed.

“Are you crazy? Which kid has run out to play?” The surrounding people were also dumbfounded, pointing and whispering, all with an expression of watching a good show.

The martial artist in charge of issuing the wanted orders had seen many people, and he had some insight. He sized Lin Dan up and down, his gaze lingering on the bl00d-red Shura Saber for a moment. He then respectfully said, “Please wait a moment, these wanted orders are not in my hands at the moment. I will go to the back hall to get them.”

Soon, seven gilded, feather-shaped wanted orders were all given to Lin Dan. She casually stuffed them into her arms and strode away. After a short while, another martial artist jumped onto the stone wall and drew a line with cinnabar behind those seven names, indicating that someone had accepted the task of killing them.

Everyone looked around and saw that the seven of them were all Half-step Grandmasters. If the martial world’s master list didn’t look at character and prestige, but only at martial arts skill, the three elders of Lianyung City might not be ranked ahead of them. They had been wanted for decades, and even if they were reviled by thousands of people, they still lived freely. The martial world’s wanted list couldn’t cause them any trouble, and the increasingly high reward money couldn’t threaten them at all. Even the ranking of this list and the recorded crimes were used by them as a topic of bragging.

Now, they were finally being wanted, and all at once. How could this not surprise the onlookers?

“Could it be that the woman is indeed Lin Dan of the Eastern Saint Cult?” Someone finally came to their senses.

“Whether it is or not will be known in a while.”

“Even if it is, how could she, a Half-step Grandmaster ranked fourth, have the ability to kill all the evildoers! She’s still too young, doesn’t know the weight of things!”

Regardless of how others discussed it, Lin Dan had embarked on the path of earning money. She borrowed one or two silver coins from Bai Yan and bought a map. According to the order of the seven people’s distance, she made a route and also borrowed ten silver coins to buy a horse, and then she set off.

Bai Yan carefully collected the several IOUs and followed closely behind. He was more and more fond of observing Lin Dan and more and more addicted to this kind of martial world experience, even though he had long passed the age of experience.

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Three months later, Lin Dan came to the Jianghu Alliance carrying a huge package. The Shura Saber in her hand had turned dark reddish-brown, which showed that she had spilled a lot of bl00d these days. Bai Yan followed closely behind her, his gaze at her very complex.

He knew that Lin Dan had outstanding talent, otherwise, she would not have broken through her emotional barriers and comprehended the true meaning of the Shura Saber in just a few years. Nor would she have reached the Half-step Grandmaster realm at the age of seventeen or eighteen. But after truly understanding Lin Dan, he didn’t know where her limit was. She was brilliant and intelligent, constantly growing in combat. After three months, she was completely different.

After slaying Dugu Hong, she learned the opponent’s Eight trigrams Phantom Step; after slaying the Overbearing Saber Nie Cheng, she learned the opponent’s Overbearing Saber Technique; after slaying the Bl00d Demon Zhou Tao, she learned the Bl00d Essence Body Refining Technique… She kept absorbing useful techniques to supplement and improve the shortcomings of the Asura saber, pushing this already top-level technique to another level.

Bai Yan had no doubt that if he gave her more time, she would one day be able to defeat himself, and would also be able to modify the Asura saber into a more brilliant technique than the Cloud Determination that he cultivated. She was a talented person, but she unfortunately fell into the hands of the He Chongling father and son, and from then on, she embarked on this path that was destined to have no escape.

The more he understood Lin Dan, the more Bai Yan was unable to maintain inner peace. He was lamenting for her, sighing for her, and even feeling sorry for her. If he had met her a little earlier, how wonderful that would have been! This thought flashed through his mind frequently recently, making him feel troubled.

Lin Dan, however, didn’t care at all about the mental state of this jailer, only caring about killing the evildoers on the list and rushing to the Jianghu Alliance to collect the reward. The debts she had accumulated these days were getting more and more, and one small notebook could no longer record them all.

“I’m here to deliver the wanted orders. Please calculate the reward for me.” She threw the huge package on the ground at will and handed the seven golden feather-shaped tokens to the martial artist of the Jianghu Alliance.

Every city on the Eastern Tang Continent had a branch of the Jianghu Alliance. After Lin Dan killed the last evildoer, she found a nearby branch to collect her reward. The martial artist in charge of retrieving the wanted orders naturally didn’t recognize her. He took the wanted orders with a bland expression, and said, “Please wait a moment, I’ll count them first…” As he said this, he was already dumbfounded, frozen in place. He could only see that the seven tokens in his hand clearly bore the numbers one, two, and three, which meant that they were the number one wanted order, the number two wanted order, the number three wanted order…

The martial artist suddenly raised his head to look at the wanted list not far away, his heart filled with shock. He saw that the figures on the wanted list, from one to seven, were all Half-step Grandmasters, without any mistakes. In other words, the person in front of him had killed seven Half-step Grandmasters in one go, and it had only taken three months, what a terrifying achievement!