Fang Shuwen held Cao Jiuyin's head in his hand, quietly examining the knife marks on it.
Bai Liuxian had previously mentioned that Cao Jiuyin was injured by people from the Startling Flower Pavilion, which likely indicates that these were marks left by experts from the Startling Flower Pavilion.
Footsteps approached rapidly from behind; turning around, he saw it was the experts from the Seven Sects.
They were all injured, but none of them were killed. They had seen Fang Shuwen chasing after Cao Jiuyin alone.
Although he was once again amazed by Fang Shuwen's martial arts skills, he was still worried about letting such a young man take on a great demon all by himself.
Only then did they rush over, dragging their injuries...
Whether I can be of much help or not is another matter, but I can still put in a good effort.
However, the situation inside the courtyard made them gasp in shock.
The land was filled with white bones and blood, yet Fang Shuwen, carrying Cao Jiuyin's enormous head, remained untouched by blood.
His indifferent gaze softened considerably after landing on the seven masters:
"Gentlemen, the ringleader has been eliminated."
The seven masters looked at each other in bewilderment. Fang Shuwen had just rushed in to chase after Cao Jiuyin, and they had followed right behind.
They were one in front and one behind, with no difference in skill whatsoever.
In that short time, the two of them could only exchange two or three blows at most...
As a result, Fang Shuwen killed Cao Jiuyin in just a few moves?
Unbeknownst to them, Fang Shuwen exchanged a few words with Cao Jiuyin, which caused a slight delay...
In reality, he killed him with a single palm strike without even using three or four moves.
The reason he didn't do that in the front yard was because Fang Shuwen still wanted to get some information about the Startling Flower Pavilion and Flying Snow City from Cao Jiuyin.
But after seeing the terrible scene in the backyard, he lost interest in asking any more questions.
I feel that to be born a human being, to delay killing this person even by a second is to desecrate human life.
Fang Shuwen didn't even want his internal energy.
"Young Master Fang, how are you? Are you injured?"
After regaining their senses, everyone rushed forward to check on them.
Fang Shuwen smiled and shook his head:
"This demon can't hurt me... Don't worry, everyone."
"However, the martial arts this person practices are bizarre and unpredictable... In my opinion, this place is probably not safe to stay. It would be best to burn it all down to prevent this demonic cultivator from having any other tricks up his sleeve that we don't know about."
He thought that the seven masters might have different opinions after hearing what he said.
Unexpectedly, everyone nodded in agreement after he said this.
"Young Master Fang is right."
"Those who follow the demonic path have many tricks up their sleeves; one must certainly be wary."
"That's exactly right."
After all, these were the seven righteous sects who fought against the demonic path every day, and they all had a deep understanding of it.
The demonic arts practiced by this group are powerful and their methods are bizarre. Although they lack the profound and stable foundation of orthodox esoteric sects, most of them are still very difficult to kill.
The Flesh King Cao Jiuyin was just like that... Otherwise, three years ago at Supreme Void Dao, we might have been able to capture him, and he wouldn't have been able to harm the martial world for another three years.
The group immediately split up to search the Autumn Moon Convent for any remaining survivors, wondering if any of those abducted there were still alive.
Fang Shuwen then went to the front yard.
Then Zhou Qingmei, Lu Guiyan, Mo Beidou and others arrived.
Zhou Qingmei was squatting in front of Zuo Qingshuang, her face full of worry.
The master and servant were administering acupuncture to Zuo Qingshuang... This scene naturally made Lu Guiyan's expression grow increasingly grim.
I find those two people utterly despicable.
To protect them, he was poisoned by a dart. Although his skills were limited, he did his best. They possessed superb medical skills, but could only watch him die.
Such behavior is utterly appalling.
"Little... Shuwen, are you alright?"
When Mo Beidou saw Fang Shuwen come out, he quickly came over to check on him. Seeing that he was all right, with no damage to his fur, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Turning his head, he saw a huge head being held in his hand.
He was stunned for a moment:
"This is?"
"Oh, I forgot..."
Fang Shuwen casually tossed the head away, followed by a flying palm strike.
The palm strike, delivered from a distance, shattered the man's head into pieces.
After finishing, he said to the horrified Mo Beidou:
"This man is Cao Jiuyin, and also the ringleader of the villains in this Autumn Moon Convent."
Zuo Qingshuang let out a muffled groan and slowly opened her eyes:
"Young Master Fang, you killed Cao Jiuyin?"
"Um."
"Very good."
Zuo Qingshuang let out a long sigh:
"This man has committed numerous evils, arousing the wrath of both gods and men. Young Hero Fang has rid the martial world of a great scourge; his merit is immeasurable and worthy of celebration."
How is Senior Zuo's injury?
Fang Shuwen ignored these things and instead checked Zuo Qingshuang's injuries.
Zuo Qingshuang smiled:
"Thanks to Young Master Fang's internal strength, my heart meridian was preserved. These two doctors are highly skilled, and I am now out of danger... but I estimate that I will not be able to fight anyone for a while."
"Junior Sister Zuo, there's no need to worry."
The beautiful woman from the Jade Clarity Pavilion stepped forward and said:
"I will bring the people from the Jade Clarity Pavilion to escort you back to the Pearl Pavilion."
"It's been a long time since I visited Pearl Pavilion; I've missed the scenery of Nine-Congealing Mountain."
A voice rang out, and everyone turned around. It was the other members of the Eastern Region Seven Great Sects who walked out from the inner courtyard. The one who spoke was a master from the Cangwu Sword Sect:
"This time, we'll escort Plain Moon Fairy back with the Jade Clarity Pavilion, so we can look after each other along the way."
Upon hearing this, several others offered to help and protect her, but Zuo Qingshuang politely declined them all.
There's too much noise and distractions; it's really unnecessary.
With the Jade Clarity Pavilion and Cangwu Sword Sect, that's enough.
The search of Autumn Moon Convent was almost complete, but no one dared to touch the exposed bones... Cao Jiuyin's martial arts were related to flesh and blood, so leaving these bones here was, in theory, useless.
But they haven't actually thrown it away yet...
Therefore, everyone suspected that he had tampered with these bones, and that it might be dangerous to move them rashly.
It would be better to leave them in Autumn Moon Convent and burn them all down to avoid future troubles.
The fire raged fiercely, and the seven righteous sects, along with some chivalrous martial artists who had rushed over, watched from the sidelines to prevent the flames from spreading.
With nothing else to do, the group started chatting.
They were naturally most curious about Fang Shuwen's background, but it was nothing special; he was just an apprentice at the Four Seas Martial Hall, not worth mentioning at all.
Therefore, everyone knows that he possesses such martial arts skills, which must be due to some extraordinary encounter.
However, this question involved Fang Shuwen's privacy, so everyone tacitly refrained from probing.
When it came to the relationship between the Pearl Pavilion and Fang Shuwen, the people of Supreme Void Dao realized that Qingyangzi, the traitor who had been hunted down by the sect for many years, had died at the hands of Fang Shuwen.
He was extremely grateful to Fang Shuwen and repeatedly invited Fang Shuwen to visit Supreme Void Dao, where he would be treated as an honored guest.
Fang Shuwen simply made an excuse that he had something to attend to and couldn't go for the time being, but he would definitely go another time...
And so, as the fire gradually came to an end, the matter of Autumn Moon Convent also came to a close.
Thanks to proper planning in the early stages of the battle, the team did not suffer any significant losses.
It wasn't until Cao Jiuyin appeared later that the damage occurred.
However, with Fang Shuwen's appearance and slaying of the demon, everything settled down, and the outcome was a resounding victory.
However, this also caused the other factions besides Questioning Heaven Manor to owe Fang Shuwen a considerable favor.