Canglang Gang Branch, destroyed
Lord Gou saw it.
He tilted his head back and saw a gigantic White Crane descend from the sky in the sunlight.
He also saw two people dismount from the White Crane, a man and a woman. He knew them both, and he was especially familiar with the girl.
But he couldn't understand it.
When had Yangcheng Dian ever had a White Crane that big?
What he understood even less was this:
Why could those two ride a White Crane?
Wouldn't someone who could fly on a crane be an immortal?
Wait... an immortal?
Lord Gou suddenly remembered the rumor he had heard from Dingzhou City.
An immortal had descended to Heyang County, acting on Heaven's behalf to punish the wicked and protect the innocent.
So the young man he had taken for a wealthy young master, a scion of an Aristocratic Clan, was actually an immortal.
And right under the immortal's nose, he had committed the evil deeds of brutalizing the common people and abducting women.
At the thought, Lord Gou felt a chill shoot straight from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. His whole body turned icy in an instant, and an immense terror swept through his innards.
He wanted to kowtow and beg for mercy, but found that his body was stuck as if in a quagmire. He couldn't move at all.
He wanted to speak up in his defense, but it felt as though a wad of cotton had been stuffed down his throat. He couldn't make a sound.
Swish—
He saw the immortal give a gentle wave of his hand. A streak of white Sword Qi appeared out of thin air and fell upon one of his men, sending the man's head flying.
The immortal hadn't spoken a single word. There was no trial, much less any grand speech about ridding the people of a menace.
He simply raised his hand and struck, clean and decisive, swift as thunder, like a hot knife slicing through tofu.
This wasn't an immortal.
He was nothing like the immortals Lord Gou had heard about from the storytellers in the teahouses.
This was a god of slaughter.
He had come to kill them.
The people of Dingzhou City had all been fooled. He wasn't an immortal; he was a god of slaughter.
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Notifications of experience gained kept popping up in the lower left corner, but Gao Yunyi didn't even look at them. He simply kept waving his hand.
Before long, corpses lay strewn across the ruins of the house, and blood flowed like a river.
Only Scarface Gou remained, slumped on the ground, covered in dirt and staring like a wooden chicken.
The minimap showed that there were still quite a few red dots outside. Gao Yunyi planned to wipe them all out after dealing with this ugly scar-faced man.
But just as he was about to strike, Xiao Ya's voice suddenly rang out beside him.
"Young master, could you leave him to me?"
Her voice was soft, but utterly resolute. Her tone was pleading, yet it couldn't conceal the fierce hatred between her clenched teeth.
Gao Yunyi's slightly raised hand paused, then slowly withdrew.
To him, this scar-faced man was an experience pack. Under normal circumstances, he would never have agreed, but today, he suddenly felt like saying yes.
"All right."
Gao Yunyi gave a calm reply, then turned and walked out of the house.
Screech—
Seeing his master leave, the Crane King let out a cry, spread his wings, and soared into the sky.
Once again, only two people remained in the house:
Lord Gou and Xiao Ya.
But this time, their roles were reversed.
Xiao Ya picked up a dagger from the ground and slowly walked toward Lord Gou.
Lord Gou, however, seemed not to notice. He simply sat slumped where he was, blankly murmuring the same words over and over:
"Fake... fake... it's all fake..."
Looking at that hideous, terrifying scarred face, Xiao Ya felt hatred surge within her like a tide.
He had beaten her father to death, caused her mother's death, and violated her.
A blood feud as deep as the sea; a blood debt repaid in blood.
The innocence and timidity Xiao Ya once had were gone from her eyes. All that remained was boundless rage and hatred.
She raised the sharp blade in her hand, drove it viciously into Lord Gou's heart, and twisted it several times.
"This stab is for my father."
"Ah..."
A scream escaped Lord Gou's mouth. His vacant eyes seemed to clear again, but the sharp dagger had already pierced his heart, and an intense feeling of suffocation drained every last bit of strength from his body.
"This stab is for her mother."
Xiao Ya pulled out the dagger and drove it viciously into Lord Gou's neck.
Warm, thick, crimson blood gushed out at once, soaking Lord Gou's clothes and staining Xiao Ya's hand red.
"Urgh..."
With his throat pierced, Lord Gou couldn't even scream. He stared fixedly at Xiao Ya, his eyes full of terror and pleading.
But Xiao Ya was unmoved. Her face showed only the exhilaration and madness of vengeance.
"This stab is for myself."
Xiao Ya moved the dagger down from Lord Gou's throat until it reached his groin, then plunged it in without hesitation.
This time, Lord Gou made no sound at all. His eyes bulged wide, and pain and terror twisted his features, making his scarred face even uglier.
He was dead.
Shore Boss Gou, who had lorded it over Yangcheng Dian for years and acted as though he were above everyone, had met a gruesome death at the hands of a little girl.
As the saying went, the wheel of karma turns, and retribution never fails.
"Dead? You don't get off that easily. I'll make sure your corpse isn't left whole."
Xiao Ya looked at Lord Gou, who had already breathed his last before her, but the hatred in her eyes hadn't faded in the slightest.
She wanted revenge not only for her own family, but also for the Xumin he had oppressed and hurt over the years.
So Xiao Ya raised the sharp dagger again and brought it down viciously on Lord Gou's motionless corpse.
For the people of Yangcheng Dian, this day was destined to be anything but peaceful.
Those Shore Bosses who had oppressed them, those Patrolmen who had extorted them, those Canglang Gang members who had hurt them.
On this day,
Every last one of them met with the harshest punishment from Heaven.
For an immortal had come.
He had come to act on Heaven's behalf, punish the wicked, and protect the innocent.
As streak after streak of white Sword Qi swept across the land, as the heads of one evildoer after another hit the ground, as the immortal crane's cries rang through the clouds,
Silence fell over the docks and markets throughout Yangcheng Dian.
A different glimmer seemed to appear in those cold, numb eyes.
It was as though a bucket of scalding water had suddenly been poured over those sluggish, cold hearts.
And so, they boiled over.
Those hiding in the corners of the market, concealed in the cabins of boats, submerged beneath the lake, or preparing to flee.
They were all dragged out and brought before the immortal.
And sure enough, the immortal didn't disappoint them. There was no trial, no attempt at persuasion. He showed no mercy and cut them down on the spot.
And just like that,
The Canglang Gang Branch, which had ruled Yangcheng Dian for years, was slaughtered to the last man.
But the mission still showed as incomplete,
Because its requirement was to wipe out the Canglang Gang in Dingzhou City, not one tiny branch.
Although the mission wasn't complete, Gao Yunyi had leveled up.
As a dazzling golden light shone over him,
He was now level 12.
Character: Gao Yunyi. Level: 12. Realm: Qi Refining Stage. Sect: Azure Profound Sect. Title: none. Qi and Blood: 210. Law Power: 130 Attack: 125 Defense: 106 Accuracy: 0 Evasion: 0 Critical rate: 0 Experience: 0/660.