I'm just a swineherd, not a beastmaster.

No matter how much we discuss it, we have to wait until spring to repair the road.

Without roads, nothing can be achieved.

Winter is the most leisurely time.

Even with a temperature-controlled magic array, Yuan Feng had no intention of farming. He would wait until spring to do everything.

Without trivial matters, he became more devoted to cultivation.

Time quickly came to New Year's Eve, and the three of them were busy preparing a large New Year's Eve dinner.

Before Hu Jiuer and Zhao Muxin came, Yuan Feng would only cook a piece of bacon every Chinese New Year.

It’s different now. The table is full of fish and meat.

There were also many fresh vegetables sent by the villagers.

The first thing Zhao Muxin did before dinner was to pour a cup of tea for everyone.

Yuan Feng looked at it and his expression changed: "It's New Year's Day, so why don't you drink your beauty tea?"

Zhao Muxin smiled sweetly: "Don't worry, this is not a beauty tea, but a new spiritual tea I researched. It's very sweet. Brother Feng, you will know after you try it."

Yuan Feng doesn't want to be the first person to drink tea, as it's easy to die if you try it.

"Jiu'er, you drink first."

"Coward." Hu Jiuer rolled her eyes and picked up the tea.

After all, she still hesitated, and her red lips didn't touch the teacup for a long time.

"I'll show you, okay?" Zhao Muxin finally couldn't bear it anymore and picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp.

Yuan Feng didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she stopped showing any ferocious expression and picked up the teacup.

"Yeah, it's really sweet! And it's full of spiritual energy too."

Yuan Feng was a little surprised. The spiritual energy of this spiritual tea was almost as good as the spiritual rice he ate in the Red Sail Beast Sect. It could be seen that Zhao Muxin had some knowledge about tea.

"I told you it's not bitter." Zhao Muxin was proud.

Yuan Feng smiled awkwardly and said, "Let's eat."

After the harmonious New Year's Eve dinner, Yuan Feng also ordered some fireworks, which he bought last time he went to the city.

Dazzling flames bloomed in Xiufeng Village, followed by the sound of firecrackers.

The villagers are also celebrating the New Year.

After going through all these years, Yuan Feng finally felt the warmth of the Chinese New Year.

Looking back on the past few years, it was really not a human life.

After a night, Yuan Feng woke up and stood at the window. Before he had time to savor the warmth of yesterday, a cloud crow fluttered over.

They were flying very fast, which gave Yuan Feng a bad feeling.

"Gah, the Youying is looking for you."

Yuan Feng was stunned: "Looking for me? What do you want from me?"

"I don't know. I just told you to meet me at a dilapidated temple on the other side of the mountain."

"Is it close?"

"It's on the other side of the mountain. Do you think it's close?"

"That's too close, the Youying people don't know I live here, right?"

"I don't know. The meeting place is the same old place. Youyingren and Tuhui used to meet there."

After hearing Yun Ya say this, Yuan Feng felt relieved.

For him, the less information he revealed to the Shadow organization, the less danger there would be.

Yuan Feng lowered his head and thought for a moment: "What do you think he could want to see me for?"

"Who knows? Maybe there will be a new task, or it's time to pay you. Salaries are paid after the New Year, but it's a bit early to pay on the first day of the New Year. Usually, it's paid after the fifteenth day."

"And what about the salary?"

"Nonsense, if there is no salary, people will starve to death."

"I thought that only after completing the assassination mission would I be paid. I didn't expect that even someone like me who didn't even complete any assassination missions would get paid."

"Don't say so much. The Youying people are waiting in the ruined temple now. Let's set off quickly."

"Okay, let's go."

If you want to perform a role, you have to do it completely. It is necessary to meet in person.

The mountains are difficult to climb in winter because the roads are covered with snow, but this is not a problem for Yuan Feng.

With his current level of cultivation, although he cannot walk on the snow without leaving any traces, at least his running is no different from that on flat ground.

Under the leadership of Yun Ya, Yuan Feng came to the dilapidated temple where they met.

It was indeed a dilapidated temple, really dilapidated, with wind blowing in from all sides, and only a few rotten beams left on the roof, without a single tile.

Looking down, I saw broken tiles all over the ground.

This is the Ksitigarbha Temple, where Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined.

Yuan Feng didn’t know how glorious this temple was in the past. He only knew that the statue of Ksitigarbha in the middle had lost its arms.

I glanced around but didn't see any wandering shadow people.

"There's no one here. Are you sure the Youyingren is really waiting for me here?"

"Sure, I saw him here just now."

"What about that person?"

"I'm here." The Youyingren, still dressed in black and with his face covered, walked out from behind the Buddha statue, his eyes full of helplessness, "You don't even have the awareness of being a killer, and you just walk in like this? Aren't you afraid of your identity being exposed?"

Yuan Feng wiped his nose in dismay: "I just started working as a killer. I have no experience, and no one has taught me to be careful."

The Shadow Traveler sighed, "It's not your fault indeed. You just entered the Shadow and encountered an accident with the Shadow Team. But although you lack experience, you still succeeded in the end. You completed the task of assassinating the Governor of the Nine Counties well."

"what……"

Yuan Feng let out a cry, but didn't dare say anything more.

He also understood that Guo Mingdao was executed in secret, so it was normal for Qianying to take the credit for himself.

"Isn't it easy to kill Guo Mingdao?"

"It was not easy." Yuan Feng played along with the opponent's trick, "I used all my strength and finally killed him."

"This mission was not investigated properly by the organization. The information given by the employer indicated that Guo Mingdao's cultivation was only at the first stage of foundation building, so the organization assigned you a mission with the difficulty of the first stage of foundation building. However, after Guo Mingdao's death, the organization found out that Guo Mingdao was actually at the ninth stage of foundation building."

This investigation was too "timely". Fortunately, Yuan Feng had no intention of assassination from the beginning. With his current strength, he could launch a sneak attack and kill a first-stage foundation-building cultivator.

But if he were to kill a cultivator at the ninth stage of foundation building, that would be tantamount to committing suicide.

"You are really capable to complete this mission. Logically, the bounty for killing a ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator is very different from that for killing a first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, the organization accepted the task based on the first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the bounty you received was only at the first-level Foundation Establishment cultivator level. This is where the organization made a mistake. But don't worry, the organization will give you the compensation you deserve."

"Actually, there's no need for compensation. I'm willing to sacrifice my life for the organization." Yuan Feng expressed his loyalty verbally.

He didn't really want this compensation. The more he took now, the greater the hatred he would make if it was exposed.

"You have the intention, and the organization will not let you down. The first compensation is to make you a regular employee. You are now a Shadow Team member, with the power to find subordinates and lead Shadow Members. However, considering that you have no experience, it is up to you to decide whether to lead Shadow Members. In terms of funding, the organization will give you the scale of one Shadow Team member leading five Shadow Members."

As he spoke, Youying handed over a large package: "Five thousand taels of silver, please check it."

Yuan Feng took the silver without any emotion, for he was the owner of the mine now.

Feng Shaotian promised to give him a tenth share of the profits from the spirit stone mine. The first profit had already come in a few days ago, and he sent him ten thousand spirit stones.

It is estimated that after the spirit stone mine is mined, he will be able to obtain 100,000 spirit stones.

He is now extremely wealthy and no longer cares about the mere five thousand taels of silver.

However, in front of Youyingren, you still have to pretend.

Yuan Feng was touched and said, "Thank you, organization."

"And take this storage bag."

Yuan Feng took the storage bag and found it looked familiar.

"Don't look at it. It's the dusty storage bag. The things inside have been handed over to the organization. You can keep the storage bag. I think the one you have is too small. It doesn't have much capacity."

"Ah." Yuan Feng nodded and probed his spiritual sense into the storage bag. He was too nervous last time and didn't notice it. This storage bag is more than 100 cubic meters and is as big as a house.

It can hold a lot of things.

"Is this storage bag the second compensation?" Yuan Feng was quite satisfied.

"Of course not. This storage bag is what your Shadow Team deserves. The second compensation is one thousand points. Don't underestimate these one thousand points. If you exchange them with people in the organization, one point can be exchanged for one spirit stone. This is when someone is willing to exchange. Most of the time, points cannot be exchanged for spirit stones."

"Points? What's the use?" Yuan Feng was curious.

"You'll know when you get to the headquarters. Points can be exchanged for all kinds of goodies at the headquarters."

"Then how can I get to the headquarters?"

"You have to wait."

"wait?"

"You can only go to the headquarters when you are summoned. I can't tell when the headquarters will summon you."

If I never summon myself, won't these points be of no use?

Yuan Feng was speechless. It would be better to give him a thousand spirit stones.