The Strongest Curse Master: Start by refining the Seven Arrows Book

After seeing Wang Yuan's body, Fang Che didn't panic or get scared. Instead, he walked into the crowd of onlookers to understand the situation.

After a moment, Fang Che learned that Wang Yuan had been killed by an assassin not long ago. The Fierce Tiger Gang believed that the Butcher Knife Academy had failed to protect their member, so they came to demand compensation from the academy and take away Wang Yuan's belongings.

The academy's instructors, however, believed that the Fierce Tiger Gang was extorting them.

Neither side mentioned anything about the curse master.

The reason for this was that curse masters would leave traces after killing someone.

A [Flesh Curse Master] would leave a cursed aura on the victim's body after killing them.

A [Mental Curse Master], while not leaving a cursed aura, would cause the victim to exhibit unusual behavior before death.

For example, someone cursed to die from a fall would actively jump from a high place.

Someone cursed to die from lightning would stand in a high place during a thunderstorm or hold conductive objects.

The cursed tools crafted by a [Tool Curse Master] borrowed the methods of [Mental Curse Master] and [Flesh Curse Master], leaving traces with characteristics of both.

However, Fang Che's Nailhead Seven Arrows Book employed a completely different method of killing, more akin to that of an assassin.

This was why Fang Che dared to kill someone directly inside the Butcher Knife Academy.

Fang Che hid in the crowd, memorizing the appearances of these Fierce Tiger Gang debtors and listening to their conversations.

As more and more people gathered to watch, the instructors, in order to reduce the impact, directly led the Fierce Tiger Gang members away.

The students, seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, shook their heads in disappointment and dispersed.

Fang Che was also somewhat disappointed.

Fang Che had originally wanted to clearly hear these people's names and then find an opportunity to curse them to death.

Unfortunately, they didn't reveal any name information, leaving Fang Che helpless.

Fang Che still needed to further refine the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to bypass the need for real names and directly initiate the curse.

Afterward, Fang Che left the academy with his luggage and found a tavern run by the Butcher Knife Academy. He checked into a room on credit as a student and put down all his luggage.

Immediately after, Fang Che bought a cloak and a mask, walked onto the street, and carefully sensed the surrounding curse energy.

Before long, Fang Che discovered that all the curse energy was converging in one direction.

Fang Che moved towards the place where the curse energy was converging and soon arrived at a small alley filled with杂物. Grapes climbed over the top of the alley, blocking the sunlight and making it appear very dark.

Continuing further inside, Fang Che found many practitioners, each exuding the unique aura of a curse master.

Fang Che knew that he had successfully found the Curse Master's exclusive mission hall!

Mission halls were buildings found in every city, where all practitioners would go to accept missions and receive rewards.

There were also some profession-specific mission halls, which only released missions for that profession. The missions were more difficult, but the rewards were also more generous.

These exclusive mission halls were hidden in inconspicuous corners and could only be entered by members of that profession, excluding all others.

Fang Che continued to the end of the alley and saw a small house, with many practitioners going in and out, and occasionally some people like Fang Che, concealing their identities.

The space inside the house wasn't large, but as soon as these practitioners entered, they disappeared.

The moment Fang Che walked into the house, the Curse Master Gem vibrated slightly.

Immediately afterward, the small house in front of him transformed into a spacious hall, with hundreds of people gathered there.

On a conspicuous wall, various rules for curse masters to accept missions were recorded.

After reviewing all the rules, Fang Che began to look for missions.

On the other walls, many plaques were hung, recording various missions and their rewards.

Most of the missions here were about defending the Emperor's plane and cursing invaders. Most curse masters were gathered in front of these missions.

A small number of missions involved cursing enemies to death. Those gathered around these missions were all wearing masks and concealing their identities.

Fang Che walked to the area with the curse-to-kill-enemies missions and carefully observed them, discovering that all the missions here were cooperating with assassin practitioners to complete the curses.

On each mission token, there was a unique crystal box.

This crystal box was where the curse time was recorded.

The curse time was arranged by the assassin practitioner. As long as the curse master completed the curse at the specified time, it was considered half the mission completed.

Once the target died, they could receive the reward.

If the target didn't die, there was no reward, and they might even be hunted down and killed.

Because of this, all the curse masters around had covered their bodies to avoid being recognized.

Just as Fang Che was observing the missions, the box on a token suddenly flashed, and a fixed time was condensed.

The surrounding curse masters all reached out, but someone still managed to press their hand on the token first.

As soon as this person touched the token, the others around sighed and withdrew their hands.

Then, the person who touched the token happily left.

Fang Che didn't compete for missions like them. He directly accepted a mission to assassinate a member of the Fierce Tiger Gang and went to the place to register for accepting the mission.

The registration manager saw that the token didn't display a time and was slightly stunned before asking with some doubt:

"This practitioner, your mission hasn't been claimed by an assassin yet. Did you take the wrong one?"

Fang Che shook his head and said, "I didn't take the wrong one. I want to accept this mission."

The manager pondered for a moment and then suddenly realized, reminding him:

"You must be a newbie, right? You don't know that after a curse master releases a curse, the curse takes a long time to take effect, making it easy for the target to notice;

Our assassination targets are all important figures, and they have special means to detect and remove curses;

In most cases, a curse master is just a combat support profession. I suggest you wait a bit."

Fang Che had seen what the manager said on that conspicuous wall.

The reason for choosing the mission was because Fang Che had confidence in the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, and also to get all the rewards.

The rules stated that after a curse master accepted an assassination mission, the assassin would give up the mission, and when the mission was completed, the curse master would get all the rewards.

Fang Che said, "I have an assassin friend who doesn't want to show his face and entrusted me to accept the mission. Please help me register it."

The manager was a little embarrassed to hear this and said, "I see, I thought you were a newbie. Sorry, I'll register it for you."

The manager quickly recorded the mission, then handed the token to Fang Che and took out a notebook, reminding him:

"The notebook contains information about the mission target. You need to complete the mission within one day. If you can't complete it, please return the token as soon as possible. We need to arrange for someone else to complete the mission."

"Understood." Fang Che took the token, checked the contents of the notebook, and then turned to leave.

Walking out of the Curse Master Mission Hall, Fang Che grabbed a handful of grass from the roadside and returned to the inn.

After closing the door, Fang Che weaved this handful of grass into a straw man and wrote the words 'Mu Hai' on it, sticking it to the straw man.

Immediately afterward, Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book from his mud pill palace and activated it with the energy of a curse master.

The words in the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book instantly turned into seven long nails, piercing into the straw man's head.

Then, Fang Che placed the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and the straw man together and began to worship.

...

In the Fierce Tiger Gang's base camp, a group of people happily carried Wang Yuan's body back.

At this time, a man stopped them and said, "Captain Li, why are you carrying a corpse back?"

Captain Li's eyes revealed a hint of disgust when he saw this man.

However, Captain Li quickly adjusted his emotions and smiled, "Young Master Mu Hai, this person is Wang Yuan. He joined our Fierce Tiger Gang earlier, and just now..."

Mu Hai frowned and said, "He's just a temporary member, just awakened not long ago. He shouldn't be officially employed yet, right?

It's fine if he dies outside. Bringing him back is an eyesore and a waste of money for burial."

Captain Li quickly explained, "It won't waste any money. We took the body to the Butcher Knife Academy and extorted a sum of money."

Mu Hai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he reached out his hand, saying, "Give me the money. I'll register it and give you a reward later."

Captain Li hesitated slightly, but still took out a money bag and handed it to Mu Hai.

Mu Hai took the money bag and turned to leave.

After Mu Hai walked away, Old Zhang said, "Once it falls into his hands, we definitely won't get a share."

Captain Li frowned and said, "Who told him to be the gang leader's disciple? We..."

Before he could finish speaking, Captain Li suddenly saw a hole appear in Mu Hai's body, and blood flowed out.