Completely Insane

You suddenly opened your eyes.

You opened the courtyard gate.

You saw Yan Hongde covered in blood, with more than a dozen bedraggled Peach Blossom Village residents behind him.

Xiao Xuan's parents were among them, their faces stricken with grief.

They held Xiao Xuan in their arms. Her eyes were tightly shut, and she had already stopped breathing.

Your expression darkened slightly, and something stirred within you.

Before you could speak, more than thirty pursuers arrived in the distance.

The pursuers were fully armed and uniformly equipped.

The captain at their head pointed his blade at them. "You refugees who betrayed the Great Qian Empire, come over and die!"

You swept your gaze over the Great Qian soldiers.

The strongest was the captain leading them, at the Bone Tempering Peak Stage.

There were also two vice-captains at the Bone Tempering Middle Stage.

The rest were Skin Tempering Realm martial artists.

To dispatch a force of this size to intercept and kill ordinary people from Peach Blossom Village who could no longer bear the taxes—they were truly giving them plenty of face.

Looking at the panicked Peach Blossom Village residents, you felt they really should not have suffered such extermination.

"They only wanted to evade taxes. What did they do wrong?"

You stepped forward, blocking the Peach Blossom Village residents.

The Minghong Blade suddenly appeared in your hand.

The opposing captain first gave you two contemptuous looks.

The next moment, his eyelids twitched.

He could clearly sense that you were only at the Bone Tempering Middle Stage, yet you gave him an overwhelming sense of pressure.

He could not summon even the slightest desire to fight you.

The fear in his heart kept eating away at his will to fight.

His years of experience on the battlefield told him—

The moment he dared to move, his head and body would be separated in the next instant.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and sweat gradually seeped across his face.

At that moment, a clamor of hoofbeats rang out.

"You Great Qian dog bastards! I'm here!!"

The Great Qian captain was startled again.

Turning back, he saw a force of nearly a hundred Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers galloping toward them on fast horses.

The captain leading the Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers was actually in the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

"Damn it!"

"Run!"

The captain and soldiers of the Great Qian squad scattered in all directions.

The Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers burst into laughter as they gave chase.

With an absolute advantage in both numbers and strength, the Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers quickly dealt with most of the Great Qian squad.

The Peach Blossom Village residents visibly relaxed, their faces filled with joy and excitement.

Watching their reactions, you could not quite understand the relationship between these three groups.

Hadn't the Peach Blossom Village residents escaped from Great Qian?

Why were they so happy to see the Golden Yue Kingdom army?

Could it be that after leaving Great Qian, the Peach Blossom Village residents had thrown in with the Golden Yue Kingdom?

But they were all ordinary people. Why would the Golden Yue Kingdom send a sizable army to save them?

You felt there was something fishy going on.

"So you're playing Infernal Affairs with me now."

You did not act rashly, merely watching coldly.

This force of over a hundred Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers was not weak.

But to you now, they were far from worth noticing.

Even that Marrow Cleansing Realm captain would be dealt with by a casual slash.

If anything unexpected happened, you would leave none alive.

As the Great Qian Bone Tempering captain was slain, the entire Great Qian squad was wiped out.

The Golden Yue Kingdom captain in the Marrow Cleansing Realm dismounted and walked over.

Yan Hongde immediately went up to meet him. "General Sui, thank goodness you arrived in time. Otherwise, Peach Blossom Village would have been destroyed today!"

Sui Yangzhi looked over the Peach Blossom Village residents. "Only a dozen or so people are left in Peach Blossom Village?!"

Yan Hongde hurriedly said, "No, there are over a hundred others. We fled separately."

"Then that's fine. Gather them all here."

Yan Hongde immediately sent people to gather the remaining hundred-plus Peach Blossom Village residents.

Sui Yangzhi nodded as he looked at the hundred-plus Peach Blossom Village residents who had gathered again.

Noticing your small courtyard, Sui Yangzhi asked, "When did Peach Blossom Village build this little city?"

Yan Hongde's expression shifted. In the end, he answered truthfully, "General Sui, this courtyard belongs to Young Master He."

"Young Master He?" Sui Yangzhi froze. "He isn't from Peach Blossom Village?!"

Yan Hongde hesitated, then nodded. "Young Master He is not from Peach Blossom Village..."

The moment Yan Hongde finished speaking, Sui Yangzhi drew his sword with a clang.

"Who are you?!" Sui Yangzhi demanded, sword raised at you.

You frowned and retorted, "Who are you people? Shouting about killing and fighting outside my home and disturbing the neighbors—do you have no civic virtue at all?"

Sui Yangzhi was slightly stunned by your calmness.

He could sense that you were at the Bone Tempering Middle Stage, and could not understand why you remained so calm before someone a full realm above you.

After sizing you up twice, he turned to Yan Hongde. "Who is he?"

Yan Hongde struggled for a moment before answering concisely, "Young Master He is from Great Qian."

Sui Yangzhi immediately understood. He sneered at you. "Kid, no matter how you found this place, you have to die!"

"Wait!" you said.

Even now, you still had not figured out what was going on, so you intended to get to the bottom of it.

That way, they could die knowing why.

"Village Elder Yan, shouldn't you explain what exactly is going on?"

Faced with your question, Yan Hongde merely slowly turned his back. "Young Master He, we dragged you into this. I'm sorry."

After saying that, Yan Hongde fell silent, clearly having no intention of stopping Sui Yangzhi from killing you.

You looked around at the Peach Blossom Village residents.

They all lowered their heads in silence, with no intention of explaining matters or pleading for you.

It was as though they had forgotten that you had just stood alone in front of them.

"Fine. I'll ask you one by one later."

You drew the Minghong Saber and poured true qi into its blade. The Minghong Saber trembled faintly, as though it could not wait to welcome battle.

You glanced at Sui Yangzhi's face, full of disdain.

"I'm fucking here!"

You raised your saber and charged fiercely forward.

Sui Yangzhi snorted coldly, intending to meet your attack.

But before he could move—

Your figure flashed, and you suddenly appeared behind Sui Yangzhi.

A dazzling drop of crimson blood slid down the Minghong Saber.

Sui Yangzhi stood frozen in place for a moment.

A vertical line of blood ran from his forehead to his chin.

Sui Yangzhi's gaze suddenly went blank, and he fell stiffly backward.

Bang—

Sui Yangzhi's body split into two halves as it hit the ground, steaming organs spilling everywhere.

"General!!"

"General Sui!!"

"The general has been killed!!"

The surroundings instantly descended into chaos.

The remaining soldiers surged toward you.

Some Peach Blossom Village residents began to flee, while others gathered together and watched.

You completely lost your mind.

You began killing indiscriminately.

Every slash of your saber created another soul beneath its blade.

You used projected true qi to launch long-range attacks at the fleeing Peach Blossom Village residents, picking them off with great efficiency.

But during the process, you discovered that some Peach Blossom Village residents were actually martial artists.

You had confirmed before that no one in Peach Blossom Village had cultivated the Martial Path, and you were puzzled.

Though puzzled, your work never stopped.

Before long, all hundred-plus Golden Yue Kingdom soldiers had been cut down by you.

Nearly all the Peach Blossom Village residents had also been killed.

Only Yan Hongde and a dozen or so core Peach Blossom Village members remained.

You had pierced their hands and feet with true qi, leaving them sitting on the ground and wailing.

"Village Elder Yan, tell me. What shameful relationship do you have with the Golden Yue Kingdom?"